Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Overflow With Hope

December 10, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Overflow With Hope | December 10, 2025

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to have you with
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It's great to have you with us today. i hope you'll
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Us today. i hope you'll stay connected all through
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You encouraged and inspired, but thanks for letting us
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But thanks for letting us come into your homes and
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Come into your homes and thanks again for coming
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Thanks again for coming out today.
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Out today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this man.
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I heard about this man. he called the church office
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He called the church office and said, "i want to speak
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And said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the
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To the head hog at the trough."
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Trough." the secretary was offended.
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The secretary was offended. she said, "if you mean the
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She said, "if you mean the pastor, you have to call
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Pastor, you have to call him pastor. but you may
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Him pastor. but you may not call him the head hog
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Not call him the head hog at the trough."
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At the trough." he said, "well, fine but
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He said, "well, fine but i was thinking about
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I was thinking about making a $5,000 donation
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Making a $5,000 donation to your church."
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To your church." she said, "hang on. porky
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She said, "hang on. porky just walked in."
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Just walked in." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about overflowing with hope.
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About overflowing with hope. we all have situations that
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We all have situations that don't look like they're
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Don't look like they're going to work out.
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Going to work out. we don't see how we can get
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We don't see how we can get well, how we can accomplish
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Well, how we can accomplish a dream, how our family will
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A dream, how our family will be restored.
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Be restored. all the circumstances say
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All the circumstances say it's not going to happen.
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It's not going to happen. but paul said in romans 15,
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But paul said in romans 15, "may you overflow with hope
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"may you overflow with hope through the power of the
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Through the power of the holy spirit."
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Holy spirit." it's one thing to have hope
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It's one thing to have hope but paul prayed that we
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But paul prayed that we would overflow with hope.
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Would overflow with hope. when you overflow with hope,
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When you overflow with hope, you're not moved by what the
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You're not moved by what the circumstances look like.
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Circumstances look like. you're not discouraged
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You're not discouraged because it hasn't happened
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Because it hasn't happened yet.
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Yet. you're not worried because
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You're not worried because you don't see a way.
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You don't see a way. you know god is on the
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You know god is on the throne, you know he's
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Throne, you know he's ordering your steps, you
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Ordering your steps, you know his plans for you are
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Know his plans for you are for good, so you can't be
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For good, so you can't be talked out of it.
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Talked out of it. the odds are against you,
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The odds are against you, but you don't stop
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But you don't stop believing.
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Believing. you don't see a way,
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You don't see a way, but you keep thanking god
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But you keep thanking god that he has a way.
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That he has a way. people tell you that it's
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People tell you that it's not going to happen, just
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Not going to happen, just accept it.
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Accept it. you let that go in one ear
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You let that go in one ear and out the other.
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And out the other. you know what god started
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You know what god started he's going to finish.
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He's going to finish. you go through a
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You go through a disappointment, you could
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Disappointment, you could be upset, bitter,
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Be upset, bitter, but when you overflow
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But when you overflow with hope you know what
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With hope you know what was meant for harm god
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Was meant for harm god is turning to your
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Is turning to your advantage.
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Advantage. weeping may endure for
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Weeping may endure for a night, but you know
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A night, but you know joy is coming.
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Joy is coming. what are you overflowing
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What are you overflowing with?
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With? overflowing with worry?
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Overflowing with worry? "what if it doesn't work
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"what if it doesn't work out?"
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Out?" overflowing with doubt?
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Overflowing with doubt? "i don't see how this
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"i don't see how this problem can resolve."
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Problem can resolve." overflowing with
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Overflowing with discouragement?
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Discouragement? "it's been so long; this
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"it's been so long; this challenge is too big."
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Challenge is too big." you're overflowing with
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You're overflowing with the wrong thing.
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The wrong thing. if you'll start overflowing
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If you'll start overflowing with hope, believing despite
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With hope, believing despite what it looks like, thanking
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What it looks like, thanking god when you could be
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God when you could be complaining, expecting
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Complaining, expecting things to change in your
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Things to change in your favor, then you're going to
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Favor, then you're going to see god show out in your
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See god show out in your life. problems that look
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Life. problems that look permanent are only
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Permanent are only temporary.
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Temporary. the experts said you would
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The experts said you would never get well but god has
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Never get well but god has the final say.
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The final say. you don't see how you can
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You don't see how you can accomplish that dream,
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Accomplish that dream, there are good breaks
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There are good breaks already lined up for you,
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Already lined up for you, the right people, favor.
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The right people, favor. god wouldn't have given you
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God wouldn't have given you the promise, he wouldn't
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The promise, he wouldn't have put that dream in your
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Have put that dream in your heart if he didn't have a
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Heart if he didn't have a way to make it happen.
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Way to make it happen. the scripture talks about
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The scripture talks about being fully persuaded that
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Being fully persuaded that god will do what he
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God will do what he promised.
