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Joel Osteen - The Power of No

October 5, 2025 | 29:0

Joel Osteen - The Power of No
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 No | October 5, 2025
  • Joel: god bless you. it's
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  • Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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  • Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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  • I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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  • With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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  • Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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  • Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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  • Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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  • Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • Have you be a part of one of our services.
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  • Our services. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. i heard
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  • Something funny. i heard about these three men, a
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  • About these three men, a baptist, a catholic and a
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  • Baptist, a catholic and a charismatic. they died on the
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  • Charismatic. they died on the same day and went to heaven.
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  • Same day and went to heaven. saint peter met them at the
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  • Saint peter met them at the pearly gates and said, “i'm
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  • Sorry guys; your rooms are
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  • Not available yet.” he didn't
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  • Not available yet.” he didn't know what to do, so he called
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  • Know what to do, so he called satan and asked if he would
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  • Satan and asked if he would keep them for a little while.
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  • Keep them for a little while. satan reluctantly agreed. a
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  • Satan reluctantly agreed. a few hours later, satan called
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  • Few hours later, satan called back and said, “you've got to
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  • Back and said, “you've got to come get these guys, peter.
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  • Come get these guys, peter. the baptist man is saving
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  • The baptist man is saving everyone. the catholic man is
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  • Everyone. the catholic man is forgiving everyone. and the
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  • Forgiving everyone. and the charismatic has already
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  • Charismatic has already raised enough money for air
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  • Raised enough money for air conditioning.” (laughter)
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  • Conditioning.” (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about the power of no. to
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  • About the power of no. to reach our potential, we have
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  • Reach our potential, we have to say yes. yes to our
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  • To say yes. yes to our dreams. yes to god's
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  • Dreams. yes to god's promises. yes to the right
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  • Promises. yes to the right people. yes is incredibly
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  • People. yes is incredibly important, but yes alone is
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  • Important, but yes alone is not enough. what you say no
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  • Not enough. what you say no to has as much impact as what
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  • To has as much impact as what you say yes to. yes is
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  • You say yes to. yes is typically easier. it's the
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  • Typically easier. it's the path of least resistance, but
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  • Path of least resistance, but if you don't learn to say no
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  • If you don't learn to say no you will never get to your
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  • You will never get to your greater yesses. there's power
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  • Greater yesses. there's power in no. no to compromising. no
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  • In no. no to compromising. no to people pleasing. no to
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  • To people pleasing. no to distractions. no takes
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  • Distractions. no takes discipline, to not let our
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  • Discipline, to not let our emotions rule us. it's not
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  • Emotions rule us. it's not something that comes
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  • Something that comes naturally. our flesh wants to
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  • Naturally. our flesh wants to have its way. most of us are
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  • Have its way. most of us are good at saying yes. “do you
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  • Good at saying yes. “do you want to stay up late and
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  • Want to stay up late and watch tv?” “yes, that's fun.”
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  • Watch tv?” “yes, that's fun.” do you want to go to the mall
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  • Do you want to go to the mall and not do your homework?”
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  • And not do your homework?” “yes, let's go.” “do you want
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  • “yes, let's go.” “do you want to eat your third bowl of
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  • To eat your third bowl of chocolate chip ice cream?”
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  • Chocolate chip ice cream?” yes, you don't even need to
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  • Yes, you don't even need to ask.” there's a battle taking
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  • Ask.” there's a battle taking place between our flesh and
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  • Place between our flesh and our spirit. the flesh wants
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  • Our spirit. the flesh wants to take the easy way out. it
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  • To take the easy way out. it wants instant gratification.
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  • Wants instant gratification. but proverbs says, “a person
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  • But proverbs says, “a person without self-control is like
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  • Without self-control is like a city with broken down
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  • A city with broken down walls.”
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  • Walls.” in those days, when the walls
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  • In those days, when the walls were down around a city, the
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  • Were down around a city, the enemy could easily come in
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  • Enemy could easily come in and do whatever they wanted.
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  • And do whatever they wanted. if you say ‘yes' all the
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  • If you say ‘yes' all the time, there's no
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  • Time, there's no self-control,
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  • Self-control, self-discipline, then your
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  • Self-discipline, then your walls are down. there's no
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  • Walls are down. there's no defense, no protection.
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  • Defense, no protection. sometimes we're our worst
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  • Sometimes we're our worst enemy. we're saying yes to
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  • Enemy. we're saying yes to offense. “they did me wrong.”
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  • Offense. “they did me wrong.” yes to compromise, friends
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  • Yes to compromise, friends pulling us down. yes to
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  • Pulling us down. yes to mediocrity. showing up late
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  • Mediocrity. showing up late to work. you can have all the
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  • To work. you can have all the talent in the world, all the
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  • Talent in the world, all the opportunity, but if you don't
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  • Opportunity, but if you don't have self-control. the
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  • Have self-control. the discipline to say no to
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  • Discipline to say no to things you know you shouldn't
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  • Things you know you shouldn't do, then you won't reach your
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  • Do, then you won't reach your destiny.
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  • Destiny. you may want to tell somebody
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  • You may want to tell somebody off. the clerk is rude; the
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  • Off. the clerk is rude; the neighbor offends you. your
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  • Neighbor offends you. your flesh, that's our lower
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  • Flesh, that's our lower nature will say, “let them
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  • Nature will say, “let them have it. be rude back to
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  • Have it. be rude back to them.” the easy thing is to
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  • Them.” the easy thing is to agree. “yes, that sounds
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  • Agree. “yes, that sounds good. lord, thank you for
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  • Good. lord, thank you for that idea.” every idea is not
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  • That idea.” every idea is not from god. you have to discern
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  • From god. you have to discern between the still small voice
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  • Between the still small voice of the spirit, and the loud,
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  • Of the spirit, and the loud, angry voice of the flesh. be
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  • Angry voice of the flesh. be still. get quiet and listen
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  • Still. get quiet and listen to what god is saying. don't
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  • To what god is saying. don't let the flesh, your carnal
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  • Let the flesh, your carnal desires dictate your life.
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  • Desires dictate your life. you're in control of your
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  • You're in control of your yesses and your no's. it's
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  • Yesses and your no's. it's easy to say, “yes i'm going
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  • Easy to say, “yes i'm going to get upset. yes, i'm going
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  • To get upset. yes, i'm going to pay them back.” try a
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  • To pay them back.” try a different approach. learn the
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  • Different approach. learn the power of no. no to arguing
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  • Power of no. no to arguing and having to have your way.
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  • And having to have your way. no to watching things that
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  • No to watching things that are poisoning your spirit. no
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  • Are poisoning your spirit. no to peer pressure, letting
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  • To peer pressure, letting people talk you in to
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  • People talk you in to compromising. every no is
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  • Compromising. every no is leading to a better yes. the
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  • Leading to a better yes. the no's are not an option, they
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  • No's are not an option, they are necessary for you to
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  • Are necessary for you to reach your destiny.
