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Joel Osteen - The Power To Obey

February 13, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Power To Obey | February 13, 2026

-joel: god bless you. it's
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-joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come 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
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of 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 this little girl. she
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About this little girl. she asked her mother how the
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Asked her mother how the human race got started. she
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Human race got started. she explained how god created
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Explained how god created adam and eve, they had
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Adam and eve, they had children and on and on, here
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Children and on and on, here we are today. a few weeks
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We are today. a few weeks later, she asked her father
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Later, she asked her father the same question. he
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The same question. he explained how many years ago,
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Explained how many years ago, there were monkeys and little
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There were monkeys and little by little they became more
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By little they became more like people and here we are.
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Like people and here we are. confused, she went back to
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Confused, she went back to her mother and said, “mom,
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Her mother and said, “mom, you said god created people,
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You said god created people, dad said we came from
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Dad said we came from monkeys, how can that be?”
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Monkeys, how can that be?” the mother said, “oh honey,
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The mother said, “oh honey, that's easy. i told you about
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That's easy. i told you about my side of the family, dad
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My side of the family, dad told you about his.”
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Told you about his.” (laughter)
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(laughter) all right, y'all. say it like
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All right, y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the power to obey.
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About the power to obey. sometimes god asks to do
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Sometimes god asks to do things that are hard. to
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Things that are hard. to forgive someone that doesn't
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Forgive someone that doesn't deserve it, to take the
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Deserve it, to take the management position but we're
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Management position but we're not qualified, to quit
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Not qualified, to quit hanging around a friend
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Hanging around a friend that's pulling us down. deep
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That's pulling us down. deep down, we know we're supposed
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Down, we know we're supposed to. we feel that nudging, but
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To. we feel that nudging, but we don't think we can. we
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We don't think we can. we don't have the discipline.
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Don't have the discipline. it's easy to talk ourselves
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It's easy to talk ourselves out of it. but paul said in
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Out of it. but paul said in philippians 2, “god is
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Philippians 2, “god is working in you giving you the
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Working in you giving you the desire to obey him and the
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Desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases
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Power to do what pleases him.” god will never ask you
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Him.” god will never ask you to do something and not give
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To do something and not give you the ability to do it. he
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You the ability to do it. he not only gives you the
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Not only gives you the desire, the nudging, the
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Desire, the nudging, the challenge, but he gives you
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Challenge, but he gives you the power to obey. now quit
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The power to obey. now quit telling yourself, “i can't do
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Telling yourself, “i can't do this, joel. i can't start my
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This, joel. i can't start my business. i can't control my
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Business. i can't control my temper. i can't quit eating
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Temper. i can't quit eating six bowls of ice cream each
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Six bowls of ice cream each night.” the reason you're not
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Night.” the reason you're not able is you're telling
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Able is you're telling yourself the wrong thing.
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Yourself the wrong thing. you're defeating yourself
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You're defeating yourself with your own thoughts. you
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With your own thoughts. you have to have a new mindset.
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Have to have a new mindset. “this may be difficult, but i
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“this may be difficult, but i have the power to obey. yes,
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Have the power to obey. yes, they hurt me but i have the
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They hurt me but i have the power to forgive. this dream
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Power to forgive. this dream seems over my head, but i
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Seems over my head, but i have the power to accomplish
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Have the power to accomplish it. my family all deals with
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It. my family all deals with these bad habits, but i have
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These bad habits, but i have the power to overcome.” don't
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The power to overcome.” don't talk yourself out of it. get
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Talk yourself out of it. get in agreement with god and
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In agreement with god and talk yourself into it.
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Talk yourself into it. if you've ever been to the
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If you've ever been to the store and bought a small
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Store and bought a small electronic device, a
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Electronic device, a flashlight, a clock, often it
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Flashlight, a clock, often it says, ‘batteries included'.
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Says, ‘batteries included'. the device on its own won't
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The device on its own won't do you any good unless you
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Do you any good unless you have those batteries to power
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Have those batteries to power it. in the same way, when god
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It. in the same way, when god gives you instruction, when
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Gives you instruction, when you feel that still small
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You feel that still small voice, telling you to do
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Voice, telling you to do something, the good news is
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Something, the good news is you don't just get the
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You don't just get the instruction, batteries are
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Instruction, batteries are always included. god always
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Always included. god always gives you the power to obey.
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Gives you the power to obey. now here's the key, you
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Now here's the key, you activate the power by acting
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Activate the power by acting on it. as long as you're
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On it. as long as you're waiting, you're not going to
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Waiting, you're not going to tap into it. when you make a
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Tap into it. when you make a move you will feel the grace,
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Move you will feel the grace, the strength, the favor to do
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The strength, the favor to do what god's asking you to do.