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Promised. it's one thing to be
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It's one thing to be persuaded, but when you're
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Persuaded, but when you're fully persuaded, you're not
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Fully persuaded, you're not going to change your mind.
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Going to change your mind. you're not going to let
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You're not going to let people talk you out of it,
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People talk you out of it, you're not going to let
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You're not going to let circumstances cause you to
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Circumstances cause you to quit believing.
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Quit believing. before you see the promise,
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Before you see the promise, before the problem turns
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Before the problem turns around, there's a waiting
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Around, there's a waiting period.
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Period. where you don't see anything
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Where you don't see anything happening; there's no sign
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Happening; there's no sign that it's going to change.
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That it's going to change. every thought will tell you,
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Every thought will tell you, "you're wasting your time.
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"you're wasting your time. just accept it.
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Just accept it. you're not going to get
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You're not going to get well, you'll never break
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Well, you'll never break that addiction, your
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That addiction, your business is never going
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Business is never going to take off."
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To take off." that's a test. god is
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That's a test. god is seeing what you're
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Seeing what you're made of.
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Made of. are you going to get
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Are you going to get talked out of it,
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Talked out of it, negative, "i knew it
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Negative, "i knew it wasn't going to happen."
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Wasn't going to happen." or are you going to be
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Or are you going to be fully persuaded.
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Fully persuaded. are you going to dig down
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Are you going to dig down deep and say, "i'm not moved
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Deep and say, "i'm not moved by what's not changing.
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By what's not changing. i'm not discouraged because
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I'm not discouraged because it's taking so long.
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It's taking so long. i'm not worried because
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I'm not worried because nothing is improving.
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Nothing is improving. i know god is a faithful
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I know god is a faithful god.
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God. i've seen him do it in the
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I've seen him do it in the past, i know he'll do it
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Past, i know he'll do it again in the future."
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Again in the future." this is what abraham did.
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This is what abraham did. god gave him the promise
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God gave him the promise that his wife sarah was
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That his wife sarah was going to have a baby, but
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Going to have a baby, but they were both way too old.
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They were both way too old. abraham was eighty.
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Abraham was eighty. sarah had been barren her
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Sarah had been barren her whole life, not able to
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Whole life, not able to have children.
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Have children. sometimes god will put
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Sometimes god will put things in your spirit that
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Things in your spirit that don't make sense.
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Don't make sense. dreams that seem too big,
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Dreams that seem too big, problems that look
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Problems that look impossible, "how can i
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Impossible, "how can i go to college?
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Go to college? i don't have the funds."
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I don't have the funds." "how can i start that
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"how can i start that business? i don't have
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Business? i don't have the experience."
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The experience." "how can i get the compaq
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"how can i get the compaq center? it's david
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Center? it's david verse goliath."
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Verse goliath." here's the key, god doesn't
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Here's the key, god doesn't ask us to figure it out, he
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Ask us to figure it out, he doesn't ask us to come up
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Doesn't ask us to come up with a plan, research it,
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With a plan, research it, see if it's possible.
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See if it's possible. he simply asks us to
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He simply asks us to believe.
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Believe. romans 4 says, "abraham was
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Romans 4 says, "abraham was absolutely convinced that
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Absolutely convinced that god was able to do anything
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God was able to do anything he promised."
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He promised." our attitude should be, "i
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Our attitude should be, "i am absolutely convinced that
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Am absolutely convinced that as for me and my house we
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As for me and my house we will serve the lord.
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Will serve the lord. i am absolutely convinced
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I am absolutely convinced that my children will be
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That my children will be mighty in the land.
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Mighty in the land. i am absolutely convinced
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I am absolutely convinced that we will lend and not
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That we will lend and not borrow, that we are above
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Borrow, that we are above and not beneath.
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And not beneath. i am absolutely convinced
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I am absolutely convinced that i will impact this
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That i will impact this world for the good, that my
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World for the good, that my gifts will come to the full,
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Gifts will come to the full, that i will leave my mark,
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That i will leave my mark, that god is opening doors no
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That god is opening doors no person can shut, that this
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Person can shut, that this ministry will shine brighter
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Ministry will shine brighter and brighter."
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And brighter." those dreams god has put in
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Those dreams god has put in your heart, those promises
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Your heart, those promises he's whispered to your
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He's whispered to your spirit, they may seem
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Spirit, they may seem unlikely.
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Unlikely. you don't see how it could
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You don't see how it could happen, no one in your
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Happen, no one in your family has done it.
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Family has done it. you could easily talk
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You could easily talk yourself out of it.
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Yourself out of it. you're right where abraham
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You're right where abraham was.
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Was. that's a critical time.
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That's a critical time. you can dismiss it, think
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You can dismiss it, think it's too big, it's been too
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It's too big, it's been too long, or you can do like him
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Long, or you can do like him and say, "god, i am
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And say, "god, i am absolutely convinced that
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Absolutely convinced that you're going to turn my
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You're going to turn my child around.