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  • Reach your destiny. moses was born into a hebrew
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  • Moses was born into a hebrew family, but he was raised by
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  • Family, but he was raised by the pharoah's daughter, an
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  • The pharoah's daughter, an egyptian princess. he grew up
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  • Egyptian princess. he grew up in the palace with prestige
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  • In the palace with prestige and influence. but as a young
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  • And influence. but as a young man, he saw how the egyptians
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  • Man, he saw how the egyptians were oppressing the hebrews.
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  • Were oppressing the hebrews. had them in slavery,
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  • Had them in slavery, mistreating them. something
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  • Mistreating them. something rose up on the inside. he
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  • Rose up on the inside. he knew that wasn't right. the
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  • Knew that wasn't right. the scripture says, “he refused
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  • Scripture says, “he refused to be called the son of
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  • To be called the son of pharaoh's daughter, but
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  • Pharaoh's daughter, but instead, he chose to stand
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  • Instead, he chose to stand with the people of god.”
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  • With the people of god.” here, he had it made. wealth,
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  • Here, he had it made. wealth, influence, an easy life.
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  • Influence, an easy life. thoughts were telling him,
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  • Thoughts were telling him, “don't rock the boat, moses.”
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  • “don't rock the boat, moses.” but he dared to say, “no. i'm
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  • But he dared to say, “no. i'm not taking the easy way out.
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  • Not taking the easy way out. i'm not going to sit back and
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  • I'm not going to sit back and watch my family suffer,
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  • Watch my family suffer, compromise with these
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  • Compromise with these people.” he refused to be
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  • People.” he refused to be called by their name. look at
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  • Called by their name. look at that boldness. it wasn't
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  • That boldness. it wasn't easy. but if you're going to
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  • Easy. but if you're going to reach the fullness of your
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  • Reach the fullness of your destiny, there will be these
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  • Destiny, there will be these times you have to put your
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  • Times you have to put your foot down and refuse things
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  • Foot down and refuse things that are less than god's
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  • That are less than god's best. refuse the addictions
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  • Best. refuse the addictions that have hindered your
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  • That have hindered your family. refuse to be cynical
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  • Family. refuse to be cynical like those around you. refuse
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  • Like those around you. refuse the offense, the
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  • The offense, the unforgiveness that's trying
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  • Unforgiveness that's trying to poison your life.
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  • To poison your life. had moses not said no as a
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  • Had moses not said no as a young man, he would have
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  • Young man, he would have never seen a bigger yes. had
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  • Never seen a bigger yes. had he stayed in the palace where
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  • He stayed in the palace where it was comfortable and
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  • It was comfortable and thought, “things are good
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  • Thought, “things are good here.” good can be the enemy
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  • Here.” good can be the enemy of the best. without that no,
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  • Of the best. without that no, moses would have never
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  • Moses would have never brought the israelites out of
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  • Brought the israelites out of slavery. he would have never
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  • Slavery. he would have never seen the red sea part, the
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  • Seen the red sea part, the enemies drown in the water.
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  • Enemies drown in the water. that ‘no' may be difficult,
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  • That ‘no' may be difficult, but it's leading to a yes
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  • But it's leading to a yes much greater than you can
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  • Much greater than you can imagine.
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  • Imagine. the scripture says, “no
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  • The scripture says, “no discipline at the time seems
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  • Discipline at the time seems pleasant, but later on, you
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  • Pleasant, but later on, you will see a reward.” we focus
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  • Will see a reward.” we focus too much on right now. “it's
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  • Too much on right now. “it's hard to say no to this
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  • Hard to say no to this friend, joel, that's dragging
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  • Friend, joel, that's dragging me down. i'm comfortable.”
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  • Me down. i'm comfortable.” you're right where moses was.
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  • You're right where moses was. are you going to obey the
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  • Are you going to obey the flesh or the spirit? god asks
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  • Flesh or the spirit? god asks for the no's, not to make
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  • For the no's, not to make your life harder, it's
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  • Your life harder, it's because he has bigger yesses,
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  • Because he has bigger yesses, greater things in your
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  • Greater things in your future. but the no is
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  • Future. but the no is required to get to the yes.
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  • Required to get to the yes. “it's hard to get up early
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  • “it's hard to get up early and exercise. it's hard to
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  • And exercise. it's hard to not eat things that are
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  • Not eat things that are making me unhealthy. it's
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  • Making me unhealthy. it's hard to control my mouth,
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  • Hard to control my mouth, joel. it's hard not to watch
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  • Joel. it's hard not to watch things that are poisoning
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  • Things that are poisoning me.” but here's the key: the
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  • Me.” but here's the key: the pain of discipline is less
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  • Pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret. the
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  • Than the pain of regret. the pain of discipline weighs
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  • Pain of discipline weighs ounces. the pain of regret
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  • Ounces. the pain of regret weighs tons. it's going to
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  • Weighs tons. it's going to take courage and, i know,
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  • Take courage and, i know, doing what you don't feel
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  • Doing what you don't feel like. but that pain is much
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  • Like. but that pain is much less than looking back and
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  • Less than looking back and realizing, “i was supposed to
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  • Realizing, “i was supposed to deliver the israelites, so to
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  • Deliver the israelites, so to speak. god had these big
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  • Speak. god had these big yesses, i could have been at
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  • Yesses, i could have been at new levels, more blessed,
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  • New levels, more blessed, more happy, but i didn't
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  • More happy, but i didn't refuse what was limiting me.
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  • Refuse what was limiting me. i didn't learn the power of
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  • I didn't learn the power of no.” we focus on the pain
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  • No.” we focus on the pain right now; we need to think
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  • Right now; we need to think more about later on.
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  • Moses was uncomfortable
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  • Moses was uncomfortable leaving the palace, but later
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  • Leaving the palace, but later on, when he was watching the
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  • On, when he was watching the israelites march out of
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  • Israelites march out of egypt, two million people,
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  • Egypt, two million people, free after ten generations of
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  • Free after ten generations of slavery, not one part of him
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  • Slavery, not one part of him said, “i wish i hadn't said
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  • Said, “i wish i hadn't said no back then. i wish i had
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  • No back then. i wish i had taken the easy way out.” you
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  • Will never see your greater
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  • Will never see your greater yesses, without saying no to
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  • Yesses, without saying no to certain things. they may be
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  • Certain things. they may be good. moses living in the
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  • Good. moses living in the palace, nothing wrong with
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  • Palace, nothing wrong with that. but he sensed there was
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  • That. but he sensed there was more in him, that he was
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  • More in him, that he was destined to deliver god's
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  • Destined to deliver god's people. if you'll be
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  • People. if you'll be uncomfortable now, later on
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  • Uncomfortable now, later on you'll look back and think it
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  • You'll look back and think it was well worth it. when you
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  • Was well worth it. when you see where god takes you,
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  • See where god takes you, you'll be glad you said no.
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  • Years ago, i was invited to
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  • Years ago, i was invited to meet with some executives at
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  • Meet with some executives at siriusxm. they asked me to do
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  • Siriusxm. they asked me to do a one-hour program once a
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  • A one-hour program once a week that they could run on
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  • Week that they could run on one of their channels. i was
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  • Very honored. it was a great
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  • Very honored. it was a great opportunity, but i didn't
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  • Opportunity, but i didn't feel right about it. i had
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  • Feel right about it. i had never done anything on radio.
