Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - From Patient To Physician

September 2, 2025 | 30:0

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - From Patient To Physician | September 2, 2025

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[congregation applauding] >> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. thanks for letting us come
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Thanks for letting us come into your homes, and if
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Into your homes, and if you're ever in our area,
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You're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part
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Please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. now, i like to start with
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Now, i like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this group of elderly
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About this group of elderly ladies were way up in their
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Ladies were way up in their 80s.
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80s. they were driving down the
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They were driving down the freeway together when they
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Freeway together when they were pulled over by a
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Were pulled over by a policeman.
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Policeman. the officers said to the
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The officers said to the driver, "ma'am, do you
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Driver, "ma'am, do you realize you're only going 35
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Miles an hour?"
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Miles an hour?" she said, "yes, officer,
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She said, "yes, officer, i realize that."
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I realize that." he said, "well, why are you
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He said, "well, why are you going so slow?"
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Going so slow?" she said, "because that's
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She said, "because that's what the sign said."
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What the sign said." he kind of laughed and said,
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He kind of laughed and said, "no, ma'am, that's the number
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"no, ma'am, that's the number of the freeway.
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Of the freeway. this is highway 35.
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This is highway 35. by the way, why do these
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By the way, why do these other passengers look so
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Other passengers look so terrified?"
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Terrified?" she smiled and said, "because
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She smiled and said, "because we just got off highway 95."
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We just got off highway 95." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible, i am what
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This is my bible, i am what it says i am.
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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 i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert.
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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's name.
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In jesus's name. god bless you.
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I want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about from patient to
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About from patient to physician.
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Physician. we've all had times where
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We've all had times where we've seen god's goodness.
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We weren't feeling well,
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We weren't feeling well, the medical report didn't
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The medical report didn't look good, but god turned
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Look good, but god turned it around.
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It around. now, we're healthy and whole.
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Now, we're healthy and whole. or we lost a loved one, we
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Or we lost a loved one, we didn't think we could go on.
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Didn't think we could go on. but god gave us strength and
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But god gave us strength and peace, and here we are
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Peace, and here we are stronger than ever.
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Stronger than ever. at one point, we were the
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At one point, we were the patient.
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Patient. we needed healing, we needed
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We needed healing, we needed restoration, we needed favor,
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Restoration, we needed favor, and god made a way where we
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And god made a way where we didn't see a way, and we're
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Didn't see a way, and we're grateful that he brought us
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Grateful that he brought us out, we know that was his
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Out, we know that was his goodness.
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Goodness. but here's the key.
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But here's the key. it's not enough to just be a
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It's not enough to just be a grateful former patient.
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Grateful former patient. you have to take it one step
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You have to take it one step further and go from patient
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Further and go from patient to physician.
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To physician. you've been healed, now go
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You've been healed, now go help somebody else get
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Help somebody else get healed.
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Healed. you broke the addiction; help
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You broke the addiction; help someone else break their
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Someone else break their addiction.
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Addiction. your son got back on course,
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Your son got back on course, god answered your prayers.
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God answered your prayers. go help that mother that's
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Go help that mother that's struggling with her son.
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Struggling with her son. encourage her.
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Encourage her. speak life into her.
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Speak life into her. let her know that god did it
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Let her know that god did it for you and he can do it for
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For you and he can do it for her.
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Her. god didn't heal you just so
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God didn't heal you just so you could be well.
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You could be well. that's one reason, but not
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That's one reason, but not the only reason.
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The only reason. he healed you so you could
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He healed you so you could become a healer.
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Become a healer. he didn't bless you just so
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He didn't bless you just so you could be blessed, he did
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You could be blessed, he did it so you could become a
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It so you could become a blessing.
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Blessing. he favored you so you could
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He favored you so you could show other people favor.
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Show other people favor. he brought you through the
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He brought you through the loss, he gave you a new
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Loss, he gave you a new beginning so you could help
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Beginning so you could help others make it through their
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Others make it through their loss, and it's not enough to
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Loss, and it's not enough to just bask in what god has
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Just bask in what god has done, thank him for his
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Done, thank him for his goodness.
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Goodness. that's fine, but you have a
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That's fine, but you have a responsibility to help
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Responsibility to help someone else in that same
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Someone else in that same situation.
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Situation. a friend of mine has had real
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A friend of mine has had real bad back pain, it's been on
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And off again for a couple of
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And off again for a couple of years, and he recently found
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Years, and he recently found a new doctor that he really
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A new doctor that he really likes, and what made him so
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Likes, and what made him so special is this doctor has
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Special is this doctor has had the same back pain that
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Had the same back pain that my friend had for over ten
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My friend had for over ten years.
