Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Pregnant With Possibility

May 1, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Pregnant With Possibility | May 1, 2025

(applause)
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(applause) well, god bless you. it's
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Well, god bless you. it's our joy to come into your
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Our joy to come into your homes and if you're ever in
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Homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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And be a part of one of our services. i promise you
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Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right
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We'll make you feel right at home. but thanks so much
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At home. but thanks so much for tuning in today and
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For tuning in today and thank you again for coming
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Thank you again for coming out.
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Out. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this husband. he was
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About this husband. he was quietly reading his
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Quietly reading his newspaper when his wife
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Newspaper when his wife snuck up behind him and
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Snuck up behind him and hit him in the head with
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Hit him in the head with a frying pan. he said,
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A frying pan. he said, "what was that for?"
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"what was that for?" she said, "that was for
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She said, "that was for the piece of paper i found
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The piece of paper i found in your pocket with the
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In your pocket with the name 'mary lou' on it."
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Name 'mary lou' on it." he said, "aw, honey.
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He said, "aw, honey. that's just one of the
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That's just one of the horses that i bet on at
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Horses that i bet on at the race track last week."
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The race track last week." she apologized and went
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She apologized and went about her business. two
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About her business. two days later, she hit him
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Days later, she hit him on the head with a bigger
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On the head with a bigger frying pan. when he came
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Frying pan. when he came to, he said, "what in the
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To, he said, "what in the world was that for?"
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World was that for?" she said, "your horse
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She said, "your horse just called."
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Just called." say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: this is my bible, i am what
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This is my bible, i am what it says i am, i have what
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It says i am, i have what it says i have, i can do
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It says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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What it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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Confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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You. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "pregnant with
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About "pregnant with possibility".
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Possibility". when a woman is pregnant,
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When a woman is pregnant, for the first few months,
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For the first few months, she doesn't look any
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She doesn't look any different. she's the same
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Different. she's the same size, wears the same
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Size, wears the same clothes; has the same
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Clothes; has the same amount of energy. from the
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Amount of energy. from the outside, there's no sign
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Outside, there's no sign that she's going to have
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That she's going to have a baby. if you just looked
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A baby. if you just looked at it in the natural, you
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At it in the natural, you could think, "you're not
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Could think, "you're not pregnant. there's nothing
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Pregnant. there's nothing different about you." but
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Different about you." but what you can't see is on
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What you can't see is on the inside a seed has
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The inside a seed has taken root. conception has
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Taken root. conception has occurred. in a few months,
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Occurred. in a few months, she'll start showing,
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She'll start showing, gaining more weight.
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Gaining more weight. a few more months, she'll
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A few more months, she'll feel something kicking on
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Feel something kicking on the inside. out of nowhere
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The inside. out of nowhere a kick here, a kick there.
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A kick here, a kick there. she's still never seen the
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She's still never seen the baby in person. she's never
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Baby in person. she's never held that baby but she's
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Held that baby but she's not worried, she knows
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Not worried, she knows the baby is on the way.
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The baby is on the way. nine months after she
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Nine months after she conceives, she'll give
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Conceives, she'll give birth to that little child.
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Birth to that little child. in the same way, you may
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In the same way, you may not realize it but you
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Not realize it but you are pregnant.
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Are pregnant. god has placed all kinds
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God has placed all kinds of potential in you.
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Of potential in you. there are gifts, talents,
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There are gifts, talents, ideas. he's put dreams,
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Ideas. he's put dreams, businesses, books, songs,
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Businesses, books, songs, healing; freedom.
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Healing; freedom. you are pregnant with
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You are pregnant with possibility, pregnant with
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Possibility, pregnant with increase, pregnant with
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Increase, pregnant with healing.
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Healing. just because you don't see
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Just because you don't see anything happening doesn't
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Anything happening doesn't mean it's not going to come
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Mean it's not going to come to pass.
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To pass. that seed god put in you
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That seed god put in you has already taken root.
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Has already taken root. conception has occurred.
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Conception has occurred. like this woman, you may
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Like this woman, you may not see any sign of it for
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Not see any sign of it for some time but don't worry.
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Some time but don't worry. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. you are pregnant with
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You are pregnant with your miracle, pregnant
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Your miracle, pregnant with abundance.
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With abundance. may be pregnant with a
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May be pregnant with a new business. instead of
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New business. instead of being discouraged, down,
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Being discouraged, down, "aw joel, it's never going
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"aw joel, it's never going to happen. it's been so
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To happen. it's been so long. i've been through
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Long. i've been through too much."
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Too much." our attitude should be,
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Our attitude should be, "i can feel something
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"i can feel something kicking on the inside.