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  • Never done anything on radio. seemed like god opened this
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  • Seemed like god opened this door, but for some reason i
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  • Door, but for some reason i didn't have peace. i told
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  • Didn't have peace. i told them how grateful i was, but
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  • Them how grateful i was, but i would have to pass. two
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  • I would have to pass. two years later, they asked for
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  • Years later, they asked for another meeting. the
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  • Another meeting. the executive said, “you didn't
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  • Executive said, “you didn't want to do the one-hour
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  • Want to do the one-hour program once a week, what if
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  • Program once a week, what if we gave you your own channel.
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  • We gave you your own channel. twenty-four hours a day,
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  • Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.” i said,
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  • Seven days a week.” i said, “now that sounds good.” had i
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  • “now that sounds good.” had i not said no to the good
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  • Not said no to the good thing, i would have never
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  • Thing, i would have never seen the bigger yes. trust
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  • Seen the bigger yes. trust what you feel in your spirit.
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  • What you feel in your spirit. what god is going to do in
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  • What god is going to do in your life is bigger than what
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  • Your life is bigger than what you have planned. he'll speak
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  • You have planned. he'll speak to you in the still small
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  • To you in the still small voice. an uneasiness, “this
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  • Voice. an uneasiness, “this isn't right.” it may not make
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  • Isn't right.” it may not make sense, but god knows what
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  • Sense, but god knows what he's doing. he can see the
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  • He's doing. he can see the big picture.
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  • Big picture. sometimes you have to say no
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  • Sometimes you have to say no to what you're comfortable
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  • To what you're comfortable with. it's not bad. you're
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  • With. it's not bad. you're not doing anything wrong, but
  • 00:09:12.208 --> 00:09:14.076
  • Not doing anything wrong, but god's calling you higher.
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  • God's calling you higher. he's about to bring you into
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  • He's about to bring you into a greater yes, but he's
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  • A greater yes, but he's asking you to come up higher.
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  • Asking you to come up higher. to say no to watching so much
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  • To say no to watching so much on your tv, your phone. to
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  • On your tv, your phone. to say no to comparing and
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  • Say no to comparing and competing with your friends,
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  • Competing with your friends, always trying to keep up,
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  • Always trying to keep up, outperform. get off that
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  • Outperform. get off that treadmill. that's not going
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  • Treadmill. that's not going anywhere. or to say no to
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  • Anywhere. or to say no to being against yourself,
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  • Being against yourself, feeling inferior, not good
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  • Feeling inferior, not good enough, not attractive. you
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  • Enough, not attractive. you have to do like moses, put
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  • Have to do like moses, put your foot down and refuse to
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  • Your foot down and refuse to live that way. don't let the
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  • Live that way. don't let the enemy steal your destiny by
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  • Enemy steal your destiny by seeing yourself the wrong way.
  • 00:09:51.547 --> 00:09:54.350
  • Seeing yourself the wrong way. are there things you need to
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  • Are there things you need to say no to today? you feel
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  • Say no to today? you feel that conviction. god speaking
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  • That conviction. god speaking to you, but you keep putting
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  • To you, but you keep putting it off. “i'll do it later. i
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  • It off. “i'll do it later. i don't want to be
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  • Don't want to be uncomfortable. that's going
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  • Uncomfortable. that's going to be hard.” the longer you
  • 00:10:06.395 --> 00:10:08.631
  • To be hard.” the longer you wait, the harder it's going
  • 00:10:08.698 --> 00:10:10.266
  • Wait, the harder it's going to be. there's a window of
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  • To be. there's a window of grace to do what you know
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  • Grace to do what you know you're supposed to do. god is
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  • You're supposed to do. god is going to breathe on your life
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  • Going to breathe on your life and give you the ability to
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  • And give you the ability to do hard things. you're in one
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  • Do hard things. you're in one of those windows now. you
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  • Of those windows now. you wouldn't be hearing this if
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  • Wouldn't be hearing this if you weren't well able. don't
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  • You weren't well able. don't miss your moment. what you
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  • Miss your moment. what you say no to, is going to open
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  • Say no to, is going to open the door to a yes that you've
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  • The door to a yes that you've never imagined.
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  • Never imagined. this is what joseph did. his
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  • This is what joseph did. his brothers were jealous and sold
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  • Brothers were jealous and sold him into slavery in egypt.
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  • Him into slavery in egypt. he was working for a man
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  • He was working for a man named potiphar, running his
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  • Named potiphar, running his household. potiphar's wife
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  • Household. potiphar's wife liked joseph. she tried to
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  • Liked joseph. she tried to seduce him. when potiphar
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  • Seduce him. when potiphar wasn't home, she would come
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  • Wasn't home, she would come around and make advances and
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  • Around and make advances and let him know that she was
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  • Let him know that she was interested. but joseph was a
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  • Interested. but joseph was a man of great character and
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  • Man of great character and integrity. when god has
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  • Integrity. when god has something big in your future,
  • 00:10:59.682 --> 00:11:01.817
  • Something big in your future, you'll be tested along the
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  • You'll be tested along the way. can you handle more
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  • Way. can you handle more influence, more favor, more
  • 00:11:05.354 --> 00:11:07.823
  • Influence, more favor, more resources? this is where many
  • 00:11:07.890 --> 00:11:09.925
  • Resources? this is where many people get stuck. they're not
  • 00:11:09.992 --> 00:11:11.994
  • People get stuck. they're not good at saying no. they want
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  • Good at saying no. they want the pleasure of the moment.
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  • The pleasure of the moment. they give in to their fleshly
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  • They give in to their fleshly desires, not realizing,
  • 00:11:17.533 --> 00:11:19.969
  • Desires, not realizing, that's keeping them from the
  • 00:11:20.035 --> 00:11:21.604
  • That's keeping them from the much greater pleasure that
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  • Much greater pleasure that god has in store.
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  • God has in store. joseph was alone in the
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  • Joseph was alone in the house. potiphar was gone.
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  • House. potiphar was gone. just him and this wife that's
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  • Just him and this wife that's after him. nobody would have
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  • After him. nobody would have known. joseph was already
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  • Known. joseph was already disappointed. life had thrown
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  • Disappointed. life had thrown him a bad break, held against
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  • Him a bad break, held against his will, in a foreign land,
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  • His will, in a foreign land, what does he have to lose?
  • 00:11:40.055 --> 00:11:41.624
  • What does he have to lose? but joseph understood, we
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  • But joseph understood, we have to win battles in
  • 00:11:43.492 --> 00:11:44.660
  • Have to win battles in private before god will bless
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  • Private before god will bless us in public. what you do
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  • Us in public. what you do when no one is watching will
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  • When no one is watching will determine how much god can
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  • Determine how much god can entrust you with. joseph knew
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  • Entrust you with. joseph knew that people may not be
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  • That people may not be watching, but god is
  • 00:11:56.772 --> 00:11:57.873
  • Watching, but god is watching. he controls the
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  • Watching. he controls the universe. promotion doesn't
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  • Universe. promotion doesn't come from people; it comes
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  • Come from people; it comes from the lord.
