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Joel Osteen - The Power of Favor

June 17, 2026 | 27:29

Joel Osteen - The Power of Favor
Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Power of Favor | June 17, 2026
  • >> joel: well, god bless you
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  • >> joel: well, god bless you and thanks for letting us
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  • And thanks for letting us come into your homes.
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  • Come into your homes. if you're ever in our area,
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  • If you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part
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  • Please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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  • Of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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  • I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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  • Feel right at home. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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  • Something funny, and i heard about this elderly minister.
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  • About this elderly minister. he was close to death.
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  • He was close to death. he sent word for two of his
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  • He sent word for two of his members, an irs agent and a
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  • Members, an irs agent and a lawyer, to come to his house.
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  • Lawyer, to come to his house. upon arrival, he motioned for
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  • Upon arrival, he motioned for them to sit on each side of
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  • Them to sit on each side of the bed.
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  • The bed. the men were very moved that
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  • The men were very moved that they could be with their
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  • They could be with their pastor in his final moments.
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  • Pastor in his final moments. one point the lawyer asked,
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  • One point the lawyer asked, "sir, why did you choose both
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  • "sir, why did you choose both of us?"
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  • Of us?" the minister mustered up some
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  • The minister mustered up some strength and said, "jesus
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  • Strength and said, "jesus died between two sinners.
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  • Died between two sinners. that's the way i want to go."
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  • That's the way i want to go." all right, it's just a joke.
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  • All right, it's just a joke. here we go.
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  • Here we go. "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'll boldly confess my mind
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  • I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is
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  • Is alert, my heart is receptive.
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  • Receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus's name."
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  • 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 favor."
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  • About "the power of favor." what god has in your future
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  • What god has in your future can't be accomplished on your
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  • Can't be accomplished on your own.
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  • Own. the places he's going to take
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  • The places he's going to take you, you can't get there by
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  • You, you can't get there by yourself.
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  • Yourself. there will be obstacles too
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  • There will be obstacles too big, dreams that seem
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  • Big, dreams that seem impossible.
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  • Impossible. you're going to need
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  • You're going to need assistance for where you're
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  • Assistance for where you're going.
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  • Going. the good news is, god has put
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  • The good news is, god has put something on you that gives
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  • Something on you that gives you an advantage, something
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  • You an advantage, something that will open doors you
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  • That will open doors you can't open, something that
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  • Can't open, something that will make you stand out in
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  • Will make you stand out in the crowd.
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  • The crowd. it's called favor.
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  • It's called favor. favor will cause good breaks
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  • Favor will cause good breaks to come to you.
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  • To come to you. favor will take you from the
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  • Favor will take you from the background to the foreground.
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  • Background to the foreground. favor will give you
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  • Favor will give you preferential treatment,
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  • Preferential treatment, things you don't deserve.
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  • Things you don't deserve. you weren't next in line, but
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  • You weren't next in line, but you got the promotion.
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  • You got the promotion. on paper it didn't make
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  • On paper it didn't make sense, but the loan went
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  • Sense, but the loan went through.
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  • Through. that person that was so
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  • That person that was so against you, for some reason
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  • Against you, for some reason they changed.
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  • They changed. now they're for you.
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  • Now they're for you. that wasn't a coincidence,
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  • That wasn't a coincidence, that was the favor of god.
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  • That was the favor of god. we can work hard, be
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  • We can work hard, be faithful, be diligent.
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  • Faithful, be diligent. that's important, but that
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  • That's important, but that will only take us to a
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  • Will only take us to a certain level.
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  • Certain level. we'll go as far as our
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  • We'll go as far as our education, as far as our
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  • Education, as far as our background allows, but when
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  • Background allows, but when god breathes his favor on
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  • God breathes his favor on you, things will happen that
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  • You, things will happen that you couldn't make happen.
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  • You couldn't make happen. opportunity that you didn't
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  • Opportunity that you didn't see coming, the right people
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  • See coming, the right people will track you down.
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  • Will track you down. i've heard it said, "one
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  • I've heard it said, "one touch of favor is worth more
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  • Touch of favor is worth more than a lifetime of labor."
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  • Than a lifetime of labor." just one good break, one
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  • Just one good break, one phone call, meeting one right
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  • Phone call, meeting one right person will catapult you to a
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  • Person will catapult you to a new level.
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  • New level. you've worked hard.
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  • You've worked hard. you've been faithful.
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  • You've been faithful. you've honored god.
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  • You've honored god. now get ready for favor.
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  • Now get ready for favor. get ready for god to show
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  • Get ready for god to show out.
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  • Out. he's about to do something
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  • He's about to do something unusual, something that you
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  • Unusual, something that you haven't seen, good breaks
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  • Haven't seen, good breaks that you didn't work for,
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  • That you didn't work for, promotion that you didn't
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  • Promotion that you didn't deserve.
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  • Deserve. you can't explain it.
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  • You can't explain it. you can't take credit for it.
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  • You can't take credit for it. it's the favor of god.
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  • It's the favor of god. god told noah to build an
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  • God told noah to build an ark, a boat 450 feet long.
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  • Ark, a boat 450 feet long. noah wasn't a builder.
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  • Noah wasn't a builder. that wasn't his profession.
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  • That wasn't his profession. it seemed impossible, but god
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  • It seemed impossible, but god will never ask you to do
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  • Will never ask you to do something and not give you
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  • Something and not give you the favor to do it.
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  • The favor to do it. you have favor.
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  • You have favor. the question is, do you have
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  • The question is, do you have the faith?
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  • The faith? are you going to talk
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  • Are you going to talk yourself out of it?
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  • Yourself out of it? "i don't have the resources.
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  • "i don't have the resources. i don't know the right
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  • I don't know the right people.
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  • People. i don't have the talent."
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  • I don't have the talent." that's okay.
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  • That's okay. you have something that makes
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  • You have something that makes up for all of that.
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  • Up for all of that. favor is on your life.
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  • Favor is on your life. it's good to have education,
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  • It's good to have education, but education alone is not
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  • But education alone is not enough.
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  • Enough. talent alone is not enough.
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  • Talent alone is not enough. you need favor for where
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  • You need favor for where you're going.
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  • You're going. you may not know the right
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  • You may not know the right people, but don't worry, god
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  • People, but don't worry, god does.
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  • Does. he has already lined up
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  • He has already lined up divine connections, people
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  • Divine connections, people that will come into your life
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  • That will come into your life and use their influence to
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  • And use their influence to open doors, to give you
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  • Open doors, to give you opportunity that will push
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  • Opportunity that will push you forward.
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  • You forward. you don't have to manipulate
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  • You don't have to manipulate people, try to convince them
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  • People, try to convince them to like you, compromise to
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  • To like you, compromise to get your way.