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Years. he's gone through several
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He's gone through several surgeries and now his back is
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Perfectly healed.
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Perfectly healed. my friend was excited because
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My friend was excited because this doctor had been through
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This doctor had been through what he's going through, and
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What he's going through, and some things you can't fully
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Some things you can't fully understand by taking a class
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Understand by taking a class or by reading a book.
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Or by reading a book. but when you've been through
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But when you've been through the pain, through the loss,
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The pain, through the loss, through the struggle, that
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Through the struggle, that experience gives you a unique
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Experience gives you a unique perspective that others
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Perspective that others without it don't have.
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Without it don't have. they can't fully appreciate
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They can't fully appreciate it.
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It. i don't know what it's like
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I don't know what it's like to struggle with an
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To struggle with an addiction, or to go through
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Addiction, or to go through chemotherapy, or to have been
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Chemotherapy, or to have been raised in abuse and
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Raised in abuse and dysfunction.
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Dysfunction. i haven't been there.
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I haven't been there. i can encourage you, i can
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I can encourage you, i can cheer you on, but when you've
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Cheer you on, but when you've been through something,
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Been through something, you've been through cancer
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You've been through cancer treatment, you've been
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Treatment, you've been through a divorce, a loss, a
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Through a divorce, a loss, a rough childhood, in one sense
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Rough childhood, in one sense you've been given a gift.
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You've been given a gift. you are uniquely qualified to
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You are uniquely qualified to help someone else in that
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Help someone else in that same situation.
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Same situation. you know what it's like.
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You know what it's like. the pain, the discouragement,
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The pain, the discouragement, the battles they fight in
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The battles they fight in their mind, you can help them
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Their mind, you can help them in a way that others can't.
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In a way that others can't. god has done it for you, now
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God has done it for you, now don't stay a grateful
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Don't stay a grateful patient, become a physician.
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Reach out to them.
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Reach out to them. your encouragement carries
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Your encouragement carries more weight.
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More weight. you're speaking from
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You're speaking from experience, you've been
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Experience, you've been there.
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There. paul said in corinthians,
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Paul said in corinthians, "the comfort we receive in
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"the comfort we receive in our difficulties, we can
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Our difficulties, we can share that same comfort with
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Share that same comfort with others in their time of
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Others in their time of need," and we all have
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Need," and we all have something to give because
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Something to give because we've all been through
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We've all been through things, and it doesn't have
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Things, and it doesn't have to be something big,
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Something tragic.
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Something tragic. you made it through that
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You made it through that tough course in college.
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Tough course in college. you worked hard and studied.
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You worked hard and studied. that friend came over and
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That friend came over and helped you.
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Helped you. you prayed and believed.
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You prayed and believed. you were the patient.
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You were the patient. it wasn't easy, but god
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It wasn't easy, but god breathed on your efforts and
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Breathed on your efforts and you passed that course.
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You passed that course. now, maybe you have a friend
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Now, maybe you have a friend in that same situation.
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In that same situation. they don't understand it.
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They don't understand it. they're stressed, they're
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They're stressed, they're struggling.
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Struggling. you're no longer the patient,
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You're no longer the patient, now you're the physician.
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Now you're the physician. god brought you out not just
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God brought you out not just for your sake, not just so
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For your sake, not just so you can shine, he brought you
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You can shine, he brought you out so you can help somebody
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Out so you can help somebody else shine.
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Else shine. take time to mentor them.
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Take time to mentor them. give them your notes, your
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Give them your notes, your strategy, your tips.
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Strategy, your tips. send them an encouraging
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Send them an encouraging text.
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Text. do what you can to help them
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Do what you can to help them pass.
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Pass. every one of us have
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Every one of us have had experiences
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That qualify us
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That qualify us to be the physician.
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To be the physician. i know what it's like to
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I know what it's like to stand in faith when your
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Stand in faith when your mother is diagnosed with
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Mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Terminal cancer. i know what it's like to lose
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I know what it's like to lose a father that you dearly love
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A father that you dearly love unexpectedly.
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I know what it's like to step
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I know what it's like to step up and pastor a church when
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Up and pastor a church when you don't feel qualified.
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You don't feel qualified. i know what it's like to
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I know what it's like to fight for the compaq center
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Fight for the compaq center when a company much bigger
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When a company much bigger and stronger is against you.
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And stronger is against you. i know what it's like to
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I know what it's like to ignore opposition and critics
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Ignore opposition and critics and do what god's put in your
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And do what god's put in your heart.