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  • From the lord. paul said to timothy, “run
  • 00:12:04.246 --> 00:12:06.382
  • Paul said to timothy, “run from temptation.” don't hang
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  • From temptation.” don't hang around and think you can
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  • Around and think you can withstand it. “i'm strong,
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  • Withstand it. “i'm strong, joel. i'm not going to give
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  • Joel. i'm not going to give in.” the spirit is willing,
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  • In.” the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. if
  • 00:12:14.790 --> 00:12:17.026
  • But the flesh is weak. if you're married and someone is
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  • You're married and someone is interested in you, stay away
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  • Interested in you, stay away from them. you may work with
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  • From them. you may work with them but do what you can to
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  • Them but do what you can to keep your distance. if they
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  • Keep your distance. if they take the elevator, you take
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  • Take the elevator, you take the stairs. if they go out
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  • The stairs. if they go out the front door, you go out
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  • The front door, you go out the back. if they come in at
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  • The back. if they come in at eight, you come in at 7:45.
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  • Eight, you come in at 7:45. don't make it harder than it
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  • Don't make it harder than it has to be. the scripture
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  • Has to be. the scripture says, “be careful when you
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  • Says, “be careful when you think you stand, lest you
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  • Think you stand, lest you fall.” that means don't play
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  • Fall.” that means don't play with fire or you're going to
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  • With fire or you're going to get burned. stay out of the
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  • Get burned. stay out of the kitchen or you're going to
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  • Kitchen or you're going to eat the donut. don't go to
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  • Eat the donut. don't go to the barber shop, or you're
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  • The barber shop, or you're going to get a haircut. it
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  • Going to get a haircut. it says run from temptation.
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  • That's aggressive. it could
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  • That's aggressive. it could have said, walk, jog, move
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  • Have said, walk, jog, move quickly. you have to be on
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  • Quickly. you have to be on the offensive.
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  • The offensive. “joel, i know these friends
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  • “joel, i know these friends aren't making good decisions.
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  • Aren't making good decisions. they give into temptations.
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  • They give into temptations. but i'm smarter than that.
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  • But i'm smarter than that. i'm not going to do it.”
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  • I'm not going to do it.” 1 corinthians says, “bad
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  • 1 corinthians says, “bad company corrupts good
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  • Company corrupts good character.” i don't doubt
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  • That you're good, but your
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  • That you're good, but your good is not going to rub off
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  • Good is not going to rub off on them. their bad is going
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  • On them. their bad is going to rub off on you. it says in
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  • To rub off on you. it says in psalms 1, “don't sit inactive
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  • Psalms 1, “don't sit inactive in the path of sinners.”
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  • In the path of sinners.” don't hang around people that
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  • Don't hang around people that don't have what you want.
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  • Don't have what you want. you're going to become like
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  • You're going to become like them. are you sitting
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  • Them. are you sitting inactive with people that
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  • Inactive with people that compromise, gossip, no
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  • Compromise, gossip, no integrity. that's going to
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  • Integrity. that's going to rub off on you. you need to
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  • Rub off on you. you need to run from that temptation.
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  • Run from that temptation. quick making it harder. it's
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  • Quick making it harder. it's difficult enough to deal with
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  • Difficult enough to deal with things we have no control
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  • Things we have no control over. when potiphar's wife
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  • Over. when potiphar's wife comes so to speak, we can't
  • 00:13:48.817 --> 00:13:49.919
  • Comes so to speak, we can't stop that. when things
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  • Stop that. when things randomly pop up on your
  • 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.988
  • Randomly pop up on your computer. perhaps you were
  • 00:13:53.055 --> 00:13:54.690
  • Computer. perhaps you were born into a family with
  • 00:13:54.757 --> 00:13:56.025
  • Born into a family with dysfunction. none of that is
  • 00:13:56.091 --> 00:13:58.027
  • Dysfunction. none of that is our choice. we have the grace
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  • Our choice. we have the grace to resist. but when you're
  • 00:14:00.162 --> 00:14:01.797
  • To resist. but when you're putting yourself in
  • 00:14:01.864 --> 00:14:02.965
  • Putting yourself in environments of compromise,
  • 00:14:03.032 --> 00:14:05.034
  • Environments of compromise, temptation, people that don't
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  • Temptation, people that don't honor god, you're making it
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  • Honor god, you're making it more difficult.
  • 00:14:08.671 --> 00:14:09.972
  • More difficult. “all the guys party on my
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  • “all the guys party on my ball team. they all go out
  • 00:14:11.874 --> 00:14:13.509
  • Ball team. they all go out afterwards and mess around.”
  • 00:14:13.575 --> 00:14:15.044
  • Afterwards and mess around.” find some new friends. find a
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  • Find some new friends. find a new team to play on. your
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  • New team to play on. your destiny is too important. the
  • 00:14:18.547 --> 00:14:20.783
  • Destiny is too important. the calling on your life too
  • 00:14:20.849 --> 00:14:22.184
  • Calling on your life too significant. what god has
  • 00:14:22.251 --> 00:14:24.386
  • Significant. what god has assigned you to do can impact
  • 00:14:24.453 --> 00:14:26.689
  • Assigned you to do can impact your family for generations
  • 00:14:26.755 --> 00:14:28.390
  • Your family for generations to come. you have to learn to
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  • To come. you have to learn to say no, to live holy, with
  • 00:14:30.326 --> 00:14:32.728
  • Say no, to live holy, with integrity, doing the right
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  • Integrity, doing the right thing when no one is
  • 00:14:34.930 --> 00:14:36.131
  • Thing when no one is watching. the people you
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  • Watching. the people you spend time with need to push
  • 00:14:38.067 --> 00:14:39.835
  • Spend time with need to push you up and not drag you down.
  • 00:14:39.902 --> 00:14:42.204
  • You up and not drag you down. i know we need to be lights
  • 00:14:42.271 --> 00:14:43.539
  • I know we need to be lights and help those that are
  • 00:14:43.605 --> 00:14:44.573
  • And help those that are struggling, but you don't
  • 00:14:44.640 --> 00:14:46.308
  • Struggling, but you don't need to be around that on an
  • 00:14:46.375 --> 00:14:47.743
  • Need to be around that on an ongoing basis. don't sit
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  • Ongoing basis. don't sit inactive with people that are
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  • Inactive with people that are bringing out the worst in
  • 00:14:52.114 --> 00:14:53.115
  • Bringing out the worst in you. stay in healthy
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  • You. stay in healthy environments. where you
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  • Environments. where you position yourself, who you
  • 00:14:56.585 --> 00:14:58.554
  • Position yourself, who you choose to spend time with
  • 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:00.322
  • Choose to spend time with will make you or break you.