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What god's asking you to do. anytime you obey there is a
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Anytime you obey there is a blessing that follows. god is
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Blessing that follows. god is not asking you to do
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Not asking you to do something hard for his
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Something hard for his benefit, it's for your
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Benefit, it's for your benefit. so, he can release
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Benefit. so, he can release more favor and influence in
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More favor and influence in your life. whenever you feel
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Your life. whenever you feel that prompting, that knowing
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That prompting, that knowing telling you to call that
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Telling you to call that friend and encourage them,
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Friend and encourage them, stop staying up so late at
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Stop staying up so late at night, you need more rest. or
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Night, you need more rest. or start treating your spouse
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Start treating your spouse better, quit being so harsh
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Better, quit being so harsh and condescending. that's not
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And condescending. that's not you just thinking up things,
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You just thinking up things, that's god putting the desire
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That's god putting the desire in you, wanting you to come
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In you, wanting you to come up higher. the beauty is he
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Up higher. the beauty is he not only gives you the
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Not only gives you the challenge, but with that
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Challenge, but with that instruction comes the power
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Instruction comes the power and the anointing to
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And the anointing to accomplish it. the batteries
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Accomplish it. the batteries are always included but you
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Are always included but you have to act on it. every
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Have to act on it. every thought will tell you, “you
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Thought will tell you, “you don't need to give them a
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Don't need to give them a gift, they're doing fine.
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Gift, they're doing fine. it's okay to stay up, it's
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It's okay to stay up, it's not hurting anything. you've
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Not hurting anything. you've always had a temper. you've
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Always had a temper. you've always been sarcastic. you'll
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Always been sarcastic. you'll never change.” don't believe
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Never change.” don't believe those lies. there is power in
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Those lies. there is power in you to do what god's asking
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You to do what god's asking you to do.
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You to do. the enemy doesn't want you to
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The enemy doesn't want you to hear this. he wants us to
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Hear this. he wants us to stay stuck, defeated, with a
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Stay stuck, defeated, with a weak mindset. “i'll always be
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Weak mindset. “i'll always be hot tempered, always be out
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Hot tempered, always be out of shape. joel, i'm quiet and
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Of shape. joel, i'm quiet and reserved. i can't reach out
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Reserved. i can't reach out to others.” you don't know
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To others.” you don't know what you can do until you
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What you can do until you take that step. that's when
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Take that step. that's when you'll discover the power to
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You'll discover the power to break the addiction, the
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Break the addiction, the power to get out of your
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Power to get out of your comfort zone and accomplish
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Comfort zone and accomplish that dream, the power to
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That dream, the power to treat your spouse with
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Treat your spouse with kindness and respect. it's
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Kindness and respect. it's one thing to know the right
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One thing to know the right thing to do, we feel god
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Thing to do, we feel god speaking to us, calling us to
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Speaking to us, calling us to come up higher, but often we
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Come up higher, but often we feel inadequate, like we're
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Feel inadequate, like we're not able. but when you
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Not able. but when you understand that god didn't
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Understand that god didn't just give you the desire, he
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Just give you the desire, he gave you the power to obey.
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Gave you the power to obey. that's when you'll have the
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That's when you'll have the boldness and confidence to
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Boldness and confidence to take steps of faith.
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Take steps of faith. is god asking you to do
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Is god asking you to do something that seems hard,
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Something that seems hard, over your head? to forgive
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Over your head? to forgive someone, to not be so
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Someone, to not be so critical and judgmental, to
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Critical and judgmental, to start the business, to teach
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Start the business, to teach the class, to get back in
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The class, to get back in shape. but you keep making
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Shape. but you keep making excuses, thinking of all the
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Excuses, thinking of all the reasons you can't. you're not
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Reasons you can't. you're not qualified, you don't have the
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Qualified, you don't have the discipline, your metabolism
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Discipline, your metabolism is too slow, nobody will
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Is too slow, nobody will support you. get rid of the
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Support you. get rid of the excuses. this is a new day.
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Excuses. this is a new day. there is power in you right
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There is power in you right now just waiting to be
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Now just waiting to be energized. if you'll make a
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Energized. if you'll make a move, you'll activate that
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Move, you'll activate that power.
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Power. this is what noah did. god
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This is what noah did. god told him that there was going
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Told him that there was going to be a great flood that
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To be a great flood that would cover the whole earth.
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Would cover the whole earth. and he was to build an ark, a
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And he was to build an ark, a huge boat to save his family.
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Huge boat to save his family. back in those days, it had
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Back in those days, it had never rained. the dew came up
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Never rained. the dew came up from the ground to water the
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From the ground to water the earth. they had never seen
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Earth. they had never seen water coming down from the
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Water coming down from the sky. the concept of a flood
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Sky. the concept of a flood and needing a boat would have
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And needing a boat would have been so unusual, so
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Been so unusual, so illogical. this was no small
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Illogical. this was no small boat, something common, that
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Boat, something common, that you would see down at the
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You would see down at the local lake. it was to be 450
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Local lake. it was to be 450 feet long, a football field
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Feet long, a football field and a half, big enough to
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And a half, big enough to house thousands of animals.