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Child around. i'm absolutely convinced
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I'm absolutely convinced that i'm going to get well,
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That i'm going to get well, i'm absolutely convinced
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I'm absolutely convinced that my dreams are going
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That my dreams are going to come to pass."
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To come to pass." you may not see any sign of
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You may not see any sign of this happening; you don't
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This happening; you don't have any reason in the
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Have any reason in the natural to believe.
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Natural to believe. that's what it means to
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That's what it means to overflow with hope.
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Overflow with hope. nothing in your logic, your
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Nothing in your logic, your reasoning, says it's
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Reasoning, says it's possible; but down in your
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Possible; but down in your spirit, in your heart you
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Spirit, in your heart you feel that passion, this
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Feel that passion, this knowing, this expectancy,
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Knowing, this expectancy, that god is going to do
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That god is going to do something out of the
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Something out of the ordinary, something that you
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Ordinary, something that you couldn't make happen.
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Couldn't make happen. thoughts will tell you,
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Thoughts will tell you, "it's impossible.
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"it's impossible. why are you even believing?
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Why are you even believing? you know that problem is not
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You know that problem is not going to work out."
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Going to work out." the same thoughts came to
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The same thoughts came to abraham, "you can't have a
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Abraham, "you can't have a baby, your wife is eighty
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Baby, your wife is eighty years old.
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Years old. that's never happened
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That's never happened before."
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Before." the scripture says, "against
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The scripture says, "against all hope, abraham hoped on
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All hope, abraham hoped on in faith."
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In faith." when it doesn't look
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When it doesn't look hopeful, you don't see any
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Hopeful, you don't see any sign of it happening, every
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Sign of it happening, every thought says you're wasting
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Thought says you're wasting your time, you have to dig
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Your time, you have to dig down deep and against all
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Down deep and against all hope, hope on in faith.
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Hope, hope on in faith. against the odds dare to
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Against the odds dare to believe.
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Believe. when the medical report says
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When the medical report says you're not going to get
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You're not going to get well, hope on in faith.
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Well, hope on in faith. that's one report but god
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That's one report but god has another report.
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Has another report. when your business seems
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When your business seems stuck, you lost a client,
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Stuck, you lost a client, funds are down, you could
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Funds are down, you could settle there and think it's
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Settle there and think it's not meant to be; no, hope on
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Not meant to be; no, hope on in faith.
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In faith. god is still in control.
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God is still in control. this is what my mother did.
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This is what my mother did. in 1981 she was diagnosed
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In 1981 she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
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With terminal liver cancer. the doctors told her she
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The doctors told her she only had a few weeks to
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Only had a few weeks to live.
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Live. there was no treatment they
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There was no treatment they could give her at the time.
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Could give her at the time. as far as medical science
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As far as medical science was concerned, they had done
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Was concerned, they had done everything they could.
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Everything they could. my mother had no hope in the
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My mother had no hope in the natural, but like abraham,
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Natural, but like abraham, against all hope, she hoped
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Against all hope, she hoped on in faith.
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On in faith. i would hear her all through
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I would hear her all through the day quoting scripture.
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The day quoting scripture. "i will live and not die,
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"i will live and not die, god is restoring health back
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God is restoring health back unto me, the number of my
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Unto me, the number of my days he will fulfill."
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Days he will fulfill." she could have been
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She could have been depressed, complaining, but
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Depressed, complaining, but she overflowed with hope.
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She overflowed with hope. thoughts told her that she
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Thoughts told her that she was done, she would never
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Was done, she would never see her grandchildren.
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See her grandchildren. "you can wear that pink
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"you can wear that pink dress at your funeral."
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Dress at your funeral." she tuned that out and tuned
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She tuned that out and tuned in what god said.
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In what god said. it didn't happen overnight
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It didn't happen overnight but little by little, she
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But little by little, she got better and better.
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Got better and better. her skin color came back to
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Her skin color came back to normal.
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Normal. she started regaining
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She started regaining weight.
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Weight. a few years later the
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A few years later the doctors said, "we can't
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Doctors said, "we can't explain it but you don't
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Explain it but you don't have cancer anymore."
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Have cancer anymore." that was almost forty years
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That was almost forty years ago.
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Ago. today she's eighty-seven
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Today she's eighty-seven years young and still going
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Years young and still going strong.
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Strong. the scripture says, "is
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The scripture says, "is there anything too hard for
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There anything too hard for the lord?"
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The lord?" what are you absolutely
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What are you absolutely convinced of?
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Convinced of? it's not enough to just be
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It's not enough to just be convinced, you have to have
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Convinced, you have to have a made-up mind.
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A made-up mind. i will get well.
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I will get well. i will beat this depression.
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I will beat this depression. i will come out of debt.
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I will come out of debt. i will accomplish my dreams.
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I will accomplish my dreams. not maybe; not, "i hope so.
