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Joel Osteen - The Power of the Blessing

December 16, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Power of the Blessing | December 16, 2025

Well, god bless you.
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Well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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In our area, please stop by and be a part of
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And be a part of one of our services.
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One of our services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start
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I like to start with something funny,
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With something funny, and i heard about this couple
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And i heard about this couple that had been married for 60
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That had been married for 60 years and they were sitting
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Years and they were sitting on the front porch together.
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On the front porch together. feeling romantic, the wife
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Feeling romantic, the wife said, "i remember when you
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Said, "i remember when you used to always hold my hand."
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Used to always hold my hand." her husband reached over and
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Her husband reached over and took her hand.
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Took her hand. she said, "i remember when
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She said, "i remember when you always used to kiss me on
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You always used to kiss me on the cheek."
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The cheek." he leaned over, kissed her on
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He leaned over, kissed her on the cheek.
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The cheek. she said, "i even remember
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She said, "i even remember when you used to nimble on my
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When you used to nimble on my ear."
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Ear." he got up and started walking
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He got up and started walking away.
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Away. she said, "what's wrong?
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She said, "what's wrong? where you going?"
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Where you going?" he turned around and said,
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He turned around and said, "to get my teeth."
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"to get my teeth." 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.
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I boldly confess. my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus's name."
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In jesus's 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 the power of the
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About the power of the blessing.
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Blessing. when you honor god with your
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When you honor god with your life, there is a blessing
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Life, there is a blessing he puts on you
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He puts on you that gives you an advantage.
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That gives you an advantage. it causes you to rise up when
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It causes you to rise up when circumstances are trying
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Circumstances are trying to push you down.
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To push you down. you will recover from an
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You will recover from an illness when the expert said
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Illness when the expert said you wouldn't.
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You wouldn't. you will accomplish dreams
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You will accomplish dreams that looked impossible.
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That looked impossible. it wasn't just your talent,
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It wasn't just your talent, your skill, determination.
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Your skill, determination. there is a force behind you
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There is a force behind you fighting your battles,
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Fighting your battles, opening doors
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Opening doors you couldn't open, bringing
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You couldn't open, bringing the right people.
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The right people. those weren't just
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Those weren't just good breaks.
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Good breaks. that's the blessing
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That's the blessing on your life.
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On your life. the blessing will cause you
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The blessing will cause you to prosper when others
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To prosper when others are struggling.
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Are struggling. the blessing will bring
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The blessing will bring promotion when you
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Promotion when you weren't next in line.
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Weren't next in line. the blessing will cause
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The blessing will cause people to be good to you
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People to be good to you that don't even like you.
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That don't even like you. the scripture says in
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The scripture says in malachi, when we give our
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Malachi, when we give our tithes and offerings, god
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Tithes and offerings, god will pour out a blessing that
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Will pour out a blessing that we don't have room to
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We don't have room to receive.
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Receive. it doesn't say "blessings,"
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It doesn't say "blessings," plural.
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Plural. it says "blessing," singular.
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It says "blessing," singular. when you have the blessing,
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When you have the blessing, then all kinds of blessings
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Then all kinds of blessings will come.
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Will come. you won't have room to
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You won't have room to receive all the good things
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Receive all the good things god has in store.
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God has in store. when you face difficulties,
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When you face difficulties, the medical report, doesn't
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The medical report, doesn't look good.
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Look good. you don't see how you could
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You don't see how you could ever get out of debt, ever
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Ever get out of debt, ever break the addiction.
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Break the addiction. ordinary people would
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Ordinary people would complain.
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Complain. ordinary people would be
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Ordinary people would be worried.
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Worried. here's the key, you're not
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Here's the key, you're not ordinary.
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Ordinary. you have the blessing.
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You have the blessing. god's face is smiling on you.
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God's face is smiling on you. he's going before you right
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He's going before you right now making crooked places
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Now making crooked places straight, moving the wrong
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Straight, moving the wrong people out of the way,
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People out of the way, arranging things in your
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Arranging things in your favor.
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Favor. when you know you have the
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When you know you have the blessing, you don't go around
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Blessing, you don't go around upset 'cause people aren't
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Upset 'cause people aren't treating you right, worried
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Treating you right, worried about your finances,
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About your finances, frustrated over a child.
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Frustrated over a child. you stay in peace knowing
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You stay in peace knowing that it's just a matter of
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That it's just a matter of time before things change.