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Kicking on the inside. i know this baby is still
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I know this baby is still alive. i'm going to give
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Alive. i'm going to give birth to what god put in
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Birth to what god put in me."
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Me." maybe you've struggled
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Maybe you've struggled with an addiction for a
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With an addiction for a long time. instead of
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Long time. instead of believing the lie that you
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Believing the lie that you could never break it, "no,
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Could never break it, "no, i'm pregnant with freedom.
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I'm pregnant with freedom. i'm pregnant with
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I'm pregnant with wholeness. you may not
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Wholeness. you may not see any changes, but i can
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See any changes, but i can feel something kicking.
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Feel something kicking. i can feel something
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I can feel something stirring down in my
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Stirring down in my spirit."
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Spirit." when you live with this
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When you live with this kind of expectancy, you're
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Kind of expectancy, you're going to give birth to
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Going to give birth to what god put in you.
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What god put in you. psalm 7 says, "the ungodly
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Psalm 7 says, "the ungodly are pregnant with
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Are pregnant with trouble." the good news
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Trouble." the good news is that's not you. you are
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Is that's not you. you are the righteous. you're not
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The righteous. you're not pregnant with trouble,
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Pregnant with trouble, with bad breaks, sickness,
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With bad breaks, sickness, lack, depression. you are
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Lack, depression. you are pregnant with favor,
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Pregnant with favor, pregnant with talent,
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Pregnant with talent, pregnant with victory.
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Pregnant with victory. all through the day, "lord,
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All through the day, "lord, i want to thank you that
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I want to thank you that i'm pregnant with your
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I'm pregnant with your promises, that i will give
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Promises, that i will give birth to everything you've
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Birth to everything you've put in me."
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Put in me." you may not see any
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You may not see any changes. it may not look
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Changes. it may not look in the natural like it's
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In the natural like it's ever going to work out but
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Ever going to work out but deep down in your spirit,
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Deep down in your spirit, you have to believe that
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You have to believe that conception has occurred.
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Conception has occurred. you are pregnant with
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You are pregnant with that new house you've
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That new house you've been dreaming about.
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Been dreaming about. in god's perfect timing,
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In god's perfect timing, when everything is ready,
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When everything is ready, you're going to give birth.
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You're going to give birth. your family may be
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Your family may be struggling with
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Struggling with dysfunction in your home.
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Dysfunction in your home. don't live worried.
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Don't live worried. you are pregnant with
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You are pregnant with restoration, pregnant
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Restoration, pregnant with the breakthrough.
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With the breakthrough. or maybe business is slow;
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Or maybe business is slow; you lost your main client.
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You lost your main client. you could easily be
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You could easily be discouraged but you can
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Discouraged but you can feel something kicking on
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Feel something kicking on the inside, something
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The inside, something saying, "you are the head
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Saying, "you are the head and not the tail. whatever
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And not the tail. whatever you touch will prosper and
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You touch will prosper and succeed."
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Succeed." perhaps your dream looks
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Perhaps your dream looks impossible. it's been a
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Impossible. it's been a long time, you tried and
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Long time, you tried and it didn't work out but
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It didn't work out but deep down you can't help
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Deep down you can't help it. something keeps
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It. something keeps kicking, telling you that
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Kicking, telling you that it's on the way. what god
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It's on the way. what god started, he will finish.
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Started, he will finish. i talked to a gentleman
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I talked to a gentleman recently. he'd been
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Recently. he'd been diagnosed with cancer.
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Diagnosed with cancer. the doctors told him that
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The doctors told him that it was a very invasive type
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It was a very invasive type that would spread quickly
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That would spread quickly to other areas. after the
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To other areas. after the surgery, he was going to
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Surgery, he was going to have to take one year of
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Have to take one year of chemotherapy. the prognosis
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Chemotherapy. the prognosis didn't look good. he didn't
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Didn't look good. he didn't get depressed. he didn't
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Get depressed. he didn't go around saying, "why god,
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Go around saying, "why god, me?" he understood this
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Me?" he understood this principle that he was
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Principle that he was pregnant with healing.
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Pregnant with healing. the doctors performed the
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The doctors performed the surgery and afterwards they
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Surgery and afterwards they came in his room scratching
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Came in his room scratching their heads. they were
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Their heads. they were certain that it was an
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Certain that it was an invasive type; that it
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Invasive type; that it would spread quickly,
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Would spread quickly, very dangerous. but when
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Very dangerous. but when they retested it, it wasn't
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They retested it, it wasn't what they thought. they
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What they thought. they were able to remove all
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Were able to remove all the cancer, he didn't need
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The cancer, he didn't need any more treatment, today
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Any more treatment, today he's totally cancer-free.