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  • Get your way. if someone is not for you,
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  • If someone is not for you, you don't need them.
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  • You don't need them. don't waste time trying to
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  • Don't waste time trying to win them over.
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  • Win them over. the people god has lined up
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  • The people god has lined up for you, they don't have a
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  • For you, they don't have a choice.
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  • Choice. they may not like you, but
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  • They may not like you, but they will help you anyway.
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  • They will help you anyway. they will go out of their way
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  • They will go out of their way to be good to you.
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  • To be good to you. you don't have to find them.
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  • You don't have to find them. they will find you.
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  • They will find you. you keep honoring god,
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  • You keep honoring god, believing, expecting.
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  • Believing, expecting. the favor on your life will
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  • The favor on your life will cause the right people to
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  • Cause the right people to show up.
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  • Show up. this is what happened to
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  • This is what happened to daniel in the scripture.
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  • Daniel in the scripture. favor didn't keep daniel out
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  • Favor didn't keep daniel out of trouble.
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  • Of trouble. the trouble was a setup for
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  • The trouble was a setup for god to endorse daniel, to
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  • God to endorse daniel, to bring him into prominence.
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  • Bring him into prominence. daniel was a teenager living
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  • Daniel was a teenager living in a foreign country.
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  • In a foreign country. the king made a decree that
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  • The king made a decree that no one could pray to any god
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  • No one could pray to any god except the king's god.
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  • Except the king's god. well, daniel worshipped
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  • Well, daniel worshipped jehovah.
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  • Jehovah. he made this decision.
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  • He made this decision. he wasn't going to compromise
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  • He wasn't going to compromise so he kept praying like
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  • So he kept praying like normal.
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  • Normal. some people saw him, ran and
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  • Some people saw him, ran and told the king.
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  • Told the king. the king had daniel thrown
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  • The king had daniel thrown into a den of hungry lions.
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  • Into a den of hungry lions. that should have been the
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  • That should have been the end, but for some reason the
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  • End, but for some reason the lions couldn't open their
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  • Lions couldn't open their mouths.
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  • Mouths. i can hear those lions
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  • I can hear those lions talking, "i'm hungry.
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  • Talking, "i'm hungry. i want to eat this guy, but
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  • I want to eat this guy, but my jaws are messed up."
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  • My jaws are messed up." favor doesn't keep you out of
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  • Favor doesn't keep you out of the lions' den, but favor
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  • The lions' den, but favor will keep the lions from
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  • Will keep the lions from harming you.
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  • Harming you. the next morning, the king
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  • The next morning, the king went to check on daniel.
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  • Went to check on daniel. when he found out he was
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  • When he found out he was okay, he said, "from now on,
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  • Okay, he said, "from now on, we're all going to worship
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  • We're all going to worship the god of daniel."
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  • The god of daniel." "well, joel, maybe that was a
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  • "well, joel, maybe that was a lucky break.
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  • Lucky break. maybe the lions weren't
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  • Maybe the lions weren't hungry that day."
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  • Hungry that day." when they brought daniel out,
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  • When they brought daniel out, the king had them throw the
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  • The king had them throw the people in that were against
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  • People in that were against daniel.
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  • Daniel. before they hit the bottom of
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  • Before they hit the bottom of the pit, the lions tore them
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  • The pit, the lions tore them apart.
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  • Apart. people saw that, they knew
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  • People saw that, they knew the lord was on daniel's
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  • The lord was on daniel's side.
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  • Side. god is going to do some
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  • God is going to do some things that bring you into
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  • Things that bring you into prominence, into new levels
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  • Prominence, into new levels of influence, credibility.
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  • Of influence, credibility. people can debate what you
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  • People can debate what you say, but they can't debate
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  • Say, but they can't debate what they see; when they see
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  • What they see; when they see you running the company,
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  • You running the company, paying your house off,
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  • Paying your house off, graduating with honors, when
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  • Graduating with honors, when they see you breaking the
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  • They see you breaking the addiction, beating the
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  • Addiction, beating the cancer.
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  • Cancer. when god endorses you, you
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  • When god endorses you, you come out of the lions' den
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  • Come out of the lions' den unharmed, you accomplish
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  • Unharmed, you accomplish dreams way over your head.
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  • Dreams way over your head. they will know his hand is on
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  • They will know his hand is on your life.
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  • Your life. god is about to bring you
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  • God is about to bring you into greater prominence.
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  • Into greater prominence. you've been in the background
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  • You've been in the background long enough serving
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  • Long enough serving faithfully, helping others
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  • Faithfully, helping others with no recognition.
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  • With no recognition. your time is coming.
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  • Your time is coming. david spent years in the
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  • David spent years in the shepherds' fields taking care
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  • Shepherds' fields taking care of his father's sheep.
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  • Of his father's sheep. i'm sure at times he thought,
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  • I'm sure at times he thought, "i don't have favor.
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  • "i don't have favor. i'll never do anything great.
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  • I'll never do anything great. i'm stuck out here.
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  • I'm stuck out here. nobody believes in me."
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  • Nobody believes in me." the truth is, you don't have
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  • The truth is, you don't have to have people believe in
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  • To have people believe in you.
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  • You. the most high god believes in
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  • The most high god believes in you.
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  • You. when david defeated goliath,
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  • When david defeated goliath, that one good break, that one
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  • That one good break, that one endorsement launched him into
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  • Endorsement launched him into a new level of his destiny
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  • A new level of his destiny and it made up for all those
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  • And it made up for all those lonely years.
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  • Lonely years. you may feel like you're
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  • You may feel like you're falling behind.
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  • Falling behind. it's too late to accomplish a
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  • It's too late to accomplish a dream.
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  • Dream. you'll never get well.
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  • You'll never get well. what god can do for you in
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  • What god can do for you in one moment will put you 50
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  • One moment will put you 50 years down the road.
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  • Years down the road. that's the power of god
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  • That's the power of god endorsing you.
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  • Endorsing you. you've seen on certain
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  • You've seen on certain products a seal of approval.
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  • Products a seal of approval. maybe on the outside of the
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  • Maybe on the outside of the box, a company has stamped
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  • Box, a company has stamped it.
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  • It. it can be a little known
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  • It can be a little known product.
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  • Product. nobody's ever heard of it.
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  • Nobody's ever heard of it. but when that big company
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  • But when that big company puts their stamp on it, their
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  • Puts their stamp on it, their seal, that product has
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  • Seal, that product has notoriety and prominence not
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  • Notoriety and prominence not because of what it is, but
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  • Because of what it is, but because of who endorsed it.
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  • Because of who endorsed it. the creator of the universe
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  • The creator of the universe is about to put his stamp on
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  • Is about to put his stamp on you.
