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Joel Osteen - Peace With Yourself

May 4, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Peace With Yourself | May 4, 2026

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[music] >> joel osteen: god bless
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>> joel osteen: god bless you.
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You. it's a joy to come into
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It's a joy to come into your homes.
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Your homes. and if you're ever in our
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And if you're ever in our area, please stop by.
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Area, please stop by. be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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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. and i like to start with
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And i like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. and i heard about this senior
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And i heard about this senior citizen.
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Citizen. he was driving down the
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He was driving down the freeway in his brand new
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Freeway in his brand new corvette with the top down,
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Corvette with the top down, going 80 miles an hour, when
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Going 80 miles an hour, when he saw flashing red lights
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He saw flashing red lights from a state trooper in his
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From a state trooper in his rear view mirror.
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Rear view mirror. without thinking about it, he
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Without thinking about it, he floored it, took off to 100
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Floored it, took off to 100 miles an hour.
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Miles an hour. he heard the sirens behind
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He heard the sirens behind him.
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Him. he finally pulled over, said,
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He finally pulled over, said, "officer, i'm so sorry.
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"officer, i'm so sorry. i don't know what i was
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I don't know what i was thinking."
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Thinking." the state trooper said,
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The state trooper said, "listen, it's friday, 4
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"listen, it's friday, 4 o'clock.
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O'clock. my shift is over in 30
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My shift is over in 30 minutes.
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Minutes. if you tell me a reason why
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If you tell me a reason why you were speeding that i've
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You were speeding that i've never heard before, then i'll
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Never heard before, then i'll let you go."
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Let you go." the man thought about it and
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The man thought about it and said, "officer, years ago, my
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Said, "officer, years ago, my wife ran off with a state
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Wife ran off with a state trooper, and i thought you
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Trooper, and i thought you were bringing her back."
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Were bringing her back." the officer said, "have a
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The officer said, "have a great weekend."
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Great weekend." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says 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, 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.
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Jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about peace with yourself.
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About peace with yourself. too many people go around
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Too many people go around feeling wrong on the inside.
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Feeling wrong on the inside. they don't really like who
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They don't really like who they are.
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They are. they focus on their faults,
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They focus on their faults, weaknesses.
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Weaknesses. they're constantly critical
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They're constantly critical towards themselves.
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Towards themselves. that recording of everything
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That recording of everything they've done wrong is always
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They've done wrong is always playing in their mind.
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Playing in their mind. "you're impatient.
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"you're impatient. you blew your diet yesterday.
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You blew your diet yesterday. you lost your temper.
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You lost your temper. you're still struggling with
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You're still struggling with that addiction.
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That addiction. you should be ashamed of
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You should be ashamed of yourself."
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Yourself." they wonder why they're not
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They wonder why they're not happy, it's because they have
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Happy, it's because they have this war going on on the
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This war going on on the inside.
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Inside. but you're not supposed to go
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But you're not supposed to go but you're not supposed to go
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But you're not supposed to go through life feeling wrong
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Through life feeling wrong about yourself.
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About yourself. quit focusing on your faults.
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Quit focusing on your faults. quit over-analyzing your
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Quit over-analyzing your weaknesses.
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Weaknesses. quit beating yourself up
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Quit beating yourself up because you're not where you
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Because you're not where you thought you would be.
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Thought you would be. here's the key, you're not a
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Here's the key, you're not a finished product.
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Finished product. god is still working on you.
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God is still working on you. the scripture says god
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The scripture says god changes us from glory to
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Changes us from glory to glory.
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Glory. you have to learn to enjoy
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You have to learn to enjoy the glory that you're in
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The glory that you're in right now.
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Right now. you may have some weaknesses,
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You may have some weaknesses, we all do.
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We all do. we all do.
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We all do. there may be some areas where
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There may be some areas where you know you need to improve,
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You know you need to improve, but being down on yourself is
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But being down on yourself is not going to help you do
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Not going to help you do better.
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Better. having that nagging feeling
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Having that nagging feeling telling you, "you don't
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Telling you, "you don't measure up.
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Measure up. god's not pleased with you.
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God's not pleased with you. you'll never get it right."
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You'll never get it right." it's not going to help you
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It's not going to help you move forward.
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Move forward. you have to accept yourself
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You have to accept yourself right where you are, faults
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Right where you are, faults and all.
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And all. god is the potter, we are the
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God is the potter, we are the clay.
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Clay. he's the one making you and
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He's the one making you and molding you.
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Molding you. it may not be happening as
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It may not be happening as fast as you would like, but
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Fast as you would like, but you don't control the
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You don't control the timetable.
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Timetable. will you trust him in the
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Will you trust him in the process?
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Process? the problem with not liking
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The problem with not liking the problem with not liking
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The problem with not liking yourself is you're the only
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Yourself is you're the only person that you can never get
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Person that you can never get away from.
