Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Peace With The Plan

March 27, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Peace With The Plan | March 27, 2026

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come
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Media. and you can come visit us in person.
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Visit us in person. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this college professor.
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About this college professor. he was going to prove to his
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He was going to prove to his students that there is no
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Students that there is no god. he said, “god, if you're
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God. he said, “god, if you're real, then knock me off of
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Real, then knock me off of this platform and i'll give
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This platform and i'll give you fifteen minutes to do
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You fifteen minutes to do it.” with every minute that
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It.” with every minute that went by, he taunted god,
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Went by, he taunted god, “god, i'm still here, i'm
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“god, i'm still here, i'm still waiting.” at the last
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Still waiting.” at the last minute, a 300-pound football
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Minute, a 300-pound football player walking down the hall
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Player walking down the hall overheard him. he took off
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Overheard him. he took off running, full speed toward
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Running, full speed toward him, put his shoulder down
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Him, put his shoulder down and sent him flying off the
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And sent him flying off the platform. the professor woke
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Platform. the professor woke up in a daze, “what in the
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Up in a daze, “what in the world did you do that for?”
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World did you do that for?” the football player replied,
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The football player replied, “god said he was busy, so he
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“god said he was busy, so he sent me.” (laughter)
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Sent me.” (laughter) all right y'all say it like
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All right y'all say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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Can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about peace with the plan.
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About peace with the plan. what causes a lot of
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What causes a lot of frustration is when our plans
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Frustration is when our plans don't work out. we thought by
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Don't work out. we thought by this time we'd be further in
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This time we'd be further in our career; we would have met
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Our career; we would have met someone by now, we still
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Someone by now, we still wouldn't be dealing with this
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Wouldn't be dealing with this trouble at work. it's easy to
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Trouble at work. it's easy to get discouraged because
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Get discouraged because things haven't turned out the
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Things haven't turned out the way we planned. but the
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Way we planned. but the scripture says, “god's ways
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Scripture says, “god's ways are not our ways. they are
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Are not our ways. they are higher and better than our
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Higher and better than our ways.” if you're going to
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Ways.” if you're going to stay in peace, you have to
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Stay in peace, you have to let go of what you had in
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Let go of what you had in mind. as long as you're set
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Mind. as long as you're set on it happening one way,
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On it happening one way, here's how it's going to work
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Here's how it's going to work out, this door has to open,
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Out, this door has to open, this person has to come; i've
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This person has to come; i've got to be there by this age.
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Got to be there by this age. you have god in a box telling
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You have god in a box telling him what to do, how to do it,
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Him what to do, how to do it, when to do it. the problem is
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When to do it. the problem is that's your plan but it's not
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That's your plan but it's not his plan. his plan is better.
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His plan. his plan is better. his plan is more rewarding,
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His plan is more rewarding, more fulfilling. but here's
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More fulfilling. but here's the key. you're not always
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The key. you're not always going to understand his plan.
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Going to understand his plan. it may not make sense. god
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It may not make sense. god doesn't take you in a
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Doesn't take you in a straight line to your
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Straight line to your destiny. there will be
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Destiny. there will be twists, turns and detours.
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Twists, turns and detours. times where it looks like
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Times where it looks like you're at a dead end,
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You're at a dead end, obstacles too big. times
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Obstacles too big. times where you feel like you're
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Where you feel like you're going the wrong way. this is
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Going the wrong way. this is when you have to trust. “god
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When you have to trust. “god this is not what i had in
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This is not what i had in mind. it doesn't make sense
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Mind. it doesn't make sense to me, but i know you're in
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To me, but i know you're in control.”
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Control.” i talked to a man that was
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I talked to a man that was upset with god. he was new to
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Upset with god. he was new to the faith. he was in this
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The faith. he was in this problem. he had his plan, his
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Problem. he had his plan, his idea, his strategies. he had
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Idea, his strategies. he had prayed and believed, he was
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Prayed and believed, he was very passionate. but it
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Very passionate. but it hadn't worked out the way he
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Hadn't worked out the way he wanted; it didn't happen on
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Wanted; it didn't happen on his timetable. he said,
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His timetable. he said, “joel, god didn't come
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“joel, god didn't come through for me. he let me
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Through for me. he let me down.” if you're only going
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Down.” if you're only going to be happy if god does what
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To be happy if god does what you want, then you're setting
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You want, then you're setting yourself up for
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Yourself up for disappointment. it's not our
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Disappointment. it's not our plan, it's god's plan. it's
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Plan, it's god's plan. it's not what we want, it's what
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Not what we want, it's what he wants. the beauty is god's
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He wants. the beauty is god's way is the best way. if he
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Way is the best way. if he followed our plan and always
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Followed our plan and always did what he had in mind, we
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Did what he had in mind, we wouldn't see the fullness of
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Wouldn't see the fullness of our destiny. the scripture
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Our destiny. the scripture says that nothing can stop
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Says that nothing can stop his plan. things may stop our
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His plan. things may stop our plan. but what he has
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Plan. but what he has purposed will come to pass.