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Not maybe; not, "i hope so. if some people help me, if i
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If some people help me, if i get the right breaks."
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Get the right breaks." no, if you have the "if's"
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No, if you have the "if's" you're going to talk
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You're going to talk yourself out of it.
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Yourself out of it. "absolutely convinced" means
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"absolutely convinced" means giving up is not an option,
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Giving up is not an option, not believing is not
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Not believing is not something you even consider.
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Something you even consider. your face is set.
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Your face is set. you're not moved by negative
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You're not moved by negative reports, not discouraged by
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Reports, not discouraged by how impossible it looks, not
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How impossible it looks, not complaining by how long it's
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Complaining by how long it's taking.
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Taking. you know what god promised
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You know what god promised is on the way.
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Is on the way. abraham had all kinds of
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Abraham had all kinds of opportunities to quit
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Opportunities to quit believing.
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Believing. god gave him the promise,
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God gave him the promise, but nothing happened.
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But nothing happened. year after year went by, no
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Year after year went by, no sign of a baby.
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Sign of a baby. the whole time sarah was
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The whole time sarah was getting older.
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Getting older. it seemed impossible when
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It seemed impossible when god first promised it but
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God first promised it but now years later even more
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Now years later even more so.
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So. the scripture says, "abraham
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The scripture says, "abraham considered not the weakness
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Considered not the weakness of his own body nor the
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Of his own body nor the deadness of sarah's womb."
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Deadness of sarah's womb." if you're going to overflow
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If you're going to overflow with hope, you can't
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With hope, you can't consider all the
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Consider all the circumstances.
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Circumstances. if you stay focused on how
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If you stay focused on how big the problem is and what
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Big the problem is and what the experts said and how
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The experts said and how impossible it looks, you're
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Impossible it looks, you're going to be discouraged.
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Going to be discouraged. quit considering the
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Quit considering the circumstances and start
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Circumstances and start considering your god.
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Considering your god. he spoke worlds into
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He spoke worlds into existence.
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Existence. he parted red seas.
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He parted red seas. he closed the mouths of
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He closed the mouths of hungry lions.
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Hungry lions. he healed my mother of
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He healed my mother of terminal cancer.
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Terminal cancer. he brought my father out of
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He brought my father out of poverty into influence.
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Poverty into influence. he gave us the compaq center
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He gave us the compaq center when all the odds were
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When all the odds were against us.
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Against us. no person can stop him, no
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No person can stop him, no sickness, no bad break, no
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Sickness, no bad break, no addiction.
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Addiction. what are you considering?
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What are you considering? how big your problems are or
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How big your problems are or how great your god is?
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How great your god is? one translation says, "all
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One translation says, "all human reason for hope was
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Human reason for hope was gone, but abraham hoped on
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Gone, but abraham hoped on in faith."
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In faith." you may feel like there's no
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You may feel like there's no reason to have hope, in the
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Reason to have hope, in the natural it's not possible,
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Natural it's not possible, but we serve a supernatural
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But we serve a supernatural god.
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God. when you keep hoping on in
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When you keep hoping on in faith, you are paving the
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Faith, you are paving the way for god to do
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Way for god to do extraordinary things.
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Extraordinary things. when abraham was a hundred
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When abraham was a hundred years old, sarah was ninety.
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Years old, sarah was ninety. this was twenty years after
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This was twenty years after he received the promise,
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He received the promise, sarah gave birth to a son
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Sarah gave birth to a son they named isaac.
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They named isaac. some promises take time.
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Some promises take time. while you're waiting it's
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While you're waiting it's easy to lose your passion,
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Easy to lose your passion, think it's never going to
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Think it's never going to happen, start believing
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Happen, start believing those lies that the problem
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Those lies that the problem is too big.
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Is too big. "you can't accomplish your
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"you can't accomplish your dreams; it would have
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Dreams; it would have happened by now."
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Happened by now." you have to keep your hope
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You have to keep your hope stirred up; you have to be
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Stirred up; you have to be absolutely convinced.
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Absolutely convinced. you're not moved by the
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You're not moved by the what's not happening, by how
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What's not happening, by how long it's taking, by how
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Long it's taking, by how impossible it looks, you
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Impossible it looks, you know what god promised is on
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Know what god promised is on the way.
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The way. that's what paul prayed that
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That's what paul prayed that we would overflow with hope.
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We would overflow with hope. that we would believe when
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That we would believe when it seems too big, that we
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It seems too big, that we would stay in faith when
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Would stay in faith when it's taking a long time,
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It's taking a long time, that we wouldn't consider
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That we wouldn't consider our circumstances, but we
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Our circumstances, but we would consider our god.
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Would consider our god. david said in psalm 5,
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David said in psalm 5, "surely, oh lord, you will
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"surely, oh lord, you will bless the righteous and
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Bless the righteous and surround them with favor
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Surround them with favor like a shield."