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He's totally cancer-free. you may be struggling with
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You may be struggling with an illness, fighting a
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An illness, fighting a battle in your health.
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Battle in your health. instead of accepting it,
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Instead of accepting it, thinking that's the way
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Thinking that's the way it's always going to be,
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It's always going to be, keep reminding yourself
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Keep reminding yourself that you are pregnant.
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That you are pregnant. you already have conceived.
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You already have conceived. the healing is already in
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The healing is already in you. it's just a matter
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You. it's just a matter of time before you give
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Of time before you give birth. nothing can snatch
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Birth. nothing can snatch you out of god's hands.
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You out of god's hands. don't go around negative,
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Don't go around negative, complaining. turn it
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Complaining. turn it around. "the medical
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Around. "the medical report doesn't look good
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Report doesn't look good but i can feel healing
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But i can feel healing kicking down on the inside
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Kicking down on the inside of me. no weapon formed
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Of me. no weapon formed against me will prosper."
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Against me will prosper." "it doesn't look like i
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"it doesn't look like i could ever get out of debt
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Could ever get out of debt but i can feel abundance
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But i can feel abundance kicking on the inside.
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Kicking on the inside. i will lend and not
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I will lend and not borrow." or "all my
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Borrow." or "all my circumstances say that
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Circumstances say that i'll be barren my whole
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I'll be barren my whole life, never meet the right
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Life, never meet the right person, never break the
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Person, never break the addiction. but deep down
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Addiction. but deep down i can feel something
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I can feel something stirring in my spirit."
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Stirring in my spirit." can i tell you that i am
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Can i tell you that i am looking at pregnant people
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Looking at pregnant people today? you are pregnant
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Today? you are pregnant with possibility. quit
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With possibility. quit telling yourself that you
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Telling yourself that you could never get ahead. you
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Could never get ahead. you don't have enough of this,
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Don't have enough of this, enough of that. no, you
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Enough of that. no, you are pregnant with success,
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Are pregnant with success, pregnant with ideas,
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Pregnant with ideas, pregnant with your destiny.
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Pregnant with your destiny. you're going to give birth
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You're going to give birth to what god put in you.
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To what god put in you. it's not too late. you
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It's not too late. you haven't missed your chance.
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Haven't missed your chance. in the scripture, sarah was
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In the scripture, sarah was nearly 100 years old when
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Nearly 100 years old when she gave birth to isaac.
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She gave birth to isaac. way too old in the natural,
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Way too old in the natural, but we serve a supernatural
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But we serve a supernatural god. he can make a way
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God. he can make a way when you don't see a way.
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When you don't see a way. don't abort your baby.
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Don't abort your baby. don't talk yourself out
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Don't talk yourself out of your dreams. don't
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Of your dreams. don't give up on what god
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Give up on what god promised you. you can
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Promised you. you can still give birth. you can
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Still give birth. you can still meet the right
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Still meet the right person, still start your
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Person, still start your business, still go to
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Business, still go to college, still break the
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College, still break the addiction. that seed is
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Addiction. that seed is still alive in you.
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Still alive in you. here's the key: you can't
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Here's the key: you can't judge what's in you by
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Judge what's in you by what's around you. all of
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What's around you. all of sarah's circumstances said,
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Sarah's circumstances said, "you'll be barren your
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"you'll be barren your whole life. you're too old.
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Whole life. you're too old. nobody your age has babies.
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Nobody your age has babies. that's impossible."
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That's impossible." if she would have believed
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If she would have believed that lie, let that seed
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That lie, let that seed take root, it would've
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Take root, it would've never happened. you can
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Never happened. you can draw in the negative with
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Draw in the negative with your doubt or you can
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Your doubt or you can draw in god's blessings
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Draw in god's blessings with your faith. don't
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With your faith. don't let what you see around
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Let what you see around you cause you to give up
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You cause you to give up on your dreams. i was in
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On your dreams. i was in a large city last week and
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A large city last week and part of the city was very
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Part of the city was very beautiful but another part
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Beautiful but another part was very run down. miles
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Was very run down. miles and miles of abandoned
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And miles of abandoned homes, people living next
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Homes, people living next to boarded up houses.
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To boarded up houses. we drove through during
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We drove through during the daytime. there were
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The daytime. there were hundreds, if not
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Hundreds, if not thousands, of people
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Thousands, of people outside. young and old,
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Outside. young and old, just hanging out, no
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Just hanging out, no purpose, no direction.
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Purpose, no direction. most of them, that's all
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Most of them, that's all they've ever known.