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  • Will make you or break you. i heard about this lady that
  • 00:15:02.758 --> 00:15:03.792
  • I heard about this lady that was on a diet. she was doing
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  • Was on a diet. she was doing so good. she used to go to
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  • So good. she used to go to this bakery all the time on
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  • This bakery all the time on the way to work and buy
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  • The way to work and buy desserts. she was so
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  • Desserts. she was so determined, she started
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  • Determined, she started driving another way, so she
  • 00:15:13.168 --> 00:15:15.104
  • Driving another way, so she wouldn't have to pass by it.
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  • Wouldn't have to pass by it. she didn't want to be tempted
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  • She didn't want to be tempted to pull in. one day the road
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  • To pull in. one day the road was closed, she had to go the
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  • Was closed, she had to go the old way. she prayed, “god
  • 00:15:21.343 --> 00:15:23.178
  • Old way. she prayed, “god help me to resist the
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  • Help me to resist the temptation to stop. help me
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  • Temptation to stop. help me to stand strong.” the closer
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  • To stand strong.” the closer she got the weaker she felt.
  • 00:15:28.817 --> 00:15:30.886
  • She got the weaker she felt. she could taste those
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  • She could taste those desserts. she said, “god,
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  • Desserts. she said, “god, i'll make a deal. if there's
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  • I'll make a deal. if there's not a parking space up front,
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  • Not a parking space up front, i won't pull in.” a few
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  • I won't pull in.” a few minutes later, she came home
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  • Minutes later, she came home with a dozen desserts. she
  • 00:15:40.596 --> 00:15:42.331
  • With a dozen desserts. she told her husband, “i couldn't
  • 00:15:42.398 --> 00:15:43.799
  • Told her husband, “i couldn't help it. on the eighth time
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  • Help it. on the eighth time around the block, there was
  • 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.268
  • Around the block, there was that front row spot.” do
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  • That front row spot.” do yourself a favor, run from
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  • Yourself a favor, run from temptation. stay away from
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  • Temptation. stay away from people and things that you
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  • People and things that you know are going to pull you
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  • Know are going to pull you down.
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  • Down. one day potiphar's wife came
  • 00:15:56.345 --> 00:15:58.047
  • One day potiphar's wife came up to joseph, grabbed him and
  • 00:15:58.113 --> 00:15:59.715
  • Up to joseph, grabbed him and said, “come with me.” she had
  • 00:15:59.782 --> 00:16:01.450
  • Said, “come with me.” she had her hands on him, pulling at
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  • Her hands on him, pulling at him. but the scripture says,
  • 00:16:02.951 --> 00:16:05.320
  • Him. but the scripture says, “joseph tore himself away.”
  • 00:16:05.387 --> 00:16:07.623
  • “joseph tore himself away.” talking about integrity,
  • 00:16:07.689 --> 00:16:09.324
  • Talking about integrity, discipline. he had plenty of
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  • Discipline. he had plenty of excuses. she was the
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  • Excuses. she was the aggressor; it was her idea.
  • 00:16:11.994 --> 00:16:14.897
  • Aggressor; it was her idea. but joseph knew the power of
  • 00:16:14.963 --> 00:16:16.465
  • But joseph knew the power of no. he knew if he said yes to
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  • No. he knew if he said yes to compromise, yes to being
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  • Compromise, yes to being unfaithful, he would never
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  • Unfaithful, he would never see the greater yesses. he
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  • See the greater yesses. he wasn't thinking about right
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  • Wasn't thinking about right now, he was thinking about
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  • Now, he was thinking about later on. how is this
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  • Later on. how is this decision going to impact my
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  • Decision going to impact my future? don't let short-term
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  • Future? don't let short-term pleasure keep you from a
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  • Pleasure keep you from a long-term blessing.
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  • That's what esau did. do you
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  • That's what esau did. do you remember in the scripture? he
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  • Remember in the scripture? he had been out hunting all day
  • 00:16:39.988 --> 00:16:41.423
  • Had been out hunting all day long and hadn't caught
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  • Long and hadn't caught anything. he came back so
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  • Anything. he came back so hungry, so famished. he
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  • Hungry, so famished. he smelled his brother's pot of
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  • Smelled his brother's pot of stew. jacob had just cooked
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  • Stew. jacob had just cooked this great meal. he said,
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  • This great meal. he said, “let me have some of your
  • 00:16:52.367 --> 00:16:53.135
  • “let me have some of your stew jacob, i'm starving.”
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  • Stew jacob, i'm starving.” jacob said, “i'll give it to
  • 00:16:55.737 --> 00:16:57.072
  • Jacob said, “i'll give it to you, if you'll give me your
  • 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.640
  • You, if you'll give me your birthright.” his birthright
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  • Birthright.” his birthright was his inheritance. esau was
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  • Was his inheritance. esau was the first-born son. the first
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  • Born got a much bigger
  • 00:17:05.514 --> 00:17:06.548
  • Born got a much bigger portion. esau thought, “man,
  • 00:17:06.615 --> 00:17:08.650
  • Portion. esau thought, “man, i'm so hungry. i can't take
  • 00:17:08.717 --> 00:17:10.853
  • I'm so hungry. i can't take this anymore.” he let his
  • 00:17:10.919 --> 00:17:12.321
  • This anymore.” he let his emotions rule, instead of him
  • 00:17:12.387 --> 00:17:14.923
  • Emotions rule, instead of him ruling his emotions. he gave
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  • Ruling his emotions. he gave away his birthright for a pot
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  • Away his birthright for a pot of stew. later on, he
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  • Of stew. later on, he regretted it greatly. he got
  • 00:17:21.897 --> 00:17:23.665
  • Regretted it greatly. he got short term pleasure, but it
  • 00:17:23.732 --> 00:17:25.934
  • Short term pleasure, but it cost him a lifetime blessing.
  • 00:17:26.001 --> 00:17:28.070
  • Cost him a lifetime blessing. don't let that be you. learn
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  • Don't let that be you. learn to say no; to rule over your
  • 00:17:30.205 --> 00:17:32.207
  • To say no; to rule over your emotions.
  • 00:17:32.274 --> 00:17:33.709
  • Emotions. when potiphar's wife saw that
  • 00:17:33.775 --> 00:17:35.377
  • When potiphar's wife saw that joseph wasn't going to give
  • 00:17:35.444 --> 00:17:36.512
  • Joseph wasn't going to give in, she started screaming,
  • 00:17:36.578 --> 00:17:38.647
  • In, she started screaming, saying joseph tried to harm
  • 00:17:38.714 --> 00:17:40.349
  • Saying joseph tried to harm her. falsely accused him. he
  • 00:17:40.415 --> 00:17:42.417
  • Her. falsely accused him. he was put in prison for
  • 00:17:42.484 --> 00:17:43.719
  • Was put in prison for something he didn't do.