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Like a shield." he could have just said,
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He could have just said, "lord, you will bless the
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"lord, you will bless the righteous."
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Righteous." but he added the word
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But he added the word 'surely'.
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'surely'. he was saying, "i'm
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He was saying, "i'm absolutely convinced, i'm
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Absolutely convinced, i'm fully persuaded that what
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Fully persuaded that what you promised is on the way."
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You promised is on the way." you need to have some
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You need to have some 'surely's.' "surely, i'll
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'surely's.' "surely, i'll get well.
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Get well. surely, i'll pay my house
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Surely, i'll pay my house off.
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Off. surely, i'll meet the right
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Surely, i'll meet the right person.
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Person. surely, this problem is
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Surely, this problem is turning around.
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Turning around. surely, new doors are
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Surely, new doors are opening.
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Opening. david said in psalm 23,
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David said in psalm 23, "surely, goodness and mercy
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"surely, goodness and mercy will follow me all the days
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Will follow me all the days of my life."
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Of my life." he was saying, "i am
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He was saying, "i am confident that good things
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Confident that good things are coming, i am confident
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Are coming, i am confident that this situation is
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That this situation is turning around."
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Turning around." it's very powerful when you
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It's very powerful when you add the surely to what
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Add the surely to what you're believing for.
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You're believing for. thoughts will tell you that
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Thoughts will tell you that you'll never get well.
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You'll never get well. you saw the medical report.
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You saw the medical report. "surely, oh lord, you will
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"surely, oh lord, you will heal me.
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Heal me. surely, oh lord, good health
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Surely, oh lord, good health is on the way."
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Is on the way." "you'll never get out of
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"you'll never get out of debt."
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Debt." "surely, i will lend and not
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"surely, i will lend and not borrow."
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Borrow." "you'll always struggle with
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"you'll always struggle with that bad habit."
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That bad habit." "surely, i will break this
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"surely, i will break this addiction, surely freedom is
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Addiction, surely freedom is coming.
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Coming. surely, i will accomplish my
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Surely, i will accomplish my dreams.
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Dreams. surely, i'll set a new
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Surely, i'll set a new standard for my family."
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Standard for my family." well, how can you say that?
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Well, how can you say that? none of the circumstances
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None of the circumstances look like it's going to
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Look like it's going to happen.
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Happen. "yes, but i'm not moved by
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"yes, but i'm not moved by my circumstances, i'm moved
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My circumstances, i'm moved by what god promised.
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By what god promised. he said, "surely, he will
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He said, "surely, he will bless me.
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Bless me. surely, he will surround me
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Surely, he will surround me with his favor."
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With his favor." what you're up against may
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What you're up against may look too big, you don't see
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Look too big, you don't see how it could work out.
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How it could work out. you could overflow with
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You could overflow with worry, overflow with doubt,
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Worry, overflow with doubt, overflow with fear.
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Overflow with fear. try a new approach, start
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Try a new approach, start overflowing with hope.
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Overflowing with hope. start adding some 'surely's'
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Start adding some 'surely's' to what you're believing
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To what you're believing for.
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For. start showing god that
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Start showing god that you're absolutely convinced.
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You're absolutely convinced. when you have this 'surely'
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When you have this 'surely' mentality, you're going to
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Mentality, you're going to see some 'surely's' come to
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See some 'surely's' come to pass.
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Pass. surely your family is going
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Surely your family is going to be restored.
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To be restored. surely, you're going to have
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Surely, you're going to have that baby you've dreamed of.
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That baby you've dreamed of. surely, you're going to meet
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Surely, you're going to meet the right person.
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The right person. surely, your business is
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Surely, your business is going to excel.
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Going to excel. don't let the circumstances
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Don't let the circumstances fool you.
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Fool you. surely, god is about to
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Surely, god is about to bless you and show you favor
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Bless you and show you favor that you've never seen.
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That you've never seen. in psalm 27, david had all
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In psalm 27, david had all kinds of things coming
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Kinds of things coming against him.
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Against him. he had every opportunity to
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He had every opportunity to live defeated and
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Live defeated and discouraged.
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Discouraged. he said enemies are waiting
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He said enemies are waiting to attack me, they accuse me
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To attack me, they accuse me of things i've never done.
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Of things i've never done. they lie about me, they're
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They lie about me, they're mean, violent, on and on.
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Mean, violent, on and on. it seemed like he was
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It seemed like he was overflowing with trouble,
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Overflowing with trouble, overflowing with adversity.
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Overflowing with adversity. but just when you thought he
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But just when you thought he was defeated, he said in
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Was defeated, he said in verse 13, "yet i am
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Verse 13, "yet i am confident i will see the
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Confident i will see the goodness of god."
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Goodness of god." he was saying, "all these
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He was saying, "all these negative things have come
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Negative things have come against me but one thing i
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Against me but one thing i am confident of is, surely,
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Am confident of is, surely, god will deliver me, surely,
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God will deliver me, surely, god will vindicate me.
