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Joel Osteen - From Patient To Physician

September 2, 2025 | S E | 30:0

Joel Osteen - From Patient To Physician
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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.
  • 00:10:01.523 --> 00:10:02.891
  • Former patient. she's not just saying, "look
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  • She's not just saying, "look what god has done for me."
  • 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:05.860
  • 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,
  • 00:10:33.955 --> 00:10:36.157
  • Healing, blessings, favor, increase because we're not
  • 00:10:36.224 --> 00:10:38.393
  • 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
  • 00:10:41.796 --> 00:10:43.264
  • God is saying to us what he said to abraham, "i will
  • 00:10:43.331 --> 00:10:45.100
  • 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."
  • 00:11:00.682 --> 00:11:02.083
  • Others." i talked to a lady whose son
  • 00:11:02.150 --> 00:11:03.785
  • I talked to a lady whose son was killed in iraq while he
  • 00:11:03.852 --> 00:11:05.720
  • Was killed in iraq while he was serving.
  • 00:11:05.787 --> 00:11:07.055
  • Was serving. she was so devastated, she
  • 00:11:07.122 --> 00:11:09.023
  • She was so devastated, she didn't think she could go on.
  • 00:11:09.090 --> 00:11:10.992
  • Didn't think she could go on. month after month of grieving
  • 00:11:11.059 --> 00:11:13.294
  • Month after month of grieving turned into year after year
  • 00:11:13.361 --> 00:11:15.296
  • Turned into year after year bitter, depressed, angry.
  • 00:11:15.363 --> 00:11:17.766
  • Bitter, depressed, angry. she couldn't understand why
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  • She couldn't understand why it happened, and she would
  • 00:11:19.067 --> 00:11:20.702
  • 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
  • 00:11:22.871 --> 00:11:24.272
  • Life is not always going to make sense, but how we have
  • 00:11:24.339 --> 00:11:25.940
  • Make sense, but how we have to keep moving forward, how
  • 00:11:26.007 --> 00:11:27.942
  • To keep moving forward, how you can't let a season of
  • 00:11:28.009 --> 00:11:29.377
  • You can't let a season of mourning turn into a lifetime
  • 00:11:29.444 --> 00:11:31.446
  • Mourning turn into a lifetime of mourning, and i know
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  • Of mourning, and i know that's not easy.
  • 00:11:33.314 --> 00:11:34.783
  • That's not easy. i haven't been there, but i
  • 00:11:34.849 --> 00:11:36.651
  • I haven't been there, but i know living depressed and
  • 00:11:36.718 --> 00:11:38.653
  • Know living depressed and bitter is only going to pull
  • 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.555
  • Bitter is only going to pull you down and make it worse.
  • 00:11:40.622 --> 00:11:43.224
  • 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
  • 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.861
  • That god is in control and that he has new beginnings,
  • 00:11:46.928 --> 00:11:48.863
  • That he has new beginnings, she would get so angry, she
  • 00:11:48.930 --> 00:11:50.465
  • She would get so angry, she would scream at the
  • 00:11:50.532 --> 00:11:51.499
  • Would scream at the television, "joel, you don't
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  • Television, "joel, you don't know what i've been
  • 00:11:53.601 --> 00:11:54.402
  • Know what i've been through."
  • 00:11:54.469 --> 00:11:55.537
  • Through." deep down, she knew what she
  • 00:11:55.603 --> 00:11:57.205
  • Deep down, she knew what she was hearing was true, but the
  • 00:11:57.272 --> 00:11:59.040
  • Was hearing was true, but the pain was so real.
  • 00:11:59.107 --> 00:12:01.042
  • Pain was so real. after six years of listening
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  • After six years of listening week after week, she finally
  • 00:12:03.144 --> 00:12:05.313
  • Week after week, she finally decided to move forward.
  • 00:12:05.380 --> 00:12:07.782
  • 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
  • 00:12:11.553 --> 00:12:12.487
  • And people that have been wounded in the military.
  • 00:12:12.554 --> 00:12:14.556
  • Wounded in the military. she started a chapter in her
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  • She started a chapter in her hometown.
  • 00:12:16.157 --> 00:12:17.425
  • Hometown. she said, "i cannot tell you
  • 00:12:17.492 --> 00:12:19.594
  • She said, "i cannot tell you how blessed i am and how much
  • 00:12:19.661 --> 00:12:22.297
  • How blessed i am and how much i have received from helping
  • 00:12:22.363 --> 00:12:24.132
  • I have received from helping these families in need."
