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Joel Osteen - The Power of Your Vision

November 22, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Power of Your Vision | November 22, 2025

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(applause) well, god bless you. it's a joy
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(applause) well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes.
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Well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our area
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To come into your homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of
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If you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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One of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. i say it often but these are the
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Feel right at home. i say it often but these are the finest people in all of houston,
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I say it often but these are the finest people in all of houston, texas right here at lakewood.
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Finest people in all of houston, texas right here at lakewood. so come out whenever you can.
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Texas right here at lakewood. so come out whenever you can. (applause)
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So come out whenever you can. (applause) but thanks for tuning in. thank
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(applause) but thanks for tuning in. thank you again for coming out.
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But thanks for tuning in. thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something
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You again for coming out. i like to start with something funny. i heard about this
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I like to start with something funny. i heard about this husband and wife. they had been
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Funny. i heard about this husband and wife. they had been arguing for a long time about
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Husband and wife. they had been arguing for a long time about who should make the coffee in
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Arguing for a long time about who should make the coffee in the morning. the man definitely
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Who should make the coffee in the morning. the man definitely thought it was his wife's job
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The morning. the man definitely thought it was his wife's job but she just didn't agree.
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Thought it was his wife's job but she just didn't agree. after several heated debates the
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But she just didn't agree. after several heated debates the wife finally said to him, "i can
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After several heated debates the wife finally said to him, "i can prove to you from the scripture
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Wife finally said to him, "i can prove to you from the scripture that the man is supposed to make
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Prove to you from the scripture that the man is supposed to make the coffee in the morning."
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That the man is supposed to make the coffee in the morning." he said, "what are you talking
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The coffee in the morning." he said, "what are you talking about? there's nothing in the
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He said, "what are you talking about? there's nothing in the scripture about the man making
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About? there's nothing in the scripture about the man making the coffee."
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Scripture about the man making the coffee." she said, "sure there is."
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The coffee." she said, "sure there is." she opened her bible and pointed
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She said, "sure there is." she opened her bible and pointed to the book of he-brews.
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She opened her bible and pointed to the book of he-brews. (laughter/applause)
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To the book of he-brews. (laughter/applause) all right. hold up your bible.
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(laughter/applause) all right. hold up your bible. say it like you mean it.
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All right. hold up your bible. say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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Today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess:
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Of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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In jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today about the power of your
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I want to talk to you today about the power of your vision.
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About the power of your vision. too many people are stuck in a
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Vision. too many people are stuck in a rut, not because they're not
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Too many people are stuck in a rut, not because they're not talented, not because they don't
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Rut, not because they're not talented, not because they don't have god's favor, but because
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Talented, not because they don't have god's favor, but because their vision is limited.
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Have god's favor, but because their vision is limited. they don't see themselves
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Their vision is limited. they don't see themselves accomplishing their dreams,
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They don't see themselves accomplishing their dreams, being promoted, living
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Accomplishing their dreams, being promoted, living healthier.
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Being promoted, living healthier. they just see more of the same.
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Healthier. they just see more of the same. what you see is what you're
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They just see more of the same. what you see is what you're going to move toward.
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What you see is what you're going to move toward. we all have vision.
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Going to move toward. we all have vision. every one of us has a picture in
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We all have vision. every one of us has a picture in our mind of our self, our
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Every one of us has a picture in our mind of our self, our family, our future.
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Our mind of our self, our family, our future. the real question is what does
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Family, our future. the real question is what does your picture look like?
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The real question is what does your picture look like? do you see yourself rising
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Your picture look like? do you see yourself rising higher, overcoming obstacles,
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Do you see yourself rising higher, overcoming obstacles, living an abundant life?
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Higher, overcoming obstacles, living an abundant life? or is the picture you have of
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Living an abundant life? or is the picture you have of yourself struggling, defeated,
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Or is the picture you have of yourself struggling, defeated, addicted, overweight, never
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Yourself struggling, defeated, addicted, overweight, never getting good breaks?
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Addicted, overweight, never getting good breaks? the pictures you allow in your
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Getting good breaks? the pictures you allow in your mind will determine what kind of
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The pictures you allow in your mind will determine what kind of life you live. you have to
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Mind will determine what kind of life you live. you have to protect your vision.
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Life you live. you have to protect your vision. if your vision is limited your
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Protect your vision. if your vision is limited your life will be limited.
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If your vision is limited your life will be limited. seven times in the scripture
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Life will be limited. seven times in the scripture god asks, "what do you see?"
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Seven times in the scripture god asks, "what do you see?" god is interested in our vision.
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God asks, "what do you see?" god is interested in our vision. before your dream comes to pass
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God is interested in our vision. before your dream comes to pass you have to see yourself
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Before your dream comes to pass you have to see yourself accomplishing that dream.
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You have to see yourself accomplishing that dream. you've got to get a picture
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Accomplishing that dream. you've got to get a picture of it.
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You've got to get a picture of it. before you lose the weight,
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Of it. before you lose the weight, before you break the addiction,
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Before you lose the weight, before you break the addiction, you have to see it happening in
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Before you break the addiction, you have to see it happening in your imagination.
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You have to see it happening in your imagination. the pictures you keep in front
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Your imagination. the pictures you keep in front of you-your vision-not only
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The pictures you keep in front of you-your vision-not only drops down into your spirit but
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Of you-your vision-not only drops down into your spirit but it gets into your subconscious
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Drops down into your spirit but it gets into your subconscious mind.
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It gets into your subconscious mind. once something is in the
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Mind. once something is in the subconscious, without even
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Once something is in the subconscious, without even thinking about it, just like
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Subconscious, without even thinking about it, just like gravity, it will pull you
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Thinking about it, just like gravity, it will pull you toward it.
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Gravity, it will pull you toward it. many people have negative
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Toward it. many people have negative images in their subconscious
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Many people have negative images in their subconscious mind. they see themselves weak,
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Images in their subconscious mind. they see themselves weak, defeated, inferior and they
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Mind. they see themselves weak, defeated, inferior and they wonder why it feels like
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Defeated, inferior and they wonder why it feels like something is always pulling
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Wonder why it feels like something is always pulling against them. it's always a
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Something is always pulling against them. it's always a struggle. they never feel good
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Against them. it's always a struggle. they never feel good about themselves.
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Struggle. they never feel good about themselves. it's because they have the wrong
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About themselves. it's because they have the wrong images.