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Heart. god has brought me through
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God has brought me through those things.
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Those things. he's given me strength when i
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He's given me strength when i was weak, he opened doors
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Was weak, he opened doors that i couldn't open, he
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That i couldn't open, he healed my mother of terminal
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Healed my mother of terminal cancer.
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Cancer. he'd given us the compaq
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He'd given us the compaq center when every expert said
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Center when every expert said there wasn't a chance.
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There wasn't a chance. i recognize god's goodness in
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I recognize god's goodness in my life.
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My life. but i don't just thank him
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But i don't just thank him for it.
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For it. i'm not just a grateful
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I'm not just a grateful former patient.
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Former patient. i become a physician.
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Practically every week, i
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Practically every week, i talk to other pastors that
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Talk to other pastors that are about to step up and
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Are about to step up and pastor a church, maybe
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Pastor a church, maybe unexpectedly.
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Unexpectedly. now, i'm no expert, but
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Now, i'm no expert, but i tell them what i know, that
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I tell them what i know, that i didn't feel qualified,
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I didn't feel qualified, i didn't have the experience.
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I didn't have the experience. but god gave me the grace and
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He'll give them the grace
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He'll give them the grace too.
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Too. people tell me often how,
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People tell me often how, when they've heard me talk
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When they've heard me talk about making it through the
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About making it through the loss of my father, that's
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Loss of my father, that's helped them to make it
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Helped them to make it through the loss of their
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Through the loss of their loved one.
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Loved one. god told abraham, "i will
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God told abraham, "i will bless you and you shall be a
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Bless you and you shall be a blessing."
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Blessing." it infers if you're not going
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It infers if you're not going to be a blessing, then you're
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To be a blessing, then you're not going to be blessed.
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Not going to be blessed. the two are tied together.
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The two are tied together. god is saying, "i will heal
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God is saying, "i will heal you if you'll become a
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You if you'll become a healer.
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Healer. i'll free you if you'll help
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I'll free you if you'll help somebody else break that
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Somebody else break that addiction.
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Addiction. i'll give you the compaq
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I'll give you the compaq center if you'll help other
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Center if you'll help other people accomplish their
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People accomplish their dreams."
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Dreams." he's saying, "i'll deliver
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He's saying, "i'll deliver you from being a patient if
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You from being a patient if you'll make a commitment to
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You'll make a commitment to become a physician," and it's
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Become a physician," and it's not only about being good to
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Not only about being good to others, but the way you're
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Others, but the way you're going to keep your blessing
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Going to keep your blessing is by being a blessing.
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Is by being a blessing. the scripture says, "give and
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The scripture says, "give and it will be given to you."
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It will be given to you." if you're not giving away
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If you're not giving away what god has given you, then
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What god has given you, then that blessing is not going to
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That blessing is not going to continue in the way that it
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Continue in the way that it should, and this is the
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Should, and this is the reason some people don't keep
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Reason some people don't keep their healing.
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Their healing. it's not because they're not
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It's not because they're not grateful, it's because
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Grateful, it's because they're not helping anyone
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They're not helping anyone else.
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Else. if you will give away
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If you will give away healing, healing will always
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Come back to you.
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Come back to you. god freed you from that
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God freed you from that addiction.
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Addiction. if you want to stay free, go
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If you want to stay free, go help somebody else get free.
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Help somebody else get free. keep giving away what god has
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Keep giving away what god has given you.
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Given you. i know this young lady that
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I know this young lady that was raised in a dysfunctional
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Was raised in a dysfunctional environment.
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Environment. growing up, her parents
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Growing up, her parents weren't around, and she was
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Weren't around, and she was taken advantage of and passed
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Taken advantage of and passed from foster home to foster
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From foster home to foster home.
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Home. it was a very unfair
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It was a very unfair situation that she had no
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Situation that she had no control over.
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Control over. by the grace of god, this
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By the grace of god, this loving family took her in.
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Loving family took her in. they spoke life into her and
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They spoke life into her and nurtured her.
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Nurtured her. instead of becoming a
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Instead of becoming a statistic, bitter and angry,
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Statistic, bitter and angry, today she's healthy and
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Today she's healthy and whole.
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Whole. she got married, graduated
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She got married, graduated from college, has three
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From college, has three beautiful children.
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Beautiful children. she's extremely grateful.
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She knows that's god's
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She knows that's god's goodness that was protecting
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Goodness that was protecting her and bringing the right
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Her and bringing the right people.
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People. but she didn't stop with just
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But she didn't stop with just being grateful.