  • 00:12:24.199 --> 00:12:26.134
  • These families in need." she ended by saying, "i want
  • 00:12:26.201 --> 00:12:27.936
  • She ended by saying, "i want to apologize for screaming at
  • 00:12:28.002 --> 00:12:30.004
  • To apologize for screaming at you all those times."
  • 00:12:30.071 --> 00:12:32.273
  • 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.
  • 00:12:33.675 --> 00:12:35.810
  • It, but here's my point. when she made the decision to
  • 00:12:35.877 --> 00:12:37.478
  • When she made the decision to help others, that's when her
  • 00:12:37.545 --> 00:12:39.647
  • Help others, that's when her healing came.
  • 00:12:39.714 --> 00:12:41.249
  • Healing came. as long as she was bitter,
  • 00:12:41.316 --> 00:12:43.251
  • As long as she was bitter, angry, focused on how unfair
  • 00:12:43.318 --> 00:12:45.854
  • Angry, focused on how unfair life was, nothing got better.
  • 00:12:45.920 --> 00:12:48.356
  • Life was, nothing got better. it's when she decided to
  • 00:12:48.423 --> 00:12:50.458
  • It's when she decided to become a physician, to reach
  • 00:12:50.525 --> 00:12:52.560
  • 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
  • 00:12:54.863 --> 00:12:57.265
  • Her beauty for ashes, joy and fulfillment like she never
  • 00:12:57.332 --> 00:12:58.733
  • Fulfillment like she never dreamed.
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  • Dreamed. is god waiting for you to be
  • 00:13:00.034 --> 00:13:01.970
  • Is god waiting for you to be a blessing so he can really
  • 00:13:02.036 --> 00:13:03.972
  • A blessing so he can really bless you?
  • 00:13:04.038 --> 00:13:05.273
  • Bless you? is he waiting for you to give
  • 00:13:05.340 --> 00:13:06.674
  • Is he waiting for you to give away healing, give away
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  • Away healing, give away encouragement, make somebody
  • 00:13:08.476 --> 00:13:10.211
  • Encouragement, make somebody else better?
  • 00:13:10.278 --> 00:13:11.446
  • Else better? then like this lady, he's
  • 00:13:11.512 --> 00:13:12.847
  • 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.
  • 00:13:39.073 --> 00:13:40.675
  • 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,"
  • 00:13:43.077 --> 00:13:45.280
  • "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
  • 00:13:47.048 --> 00:13:48.850
  • Of this trial, when you're on the other side blessed, free,
  • 00:13:48.917 --> 00:13:51.085
  • The other side blessed, free, restored, what are you to do?
  • 00:13:51.152 --> 00:13:53.021
  • Restored, what are you to do? strengthen your brother.
  • 00:13:53.087 --> 00:13:55.056
  • 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
  • 00:14:02.397 --> 00:14:04.599
  • Healing, every breakthrough was not designed just for
  • 00:14:04.666 --> 00:14:06.367
  • 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
  • 00:14:11.205 --> 00:14:12.807
  • 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
  • 00:14:15.877 --> 00:14:17.045
  • Call some friends and a have a victory party.
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  • A victory party. you're free, you're healed,
  • 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.647
  • You're free, you're healed, you're blessed."
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  • You're blessed." instead, he said, "when you
  • 00:14:20.915 --> 00:14:22.850
  • 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
  • 00:14:26.087 --> 00:14:27.488
  • God gave health back to my mother.
  • 00:14:27.555 --> 00:14:28.323
  • Mother. you know what she's been
  • 00:14:28.389 --> 00:14:29.090
  • You know what she's been doing the last 37 years?
  • 00:14:29.157 --> 00:14:30.692
  • Doing the last 37 years? strengthening people.
  • 00:14:30.758 --> 00:14:32.727
  • Strengthening people. god gave me the grace to step
  • 00:14:32.794 --> 00:14:34.295
  • 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.
  • 00:14:36.064 --> 00:14:36.898
  • Think i could do it. what have i been doing?
  • 00:14:36.965 --> 00:14:38.166
  • 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
  • 00:14:41.903 --> 00:14:43.771
  • Through, whatever he's turned around, whatever he's made
  • 00:14:43.838 --> 00:14:45.573
  • Around, whatever he's made happen that you couldn't make
  • 00:14:45.640 --> 00:14:46.741
  • Happen that you couldn't make happen, that's an opportunity
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  • Happen, that's an opportunity to strengthen someone.
  • 00:14:48.943 --> 00:14:51.045
  • To strengthen someone. maybe you've been through a
  • 00:14:51.112 --> 00:14:52.113
  • Maybe you've been through a divorce, your heart was
  • 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:54.115
  • 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
  • 00:14:57.118 --> 00:14:57.852
  • Didn't look like there were any good days up ahead.