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It's because they have the wrong images. if you will change those
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Images. if you will change those pictures and start seeing
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If you will change those pictures and start seeing yourself the way god sees
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Pictures and start seeing yourself the way god sees you-blessed, prosperous,
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Yourself the way god sees you-blessed, prosperous, healthy, strong, talented,
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You-blessed, prosperous, healthy, strong, talented, successful-then instead of
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Healthy, strong, talented, successful-then instead of having something pulling against
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Successful-then instead of having something pulling against you it will be pulling for you.
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Having something pulling against you it will be pulling for you. you'll be moving toward
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You it will be pulling for you. you'll be moving toward blessing, favor, promotion,
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You'll be moving toward blessing, favor, promotion, increase.
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Blessing, favor, promotion, increase. our imagination is incredibly
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Increase. our imagination is incredibly powerful.
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Our imagination is incredibly powerful. in fact, it says in genesis,
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Powerful. in fact, it says in genesis, "nothing they imagined was
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In fact, it says in genesis, "nothing they imagined was impossible to them."
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"nothing they imagined was impossible to them." once you get a picture of it,
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Impossible to them." once you get a picture of it, either good or bad, you're going
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Once you get a picture of it, either good or bad, you're going to move toward it.
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Either good or bad, you're going to move toward it. i read this study that was done
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To move toward it. i read this study that was done with people that needed
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I read this study that was done with people that needed arthroscopic knee surgery.
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With people that needed arthroscopic knee surgery. their knees were worn down and
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Arthroscopic knee surgery. their knees were worn down and they needed the joint to be
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Their knees were worn down and they needed the joint to be cleaned out.
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They needed the joint to be cleaned out. these doctors, with permission
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Cleaned out. these doctors, with permission from the family, on a certain
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These doctors, with permission from the family, on a certain number of patients, instead of
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From the family, on a certain number of patients, instead of actually performing the surgery
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Number of patients, instead of actually performing the surgery they simply put the patients
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Actually performing the surgery they simply put the patients under anesthesia and made three
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They simply put the patients under anesthesia and made three tiny incisions around the knee
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Under anesthesia and made three tiny incisions around the knee but they didn't do anything.
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Tiny incisions around the knee but they didn't do anything. of course, when the patient woke
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But they didn't do anything. of course, when the patient woke up they thought they had the
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Of course, when the patient woke up they thought they had the full surgery.
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Up they thought they had the full surgery. what's interesting is two years
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Full surgery. what's interesting is two years later the patients that had the
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What's interesting is two years later the patients that had the fake surgery reported just as
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Later the patients that had the fake surgery reported just as much relief from the pain as the
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Fake surgery reported just as much relief from the pain as the patients that had the actual
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Much relief from the pain as the patients that had the actual surgery.
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Patients that had the actual surgery. and it wasn't just in their
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Surgery. and it wasn't just in their mind. when the doctors examined
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And it wasn't just in their mind. when the doctors examined their knees over time they
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Mind. when the doctors examined their knees over time they could see how their knees had
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Their knees over time they could see how their knees had improved.
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Could see how their knees had improved. the doctors' conclusion was,
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Improved. the doctors' conclusion was, "since the brain expected the
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The doctors' conclusion was, "since the brain expected the knee to get better, it got
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"since the brain expected the knee to get better, it got better. it helped it to heal."
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Knee to get better, it got better. it helped it to heal." you could say those doctors
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Better. it helped it to heal." you could say those doctors tricked the patients into having
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You could say those doctors tricked the patients into having a new image and just like
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Tricked the patients into having a new image and just like gravity they moved toward it.
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A new image and just like gravity they moved toward it. let's make it practical.
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Gravity they moved toward it. let's make it practical. you may not feel blessed but if
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Let's make it practical. you may not feel blessed but if you'll get in agreement with god
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You may not feel blessed but if you'll get in agreement with god and get a picture of yourself
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You'll get in agreement with god and get a picture of yourself blessed, you're going to move
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And get a picture of yourself blessed, you're going to move toward it.
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Blessed, you're going to move toward it. your brain is going to say,
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Toward it. your brain is going to say, "come on now. let's get going.
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Your brain is going to say, "come on now. let's get going. they're supposed to be blessed."
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"come on now. let's get going. they're supposed to be blessed." the medical report may not look
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They're supposed to be blessed." the medical report may not look good but instead of seeing
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The medical report may not look good but instead of seeing yourself going downhill start
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Good but instead of seeing yourself going downhill start seeing yourself strong, healthy,
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Yourself going downhill start seeing yourself strong, healthy, full of energy, full of
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Seeing yourself strong, healthy, full of energy, full of vitality. that's what you're
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Full of energy, full of vitality. that's what you're moving toward.
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Vitality. that's what you're moving toward. your dream, in the natural, may
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Moving toward. your dream, in the natural, may look impossible but i'm asking
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Your dream, in the natural, may look impossible but i'm asking you to look out through your
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Look impossible but i'm asking you to look out through your eyes of faith and see yourself
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You to look out through your eyes of faith and see yourself moving into that new home.
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Eyes of faith and see yourself moving into that new home. see yourself getting married.
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Moving into that new home. see yourself getting married. see yourself taking that
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See yourself getting married. see yourself taking that missions trip.
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See yourself taking that missions trip. when you see yourself
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Missions trip. when you see yourself accomplishing your dreams all
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When you see yourself accomplishing your dreams all these unseen forces begin to
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Accomplishing your dreams all these unseen forces begin to move in your direction.
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These unseen forces begin to move in your direction. this is what happened with
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Move in your direction. this is what happened with abraham. god gave him the
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This is what happened with abraham. god gave him the promise that he was going to
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Abraham. god gave him the promise that he was going to be the father of many nations.
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Promise that he was going to be the father of many nations. in the natural it was
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Be the father of many nations. in the natural it was impossible.
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In the natural it was impossible. abraham was 80 years old and
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Impossible. abraham was 80 years old and didn't have one child.
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Abraham was 80 years old and didn't have one child. but what's interesting is god
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Didn't have one child. but what's interesting is god didn't just give him the
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But what's interesting is god didn't just give him the promise. god gave him a picture
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Didn't just give him the promise. god gave him a picture to look at.
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Promise. god gave him a picture to look at. god said, "abraham, go outside
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To look at. god said, "abraham, go outside and look up at the stars.
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God said, "abraham, go outside and look up at the stars. that's how many descendants you
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And look up at the stars. that's how many descendants you will have."