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Purposed will come to pass. you have to be still and know
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You have to be still and know that he is god. not living
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That he is god. not living upset, “why is this taking so
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Upset, “why is this taking so long? i can't believe i'm
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Long? i can't believe i'm still here.” no turn it
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Still here.” no turn it around, “god, i'm at peace
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Around, “god, i'm at peace with your plan. i know you're
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With your plan. i know you're ordering my steps. you will
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Ordering my steps. you will get me to where i'm supposed
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Get me to where i'm supposed to be, when i'm supposed to
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To be, when i'm supposed to be there.”
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Be there.” we sing that hymn, “i
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We sing that hymn, “i surrender all. all to jesus i
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Surrender all. all to jesus i surrender.” one of the
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Surrender.” one of the hardest things to surrender
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Hardest things to surrender is what you had in mind.
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Is what you had in mind. surrender how you think it's
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Surrender how you think it's going to happen. if you don't
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Going to happen. if you don't understand this, like that
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Understand this, like that man, you'll get upset, “god
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Man, you'll get upset, “god where were you? i thought
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Where were you? i thought we'd have a baby by now. i
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We'd have a baby by now. i thought i'd have my degree. i
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Thought i'd have my degree. i thought i'd be over this
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Thought i'd be over this illness.” this can save you a
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Illness.” this can save you a lot of frustration. put how
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Lot of frustration. put how you thought it was going to
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You thought it was going to happen on the altar.
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Happen on the altar. think about the three hebrew
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Think about the three hebrew teenagers. they wouldn't bow
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Teenagers. they wouldn't bow down to the king's golden
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Down to the king's golden idol. he was so angry, he
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Idol. he was so angry, he said, “i'm going to give you
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Said, “i'm going to give you one more chance. if you don't
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One more chance. if you don't bow, i'm going to have you
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Bow, i'm going to have you thrown into a fiery furnace.”
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Thrown into a fiery furnace.” these teenagers never planned
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These teenagers never planned on facing this kind of
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On facing this kind of challenge. they planned on
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Challenge. they planned on going to school, being
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Going to school, being leaders, getting married,
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Leaders, getting married, raising children. now unless
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Raising children. now unless they compromise, they're
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They compromise, they're going to be killed. but they
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Going to be killed. but they understood this principle,
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Understood this principle, that nothing can stop god's
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That nothing can stop god's plan for your life. people
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Plan for your life. people can't stop it, bad breaks
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Can't stop it, bad breaks can't stop it, betrayals,
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Can't stop it, betrayals, delays, injustice. they said
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Delays, injustice. they said to the king, “we're not going
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To the king, “we're not going to bow down, for we know our
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To bow down, for we know our god will deliver us.” they had
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God will deliver us.” they had great faith, but their next
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Great faith, but their next statement is the key, “but
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Statement is the key, “but even if he doesn't, we're
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Even if he doesn't, we're still not going to bow.” they
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Still not going to bow.” they were saying, “we trust his
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Were saying, “we trust his plan. our life is in his
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Plan. our life is in his hands.” they could have been
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Hands.” they could have been complaining, “god this is not
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Complaining, “god this is not fair. we were doing the right
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Fair. we were doing the right thing. why did it happen?”
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Thing. why did it happen?” they surrendered their will
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They surrendered their will to god's will.
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To god's will. the king had their hands and
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The king had their hands and feet bound with chords and
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Feet bound with chords and threw them into the fire.
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Threw them into the fire. sometimes god's plan will
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Sometimes god's plan will take you into a furnace. just
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Take you into a furnace. just because you're in something
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Because you're in something that feels over your head,
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That feels over your head, you're outnumbered, the
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You're outnumbered, the opposition is stronger, that
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Opposition is stronger, that doesn't mean you're not where
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Doesn't mean you're not where you're supposed to be. god is
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You're supposed to be. god is still in control. he wouldn't
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Still in control. he wouldn't have allowed the difficulty
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Have allowed the difficulty if it wasn't a part of your
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If it wasn't a part of your purpose. a lot of times we
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Purpose. a lot of times we think, “god keep me out of
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Think, “god keep me out of this fire, and i'll give you
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This fire, and i'll give you praise. god, move this
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Praise. god, move this coworker that gets on my
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Coworker that gets on my nerves, then i'll trust you.”
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Nerves, then i'll trust you.” god's plan doesn't always
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God's plan doesn't always deliver you from the fire.