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Time before things change. you know god being for you is
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You know god being for you is more than the world being
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More than the world being against you.
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Against you. when you're tempted to be
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When you're tempted to be discouraged, think it's never
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Discouraged, think it's never going to work out, turn it
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Going to work out, turn it around.
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Around. "father, thank you for the
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"father, thank you for the blessing on my life.
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Blessing on my life. thank you that you're
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Thank you that you're breathing in my direction.
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Breathing in my direction. thank you that you're taking
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Thank you that you're taking me where i could not go on my
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Me where i could not go on my own."
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Own." this is what david did.
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This is what david did. when he faced goliath in the
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When he faced goliath in the natural, he didn't have a
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Natural, he didn't have a chance.
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Chance. goliath was twice his size,
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Goliath was twice his size, had all kinds of training and
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Had all kinds of training and experience.
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Experience. he was wearing a full set of
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He was wearing a full set of armor.
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Armor. david didn't have any of
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David didn't have any of that.
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That. he could have been
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He could have been intimidated, stayed in the
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Intimidated, stayed in the shepherd's fields,
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Shepherd's fields, complained, "god, he's too
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Complained, "god, he's too big."
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Big." but david understood this
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But david understood this principle.
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Principle. he knew the blessing on his
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He knew the blessing on his life gave him an advantage.
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Life gave him an advantage. he went out with a slingshot
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He went out with a slingshot and a few stones and defeated
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And a few stones and defeated goliath.
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Goliath. and what you have may seem
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And what you have may seem small compared to what you're
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Small compared to what you're up against, but a slingshot
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Up against, but a slingshot with the blessing is more
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With the blessing is more powerful than a tank without
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Powerful than a tank without it.
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It. your talent may seem small
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Your talent may seem small compared to the dream god put
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Compared to the dream god put in your heart, but that
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In your heart, but that talent with the blessing will
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Talent with the blessing will take you further than you can
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Take you further than you can imagine.
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Imagine. now, don't discount yourself.
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Now, don't discount yourself. don't look at all the reasons
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Don't look at all the reasons why you can't be successful,
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Why you can't be successful, why you can't purchase a
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Why you can't purchase a house, why you can't break
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House, why you can't break the addiction.
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The addiction. on your own, it may not
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On your own, it may not happen but you're not on your
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Happen but you're not on your own.
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Own. there is a blessing on your
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There is a blessing on your life put there by the god who
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Life put there by the god who spoke worlds into existence.
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Spoke worlds into existence. this blessing is not natural,
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This blessing is not natural, it's supernatural.
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It's supernatural. it will cause things to
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It will cause things to happen that you couldn't make
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. the blessing will cause
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The blessing will cause opportunity to find you.
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Opportunity to find you. good breaks will chase you
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Good breaks will chase you down, promotion, healing,
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Down, promotion, healing, vindication.
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Vindication. you don't have to go after
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You don't have to go after them, the blessing will cause
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Them, the blessing will cause them to come to you.
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Them to come to you. one sunday morning when my
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One sunday morning when my father was the pastor, i was
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Father was the pastor, i was in the tv production area and
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In the tv production area and right before service, i ran
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Right before service, i ran downstairs to see my father
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Downstairs to see my father and put his microphone on.
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And put his microphone on. on my way back up, i was in a
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On my way back up, i was in a big hurry.
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Big hurry. as i came around a corner,
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As i came around a corner, this man was coming up.
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This man was coming up. he stopped me and said,
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He stopped me and said, "joel, my cousin has a
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"joel, my cousin has a construction permit for the
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Construction permit for the last full-power commercial
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Last full-power commercial television station in
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Television station in houston.
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Houston. he wants you to be a part of
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He wants you to be a part of it."
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It." there were hundreds of people
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There were hundreds of people in the lobby that day.
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In the lobby that day. if i would have been 10
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If i would have been 10 seconds earlier, i would have
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Seconds earlier, i would have missed him.
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Missed him. if he would have caught one
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If he would have caught one more red light on the way to
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More red light on the way to church, our paths wouldn't
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Church, our paths wouldn't have crossed.
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Have crossed. god had us at the right place
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God had us at the right place at the right time.
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At the right time. i wasn't looking for a
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I wasn't looking for a television station, but a
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Television station, but a television station was
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Television station was looking for me.
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Looking for me. was that a coincidence, a
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Was that a coincidence, a lucky break?
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Lucky break? no, that was the blessing on
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No, that was the blessing on my life.
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My life. i can't take credit for it.