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They've ever known. they were born into it.
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They were born into it. growing up in the projects,
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Growing up in the projects, seeing drugs, mediocrity,
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Seeing drugs, mediocrity, violence. you may be in
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Violence. you may be in some kind of limited
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Some kind of limited environment today and
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Environment today and nothing inspiring around
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Nothing inspiring around you. in the natural,
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You. in the natural, there's no way you can
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There's no way you can get out, get an education,
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Get out, get an education, be successful, but what's
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Be successful, but what's around you does not
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Around you does not determine what god put
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Determine what god put in you. you have seeds of
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In you. you have seeds of greatness. you are pregnant
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Greatness. you are pregnant with success, pregnant with
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With success, pregnant with ability, pregnant with
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Ability, pregnant with talent. god did not create
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Talent. god did not create anyone without putting
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Anyone without putting something significant on
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Something significant on the inside. don't let
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The inside. don't let what's on the outside,
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What's on the outside, how you were raised, lack,
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How you were raised, lack, dysfunction, convince you
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Dysfunction, convince you to abort your dream. when
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To abort your dream. when you get quiet, alone at
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You get quiet, alone at night, when it's just you
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Night, when it's just you and god, if you'll listen
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And god, if you'll listen carefully, you'll hear
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Carefully, you'll hear something whispering,
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Something whispering, "this is not your destiny.
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"this is not your destiny. you were made for more."
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You were made for more." what is that? that's your
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What is that? that's your baby kicking. it's because
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Baby kicking. it's because you're about to give birth.
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You're about to give birth. you're going to see
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You're going to see supernatural opportunities,
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Supernatural opportunities, explosive blessings, divine
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Explosive blessings, divine connections. god's going
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Connections. god's going to help you go where you
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To help you go where you could not go on your own.
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Could not go on your own. sarah was 80 years old,
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Sarah was 80 years old, never had a baby.
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Never had a baby. everywhere she looked it
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Everywhere she looked it said that she would be
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Said that she would be barren her whole life.
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Barren her whole life. "too bad. you're too old.
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"too bad. you're too old. it's just impossible."
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It's just impossible." she couldn't find another
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She couldn't find another 80-year-old woman that
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80-year-old woman that had ever had a baby. if she
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Had ever had a baby. if she could have at least found
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Could have at least found one, she could've said,
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One, she could've said, "well, god. you did it for
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"well, god. you did it for her. you can do it for me."
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Her. you can do it for me." she couldn't find anyone.
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She couldn't find anyone. you may look around and
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You may look around and think, "joel, i don't know
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Think, "joel, i don't know anyone that's got out of
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Anyone that's got out of my neighborhood and done
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My neighborhood and done something significant.
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Something significant. i don't know anyone that's
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I don't know anyone that's overcome the illness i'm
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Overcome the illness i'm dealing with. or nobody
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Dealing with. or nobody in my family has been able
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In my family has been able to break these addictions."
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To break these addictions." the good news is you can be
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The good news is you can be the first. you can set the
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The first. you can set the new standard. you can be
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New standard. you can be the barrier breaker.
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The barrier breaker. god said to sarah,
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God said to sarah, "i will give you a son.
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"i will give you a son. you will be the mother of
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You will be the mother of nations. kings of people
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Nations. kings of people will come out of you."
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Will come out of you." here's an 80-year-old woman
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Here's an 80-year-old woman that's barren, she's living
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That's barren, she's living in the desert, no medical
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In the desert, no medical procedures, no infertility
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Procedures, no infertility treatments, yet god says,
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Treatments, yet god says, "you have kings in you.
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"you have kings in you. you have nations in you."
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You have nations in you." he was saying, "sarah,
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He was saying, "sarah, don't let the circumstances
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Don't let the circumstances fool you. don't let your
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Fool you. don't let your environment talk you out
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Environment talk you out of it. don't let your own
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Of it. don't let your own thoughts discourage you.
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Thoughts discourage you. you are pregnant with
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You are pregnant with greatness."
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Greatness." god is saying the same
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God is saying the same thing to you. you have
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Thing to you. you have kings in you. you have
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Kings in you. you have greatness in you. you are
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Greatness in you. you are pregnant with success.
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Pregnant with success. pregnant with talent.
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Pregnant with talent. pregnant with your destiny.
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Pregnant with your destiny. the prophet joel said to
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The prophet joel said to "wake up the mighty men,
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"wake up the mighty men, wake up the mighty women".
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Wake up the mighty women". i'm here to wake up your
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I'm here to wake up your dreams, wake up your
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Dreams, wake up your talents, wake up your
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Talents, wake up your potential, wake up what
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Potential, wake up what god put in you.