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Deliver you from the fire. sometimes he'll take you
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Sometimes he'll take you through the fire. if you're
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Through the fire. if you're set on it happening one way,
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Set on it happening one way, “god, you have to change this
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“god, you have to change this person, turn this problem
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Person, turn this problem around, make my business
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Around, make my business grow.” that's telling god to
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Grow.” that's telling god to fit into your plan. “do it my
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Fit into your plan. “do it my way.” god has ways you've
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Way.” god has ways you've never thought of. that's not
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Never thought of. that's not only limiting what he can do
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Only limiting what he can do but it will cause you to be
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But it will cause you to be frustrated because things
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Frustrated because things aren't going according to
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Aren't going according to your plan. why don't you let
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Your plan. why don't you let go of what you had in mind?
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Go of what you had in mind? why don't you release how you
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Why don't you release how you thought everything would
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Thought everything would happen.
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Happen. i heard about a man out
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I heard about a man out hiking through the mountains.
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Hiking through the mountains. he was on this high cliff,
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He was on this high cliff, overlooking a huge canyon.
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Overlooking a huge canyon. somehow, he lost his footing
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Somehow, he lost his footing and slipped. he was in this
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And slipped. he was in this free fall, headed toward the
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Free fall, headed toward the ground. at the last moment,
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Ground. at the last moment, he reached out and
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He reached out and miraculously grabbed a small
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Miraculously grabbed a small branch growing out of the
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Branch growing out of the side of the rocks. as he hung
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Side of the rocks. as he hung on for dear life, dangling
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On for dear life, dangling hundreds of feet in the air,
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Hundreds of feet in the air, he cried out, “god, please
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He cried out, “god, please save me.” a voice boomed out
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Save me.” a voice boomed out of the heavens and said,
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Of the heavens and said, “son, let go and i'll catch
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“son, let go and i'll catch you.” there was a long pause.
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You.” there was a long pause. the man said, “is there
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The man said, “is there anyone else up there?” we
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Anyone else up there?” we want god to do it our way. we
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Want god to do it our way. we don't want to let go of what
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Don't want to let go of what we have in mind. we don't
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We have in mind. we don't want to surrender our will.
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Want to surrender our will. we have it figured out. we
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We have it figured out. we have our strategy, how it's
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Have our strategy, how it's going to happen, when it's
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Going to happen, when it's going to happen. and yes,
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Going to happen. and yes, it's good to have plans. good
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It's good to have plans. good to have a vision for your
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To have a vision for your life, but don't get so set in
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Life, but don't get so set in your ways that if things
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Your ways that if things don't turn out the way you
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Don't turn out the way you thought, you had a detour,
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Thought, you had a detour, you got thrown into a fire,
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You got thrown into a fire, it's taking longer than
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It's taking longer than expected, that you think god
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Expected, that you think god has forgotten about you, and
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Has forgotten about you, and it's never going to happen.
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It's never going to happen. god has you right where
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God has you right where you're supposed to be. the
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You're supposed to be. the reason it's not turning out
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Reason it's not turning out the way you thought, is
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The way you thought, is because what god has in mind
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Because what god has in mind is much better than what you
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Is much better than what you have in mind. his dream for
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Have in mind. his dream for your life is much greater
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Your life is much greater than your dream.
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Than your dream. but the way it's going to
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But the way it's going to happen, probably won't be the
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Happen, probably won't be the way you thought. god will
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Way you thought. god will open doors you never imagined
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Open doors you never imagined would open. sometimes he'll
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Would open. sometimes he'll take you backwards so he can
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Take you backwards so he can thrust you forward. you'll go
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Thrust you forward. you'll go through the fire so he can
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Through the fire so he can show out in your life. the
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Show out in your life. the giants aren't there to kill you,
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Giants aren't there to kill you, they're there to reveal you.
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They're there to reveal you. to show people who you are,
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To show people who you are, to establish you, give you
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To establish you, give you credibility and influence.
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Credibility and influence. none of us plan on having a
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None of us plan on having a goliath. we don't plan on
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Goliath. we don't plan on being thrown into a furnace.