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I can't take credit for it. all i was going was honoring
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All i was going was honoring god, being my best, and the
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God, being my best, and the opportunity found me.
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Opportunity found me. we put the station on the air
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We put the station on the air and several years later, sold
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And several years later, sold it for a huge profit.
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It for a huge profit. those funds were instrumental
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Those funds were instrumental in us renovating this place,
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In us renovating this place, the former compaq center.
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The former compaq center. god has the right breaks, the
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God has the right breaks, the right people lined up for
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Right people lined up for you.
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You. you don't have to live
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You don't have to live frustrated, trying to make
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Frustrated, trying to make things happen, worried that
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Things happen, worried that it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. god is directing your steps.
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God is directing your steps. he's going to have you at the
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He's going to have you at the right place at the right time
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Right place at the right time down to the split second.
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Down to the split second. you are not going to miss
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You are not going to miss what belongs to you.
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What belongs to you. opportunity is coming bigger
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Opportunity is coming bigger than you've imagined.
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Than you've imagined. when we signed the contract
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When we signed the contract for the television station, i
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For the television station, i was so excited.
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Was so excited. i never dreamed we'd own a
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I never dreamed we'd own a station.
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Station. i couldn't fathom anything
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I couldn't fathom anything bigger.
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Bigger. i didn't realize that was
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I didn't realize that was just a step in what god
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Just a step in what god wanted to do.
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Wanted to do. as great as i thought it was,
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As great as i thought it was, it wasn't even the main
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It wasn't even the main thing.
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Thing. that was just the warmup act.
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That was just the warmup act. being up here, owning the
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Being up here, owning the compaq center, speaking to a
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Compaq center, speaking to a lot of people, this is far
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Lot of people, this is far beyond what i ever dreamed.
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Beyond what i ever dreamed. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? what you think is the
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What you think is the ultimate blessing, god
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Ultimate blessing, god showing out in your life,
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Showing out in your life, can i tell you?
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Can i tell you? you haven't seen anything
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You haven't seen anything yet.
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Yet. that is just a step in where
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That is just a step in where god is taking you.
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God is taking you. i was in india one time with
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I was in india one time with my father.
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My father. i met this young pastor that
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I met this young pastor that came from a very poor family.
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Came from a very poor family. they didn't have running
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They didn't have running water or a electricity.
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Water or a electricity. they lived out on this open
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They lived out on this open field in a little hut.
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Field in a little hut. the man next door was very
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The man next door was very wealthy.
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Wealthy. he owned a huge farm, had
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He owned a huge farm, had thousands of cattle and many
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Thousands of cattle and many crops.
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Crops. he sold milk and vegetables
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He sold milk and vegetables to people in the village, but
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To people in the village, but this man was very greedy.
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This man was very greedy. his prices were so high that
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His prices were so high that most of the poor people
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Most of the poor people couldn't afford anything.
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Couldn't afford anything. one day about ten of his cows
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One day about ten of his cows got out and came over to the
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Got out and came over to the property where the pastor and
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Property where the pastor and his family lived.
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His family lived. the man heard about it and
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The man heard about it and had his workers come, get the
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Had his workers come, get the cows, put them back in the
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Cows, put them back in the fence.
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Fence. the next day, ten more cows
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The next day, ten more cows got out, came over to the
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Got out, came over to the pastor's property.
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Pastor's property. this happened again and again
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This happened again and again and again.
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And again. the owner got so frustrated,
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The owner got so frustrated, he finally told the pastor to
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He finally told the pastor to just keep the cows.
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Just keep the cows. pastor was so excited, he
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Pastor was so excited, he started selling milk and
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Started selling milk and products to people in the
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Products to people in the village, but he sold them for
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Village, but he sold them for less than the other man.
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Less than the other man. before long, people were
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Before long, people were lined up at his door.
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Lined up at his door. he was able to buy more cows.
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He was able to buy more cows. his business got so large
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His business got so large that that other man came and
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That that other man came and said, "i can't compete with
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Said, "i can't compete with you.
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You. why don't you take over my
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Why don't you take over my business?"
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Business?" he purchased it for a
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He purchased it for a fraction of the value.
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Fraction of the value. today this young pastor has a
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Today this young pastor has a large business with several
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Large business with several hundred employees.
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Hundred employees. it all started when those
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It all started when those cows came to his property and
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Cows came to his property and wouldn't leave.
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Wouldn't leave. he couldn't have made that
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He couldn't have made that happen.