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  • You. he's already accepted and
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  • He's already accepted and approved you, but he's about
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  • Approved you, but he's about to endorse you.
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  • To endorse you. he's about to go public.
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  • He's about to go public. he's going to show people
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  • He's going to show people that you belong to him.
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  • That you belong to him. you're going to accomplish
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  • You're going to accomplish what you couldn't accomplish
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  • What you couldn't accomplish on your own.
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  • On your own. people are going to go out of
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  • People are going to go out of their way to help you.
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  • Their way to help you. you're going to defeat giants
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  • You're going to defeat giants that are much bigger.
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  • That are much bigger. people don't think you have a
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  • People don't think you have a chance.
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  • Chance. they don't know what's on
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  • They don't know what's on you.
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  • You. they can't see the favor yet,
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  • They can't see the favor yet, but when god endorses you,
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  • But when god endorses you, when he shows out, there not
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  • When he shows out, there not going to have any doubt the
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  • Going to have any doubt the lord is on your side.
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  • Lord is on your side. joseph's brothers threw him
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  • Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit.
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  • Into a pit. they eventually sold him into
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  • They eventually sold him into slavery.
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  • Slavery. he was falsely accused, put
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  • He was falsely accused, put in prison for something he
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  • In prison for something he didn't do.
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  • Didn't do. all the odds were against
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  • All the odds were against him, but the scripture says
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  • Him, but the scripture says joseph had favor in
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  • Joseph had favor in everything that he did.
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  • Everything that he did. one thing i've learned is you
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  • One thing i've learned is you can't keep a favored man
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  • Can't keep a favored man down.
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  • Down. you can't keep a favored
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  • You can't keep a favored woman down.
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  • Woman down. you may have some obstacles,
  • 00:09:19.582 --> 00:09:21.784
  • You may have some obstacles, situations that are not fair.
  • 00:09:21.851 --> 00:09:23.719
  • Situations that are not fair. that doesn't mean you don't
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  • That doesn't mean you don't have favor.
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  • Have favor. challenges come to us all,
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  • Challenges come to us all, but favor is why you're not
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  • But favor is why you're not going to stay down.
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  • Going to stay down. favor is why you're going to
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  • Favor is why you're going to rise back to the top.
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  • Rise back to the top. joseph spent 13 years in the
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  • Joseph spent 13 years in the background being overlooked,
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  • Background being overlooked, mistreated.
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  • Mistreated. there were plenty of lonely
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  • There were plenty of lonely nights.
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  • Nights. he didn't get bitter.
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  • He didn't get bitter. he kept doing the right
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  • He kept doing the right thing.
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  • Thing. one day the pharaoh had a
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  • One day the pharaoh had a dream that no one could
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  • Dream that no one could interpret so they brought
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  • Interpret so they brought joseph in.
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  • Joseph in. now he was standing in front
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  • Now he was standing in front of one of the most powerful
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  • Of one of the most powerful people of that day.
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  • People of that day. joseph interpreted the dream.
  • 00:09:55.351 --> 00:09:57.486
  • Joseph interpreted the dream. the pharaoh was so impressed
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  • The pharaoh was so impressed he made joseph the prime
  • 00:09:59.388 --> 00:10:00.923
  • He made joseph the prime minister, second in command.
  • 00:10:00.990 --> 00:10:03.492
  • Minister, second in command. i can imagine that meeting
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  • I can imagine that meeting took no longer than an hour.
  • 00:10:05.561 --> 00:10:08.064
  • Took no longer than an hour. joseph walked in a slave in
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  • Joseph walked in a slave in prison, an hour later he
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  • Prison, an hour later he walked out the prime
  • 00:10:13.069 --> 00:10:14.003
  • Walked out the prime minister.
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  • Minister. you don't know what god can
  • 00:10:15.004 --> 00:10:16.405
  • You don't know what god can do in an hour.
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  • Do in an hour. he can take years of
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  • He can take years of heartache, years of being
  • 00:10:20.009 --> 00:10:22.044
  • Heartache, years of being overlooked, years of praying,
  • 00:10:22.111 --> 00:10:24.380
  • Overlooked, years of praying, believing, not seeing any
  • 00:10:24.447 --> 00:10:26.148
  • Believing, not seeing any good breaks, and in an hour
  • 00:10:26.215 --> 00:10:28.884
  • Good breaks, and in an hour not just deliver you, not
  • 00:10:28.951 --> 00:10:31.220
  • Not just deliver you, not just bring a dream to pass,
  • 00:10:31.287 --> 00:10:33.222
  • Just bring a dream to pass, but do something that
  • 00:10:33.289 --> 00:10:34.390
  • But do something that catapults you to a new level
  • 00:10:34.457 --> 00:10:36.392
  • Catapults you to a new level of your destiny.
  • 00:10:36.459 --> 00:10:38.060
  • Of your destiny. how can this happen?
  • 00:10:38.127 --> 00:10:39.528
  • How can this happen? the favor on your life.
  • 00:10:39.595 --> 00:10:41.597
  • The favor on your life. when god breathes on you,
  • 00:10:41.664 --> 00:10:43.065
  • When god breathes on you, supernatural doors will open,
  • 00:10:43.132 --> 00:10:45.234
  • Supernatural doors will open, obstacles that look permanent
  • 00:10:45.301 --> 00:10:46.736
  • Obstacles that look permanent will turn around, people that
  • 00:10:46.802 --> 00:10:48.537
  • Will turn around, people that were against you will
  • 00:10:48.604 --> 00:10:49.605
  • Were against you will suddenly be for you.
  • 00:10:49.672 --> 00:10:51.707
  • Suddenly be for you. years later, joseph's
  • 00:10:51.774 --> 00:10:53.242
  • Years later, joseph's brothers came to the palace
  • 00:10:53.309 --> 00:10:54.877
  • Brothers came to the palace looking for food, the same
  • 00:10:54.944 --> 00:10:57.179
  • Looking for food, the same ones that threw him into the
  • 00:10:57.246 --> 00:10:58.447
  • Ones that threw him into the pit.
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  • Pit. there was a great famine in
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  • There was a great famine in their country and they had
  • 00:11:00.716 --> 00:11:01.951
  • Their country and they had traveled to egypt.
  • 00:11:02.017 --> 00:11:03.552
  • Traveled to egypt. well, now joseph was in
  • 00:11:03.619 --> 00:11:04.920
  • Well, now joseph was in charge of the food supply,
  • 00:11:04.987 --> 00:11:06.489
  • Charge of the food supply, the prime minister.
  • 00:11:06.555 --> 00:11:08.157
  • The prime minister. they did their best to keep
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  • They did their best to keep him down, but god knows how
  • 00:11:09.859 --> 00:11:12.027
  • Him down, but god knows how to endorse.