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That's how many descendants you will have." i read where there are 6,000
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Will have." i read where there are 6,000 stars in the eastern sky where
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I read where there are 6,000 stars in the eastern sky where abraham was that night.
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Stars in the eastern sky where abraham was that night. it's not a coincidence that
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Abraham was that night. it's not a coincidence that there are 6,000 promises in the
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It's not a coincidence that there are 6,000 promises in the scripture.
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There are 6,000 promises in the scripture. god was saying, "any promise
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Scripture. god was saying, "any promise that you can get a vision for i
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God was saying, "any promise that you can get a vision for i will bring it to pass."
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That you can get a vision for i will bring it to pass." god told abraham, "go down to
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Will bring it to pass." god told abraham, "go down to the beach and look at the grains
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God told abraham, "go down to the beach and look at the grains of sand. that's how many
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The beach and look at the grains of sand. that's how many relatives you're going to
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Of sand. that's how many relatives you're going to have."
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Relatives you're going to have." why did god give him a picture?
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Have." why did god give him a picture? god knew there would be times
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Why did god give him a picture? god knew there would be times when it seemed like the promise
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God knew there would be times when it seemed like the promise wasn't going to come to pass.
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When it seemed like the promise wasn't going to come to pass. when abraham was tempted to get
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Wasn't going to come to pass. when abraham was tempted to get discouraged and to start
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When abraham was tempted to get discouraged and to start thinking, "it's never going to
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Discouraged and to start thinking, "it's never going to happen," he would go outside and
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Thinking, "it's never going to happen," he would go outside and look up at the sky.
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Happen," he would go outside and look up at the sky. when he saw the stars, faith
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Look up at the sky. when he saw the stars, faith would rise in his heart.
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When he saw the stars, faith would rise in his heart. something would tell him,
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Would rise in his heart. something would tell him, "it's going to happen. i can
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Something would tell him, "it's going to happen. i can see it."
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"it's going to happen. i can see it." in the morning the thoughts came
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See it." in the morning the thoughts came telling him, "you're too old,
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In the morning the thoughts came telling him, "you're too old, abraham. it's too late. you
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Telling him, "you're too old, abraham. it's too late. you didn't hear god right."
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Abraham. it's too late. you didn't hear god right." abraham would go down to the
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Didn't hear god right." abraham would go down to the beach and look at the grains of
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Abraham would go down to the beach and look at the grains of sand. something would come
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Beach and look at the grains of sand. something would come alive on the inside.
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Sand. something would come alive on the inside. his faith would be restored.
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Alive on the inside. his faith would be restored. just like with abraham there
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His faith would be restored. just like with abraham there will be times when it seems like
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Just like with abraham there will be times when it seems like your dream is not going to come
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Will be times when it seems like your dream is not going to come to pass. it's been too long.
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Your dream is not going to come to pass. it's been too long. the medical report looks too
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To pass. it's been too long. the medical report looks too bad. you don't have the money,
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The medical report looks too bad. you don't have the money, the connections. you could
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Bad. you don't have the money, the connections. you could easily get discouraged and
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The connections. you could easily get discouraged and give up.
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Easily get discouraged and give up. no, just like abraham you've got
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Give up. no, just like abraham you've got to go back to the picture god
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No, just like abraham you've got to go back to the picture god gave you. when you close your
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To go back to the picture god gave you. when you close your eyes you have to see yourself
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Gave you. when you close your eyes you have to see yourself strong and healthy.
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Eyes you have to see yourself strong and healthy. see the problem turning around.
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Strong and healthy. see the problem turning around. see your family restored.
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See the problem turning around. see your family restored. see yourself paying off your
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See your family restored. see yourself paying off your house.
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See yourself paying off your house. your vision is what's going to
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House. your vision is what's going to keep you encouraged.
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Your vision is what's going to keep you encouraged. several years ago a lady came
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Keep you encouraged. several years ago a lady came down to the altar for prayer.
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Several years ago a lady came down to the altar for prayer. she had just gone through a very
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Down to the altar for prayer. she had just gone through a very painful divorce. her husband of
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She had just gone through a very painful divorce. her husband of many years left her for another
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Painful divorce. her husband of many years left her for another woman. she was very devastated,
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Many years left her for another woman. she was very devastated, very heartbroken. she didn't
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Woman. she was very devastated, very heartbroken. she didn't see how she could ever be happy
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Very heartbroken. she didn't see how she could ever be happy again. i did my best to
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See how she could ever be happy again. i did my best to encourage her and tell her god
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Again. i did my best to encourage her and tell her god was going to give her beauty
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Encourage her and tell her god was going to give her beauty for those ashes and god was
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Was going to give her beauty for those ashes and god was going to pay her back for that
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For those ashes and god was going to pay her back for that unfair situation.
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Going to pay her back for that unfair situation. she listened but it didn't seem
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Unfair situation. she listened but it didn't seem like my words had much of an
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She listened but it didn't seem like my words had much of an impact. she was very depressed.
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Like my words had much of an impact. she was very depressed. she couldn't see the light at
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Impact. she was very depressed. she couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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She couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. when our vision is negative, our
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The end of the tunnel. when our vision is negative, our life is going to follow that
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When our vision is negative, our life is going to follow that same direction.
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Life is going to follow that same direction. sometimes it's difficult. you
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Same direction. sometimes it's difficult. you don't feel like doing it but
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Sometimes it's difficult. you don't feel like doing it but you cannot afford to sit around
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Don't feel like doing it but you cannot afford to sit around in self-pity.
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You cannot afford to sit around in self-pity. life may not be fair but god is
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In self-pity. life may not be fair but god is fair.
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Life may not be fair but god is fair. you've got to shake off the
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Fair. you've got to shake off the disappointments and get a fresh
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You've got to shake off the disappointments and get a fresh new vision. (applause)
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Disappointments and get a fresh new vision. (applause) your life is not over because
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New vision. (applause) your life is not over because somebody left you. if they
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Your life is not over because somebody left you. if they walked out on you, you didn't
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Somebody left you. if they walked out on you, you didn't need them. god's plan was not
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Walked out on you, you didn't need them. god's plan was not cancelled because of a
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Need them. god's plan was not cancelled because of a disappointment, an unfair
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Cancelled because of a disappointment, an unfair situation, or even because of
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Disappointment, an unfair situation, or even because of a mistake you made.
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Situation, or even because of a mistake you made. if you'll get a new vision
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A mistake you made. if you'll get a new vision instead of being a setback god
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If you'll get a new vision instead of being a setback god will turn it into a setup to do
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Instead of being a setback god will turn it into a setup to do something greater.