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God will vindicate me. i am confident i will see
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I am confident i will see his favor."
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His favor." he didn't deny negative
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He didn't deny negative things were happening, he
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Things were happening, he just didn't let it get on
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Just didn't let it get on the inside.
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The inside. he didn't let it overwhelm
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He didn't let it overwhelm him.
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Him. "god, i don't understand it.
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"god, i don't understand it. i was being my best.
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I was being my best. why did you let this
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Why did you let this happen?"
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Happen?" he could have overflowed
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He could have overflowed with self-pity, overflowed
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With self-pity, overflowed with discouragement, but
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With discouragement, but instead, he turned it around
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Instead, he turned it around and overflowed with hope.
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And overflowed with hope. he said, "i am confident, i
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He said, "i am confident, i am absolutely convinced, i
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Am absolutely convinced, i have no doubt i will see the
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Have no doubt i will see the goodness of god."
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Goodness of god." i wonder what would happen
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I wonder what would happen if we had that same
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If we had that same attitude.
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Attitude. in the middle of
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In the middle of difficulties, when we don't
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Difficulties, when we don't see a way, when it's not
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See a way, when it's not fair, instead of living
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Fair, instead of living discouraged, complaining, we
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Discouraged, complaining, we would do like david.
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Would do like david. "i know i'm going to see
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"i know i'm going to see god's goodness.
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God's goodness. i know healing is coming.
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I know healing is coming. i know breakthroughs are
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I know breakthroughs are coming.
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Coming. i know victory is coming."
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I know victory is coming." god being for you is more
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God being for you is more than the world being against
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Than the world being against you.
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You. when moses sent twelve men
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When moses sent twelve men to spy out the promised
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To spy out the promised land, ten came back and told
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Land, ten came back and told how the land was very
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How the land was very beautiful and very fertile.
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Beautiful and very fertile. they saw clusters of grapes
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They saw clusters of grapes so large that it took two
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So large that it took two people to carry.
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People to carry. it was more than they ever
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It was more than they ever dreamed but they went on to
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Dreamed but they went on to say, "there are giants in
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Say, "there are giants in the land.
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The land. the people are too big, the
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The people are too big, the cities are walled off, we
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Cities are walled off, we don't have a chance."
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Don't have a chance." god promised them the land,
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God promised them the land, but when they considered the
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But when they considered the circumstances, how big the
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Circumstances, how big the people were, how impossible
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People were, how impossible it looked, they overflowed
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It looked, they overflowed with doubt.
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With doubt. they were fully persuaded
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They were fully persuaded that they couldn't defeat
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That they couldn't defeat the opposition.
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The opposition. now, all two million people
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Now, all two million people were discouraged and
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Were discouraged and worried.
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Worried. the two other spies, joshua
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The two other spies, joshua and caleb came had a
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And caleb came had a different report.
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Different report. the scripture says, "caleb
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The scripture says, "caleb quieted the people and said,
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Quieted the people and said, 'we should by all means go
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'we should by all means go in and take possession of
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In and take possession of the land, for we will surely
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The land, for we will surely overcome.'" notice joshua
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Overcome.'" notice joshua and caleb had a surely
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And caleb had a surely mentality.
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Mentality. "surely, we will defeat
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"surely, we will defeat these enemies; surely, we
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These enemies; surely, we will overcome this trouble;
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Will overcome this trouble; surely, we will live in the
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Surely, we will live in the promised land."
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Promised land." what's interesting is they
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What's interesting is they were the only two people out
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Were the only two people out of that whole group that
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Of that whole group that ever made it into the
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Ever made it into the promised land.
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Promised land. all the others wandered in
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All the others wandered in the desert year after year.
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The desert year after year. don't get talked out of your
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Don't get talked out of your dreams.
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Dreams. it may look impossible.
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It may look impossible. there may be giants on your
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There may be giants on your land, a giant of sickness, a
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Land, a giant of sickness, a giant of debt, a giant of
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Giant of debt, a giant of addiction.
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Addiction. do like david, do like caleb
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Do like david, do like caleb start putting some surely's
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Start putting some surely's on the front of what you're
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On the front of what you're believing for.
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Believing for. "surely, i will defeat this
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"surely, i will defeat this giant.
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Giant. not in my own strength, not
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Not in my own strength, not in my own ability; but lord,
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In my own ability; but lord, i know you will bless me,
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I know you will bless me, that you will surround me
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That you will surround me with your favor."
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With your favor." "surely, i will live healthy
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"surely, i will live healthy and whole.
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And whole. surely, i will finish
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Surely, i will finish college, surely, i will
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College, surely, i will conceive this baby, surely,
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Conceive this baby, surely, my business will succeed."
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My business will succeed." the scripture says, "be
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The scripture says, "be confident of this."
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Confident of this." that means have no doubt,
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That means have no doubt, what god started he will
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What god started he will finish."