  • 00:17:43.785 --> 00:17:45.521
  • Something he didn't do. another setback. joseph could
  • 00:17:45.587 --> 00:17:47.923
  • Another setback. joseph could have been bitter, but he said
  • 00:17:47.990 --> 00:17:49.491
  • Have been bitter, but he said no. he could have slacked
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  • No. he could have slacked off, but he kept being his
  • 00:17:51.426 --> 00:17:52.761
  • Off, but he kept being his best. he was put in charge of
  • 00:17:52.828 --> 00:17:54.530
  • Best. he was put in charge of the whole prison. the baker,
  • 00:17:54.596 --> 00:17:56.865
  • The whole prison. the baker, one of his cell mates, was
  • 00:17:56.932 --> 00:17:58.233
  • One of his cell mates, was released from prison. he
  • 00:17:58.300 --> 00:17:59.935
  • Released from prison. he promised to help joseph, but
  • 00:18:00.002 --> 00:18:01.603
  • Promised to help joseph, but he forgot about him. joseph
  • 00:18:01.670 --> 00:18:03.405
  • He forgot about him. joseph could have gotten sour.
  • 00:18:03.472 --> 00:18:04.373
  • Could have gotten sour. that's the last straw. but he
  • 00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:06.341
  • That's the last straw. but he said no. if you're going to
  • 00:18:06.408 --> 00:18:08.143
  • Said no. if you're going to fulfill your destiny, you
  • 00:18:08.210 --> 00:18:09.912
  • Fulfill your destiny, you have to get good at saying
  • 00:18:09.978 --> 00:18:11.413
  • Have to get good at saying no. it's easy to say yes. let
  • 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:14.883
  • No. it's easy to say yes. let our feelings rule, live
  • 00:18:14.950 --> 00:18:16.518
  • Our feelings rule, live bitter, pay people back. but
  • 00:18:16.585 --> 00:18:18.787
  • Bitter, pay people back. but yes won't get you to your
  • 00:18:18.854 --> 00:18:20.155
  • Yes won't get you to your destiny. the no takes
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  • Destiny. the no takes discipline. it takes
  • 00:18:22.257 --> 00:18:23.559
  • Discipline. it takes self-control. but those no's
  • 00:18:23.625 --> 00:18:25.661
  • Self-control. but those no's are always leading to bigger
  • 00:18:25.727 --> 00:18:27.596
  • Are always leading to bigger yesses. i know it's difficult
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  • Yesses. i know it's difficult to bite our tongue, to walk
  • 00:18:30.165 --> 00:18:31.667
  • To bite our tongue, to walk away from potiphar's wife, to
  • 00:18:31.733 --> 00:18:33.702
  • Away from potiphar's wife, to have integrity when no one is
  • 00:18:33.769 --> 00:18:35.003
  • Have integrity when no one is watching. but that pain of
  • 00:18:35.070 --> 00:18:37.239
  • Watching. but that pain of discipline is going to bring
  • 00:18:37.306 --> 00:18:39.041
  • Discipline is going to bring a great reward. you are
  • 00:18:39.107 --> 00:18:41.009
  • A great reward. you are passing the test. you are
  • 00:18:41.076 --> 00:18:42.811
  • Passing the test. you are proving to god that he
  • 00:18:42.878 --> 00:18:44.413
  • Proving to god that he can trust you with greater
  • 00:18:44.479 --> 00:18:45.647
  • Can trust you with greater favor, greater influence.
  • 00:18:45.714 --> 00:18:48.617
  • Favor, greater influence. many people are conditioned
  • 00:18:48.684 --> 00:18:50.252
  • Many people are conditioned to say yes and just do what
  • 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.887
  • To say yes and just do what they feel. but god is looking
  • 00:18:51.954 --> 00:18:53.989
  • They feel. but god is looking for joseph's. people that
  • 00:18:54.056 --> 00:18:55.724
  • For joseph's. people that will take the high road, do
  • 00:18:55.791 --> 00:18:57.492
  • Will take the high road, do the hard thing, run from
  • 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:59.528
  • The hard thing, run from temptation.
  • 00:18:59.595 --> 00:19:00.262
  • A friend of mine struggled
  • 00:19:00.362 --> 00:19:02.397
  • A friend of mine struggled with alcohol for as long as
  • 00:19:02.464 --> 00:19:03.899
  • With alcohol for as long as i've known him. he got to the
  • 00:19:03.966 --> 00:19:05.334
  • I've known him. he got to the place where he accepted it.
  • 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.768
  • Place where he accepted it. “this is who i am.” about two
  • 00:19:06.835 --> 00:19:08.704
  • “this is who i am.” about two months ago, he woke up one
  • 00:19:08.770 --> 00:19:10.606
  • Months ago, he woke up one morning with this new
  • 00:19:10.672 --> 00:19:11.740
  • Morning with this new passion, a resolve that he
  • 00:19:11.807 --> 00:19:14.009
  • Passion, a resolve that he had never felt. he didn't
  • 00:19:14.076 --> 00:19:15.811
  • Had never felt. he didn't know where it came from. but
  • 00:19:15.877 --> 00:19:17.145
  • He said, “i made up my mind
  • 00:19:17.246 --> 00:19:18.814
  • He said, “i made up my mind that i was done with alcohol.
  • 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:21.216
  • That i was done with alcohol. that it wasn't going to keep
  • 00:19:21.283 --> 00:19:22.317
  • That it wasn't going to keep destroying my life.” he had
  • 00:19:22.384 --> 00:19:24.486
  • Destroying my life.” he had said yes for years, but that
  • 00:19:24.553 --> 00:19:26.622
  • Said yes for years, but that day he rose up and said no.
  • 00:19:26.688 --> 00:19:29.391
  • Day he rose up and said no. that was a turning point. he
  • 00:19:29.458 --> 00:19:30.892
  • That was a turning point. he has not touched alcohol since
  • 00:19:30.959 --> 00:19:32.594
  • Has not touched alcohol since then. he's like a different
  • 00:19:32.661 --> 00:19:34.129
  • Then. he's like a different person. he never dreamed he
  • 00:19:34.196 --> 00:19:36.131
  • Person. he never dreamed he could be free and feel good
  • 00:19:36.198 --> 00:19:38.367
  • Could be free and feel good and not be hung over, but
  • 00:19:38.433 --> 00:19:39.701
  • And not be hung over, but live healthy and excited. i
  • 00:19:39.768 --> 00:19:41.770
  • Live healthy and excited. i know that's not normal. that
  • 00:19:41.837 --> 00:19:43.305
  • Know that's not normal. that was the hand of god,
  • 00:19:43.372 --> 00:19:45.374
  • Was the hand of god, supernatural deliverance. but
  • 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.242
  • Supernatural deliverance. but it all started when he made
  • 00:19:47.309 --> 00:19:49.244
  • It all started when he made the decision to say no. maybe
  • 00:19:49.311 --> 00:19:51.747
  • The decision to say no. maybe there are things you've been
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  • There are things you've been saying yes to for years,
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  • Saying yes to for years, things you've gotten
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  • Things you've gotten comfortable with. “joel i've
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  • Comfortable with. “joel i've always struggled with this
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  • Always struggled with this addiction, always had a
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  • Addiction, always had a problem watching things i
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  • Problem watching things i shouldn't, being unfaithful,
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  • Shouldn't, being unfaithful, jealous, complaining.” let
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  • Jealous, complaining.” let this be the day you rise up
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  • This be the day you rise up like my friend and say no. no
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  • Like my friend and say no. no to compromise, no to
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  • To compromise, no to jealousy, no to temptation.