  • 00:11:12.094 --> 00:11:13.362
  • To endorse. he knows how to put you in a
  • 00:11:13.429 --> 00:11:14.864
  • He knows how to put you in a position of prominence.
  • 00:11:14.930 --> 00:11:17.032
  • Position of prominence. you may kind of feel like
  • 00:11:17.099 --> 00:11:18.400
  • You may kind of feel like you're in a pit today.
  • 00:11:18.467 --> 00:11:20.202
  • You're in a pit today. don't get discouraged.
  • 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:21.504
  • Don't get discouraged. we all have pit stops along
  • 00:11:21.570 --> 00:11:23.572
  • We all have pit stops along the way in life.
  • 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:25.007
  • The way in life. the good news is that is not
  • 00:11:25.074 --> 00:11:27.109
  • The good news is that is not your final destination.
  • 00:11:27.176 --> 00:11:29.011
  • Your final destination. god has an endorsement
  • 00:11:29.078 --> 00:11:30.613
  • God has an endorsement coming.
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  • Coming. now, i've learned the greater
  • 00:11:31.647 --> 00:11:33.282
  • Now, i've learned the greater the opposition, the greater
  • 00:11:33.349 --> 00:11:35.217
  • The opposition, the greater the endorsement; the more the
  • 00:11:35.284 --> 00:11:37.620
  • The endorsement; the more the enemy tries to pull you back,
  • 00:11:37.686 --> 00:11:39.455
  • Enemy tries to pull you back, the more you're going to go
  • 00:11:39.522 --> 00:11:40.489
  • The more you're going to go forward just like a bow and
  • 00:11:40.556 --> 00:11:42.625
  • Forward just like a bow and arrow.
  • 00:11:42.691 --> 00:11:43.325
  • Arrow. he thinks he's pulling you
  • 00:11:43.392 --> 00:11:44.393
  • He thinks he's pulling you back to hinder you, he
  • 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.861
  • Back to hinder you, he doesn't realize he's setting
  • 00:11:45.928 --> 00:11:47.496
  • Doesn't realize he's setting you up to shoot further than
  • 00:11:47.563 --> 00:11:49.632
  • You up to shoot further than you've ever imagined.
  • 00:11:49.698 --> 00:11:51.667
  • You've ever imagined. when god says it's time,
  • 00:11:51.734 --> 00:11:53.202
  • When god says it's time, you're going to shoot into
  • 00:11:53.269 --> 00:11:54.170
  • You're going to shoot into prominence, shoot into new
  • 00:11:54.236 --> 00:11:56.272
  • Prominence, shoot into new levels of influence,
  • 00:11:56.338 --> 00:11:57.940
  • Levels of influence, leadership, respect, income,
  • 00:11:58.007 --> 00:11:59.775
  • Leadership, respect, income, credibility.
  • 00:11:59.842 --> 00:12:01.177
  • Credibility. when the brothers saw joseph
  • 00:12:01.243 --> 00:12:03.345
  • When the brothers saw joseph and finally realized who he
  • 00:12:03.412 --> 00:12:04.513
  • And finally realized who he was, they nearly passed out.
  • 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:07.016
  • Was, they nearly passed out. they thought they'd gotten
  • 00:12:07.082 --> 00:12:07.983
  • They thought they'd gotten rid of him, but what they
  • 00:12:08.050 --> 00:12:09.618
  • Rid of him, but what they meant for harm, god used for
  • 00:12:09.685 --> 00:12:11.353
  • Meant for harm, god used for good.
  • 00:12:11.420 --> 00:12:12.788
  • Good. god is not going to just
  • 00:12:12.855 --> 00:12:14.690
  • God is not going to just deliver you, not going to
  • 00:12:14.757 --> 00:12:16.458
  • Deliver you, not going to just bring you out, he's
  • 00:12:16.525 --> 00:12:18.194
  • Just bring you out, he's going to endorse you.
  • 00:12:18.260 --> 00:12:20.095
  • Going to endorse you. he's going to put you in a
  • 00:12:20.162 --> 00:12:21.297
  • He's going to put you in a position of prominence where
  • 00:12:21.363 --> 00:12:23.465
  • Position of prominence where people can see you honored,
  • 00:12:23.532 --> 00:12:26.068
  • People can see you honored, respected, and admired.
  • 00:12:26.135 --> 00:12:28.704
  • Respected, and admired. for over 40 years, lakewood
  • 00:12:28.771 --> 00:12:30.639
  • For over 40 years, lakewood was located in a neighborhood
  • 00:12:30.706 --> 00:12:32.408
  • Was located in a neighborhood on the northeast side of
  • 00:12:32.474 --> 00:12:33.609
  • On the northeast side of town.
  • 00:12:33.676 --> 00:12:34.510
  • Town. over time, that area became
  • 00:12:34.577 --> 00:12:36.612
  • Over time, that area became more industrial and a little
  • 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:38.280
  • More industrial and a little more rundown.
  • 00:12:38.347 --> 00:12:40.015
  • More rundown. when i was growing up,
  • 00:12:40.082 --> 00:12:41.183
  • When i was growing up, lakewood was in a small metal
  • 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:43.085
  • Lakewood was in a small metal building, metal-folding
  • 00:12:43.152 --> 00:12:44.720
  • Building, metal-folding chairs, gravel parking lot,
  • 00:12:44.787 --> 00:12:47.356
  • Chairs, gravel parking lot, we had a wood-portable
  • 00:12:47.423 --> 00:12:48.490
  • We had a wood-portable building for the nurseries,
  • 00:12:48.557 --> 00:12:49.859
  • Building for the nurseries, and some people kind of look
  • 00:12:49.925 --> 00:12:52.328
  • And some people kind of look down on us like we couldn't
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  • Down on us like we couldn't afford much.
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  • Afford much. we were second class.
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  • We were second class. we were at a disadvantage.
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  • We were at a disadvantage. when i became pastor, there
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  • When i became pastor, there were certain people i saw
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  • Were certain people i saw during the week that weren't
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  • During the week that weren't a part of lakewood.
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  • A part of lakewood. they wouldn't give me the
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  • They wouldn't give me the time of day.
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  • Time of day. they barely even acknowledged
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  • They barely even acknowledged that i was there.
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  • That i was there. but in december of 2003, the
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  • But in december of 2003, the houston city council voted
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  • Houston city council voted for us to have this building,
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  • For us to have this building, the former compaq center.
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  • The former compaq center. we went from being in the
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  • We went from being in the industrial part of town with
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  • Industrial part of town with small roads back in a
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  • Small roads back in a neighborhood that hardly
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  • Neighborhood that hardly anybody could find you to
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  • Anybody could find you to being on the second busiest
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  • Being on the second busiest freeway in the nation in one
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  • Freeway in the nation in one of the most well-known
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  • Of the most well-known prestigious buildings in our
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  • Prestigious buildings in our city.