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House thousands of animals. on top of that, noah wasn't
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On top of that, noah wasn't by a lake, by a river, by a
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By a lake, by a river, by a big ocean. he was out in the
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Big ocean. he was out in the desert. there were no large
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Desert. there were no large bodies of water. every
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Bodies of water. every circumstance said, “this
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Circumstance said, “this doesn't make sense. you must
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Doesn't make sense. you must have heard god wrong.” he had
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Have heard god wrong.” he had plenty of good excuses to
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Plenty of good excuses to ignore it, but god doesn't
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Ignore it, but god doesn't give you the desire, without
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Give you the desire, without giving you the power to obey.
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Giving you the power to obey. he won't ask you to do a hard
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He won't ask you to do a hard thing and then not give you
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Thing and then not give you the faith and the courage to
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The faith and the courage to do it.
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Do it. there will be voices telling
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There will be voices telling you all the reasons you
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You all the reasons you can't. “noah, you don't have
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Can't. “noah, you don't have the tools, the supplies, the
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The tools, the supplies, the manpower. you didn't hear
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Manpower. you didn't hear from god. you had too much
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From god. you had too much pizza last night.” noah had
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Pizza last night.” noah had to tune all that out. “god i
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To tune all that out. “god i may not understand how this
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May not understand how this is going to happen, but i
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Is going to happen, but i know you have it all figured
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Know you have it all figured out. you wouldn't have given
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Out. you wouldn't have given me this assignment and not
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Me this assignment and not given me the power to obey.”
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Given me the power to obey.” he took that step of faith
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He took that step of faith and started building. you can
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And started building. you can imagine people coming by,
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Imagine people coming by, saying, “look at that fool.
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Saying, “look at that fool. he's building a boat in the
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He's building a boat in the desert. doesn't he know it
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Desert. doesn't he know it doesn't rain.” he was
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Doesn't rain.” he was ridiculed, made fun of, the
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Ridiculed, made fun of, the talk of the town. this wasn't
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Talk of the town. this wasn't a three-week project. it took
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A three-week project. it took a hundred and twenty years to
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A hundred and twenty years to build the boat. some
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Build the boat. some historians say he planted the
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Historians say he planted the trees before he could build.
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Trees before he could build. when they grew big enough, he
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When they grew big enough, he cut them into pieces to
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Cut them into pieces to construct the ark. how could
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Construct the ark. how could noah have that kind of faith,
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Noah have that kind of faith, to not talk himself out of
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To not talk himself out of it, not be swayed by the
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It, not be swayed by the ridicule of others, how
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Ridicule of others, how impossible it looked. it's
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Impossible it looked. it's because when god gives you
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Because when god gives you the assignment, when he
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The assignment, when he plants that dream in your
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Plants that dream in your heart, he also gives you the
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Heart, he also gives you the anointing, the faith, and the
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Anointing, the faith, and the power to accomplish it. the
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Power to accomplish it. the batteries are always included.
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Batteries are always included. now it's up to us to activate
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Now it's up to us to activate that power. there will be
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That power. there will be forces trying to convince us
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Forces trying to convince us to settle where we are. “it's
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To settle where we are. “it's too big. it's never happened
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Too big. it's never happened in your family. you've always
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In your family. you've always had this addiction. you must
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Had this addiction. you must have heard god wrong.” no
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Have heard god wrong.” no don't talk yourself out of
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Don't talk yourself out of it, do like noah, and take
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It, do like noah, and take that step of faith. the
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That step of faith. the reason we think it's amazing,
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Reason we think it's amazing, how could he do that. “i
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How could he do that. “i could never have that much
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Could never have that much faith and confidence.” it's
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Faith and confidence.” it's because we're looking at it
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Because we're looking at it from the outside. god didn't
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From the outside. god didn't give us the power to obey
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Give us the power to obey what he told someone else to
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What he told someone else to do. but when god gives you
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Do. but when god gives you the instruction, when he
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The instruction, when he challenges you to do
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Challenges you to do something your family has
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Something your family has never done, there will be a
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Never done, there will be a power in you, a strength, a
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Power in you, a strength, a confidence, a knowing that
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Confidence, a knowing that you've never experienced. a
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You've never experienced. a power to break barriers, a
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Power to break barriers, a power to set new standards,
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Power to set new standards, to accomplish what seems
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To accomplish what seems impossible. is
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Impossible. is god asking you to not hang
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God asking you to not hang around those friends that are
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Around those friends that are pulling you down, causing you
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Pulling you down, causing you to compromise, bringing out
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To compromise, bringing out the worst in you. you keep
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The worst in you. you keep putting it off, thinking
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Putting it off, thinking you're not going to have any
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You're not going to have any friends. you're going to be
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Friends. you're going to be lonely. you may be lonely for
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Lonely. you may be lonely for a season, but what will
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A season, but what will happen is god will bring you
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Happen is god will bring you new friends. friends that
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New friends. friends that will lift you up and not pull
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Will lift you up and not pull you down. friends that will
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You down. friends that will bring out the best in you,
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Bring out the best in you, cause you to blossom, not
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Cause you to blossom, not bring out the worst. but you
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Bring out the worst. but you have to get rid of the wrong
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Have to get rid of the wrong people before you meet the
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People before you meet the right people. you make a move
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Right people. you make a move and god will go to work.