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Will turn it into a setup to do something greater. (applause)
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Something greater. (applause) she was weeping and weeping
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(applause) she was weeping and weeping and telling me all the reasons
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She was weeping and weeping and telling me all the reasons she would never meet anybody
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And telling me all the reasons she would never meet anybody and how she was too old and
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She would never meet anybody and how she was too old and just too unattractive, on and
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And how she was too old and just too unattractive, on and on, none of which were true.
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Just too unattractive, on and on, none of which were true. i asked her to do something that
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On, none of which were true. i asked her to do something that would help her to have a new
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I asked her to do something that would help her to have a new image.
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Would help her to have a new image. i said, "get a picture frame and
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Image. i said, "get a picture frame and put it on the table by your bed
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I said, "get a picture frame and put it on the table by your bed with no picture in it, just an
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Put it on the table by your bed with no picture in it, just an empty frame.
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With no picture in it, just an empty frame. every time you see that frame
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Empty frame. every time you see that frame you just imagine that's going to
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Every time you see that frame you just imagine that's going to be a picture of you with the new
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You just imagine that's going to be a picture of you with the new person god brings into your
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Be a picture of you with the new person god brings into your life."
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Person god brings into your life." as an act of faith she put that
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Life." as an act of faith she put that picture frame there.
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As an act of faith she put that picture frame there. every time she saw it she would
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Picture frame there. every time she saw it she would begin to thank god that he was
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Every time she saw it she would begin to thank god that he was directing her steps, bringing
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Begin to thank god that he was directing her steps, bringing the right person into her life,
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Directing her steps, bringing the right person into her life, giving her beauty for her ashes.
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The right person into her life, giving her beauty for her ashes. she got rid of the picture of
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Giving her beauty for her ashes. she got rid of the picture of defeat, being lonely, being
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She got rid of the picture of defeat, being lonely, being depressed.
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Defeat, being lonely, being depressed. she started seeing herself
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Depressed. she started seeing herself beautiful, happy, with the
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She started seeing herself beautiful, happy, with the person of her dreams.
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Beautiful, happy, with the person of her dreams. three years later she showed up
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Person of her dreams. three years later she showed up to the altar. once again she
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Three years later she showed up to the altar. once again she was weeping and weeping but
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To the altar. once again she was weeping and weeping but this time they were not tears
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Was weeping and weeping but this time they were not tears of sadness. they were tears of
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This time they were not tears of sadness. they were tears of joy. you see, she had this very
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Of sadness. they were tears of joy. you see, she had this very handsome gentleman by her side.
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Joy. you see, she had this very handsome gentleman by her side. she said, "joel, this is the man
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Handsome gentleman by her side. she said, "joel, this is the man that i saw in that picture frame
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She said, "joel, this is the man that i saw in that picture frame that you had me put up. we're
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That i saw in that picture frame that you had me put up. we're going to get married next
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That you had me put up. we're going to get married next saturday." (applause)
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Going to get married next saturday." (applause) the scripture says, "weeping
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Saturday." (applause) the scripture says, "weeping may endure for a night but
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The scripture says, "weeping may endure for a night but joy is coming in the morning."
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May endure for a night but joy is coming in the morning." (applause)
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Joy is coming in the morning." (applause) my question is, "what's in your
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(applause) my question is, "what's in your picture frame?" what do you see
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My question is, "what's in your picture frame?" what do you see when you look out into your
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Picture frame?" what do you see when you look out into your future? more of the same?
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When you look out into your future? more of the same? "i've reached my limits. my
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Future? more of the same? "i've reached my limits. my business will never succeed.
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"i've reached my limits. my business will never succeed. i'll always be lonely,
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Business will never succeed. i'll always be lonely, overweight, addicted."
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I'll always be lonely, overweight, addicted." that's going to keep you where
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Overweight, addicted." that's going to keep you where you are. you've got to change
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That's going to keep you where you are. you've got to change what's in the frame. you've got
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You are. you've got to change what's in the frame. you've got to put a new picture in there.
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What's in the frame. you've got to put a new picture in there. start seeing yourself strong,
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To put a new picture in there. start seeing yourself strong, beautiful, successful,
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Start seeing yourself strong, beautiful, successful, fulfilled. your life is not
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Beautiful, successful, fulfilled. your life is not going to change until you
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Fulfilled. your life is not going to change until you change the picture.
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Going to change until you change the picture. this is what my father did.
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Change the picture. this is what my father did. he grew up extremely poor, had
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This is what my father did. he grew up extremely poor, had no money, no education, no real
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He grew up extremely poor, had no money, no education, no real future to speak of.
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No money, no education, no real future to speak of. but at seventeen years old my
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Future to speak of. but at seventeen years old my father gave his life to christ.
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But at seventeen years old my father gave his life to christ. god called him to preach.
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Father gave his life to christ. god called him to preach. he began to see himself
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God called him to preach. he began to see himself ministering to thousands of
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He began to see himself ministering to thousands of people. that was unheard of
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Ministering to thousands of people. that was unheard of back there in the 1930's.
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People. that was unheard of back there in the 1930's. there weren't big churches like
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Back there in the 1930's. there weren't big churches like we have today.
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There weren't big churches like we have today. daddy had never been to
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We have today. daddy had never been to seminary, especially not at
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Daddy had never been to seminary, especially not at seventeen, never had any formal
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Seminary, especially not at seventeen, never had any formal training. all he knew how to
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Seventeen, never had any formal training. all he knew how to do was pick cotton.
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Training. all he knew how to do was pick cotton. but my father changed the
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Do was pick cotton. but my father changed the picture in the frame.
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But my father changed the picture in the frame. instead of seeing himself poor,
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Picture in the frame. instead of seeing himself poor, defeated, barely getting by, he
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Instead of seeing himself poor, defeated, barely getting by, he started seeing himself touching
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Defeated, barely getting by, he started seeing himself touching the world.
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Started seeing himself touching the world. he went on to do exactly that.
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The world. he went on to do exactly that. friends, your life is going to
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He went on to do exactly that. friends, your life is going to follow your vision. if you have
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Friends, your life is going to follow your vision. if you have a small vision you're going to
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Follow your vision. if you have a small vision you're going to have a small life.