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Away from. you can get away from your
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You can get away from your boss, you can get away from
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Boss, you can get away from your neighbor, you can get
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Your neighbor, you can get away from that crazy uncle,
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Away from that crazy uncle, but you could never get away
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But you could never get away from you.
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From you. you wake up with you, you
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You wake up with you, you take a shower with you, you
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Take a shower with you, you go to work with you, you even
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Go to work with you, you even go to work with you, you even
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Go to work with you, you even go on vacations with you.
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Go on vacations with you. if you don't like you, life
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If you don't like you, life is going to be very
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Is going to be very is going to be very
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Is going to be very miserable.
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Miserable. don't go around being against
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Don't go around being against yourself.
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Yourself. you may have some things
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You may have some things wrong with you, but can i
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Wrong with you, but can i tell you?
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Tell you? you have a lot more right
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You have a lot more right with you.
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With you. you may have a long way to
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You may have a long way to go, but if you look back,
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Go, but if you look back, you'll see how far you've
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You'll see how far you've already come.
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Already come. keep your flaws in
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Keep your flaws in perspective.
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Perspective. every person has something
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Every person has something they're dealing with.
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They're dealing with. you may see someone that
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You may see someone that looked further along.
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Looked further along. they look like they've got it
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They look like they've got it all together.
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All together. they're happy, enjoying their
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They're happy, enjoying their life, but they're on the
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Life, but they're on the potter's wheel.
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Potter's wheel. the reason they're not upset,
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The reason they're not upset, the reason they're not down
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The reason they're not down on themselves is they've
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On themselves is they've learned this principle to
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Learned this principle to enjoy where you are while god
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Enjoy where you are while god is in the process of changing
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Is in the process of changing you.
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You. we think, "i'm going to feel
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We think, "i'm going to feel good about myself as soon as
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Good about myself as soon as i lose this 10 pounds, as
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I lose this 10 pounds, as soon as i break this
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Soon as i break this addiction, as soon as i
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Addiction, as soon as i control my mouth.
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Control my mouth. then i'll get rid of the
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Then i'll get rid of the guilt, the heaviness."
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Guilt, the heaviness." i'm asking you to feel good
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I'm asking you to feel good about yourself right where
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About yourself right where you are.
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You are. if you don't understand this,
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If you don't understand this, you will go through life not
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You will go through life not liking yourself.
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Liking yourself. because as soon as you
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Because as soon as you overcome this weakness, you
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Overcome this weakness, you cross this off your list, god
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Cross this off your list, god will show us something else
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Will show us something else that we need to improve.
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That we need to improve. it will be a never ending
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It will be a never ending cycle.
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Cycle. i talked to a man recently,
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I talked to a man recently, he said, "joel, you're so
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He said, "joel, you're so calm and good natured.
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Calm and good natured. do you ever get upset?
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Do you ever get upset? do you ever lose your
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Do you ever lose your temper?"
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Temper?" this is an area that i've
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This is an area that i've never struggled in, always
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Never struggled in, always been easy going.
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Been easy going. my mother tells people she's
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My mother tells people she's never seen me angry a day in
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Never seen me angry a day in my life.
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My life. well, god gives us grace in
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Well, god gives us grace in different areas.
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Different areas. when i told him that, he
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When i told him that, he shook his head and said,
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Shook his head and said, "man, i don't know what's
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"man, i don't know what's wrong with me.
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Wrong with me. i get upset so easily.
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I get upset so easily. i've done this my whole
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I've done this my whole life."
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Life." i told him what i'm telling
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I told him what i'm telling you.
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You. as long as you're down on
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As long as you're down on yourself, feeling like you
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Yourself, feeling like you don't measure up, you can't
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Don't measure up, you can't get it right, that's not only
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Get it right, that's not only going to keep you from
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Going to keep you from enjoying your life, but it's
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Enjoying your life, but it's going to keep you from
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Going to keep you from improving.
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Improving. you have to give yourself a
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You have to give yourself a break.
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Break. you're on the potter's wheel.
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You're on the potter's wheel. you can't change yourself.
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You can't change yourself. god has to give you the grace
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God has to give you the grace to change.
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To change. it takes a mature person to
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It takes a mature person to accept who you are, to be at
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Accept who you are, to be at peace on the inside even
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Peace on the inside even though you have some areas
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Though you have some areas you need to improve in.
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You need to improve in. it's easy to stay negative
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It's easy to stay negative toward yourself, down, you
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Toward yourself, down, you can't get it right.
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Can't get it right. but when you make this
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But when you make this decision to accept yourself,
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Decision to accept yourself, faults and all, instead of
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Faults and all, instead of beating yourself up, you have
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Beating yourself up, you have the attitude, "no, i'm not
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The attitude, "no, i'm not perfect.