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And god will go to work. is god asking you to have a
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Is god asking you to have a better attitude, to quit
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Better attitude, to quit being so contentious, so
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Being so contentious, so argumentative, hard to get
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Argumentative, hard to get along with, always having to
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Along with, always having to be right. i've heard it said,
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Be right. i've heard it said, a woman always has the last
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A woman always has the last word in an argument. anything
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Word in an argument. anything after that is a new argument.
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After that is a new argument. do you hear that still small
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Do you hear that still small voice saying, “keep your
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Voice saying, “keep your mouth closed. be more
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Mouth closed. be more respectful, be more loving,
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Respectful, be more loving, more considerate. the power
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More considerate. the power is there to zip it up. the
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Is there to zip it up. the self-control is in you, the
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Self-control is in you, the discipline, the grace. now
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Discipline, the grace. now start tapping into it. don't
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Start tapping into it. don't go the next twenty years with
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Go the next twenty years with things you know are hindering
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Things you know are hindering you, limiting your potential.
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You, limiting your potential. on the other side of
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On the other side of obedience, is the blessing.
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Obedience, is the blessing. on the other side of doing
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On the other side of doing the hard thing is a new level
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The hard thing is a new level of your destiny. here's the
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Of your destiny. here's the key, it seems harder than it
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Key, it seems harder than it is because you haven't
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Is because you haven't activated the power. we
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Activated the power. we think, “i can't forgive them.
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Think, “i can't forgive them. joel, that was so wrong.” but
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Joel, that was so wrong.” but when you say, “father, help
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When you say, “father, help me to forgive. i release this
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Me to forgive. i release this into your hands. lord, i know
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Into your hands. lord, i know you're my vindicator. you'll
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You're my vindicator. you'll make my wrongs right.” that's
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Make my wrongs right.” that's when you'll feel power and
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When you'll feel power and ability that you've never
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Ability that you've never felt. “i can't break this
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Felt. “i can't break this addiction. everyone in our
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Addiction. everyone in our family struggles with
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Family struggles with alcohol.” try a new approach.
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Alcohol.” try a new approach. “father, thank you that
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“father, thank you that greater is he that's in me
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Greater is he that's in me than what's trying to stop
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Than what's trying to stop me. father, thank you that no
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Me. father, thank you that no weapon formed against us will
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Weapon formed against us will prosper. that whom the son
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Prosper. that whom the son sets free, is free indeed.”
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Sets free, is free indeed.” when you activate that power,
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When you activate that power, you're not doing it by
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You're not doing it by yourself. the most high god
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Yourself. the most high god is working in you.
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Is working in you. maybe the hard thing for you
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Maybe the hard thing for you is what it was for me, to get
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Is what it was for me, to get out of your comfort zone.
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Out of your comfort zone. step up and write the book
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Step up and write the book that god put in your spirit,
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That god put in your spirit, teach that class, expand your
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Teach that class, expand your business. you hear god
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Business. you hear god whispering, “there's more in
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Whispering, “there's more in you, greater things are
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You, greater things are ahead,” but you're afraid.
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Ahead,” but you're afraid. you don't have the
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You don't have the connections, the experience,
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Connections, the experience, the funding. it's much easier
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The funding. it's much easier to play it safe. but you
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To play it safe. but you can't reach your destiny
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Can't reach your destiny staying comfortable all the
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Staying comfortable all the time. god will on purpose put
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Time. god will on purpose put things in your spirit that
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Things in your spirit that are over your head. like
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Are over your head. like noah, you'll think, “i can‘t
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Noah, you'll think, “i can‘t build a boat. i can't start
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Build a boat. i can't start the business. i can't pastor
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The business. i can't pastor this church. we can't get the
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This church. we can't get the compaq center.” god wouldn't
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Compaq center.” god wouldn't have given you the desire if
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Have given you the desire if he had not given you the
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He had not given you the power to obey. you have to
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Power to obey. you have to push past the doubt, push
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Push past the doubt, push past the fear, push past the
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Past the fear, push past the ‘can't do it' thoughts. you
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‘can't do it' thoughts. you are well able. you are strong
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Are well able. you are strong in the lord. god has
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In the lord. god has surrounded you with favor.
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Surrounded you with favor. he's going before you making
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He's going before you making your crooked places straight.