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Happen. that was the blessing on his
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That was the blessing on his life.
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Life. god controls the universe.
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God controls the universe. he knows how to have the cows
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He knows how to have the cows find you.
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Find you. the good breaks, the
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The good breaks, the property, the contracts, the
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Property, the contracts, the businesses, they're going to
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Businesses, they're going to come looking for you.
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Come looking for you. "well joel, this is kind of
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"well joel, this is kind of far out."
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Far out." we serve a far-out god.
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We serve a far-out god. his blessing on your life is
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His blessing on your life is going to do far-out things.
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Going to do far-out things. after all, it's far out
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After all, it's far out having church in the former
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Having church in the former compaq center.
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Compaq center. it's far out that my mom is
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It's far out that my mom is still alive 37 years after
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Still alive 37 years after being diagnosed with terminal
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Being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Cancer. it's far out for me to be up
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It's far out for me to be up here in front of you having
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Here in front of you having no formal training.
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No formal training. get ready for some far-out
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Get ready for some far-out favor, far-out blessing,
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Favor, far-out blessing, far-out opportunity, far-out
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Far-out opportunity, far-out promotion.
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Promotion. god said, "you won't have
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God said, "you won't have room to receive it."
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Room to receive it." he's going to do things so
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He's going to do things so amazing in your life that you
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Amazing in your life that you have to pass it down to your
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Have to pass it down to your children.
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Children. you can't contain it all.
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You can't contain it all. generational blessings are
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Generational blessings are coming, increase that goes to
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Coming, increase that goes to your children, your
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Your children, your grandchildren, your great
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Grandchildren, your great grandchildren, businesses,
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Grandchildren, businesses, contracts, real estate that
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Contracts, real estate that continued to bless people
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Continued to bless people long after you're gone.
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Long after you're gone. proverbs says, "a good person
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Proverbs says, "a good person leaves an inheritance that
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Leaves an inheritance that their children's children."
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Their children's children." that's god's dream for you.
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That's god's dream for you. get rid of a barely-get-by
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Get rid of a barely-get-by mentality.
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Mentality. "i'll be satisfied if i can
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"i'll be satisfied if i can just pay my bills and make it
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Just pay my bills and make it through."
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Through." that is not your destiny.
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That is not your destiny. the blessing on your life is
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The blessing on your life is going to cause you to lend
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Going to cause you to lend and not borrow, to have more
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And not borrow, to have more than enough.
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Than enough. david said, "my cup runs
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David said, "my cup runs over."
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Over." there are some running over
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There are some running over blessings in your future,
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Blessings in your future, blessings that you cannot
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Blessings that you cannot contain, increase that you
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Contain, increase that you can't use up in your
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Can't use up in your lifetime.
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Lifetime. "well joel, i haven't seen
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"well joel, i haven't seen any of these far-out
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Any of these far-out blessings."
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Blessings." stay encouraged, they're on
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Stay encouraged, they're on the way.
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The way. you wouldn't be hearing this
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You wouldn't be hearing this if god wasn't about to do
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If god wasn't about to do something amazing.
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Something amazing. he's wanting us to take the
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He's wanting us to take the limits off of him.
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Limits off of him. enlarge your vision.
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Enlarge your vision. quit telling yourself all the
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Quit telling yourself all the reasons why it's not going to
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Reasons why it's not going to happen, how you've had too
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Happen, how you've had too many bad breaks, how your
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Many bad breaks, how your dream looks impossible.
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Dream looks impossible. it may be to you, but it's
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It may be to you, but it's not to our god.
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Not to our god. start expecting his favor.
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Start expecting his favor. start believing for new
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Start believing for new levels.
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Levels. start talking like it's going
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Start talking like it's going to happen.
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To happen. "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that you're bringing me into
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You're bringing me into overflow.
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Overflow. thank you that generational
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Thank you that generational blessings are coming my way.
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Blessings are coming my way. thank you that you're opening
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Thank you that you're opening doors that no man can shut."
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Doors that no man can shut." we see this blessing in the
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We see this blessing in the life of joseph.
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Life of joseph. as a teenager, god gave him a
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As a teenager, god gave him a dream that one day he would
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Dream that one day he would lead a nation, that people
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Lead a nation, that people would bow down before him.
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Would bow down before him. he knew something big was in
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He knew something big was in his future, but his brothers
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His future, but his brothers were jealous.
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Were jealous. they threw him into a pit.