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Being grateful. she's constantly helping
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She's constantly helping other young ladies that were
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Other young ladies that were like her, mentoring them,
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Having them over to her
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Having them over to her house, taking them shopping,
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House, taking them shopping, making them feel valuable and
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Making them feel valuable and loved, telling them that how
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Loved, telling them that how they were raised doesn't
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They were raised doesn't determine who they are or
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Determine who they are or where they're going.
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Where they're going. what's she doing?
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What's she doing? being a healer.
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Being a healer. she's not just a grateful
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She's not just a grateful former patient.
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Former patient. she's not just saying, "look
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She's not just saying, "look what god has done for me."
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What god has done for me." she's gone on to step number
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She's gone on to step number two.
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Two. she's become a physician.
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She's become a physician. no wonder she continues to
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No wonder she continues to see blessings and favor.
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See blessings and favor. she keeps giving away what
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She keeps giving away what was given to her, and one
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Was given to her, and one reason god could bless her is
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Reason god could bless her is he knew he could trust her to
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He knew he could trust her to take the restoration and
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Take the restoration and share it with others.
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Share it with others. he knew she wouldn't stay a
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He knew she wouldn't stay a patient, she would become a
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Patient, she would become a physician.
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Physician. i wonder if we're not seeing
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I wonder if we're not seeing healing, blessings, favor,
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Healing, blessings, favor, increase because we're not
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Increase because we're not committed like her to give it
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Committed like her to give it away.
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Away. god is saying to us what he
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God is saying to us what he said to abraham, "i will
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Said to abraham, "i will bless you if you will make a
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Bless you if you will make a commitment to be a blessing.
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Commitment to be a blessing. i will restore you.
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I will restore you. i will even make the enemy
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I will even make the enemy pay.
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Pay. i will take what was meant
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I will take what was meant for harm and turn it to your
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For harm and turn it to your advantage if you'll do like
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Her and help restore
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Her and help restore others."
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Others." i talked to a lady whose son
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I talked to a lady whose son was killed in iraq while he
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Was killed in iraq while he was serving.
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Was serving. she was so devastated, she
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She was so devastated, she didn't think she could go on.
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Didn't think she could go on. month after month of grieving
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Month after month of grieving turned into year after year
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Turned into year after year bitter, depressed, angry.
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Bitter, depressed, angry. she couldn't understand why
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She couldn't understand why it happened, and she would
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It happened, and she would hear me talking about how
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Hear me talking about how life is not always going to
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Life is not always going to make sense, but how we have
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Make sense, but how we have to keep moving forward, how
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To keep moving forward, how you can't let a season of
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You can't let a season of mourning turn into a lifetime
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Mourning turn into a lifetime of mourning, and i know
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Of mourning, and i know that's not easy.
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That's not easy. i haven't been there, but i
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I haven't been there, but i know living depressed and
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Know living depressed and bitter is only going to pull
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Bitter is only going to pull you down and make it worse.
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You down and make it worse. when she would hear me say
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When she would hear me say that god is in control and
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That god is in control and that he has new beginnings,
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That he has new beginnings, she would get so angry, she
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She would get so angry, she would scream at the
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Would scream at the television, "joel, you don't
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Television, "joel, you don't know what i've been
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Know what i've been through."
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Through." deep down, she knew what she
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Deep down, she knew what she was hearing was true, but the
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Was hearing was true, but the pain was so real.
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Pain was so real. after six years of listening
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After six years of listening week after week, she finally
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Week after week, she finally decided to move forward.
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Decided to move forward. she got involved with the
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She got involved with the program that helps veterans
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Program that helps veterans and people that have been
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And people that have been wounded in the military.
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Wounded in the military. she started a chapter in her
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She started a chapter in her hometown.
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Hometown. she said, "i cannot tell you
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She said, "i cannot tell you how blessed i am and how much
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How blessed i am and how much i have received from helping
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I have received from helping these families in need."
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These families in need." she ended by saying, "i want
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She ended by saying, "i want to apologize for screaming at
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To apologize for screaming at you all those times."
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You all those times." i thank god i couldn't hear
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I thank god i couldn't hear it, but here's my point.
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It, but here's my point. when she made the decision to
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When she made the decision to help others, that's when her
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Help others, that's when her healing came.
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Healing came. as long as she was bitter,
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As long as she was bitter, angry, focused on how unfair
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Angry, focused on how unfair life was, nothing got better.
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Life was, nothing got better. it's when she decided to
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It's when she decided to become a physician, to reach
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Become a physician, to reach out to others, then god gave
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Out to others, then god gave her beauty for ashes, joy and
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Her beauty for ashes, joy and fulfillment like she never
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Fulfillment like she never dreamed.