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  • Jealousy, no to temptation. when you do your part, god
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  • When you do your part, god will step in and do his part.
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  • Will step in and do his part. there will be a supernatural
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  • There will be a supernatural grace to break the bad
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  • Grace to break the bad habits; to bring down
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  • Habits; to bring down strongholds that have held
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  • Strongholds that have held you back. it may be a little
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  • You back. it may be a little painful. you have to dig down
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  • Painful. you have to dig down deep and be disciplined,
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  • Deep and be disciplined, later on you're going to see
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  • Later on you're going to see the hand of god take you
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  • The hand of god take you where you've never dreamed.
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  • Where you've never dreamed. he's going to give you the
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  • He's going to give you the favor, the courage to do what
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  • Favor, the courage to do what you couldn't do before.
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  • You couldn't do before. there was another man in the
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  • There was another man in the scripture named gehazi. he
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  • Scripture named gehazi. he was elisha's assistant. one
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  • Was elisha's assistant. one time elisha prayed for a man
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  • Time elisha prayed for a man with leprosy, and he was
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  • With leprosy, and he was healed. the man was so
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  • Healed. the man was so excited and so grateful, he
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  • Excited and so grateful, he asked elisha if he could pay
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  • Asked elisha if he could pay him or give him some kind of
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  • Him or give him some kind of gift. elisha said, “no, it
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  • Gift. elisha said, “no, it was god who healed you, not
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  • Was god who healed you, not me.” you don't ever have to
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  • Me.” you don't ever have to pay for prayer; or think you
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  • Pay for prayer; or think you can buy a miracle. the
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  • Can buy a miracle. the blessing of god is always
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  • Free. but this man wasays
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  • Free. but this man wasays determined. “come on, elisha
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  • Determined. “come on, elisha you've done so much for me,
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  • You've done so much for me, let me at least give you some
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  • Let me at least give you some silver or gold.” again,
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  • Silver or gold.” again, elisha refused and wouldn't
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  • Elisha refused and wouldn't take anything. the man and
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  • Take anything. the man and his party left and headed
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  • His party left and headed back toward their city.
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  • Gehazi, the assistant,
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  • Gehazi, the assistant, overheard this conversation,
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  • Overheard this conversation, and something whispered to
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  • And something whispered to him, “you should go get that
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  • Him, “you should go get that treasure. this could be some
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  • Treasure. this could be some easy money. nobody will
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  • Easy money. nobody will know.” temptation comes to us
  • 00:21:26.475 --> 00:21:28.310
  • Know.” temptation comes to us all, to be dishonest, to be
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  • All, to be dishonest, to be unfaithful, to be offended.
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  • Unfaithful, to be offended. the flesh, the natural part
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  • The flesh, the natural part of us wants to say yes. “that
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  • Of us wants to say yes. “that feels good. i like it.” but
  • 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.953
  • Feels good. i like it.” but the scripture says, “if you
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  • The scripture says, “if you live by the dictates of the
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  • Live by the dictates of the flesh, you will die.” that
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  • Flesh, you will die.” that means if you let your
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  • Means if you let your ordinary impulses rule, you
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  • Won't reach your destiny.ou
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  • Won't reach your destiny.ou when gehazi felt that desire
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  • When gehazi felt that desire to be dishonest, that impulse
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  • To be dishonest, that impulse to go secretly take those
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  • To go secretly take those funds, he could have simply
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  • Funds, he could have simply said, “no, i'm not going
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  • Said, “no, i'm not going there. that's not who i am.”
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  • There. that's not who i am.” but he let his guard down,
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  • But he let his guard down, let his emotions rule. he
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  • Let his emotions rule. he snuck away when elisha wasn't
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  • Snuck away when elisha wasn't watching and caught up with
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  • Watching and caught up with them. they wondered what was
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  • Them. they wondered what was wrong. gehazi said, “we've
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  • Wrong. gehazi said, “we've had some unexpected guests
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  • Had some unexpected guests join us, and elisha was
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  • Wondering if you would still
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  • Wondering if you would still give us that silver and
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  • Give us that silver and gold.” they said, “of
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  • Gold.” they said, “of course,” and loaded him down
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  • Course,” and loaded him down with all this treasure. he
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  • With all this treasure. he made it back to elisha,
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  • Made it back to elisha, acting normal, like
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  • Acting normal, like everything was fine. elisha
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  • Everything was fine. elisha said, “gehazi, where have you
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  • Said, “gehazi, where have you been?” he said, “nowhere,
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  • Been?” he said, “nowhere, just right here.” the
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  • Just right here.” the scripture says, immediately
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  • Scripture says, immediately his skin was filled with
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  • His skin was filled with leprosy. what we do in
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  • Leprosy. what we do in private matters to god.
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  • Private matters to god. elisha didn't see him take
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  • Elisha didn't see him take the funds. he wasn't there,
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  • The funds. he wasn't there, but god sees everything.
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  • But god sees everything. there were some big yesses in
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  • There were some big yesses in gehazi's future, but he
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  • Gehazi's future, but he didn't say no to the little
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  • Didn't say no to the little things. god would have given
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  • Things. god would have given him far more treasure than he
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  • Him far more treasure than he stole. that was a test.
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  • Stole. that was a test. “gehazi, can i trust you to
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  • “gehazi, can i trust you to say no to being dishonest?
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  • Say no to being dishonest? joseph, no to being
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  • Joseph, no to being unfaithful? moses, no to
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  • Unfaithful? moses, no to oppressing my people? david,
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  • Oppressing my people? david, no to getting revenge on king
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  • No to getting revenge on king saul? nehemiah, no to getting
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  • Saul? nehemiah, no to getting distracted and fighting with
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  • Distracted and fighting with the critics?” they all said
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  • The critics?” they all said no and went on to greater
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  • No and went on to greater yeses. but not gehazi. he
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  • Yeses. but not gehazi. he didn't learn the power of no.
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  • Didn't learn the power of no. how to not let his emotions
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  • How to not let his emotions rule him. you never hear any
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  • Rule him. you never hear any more about gehazi.
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  • More about gehazi. what's really sad is elisha
  • 00:23:23.391 --> 00:23:25.760
  • What's really sad is elisha was elijah's assistant.
  • 00:23:25.827 --> 00:23:28.063
  • Was elijah's assistant. remember, he got a double
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  • Remember, he got a double portion of elijah's
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  • Portion of elijah's anointing. gehazi was
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  • Anointing. gehazi was elisha's assistant. he was
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  • Elisha's assistant. he was next in line. he should have
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  • Next in line. he should have had four times the anointing
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  • Had four times the anointing of elijah, but he didn't pass
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  • Of elijah, but he didn't pass the test. don't let that be
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  • The test. don't let that be you. learn to say no to
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  • You. learn to say no to compromise. no to wrong
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  • Compromise. no to wrong friends. no to distractions
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  • Friends. no to distractions that are wasting your time.