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A small vision you're going to have a small life. but if you will let the seeds of
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Have a small life. but if you will let the seeds of greatness that god is planting
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But if you will let the seeds of greatness that god is planting on the inside take root, if
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Greatness that god is planting on the inside take root, if you'll have a big vision, god
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On the inside take root, if you'll have a big vision, god will take you places you never
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You'll have a big vision, god will take you places you never thought possible.
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Will take you places you never thought possible. i remember as a little boy
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Thought possible. i remember as a little boy lakewood was in our very
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I remember as a little boy lakewood was in our very first auditorium. it held 200
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Lakewood was in our very first auditorium. it held 200 people. my father would get up
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First auditorium. it held 200 people. my father would get up on sundays.
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People. my father would get up on sundays. he would point to the right and
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On sundays. he would point to the right and say to the congregation, "can
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He would point to the right and say to the congregation, "can you see that new sanctuary
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Say to the congregation, "can you see that new sanctuary seating a thousand people?
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You see that new sanctuary seating a thousand people? can you see it totally paid
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Seating a thousand people? can you see it totally paid off?"
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Can you see it totally paid off?" all that was out there was an
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Off?" all that was out there was an empty field with cows grazing
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All that was out there was an empty field with cows grazing in it. the visitors thought my
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Empty field with cows grazing in it. the visitors thought my father had lost his mind.
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In it. the visitors thought my father had lost his mind. but he wasn't looking at it in
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Father had lost his mind. but he wasn't looking at it in the natural. he was looking
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But he wasn't looking at it in the natural. he was looking out through his eyes of faith.
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The natural. he was looking out through his eyes of faith. eventually that sanctuary came
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Out through his eyes of faith. eventually that sanctuary came into reality plus many, many
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Eventually that sanctuary came into reality plus many, many others. (applause)
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Into reality plus many, many others. (applause) some of you today, if you would
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Others. (applause) some of you today, if you would just put new pictures in your
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Some of you today, if you would just put new pictures in your frame your life would go to a
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Just put new pictures in your frame your life would go to a new level.
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Frame your life would go to a new level. you don't have to figure out how
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New level. you don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. all
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You don't have to figure out how it's going to happen. all you've got to do is believe.
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It's going to happen. all you've got to do is believe. one touch of god's favor can
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You've got to do is believe. one touch of god's favor can bring any dream to pass.
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One touch of god's favor can bring any dream to pass. one good break, one promotion,
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Bring any dream to pass. one good break, one promotion, one phone call and what looked
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One good break, one promotion, one phone call and what looked like an impossibility all of a
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One phone call and what looked like an impossibility all of a sudden is a reality.
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Like an impossibility all of a sudden is a reality. you've heard the saying, "if you
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Sudden is a reality. you've heard the saying, "if you can see the invisible god can do
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You've heard the saying, "if you can see the invisible god can do the impossible."
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Can see the invisible god can do the impossible." when we were trying to acquire
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The impossible." when we were trying to acquire this place, the former compaq
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When we were trying to acquire this place, the former compaq center, it was a three and a
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This place, the former compaq center, it was a three and a half year battle. all kinds of
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Center, it was a three and a half year battle. all kinds of things came against us.
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Half year battle. all kinds of things came against us. at times, in the natural, it
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Things came against us. at times, in the natural, it looked like it wasn't going to
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At times, in the natural, it looked like it wasn't going to happen.
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Looked like it wasn't going to happen. but instead of worrying about
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Happen. but instead of worrying about it, letting those negative
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But instead of worrying about it, letting those negative pictures take root, all through
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It, letting those negative pictures take root, all through the day, just like my father
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Pictures take root, all through the day, just like my father did, i would see this place as
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The day, just like my father did, i would see this place as being ours. in my imagination
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Did, i would see this place as being ours. in my imagination i could see the lakewood sign
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Being ours. in my imagination i could see the lakewood sign out front. i could see myself
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I could see the lakewood sign out front. i could see myself up here ministering.
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Out front. i could see myself up here ministering. i could see all of you long
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Up here ministering. i could see all of you long before you got here.
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I could see all of you long before you got here. many times at night victoria and
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Before you got here. many times at night victoria and i would drive up to the
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Many times at night victoria and i would drive up to the building. if nothing was going
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I would drive up to the building. if nothing was going on we would get out and walk
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Building. if nothing was going on we would get out and walk around it and pray and believe
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On we would get out and walk around it and pray and believe and dream. that image was
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Around it and pray and believe and dream. that image was becoming engrained in our
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And dream. that image was becoming engrained in our thinking. the more we saw it,
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Becoming engrained in our thinking. the more we saw it, the more faith rose in our
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Thinking. the more we saw it, the more faith rose in our hearts.
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The more faith rose in our hearts. in my imagination i could
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Hearts. in my imagination i could already see the mayor handing us
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In my imagination i could already see the mayor handing us the keys. i could already see
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Already see the mayor handing us the keys. i could already see the confetti falling during the
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The keys. i could already see the confetti falling during the groundbreaking service.
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The confetti falling during the groundbreaking service. i could already see it full of
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Groundbreaking service. i could already see it full of thousands of victors and not
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I could already see it full of thousands of victors and not victims. (applause)
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Thousands of victors and not victims. (applause) for three and a half years we
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Victims. (applause) for three and a half years we kept that image in front of us.
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For three and a half years we kept that image in front of us. on december 1, 2003 when the
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Kept that image in front of us. on december 1, 2003 when the mayor handed us the key it was
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On december 1, 2003 when the mayor handed us the key it was just like i had seen it before.
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Mayor handed us the key it was just like i had seen it before. on december 13, when the
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Just like i had seen it before. on december 13, when the confetti fell on the
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On december 13, when the confetti fell on the groundbreaking services, it was
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Confetti fell on the groundbreaking services, it was just like i had seen it before.
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Groundbreaking services, it was just like i had seen it before. in 2005, the week of the grand
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Just like i had seen it before. in 2005, the week of the grand opening, a reporter asked me
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In 2005, the week of the grand opening, a reporter asked me what it was going to be like to
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Opening, a reporter asked me what it was going to be like to stand up and minister here for
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What it was going to be like to stand up and minister here for the first time. i didn't say it
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Stand up and minister here for the first time. i didn't say it but i thought to myself, "i've
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The first time. i didn't say it but i thought to myself, "i've ministered in this building
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But i thought to myself, "i've ministered in this building thousands of times before."
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Ministered in this building thousands of times before." friends, you've got to see it on
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Thousands of times before." friends, you've got to see it on the inside before it's going to
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Friends, you've got to see it on the inside before it's going to come to pass on the outside.