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Dreamed. is god waiting for you to be
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Is god waiting for you to be a blessing so he can really
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A blessing so he can really bless you?
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Bless you? is he waiting for you to give
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Is he waiting for you to give away healing, give away
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Away healing, give away encouragement, make somebody
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Encouragement, make somebody else better?
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Else better? then like this lady, he's
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Then like this lady, he's going to take you to a level
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Going to take you to a level that you've never imagined.
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That you've never imagined. luke chapter 22, jesus said
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Luke chapter 22, jesus said to peter, "satan has tried to
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To peter, "satan has tried to sift you like wheat, but i
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Sift you like wheat, but i have prayed for you that your
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Have prayed for you that your faith would not fail.
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Faith would not fail. when you have turned again,
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When you have turned again, strengthen your brother."
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Strengthen your brother." jesus was telling peter that
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Jesus was telling peter that forces were trying to keep
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Forces were trying to keep him from his destiny, but he
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Him from his destiny, but he prayed for him, and peter was
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Prayed for him, and peter was going to make it.
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Going to make it. then he said something
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Then he said something significant.
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Significant. "when you have turned again,"
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"when you have turned again," that means when you come out
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That means when you come out of this trial, when you're on
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Of this trial, when you're on the other side blessed, free,
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The other side blessed, free, restored, what are you to do?
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Restored, what are you to do? strengthen your brother.
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Strengthen your brother. he was saying, "use what
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He was saying, "use what you've been through to help
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You've been through to help somebody else get stronger."
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Somebody else get stronger." every blessing, every
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Every blessing, every healing, every breakthrough
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Healing, every breakthrough was not designed just for
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Was not designed just for you, it was to strengthen
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You, it was to strengthen your brother.
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Your brother. you would think jesus would
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You would think jesus would say, "peter, when you get
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Say, "peter, when you get out, go to the temple and
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Out, go to the temple and celebrate.
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Celebrate. call some friends and a have
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Call some friends and a have a victory party.
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A victory party. you're free, you're healed,
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You're free, you're healed, you're blessed."
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You're blessed." instead, he said, "when you
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Instead, he said, "when you come out, go strengthen
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Come out, go strengthen someone."
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Someone." god gave health back to my
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God gave health back to my mother.
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Mother. you know what she's been
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You know what she's been doing the last 37 years?
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Doing the last 37 years? strengthening people.
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Strengthening people. god gave me the grace to step
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God gave me the grace to step up and pastor when i didn't
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Up and pastor when i didn't think i could do it.
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Think i could do it. what have i been doing?
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What have i been doing? strengthening others.
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Strengthening others. whatever god has brought you
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Whatever god has brought you through, whatever he's turned
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Through, whatever he's turned around, whatever he's made
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Around, whatever he's made happen that you couldn't make
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Happen that you couldn't make happen, that's an opportunity
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Happen, that's an opportunity to strengthen someone.
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To strengthen someone. maybe you've been through a
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Maybe you've been through a divorce, your heart was
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Divorce, your heart was broken, you didn't think you
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Broken, you didn't think you could go on.
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Could go on. didn't look like there were
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Didn't look like there were any good days up ahead.
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Any good days up ahead. what you may not have
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What you may not have realized is like with peter,
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Realized is like with peter, jesus was praying for you
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Jesus was praying for you that your faith would not
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That your faith would not fail, and it's one thing to
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Fail, and it's one thing to have people praying for you,
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Have people praying for you, have a friend praying for
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Have a friend praying for you, a pastor, a priest, a
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You, a pastor, a priest, a rabbi.
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Rabbi. that's all good, but the
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That's all good, but the scripture says jesus is at
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Scripture says jesus is at the right hand of the father
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The right hand of the father praying for us.
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Praying for us. you wonder how you made it
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You wonder how you made it through that tough time, how
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Through that tough time, how you made it through that
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You made it through that loss, how you broke that
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Loss, how you broke that addiction that seemed like it
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Addiction that seemed like it was permanent.
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Was permanent. here's how, the creator of
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The universe was praying for
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The universe was praying for you.
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You. we've all come through things
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We've all come through things that should've stopped us.
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That should've stopped us. we've all seen good breaks
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We've all seen good breaks that we couldn't make happen,
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That we couldn't make happen, doors opened that we couldn't
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Doors opened that we couldn't open, addictions broken that
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Open, addictions broken that we couldn't break on our own.
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We couldn't break on our own. now, we're on the other side.