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They threw him into a pit. they were going to leave him
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They were going to leave him there to die, but they saw a
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There to die, but they saw a caravan of ishmaelites
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Caravan of ishmaelites coming.
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Coming. they sold him as a slave.
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They sold him as a slave. he ended up working for a man
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He ended up working for a man named potiphar.
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Named potiphar. potiphar was a high-ranking
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Potiphar was a high-ranking military official in the
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Military official in the egyptian government.
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Egyptian government. and joseph could have been
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And joseph could have been bitter.
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Bitter. "god, i thought the blessing
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"god, i thought the blessing was on my life.
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Was on my life. why did this happen to me?"
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Why did this happen to me?" instead he kept being his
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Instead he kept being his best, treating people with
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Best, treating people with respect, doing more than
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Respect, doing more than required.
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Required. the scripture says the lord
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The scripture says the lord was with joseph and blessed
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Was with joseph and blessed him greatly as he served in
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Him greatly as he served in the home of his egyptian
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The home of his egyptian master.
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Master. notice, god was with joseph
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Notice, god was with joseph in the unfair situation when
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In the unfair situation when he was mistreated.
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He was mistreated. when he was betrayed, the
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When he was betrayed, the blessing was still on his life.
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Blessing was still on his life. sometimes we think
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Sometimes we think we're not blessed.
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We're not blessed. we came down with an illness.
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We came down with an illness. we lost our main client.
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We lost our main client. a relationship
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A relationship didn't work out.
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Didn't work out. that didn't stop
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That didn't stop the blessing.
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The blessing. people can't change
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People can't change what god put on you.
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What god put on you. the favor didn't canceled out
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The favor didn't canceled out because of a bad break.
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Because of a bad break. the blessing is why those
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The blessing is why those enemies cannot defeat you.
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Enemies cannot defeat you. the blessing is why
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The blessing is why that sickness can't take
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That sickness can't take your life.
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Your life. the blessing is why that
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The blessing is why that setback is not the end.
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Setback is not the end. it is a setup for what
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It is a setup for what god is about to do.
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God is about to do. don't get discouraged when
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Don't get discouraged when life doesn't go your way.
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Life doesn't go your way. the blessing is still on you.
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The blessing is still on you. genesis 30, jacob had been
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Genesis 30, jacob had been working for a man named laban
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Working for a man named laban for seven years.
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For seven years. laban promised him in return
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Laban promised him in return that he could marry his
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That he could marry his daughter, rachel.
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Daughter, rachel. well, after the seven years,
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Well, after the seven years, laban gave him his daughter
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Laban gave him his daughter leah instead.
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Leah instead. he didn't keep his word.
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He didn't keep his word. he said, "jacob, if you'll
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He said, "jacob, if you'll work for me another seven
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Work for me another seven years, then i'll give you
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Years, then i'll give you rachel."
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Rachel." jacob could have been bitter,
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Jacob could have been bitter, started a big fight, left
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Started a big fight, left there angry, but he took the
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There angry, but he took the high road and worked another
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High road and worked another seven years.
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Seven years. he finally married rachel and
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He finally married rachel and was about to move back to his
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Was about to move back to his hometown with his family.
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Hometown with his family. verse 27 laban said, "jacob,
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Verse 27 laban said, "jacob, please don't leave me.
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Please don't leave me. i have learned the lord has
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I have learned the lord has blessed me because you are
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Blessed me because you are here."
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Here." for years, he didn't treat
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For years, he didn't treat jacob right.
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Jacob right. it was unfair, but now he's
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It was unfair, but now he's begging him to stay.
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Begging him to stay. he realizes he's blessed
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He realizes he's blessed because of the favor on
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Because of the favor on jacob's life.
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Jacob's life. you may have people that
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You may have people that don't really value who you
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Don't really value who you are and they haven't kept
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Are and they haven't kept their word.
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Their word. don't be offended, be a
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Don't be offended, be a jacob.
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Jacob. keep doing the right thing.
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Keep doing the right thing. you don't have to convince
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You don't have to convince people to like you, prove to
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People to like you, prove to them who you are.
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Them who you are. they may discount you now but
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They may discount you now but one day, like jacob, they'll
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One day, like jacob, they'll be asking you to stay.
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Be asking you to stay. they will realize the reason
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They will realize the reason they're blessed is because of
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They're blessed is because of you.
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You. laban said to jacob, "i'll
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Laban said to jacob, "i'll pay you whatever you want if
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Pay you whatever you want if you will stay."