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Being thrown into a furnace. if you're set on how you
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If you're set on how you think it's going to happen,
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Think it's going to happen, you'll get sour. “joel, this
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You'll get sour. “joel, this is not where i thought i'd
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Is not where i thought i'd be. looking for a new job at
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Be. looking for a new job at this stage in my career,
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This stage in my career, raising a special needs
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Raising a special needs child, having to take this
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Child, having to take this treatment.” these teenagers
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Treatment.” these teenagers didn't plan on facing death
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Didn't plan on facing death at an early age. they had all
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At an early age. they had all kinds of dreams and goals,
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Kinds of dreams and goals, but they surrendered their
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But they surrendered their will to god's will. god
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Will to god's will. god didn't keep them out of the
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Didn't keep them out of the fire, he did something
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Fire, he did something greater. he made them
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Greater. he made them fireproof, where the fire
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Fireproof, where the fire couldn't harm them. the king
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Couldn't harm them. the king looked in the window and
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Looked in the window and said, “didn't we throw three
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Said, “didn't we throw three men in bound? i see four men
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Men in bound? i see four men loosed and one looks like the
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Loosed and one looks like the son of god.” they came out
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Son of god.” they came out without the smell of smoke.
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Without the smell of smoke. nothing can stop what god has
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Nothing can stop what god has purposed for you. quit
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Purposed for you. quit complaining because you got
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Complaining because you got thrown into fire, that what
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Thrown into fire, that what you had in mind didn't work
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You had in mind didn't work out. it may not have, but
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Out. it may not have, but what god has in mind will
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What god has in mind will work out. he's in the fire
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Work out. he's in the fire with you. you may not realize
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With you. you may not realize it, but you too are
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It, but you too are fireproof. nothing can snatch
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Fireproof. nothing can snatch you out of god's hands. when
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You out of god's hands. when the teenagers came out, the
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The teenagers came out, the scripture says, the king made
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Scripture says, the king made a new decree that from now on
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A new decree that from now on they were all going to
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They were all going to worship the god of shadrach,
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Worship the god of shadrach, meshach and abednego.
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Meshach and abednego. sometimes what you go
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Sometimes what you go through, is not just about
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Through, is not just about you, it's about what god
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You, it's about what god wants to do through you. god
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Wants to do through you. god wants to make you an example
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Wants to make you an example of his goodness. when you go
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Of his goodness. when you go through the fire and come out
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Through the fire and come out without the smell of smoke,
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Without the smell of smoke, you're a bright light. that
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You're a bright light. that gets people's attention.
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Gets people's attention. when we acquired this place,
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When we acquired this place, the former compaq center, the
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The former compaq center, the day after the city council
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Day after the city council voted for us to have it, a
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Voted for us to have it, a company filed a federal
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Company filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep us
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Lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in. they said we
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From moving in. they said we violated the deed
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Violated the deed restrictions. they were the
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Restrictions. they were the largest taxpayer in texas, a
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Largest taxpayer in texas, a huge real estate company,
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Huge real estate company, owned all the buildings
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Owned all the buildings around here. that's not what
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Around here. that's not what i had in mind. we had just
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I had in mind. we had just celebrated the victory. i had
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Celebrated the victory. i had announced to the congregation
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Announced to the congregation that we were going to
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That we were going to renovate it and move in. now
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Renovate it and move in. now that was all put on hold. our
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That was all put on hold. our attorneys told us it could be
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Attorneys told us it could be tied up in the courts for up
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Tied up in the courts for up to ten years. that didn't
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To ten years. that didn't make sense to me. i was
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Make sense to me. i was tempted to be disappointed
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Tempted to be disappointed and worried, i had to do what
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And worried, i had to do what i'm asking you to do. i
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I'm asking you to do. i surrendered my will to his
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Surrendered my will to his will. i believed that it was
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Will. i believed that it was all a part of his plan, and
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All a part of his plan, and even though i didn't
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Even though i didn't understand it, somehow,
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Understand it, somehow, someway it was working for
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Someway it was working for our good. otherwise, we live
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Our good. otherwise, we live fighting everything. upset
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Fighting everything. upset over the door that closed,
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Over the door that closed, discouraged that it's taking
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Discouraged that it's taking so long, frustrated over a
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So long, frustrated over a child's that's not changing.
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Child's that's not changing. come back to a place of
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Come back to a place of peace. your plan may not have
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Peace. your plan may not have worked out, but you can trust
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Worked out, but you can trust his plan. you may be in a
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His plan. you may be in a gethsemane, a hard place, but
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Gethsemane, a hard place, but when you say like jesus, “not
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When you say like jesus, “not my will, but let your will be
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My will, but let your will be done,” that's when angels go
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Done,” that's when angels go to work, that's when
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To work, that's when supernatural things will
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Supernatural things will happen.