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Now, we're on the other side. what's our responsibility?
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What's our responsibility? what are we to do?
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What are we to do? strengthen someone.
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Strengthen someone. strengthen that person that
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Strengthen that person that has cancer.
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Has cancer. strengthen that friend that's
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Strengthen that friend that's going through a divorce.
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Going through a divorce. strengthen that co-worker
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Strengthen that co-worker that's fighting an addiction.
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That's fighting an addiction. strengthen that neighbor
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Strengthen that neighbor that's lonely.
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That's lonely. we should live on a mission.
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We should live on a mission. i'm out to strengthen
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I'm out to strengthen somebody today.
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Somebody today. i'm going to encourage
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I'm going to encourage someone, i'm going to help
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Someone, i'm going to help heal someone.
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Heal someone. god's brought me out.
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God's brought me out. i'm not going to stay a
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I'm not going to stay a grateful former patient, i'm
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Grateful former patient, i'm going to become a physician.
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Going to become a physician. and yes, it's okay to stay a
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And yes, it's okay to stay a patient for a little while,
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Patient for a little while, of course we all have
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Of course we all have difficulties and fight
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Difficulties and fight battles, and we need
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Battles, and we need encouragement, people to lift
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Encouragement, people to lift us when we fall and carry us
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Us when we fall and carry us when we're weak.
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When we're weak. there are seasons when we're
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There are seasons when we're a patient.
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A patient. but when god turns it around,
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But when god turns it around, when he brings us out, now
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When he brings us out, now we're blessed, we're healed,
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We're blessed, we're healed, we meet the right person, we
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We meet the right person, we need to shift into a
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Need to shift into a different mode.
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Different mode. now, i'm looking for somebody
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Now, i'm looking for somebody to strengthen, i'm looking
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To strengthen, i'm looking for somebody to bless.
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For somebody to bless. i have a story to share.
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I have a story to share. i have encouragement to give.
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I have encouragement to give. no more, "i need something.
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No more, "i need something. i'm a patient."
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I'm a patient." it's not just a grateful
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It's not just a grateful mode, "god's been good to
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Mode, "god's been good to me."
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Me." we have to shift into this
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We have to shift into this physician mode, "who can i
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Physician mode, "who can i bless?
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Bless? how can i help heal?
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How can i help heal? maybe my son was off course,
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Maybe my son was off course, god turned him around.
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God turned him around. lord, thank you for that.
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Lord, thank you for that. now, where's another son
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Now, where's another son i can go after?"
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I can go after?" or "god, you gave us the
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Or "god, you gave us the compaq center, you made a way
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Compaq center, you made a way when i didn't see a way.
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When i didn't see a way. where is somebody i can
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Where is somebody i can encourage with this?
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Encourage with this? where is a pastor i can call
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Where is a pastor i can call that doesn't think he'll ever
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That doesn't think he'll ever get his building?"
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Get his building?" as long as you let the
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As long as you let the blessings keep flowing, the
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Encouragement, being good to
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Encouragement, being good to people, comforting them,
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People, comforting them, helping them to overcome,
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Helping them to overcome, then the blessings will keep
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Then the blessings will keep coming in.
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Coming in. the healing will keep coming,
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The healing will keep coming, the right people, the joy,
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The right people, the joy, the fulfillment.
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The fulfillment. now, i'm not saying you won't
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Now, i'm not saying you won't have difficulties.
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Have difficulties. that as you give away what
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That as you give away what god's given you, as you
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God's given you, as you strengthen others, you will
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Strengthen others, you will always have the strength that
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Always have the strength that you need.
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You need. but sometimes, we can live
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But sometimes, we can live ingrown, focused on
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Ingrown, focused on ourselves.
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Ourselves. we're grateful, we thank god
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We're grateful, we thank god for his goodness, but that's
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For his goodness, but that's not enough.
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Not enough. that's not going to cause it
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That's not going to cause it to sustain.
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To sustain. the real test is, are you
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The real test is, are you strengthening someone?
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Strengthening someone? are you taking time to
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Are you taking time to encourage people?
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Encourage people? are you going out of your way
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Are you going out of your way to be good to them?
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To be good to them? maybe they need to be in an
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Maybe they need to be in an uplifting environment.
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Uplifting environment. you go pick them up and bring
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You go pick them up and bring them to church.
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Them to church. you just strengthened your
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You just strengthened your brother.
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Brother. the truth is none of us got
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The truth is none of us got to where we are on our own.
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To where we are on our own. somebody encouraged you,
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Somebody encouraged you, somebody brought you to
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Somebody brought you to church.