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Your crooked places straight. when you activate that power,
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When you activate that power, you will go places that
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You will go places that you've never gone, accomplish
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You've never gone, accomplish more than you ever thought
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More than you ever thought possible.
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Possible. when i heard the compaq
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When i heard the compaq center was coming available,
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Center was coming available, we needed a larger
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We needed a larger auditorium, everything in my
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Auditorium, everything in my mind said, “there's no way.
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Mind said, “there's no way. the city is not going to let
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The city is not going to let a church have it. we don't
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A church have it. we don't know the right people. it's
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Know the right people. it's going to be too expensive.
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Going to be too expensive. the opposition is too
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The opposition is too strong.” i thought of a
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Strong.” i thought of a hundred good excuses,
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Hundred good excuses, compelling reasons why it
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Compelling reasons why it wasn't going to happen. all
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Wasn't going to happen. all this doubt and discouragement
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This doubt and discouragement bombarded my mind. but down
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Bombarded my mind. but down in my spirit, i could hear a
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In my spirit, i could hear a still small voice saying,
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Still small voice saying, “that building is ours. god
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“that building is ours. god is making a way. joel you are
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Is making a way. joel you are well able.” i didn't just
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Well able.” i didn't just have the desire, i had the
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Have the desire, i had the faith to believe for it, the
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Faith to believe for it, the faith to go after it. like
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Faith to go after it. like noah, i had to turn my mind
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Noah, i had to turn my mind off. logically speaking, we
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Off. logically speaking, we didn't have a chance. the
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Didn't have a chance. the opposition, the people that
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Opposition, the people that wanted it, was so much
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Wanted it, was so much bigger. but when you believe,
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Bigger. but when you believe, the most high god goes to
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The most high god goes to work. you and god are a
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Work. you and god are a majority. the good news is,
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Majority. the good news is, he has everything you need.
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He has everything you need. he has the good breaks, the
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He has the good breaks, the right people, the funding. he
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Right people, the funding. he will make ways where you
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Will make ways where you don't see a way.
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Don't see a way. hebrews 11 says, “noah being
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Hebrews 11 says, “noah being divinely instructed of things
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Divinely instructed of things not yet seen, moved with
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Not yet seen, moved with reverence for god, preparing
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An ark.” notice god spoke to
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An ark.” notice god spoke to him about things not yet
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Him about things not yet seen. never been a flood
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Seen. never been a flood before. never had rain from
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Before. never had rain from the clouds. god's going to do
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The clouds. god's going to do things in your life that your
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Things in your life that your family hasn't seen. he's
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Family hasn't seen. he's going to open doors of
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Going to open doors of influence and favor greater
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Influence and favor greater than what's happened in the
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Than what's happened in the past. there are things you're
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Past. there are things you're about to step into that are
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About to step into that are going to seem beyond your
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Going to seem beyond your capability, illogical, too
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Capability, illogical, too good to be true. don't talk
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Good to be true. don't talk yourself out of it. with that
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Yourself out of it. with that dream comes the power to
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Dream comes the power to obey. you don't have to
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Obey. you don't have to figure it all out. all you
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Figure it all out. all you have to do is believe. maybe
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Have to do is believe. maybe there's been dysfunction in
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There's been dysfunction in your family. you've just
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Your family. you've just learned to live with it,
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Learned to live with it, thinking, “this is just who
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Thinking, “this is just who we are.” that's not who you
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We are.” that's not who you are. god created you to be
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Are. god created you to be healthy, free, and joyful.
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Healthy, free, and joyful. others may have talked
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Others may have talked themselves out of it, but
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Themselves out of it, but you're the difference maker.
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You're the difference maker. you know this truth. you have
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You know this truth. you have the power to obey. you can
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The power to obey. you can set a new standard. you can
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Set a new standard. you can be the one to affect
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Be the one to affect generations come. that's what
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Generations come. that's what noah did. he didn't just save
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Noah did. he didn't just save himself by building the ark,
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Himself by building the ark, he saved his family, his
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He saved his family, his children, future generations.
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Children, future generations. it says, noah, being
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It says, noah, being instructed about things not
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Instructed about things not yet seen, moved with
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Yet seen, moved with reverence. the whole key is
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Reverence. the whole key is when he heard the
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When he heard the instruction, he moved. he
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Instruction, he moved. he acted on it. sometimes we
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Acted on it. sometimes we hear god speaking to us, but
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Hear god speaking to us, but we put it off. we think, “i
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We put it off. we think, “i know i should forgive. i know
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Know i should forgive. i know i should eat healthier. i
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I should eat healthier. i know this addiction is
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Know this addiction is harming me. i'll deal with it
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Harming me. i'll deal with it later.” are you putting
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Later.” are you putting something off, waiting to
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Something off, waiting to move for some other time?