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  • City. that one good break
  • 00:13:34.436 --> 00:13:36.372
  • That one good break catapulted us to levels of
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  • Catapulted us to levels of influence and respect that we
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  • Influence and respect that we couldn't have reached on our
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  • Couldn't have reached on our own in our whole lifetime.
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  • Own in our whole lifetime. those same people that
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  • Those same people that wouldn't give me the time of
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  • Wouldn't give me the time of day, now they were coming up
  • 00:13:46.649 --> 00:13:48.284
  • Day, now they were coming up asking if i could save them
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  • Asking if i could save them seats.
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  • Seats. i told them, "of course i
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  • I told them, "of course i will, right out by the flag."
  • 00:13:51.987 --> 00:13:53.489
  • Will, right out by the flag." what am i saying?
  • 00:13:53.555 --> 00:13:56.725
  • What am i saying? god knows how to endorse you.
  • 00:13:56.792 --> 00:13:59.261
  • God knows how to endorse you. he knows how to cause you to
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  • He knows how to cause you to be seen in a different light.
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  • Be seen in a different light. don't be discouraged by where
  • 00:14:03.699 --> 00:14:04.867
  • Don't be discouraged by where you are.
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  • You are. god sees what's happening.
  • 00:14:05.834 --> 00:14:08.170
  • God sees what's happening. he's keeping the records.
  • 00:14:08.237 --> 00:14:09.305
  • He's keeping the records. he's going to make the wrongs
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  • He's going to make the wrongs right.
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  • Right. he hears the disrespect.
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  • He hears the disrespect. he hears them making fun.
  • 00:14:13.409 --> 00:14:15.411
  • He hears them making fun. the scripture says, "god
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  • The scripture says, "god heard miriam criticizing
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  • Heard miriam criticizing moses behind his back."
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  • Moses behind his back." they may not give you the
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  • They may not give you the time of day now.
  • 00:14:22.318 --> 00:14:23.519
  • Time of day now. don't worry, an endorsement
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  • Don't worry, an endorsement is coming not by people, but
  • 00:14:25.187 --> 00:14:27.623
  • Is coming not by people, but by the most high god.
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  • By the most high god. he's going to do things that
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  • He's going to do things that are out of your league,
  • 00:14:30.626 --> 00:14:32.194
  • Are out of your league, things that you couldn't make
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  • Things that you couldn't make happen.
  • 00:14:33.362 --> 00:14:34.196
  • Happen. not only amazes you, but
  • 00:14:34.263 --> 00:14:36.265
  • Not only amazes you, but people around you are going
  • 00:14:36.332 --> 00:14:37.733
  • People around you are going to be amazed.
  • 00:14:37.800 --> 00:14:39.435
  • To be amazed. but people congratulated me
  • 00:14:39.501 --> 00:14:40.970
  • But people congratulated me for getting the compaq
  • 00:14:41.036 --> 00:14:42.104
  • For getting the compaq center, i thought, "if you
  • 00:14:42.171 --> 00:14:43.639
  • Center, i thought, "if you only knew."
  • 00:14:43.706 --> 00:14:44.773
  • Only knew." yes, i prayed, i believed,
  • 00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.909
  • Yes, i prayed, i believed, but god made things happen
  • 00:14:46.976 --> 00:14:48.544
  • But god made things happen that i could have never made
  • 00:14:48.610 --> 00:14:49.745
  • That i could have never made happen.
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  • Happen. the scripture says, "god will
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  • The scripture says, "god will turn the heart of a king."
  • 00:14:52.214 --> 00:14:54.316
  • Turn the heart of a king." god turned council members
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  • God turned council members that had been against us for
  • 00:14:56.485 --> 00:14:57.586
  • That had been against us for years.
  • 00:14:57.653 --> 00:14:58.520
  • Years. suddenly they were for us.
  • 00:14:58.587 --> 00:15:00.923
  • Suddenly they were for us. right now, god is working
  • 00:15:00.990 --> 00:15:02.458
  • Right now, god is working behind the scenes in your
  • 00:15:02.524 --> 00:15:03.959
  • Behind the scenes in your life.
  • 00:15:04.026 --> 00:15:04.626
  • Life. he is setting you up for an
  • 00:15:04.693 --> 00:15:06.095
  • He is setting you up for an endorsement, setting you up
  • 00:15:06.161 --> 00:15:08.263
  • Endorsement, setting you up for something that you've
  • 00:15:08.330 --> 00:15:09.131
  • For something that you've never seen: promotion,
  • 00:15:09.198 --> 00:15:11.433
  • Never seen: promotion, influence, relationships that
  • 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.502
  • Influence, relationships that will thrust you to a new
  • 00:15:13.569 --> 00:15:14.570
  • Will thrust you to a new level.
  • 00:15:14.636 --> 00:15:15.871
  • Level. but that city council vote
  • 00:15:15.938 --> 00:15:17.740
  • But that city council vote probably took 10 minutes.
  • 00:15:17.806 --> 00:15:19.641
  • Probably took 10 minutes. the mayor brought the motion
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  • The mayor brought the motion to the floor, there was a
  • 00:15:20.909 --> 00:15:22.244
  • To the floor, there was a little discussion, then they
  • 00:15:22.311 --> 00:15:23.979
  • Little discussion, then they went around the table and 14
  • 00:15:24.046 --> 00:15:25.681
  • Went around the table and 14 council members voted.
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  • Council members voted. it's amazing what god can do
  • 00:15:27.616 --> 00:15:29.385
  • It's amazing what god can do in 10 minutes.
  • 00:15:29.451 --> 00:15:30.853
  • In 10 minutes. that 10 minutes changed the
  • 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.321
  • That 10 minutes changed the course of my life.
  • 00:15:32.388 --> 00:15:33.856
  • Course of my life. it's amazing what god can do
  • 00:15:33.922 --> 00:15:35.324
  • It's amazing what god can do in an hour.
  • 00:15:35.391 --> 00:15:36.058
  • In an hour. joseph meeting with the
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  • Joseph meeting with the pharaoh.
  • 00:15:37.593 --> 00:15:38.327
  • Pharaoh. it's amazing what god can do
  • 00:15:38.394 --> 00:15:39.795
  • It's amazing what god can do overnight.
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  • Overnight. daniel protected in the
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  • Daniel protected in the lions' den.
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  • Lions' den. god has some of these destiny
  • 00:15:43.932 --> 00:15:45.768
  • God has some of these destiny moments already lined up for
  • 00:15:45.834 --> 00:15:47.569
  • Moments already lined up for you.
  • 00:15:47.636 --> 00:15:48.404
  • You. you can't see it now.