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Church. somebody took time to teach
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Somebody took time to teach you, to train you.
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Somebody believed in you.
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Somebody believed in you. they took a chance and gave
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They took a chance and gave you a position.
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You a position. somebody prayed for you.
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Somebody prayed for you. it may have been a great
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It may have been a great great great grandmother,
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Great great grandmother, you've never even met them,
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You've never even met them, but they were instrumental in
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But they were instrumental in you being where you are
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You being where you are today.
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Today. they helped you, why don't
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They helped you, why don't you go out and help somebody
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You go out and help somebody else?
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Else? keep giving away what god's
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Keep giving away what god's given you and it will always
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Come back.
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Come back. my father grew up in a family
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My father grew up in a family that didn't have anything to
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That didn't have anything to do with god.
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Do with god. they were good people, but
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They were good people, but faith wasn't a part of their
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Faith wasn't a part of their life, and in his teenage
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Life, and in his teenage years, he was partying and
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Years, he was partying and staying out all night, not
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Staying out all night, not doing well in school.
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Doing well in school. but he had a friend named sam
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But he had a friend named sam that was always talking to
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That was always talking to him about the lord.
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Him about the lord. sam would get to school early
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Sam would get to school early and write scripture verses on
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And write scripture verses on the chalkboard.
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The chalkboard. my father was so embarrassed,
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My father was so embarrassed, but no matter how many times
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But no matter how many times he told sam no, he wouldn't
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He told sam no, he wouldn't leave him alone.
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Leave him alone. sam stayed after him.
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Sam stayed after him. at the age of 17, daddy was
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At the age of 17, daddy was coming home from a nightclub,
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Coming home from a nightclub, 2 o'clock in the morning, and
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2 o'clock in the morning, and he looked up at the stars and
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He looked up at the stars and began to think about god and
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Began to think about god and what he would do with his
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What he would do with his life.
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Life. the next morning, he called
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The next morning, he called sam and said he wanted to go
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Sam and said he wanted to go to church with him.
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To church with him. at the end of the service,
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At the end of the service, the pastor invited people to
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The pastor invited people to the front to receive christ.
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The front to receive christ. my father wanted to go, but
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My father wanted to go, but he was too afraid.
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He was too afraid. sam said, "john, if you'll
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Sam said, "john, if you'll go, i'll go with you."
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Go, i'll go with you." they walked down the aisle
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They walked down the aisle together and my father gave
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Together and my father gave his life to christ.
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His life to christ. fast forward some 40 years
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Fast forward some 40 years later, my father was a
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Later, my father was a successful pastor with a
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Successful pastor with a church of thousands, known
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Church of thousands, known around the world.
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Around the world. one night, he went to a
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One night, he went to a friend's church across town
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To hear a special speaker.
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To hear a special speaker. he arrived late, so he sat in
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He arrived late, so he sat in the back.
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The back. he looked down the row and
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He looked down the row and noticed this young man that
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Noticed this young man that looked very troubled.
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Looked very troubled. he was planning on speaking
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He was planning on speaking to him when it was over.
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To him when it was over. but in the middle of the
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But in the middle of the service, the young man got up
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Service, the young man got up and walked out.
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And walked out. my father felt so strongly
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My father felt so strongly about it, he got up and went
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About it, he got up and went looking for him.
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Looking for him. he looked all over the lobby
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He looked all over the lobby and couldn't find him.
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And couldn't find him. he went out in the parking
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He went out in the parking lot and searched and
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Lot and searched and searched, he wasn't there.
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Searched, he wasn't there. came back in and checked the
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Came back in and checked the restroom, opened the door,
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Restroom, opened the door, the young man was standing
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The young man was standing there.
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There. he said, "i know you don't
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He said, "i know you don't know me, but god has a plan
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Know me, but god has a plan for your life.
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For your life. he has something for you to
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He has something for you to do.
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Do. he sent me after you to let
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He sent me after you to let you know that he cares about
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You know that he cares about you."
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You." the young man started weeping
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The young man started weeping and weeping.
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And weeping. he was addicted to so many
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He was addicted to so many drugs, so depressed that he
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Drugs, so depressed that he was planning on ending his
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Was planning on ending his life that night, but decided
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To go to church one last
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To go to church one last time.
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Time. by the grace of god, my
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By the grace of god, my father was there.
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Father was there. that night was a turning
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That night was a turning point, a new beginning.
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Point, a new beginning. the young man not only got
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The young man not only got free, but he too became the
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Free, but he too became the pastor of a large church.