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Perfect. i have some areas i need to
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I have some areas i need to improve in.
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Improve in. but god, i want to thank you
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But god, i want to thank you for the glory that i'm in
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For the glory that i'm in right now.
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Right now. i know you're the potter.
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I know you're the potter. i'm going to stay on this
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I'm going to stay on this wheel and keep being my best,
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Wheel and keep being my best, knowing on your timetable
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Knowing on your timetable that you will change me."
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That you will change me." this is what allows god to
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This is what allows god to work, not always beating
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Work, not always beating yourself up.
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Yourself up. the scripture says in
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The scripture says in hebrews, "looking away from
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Hebrews, "looking away from all that will distract to
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All that will distract to jesus, the author and
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Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith."
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Finisher of our faith." you have to look away from
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You have to look away from your faults, look away from
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Your faults, look away from your shortcomings.
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Your shortcomings. focusing on your weaknesses
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Focusing on your weaknesses will distract you from your
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Will distract you from your purpose.
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Purpose. purpose.
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Purpose. always thinking about how you
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Always thinking about how you don't measure up will
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Don't measure up will distract you from the good
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Distract you from the good things god has in store.
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Things god has in store. this doesn't mean we don't
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This doesn't mean we don't try to improve.
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Try to improve. it means you don't let that
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It means you don't let that heaviness weigh you down to
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Heaviness weigh you down to where you think there's
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Where you think there's something wrong with you.
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Something wrong with you. one of the worst mistakes you
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One of the worst mistakes you could make is to go through
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Could make is to go through life being against yourself.
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Life being against yourself. and some people live with
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And some people live with nagging feeling that's always
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Nagging feeling that's always nagging feeling that's always
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Nagging feeling that's always telling them, "you're not
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Telling them, "you're not attractive enough.
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Attractive enough. you're not disciplined
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You're not disciplined enough.
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Enough. you still have that
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You still have that addiction.
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Addiction. you'll never get it right."
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You'll never get it right." they've heard that playing in
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They've heard that playing in their minds so long that it's
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Their minds so long that it's become normal.
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Become normal. why don't you turn off that
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Why don't you turn off that negative recording?
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Negative recording? why don't you quit thinking
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Why don't you quit thinking about everything wrong with
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About everything wrong with you, and start thinking about
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You, and start thinking about what's right with you?
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What's right with you? you may have some areas you
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You may have some areas you still struggle in, join the
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Still struggle in, join the crowd.
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Crowd. we all do.
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We all do. there's not one perfect
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There's not one perfect person in here.
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Person in here. what i'm saying is it's okay
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What i'm saying is it's okay to feel good about who you
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To feel good about who you are while you're in the
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Are while you're in the process of changing.
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Process of changing. somebody asked me the other
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Somebody asked me the other day, what is the one thing i
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Day, what is the one thing i would change about myself if
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Would change about myself if i could?
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I could? and i don't mean this to
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And i don't mean this to sound arrogant, but i
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Sound arrogant, but i couldn't think of anything.
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Couldn't think of anything. and yes, there are plenty
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And yes, there are plenty areas i need to improve in,
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Areas i need to improve in, here's my point.
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Here's my point. i don't sit around thinking
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I don't sit around thinking about everything wrong with
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About everything wrong with me.
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Me. i don't have on the forefront
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I don't have on the forefront of my mind my flaws, my
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Of my mind my flaws, my weaknesses, my shortcomings.
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Weaknesses, my shortcomings. i don't go through the day
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I don't go through the day reliving my failures, beating
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Reliving my failures, beating myself up for past mistakes,
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Myself up for past mistakes, letting that negative
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Letting that negative recording remind me of
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Recording remind me of everything that i'm not.
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Everything that i'm not. i say this with humility, i
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I say this with humility, i like myself.
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Like myself. i'm happy with who i am.
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I'm happy with who i am. i'm proud of who god made me
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I'm proud of who god made me to be.
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To be. again, i'm not bragging on
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Again, i'm not bragging on me, i'm bragging on the
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Me, i'm bragging on the goodness of god.
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Goodness of god. i know i'm the apple of his
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I know i'm the apple of his eye.
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Eye. i know i'm a masterpiece.
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I know i'm a masterpiece. i know i'm a prized
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I know i'm a prized possession, fearfully and
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Possession, fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Wonderfully made. and yes, i have shortcomings,
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And yes, i have shortcomings, but i'm on the potter's
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But i'm on the potter's wheel.
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Wheel. i'm a work in progress.
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I'm a work in progress. god has his own timetable.
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God has his own timetable. while he's changing me, i'm
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While he's changing me, i'm going to feel good about who
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Going to feel good about who i am.