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Happen. we all have these times where
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We all have these times where we can question what's
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We can question what's happening. “god, you gave us
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Happening. “god, you gave us the compaq center. why'd you
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The compaq center. why'd you let that company file a
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Let that company file a lawsuit?” david could have
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Lawsuit?” david could have said, “god you had samuel
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Said, “god you had samuel come anoint me to be the next
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Come anoint me to be the next king. he chose me in front of
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King. he chose me in front of all my brothers. why is king
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All my brothers. why is king saul chasing me through the
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Saul chasing me through the desert? i've done nothing but
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Desert? i've done nothing but good to him. why is he so
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Good to him. why is he so jealous? now i'm having to
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Jealous? now i'm having to live in hiding.” that didn't
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Live in hiding.” that didn't make sense, but it was a part
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Make sense, but it was a part of god's plan. david would
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Of god's plan. david would have never taken the throne
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Have never taken the throne had he not passed the test of
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Had he not passed the test of trusting when he didn't
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Trusting when he didn't understand. surrendering his
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Understand. surrendering his will to god's will.
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Will to god's will. moses could have said, “god,
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Moses could have said, “god, you delivered us from
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You delivered us from slavery. you caused the
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Slavery. you caused the pharoah to let us go, but now
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Pharoah to let us go, but now he's changed his mind. we're
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He's changed his mind. we're at a dead end at the red sea.
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At a dead end at the red sea. we have no way out.” we have
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We have no way out.” we have these questions. we don't
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These questions. we don't understand the plan. “why did
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Understand the plan. “why did this happen?” think about in
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This happen?” think about in punctuation. there's a
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Punctuation. there's a question mark and there's an
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Question mark and there's an exclamation point. an
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Exclamation point. an exclamation point is simply a
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Exclamation point is simply a question mark straightened
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Question mark straightened out. god knows how to take
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Out. god knows how to take the question marks in your
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The question marks in your life and turn them into
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Life and turn them into exclamation points. he'll
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Exclamation points. he'll take things you don't
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Take things you don't understand now, it doesn't
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Understand now, it doesn't make sense, but if you'll
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Make sense, but if you'll trust him, if you'll do the
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Trust him, if you'll do the right thing when it's hard,
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Right thing when it's hard, if you'll keep praising when
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If you'll keep praising when you could be complaining, god
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You could be complaining, god will straighten out the
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Will straighten out the question marks.
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Question marks. “we see in part now,” the
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“we see in part now,” the scripture says, “as though
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Scripture says, “as though looking through a glass
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Looking through a glass dimly, but one day you will
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Dimly, but one day you will see in full.” one day you'll
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See in full.” one day you'll see the exclamation point.
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See the exclamation point. you'll see what god was up
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You'll see what god was up to. you'll come out without
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To. you'll come out without the smell of smoke. what you
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The smell of smoke. what you had a question about, now
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Had a question about, now you're shouting about. what
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You're shouting about. what you didn't understand, now
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You didn't understand, now you're thanking god that it
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You're thanking god that it happened. what you lost sleep
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Happened. what you lost sleep over, now you realize, it was
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Over, now you realize, it was all a part of his plan, that
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All a part of his plan, that all things were working for
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All things were working for your good. if you want god to
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Your good. if you want god to turn your question marks into
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Turn your question marks into exclamation points, you have
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Exclamation points, you have to trust him when you don't
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To trust him when you don't understand. i didn't
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Understand. i didn't understand that company
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Understand that company filing a lawsuit, but a year
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Filing a lawsuit, but a year and a half later, they not
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And a half later, they not only dropped the case, but
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Only dropped the case, but they leased us nine thousand
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They leased us nine thousand covered parking spaces. we
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Covered parking spaces. we didn't have to build a
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Didn't have to build a garage. those teenagers
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Garage. those teenagers didn't like the furnace, but
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Didn't like the furnace, but now the whole city was
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Now the whole city was worshipping jehovah. they had
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Worshipping jehovah. they had influence and favor they
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Influence and favor they would have never seen without
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Would have never seen without the struggle. don't complain
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The struggle. don't complain about the furnaces, the
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About the furnaces, the goliaths, the red seas, the
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Goliaths, the red seas, the lawsuits. god is up to
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Lawsuits. god is up to something. he wouldn't have
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Something. he wouldn't have allowed it unless he had a
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Allowed it unless he had a purpose. it's very powerful
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Purpose. it's very powerful when you can be at peace with
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When you can be at peace with his plan. you don't
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His plan. you don't understand it, it wasn't
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Understand it, it wasn't fair, but you release what
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Fair, but you release what you had in mind. you
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You had in mind. you surrender your will knowing
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Surrender your will knowing that god has something better.