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Move for some other time? waiting to be more
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Waiting to be more disciplined, waiting to treat
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Disciplined, waiting to treat your family better, waiting
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Your family better, waiting to get out of your comfort
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To get out of your comfort zone? there's power in being
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Zone? there's power in being prompt. the longer you wait
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Prompt. the longer you wait to do what god's asking you
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To do what god's asking you to do, the more difficult
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To do, the more difficult it's going to be.
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It's going to be. when david saw goliath
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When david saw goliath taunting the israelites, he
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Taunting the israelites, he heard god speaking to him,
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Heard god speaking to him, telling him to go defeat the
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Telling him to go defeat the giant. the scripture says,
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Giant. the scripture says, “david ran quickly toward
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“david ran quickly toward goliath.” if david would have
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Goliath.” if david would have put it off, gone back home.
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Put it off, gone back home. “let me think about it for a
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“let me think about it for a few months. he's really big.
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Few months. he's really big. i don't have the experience.
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I don't have the experience. there are others that are
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There are others that are more qualified people. what
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More qualified people. what if i get hurt?” if he would
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If i get hurt?” if he would have delayed, he would have
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Have delayed, he would have talked himself out of it.
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Talked himself out of it. when god speaks, do it right
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When god speaks, do it right then. there's a grace for it.
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Then. there's a grace for it. there's a window of
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There's a window of opportunity where you'll have
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Opportunity where you'll have the strength and the favor to
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The strength and the favor to act on it. “well, joel, man,
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Act on it. “well, joel, man, i think i missed my chance. i
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I think i missed my chance. i know i should have been more
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Know i should have been more disciplined; i should have
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Disciplined; i should have quit compromising; i should
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Quit compromising; i should have gone back to school.
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Have gone back to school. i've put off a lot of
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I've put off a lot of things.” the reason you're
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Things.” the reason you're hearing this is because god
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Hearing this is because god is giving you another chance.
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Is giving you another chance. there's a window of grace
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There's a window of grace opening to do what he's
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Opening to do what he's telling you to do. he's not
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Telling you to do. he's not holding against you the fact
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Holding against you the fact that you haven't done it. but
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That you haven't done it. but this is the time to make
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This is the time to make things right. this is the
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Things right. this is the time to act on it. god didn't
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Time to act on it. god didn't just give you the desire, he
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Just give you the desire, he gave you the power to obey.
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Gave you the power to obey. it may not make sense, it may
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It may not make sense, it may feel over your head, it's
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Feel over your head, it's never happened in your
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Never happened in your family. this is a destiny
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Family. this is a destiny moment. if you will make that
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Moment. if you will make that move, god will step in and
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Move, god will step in and help you do what you couldn't
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Help you do what you couldn't do. the scripture says, “when
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Do. the scripture says, “when you hear his voice, do not
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You hear his voice, do not harden your heart. for today,
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Harden your heart. for today, while there is still
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While there is still opportunity, listen to what
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Opportunity, listen to what he's saying.”
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He's saying.” in acts 24, paul was brought
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In acts 24, paul was brought to caesarea to go on trial
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To caesarea to go on trial for sharing his faith. he was
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For sharing his faith. he was standing before the governor,
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Standing before the governor, a man named felix, presenting
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A man named felix, presenting his case. felix was very
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His case. felix was very intrigued by paul. the main
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Intrigued by paul. the main trial was going to start
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Trial was going to start later, so he had paul taken
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Later, so he had paul taken into custody. in a few days,
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Into custody. in a few days, he sent for paul to come
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He sent for paul to come visit with him. paul
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Visit with him. paul discussed his faith and what
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Discussed his faith and what it meant to be a believer and
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It meant to be a believer and how to live a godly life.
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How to live a godly life. felix felt convicted. he knew
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Felix felt convicted. he knew he was compromising, not
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He was compromising, not having integrity. there were
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Having integrity. there were these areas he needed to
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These areas he needed to change, but he didn't want to
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Change, but he didn't want to deal with it. he didn't want
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Deal with it. he didn't want to be uncomfortable and have
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To be uncomfortable and have to be more disciplined. he
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To be more disciplined. he said to paul, “go away for
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Said to paul, “go away for now. for when a more
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Now. for when a more convenient time comes, i'll
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Convenient time comes, i'll call for you.” two years
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Call for you.” two years later, he was out of office.
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Later, he was out of office. we never read anything more
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We never read anything more about felix. we don't know if
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About felix. we don't know if a more convenient time ever
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A more convenient time ever came. who knows what he could
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Came. who knows what he could have become if he had just
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Have become if he had just tapped into that power to
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Tapped into that power to obey. if he would have been
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Obey. if he would have been willing to make changes and
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Willing to make changes and deal with what god was
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Deal with what god was bringing to light. don't be
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Bringing to light. don't be like him. don't put off what
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Like him. don't put off what you know god is speaking to
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You know god is speaking to you about. whether it's to
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You about. whether it's to come up higher in your
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Come up higher in your character, not compromise, or
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Character, not compromise, or to take that step of faith,
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To take that step of faith, and go after your compaq
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And go after your compaq center, build your boat like
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Center, build your boat like noah. you activate the power
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Noah. you activate the power by taking action.