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I am. i'm going to keep my head
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I'm going to keep my head held high and enjoy my life,
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Held high and enjoy my life, knowing that god will get me
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Knowing that god will get me to where i'm supposed to be.
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To where i'm supposed to be. very powerful when you can
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Very powerful when you can say, "i like who i am.
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Say, "i like who i am. i feel good about myself.
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I feel good about myself. i'm proud of who god made me
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I'm proud of who god made me to be."
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To be." most people can't do this.
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Most people can't do this. they say, "i would feel good
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They say, "i would feel good about myself if i didn't have
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About myself if i didn't have these weaknesses.
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These weaknesses. i would be happy with who i
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I would be happy with who i am if i was a better parent,
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Am if i was a better parent, if i was more patient, if i
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If i was more patient, if i wasn't so jealous.
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Wasn't so jealous. or joel, i would hold my head
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Or joel, i would hold my head up high if i hadn't made
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Up high if i hadn't made these mistakes, if i hadn't
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These mistakes, if i hadn't blown that relationship."
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Blown that relationship." there will always be some
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There will always be some reason why you shouldn't feel
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Reason why you shouldn't feel good about who you are.
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Good about who you are. the accuser will make sure to
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The accuser will make sure to remind you of something that
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Remind you of something that you're not doing right, some
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You're not doing right, some area you're not up to par,
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Area you're not up to par, some way that you failed.
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Some way that you failed. if you're going to live in
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If you're going to live in victory, you have to put your
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Victory, you have to put your foot down and say, "that's
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Foot down and say, "that's it, i'm done being against
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It, i'm done being against myself.
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Myself. i'm done feeling wrong on the
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I'm done feeling wrong on the inside.
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Inside. i'm done focusing on my
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I'm done focusing on my weaknesses.
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Weaknesses. i know i'm a child of the
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I know i'm a child of the most high god, redeemed,
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Most high god, redeemed, restored, forgiven.
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Restored, forgiven. god has taken me from glory
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God has taken me from glory to glory, so i'm going to
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To glory, so i'm going to look away from all that
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Look away from all that distracts.
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Distracts. and i'm going to enjoy the
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And i'm going to enjoy the glory that i'm in right now."
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Glory that i'm in right now." now, when you do this, don't
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Now, when you do this, don't be surprised if every voice
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Be surprised if every voice tells you, "you're a
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Tells you, "you're a hypocrite.
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Hypocrite. you can't feel good about
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You can't feel good about you can't feel good about
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You can't feel good about yourself.
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Yourself. man, you still struggle, you
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Man, you still struggle, you still have that weakness."
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Still have that weakness." this is when you have to have
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This is when you have to have the boldness to say, "yes,
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The boldness to say, "yes, that's true, but i'm on the
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That's true, but i'm on the potter's wheel.
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Potter's wheel. i'm growing, i'm changing.
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I'm growing, i'm changing. in the meantime, i feel good
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In the meantime, i feel good about me."
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About me." about me."
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About me." your destiny is too important
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Your destiny is too important to let that heaviness weigh
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To let that heaviness weigh you down.
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You down. your time is too valuable to
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Your time is too valuable to sit around thinking about
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Sit around thinking about everything that's wrong with
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Everything that's wrong with you.
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You. that's taken your joy, your
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That's taken your joy, your energy, your creativity, your
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Energy, your creativity, your anointing.
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Anointing. start looking away from all
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Start looking away from all of that.
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Of that. you're on the potter's wheel.
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You're on the potter's wheel. you're not going to change
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You're not going to change overnight.
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Overnight. it's going to happen little
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It's going to happen little by little.
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By little. but if you're always down on
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But if you're always down on yourself 'cause you're not
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Yourself 'cause you're not far enough along, and you're
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Far enough along, and you're not growing as fast as you
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Not growing as fast as you would like, you'll live
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Would like, you'll live frustrated.
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Frustrated. it's very freeing when you
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It's very freeing when you can be happy with who you are
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Can be happy with who you are even though you have some
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Even though you have some areas that you still need to
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Areas that you still need to improve in.
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Improve in. think about the apostle paul.
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Think about the apostle paul. he said, "the things i want
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He said, "the things i want to do, i don't do.
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To do, i don't do. the things i don't want to
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The things i don't want to do, i end up doing."
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Do, i end up doing." he wasn't perfect.
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He wasn't perfect. he still struggled in some
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He still struggled in some areas.
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Areas. if he would've been down on
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If he would've been down on himself, thinking, "why can't
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Himself, thinking, "why can't i get it right?"
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I get it right?" he wouldn't have written
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He wouldn't have written almost half of the new
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Almost half of the new testament.
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Testament. he wouldn't have become one
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He wouldn't have become one of the heroes of faith.