  • 00:15:48.470 --> 00:15:50.472
  • You can't see it now. if he showed you, you'd think
  • 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.607
  • If he showed you, you'd think there's no way.
  • 00:15:51.673 --> 00:15:52.841
  • There's no way. but when god endorses you,
  • 00:15:52.908 --> 00:15:55.010
  • But when god endorses you, it's not like people showing
  • 00:15:55.077 --> 00:15:56.645
  • It's not like people showing you favor.
  • 00:15:56.712 --> 00:15:57.446
  • You favor. when god does it, it catapults
  • 00:15:57.513 --> 00:15:59.481
  • When god does it, it catapults you ahead.
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  • You ahead. it's not going to take a long
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  • It's not going to take a long time.
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  • Time. yes, you have to be faithful.
  • 00:16:03.452 --> 00:16:05.454
  • Yes, you have to be faithful. joseph was in trouble for 13
  • 00:16:05.521 --> 00:16:07.689
  • Joseph was in trouble for 13 years, but it only took him
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  • Years, but it only took him an hour to get out.
  • 00:16:09.458 --> 00:16:11.293
  • An hour to get out. he didn't see it coming.
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  • He didn't see it coming. he woke up that morning
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  • He woke up that morning thinking it was another
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  • Thinking it was another ordinary day.
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  • Ordinary day. he didn't know that was his
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  • He didn't know that was his day to be endorsed.
  • 00:16:18.367 --> 00:16:20.235
  • Day to be endorsed. he didn't know that day was a
  • 00:16:20.302 --> 00:16:22.004
  • He didn't know that day was a destiny moment.
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  • Destiny moment. what god has for you is going
  • 00:16:23.005 --> 00:16:25.774
  • What god has for you is going to happen unexpectedly.
  • 00:16:25.841 --> 00:16:27.910
  • To happen unexpectedly. you're doing the right thing
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  • You're doing the right thing honoring him.
  • 00:16:29.178 --> 00:16:30.112
  • Honoring him. out of the blue someone
  • 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.246
  • Out of the blue someone calls, offers you the
  • 00:16:31.313 --> 00:16:32.581
  • Calls, offers you the promotion.
  • 00:16:32.648 --> 00:16:33.882
  • Promotion. the medical report says no
  • 00:16:33.949 --> 00:16:35.184
  • The medical report says no more cancer, the contract
  • 00:16:35.250 --> 00:16:37.086
  • More cancer, the contract goes through, or you bump
  • 00:16:37.152 --> 00:16:38.487
  • Goes through, or you bump into the person of your
  • 00:16:38.554 --> 00:16:39.588
  • Into the person of your dreams.
  • 00:16:39.655 --> 00:16:40.789
  • Dreams. what would happen if we'd get
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  • What would happen if we'd get up each day and say, "father,
  • 00:16:42.091 --> 00:16:44.026
  • Up each day and say, "father, thank you for endorsing me
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  • Thank you for endorsing me today.
  • 00:16:45.494 --> 00:16:46.395
  • Today. let people see that i am your
  • 00:16:46.462 --> 00:16:48.297
  • Let people see that i am your child?"
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  • Child?" joshua chapter 3, god told
  • 00:16:49.665 --> 00:16:51.867
  • Joshua chapter 3, god told joshua, "today, i will begin
  • 00:16:51.934 --> 00:16:54.136
  • Joshua, "today, i will begin to make you great in the eyes
  • 00:16:54.203 --> 00:16:56.038
  • To make you great in the eyes of all the israelites."
  • 00:16:56.105 --> 00:16:57.840
  • Of all the israelites." god was saying, "joshua, this
  • 00:16:57.906 --> 00:16:59.541
  • God was saying, "joshua, this is your moment.
  • 00:16:59.608 --> 00:17:00.742
  • Is your moment. i'm about to endorse you.
  • 00:17:00.809 --> 00:17:02.644
  • I'm about to endorse you. people are going to see the
  • 00:17:02.711 --> 00:17:03.879
  • People are going to see the greatness i've put in you.
  • 00:17:03.946 --> 00:17:05.247
  • Greatness i've put in you. you've been in the
  • 00:17:05.314 --> 00:17:06.148
  • You've been in the background, joshua, serving
  • 00:17:06.215 --> 00:17:07.916
  • Background, joshua, serving moses, being faithful, but
  • 00:17:07.983 --> 00:17:09.852
  • Moses, being faithful, but today you're coming into the
  • 00:17:09.918 --> 00:17:11.620
  • Today you're coming into the foreground."
  • 00:17:11.687 --> 00:17:13.288
  • Foreground." not long after that, joshua
  • 00:17:13.355 --> 00:17:14.990
  • Not long after that, joshua led the israelites into the
  • 00:17:15.057 --> 00:17:16.758
  • Led the israelites into the promised land.
  • 00:17:16.825 --> 00:17:18.193
  • Promised land. the scripture says that day,
  • 00:17:18.260 --> 00:17:20.929
  • The scripture says that day, god made joshua great in the
  • 00:17:20.996 --> 00:17:23.265
  • God made joshua great in the eyes of all the people.
  • 00:17:23.332 --> 00:17:25.167
  • Eyes of all the people. god has a that day for you, a
  • 00:17:25.234 --> 00:17:28.437
  • God has a that day for you, a time where he will make you
  • 00:17:28.504 --> 00:17:29.938
  • Time where he will make you great, where he will cause
  • 00:17:30.005 --> 00:17:31.673
  • Great, where he will cause you to stand out, where you
  • 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:33.242
  • You to stand out, where you will accomplish things you
  • 00:17:33.308 --> 00:17:34.276
  • Will accomplish things you never dreamed you could
  • 00:17:34.343 --> 00:17:35.344
  • Never dreamed you could accomplish.
  • 00:17:35.410 --> 00:17:36.378
  • Accomplish. you will know it, and the
  • 00:17:36.445 --> 00:17:37.412
  • You will know it, and the people around you will see
  • 00:17:37.479 --> 00:17:39.148
  • People around you will see the greatness in you.
  • 00:17:39.214 --> 00:17:41.250
  • The greatness in you. helen major was a longtime
  • 00:17:41.316 --> 00:17:43.018
  • Helen major was a longtime member of lakewood.
  • 00:17:43.085 --> 00:17:44.486
  • Member of lakewood. she taught elementary school
  • 00:17:44.553 --> 00:17:46.088
  • She taught elementary school for nearly 40 years, so
  • 00:17:46.155 --> 00:17:47.956
  • For nearly 40 years, so faithful pouring into the
  • 00:17:48.023 --> 00:17:49.591
  • Faithful pouring into the children.
  • 00:17:49.658 --> 00:17:50.592
  • Children. she got one promotion after
  • 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:52.094
  • She got one promotion after another: assistant principal,
  • 00:17:52.161 --> 00:17:53.395
  • Another: assistant principal, then principal.