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By taking action. when i was a young boy,
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When i was a young boy, lakewood was still meeting in
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Lakewood was still meeting in the original building. it was
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The original building. it was a small, rundown feedstore
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A small, rundown feedstore that we had cleaned up and
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That we had cleaned up and made into a sanctuary that
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Made into a sanctuary that would hold the ninety
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Would hold the ninety members. a few years had
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Members. a few years had passed and the church started
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Passed and the church started growing. we had over two
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Growing. we had over two hundred people coming and we
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Hundred people coming and we needed a larger place. my
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Needed a larger place. my father told the congregation
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Father told the congregation that in a few months he was
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That in a few months he was going to take a special
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Going to take a special offering to build a new
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Offering to build a new auditorium. he encouraged the
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Auditorium. he encouraged the people to stretch their faith
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People to stretch their faith and get behind the vision.
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And get behind the vision. that sunday came and people
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That sunday came and people were so generous. they gave
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Were so generous. they gave about twenty thousand
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About twenty thousand dollars. that was back in the
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Dollars. that was back in the seventies. it's like ten
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Seventies. it's like ten times that amount today. they
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Times that amount today. they were so excited. that was
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Were so excited. that was enough to pour the foundation
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Enough to pour the foundation and get the building started.
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And get the building started. there was a spanish speaking
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There was a spanish speaking church about a half a mile
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Church about a half a mile down the road from lakewood.
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Down the road from lakewood. they had started a new
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They had started a new building several years
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Building several years earlier, but they had run out
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Earlier, but they had run out of funds. every time we drove
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Of funds. every time we drove to church, we would drive by
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To church, we would drive by it. one day as my father was
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It. one day as my father was passing by, he heard god
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Passing by, he heard god speak to him, not out loud,
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Speak to him, not out loud, just an impression, saying,
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Just an impression, saying, “i want you to give that
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“i want you to give that offering for your new
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Offering for your new building to the spanish
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Building to the spanish church, so they can finish
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Church, so they can finish theirs.” his first thought
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Theirs.” his first thought was, “get behind me satan.
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Was, “get behind me satan. that could not be god.” but
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That could not be god.” but sometimes god will ask you to
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Sometimes god will ask you to do things that don't make
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Do things that don't make sense. it's a test. on the
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Sense. it's a test. on the other side of that obedience
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Other side of that obedience is a level of your destiny
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Is a level of your destiny that you've never seen. this
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That you've never seen. this is where faith comes in.
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Is where faith comes in. “god, i don't understand
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“god, i don't understand this. we need these funds for
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This. we need these funds for our building. you want me to
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Our building. you want me to build a boat when it's never
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Build a boat when it's never rained. you're saying go
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Rained. you're saying go fight a giant twice my size.
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Fight a giant twice my size. you want us to go after the
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You want us to go after the compaq center. do you know
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Compaq center. do you know how much that's going to
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How much that's going to cos?.” it seemed far out to
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Cos?.” it seemed far out to my father, but when god gives
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My father, but when god gives you the desire, with that
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You the desire, with that instruction, always comes the
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Instruction, always comes the power to do it.
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Power to do it. my father told the
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My father told the congregation that they were
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Congregation that they were going to sow that offering as
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Going to sow that offering as a seed. he drove down and
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A seed. he drove down and gave them the funds and they
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Gave them the funds and they finished their building. it
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Finished their building. it wasn't long after that people
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Wasn't long after that people started giving for lakewood's
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Started giving for lakewood's new building. the money came
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New building. the money came in for the foundation. once
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In for the foundation. once we poured the concrete, money
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We poured the concrete, money came in for the steel. we got
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Came in for the steel. we got that up and money came in for
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That up and money came in for the walls, the chairs, the
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The walls, the chairs, the sound system. he built the
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Sound system. he built the whole building totally debt
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Whole building totally debt free. not only that building,
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Free. not only that building, but my father went on to
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But my father went on to build six more sanctuaries,
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Build six more sanctuaries, including one that seated
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Including one that seated eight thousand, all debt
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Eight thousand, all debt free. here we are today in
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Free. here we are today in the former compaq center. but
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The former compaq center. but it all started with that act
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It all started with that act of obedience. doing something
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Of obedience. doing something that he didn't understand,
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That he didn't understand, that seemed illogical. who
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That seemed illogical. who knows what god will do in
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Knows what god will do in your life, if you'll tap into
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Your life, if you'll tap into that power to obey. who knows
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That power to obey. who knows how your children will
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How your children will benefit because you did a
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Benefit because you did a hard thing. you gave when it
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Hard thing. you gave when it didn't make sense. you broke
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Didn't make sense. you broke the addiction that kept
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The addiction that kept getting passed down. you
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Getting passed down. you forgave the wrong. you shook
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Forgave the wrong. you shook off the doubt and went after
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Off the doubt and went after your compaq center.