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Of the heroes of faith. you don't have to have it all
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You don't have to have it all together in order to do
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Together in order to do something great.
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Something great. if you're waiting till you
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If you're waiting till you overcome all your weaknesses,
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Overcome all your weaknesses, till you perform perfectly,
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Till you perform perfectly, then you're going to feel
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Then you're going to feel good about yourself, you'll
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Good about yourself, you'll be waiting your whole life.
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Be waiting your whole life. there are some weaknesses
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There are some weaknesses that god leaves on purpose so
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That god leaves on purpose so we have to depend on him.
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We have to depend on him. otherwise, we would think we
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Otherwise, we would think we could do it all in our own
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Could do it all in our own strength.
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Strength. what i'm saying, why don't
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What i'm saying, why don't you start feeling good about
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You start feeling good about yourself right where you are?
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Yourself right where you are? if paul can write almost half
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If paul can write almost half of the new testament with
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Of the new testament with flaws and weaknesses, then
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Flaws and weaknesses, then you can accomplish your
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You can accomplish your dreams with what you're
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Dreams with what you're dealing with.
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Dealing with. jeremiah said, "before you
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Jeremiah said, "before you were formed in your mother's
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Were formed in your mother's womb, god knew you and
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Womb, god knew you and approved you."
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Approved you." doesn't say, "he approves you
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Doesn't say, "he approves you as long as you don't make any
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As long as you don't make any mistakes.
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Mistakes. he approves you as long as
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He approves you as long as you perform perfectly, as
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You perform perfectly, as long as you don't have any
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Long as you don't have any weaknesses."
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Weaknesses." he approved you before you
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He approved you before you got here in your mother's
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Got here in your mother's womb.
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Womb. this means he approves you
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This means he approves you with those weaknesses.
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With those weaknesses. he approves you in spite of
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He approves you in spite of those shortcomings.
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Those shortcomings. you're not a surprise to god.
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You're not a surprise to god. he knows the end from the
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He knows the end from the beginning.
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Beginning. he knew every area you would
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He knew every area you would ever struggle with.
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Ever struggle with. that's why he has you on the
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That's why he has you on the potter's wheel.
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Potter's wheel. that's why he's changing you
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That's why he's changing you from glory to glory.
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From glory to glory. you're not defective, you're
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You're not defective, you're not a mistake.
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Not a mistake. when god created you, he
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When god created you, he called you a masterpiece.
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Called you a masterpiece. he stepped back and said,
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He stepped back and said, "that was good."
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"that was good." but you may have some flaws
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But you may have some flaws and weaknesses.
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And weaknesses. those voices will try to
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Those voices will try to convince you to live down on
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Convince you to live down on yourself, thinking, "god's
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Yourself, thinking, "god's not going to bless me, joel.
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Not going to bless me, joel. you don't know what i
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You don't know what i struggle with.
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Struggle with. i'll never get it right."
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I'll never get it right." don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. before you showed up on
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Before you showed up on planet earth, god already
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Planet earth, god already approved you.
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Approved you. my challenge is since god
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My challenge is since god approves you, why don't you
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Approves you, why don't you start approving yourself?
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Start approving yourself? why don't you start feeling
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Why don't you start feeling good about who you are?
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Good about who you are? a lot of times, we think we
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A lot of times, we think we can't feel good about
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Can't feel good about ourselves until we do
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Ourselves until we do everything right.
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Everything right. if we resist the temptation,
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If we resist the temptation, if we bite our tongue, if
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If we bite our tongue, if we're more patient, then we
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We're more patient, then we believe god will approve us,
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Believe god will approve us, then he'll be pleased.
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Then he'll be pleased. but the truth is there's
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But the truth is there's nothing you can do to make
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Nothing you can do to make god love you any more.
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God love you any more. his approval is not based on
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His approval is not based on your performance, it's based
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Your performance, it's based on your relationship.
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On your relationship. he handpicked you.
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He handpicked you. he chose you before you could
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He chose you before you could choose him.
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Choose him. and when you understand that
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And when you understand that the creator of the universe
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The creator of the universe approves you, you won't go
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Approves you, you won't go around down on yourself
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Around down on yourself 'cause you're not where you
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'cause you're not where you thought you should be, trying
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Thought you should be, trying to gain god's approval by
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To gain god's approval by performing perfectly, never
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Performing perfectly, never making a mistake.
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Making a mistake. you know you already have his
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You know you already have his approval.
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Approval. this takes the pressure off.
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This takes the pressure off. you can relax knowing that
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You can relax knowing that you're on the potter's wheel,
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You're on the potter's wheel, that he's making you and
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That he's making you and molding you.
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Molding you. when those thoughts come and
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When those thoughts come and try to push you down, tell
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Try to push you down, tell you, "you're not far enough
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You, "you're not far enough along.