  • 00:17:53.462 --> 00:17:54.596
  • Then principal. after a very distinguished
  • 00:17:54.663 --> 00:17:55.998
  • After a very distinguished career, she retired.
  • 00:17:56.064 --> 00:17:57.499
  • Career, she retired. a few months later, a new
  • 00:17:57.566 --> 00:17:59.735
  • A few months later, a new school was opening in the
  • 00:17:59.801 --> 00:18:01.003
  • School was opening in the district.
  • 00:18:01.069 --> 00:18:02.037
  • District. the board voted unanimously
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  • The board voted unanimously to name it the helen major
  • 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:05.974
  • To name it the helen major elementary school.
  • 00:18:06.041 --> 00:18:07.876
  • Elementary school. she never dreamed a school
  • 00:18:07.943 --> 00:18:09.745
  • She never dreamed a school would be named after her, but
  • 00:18:09.811 --> 00:18:11.580
  • Would be named after her, but god knows how to endorse you.
  • 00:18:11.647 --> 00:18:13.982
  • God knows how to endorse you. he knows how to make your
  • 00:18:14.049 --> 00:18:15.350
  • He knows how to make your life significant.
  • 00:18:15.417 --> 00:18:17.252
  • Life significant. this is not so we can say,
  • 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:18.687
  • This is not so we can say, "look who we are.
  • 00:18:18.754 --> 00:18:19.821
  • "look who we are. look how great we become,"
  • 00:18:19.888 --> 00:18:21.423
  • Look how great we become," it's about letting god's
  • 00:18:21.490 --> 00:18:23.025
  • It's about letting god's glory be seen through you.
  • 00:18:23.091 --> 00:18:25.360
  • Glory be seen through you. god wants to make you an
  • 00:18:25.427 --> 00:18:26.828
  • God wants to make you an example of his goodness.
  • 00:18:26.895 --> 00:18:29.431
  • Example of his goodness. if you will walk in humility
  • 00:18:29.498 --> 00:18:31.433
  • If you will walk in humility and always give god the
  • 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.935
  • And always give god the credit, there's no limit to
  • 00:18:33.001 --> 00:18:34.703
  • Credit, there's no limit to how high he will take you.
  • 00:18:34.770 --> 00:18:36.972
  • How high he will take you. romans 8 says, "all creation
  • 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.775
  • Romans 8 says, "all creation is eagerly waiting for the
  • 00:18:39.841 --> 00:18:41.543
  • Is eagerly waiting for the day when god reveals who his
  • 00:18:41.610 --> 00:18:44.379
  • Day when god reveals who his children really are."
  • 00:18:44.446 --> 00:18:46.748
  • Children really are." all creation is waiting for
  • 00:18:46.815 --> 00:18:48.584
  • All creation is waiting for you to come into that day.
  • 00:18:48.650 --> 00:18:51.386
  • You to come into that day. the stage has been set.
  • 00:18:51.453 --> 00:18:53.255
  • The stage has been set. the audience is in place.
  • 00:18:53.322 --> 00:18:55.023
  • The audience is in place. you keep honoring god, he's
  • 00:18:55.090 --> 00:18:56.992
  • You keep honoring god, he's going to show people who you
  • 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:58.627
  • Going to show people who you really are.
  • 00:18:58.694 --> 00:18:59.795
  • Really are. he's going to bring you into
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  • He's going to bring you into a position of greater
  • 00:19:01.129 --> 00:19:02.397
  • A position of greater prominence.
  • 00:19:02.464 --> 00:19:03.065
  • Prominence. now, you may be behind the
  • 00:19:03.131 --> 00:19:05.500
  • Now, you may be behind the scenes like i used to be, and
  • 00:19:05.567 --> 00:19:07.402
  • Scenes like i used to be, and there's nothing wrong with
  • 00:19:07.469 --> 00:19:08.537
  • There's nothing wrong with that, but god has something
  • 00:19:08.604 --> 00:19:10.606
  • That, but god has something bigger.
  • 00:19:10.672 --> 00:19:11.640
  • Bigger. he's going to use you to
  • 00:19:11.707 --> 00:19:13.108
  • He's going to use you to accomplish something
  • 00:19:13.175 --> 00:19:14.209
  • Accomplish something significant.
  • 00:19:14.276 --> 00:19:15.644
  • Significant. not just be a small part,
  • 00:19:15.711 --> 00:19:17.446
  • Not just be a small part, you're going to shine.
  • 00:19:17.512 --> 00:19:18.847
  • You're going to shine. you're going to stand out.
  • 00:19:18.914 --> 00:19:20.282
  • You're going to stand out. people are going to see the
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  • People are going to see the greatness in you.
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  • Greatness in you. it's good to celebrate
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  • It's good to celebrate others, it's good to cheer
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  • Others, it's good to cheer your friends on, it's good to
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  • Your friends on, it's good to admire those that are ahead,
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  • Admire those that are ahead, but god doesn't want you to
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  • But god doesn't want you to live in a cheerleader mode
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  • Live in a cheerleader mode always thinking about how
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  • Always thinking about how great others are.
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  • Great others are. can i tell you?
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  • Can i tell you? there is greatness in you.
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  • There is greatness in you. you have talent, creativity,
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  • You have talent, creativity, ability, courage, strength.
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  • Ability, courage, strength. it's going to come out in a
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  • It's going to come out in a greater way.
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  • Greater way. when you come into that day
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  • When you come into that day when god endorses you, people
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  • When god endorses you, people are going to step back and
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  • Are going to step back and say, "wow, i didn't know that
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  • Say, "wow, i didn't know that was in them.
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  • Was in them. i never dreamed they would
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  • I never dreamed they would shine that brightly."
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  • Shine that brightly." god is going to show people
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  • God is going to show people who you really are.
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  • Who you really are. there was a young jewish girl
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  • There was a young jewish girl in the scripture named
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  • In the scripture named esther.
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  • Esther. she was an orphan.
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  • She was an orphan. she had lost both of her
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  • She had lost both of her parents.
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  • Parents. she was living in exile in
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  • She was living in exile in persia, didn't look like she
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  • Persia, didn't look like she would ever do anything great.
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  • Would ever do anything great. but one day the king was
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  • But one day the king was looking for a new queen.
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  • Looking for a new queen. he decided to have a
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  • He decided to have a nationwide beauty contest
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  • Nationwide beauty contest where he would choose the
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  • Where he would choose the next queen.
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  • Next queen. the king set people out
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  • The king set people out looking for young ladies and
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  • Looking for young ladies and they brought esther back and
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  • They brought esther back and put her in the contest.