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God put in you. you may have let some
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You may have let some circumstances convince
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Circumstances convince you that it's never going
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You that it's never going to happen but i believe
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To happen but i believe you're going to start
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You're going to start feeling some kicking on
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Feeling some kicking on the inside. that baby,
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The inside. that baby, that dream, that promise,
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That dream, that promise, it's still alive in you.
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It's still alive in you. you better get ready.
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You better get ready. you're going to give birth
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You're going to give birth to something that's going
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To something that's going to take you further than
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To take you further than you could ever imagine.
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You could ever imagine. it's going to thrust you
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It's going to thrust you to a new level of your
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To a new level of your destiny.
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Destiny. a lady told me how she
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A lady told me how she had had a stroke. she'd
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Had had a stroke. she'd been in a hospital for
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Been in a hospital for 3 weeks and finally was
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3 weeks and finally was able to come back home and
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Able to come back home and she was very depressed.
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She was very depressed. she didn't think she'd ever
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She didn't think she'd ever be able to walk again. she
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Be able to walk again. she lost her passion, lost
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Lost her passion, lost her drive, the scripture
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Her drive, the scripture talks about fighting the
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Talks about fighting the good fight of faith.
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Good fight of faith. you can't be passive and
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You can't be passive and just accept whatever comes
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Just accept whatever comes along and think that that's
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Along and think that that's your lot in life. we all
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Your lot in life. we all have bad breaks,
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Have bad breaks, disappointments. those
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Disappointments. those challenges are not there
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Challenges are not there to defeat you; they're
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To defeat you; they're there to promote you.
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There to promote you. on the other side is a new
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On the other side is a new level of god's goodness.
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Level of god's goodness. but you have to do your
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But you have to do your part and get your fire
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Part and get your fire back.
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Back. one sunday she heard me on
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One sunday she heard me on television talking about
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Television talking about how god wants to restore
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How god wants to restore what's been stolen, how
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What's been stolen, how he can give you beauty
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He can give you beauty for ashes, how you can
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For ashes, how you can still live healthy and
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Still live healthy and whole. when she heard
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Whole. when she heard that, she said something
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That, she said something woke up in her spirit.
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Woke up in her spirit. something came alive on
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Something came alive on the inside. what happened?
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The inside. what happened? that baby started kicking.
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That baby started kicking. she was already pregnant
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She was already pregnant with healing. god already
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With healing. god already had the restoration there
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Had the restoration there but when her spirit came
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But when her spirit came alive. in other words,
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Alive. in other words, when she started believing,
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When she started believing, that's when things began
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That's when things began to change. instead of
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To change. instead of going around thinking,
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Going around thinking, "i'll never walk again,
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"i'll never walk again, i'll never get well",
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I'll never get well", she started declaring,
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She started declaring, "i am healthy, i am strong,
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"i am healthy, i am strong, i am well-able, i am
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I am well-able, i am restored." against all
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Restored." against all the odds, way ahead of
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The odds, way ahead of schedule, she told how
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Schedule, she told how she's already walking
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She's already walking again. she's getting
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Again. she's getting stronger, healthier.
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Stronger, healthier. it all started when
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It all started when something woke up in her
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Something woke up in her spirit.
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Spirit. maybe like her, you've
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Maybe like her, you've let something steal your
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Let something steal your passion. you don't think
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Passion. you don't think you could ever get well
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You could ever get well or meet the right person,
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Or meet the right person, accomplish a dream.
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Accomplish a dream. everything you need is
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Everything you need is already in you. if you'll
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Already in you. if you'll stir your faith up like
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Stir your faith up like she did and get in
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She did and get in agreement with god then
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Agreement with god then you will give birth to
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You will give birth to your healing, birth to your
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Your healing, birth to your dreams, birth to those
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Dreams, birth to those promises.
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Promises. genesis 3:15 says, "the
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Genesis 3:15 says, "the seed of the woman will
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Seed of the woman will bruise the head of the
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Bruise the head of the serpent." in the garden
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Serpent." in the garden of eden, you remember how
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Of eden, you remember how the serpent deceived eve
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The serpent deceived eve and brought about all kinds
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And brought about all kinds of trouble. god was saying
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Of trouble. god was saying in effect, "eve, it's
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In effect, "eve, it's payback time. you're going
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Payback time. you're going to give birth to something
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To give birth to something that's going to defeat the
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That's going to defeat the thing that's tried to
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Thing that's tried to defeat you. your seed will
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Defeat you. your seed will bruise his head."