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Along. you should feel bad about
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You should feel bad about yourself," you can say, "no
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Yourself," you can say, "no thanks, i know god approves
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Thanks, i know god approves me, so i'm going to approve
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Me, so i'm going to approve myself.
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Myself. i'm going to feel good about
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I'm going to feel good about who i am."
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Who i am." paul said in ephesians to put
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Paul said in ephesians to put on the breastplate of god's
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On the breastplate of god's approval.
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Approval. every morning when you get
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Every morning when you get up, you should say, "father,
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Up, you should say, "father, thank you that you approve
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Thank you that you approve me.
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Me. thank you that you are
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Thank you that you are pleased with me."
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Pleased with me." you have to put it on.
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You have to put it on. it's not going to
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It's not going to automatically happen.
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Automatically happen. thoughts will try to convince
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Thoughts will try to convince you that you don't deserve
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You that you don't deserve god's blessing.
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God's blessing. i mean, you made that mistake
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I mean, you made that mistake last week.
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Last week. you still struggle with your
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You still struggle with your temper.
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Temper. you failed yesterday.
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You failed yesterday. if you're not putting this
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If you're not putting this on, you'll start living
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On, you'll start living guilty, feeling unworthy like
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Guilty, feeling unworthy like you don't deserve god's
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You don't deserve god's blessing.
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Blessing. and this is the reason many
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And this is the reason many people live with the
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People live with the heaviness, that feeling that
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Heaviness, that feeling that there's something wrong with
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There's something wrong with them.
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Them. they're not putting on the
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They're not putting on the breastplate of god's
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Breastplate of god's approval.
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Approval. it's the breastplate, meaning
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It's the breastplate, meaning that it covers your heart,
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That it covers your heart, your most important area
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Your most important area where you live out of.
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Where you live out of. and you may have plenty of
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And you may have plenty of areas that you still struggle
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Areas that you still struggle in, but being against
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In, but being against yourself is not going to help
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Yourself is not going to help you do better.
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You do better. living condemned, feeling
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Living condemned, feeling like you're unworthy, you
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Like you're unworthy, you don't deserve god's blessing,
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Don't deserve god's blessing, that's going to cause you to
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That's going to cause you to get stuck.
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Get stuck. you have to put on this
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You have to put on this approval.
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Approval. talking about in your
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Talking about in your thoughts all through the day,
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Thoughts all through the day, "god is pleased with me.
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"god is pleased with me. he's at work in my life.
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He's at work in my life. i'm not perfect, but i'm
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I'm not perfect, but i'm forgiven.
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Forgiven. i have these weaknesses, but
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I have these weaknesses, but i'm on the potter's wheel.
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I'm on the potter's wheel. he's making me, he's molding
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He's making me, he's molding me.
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Me. i'm coming up higher."
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I'm coming up higher." thoughts will say, "you can't
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Thoughts will say, "you can't feel good about yourself.
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Feel good about yourself. you still struggle in that
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You still struggle in that area."
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Area." just answer back, "yes,
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Just answer back, "yes, that's true, but this
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That's true, but this approval is not based on how
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Approval is not based on how good i am.
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Good i am. it's based on how good god
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It's based on how good god is.
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Is. he approved me before i
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He approved me before i showed up.
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Showed up. he accepted me in spite of my
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He accepted me in spite of my shortcomings, so i'm going to
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Shortcomings, so i'm going to start putting on this
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Start putting on this approval."
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Approval." as a parent, our children
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As a parent, our children makes mistakes, they have
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Makes mistakes, they have weaknesses.
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Weaknesses. but we know they're growing,
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But we know they're growing, they're learning, they're
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They're learning, they're making progress.
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Making progress. if you were to ask me if i
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If you were to ask me if i was pleased with my children,
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Was pleased with my children, first thing i would do is not
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First thing i would do is not make a list of all their
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Make a list of all their mistakes.
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Mistakes. i wouldn't tell you
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I wouldn't tell you everything they've done wrong
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Everything they've done wrong the last 3 months.
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The last 3 months. i wouldn't have to think
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I wouldn't have to think twice.
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Twice. i would say, "yes, i am very
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I would say, "yes, i am very pleased.
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Pleased. they're great children."
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They're great children." i would make a list of
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I would make a list of everything i like about them.
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Everything i like about them. they're loving, kind,
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They're loving, kind, talented, fun, attractive.
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Talented, fun, attractive. that's the way god thinks of
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That's the way god thinks of you.
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You. he's not focusing on your
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He's not focusing on your faults, looking at everything
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Faults, looking at everything that you've done wrong,
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That you've done wrong, making a list of your
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Making a list of your shortcomings.
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Shortcomings. he's focusing on what you're
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He's focusing on what you're doing right.