  • 00:23:46.381 --> 00:23:48.617
  • That are wasting your time. life is short. we're not
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  • Life is short. we're not going to be here forever.
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  • Going to be here forever. it's easy to get stuck in a
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  • It's easy to get stuck in a rut, a negative cycle, like
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  • Rut, a negative cycle, like my friend with that
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  • My friend with that addiction. it's time to break
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  • Addiction. it's time to break those patterns. examine your
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  • Those patterns. examine your life. how you spend your
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  • Life. how you spend your time, your friendships, your
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  • Time, your friendships, your environments. god is calling
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  • Environments. god is calling us up higher. he has greater
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  • Us up higher. he has greater levels, but the greater
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  • Levels, but the greater requires greater discipline,
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  • Requires greater discipline, greater consecration. what do
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  • Greater consecration. what do you need to say no to today?
  • 00:24:14.042 --> 00:24:16.344
  • You need to say no to today? it may not be some great sin,
  • 00:24:16.411 --> 00:24:17.579
  • It may not be some great sin, but something that's limiting
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  • But something that's limiting your growth, causing you not
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  • Your growth, causing you not to blossom like you should.
  • 00:24:21.116 --> 00:24:23.852
  • To blossom like you should. are your walls down? there's
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  • Are your walls down? there's no self-control. let this be
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  • No self-control. let this be the day that you rise up and
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  • The day that you rise up and say no. you're not going to
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  • Say no. you're not going to let the natural impulses
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  • Let the natural impulses dictate your life. but you're
  • 00:24:32.794 --> 00:24:34.496
  • Dictate your life. but you're going to rule your emotions.
  • 00:24:34.563 --> 00:24:35.931
  • Going to rule your emotions. like joseph, you're going to
  • 00:24:35.997 --> 00:24:36.998
  • Like joseph, you're going to run from temptation. not sit
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  • Run from temptation. not sit inactive with people that
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  • Inactive with people that pull you down. let me tell
  • 00:24:40.635 --> 00:24:42.304
  • Pull you down. let me tell you, if you'll learn the
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  • You, if you'll learn the power of no, i believe and
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  • Power of no, i believe and declare, you're going to come
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  • Declare, you're going to come in to greater yesses.
  • 00:24:46.007 --> 00:24:48.043
  • In to greater yesses. something you've never seen.
  • 00:24:48.109 --> 00:24:49.377
  • Something you've never seen. favor, promotion, healing,
  • 00:24:49.444 --> 00:24:51.179
  • Favor, promotion, healing, breakthroughs, freedom, the
  • 00:24:51.246 --> 00:24:52.447
  • Breakthroughs, freedom, the fullness of your destiny, in
  • 00:24:52.514 --> 00:24:54.683
  • Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
  • 00:24:54.749 --> 00:24:57.085
  • Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen today?
  • 00:24:57.152 --> 00:24:58.753
  • It, can you say amen today? (applause)
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  • Are you in
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  • Are you in a situation where
  • 00:25:02.557 --> 00:25:03.558
  • A situation where you feel lost?
  • 00:25:03.625 --> 00:25:05.527
  • You feel lost? afraid? hopeless?
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  • Afraid? hopeless? where there seems to be
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  • Where there seems to be no solutions?
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  • No solutions? no answers?
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  • No answers? no way out?
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  • No way out? it's time for your turnaround.
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  • It's time for your turnaround. we all face situations
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  • We all face situations that look like
  • 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.872
  • That look like they'll never change.
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  • They'll never change. it's easy to get discouraged.
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  • I'd love to send you
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  • I'd love to send you my book, turnaround:
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  • My book, turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from a setback to a comeback,
  • 00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:26.514
  • From a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover
  • 00:25:26.581 --> 00:25:27.616
  • Where you'll discover how god can turn sickness
  • 00:25:27.682 --> 00:25:29.117
  • How god can turn sickness into health, lack
  • 00:25:29.184 --> 00:25:30.619
  • Into health, lack into abundance, addictions
  • 00:25:30.685 --> 00:25:32.187
  • Into abundance, addictions into freedom.
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  • Into freedom. it'll inspire you
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  • It'll inspire you to keep believing
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  • To keep believing and having expectancy
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  • And having expectancy for things
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  • For things to turn in your favor.
  • 00:25:37.525 --> 00:25:39.661
  • To turn in your favor. recent weeks,
  • 00:25:39.728 --> 00:25:40.395
  • Recent weeks, we've been celebrating
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  • We've been celebrating the incredible
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  • The incredible life of my mother.
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  • Life of my mother. her miraculous turnaround
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  • Her miraculous turnaround story of overcoming
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  • Story of overcoming terminal cancer
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  • Terminal cancer over 40 years ago.
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  • Over 40 years ago. it's a testimony of the power
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  • It's a testimony of the power of god's promises.
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  • Of god's promises. just because you don't see
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  • Just because you don't see a way, doesn't mean
  • 00:25:53.675 --> 00:25:54.776
  • A way, doesn't mean god doesn't have a way.
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  • God doesn't have a way. stay in faith.
  • 00:25:56.211 --> 00:25:57.278
  • Stay in faith. your turnaround is on the way.
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  • Your turnaround is on the way. 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 joel's
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  • A copy of joel's brand new book, turnaround:
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  • Brand new book, turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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  • From setback to comeback. each section highlights
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  • Each section highlights a faith turnaround
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  • A faith turnaround point to help
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  • Point to help you see a positive change
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  • You see a positive change in your life.
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  • In your life. as you meditate
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  • As you meditate on his promises,
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  • On his promises, you'll begin
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  • You'll begin to see your greatest challenges
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  • To see your greatest challenges turn around.
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  • Turn around. request your copy today
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  • Request your copy today and see the turnaround
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  • And see the turnaround and breakthrough
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  • And breakthrough you've been waiting for.
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  • You've been waiting for. god won't let you
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  • God won't let you get in a problem
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  • Get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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  • That he can't bring you out of. there are turnarounds
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  • There are turnarounds in your future.
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  • In your future. thanks so much
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  • Thanks so much for being with us today.
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  • For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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  • Victoria and i pray for you and your family
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  • You and your family and we sure
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  • And we sure appreciate your prayer
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  • Appreciate your prayer and support.
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  • And support. your generosity is helping
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  • Your generosity is helping bring hope to people
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  • Bring hope to people around the world.
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  • Around the world. special thank you
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  • Special thank you to our champion
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  • To our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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  • For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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  • If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • Becoming one. remember,
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  • Remember, you can watch the services
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  • You can watch the services online every sunday morning,
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  • Online every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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  • Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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  • Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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  • The new joel osteen network, social media,
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  • Social media, of course you can listen on
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  • Of course you can listen on sirius xm 24 hours a day.
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  • Sirius xm 24 hours a day. we'll keep you
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  • We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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  • Until 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 turnaround:
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  • Your copy of turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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  • From setback to comeback. visit joelosteen.com
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  • Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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