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You will stay." jacob knew his time there was
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Jacob knew his time there was over.
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Over. he left, not only a very
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He left, not only a very wealthy man, but he left with
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Wealthy man, but he left with the respect and honor that he
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The respect and honor that he had not been given for many
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Had not been given for many years.
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Years. god is your vindicator.
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God is your vindicator. he sees what's happening.
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He sees what's happening. you keep doing the right
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You keep doing the right thing and one day god will
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Thing and one day god will make it up to you.
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Make it up to you. in the late 1950s, my father
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In the late 1950s, my father was pastoring a large church,
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Was pastoring a large church, very successful.
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Very successful. they had just built a
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They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary.
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Beautiful new sanctuary. he was on the state board for
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He was on the state board for his denomination.
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His denomination. his future looked very
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His future looked very bright, but he started
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Bright, but he started teaching the people about how
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Teaching the people about how god is good, and how he still
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God is good, and how he still heals, and wants us to live a
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Heals, and wants us to live a victorious life.
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Victorious life. well, this new message didn't
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Well, this new message didn't go over well.
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Go over well. it didn't fit into their
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It didn't fit into their denominational mold and there
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Denominational mold and there was so much opposition, so
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Was so much opposition, so much pressure that he had to
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Much pressure that he had to resign from that church.
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Resign from that church. he and my mother went out and
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He and my mother went out and started lakewood.
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Started lakewood. for years, my father was
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For years, my father was ignored by his peers.
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Ignored by his peers. he was overlooked, unnoticed.
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He was overlooked, unnoticed. colleagues that he used to go
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Colleagues that he used to go to lunch with, they just
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To lunch with, they just dismissed him, acted like he
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Dismissed him, acted like he was second class, like he
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Was second class, like he wasn't up to par.
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Wasn't up to par. my father never said anything
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My father never said anything about this, but i knew deep
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About this, but i knew deep down that it bothered him.
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Down that it bothered him. thirty-five years later, that
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Thirty-five years later, that denomination was having their
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Denomination was having their annual meeting here in
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Annual meeting here in houston.
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Houston. the main speaker said in
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The main speaker said in front of thousands of
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Front of thousands of leaders, "we need to stay
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Leaders, "we need to stay more open.
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More open. think where we would be if we
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Think where we would be if we still had john osteen with
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Still had john osteen with us."
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Us." after all those years, they
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After all those years, they finally showed him respect and
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Finally showed him respect and admiration.
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Admiration. and no, you don't need
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And no, you don't need people's approval.
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People's approval. you don't have to their
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You don't have to their support, but god is a god of
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Support, but god is a god of justice.
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Justice. he sees what's happening.
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He sees what's happening. if you will keep honoring
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If you will keep honoring him, there will be a day when
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Him, there will be a day when those that have overlooked
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Those that have overlooked you, those that are
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You, those that are discounted you, they will see
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Discounted you, they will see you in a new light and give
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You in a new light and give you the respect and honor
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You the respect and honor that you deserve.
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That you deserve. when joseph's brothers threw
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When joseph's brothers threw him into the pit, they took
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Him into the pit, they took his freedom but they didn't
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His freedom but they didn't take the blessing.
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Take the blessing. when potiphar's wife tried to
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When potiphar's wife tried to seduce joseph, she ripped his
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Seduce joseph, she ripped his coat off and lied about him,
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Coat off and lied about him, falsely accused him.
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Falsely accused him. she took his coat, but she
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She took his coat, but she couldn't take his calling.
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Couldn't take his calling. somebody may have hurt you,
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Somebody may have hurt you, they betrayed you, they left
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They betrayed you, they left you out, but they didn't stop
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You out, but they didn't stop your destiny.
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Your destiny. a man told me recently how
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A man told me recently how his company let him go after
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His company let him go after many years.
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Many years. somebody was jealous and
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Somebody was jealous and spread all these rumors and
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Spread all these rumors and long story short, he unfairly
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Long story short, he unfairly lost his position.
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Lost his position. i told him what i'm telling
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I told him what i'm telling you, they may have taken your
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You, they may have taken your job, but they didn't take
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Job, but they didn't take your blessing.
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Your blessing. people cannot stop what god
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People cannot stop what god put on you.
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Put on you. you keep honoring god, being
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You keep honoring god, being your best, and the blessing
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Your best, and the blessing will always override what
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Will always override what people have done.