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Doing right. he's looking at how you're
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He's looking at how you're growing, how you're making
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Growing, how you're making progress, how you're not
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Progress, how you're not where you used to be.
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Where you used to be. "well, joel, what about this
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"well, joel, what about this weakness?
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Weakness? i've had it for many years."
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I've had it for many years." you're not a surprise to god.
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You're not a surprise to god. he's not thinking, "oh, boy,
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He's not thinking, "oh, boy, they're wearing me out.
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They're wearing me out. i'm done with them."
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I'm done with them." he's saying, "that's my
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He's saying, "that's my beloved son.
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Beloved son. that's my beloved daughter,
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That's my beloved daughter, in whom i am well pleased."
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In whom i am well pleased." why don't you shake off the
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Why don't you shake off the guilt?
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Guilt? why don't you quit feeling
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Why don't you quit feeling wrong on the inside?
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Wrong on the inside? the right attitude is, "i'm
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The right attitude is, "i'm going to accept myself while
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Going to accept myself while god is in the process of
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God is in the process of changing me.
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Changing me. i'm going to be happy with
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I'm going to be happy with who i am, even though i still
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Who i am, even though i still have some areas i need to
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Have some areas i need to improve in."
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Improve in." the enemy does not want you
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The enemy does not want you to feel good about who you
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To feel good about who you are.
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Are. nothing he would love any
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Nothing he would love any nothing he would love any
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Nothing he would love any more than you to go through
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More than you to go through life feeling wrong on the
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Life feeling wrong on the inside.
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Inside. don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. take off the rags of
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Take off the rags of unworthiness, and start
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Unworthiness, and start putting on your breastplate
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Putting on your breastplate of god's approval.
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Of god's approval. the most important
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The most important the most important
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The most important relationship you have is your
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Relationship you have is your relationship with yourself.
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Relationship with yourself. if you don't get along with
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If you don't get along with you, you won't be able to get
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You, you won't be able to get along with anybody else.
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Along with anybody else. it will affect every
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It will affect every relationship, including your
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Relationship, including your relationship with god.
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Relationship with god. if you're living guilty,
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If you're living guilty, if you're living guilty,
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If you're living guilty, condemned, feeling unworthy,
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Condemned, feeling unworthy, you won't go to god with
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You won't go to god with boldness.
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Boldness. you won't ask him for your
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You won't ask him for your dreams.
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Dreams. you won't ask him for the
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You won't ask him for the supersized life that belongs
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Supersized life that belongs to you.
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To you. and this is the reason that
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And this is the reason that many people can't get along.
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Many people can't get along. they don't like themselves.
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They don't like themselves. they're insecure, they're
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They're insecure, they're bitter, they're defensive.
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Bitter, they're defensive. it spills over into every
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It spills over into every other relationship.
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Other relationship. jesus said it this way, "love
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Jesus said it this way, "love your neighbor as you love
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Your neighbor as you love yourself."
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Yourself." you can't love your neighbor
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You can't love your neighbor if you don't first love
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If you don't first love yourself.
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Yourself. you can't give away something
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You can't give away something that you don't have.
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That you don't have. that you don't have.
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That you don't have. and if you don't have a
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And if you don't have a healthy respect for yourself,
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Healthy respect for yourself, if you're not putting on this
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If you're not putting on this approval each day, knowing
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Approval each day, knowing that you're a masterpiece,
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That you're a masterpiece, knowing that you're made in
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Knowing that you're made in the image of god, then you'll
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The image of god, then you'll start focusing on your
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Start focusing on your faults, your shortcomings.
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Faults, your shortcomings. you'll end up insecure,
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You'll end up insecure, inferior.
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Inferior. that will cause you to
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That will cause you to struggle in relationships.
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Struggle in relationships. the scripture says our faith
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The scripture says our faith is made effective when we
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Is made effective when we acknowledge everything good.
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Acknowledge everything good. if you're acknowledging
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If you're acknowledging everything you don't like
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Everything you don't like about you, your flaws, your
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About you, your flaws, your shortcomings, your failures,
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Shortcomings, your failures, your faith is not going to be
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Your faith is not going to be effective.
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Effective. that's going to cause you to
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That's going to cause you to get stuck.
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Get stuck. you have enough to overcome
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You have enough to overcome in life as it is.
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In life as it is. don't go around against
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Don't go around against yourself.
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Yourself. quit taking inventory of
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Quit taking inventory of everything you don't like.
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Everything you don't like. sometimes, we spend more time
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Sometimes, we spend more time looking at what's wrong with
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Looking at what's wrong with us than we do what's right
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Us than we do what's right with us.
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With us. should be just the opposite.
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Should be just the opposite. start acknowledging the good.
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Start acknowledging the good. let me help you.
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Let me help you. you came to church today,
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You came to church today, that was good.