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Bruise his head." too often we're looking for
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Too often we're looking for something from the outside
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Something from the outside to help us overcome, but
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To help us overcome, but god has put it on the
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God has put it on the inside. if you'll give
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Inside. if you'll give birth to what god put in
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Birth to what god put in you, you won't have to
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You, you won't have to rely on other people.
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Rely on other people. if you'll give birth to
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If you'll give birth to that dream, that gift,
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That dream, that gift, that talent, like my
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That talent, like my father, your gift will
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Father, your gift will make room for you. your
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Make room for you. your gift will open some new
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Gift will open some new doors.
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Doors. or maybe, if you'll give
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Or maybe, if you'll give birth to that idea, that
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Birth to that idea, that book, that talent, then
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Book, that talent, then you can deliver yourself
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You can deliver yourself from lack and struggling.
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From lack and struggling. jesus said, "out of your
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Jesus said, "out of your belly will flow rivers of
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Belly will flow rivers of living water."
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Living water." your deliverance is not
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Your deliverance is not going to come from other
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Going to come from other people. your promotion,
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People. your promotion, your healing, your
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Your healing, your breakthrough, it's going
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Breakthrough, it's going to come from within you.
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To come from within you. out of your belly shall
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Out of your belly shall flow rivers. this is where
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Flow rivers. this is where sarah almost missed it.
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Sarah almost missed it. she thought the promise
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She thought the promise would come through somebody
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Would come through somebody else. she reasoned it out
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Else. she reasoned it out thinking she was too old.
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Thinking she was too old. how could she have kings
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How could she have kings and nations in her?
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And nations in her? she was in her eighties.
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She was in her eighties. she couldn't have a baby.
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She couldn't have a baby. she tried to help god out,
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She tried to help god out, had her husband, abraham,
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Had her husband, abraham, sleep with her maid. they
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Sleep with her maid. they had a baby but it wasn't
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Had a baby but it wasn't the promised child.
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The promised child. god said, "sarah, i didn't
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God said, "sarah, i didn't put the promise in somebody
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Put the promise in somebody else. you don't need other
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Else. you don't need other people to deliver you,
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People to deliver you, sarah, i put the promise
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Sarah, i put the promise in you."
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In you." paul said it this way in
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Paul said it this way in ephesians, "god is able to
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Ephesians, "god is able to do exceedingly, abundantly
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Do exceedingly, abundantly above all we can ask or
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Above all we can ask or think according to the
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Think according to the power that works in you."
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Power that works in you." it's not according to the
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It's not according to the power that works in your
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Power that works in your neighbor, your cousin,
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Neighbor, your cousin, your pastor, your friend.
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Your pastor, your friend. the power is working in
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The power is working in you. well, you say, "joel,
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You. well, you say, "joel, i believe i'm pregnant,
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I believe i'm pregnant, i have big dreams, i'm
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I have big dreams, i'm standing on god's promises
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Standing on god's promises but everything is coming
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But everything is coming against me. it seems like
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Against me. it seems like the more i pray, the worse
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The more i pray, the worse it gets. i'm doing the
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It gets. i'm doing the right thing but the wrong
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Right thing but the wrong thing is happening."
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Thing is happening." here's the beauty: pain is
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Here's the beauty: pain is a sign that you're about
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A sign that you're about to give birth. trouble,
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To give birth. trouble, difficulties, being
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Difficulties, being uncomfortable, that's a
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Uncomfortable, that's a sign that you're getting
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Sign that you're getting closer.
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Closer. when victoria was pregnant
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When victoria was pregnant with our 2 children, first
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With our 2 children, first couple months no big deal,
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Couple months no big deal, everything was fine. but
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Everything was fine. but about 7 or 8 months in,
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About 7 or 8 months in, her back started hurting,
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Her back started hurting, her feet started swelling,
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Her feet started swelling, she couldn't sleep well at
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She couldn't sleep well at night. the longer she was
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Night. the longer she was pregnant the more
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Pregnant the more uncomfortable she was.
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Uncomfortable she was. when she went into labor,
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When she went into labor, i was in the delivery room
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I was in the delivery room right next to her bed and
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Right next to her bed and she had her hand on my
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She had her hand on my bicep. when she would
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Bicep. when she would have a contraction, it
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Have a contraction, it would hurt so badly she
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Would hurt so badly she would squeeze my arm as
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Would squeeze my arm as hard as she could. she
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Hard as she could. she would scream, then i
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Would scream, then i would scream. (laughter)
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Would scream. (laughter) the closer she got to the
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The closer she got to the birth, the more painful
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Birth, the more painful it was. when everything
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It was. when everything comes against you, your
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Comes against you, your child's acting up, trouble
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Child's acting up, trouble at work, setback in your
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At work, setback in your finances, don't get
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Finances, don't get discouraged. you're about
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Discouraged. you're about to give birth. you're
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To give birth. you're about to see a promise
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About to see a promise come to pass. (applause)
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Come to pass. (applause) in these tough times is
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In these tough times is when many people abort
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When many people abort their dreams. thinking,
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Their dreams. thinking, "i knew it wouldn't work
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"i knew it wouldn't work out. joel, the bank turned
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Out. joel, the bank turned me down. the medical report
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Me down. the medical report wasn't good. i didn't get
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Wasn't good. i didn't get the promotion."