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  • Put her in the contest. esther had never been groomed
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  • Esther had never been groomed to be a queen, never had the
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  • To be a queen, never had the training.
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  • Training. she didn't come from a
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  • She didn't come from a prominent family.
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  • Prominent family. they lined all the young
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  • They lined all the young ladies up in front of the
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  • Ladies up in front of the king.
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  • King. they were all beautiful, all
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  • They were all beautiful, all wearing the latest fashion,
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  • Wearing the latest fashion, all had the best hair and
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  • All had the best hair and makeup.
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  • Makeup. i can imagine the king looked
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  • I can imagine the king looked at their resumes.
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  • At their resumes. some of them came from wealth
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  • Some of them came from wealth and influence.
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  • And influence. some had impressive resumes,
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  • Some had impressive resumes, great educations, standouts
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  • Great educations, standouts in their field.
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  • In their field. there were plenty of obvious
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  • There were plenty of obvious choices, but for some reason
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  • Choices, but for some reason the king chose esther, an
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  • The king chose esther, an orphan, a foreigner.
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  • Orphan, a foreigner. when god endorses you, it
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  • When god endorses you, it will cause you to stand out.
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  • Will cause you to stand out. his favor will cause you to
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  • His favor will cause you to be preferred.
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  • Be preferred. they could have chosen anyone
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  • They could have chosen anyone for the contract.
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  • For the contract. for some reason, they chose
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  • For some reason, they chose you.
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  • You. they could have bought any
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  • They could have bought any house in the neighborhood.
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  • House in the neighborhood. for some reason, they liked
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  • For some reason, they liked yours best.
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  • Yours best. there were plenty of students
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  • There were plenty of students that deserved the
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  • That deserved the scholarship.
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  • Scholarship. for some reason, they picked
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  • For some reason, they picked you.
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  • You. god knows how to make you
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  • God knows how to make you attractive.
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  • Attractive. he knows how to make people
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  • He knows how to make people like you.
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  • Like you. sometimes they don't even
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  • Sometimes they don't even know why.
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  • Know why. they can't put their finger
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  • They can't put their finger on it.
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  • On it. there's just something about
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  • There's just something about you.
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  • You. that's god smiling down on
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  • That's god smiling down on you.
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  • You. "well, joel, this sounds
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  • "well, joel, this sounds good, but i don't have the
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  • Good, but i don't have the training, i don't have the
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  • Training, i don't have the experience."
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  • Experience." neither did esther.
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  • Neither did esther. favor is more powerful than
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  • Favor is more powerful than your resume.
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  • Your resume. favor will take you where you
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  • Favor will take you where you don't have the
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  • Don't have the qualifications.
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  • Qualifications. favor will open doors where
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  • Favor will open doors where you look up and think, "how
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  • You look up and think, "how did i get here?
  • 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.341
  • Did i get here? i was the least likely one."
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  • I was the least likely one." esther never dreamed of
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  • Esther never dreamed of becoming a queen.
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  • Becoming a queen. that wasn't even on her
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  • That wasn't even on her radar.
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  • Radar. but when you come into that
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  • But when you come into that day when god endorses you, he
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  • Day when god endorses you, he will bring you into
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  • Will bring you into prominence that you've never
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  • Prominence that you've never imagined.
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  • Imagined. he'll cause opportunity to
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  • He'll cause opportunity to come to you.
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  • Come to you. esther wasn't looking for
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  • Esther wasn't looking for that position.
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  • That position. the position came to her.
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  • The position came to her. she went from the background
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  • She went from the background to the foreground.
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  • To the foreground. later, esther used her
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  • Later, esther used her position to save the jewish
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  • Position to save the jewish people from a plot to destroy
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  • People from a plot to destroy them.
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  • Them. i believe one reason god gave
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  • I believe one reason god gave her such prominence is he
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  • Her such prominence is he knew she would use the
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  • Knew she would use the influence to fulfill her
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  • Influence to fulfill her purpose.
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  • Purpose. favor is not about having a
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  • Favor is not about having a bigger house, a better car,
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  • Bigger house, a better car, more stuff.
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  • More stuff. there's nothing wrong with
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  • There's nothing wrong with that, but that's not why god
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  • That, but that's not why god is going to favor you.
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  • Is going to favor you. it's to fulfill your purpose.
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  • It's to fulfill your purpose. it's to advance his kingdom.
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  • It's to advance his kingdom. when your dreams are tied to
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  • When your dreams are tied to helping others, to making the
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  • Helping others, to making the world a better place, to
  • 00:22:58.333 --> 00:22:59.835
  • World a better place, to lifting the fallen, then you
  • 00:22:59.901 --> 00:23:01.736
  • Lifting the fallen, then you will come into some that days
  • 00:23:01.803 --> 00:23:04.439
  • Will come into some that days where god will shine more
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  • Where god will shine more than you've ever imagined.
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  • Than you've ever imagined. when god can trust you, he
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  • When god can trust you, he will take you from obscurity
  • 00:23:09.845 --> 00:23:11.646
  • Will take you from obscurity to notoriety.
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  • To notoriety. now, you've worked hard,
  • 00:23:13.482 --> 00:23:14.649
  • Now, you've worked hard, you've been faithful, you've
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  • You've been faithful, you've honored god.
  • 00:23:15.717 --> 00:23:16.685
  • Honored god. get ready, the curtain is
  • 00:23:16.751 --> 00:23:18.253
  • Get ready, the curtain is about to come up.
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  • About to come up. god is about to show people
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  • God is about to show people who you really are.
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  • Who you really are. i believe and declare you are
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  • I believe and declare you are coming into a new level of
  • 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.962
  • Coming into a new level of prominence, a new level of
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  • Prominence, a new level of influence, a new level of
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  • Influence, a new level of income.
  • 00:23:30.932 --> 00:23:31.933
  • Income. god is about to endorse you.
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  • God is about to endorse you. people are going to see the
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  • People are going to see the greatness he put in you in
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  • Greatness he put in you in jesus's name, and if you
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  • Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say amen
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  • Receive it, can you say amen today?
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  • Today? well, i'd like to give you an
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  • Well, i'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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  • Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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  • Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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  • Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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  • Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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  • Come into my heart. i make your my lord and
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  • I make your my lord and savior."
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  • Savior." if you pray that simple
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  • If you pray 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 first
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  • Church and keep god first place.
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  • Place. victoria and i will be right
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  • Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing over
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  • Every day we can live:
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  • Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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  • Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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  • Is it possible to turn these negatives
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  • To turn these negatives into an outlook
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  • Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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  • Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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  • Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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  • Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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  • How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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  • How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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  • How we approach what's in front of us.
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  • What's in front of us. i've written
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  • A devotional called today
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  • It's designed to help you make those choices
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  • You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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  • Including: today, i choose to
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  • To believe what i cannot see,
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