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Your compaq center. no more, “i can't do this.
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No more, “i can't do this. i'm not disciplined enough,
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I'm not disciplined enough, strong enough, focused
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Strong enough, focused enough.” no try a new
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Enough.” no try a new approach, “i have the power
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Approach, “i have the power to obey.” god is working in
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To obey.” god is working in you right now to do his will
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You right now to do his will and to bring about his good
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And to bring about his good pleasure. have that attitude
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Pleasure. have that attitude of faith. that's how you're
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Of faith. that's how you're going to reach your destiny.
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Going to reach your destiny. that's how you're going to
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That's how you're going to defeat your goliath's. that's
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Defeat your goliath's. that's how you're going to break the
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How you're going to break the dysfunction, that's how
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Dysfunction, that's how you're going to build your
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You're going to build your boats. not weak, defeated.
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Boats. not weak, defeated. you are a can-do person, you
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You are a can-do person, you are well able to do what
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Are well able to do what god's called you to do. no
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God's called you to do. no more putting it off. no more
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More putting it off. no more waiting for a more convenient
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Waiting for a more convenient time. this is your time to
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Time. this is your time to move. if you'll do this, i
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Move. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
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Believe and declare, like with noah, you're going to
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With noah, you're going to accomplish dreams that look
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Accomplish dreams that look impossible, you're going to
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Impossible, you're going to break addictions that have
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Break addictions that have held your family back.
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Held your family back. freedom is coming, healing is
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Freedom is coming, healing is coming, abundance is coming,
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Coming, abundance is coming, the fullness of your destiny,
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Many people believe
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Many people believe that god can heal.
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That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
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But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
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Our prayers are not being answered,
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Not being answered, it's easy to think:
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It's easy to think: will god heal me?
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Will god heal me? the truth is,
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The truth is, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
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I've witnessed god's healing power
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God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
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Firsthand in my own family. when situations
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When situations seemed impossible,
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Seemed impossible, and medically
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And medically speaking,
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Speaking, there were no options,
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There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you our new devotional,
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God still loves to heal.
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It's filled with scripture
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It's filled with scripture and encouragement
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And encouragement designed to strengthen
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Designed to strengthen your faith
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Your faith and help
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And help you believe for healing.
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You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
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Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
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God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
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As you stand firm and declare his promises,
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His promises, healing is on the way.
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The same god who healed in
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The same god who healed in the bible
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Is still healing today.
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Is still healing today. your generous support
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Your generous support is so important to help us
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Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
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Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Pastor
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Joel would like to send you
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Joel would like to send you a copy of god
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional through a weekly rhythm
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Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
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Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
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By life-changing insight that will strengthen
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That will strengthen and encourage
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And encourage you in your faith.
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You in your faith. jesus cares
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Jesus cares about you physically,
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About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
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He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
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Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
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Us and makes us whole. with this
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With this inspiring devotional resource,
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Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
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You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
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You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
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And restoration, knowing his promises are true
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His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
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Yesterday, today, and forever. receive your copy
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Receive your copy of this powerful
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Of this powerful new book
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New book and experience
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And experience god's goodness
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God's goodness and healing power.
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Be sure to request
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Your copy of godst
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Your copy of godst still loves to heal,
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Available this month
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By simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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My mother was
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My mother was miraculously healed
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From terminal cancer.
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My sisterinal cancer.
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Lisa was healed
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From a birth injury
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From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
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Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
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What god did for us, he can do for you.
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Victoria and i
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Are going to be praying for you
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Are going to be praying for you this month,
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This month, especially for healing for
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Especially for healing for you and your family,
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You and your family, not just physically,
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Not just physically, but mentally
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But mentally and emotionally
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And emotionally that you will be
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That you will be completely whole.
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Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
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We appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is impacting people
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Around the world.
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And specialworld.
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And specialworld. thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Be sure to request
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Your copy of godst
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. available this month
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By simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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And you can fill your year
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And you can fill your year with strength, peace,
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With strength, peace, and encouragement
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And encouragement with the healing
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And wholeness collection.
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And wholeness collection. it features god's
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Word for every season,
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Word for every season, a guided four-part
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A guided four-part journal series to help anchor
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Journal series to help anchor your heart to his promises.
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Your heart to his promises. plus, god still loves to heal,
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Plus, god still loves to heal, and the blessing
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And the blessing of taking communion.
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Of taking communion. together,
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Together, they'll strengthen your faith,
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They'll strengthen your faith, renew your hope,
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Renew your hope, and remind you
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That jesus still heals
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And restores today.als
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And restores today.als you can request these
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You can request these inspiring resources
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Or logging on to joelosteen.com today.
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Joel Osteen - The Power To Obey

February 13, 2026 | 27:29

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