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The inside before it's going to come to pass on the outside. have you ever seen yourself
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Come to pass on the outside. have you ever seen yourself accomplishing your dreams?
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Have you ever seen yourself accomplishing your dreams? graduating from college?
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Accomplishing your dreams? graduating from college? have you ever seen yourself
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Graduating from college? have you ever seen yourself healthy, whole? free from
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Have you ever seen yourself healthy, whole? free from addictions? free from any kind
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Healthy, whole? free from addictions? free from any kind of sicknesses? (applause)
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Addictions? free from any kind of sicknesses? (applause) in 1981 my mother was very sick
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Of sicknesses? (applause) in 1981 my mother was very sick with cancer of the liver.
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In 1981 my mother was very sick with cancer of the liver. she weighed 89 pounds. her skin
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With cancer of the liver. she weighed 89 pounds. her skin was as yellow as can be.
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She weighed 89 pounds. her skin was as yellow as can be. i was away at college. when
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Was as yellow as can be. i was away at college. when i came back home i hardly
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I was away at college. when i came back home i hardly recognized my mother.
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I came back home i hardly recognized my mother. she looked so bad.
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Recognized my mother. she looked so bad. one thing my mother did was she
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She looked so bad. one thing my mother did was she put up pictures all over the
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One thing my mother did was she put up pictures all over the house from a time when she was
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Put up pictures all over the house from a time when she was healthy.
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House from a time when she was healthy. she had her wedding pictures up
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Healthy. she had her wedding pictures up on the refrigerator and all over
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She had her wedding pictures up on the refrigerator and all over the den. on her bathroom mirror
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On the refrigerator and all over the den. on her bathroom mirror she had a picture of herself
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The den. on her bathroom mirror she had a picture of herself riding a horse in montana with
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She had a picture of herself riding a horse in montana with a big pink cowboy hat.
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Riding a horse in montana with a big pink cowboy hat. i thought, "what are all these
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A big pink cowboy hat. i thought, "what are all these pictures doing up?"
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I thought, "what are all these pictures doing up?" my mother had put them there to
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Pictures doing up?" my mother had put them there to create a new image on the
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My mother had put them there to create a new image on the inside.
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Create a new image on the inside. you see, when she looked in the
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Inside. you see, when she looked in the mirror she saw death staring
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You see, when she looked in the mirror she saw death staring back at her.
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Mirror she saw death staring back at her. she didn't want that image to
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Back at her. she didn't want that image to become engrained in her
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She didn't want that image to become engrained in her thinking. now everywhere she
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Become engrained in her thinking. now everywhere she looked all over the house she
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Thinking. now everywhere she looked all over the house she saw herself healthy, strong,
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Looked all over the house she saw herself healthy, strong, happy, fulfilling her destiny.
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Saw herself healthy, strong, happy, fulfilling her destiny. that's the image she let take
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Happy, fulfilling her destiny. that's the image she let take root. (applause)
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That's the image she let take root. (applause) today, 31 years later she looks
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Root. (applause) today, 31 years later she looks just like she did in those
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Today, 31 years later she looks just like she did in those pictures, as strong and healthy
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Just like she did in those pictures, as strong and healthy as can be. (applause)
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Pictures, as strong and healthy as can be. (applause) i've found life tries to push
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As can be. (applause) i've found life tries to push us down. life tries to put out
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I've found life tries to push us down. life tries to put out the fire that god lights on the
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Us down. life tries to put out the fire that god lights on the inside through disappointments,
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The fire that god lights on the inside through disappointments, bad breaks, people discouraging
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Inside through disappointments, bad breaks, people discouraging us. too often we settle for
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Bad breaks, people discouraging us. too often we settle for mediocrity.
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Us. too often we settle for mediocrity. we miss out on the fullness of
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Mediocrity. we miss out on the fullness of what god has in store.
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We miss out on the fullness of what god has in store. some of you today, your vision
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What god has in store. some of you today, your vision is too small. god has a much
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Some of you today, your vision is too small. god has a much bigger life than you're living
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Is too small. god has a much bigger life than you're living but you're letting how you were
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Bigger life than you're living but you're letting how you were raised, your environment,
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But you're letting how you were raised, your environment, perhaps the disappointments of
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Raised, your environment, perhaps the disappointments of the past to set the limits for
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Perhaps the disappointments of the past to set the limits for your life. you've got to
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The past to set the limits for your life. you've got to enlarge your vision.
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Your life. you've got to enlarge your vision. your parents may have reached a
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Enlarge your vision. your parents may have reached a certain level but god wants you
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Your parents may have reached a certain level but god wants you to go further.
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Certain level but god wants you to go further. there should be something you're
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To go further. there should be something you're dreaming about that's too big
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There should be something you're dreaming about that's too big for you to accomplish on your
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Dreaming about that's too big for you to accomplish on your own, something that you cannot
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For you to accomplish on your own, something that you cannot afford, something that you're
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Own, something that you cannot afford, something that you're not qualified for.
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Afford, something that you're not qualified for. it's going to take god's favor,
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Not qualified for. it's going to take god's favor, god's blessing, to bring it to
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It's going to take god's favor, god's blessing, to bring it to pass.
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God's blessing, to bring it to pass. friends, have a big vision.
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Pass. friends, have a big vision. that's your faith being
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Friends, have a big vision. that's your faith being released.
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That's your faith being released. i have friends that pastor a
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Released. i have friends that pastor a church in another state.
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I have friends that pastor a church in another state. when they first started their
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Church in another state. when they first started their church they barely had anything.
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When they first started their church they barely had anything. they were living in a tiny
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Church they barely had anything. they were living in a tiny apartment, no furniture
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They were living in a tiny apartment, no furniture practically, could hardly pay
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Apartment, no furniture practically, could hardly pay their rent each month.
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Practically, could hardly pay their rent each month. they would both work during the
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Their rent each month. they would both work during the day and then on sundays about
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They would both work during the day and then on sundays about fifteen people would come to
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Day and then on sundays about fifteen people would come to their apartment and they would
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Fifteen people would come to their apartment and they would have church.
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Their apartment and they would have church. this went on year after year
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Have church. this went on year after year with no growth. they were very
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This went on year after year with no growth. they were very tempted to get discouraged.
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With no growth. they were very tempted to get discouraged. they knew god had put something
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Tempted to get discouraged. they knew god had put something bigger in their heart but it
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They knew god had put something bigger in their heart but it didn't look like it was going to
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Bigger in their heart but it didn't look like it was going to happen.