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The promotion." no, recognize those are
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No, recognize those are labor pains. you're
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Labor pains. you're getting closer. stay in
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Getting closer. stay in faith. keep doing the
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Faith. keep doing the right thing. the birth is
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Right thing. the birth is on the way. there was a
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On the way. there was a young couple out hiking
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Young couple out hiking through the woods and
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Through the woods and they came up on this large
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They came up on this large field of wild mushrooms.
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Field of wild mushrooms. they decided to take some
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They decided to take some home and cook them. they
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Home and cook them. they had some friends over that
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Had some friends over that night and they all ate
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Night and they all ate dinner together.
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Dinner together. one of the side dishes were
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One of the side dishes were these sauteed mushrooms.
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These sauteed mushrooms. at one point the family
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At one point the family cat came in the room.
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Cat came in the room. she was a large cat that
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She was a large cat that loved to eat. the husband
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Loved to eat. the husband grabbed some mushrooms
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Grabbed some mushrooms and fed them to the cat.
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And fed them to the cat. she ate them like they
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She ate them like they were dessert. about an
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Were dessert. about an hour later, he heard the
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Hour later, he heard the cat making a strange sound.
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Cat making a strange sound. he ran in there to check on
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He ran in there to check on her and she was lying flat
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Her and she was lying flat on her back, foaming at the
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On her back, foaming at the mouth, in intense pain.
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Mouth, in intense pain. he called the veterinarian
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He called the veterinarian and the doctor said, "what
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And the doctor said, "what has the cat eaten
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Has the cat eaten recently?" the man said,
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Recently?" the man said, "wild mushrooms but we've
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"wild mushrooms but we've all eaten them too." the
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All eaten them too." the doctor said, "they may be
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Doctor said, "they may be poisonous. you better get
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Poisonous. you better get up to the emergency room
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Up to the emergency room and get checked out."
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And get checked out." the man and all his guests
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The man and all his guests rushed to the emergency
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Rushed to the emergency room. a few hours later
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Room. a few hours later he came back to his house
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He came back to his house and went in to check on
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And went in to check on the cat thinking that she
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The cat thinking that she would be knocked out.
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Would be knocked out. instead, the cat was
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Instead, the cat was sitting there calmly with
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Sitting there calmly with the 7 kittens she had just
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The 7 kittens she had just given birth to. (laughter)
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Given birth to. (laughter) sometimes what we think
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Sometimes what we think is a setback is really
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Is a setback is really just labor pains.
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Just labor pains. that difficulty you're
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That difficulty you're facing is not the end;
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Facing is not the end; it's a part of the birthing
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It's a part of the birthing process. you're about to
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Process. you're about to step into a new level of
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Step into a new level of your destiny. don't be
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Your destiny. don't be discouraged by the
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Discouraged by the disappointment, the closed
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Disappointment, the closed door; the bad break.
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Door; the bad break. that's a sign you're about
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That's a sign you're about to give birth.
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To give birth. i read about a gentleman
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I read about a gentleman that was having a tough
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That was having a tough time paying his bills.
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Time paying his bills. he'd had a rough childhood.
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He'd had a rough childhood. at the age of 2 his father
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At the age of 2 his father went to the store to buy
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Went to the store to buy groceries and never
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Groceries and never returned home, left the
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Returned home, left the mother to raise 2 small
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Mother to raise 2 small children. in college he
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Children. in college he fell in love and met his
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Fell in love and met his wife but he was so poor
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Wife but he was so poor he had to borrow a suit
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He had to borrow a suit and tie for his wedding.
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And tie for his wedding. he and his wife had a
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He and his wife had a newborn baby and they
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Newborn baby and they were living in this old,
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Were living in this old, rundown trailer. he drove
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Rundown trailer. he drove a rusted out car, held
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A rusted out car, held together with wire and
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Together with wire and duct tape. in the summers,
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Duct tape. in the summers, during the day, he worked
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During the day, he worked for a laundry company
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For a laundry company making $60 a week.
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Making $60 a week. at night he worked as a
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At night he worked as a janitor cleaning offices.