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That was good. you turned on the program,
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You turned on the program, that was good.
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That was good. you were patient in traffic
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You were patient in traffic last week, that was good.
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Last week, that was good. you were kind to that
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You were kind to that stranger, you overlooked an
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Stranger, you overlooked an insult, that was good.
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Insult, that was good. there's a lot right about
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There's a lot right about you.
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You. even physically, we tend to
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Even physically, we tend to focus on what we don't like
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Focus on what we don't like and, "i'm so old, i'm so
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And, "i'm so old, i'm so wrinkled.
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Wrinkled. i wish i was taller.
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I wish i was taller. where did my hair go?"
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Where did my hair go?" listen, turn it around.
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Listen, turn it around. instead of being critical, "i
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Instead of being critical, "i am fearfully and wonderfully
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Am fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Made. i am one of a kind.
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I am one of a kind. i am a masterpiece."
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I am a masterpiece." something powerful happens
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Something powerful happens when you say, "i like who i
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When you say, "i like who i am.
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Am. not perfect, have some
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Not perfect, have some not perfect, have some
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Not perfect, have some shortcomings, but i'm
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Shortcomings, but i'm growing, i'm changing.
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Growing, i'm changing. and god, since you approve
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And god, since you approve me, i'm going to approve
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Me, i'm going to approve myself."
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Myself." when you do this in the
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When you do this in the unseen realm, chains are
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Unseen realm, chains are broken, chains of guilt,
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Broken, chains of guilt, chains of low self-esteem,
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Chains of low self-esteem, chains of inferiority.
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Chains of inferiority. when you are for yourself,
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When you are for yourself, you are in agreement with
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You are in agreement with god.
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God. and some people have never
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And some people have never once said, "i like myself.
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Once said, "i like myself. i like my gifts.
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I like my gifts. i like my personality.
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I like my personality. i like my looks.
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I like my looks. i'm happy with who god made
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I'm happy with who god made me to be.
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Me to be. well, joel, i'm not going to
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Well, joel, i'm not going to say i like myself, that's
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Say i like myself, that's weird."
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Weird." but if you don't like
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But if you don't like yourself in a healthy way,
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Yourself in a healthy way, other people are not going to
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Other people are not going to like you.
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Like you. you project what you believe
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You project what you believe on the inside.
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On the inside. if you feel wrong about
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If you feel wrong about yourself, you project
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Yourself, you project yourself, you project
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Yourself, you project inferiority, unfriendliness,
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Inferiority, unfriendliness, discontentment.
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Discontentment. i'm asking you to feel good
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I'm asking you to feel good about who you are.
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About who you are. you may not be where you want
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You may not be where you want to be, but you're on the way.
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To be, but you're on the way. god is changing you from
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God is changing you from glory to glory.
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Glory to glory. start enjoying the glory that
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Start enjoying the glory that you're in right now.
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You're in right now. you may have some weaknesses,
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You may have some weaknesses, we all do.
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We all do. don't you dare go through
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Don't you dare go through life against yourself.
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Life against yourself. god is saying today, "you are
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God is saying today, "you are my beloved son, my beloved
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My beloved son, my beloved daughter, in whom i am well
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Daughter, in whom i am well pleased."
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Pleased." now, do your part.
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Now, do your part. start putting on the
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Start putting on the breastplate of god's approval
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Breastplate of god's approval each morning.
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Each morning. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare every chain
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And declare every chain that's holding you back is
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That's holding you back is being broken.
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Being broken. being broken.
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Being broken. god is going to keep making
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God is going to keep making god is going to keep making
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God is going to keep making you and molding you.
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You and molding you. you're going to come up
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You're going to come up higher, overcome those
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Higher, overcome those obstacles, and become
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Obstacles, and become everything he's created you
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Everything he's created you to be in jesus' name.
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To be in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? say amen today?
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Say amen today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an 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, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. 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 friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good, bible-based
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Get in a good, bible-based church.
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Church. keep god first place.
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Keep god first place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing over
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new resource called
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My new resource called pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we'd love to
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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A momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on these truths,
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On these truths, you won't be tossed
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You won't be tossed back and forth
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Back and forth by finances, health challenges,
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By finances, health challenges, or relationship struggles.
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Or relationship struggles. instead,
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Instead, you'll be able to
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You'll be able to boldly pray with faith
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Boldly pray with faith that is immovable and strong,
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That is immovable and strong, and you'll
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And you'll be filled with peace,
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Be filled with peace, assurance, and joy.
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Assurance, and joy. don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances control your future.
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Control your future. pray the truth of god's
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Pray the truth of god's word forward in faith
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Word forward in faith and watch the mountains
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And watch the mountains in your life begin to move.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And we appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special
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Special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - Peace With Yourself

May 4, 2026 | 27:29

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