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Didn't look like it was going to happen. but rather than sit around in
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Happen. but rather than sit around in their little apartment every
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But rather than sit around in their little apartment every night, feel sorry for
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Their little apartment every night, feel sorry for themselves, feel like failures,
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Night, feel sorry for themselves, feel like failures, they did something interesting.
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Themselves, feel like failures, they did something interesting. they would drive down to one of
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They did something interesting. they would drive down to one of the big, fancy hotels in their
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They would drive down to one of the big, fancy hotels in their area. they didn't even have
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The big, fancy hotels in their area. they didn't even have money to pay for parking.
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Area. they didn't even have money to pay for parking. they would have to park way down
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Money to pay for parking. they would have to park way down the road and walk the rest of
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They would have to park way down the road and walk the rest of the way. they would go into
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The road and walk the rest of the way. they would go into that hotel lobby and night
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The way. they would go into that hotel lobby and night after night just sit there and
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That hotel lobby and night after night just sit there and dream. they wanted to put
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After night just sit there and dream. they wanted to put themselves in an atmosphere
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Dream. they wanted to put themselves in an atmosphere of victory, an atmosphere of
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Themselves in an atmosphere of victory, an atmosphere of success. as they would look
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Of victory, an atmosphere of success. as they would look around at all the beautiful
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Success. as they would look around at all the beautiful surroundings they would begin
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Around at all the beautiful surroundings they would begin to thank god, "one day you are
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Surroundings they would begin to thank god, "one day you are going to bring our dreams to
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To thank god, "one day you are going to bring our dreams to pass. one day we're going to be
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Going to bring our dreams to pass. one day we're going to be pastoring a church with
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Pass. one day we're going to be pastoring a church with thousands."
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Pastoring a church with thousands." what were they doing?
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Thousands." what were they doing? enlarging their vision.
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What were they doing? enlarging their vision. they got out of their well to
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Enlarging their vision. they got out of their well to help expand their thinking.
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They got out of their well to help expand their thinking. today, 25 years later, they're
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Help expand their thinking. today, 25 years later, they're living their dream. they're
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Today, 25 years later, they're living their dream. they're pastoring a very successful
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Living their dream. they're pastoring a very successful church. like them, you may be
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Pastoring a very successful church. like them, you may be at a place that doesn't seem
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Church. like them, you may be at a place that doesn't seem very good. what you see on the
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At a place that doesn't seem very good. what you see on the outside doesn't match what god
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Very good. what you see on the outside doesn't match what god has put on the inside. but
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Outside doesn't match what god has put on the inside. but don't sit around in self-pity,
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Has put on the inside. but don't sit around in self-pity, depressed, discouraged.
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Don't sit around in self-pity, depressed, discouraged. go out and find someplace you
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Depressed, discouraged. go out and find someplace you can dream. go to the park and
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Go out and find someplace you can dream. go to the park and watch the sunset.
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Can dream. go to the park and watch the sunset. look up at the stars and think
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Watch the sunset. look up at the stars and think about god's goodness. you've
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Look up at the stars and think about god's goodness. you've got to get out of that well.
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About god's goodness. you've got to get out of that well. find some place that inspires
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Got to get out of that well. find some place that inspires you, some place where your faith
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Find some place that inspires you, some place where your faith will be elevated.
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You, some place where your faith will be elevated. that's why it's important to
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Will be elevated. that's why it's important to come to a church like lakewood
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That's why it's important to come to a church like lakewood where people are going to build
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Come to a church like lakewood where people are going to build you up and not tear you down,
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Where people are going to build you up and not tear you down, where people are going to
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You up and not tear you down, where people are going to challenge you to rise higher, to
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Where people are going to challenge you to rise higher, to become all that god has created
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Challenge you to rise higher, to become all that god has created you to be. (applause)
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Become all that god has created you to be. (applause) listen, i know people, they
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You to be. (applause) listen, i know people, they come home from work every night
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Listen, i know people, they come home from work every night and watch the same depressing
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Come home from work every night and watch the same depressing tv shows week after week and
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And watch the same depressing tv shows week after week and wonder why nothing gets better.
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Tv shows week after week and wonder why nothing gets better. no, if you're going to enlarge
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Wonder why nothing gets better. no, if you're going to enlarge your vision you've got to get
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No, if you're going to enlarge your vision you've got to get out of a limited environment.
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Your vision you've got to get out of a limited environment. put yourself somewhere bigger
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Out of a limited environment. put yourself somewhere bigger than you are right now; that
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Put yourself somewhere bigger than you are right now; that atmosphere of victory and
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Than you are right now; that atmosphere of victory and success.
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Atmosphere of victory and success. i heard a famous rapper being
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Success. i heard a famous rapper being interviewed on television years
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I heard a famous rapper being interviewed on television years ago. the interviewer asked him
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Interviewed on television years ago. the interviewer asked him why his lyrics were so filled
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Ago. the interviewer asked him why his lyrics were so filled with hatred and violence and
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Why his lyrics were so filled with hatred and violence and why he always talked about
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With hatred and violence and why he always talked about killings and shootings and
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Why he always talked about killings and shootings and muggings.
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Killings and shootings and muggings. he said, "oh, man. i'm just
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Muggings. he said, "oh, man. i'm just rapping about life. that's the
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He said, "oh, man. i'm just rapping about life. that's the way the world is."
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Rapping about life. that's the way the world is." no, the truth is that's not the
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Way the world is." no, the truth is that's not the way the world is. that's the
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No, the truth is that's not the way the world is. that's the way his world is. that's the
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Way the world is. that's the way his world is. that's the way it is the six blocks around
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Way his world is. that's the way it is the six blocks around his house. if he would drive
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Way it is the six blocks around his house. if he would drive three miles down the freeway he
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His house. if he would drive three miles down the freeway he would see people loving their
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Three miles down the freeway he would see people loving their families, people going to
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Would see people loving their families, people going to colleges, people starting
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Families, people going to colleges, people starting businesses, people fulfilling
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Colleges, people starting businesses, people fulfilling their destiny. (applause)
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Businesses, people fulfilling their destiny. (applause) what's the problem?
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Their destiny. (applause) what's the problem? his vision is being limited by
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What's the problem? his vision is being limited by his environment. all he's got
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His vision is being limited by his environment. all he's got to do is get in a different
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His environment. all he's got to do is get in a different environment, an environment
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To do is get in a different environment, an environment that inspires him instead of
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Environment, an environment that inspires him instead of depresses him.