  • 00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:00.088
  • Any good days up ahead. what you may not have
  • 00:15:00.154 --> 00:15:01.222
  • What you may not have realized is like with peter,
  • 00:15:01.289 --> 00:15:03.758
  • Realized is like with peter, jesus was praying for you
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  • Jesus was praying for you that your faith would not
  • 00:15:05.994 --> 00:15:07.195
  • That your faith would not fail, and it's one thing to
  • 00:15:07.261 --> 00:15:09.197
  • 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
  • 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:12.567
  • 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
  • 00:15:15.269 --> 00:15:16.704
  • That's all good, but the scripture says jesus is at
  • 00:15:16.771 --> 00:15:19.007
  • 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.
  • 00:15:30.485 --> 00:15:31.252
  • Was permanent. here's how, the creator of
  • 00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:33.187
  • The universe was praying for
  • 00:15:33.354 --> 00:15:34.889
  • The universe was praying for you.
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  • You. we've all come through things
  • 00:15:36.324 --> 00:15:37.992
  • We've all come through things that should've stopped us.
  • 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:40.128
  • 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.
  • 00:15:47.568 --> 00:15:49.704
  • We couldn't break on our own. now, we're on the other side.
  • 00:15:49.771 --> 00:15:52.006
  • Now, we're on the other side. what's our responsibility?
  • 00:15:52.073 --> 00:15:53.408
  • What's our responsibility? what are we to do?
  • 00:15:53.474 --> 00:15:54.642
  • 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
  • 00:15:59.714 --> 00:16:01.049
  • 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,
  • 00:16:40.688 --> 00:16:42.890
  • But when god turns it around, when he brings us out, now
  • 00:16:42.957 --> 00:16:44.292
  • When he brings us out, now we're blessed, we're healed,
  • 00:16:44.358 --> 00:16:46.494
  • We're blessed, we're healed, we meet the right person, we
  • 00:16:46.561 --> 00:16:48.262
  • 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
  • 00:16:51.432 --> 00:16:53.367
  • Now, i'm looking for somebody to strengthen, i'm looking
  • 00:16:53.434 --> 00:16:55.136
  • To strengthen, i'm looking for somebody to bless.
  • 00:16:55.203 --> 00:16:56.737
  • For somebody to bless. i have a story to share.
  • 00:16:56.804 --> 00:16:58.773
  • 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."
  • 00:17:03.478 --> 00:17:05.046
  • I'm a patient." it's not just a grateful
  • 00:17:05.113 --> 00:17:06.647
  • 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
  • 00:17:08.649 --> 00:17:09.817
  • We have to shift into this physician mode, "who can i
  • 00:17:09.884 --> 00:17:11.652
  • Physician mode, "who can i bless?
  • 00:17:11.719 --> 00:17:12.487
  • Bless? how can i help heal?
  • 00:17:12.553 --> 00:17:14.355
  • How can i help heal? maybe my son was off course,
  • 00:17:14.422 --> 00:17:16.757
  • 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
  • 00:17:19.260 --> 00:17:20.795
  • Now, where's another son i can go after?"
  • 00:17:20.862 --> 00:17:22.330
  • I can go after?" or "god, you gave us the
  • 00:17:22.396 --> 00:17:23.464
  • Or "god, you gave us the compaq center, you made a way
  • 00:17:23.531 --> 00:17:25.633
  • Compaq center, you made a way when i didn't see a way.
  • 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:27.335
  • When i didn't see a way. where is somebody i can
  • 00:17:27.401 --> 00:17:28.803
  • Where is somebody i can encourage with this?
  • 00:17:28.870 --> 00:17:30.438
  • Encourage with this? where is a pastor i can call
  • 00:17:30.505 --> 00:17:32.540
  • Where is a pastor i can call that doesn't think he'll ever
  • 00:17:32.607 --> 00:17:33.574
  • That doesn't think he'll ever get his building?"
  • 00:17:33.641 --> 00:17:35.409
  • 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
  • 00:17:39.514 --> 00:17:41.315
  • Encouragement, being good to people, comforting them,
  • 00:17:41.382 --> 00:17:43.317
  • People, comforting them, helping them to overcome,
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  • Helping them to overcome, then the blessings will keep
  • 00:17:45.219 --> 00:17:46.487
  • Then the blessings will keep coming in.
  • 00:17:46.554 --> 00:17:47.688
  • Coming in. the healing will keep coming,
  • 00:17:47.755 --> 00:17:49.457
  • The healing will keep coming, the right people, the joy,
  • 00:17:49.524 --> 00:17:51.359
  • The right people, the joy, the fulfillment.