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People have done. the scripture says, "what god
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The scripture says, "what god has blessed, no person can
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Has blessed, no person can curse."
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Curse." the blessing on you is more
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The blessing on you is more powerful than any betrayal,
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Powerful than any betrayal, than how you were raised,
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Than how you were raised, than people trying to
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Than people trying to discredit you.
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Discredit you. quit focusing on what you've
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Quit focusing on what you've lost and start focusing on
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Lost and start focusing on what you have left.
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What you have left. the blessing is still on your
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The blessing is still on your life.
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Life. you are blessed in the city,
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You are blessed in the city, and blessed in the country.
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And blessed in the country. you are blessed when you go
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You are blessed when you go in and blessed when you come
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In and blessed when you come out.
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Out. that means you are blessed
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That means you are blessed when things are going your
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When things are going your way and blessed when they're
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Way and blessed when they're not going your way.
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Not going your way. you are blessed when you're
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You are blessed when you're in the palace and you're
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In the palace and you're still blessed when you're in
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Still blessed when you're in the pit.
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The pit. here's the key, the blessing
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Here's the key, the blessing did not come from people so
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Did not come from people so it cannot be taken away by
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It cannot be taken away by people.
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People. in the 1500s, queen elizabeth
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In the 1500s, queen elizabeth i was born.
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I was born. her father wanted a boy so
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Her father wanted a boy so badly that he cursed her at
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Badly that he cursed her at birth.
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Birth. the pope declared her
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The pope declared her illegitimate because her
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Illegitimate because her father had been divorced.
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Father had been divorced. her half sister falsely
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Her half sister falsely accused her and had her
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Accused her and had her imprisoned in the tower of
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Imprisoned in the tower of london.
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London. all these people came against
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All these people came against her from childhood, but
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Her from childhood, but people don't determine your
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People don't determine your destiny.
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Destiny. what they say about you
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What they say about you cannot stop your purpose.
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Cannot stop your purpose. and elizabeth had a rough
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And elizabeth had a rough start, but that didn't keep
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Start, but that didn't keep her from becoming who she was
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Her from becoming who she was called to be.
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Called to be. she went on to serve as the
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She went on to serve as the queen for 45 years.
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Queen for 45 years. she reformed the justice
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She reformed the justice system to make sure people
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System to make sure people received a fair trial.
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Received a fair trial. perhaps people have tried to
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Perhaps people have tried to hold you back, family hasn't
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Hold you back, family hasn't supported you, you could be
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Supported you, you could be discouraged, settle where you
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Discouraged, settle where you are, but like her, she
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Are, but like her, she blessing on your life is
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Blessing on your life is going to override what's
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Going to override what's trying to stop you.
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Trying to stop you. god said in psalms, "touch
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God said in psalms, "touch not my anointed."
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Not my anointed." you are his anointed.
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You are his anointed. when people come against you,
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When people come against you, they're not just messing with
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They're not just messing with you, they're messing with the
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You, they're messing with the god who put the blessing on
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God who put the blessing on you.
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You. the good news is you don't
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The good news is you don't have to fight those battles.
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Have to fight those battles. you have a defender.
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You have a defender. don't try to do it in your
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Don't try to do it in your own strength, stand still and
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Own strength, stand still and you will see the deliverance
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You will see the deliverance of the lord.
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Of the lord. i have never seen anyone
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I have never seen anyone who's tried to stop me,
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Who's tried to stop me, discredit me, keep me from my
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Discredit me, keep me from my purpose, continue to succeed.
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Purpose, continue to succeed. it may have been a year, five
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It may have been a year, five years, ten years but
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Years, ten years but eventually they fade out and
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Eventually they fade out and i'm still standing.
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I'm still standing. it's because the blessing is
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It's because the blessing is more powerful than the curse.
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More powerful than the curse. whatever's coming against
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Whatever's coming against you, whatever people are
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You, whatever people are trying to stop you, they may
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Trying to stop you, they may seem bigger, more powerful.
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Seem bigger, more powerful. the sickness, the addiction,
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The sickness, the addiction, it can be intimidating.
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It can be intimidating. stay in peace.
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Stay in peace. the blessing god put on you
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The blessing god put on you is more powerful than what's
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Is more powerful than what's trying to stop you.
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Trying to stop you. in the scripture, king saul
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In the scripture, king saul was trying to kill david.
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Was trying to kill david. david hadn't done anything
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David hadn't done anything wrong.