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Janitor cleaning offices. he had a dream to become
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He had a dream to become a writer but he couldn't
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A writer but he couldn't afford a typewriter.
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Afford a typewriter. he borrowed one from a
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He borrowed one from a friend and set it up in
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Friend and set it up in his small laundry room.
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His small laundry room. when he wasn't working,
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When he wasn't working, he would spend hour after
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He would spend hour after hour writing fiction.
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Hour writing fiction. he sent his stories away
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He sent his stories away to different publishers
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To different publishers and agents but every one
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And agents but every one of them was rejected.
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Of them was rejected. he didn't even know if
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He didn't even know if people were really reading
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People were really reading them.
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Them. he wrote one final story
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He wrote one final story but was so discouraged,
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But was so discouraged, he threw it in the trash.
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He threw it in the trash. his wife came home, found
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His wife came home, found it crumpled up in the
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It crumpled up in the garbage, got it out and
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Garbage, got it out and eventually they sent that
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Eventually they sent that story to a different
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Story to a different publisher. this time the
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Publisher. this time the publisher responded and
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Publisher responded and offered him a contract.
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Offered him a contract. that story went on to sell
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That story went on to sell over 5 million copies.
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Over 5 million copies. in 1976 it was made into
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In 1976 it was made into a movie, it became one of
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A movie, it became one of the top grossing films
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The top grossing films of that year. that young
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Of that year. that young man was stephen king, one
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Man was stephen king, one of the most successful
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Of the most successful writers of our day.
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Writers of our day. (applause)
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(applause) like him, some of you are
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Like him, some of you are pregnant with a book,
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Pregnant with a book, pregnant with a movie,
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Pregnant with a movie, pregnant with a business,
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Pregnant with a business, maybe pregnant with a
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Maybe pregnant with a charity. you've had
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Charity. you've had disappointments, you tried
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Disappointments, you tried and it didn't work out but
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And it didn't work out but you can still feel the
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You can still feel the kicking on the inside.
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Kicking on the inside. you can't get away from
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You can't get away from it. don't talk yourself
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It. don't talk yourself out of it. it's all a
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Out of it. it's all a part of the process. keep
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Part of the process. keep trying, keep believing,
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Trying, keep believing, doing everything you can
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Doing everything you can and at the right time you
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And at the right time you will give birth. the right
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Will give birth. the right people will show up, the
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People will show up, the right opportunities, the
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Right opportunities, the right breaks. you couldn't
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Right breaks. you couldn't make it happen on your own,
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Make it happen on your own, it was the hand of god.
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It was the hand of god. what he's put in you is
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What he's put in you is going to be bigger than
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Going to be bigger than you can imagine, better
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You can imagine, better than you've ever dreamed,
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Than you've ever dreamed, more rewarding than you
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More rewarding than you thought possible.
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Thought possible. now do your part. get your
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Now do your part. get your hopes up. every morning,
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Hopes up. every morning, remind yourself you are
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Remind yourself you are pregnant. not with
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Pregnant. not with rejection, failure,
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Rejection, failure, disappointments,
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Disappointments, defeat. you are pregnant
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Defeat. you are pregnant with victory, pregnant
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With victory, pregnant with success, pregnant
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With success, pregnant with the favor of god.
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With the favor of god. sure, you may have had
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Sure, you may have had some bad breaks, but like
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Some bad breaks, but like sarah, you are not going
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Sarah, you are not going to live your life barren,
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To live your life barren, you're not going to die
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You're not going to die with that baby still in
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With that baby still in you. god has the final
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You. god has the final say and he says a birth
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Say and he says a birth is coming, what he's
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Is coming, what he's promised is on the way.
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Promised is on the way. keep honoring him, keep
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Keep honoring him, keep being your best and i
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Being your best and i believe and declare you
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Believe and declare you will give birth to
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Will give birth to everything god put in you
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Everything god put in you and become everything god
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And become everything god created you to be in
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Created you to be in jesus name. if you
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Jesus name. if you receive it today, can
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Receive it today, can you say "amen"?
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You say "amen"? well, we never like to
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Well, we never like to close our broadcast
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Close our broadcast without giving you an
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Without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus,
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Just say, "lord, jesus, i repent of my sins. come
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you
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Into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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My lord and savior." friends, if you prayed
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we
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That simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, keep god first
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Church, keep god first place. he's going to take
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Place. he's going to take you places that you've
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You places that you've never dreamed.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. 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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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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And what he says about you. use this resource
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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Every day. yes, you are
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Joel Osteen - Pregnant With Possibility

May 1, 2025 | 27:29

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