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That inspires him instead of depresses him. i have friends that run an
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Depresses him. i have friends that run an orphanage in a very poor nation.
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I have friends that run an orphanage in a very poor nation. every friday they go down to the
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Orphanage in a very poor nation. every friday they go down to the slums and they take these
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Every friday they go down to the slums and they take these children to the beach. they
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Slums and they take these children to the beach. they call it "dream day."
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Children to the beach. they call it "dream day." as the children play in the sand
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Call it "dream day." as the children play in the sand and the water and they look at
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As the children play in the sand and the water and they look at the beautiful ocean and they
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And the water and they look at the beautiful ocean and they watch the magnificent sunsets,
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The beautiful ocean and they watch the magnificent sunsets, they talk to them about how god
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Watch the magnificent sunsets, they talk to them about how god knew them before they were
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They talk to them about how god knew them before they were formed in their mother's womb,
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Knew them before they were formed in their mother's womb, how they have seeds of greatness
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Formed in their mother's womb, how they have seeds of greatness on the inside.
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How they have seeds of greatness on the inside. they speak vision into them.
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On the inside. they speak vision into them. they're finding that these
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They speak vision into them. they're finding that these children from the slums are
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They're finding that these children from the slums are overcoming incredible odds,
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Children from the slums are overcoming incredible odds, getting scholarships to
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Overcoming incredible odds, getting scholarships to colleges, breaking out of
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Getting scholarships to colleges, breaking out of poverty, becoming leaders in the
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Colleges, breaking out of poverty, becoming leaders in the community. (applause)
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Poverty, becoming leaders in the community. (applause) friends, what's in your future
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Community. (applause) friends, what's in your future has much to do with what you can
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Friends, what's in your future has much to do with what you can see.
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Has much to do with what you can see. i'm asking you to see yourself
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See. i'm asking you to see yourself blessed, prosperous, strong,
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I'm asking you to see yourself blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, talented, successful,
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Blessed, prosperous, strong, healthy, talented, successful, accomplishing your dreams.
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Healthy, talented, successful, accomplishing your dreams. don't get stuck in a rut and
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Accomplishing your dreams. don't get stuck in a rut and just see more of the same.
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Don't get stuck in a rut and just see more of the same. you may have been through
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Just see more of the same. you may have been through disappointments but this is a
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You may have been through disappointments but this is a new day. your greatest
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Disappointments but this is a new day. your greatest victories are still in your
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New day. your greatest victories are still in your future. now make sure what you
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Victories are still in your future. now make sure what you put in that picture frame is
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Future. now make sure what you put in that picture frame is too big for you to accomplish
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Put in that picture frame is too big for you to accomplish on your own.
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Too big for you to accomplish on your own. dream big. enlarge your vision.
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On your own. dream big. enlarge your vision. if you will keep the right
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Dream big. enlarge your vision. if you will keep the right picture in front of you, instead
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If you will keep the right picture in front of you, instead of having something pulling
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Picture in front of you, instead of having something pulling against you it will be pulling
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Of having something pulling against you it will be pulling for you. like abraham, even
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Against you it will be pulling for you. like abraham, even though it looks impossible, god
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For you. like abraham, even though it looks impossible, god will bring the promise to pass.
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Though it looks impossible, god will bring the promise to pass. one day instead of just having
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Will bring the promise to pass. one day instead of just having the dream you will be living the
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One day instead of just having the dream you will be living the dream.
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The dream you will be living the dream. what you see will become a
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Dream. what you see will become a reality. in jesus' name.
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What you see will become a reality. in jesus' name. do you receive it today?
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Reality. in jesus' name. do you receive it today? (cheering/applause)
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Do you receive it today? (cheering/applause) we never like to close our
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(cheering/applause) we never like to close our broadcast without giving you an
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come in to my heart.
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I repent of my sins. come in to my heart. wash me clean.
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Come in to my heart. wash me clean. i make you my lord and savior."
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Wash me clean. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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I make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good
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Simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based church.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place.
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Bible-based church. keep god first place. he is going to take you places
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Keep god first place. he is going to take you places you've never dreamed of.
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Your destiny is too great,
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Your destiny is too great, your calling too important,
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Your calling too important, and your future too bright
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And your future too bright to live in fear.
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To live in fear. fear may knock,
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Fear may knock, but you don't have
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But you don't have to let it in.
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To let it in. it's time to let faith answer.
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It's time to let faith answer. fear is a powerful force,
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Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
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But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
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What we focus on shapes our reality.
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In my new book, no more fear:
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In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
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You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
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To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
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In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
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Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
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I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
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I will not fear," you too can walk through
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You too can walk through life's challenges
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Life's challenges without being paralyzed
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Without being paralyzed by fear.
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By fear. i can't promise you
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I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
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You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
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But i can teach you how to rise above it
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How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
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By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
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Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
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The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
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With faith-filled ones. you can live
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You can live from a place of peace,
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From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
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Power, and purpose. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. the bible proclaims,
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The bible proclaims, "the lord is my light
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"the lord is my light and my salvation;
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And my salvation; whom shall i fear?"
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Whom shall i fear?" this powerful
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This powerful and practical book
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And practical book will help you silence doubt,
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Will help you silence doubt, overcome anxiety,
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Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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Overcoming power. when fear whispers,
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When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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"you can't," this devotional will stir
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This devotional will stir your faith
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Your faith to declare, "god will."
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To declare, "god will." each page
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Each page reminds you
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Reminds you that you weren't
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That you weren't created to live in fear
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Created to live in fear or despair.
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Or despair. you were created to live
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You were created to live with passion,
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With passion, purpose, and confidence
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Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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In god's plans for your life. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above fear
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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And walk in victory. fear doesn't have
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Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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The final say, god does. be bold,
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Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we're praying for
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We're praying for you and your family,
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You and your family, believing for god's very best.
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Believing for god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end
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Making a special year-end gift; helps
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Gift; helps to keep the ministries strong.
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To keep the ministries strong. i always want to thank our
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I always want to thank our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. and until we see you next time,
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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And keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of joel's new book,
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Your copy of joel's new book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. visit joelosteen.com or
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Call 888-567-joel. and for a special year-end gift
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And for a special year-end gift this month,
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This month, we're also offering the
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We're also offering the god's word work study collection
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God's word work study collection this empowering set includes
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This empowering set includes the niv,
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Joel Osteen - The Power of Your Vision

November 22, 2025 | 29:55

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