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Pastor of a large church. here's my point.
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Here's my point. forty years later, my father
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Forty years later, my father was still giving away what
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Was still giving away what had been given to him.
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Had been given to him. if it had not been for sam,
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If it had not been for sam, he would've missed his
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He would've missed his destiny.
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Destiny. my father wasn't just a
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My father wasn't just a grateful former patient.
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Grateful former patient. he didn't just go around
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He didn't just go around saying, "look what god has
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Saying, "look what god has done for me," he became a
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Done for me," he became a physician.
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Physician. he lived with this attitude,
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He lived with this attitude, "i'm on a mission.
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"i'm on a mission. sam tracked me down and
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Sam tracked me down and changed my life.
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Changed my life. now, i'm going to track
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Now, i'm going to track somebody else down and help
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Somebody else down and help change their life.
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Change their life. i'm going to strengthen my
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I'm going to strengthen my brother."
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Brother." no wonder my father lived
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No wonder my father lived with favor and influence,
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With favor and influence, god's goodness.
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God's goodness. he kept letting what was
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He kept letting what was given to him flow to others.
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Given to him flow to others. god knew if he would bless my
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God knew if he would bless my father, he could trust him to
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Father, he could trust him to be a blessing.
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Be a blessing. he knew if sam would be
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He knew if sam would be relentless and track him
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Relentless and track him down, that my father would
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Down, that my father would live with that same attitude
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Live with that same attitude when it came to helping
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When it came to helping others.
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Others. can god trust you to be
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Can god trust you to be blessed?
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Blessed? will you pass it on and be a
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Will you pass it on and be a blessing?
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Blessing? can he trust you with
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Can he trust you with healing?
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Healing? will you become a healer?
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Will you become a healer? can he trust you with
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Can he trust you with influence, with new levels,
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Influence, with new levels, with freedom?
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With freedom? will you let what he gives
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Will you let what he gives you flow out to others?
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You flow out to others? i believe he can.
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I believe he can. i know i'm looking at
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I know i'm looking at faithful, committed,
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Faithful, committed, trustworthy people.
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Trustworthy people. not just grateful former
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Not just grateful former patients, i'm looking at
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Patients, i'm looking at physicians.
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Physicians. you may not realize it, but
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You may not realize it, but you're a healer.
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You're a healer. you're a lifter.
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You're a lifter. you're an encourager.
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You're an encourager. you're a blesser.
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You're a blesser. now, i believe and declare as
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Now, i believe and declare as you strengthen your brothers,
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You strengthen your brothers, as you strengthen your
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As you strengthen your sisters, not only are they
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Sisters, not only are they going to rise higher, but
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Going to rise higher, but you're going to rise higher.
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You're going to rise higher. you're going to see new
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You're going to see new levels of blessing, healing,
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Levels of blessing, healing, influence, favor, the
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Fullness of your destiny in
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Fullness of your destiny in jesus's name, and if you
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Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say amen
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Receive it, can you say amen today?
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Today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god
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Church and keep god first place.
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First place. victoria and i
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Will be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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Happy, healthy, and free. for 31 days,
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For 31 days, i'll take you
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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On a wellness journey for your spirit, body,
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And soul.
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It's filled with daily
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Declarations, scriptures, encouragement.
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Scriptures, encouragement. as you get your mind in tune
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As you get your mind in tune with what god says,
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With what god says, you'll experience a refreshing,
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A revitalization.
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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Ayou were created to be strong, to be passionate,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Healthy, and free. when you contact us today,
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When you contact us today, we'll send you
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We'll send you happy, healthy, and free:
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Happy, healthy, and free: a 31-day wellness journey
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A 31-day wellness journey 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 devotional will help you
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This devotional will help you strengthen your faith,
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Declare god's
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Promises, and receive the healing he's
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The healing he's already made available to you.
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Already made available to you. spirit, soul, and body.
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That will transform
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Your spirit,ansform
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Your spirit,ansform mind, and body in just 31 days.
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Mind, and body in just 31 days. god is going to restore
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God is going to restore what the enemy tried to steal.
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What the enemy tried to steal. your joy,
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Your joy, your peace, your health.
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Your peace, your health. 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. thanks so much for your prayer
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Thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is bringing hope to people
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Around the world.
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Special thank you to our
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online every sunday
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Online every sunday morning, download
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Morning, download our daily podcast,
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Our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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You can listen on sirius xm 24 hours a day.
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Sirius xm 24 hours a day. we'll keep you
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Be sure to request
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Joel Osteen - From Patient To Physician

September 2, 2025 | 30:0

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