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That god has something better. in genesis 15, abraham was
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In genesis 15, abraham was very disappointed. god had
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Very disappointed. god had blessed him with a great
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Blessed him with a great life, given him many cattle
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Life, given him many cattle and livestock. but he said in
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And livestock. but he said in verse 2, “god what good are
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Verse 2, “god what good are all your blessings, when i
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All your blessings, when i don't have a son. i don't
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Don't have a son. i don't have any children, no heir to
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Have any children, no heir to leave what you've given me
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Leave what you've given me and continue my legacy. i'm
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And continue my legacy. i'm going to have to leave it to
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Going to have to leave it to my servants.” god said in
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My servants.” god said in verse 4, “no abraham, your
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Verse 4, “no abraham, your servant will not be your
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Servant will not be your heir, i'm going to give you a
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Heir, i'm going to give you a son that will inherit
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Son that will inherit everything.” he told abraham
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Everything.” he told abraham to look up into the night
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To look up into the night sky, as many stars as he
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Sky, as many stars as he could see, that's how many
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Could see, that's how many descendants he would have,
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Descendants he would have, too many to count. abraham
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Too many to count. abraham was so excited. he had this
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Was so excited. he had this promise. he went home and
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Promise. he went home and told his wife sarah, “we're
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Told his wife sarah, “we're going to have a baby.” the
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Going to have a baby.” the problem was, they were both
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Problem was, they were both way too old to have children.
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Way too old to have children. logically speaking, it was
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Logically speaking, it was impossible. they waited year
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Impossible. they waited year after year, and nothing
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After year, and nothing happened. every circumstance
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Happened. every circumstance said it was too late, but at
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Said it was too late, but at ninety years old, this was
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Ninety years old, this was twenty years after they
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Twenty years after they received the promise, sarah
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Received the promise, sarah gave birth to a son. they
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Gave birth to a son. they named him isaac. you can
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Named him isaac. you can imagine how thrilled they
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Imagine how thrilled they were, and what that son meant
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Were, and what that son meant to them. he was what they had
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To them. he was what they had dreamed about for so long.
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Dreamed about for so long. now the promise was fulfilled.
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Now the promise was fulfilled. they're so grateful. if the
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They're so grateful. if the story stopped there, it would
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Story stopped there, it would be a happy ending. god is
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Be a happy ending. god is good. let's move on. but
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Good. let's move on. but god's plan is going to
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God's plan is going to include some twists, some
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Include some twists, some turns, things we don't
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Turns, things we don't understand.
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Understand. when isaac was a young boy,
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When isaac was a young boy, god told abraham to take his
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God told abraham to take his son on top of mount moriah
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Son on top of mount moriah and sacrifice him. i can hear
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And sacrifice him. i can hear abraham, “god, what do you
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Abraham, “god, what do you mean? you gave me this son.
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Mean? you gave me this son. this is what you promised, my
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This is what you promised, my heir, my legacy, everything
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Heir, my legacy, everything i've dreamed of. and now you
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I've dreamed of. and now you want me to put him on this
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Want me to put him on this altar.” that was a test.
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Altar.” that was a test. would abraham give god the
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Would abraham give god the thing that meant the most to
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Thing that meant the most to him? would he lay down what
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Him? would he lay down what he had in mind even though it
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He had in mind even though it didn't make sense? on the way
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Didn't make sense? on the way to our destiny, we're all
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To our destiny, we're all going to have some isaacs to
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Going to have some isaacs to lay down. these tests where
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Lay down. these tests where god is saying, “will you
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God is saying, “will you trust me when it doesn't make
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Trust me when it doesn't make sense? will you put on the
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Sense? will you put on the altar how you thought your
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Altar how you thought your life would turn out?” abraham
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Life would turn out?” abraham didn't miss a beat. he got up
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Didn't miss a beat. he got up early the next morning, took
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Early the next morning, took isaac and headed up the
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Isaac and headed up the mountain. it was a three-day
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Mountain. it was a three-day journey. they got close to
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Journey. they got close to the top, isaac said, “dad, we
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The top, isaac said, “dad, we have the wood, we have the
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Have the wood, we have the fire. where is the
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Fire. where is the sacrifice?” abraham said,
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Sacrifice?” abraham said, “don't worry isaac, the lord
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“don't worry isaac, the lord will provide.” he was saying,
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Will provide.” he was saying, “god, i trust you. it doesn't
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“god, i trust you. it doesn't make sense, but i'm
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Make sense, but i'm surrendering my will to your
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Surrendering my will to your will.” at one point, isaac
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Will.” at one point, isaac realized that he was the
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Realized that he was the sacrifice. he wasn't a little
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Sacrifice. he wasn't a little toddler. the scripture says
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Toddler. the scripture says that he carried the wood on
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That he carried the wood on his shoulders. he was a young
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His shoulders. he was a young man. he could have resisted,
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Man. he could have resisted, fought his dad, “dad, i
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Fought his dad, “dad, i didn't hear god, find someone
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Didn't hear god, find someone else.” but even he submitted
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Else.” but even he submitted to his father's will. he
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To his father's will. he didn't understand it either.