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Wrong. in fact, david was being good
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In fact, david was being good to saul, but saul was
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To saul, but saul was jealous, chased david through
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Jealous, chased david through the desert, making his life
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The desert, making his life miserable.
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Miserable. several times david had the
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Several times david had the opportunity to take saul's
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Opportunity to take saul's life.
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Life. he snuck up on him while he
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He snuck up on him while he was sleeping.
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Was sleeping. he could have ended the
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He could have ended the conflict, defended himself,
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Conflict, defended himself, nobody would have blamed him.
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Nobody would have blamed him. david wouldn't do it.
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David wouldn't do it. he knew saul had been
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He knew saul had been anointed by god to be the
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Anointed by god to be the king and even though david
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King and even though david was anointed to replace him,
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Was anointed to replace him, he still wouldn't harm saul.
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He still wouldn't harm saul. he understood you don't touch
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He understood you don't touch god's anointed.
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God's anointed. you don't come against what
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You don't come against what god has blessed.
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God has blessed. when you face opposition,
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When you face opposition, people come against you, you
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People come against you, you don't have to get upset, try
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Don't have to get upset, try to pay them back.
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To pay them back. you can stay in peace knowing
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You can stay in peace knowing that when they come against
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That when they come against you, they are touching god's
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You, they are touching god's anointed.
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Anointed. that means it's not your
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That means it's not your battle, the battle is the
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Battle, the battle is the lord's.
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Lord's. he's your defender.
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He's your defender. he's your vindicator.
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He's your vindicator. you're like joseph at times,
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You're like joseph at times, we'll get thrown into a pit,
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We'll get thrown into a pit, somebody may betray you, but
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Somebody may betray you, but they cannot keep the blessing
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They cannot keep the blessing down.
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Down. they meant it for harm, god's
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They meant it for harm, god's going to turn it for good.
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Going to turn it for good. keep your shoulders back,
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Keep your shoulders back, live with confidence.
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Live with confidence. you have an advantage, the
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You have an advantage, the blessing is on your life.
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Blessing is on your life. and i believe and declare
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And i believe and declare this blessing is going to
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This blessing is going to take you further than you've
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Take you further than you've imagined.
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Imagined. you're about to see far-out
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You're about to see far-out opportunity, far-out
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Opportunity, far-out promotion, far-out favor, the
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Promotion, far-out favor, the fullness of your destiny in
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Fullness of your destiny in jesus's name.
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Jesus's name. and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say, "amen" today?
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I'd like give you an
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I'd like give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god
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Church and keep god first place.
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First place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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We'd love to send you our 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. you can write down your dreams
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You can write down your dreams and goals,
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And goals, plus use it for your everyday
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Plus use it for your everyday activities and reminders.
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Activities and reminders. it's important
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It's important to feed your faith
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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On a daily basis. this planner, it's
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This planner, it's not just a calendar,
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Not just a calendar, it's filled with scriptures
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It's filled with scriptures and inspiration
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And inspiration to help you stay encouraged
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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And keep believing for what god
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of the 2026
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A copy of the 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. each month features
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Each month features a fresh theme of encouragement,
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A fresh theme of encouragement, a guiding scripture
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A guiding scripture to stand on.
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To stand on. room to write your goals,
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Room to write your goals, prayers, and vision.
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Prayers, and vision. space for faith steps,
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Space for faith steps, because faith isn't passive,
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Because faith isn't passive, it's active.
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It's active. a monthly qr code
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A monthly qr code linking to a message or video
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Linking to a message or video to keep your spirit lifted.
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To keep your spirit lifted. with the 2026
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With the 2026 faith for today planner,
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Faith for today planner, you'll be reminded
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You'll be reminded that living by faith
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That living by faith makes room for god to do
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Makes room for god to do what only he can do.
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What only he can do. breakthrough in your business.
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Breakthrough in your business. god's healing touch.
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God's healing touch. loved ones returning to faith.
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Loved ones returning to faith. request your copy of the planner
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Request your copy of the planner and step into the new year
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With bold faith, fresh hope, and daily encouragement
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And daily encouragement to strengthen your spirit
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end gift
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Making a special year-end gift to help
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To help keep the ministry strong.
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Keep the ministry strong. we so appreciate
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We so appreciate all the champion
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All the champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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For your monthly support. we wish you and your family
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We wish you and your family a very merry christmas.
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of the 2026
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Your copy of the 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Joel Osteen - The Power of the Blessing

December 16, 2025 | 29:55

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