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Finish." that what he promised will
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That what he promised will come to pass.
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Come to pass. you need to have this surely
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You need to have this surely mentality.
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Mentality. this made up mind.
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This made up mind. you're not moved by the
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You're not moved by the circumstances, by how long
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Circumstances, by how long it's taking, by what's not
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It's taking, by what's not changing, you know god is a
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Changing, you know god is a surely god.
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Surely god. "surely, you will bless me.
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"surely, you will bless me. surely, you will do what you
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Surely, you will do what you said."
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Said." the scripture says, where
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The scripture says, where two or three agree,
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Two or three agree, according to god's will,
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According to god's will, they will have whatever they
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They will have whatever they ask.
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Ask. sometimes you can't find
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Sometimes you can't find anyone to agree with you.
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Anyone to agree with you. people don't understand you;
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People don't understand you; they think what you're
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They think what you're believing for is too big;
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Believing for is too big; that problem could never
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That problem could never change.
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Change. i want to come into
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I want to come into agreement with you.
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Agreement with you. i want to put my faith with
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I want to put my faith with yours and tell you that i am
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Yours and tell you that i am absolutely convinced you're
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Absolutely convinced you're going to see the goodness of
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Going to see the goodness of god.
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God. i am fully convinced that
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I am fully convinced that forces that are holding you
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Forces that are holding you back are being broken right
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Back are being broken right now.
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Now. i am fully convinced that
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I am fully convinced that the sickness, the trouble,
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The sickness, the trouble, the anxiety, the depression
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The anxiety, the depression is not permanent, it's on
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Is not permanent, it's on its way out.
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Its way out. i am fully convinced that
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I am fully convinced that you are coming into
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You are coming into increase, promotion,
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Increase, promotion, abundance, overflow, that
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Abundance, overflow, that you will have more than
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You will have more than enough.
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Enough. i am fully convinced that
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I am fully convinced that your dreams, your goals,
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Your dreams, your goals, what god whispered to you in
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What god whispered to you in the night are on the way.
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The night are on the way. it's going to be bigger than
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It's going to be bigger than you thought, more fulfilling
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You thought, more fulfilling than you've imagined.
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Than you've imagined. now get up every morning
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Now get up every morning with a surely mentality.
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With a surely mentality. "surely, oh lord you will
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"surely, oh lord you will bless me.
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Bless me. surely, goodness and mercy
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Surely, goodness and mercy will follow me."
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Will follow me." that's not being arrogant,
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That's not being arrogant, that's overflowing with
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That's overflowing with hope.
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Hope. that's what david did,
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That's what david did, that's what caleb did, and
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That's what caleb did, and that's what abraham did.
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That's what abraham did. for twenty years while he
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For twenty years while he waited for the baby, with no
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Waited for the baby, with no sign of it, the scripture
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Sign of it, the scripture says, "he grew strong in
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Says, "he grew strong in faith by giving praise to
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Faith by giving praise to god."
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God." i can see him all through
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I can see him all through the day, "surely, oh lord
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The day, "surely, oh lord what you promised will come
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What you promised will come to pass; surely, that baby
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To pass; surely, that baby is on the way."
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Is on the way." i know a young man that
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I know a young man that attends our services.
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Attends our services. he's a student from another
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He's a student from another country.
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Country. he had a problem with his
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He had a problem with his visa.
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Visa. when he went to enroll for
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When he went to enroll for the next year of school, he
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The next year of school, he was told that he couldn't
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Was told that he couldn't finish because of this
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Finish because of this problem.
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Problem. he had already completed his
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He had already completed his undergraduate work and he
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Undergraduate work and he was in the middle of getting
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Was in the middle of getting his masters.
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His masters. it looked like it wasn't
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It looked like it wasn't going to work out.
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Going to work out. he was tempted to get
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He was tempted to get discouraged but he did what
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Discouraged but he did what i'm asking us to do, against
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I'm asking us to do, against all reason for hope, he kept
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All reason for hope, he kept hoping on in faith.
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Hoping on in faith. he knew god as an "oh surely
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He knew god as an "oh surely god."
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God." he didn't see a way, but he
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He didn't see a way, but he kept thanking god that there
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Kept thanking god that there was a way.
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Was a way. a couple of weeks later he
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A couple of weeks later he went back to check in with
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Went back to check in with the school one last time.
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The school one last time. he had been told again and
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He had been told again and again, there was nothing
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Again, there was nothing they could do, that it was
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They could do, that it was out of their hands.
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Out of their hands. but this time there was a
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But this time there was a different lady working in
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Different lady working in the admissions office.
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The admissions office. they started talking and
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They started talking and found out they both come to
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Found out they both come to lakewood.
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Lakewood. when you find someone from
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When you find someone from lakewood, you might as well
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Lakewood, you might as well get ready, you're going to
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Get ready, you're going to get blessed.
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Get blessed. lakewood has awesome people.