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Didn't understand it either. but he was saying, “god, we
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But he was saying, “god, we trust you.” when abraham
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Trust you.” when abraham lifted his arm, an angel
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Lifted his arm, an angel shouted, “do not harm the
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Shouted, “do not harm the boy. lay down the knife.”
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Boy. lay down the knife.” abraham looked over and there
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Abraham looked over and there was a ram caught by his horns
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Was a ram caught by his horns in the brush. he took that
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In the brush. he took that ram and sacrificed it. while
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Ram and sacrificed it. while abraham was coming up one
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Abraham was coming up one side of the mountain, being
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Side of the mountain, being obedient, trusting god's
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Obedient, trusting god's plan, the ram was coming up
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Plan, the ram was coming up the other side. abraham
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The other side. abraham couldn't see it, but the
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Couldn't see it, but the provision was already in
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Provision was already in route.
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Route. like abraham, many of you
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Like abraham, many of you have laid things on the
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Have laid things on the altar. you didn't understand
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Altar. you didn't understand it, but you said, “god, i
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It, but you said, “god, i trust you.” you had to lay
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Trust you.” you had to lay your child that's off course
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Your child that's off course on the altar, a dream that
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On the altar, a dream that didn't work out. you've been
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Didn't work out. you've been taking that treatment, things
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Taking that treatment, things haven't improved. you know
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Haven't improved. you know god gave you the promise, but
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God gave you the promise, but you put it on the altar.
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You put it on the altar. because you've been obedient,
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Because you've been obedient, you've trusted when it didn't
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You've trusted when it didn't make sense, god has some rams
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Make sense, god has some rams coming up the mountain for
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Coming up the mountain for you. healing, provision,
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You. healing, provision, restoration. abraham put what
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Restoration. abraham put what meant the most to him on the
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Meant the most to him on the altar, when he did, god gave
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Altar, when he did, god gave it back to him. it was
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It back to him. it was through isaac that all the
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Through isaac that all the nation of israel came to
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Nation of israel came to pass. god took that question
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Pass. god took that question mark, what didn't make sense
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Mark, what didn't make sense to abraham, and turned it
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To abraham, and turned it into an exclamation point.
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Into an exclamation point. descendants like the stars in
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Descendants like the stars in the sky. now we know him as
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The sky. now we know him as the god of abraham, isaac and
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The god of abraham, isaac and jacob. it happened because
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Jacob. it happened because abraham trusted a plan that
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Abraham trusted a plan that didn't make sense. he was
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Didn't make sense. he was faithful with things he
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Faithful with things he didn't understand. had he
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Didn't understand. had he been set in his ways. “god,
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Been set in his ways. “god, you gave me this child. no
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You gave me this child. no way i'm putting him on the
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Way i'm putting him on the altar,” we wouldn't be
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Altar,” we wouldn't be talking about abraham.
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Talking about abraham. sometimes god will ask you to
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Sometimes god will ask you to do a hard thing. to put
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Do a hard thing. to put something on the altar that
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Something on the altar that means a lot to you. but i've
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Means a lot to you. but i've found when you give it to
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Found when you give it to god, and show him that you
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God, and show him that you trust him, he'll always give
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Trust him, he'll always give you more back than you could
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You more back than you could ever imagine.
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Ever imagine. my sister lisa and her
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My sister lisa and her husband kevin wanted to have
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Husband kevin wanted to have children, but they weren't
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Children, but they weren't able to conceive. lisa took
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Able to conceive. lisa took all the fertility treatments,
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All the fertility treatments, had a couple surgeries but
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Had a couple surgeries but none of that helped. the
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None of that helped. the doctor finally said, “lisa,
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Doctor finally said, “lisa, i'm sorry but you're not
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I'm sorry but you're not going to be able to have
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Going to be able to have children.” she was
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Children.” she was devastated. she told how she
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Devastated. she told how she had been consumed with having
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Had been consumed with having a baby. that's all she
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A baby. that's all she thought about. it was the
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Thought about. it was the main focus of her prayer,
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Main focus of her prayer, “god, you promised me a baby.
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“god, you promised me a baby. please let me conceive.” but
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Please let me conceive.” but anything you have to have in
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Anything you have to have in order to be happy, the enemy
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Order to be happy, the enemy can use against you. i'm not
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Can use against you. i'm not saying to give up on a dream,
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Saying to give up on a dream, but don't let them consume
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But don't let them consume you to where don't enjoy
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You to where don't enjoy where god has you now.
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Where god has you now. lisa realized she had to do
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Lisa realized she had to do like abraham and put that
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Like abraham and put that baby on the altar. she said,
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Baby on the altar. she said, “god, i'm not going to ask
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“god, i'm not going to ask you about this baby again.