  • 00:17:51.425 --> 00:17:52.126
  • The fulfillment. now, i'm not saying you won't
  • 00:17:52.193 --> 00:17:54.462
  • 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
  • 00:17:57.798 --> 00:17:59.567
  • God's given you, as you strengthen others, you will
  • 00:17:59.634 --> 00:18:01.702
  • Strengthen others, you will always have the strength that
  • 00:18:01.769 --> 00:18:03.304
  • Always have the strength that you need.
  • 00:18:03.371 --> 00:18:04.605
  • You need. but sometimes, we can live
  • 00:18:04.672 --> 00:18:06.574
  • 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
  • 00:18:09.076 --> 00:18:11.212
  • We're grateful, we thank god for his goodness, but that's
  • 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.980
  • For his goodness, but that's not enough.
  • 00:18:13.047 --> 00:18:14.115
  • Not enough. that's not going to cause it
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  • That's not going to cause it to sustain.
  • 00:18:15.483 --> 00:18:16.684
  • To sustain. the real test is, are you
  • 00:18:16.751 --> 00:18:18.753
  • 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?
  • 00:18:22.156 --> 00:18:23.691
  • Encourage people? are you going out of your way
  • 00:18:23.758 --> 00:18:25.293
  • Are you going out of your way to be good to them?
  • 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:27.395
  • To be good to them? maybe they need to be in an
  • 00:18:27.461 --> 00:18:28.996
  • 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.
  • 00:18:32.266 --> 00:18:33.134
  • 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
  • 00:18:35.703 --> 00:18:37.939
  • 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,
  • 00:18:40.141 --> 00:18:42.143
  • Somebody encouraged you, somebody brought you to
  • 00:18:42.210 --> 00:18:43.144
  • Somebody brought you to church.
  • 00:18:43.211 --> 00:18:44.212
  • Church. somebody took time to teach
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  • Somebody took time to teach you, to train you.
  • 00:18:45.846 --> 00:18:47.682
  • Somebody believed in you.
  • 00:18:47.915 --> 00:18:49.650
  • Somebody believed in you. they took a chance and gave
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  • They took a chance and gave you a position.
  • 00:18:51.085 --> 00:18:52.286
  • You a position. somebody prayed for you.
  • 00:18:52.353 --> 00:18:54.288
  • Somebody prayed for you. it may have been a great
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  • It may have been a great great great grandmother,
  • 00:18:55.423 --> 00:18:56.724
  • Great great grandmother, you've never even met them,
  • 00:18:56.791 --> 00:18:58.392
  • You've never even met them, but they were instrumental in
  • 00:18:58.459 --> 00:19:00.127
  • But they were instrumental in you being where you are
  • 00:19:00.194 --> 00:19:01.195
  • You being where you are today.
  • 00:19:01.262 --> 00:19:02.296
  • Today. they helped you, why don't
  • 00:19:02.363 --> 00:19:03.965
  • They helped you, why don't you go out and help somebody
  • 00:19:04.031 --> 00:19:05.433
  • You go out and help somebody else?
  • 00:19:05.499 --> 00:19:06.334
  • Else? keep giving away what god's
  • 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.768
  • Keep giving away what god's given you and it will always
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  • Come back.
  • 00:19:09.904 --> 00:19:11.205
  • Come back. my father grew up in a family
  • 00:19:11.272 --> 00:19:12.940
  • 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.
  • 00:19:14.475 --> 00:19:15.676
  • Do with god. they were good people, but
  • 00:19:15.743 --> 00:19:17.245
  • They were good people, but faith wasn't a part of their
  • 00:19:17.311 --> 00:19:18.579
  • Faith wasn't a part of their life, and in his teenage
  • 00:19:18.646 --> 00:19:20.414
  • Life, and in his teenage years, he was partying and
  • 00:19:20.481 --> 00:19:22.516
  • Years, he was partying and staying out all night, not
  • 00:19:22.583 --> 00:19:24.485
  • Staying out all night, not doing well in school.
  • 00:19:24.552 --> 00:19:26.487
  • Doing well in school. but he had a friend named sam
  • 00:19:26.554 --> 00:19:28.756
  • 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.
  • 00:19:30.324 --> 00:19:31.993
  • 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.
  • 00:19:35.630 --> 00:19:36.897
  • The chalkboard. my father was so embarrassed,
  • 00:19:36.964 --> 00:19:38.899
  • 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
  • 00:19:40.468 --> 00:19:42.637
  • He told sam no, he wouldn't leave him alone.
  • 00:19:42.703 --> 00:19:43.938
  • Leave him alone. sam stayed after him.
  • 00:19:44.005 --> 00:19:46.007
  • 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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  • Will be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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