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Lakewood has awesome people. she said, "i looked at your
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She said, "i looked at your files.
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Files. i see your problem.
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I see your problem. let me see what i can do."
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Let me see what i can do." she came back a half hour
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She came back a half hour later with a big smile.
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Later with a big smile. she said, "we've found a way
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She said, "we've found a way that we can enroll you.
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That we can enroll you. we'll give you this letter
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We'll give you this letter that will extend your visa."
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That will extend your visa." he had three more years to
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He had three more years to go.
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Go. he was so happy.
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He was so happy. but she wasn't finished.
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But she wasn't finished. she said, "i have a fund
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She said, "i have a fund that i'm allowed to help
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That i'm allowed to help students.
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Students. i just received permission
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I just received permission to award you a full
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To award you a full scholarship for your next
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Scholarship for your next three years."
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Three years." he went on to finish school
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He went on to finish school at no charge.
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At no charge. "surely, oh lord, you will
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"surely, oh lord, you will bless your people; surely,
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Bless your people; surely, you will surround them with
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You will surround them with favor."
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Favor." are you looking at how big
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Are you looking at how big your obstacles are, or are
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Your obstacles are, or are you looking at how big your
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You looking at how big your god is?
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God is? your situation may seem
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Your situation may seem impossible, like it could
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Impossible, like it could never work out, but one
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Never work out, but one touch of god's favor, one
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Touch of god's favor, one good break, one healing,
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Good break, one healing, meeting one right person and
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Meeting one right person and everything will change.
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Everything will change. in life, you're going to
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In life, you're going to overflow with something:
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Overflow with something: doubt, worry, stress.
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Doubt, worry, stress. why don't you overflow with
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Why don't you overflow with hope?
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Hope? why don't you believe that
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Why don't you believe that surely goodness and mercy
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Surely goodness and mercy are following you, why don't
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Are following you, why don't you be fully persuaded that
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You be fully persuaded that what god promised is on the
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What god promised is on the way?
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Way? it may be taking longer than
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It may be taking longer than you thought, don't be talked
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You thought, don't be talked out of it.
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Out of it. like caleb the giants may be
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Like caleb the giants may be big but have that attitude,
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Big but have that attitude, "surely, i will defeat them;
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"surely, i will defeat them; surely, i will enter my
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Surely, i will enter my promised land."
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Promised land." not maybe it will happen,
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Not maybe it will happen, i'm hoping it could change.
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I'm hoping it could change. have a new perspective.
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Have a new perspective. "surely, oh lord, you will
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"surely, oh lord, you will do what you promised, i am
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Do what you promised, i am confident what you started,
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Confident what you started, you will finish."
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You will finish." i believe and declare if you
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I believe and declare if you will overflow with hope,
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Will overflow with hope, like with abraham, promises
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Like with abraham, promises that look impossible are
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That look impossible are about to come to pass.
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About to come to pass. like david, blessings are
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Like david, blessings are going to chase you down.
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Going to chase you down. healing is coming,
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Healing is coming, breakthroughs, freedom,
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Breakthroughs, freedom, abundance, the fullness of
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Abundance, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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We'd love to send you our 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. you can write down your dreams
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You can write down your dreams and goals,
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And goals, plus use it for your everyday
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Plus use it for your everyday activities and reminders.
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Activities and reminders. it's important
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It's important to feed your faith
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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On a daily basis. this planner, it's
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This planner, it's not just a calendar,
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Not just a calendar, it's filled with scriptures
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It's filled with scriptures and inspiration
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And inspiration to help you stay encouraged
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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And keep believing for what god
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of the 2026
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A copy of the 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. each month features
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Each month features a fresh theme of encouragement,
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A fresh theme of encouragement, a guiding scripture
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A guiding scripture to stand on.
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To stand on. room to write your goals,
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Room to write your goals, prayers, and vision.
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Prayers, and vision. space for faith steps,
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Space for faith steps, because faith isn't passive,
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Because faith isn't passive, it's active.
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It's active. a monthly qr code
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A monthly qr code linking to a message or video
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Linking to a message or video to keep your spirit lifted.
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You'll be reminded that living by faith
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That living by faith makes room for god to do
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Makes room for god to do what only he can do.
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What only he can do. breakthrough in your business.
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Breakthrough in your business. god's healing touch.
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Loved ones returning to faith. request your copy of the planner
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Request your copy of the planner and step into the new year
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And step into the new year with bold faith, fresh hope,
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With bold faith, fresh hope, and daily encouragement
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And daily encouragement to strengthen your spirit
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end gift
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Making a special year-end gift to help
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To help keep the ministry strong.
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Keep the ministry strong. we so appreciate
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We so appreciate all the champion
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All the champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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For your monthly support. we wish you and your family
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We wish you and your family a very merry christmas.
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of the 2026
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Joel Osteen - Overflow With Hope

December 10, 2025 | 29:55

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