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You about this baby again. you already know what i want.
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You already know what i want. you know this is my dream.
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You know this is my dream. i'm not going to let it
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I'm not going to let it frustrate me anymore. i trust
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Frustrate me anymore. i trust your plan for my life.” a few
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Your plan for my life.” a few months later, she received a
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Months later, she received a call from a friend of ours
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Call from a friend of ours that runs an organization
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That runs an organization that helps girls in need.
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That helps girls in need. there was a teenager about to
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There was a teenager about to give birth to twins. lisa had
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Give birth to twins. lisa had never mentioned anything to
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Never mentioned anything to our friend. what's
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Our friend. what's interesting is my
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Interesting is my brother-in-law, kevin, is a
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Brother-in-law, kevin, is a twin. it was always his dream
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Twin. it was always his dream to have twins. they were able
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To have twins. they were able to adopt those babies at
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To adopt those babies at birth, they raised them, and
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Birth, they raised them, and today they're beautiful young
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Today they're beautiful young ladies. god took that
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Ladies. god took that question mark, “god why can't
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Question mark, “god why can't i have children?” he turned
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I have children?” he turned it into an exclamation point.
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It into an exclamation point. lisa said, “i had two babies,
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Lisa said, “i had two babies, and i never had to get
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And i never had to get pregnant.”
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Pregnant.” this all happened when she
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This all happened when she let go of what she had in
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Let go of what she had in mind. she was trying to force
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Mind. she was trying to force it. “god do it this way.” she
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It. “god do it this way.” she had to put it on the altar,
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Had to put it on the altar, the thing that meant the most
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The thing that meant the most to her. when she did, like
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To her. when she did, like with abraham, god gave it
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With abraham, god gave it back to her. sometimes we can
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Back to her. sometimes we can get so consumed with what we
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Get so consumed with what we want it's like it becomes an
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Want it's like it becomes an idol. it's a good thing, but
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Idol. it's a good thing, but we're out of balance. we
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We're out of balance. we can't be happy without it.
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Can't be happy without it. turn it over to god. pray,
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Turn it over to god. pray, believe, then rest. know that
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Believe, then rest. know that god is working. know that his
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God is working. know that his plans for you are for good,
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Plans for you are for good, that nothing can stop what
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That nothing can stop what he's purposed for your life,
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He's purposed for your life, and that at the right time it
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And that at the right time it will come to pass.
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Will come to pass. the reason some people are
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The reason some people are frustrated is not because god
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Frustrated is not because god is not going to give you an
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Is not going to give you an isaac, not because he's not
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Isaac, not because he's not going to do what he promised,
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Going to do what he promised, but it's not going to happen
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But it's not going to happen the way you think, when you
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The way you think, when you think, with whom you think.
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Think, with whom you think. you have to be at peace with
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You have to be at peace with his plan. god has not
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His plan. god has not forgotten about you. he sees
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Forgotten about you. he sees the lonely nights. he sees
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The lonely nights. he sees the closed doors, the hurts,
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The closed doors, the hurts, the delays. you can't see it
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The delays. you can't see it now but it's all working for
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Now but it's all working for your good. isaac is not only
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Your good. isaac is not only on the way, the promise, but
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On the way, the promise, but the ram is coming up the
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The ram is coming up the mountain. the healing, the
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Mountain. the healing, the provision, the spouse. god is
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Provision, the spouse. god is ordering your steps. he's
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Ordering your steps. he's fighting your battles. he has
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Fighting your battles. he has not brought you this far to
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Not brought you this far to leave you. trust him when you
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Leave you. trust him when you don't understand. hold
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Don't understand. hold tightly to your dreams but
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Tightly to your dreams but hold loosely to how it's
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Hold loosely to how it's going to happen. if you'll do
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Going to happen. if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, god's about to turn your
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God's about to turn your question marks into
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Question marks into exclamation points. things
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Exclamation points. things you didn't see coming. the
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You didn't see coming. the right people, restoration,
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Right people, restoration, promotion, new levels of your
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Promotion, new levels of your destiny, in jesus' name. if
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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You receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Amen? (applause) joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
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When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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For how we can impact as many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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So thank you in advance for your generosity.
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In advance for your generosity. god sees your heart
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God sees your heart to help others
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To help others to make a difference
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To make a difference with your life.
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With your life. as our way of saying thank you,
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And the abundant life god has promised.
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God has promised. whether you're walking
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And rebuild day by day. choose to trust god.
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None of us like difficulties. but if you'll stay in faith,
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You won't come out the same. you'll come out with double.
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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To make the ministry possible. until we see you again
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Until we see you again next week,
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Joel Osteen - Peace With The Plan

March 27, 2026 | 27:29

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