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Joel Osteen - The Promise Is Coming

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Promise Is Coming | November 18, 2025

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[music] >> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a 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 and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny and i heard
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Something funny and i heard about this husband and wife,
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About this husband and wife, they had been arguing, now
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They had been arguing, now they were giving each other
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They were giving each other the silent treatment.
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The silent treatment. the next morning, the man had
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The next morning, the man had to get up early and catch a
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To get up early and catch a plane.
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Plane. he needed his wife to wake
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He needed his wife to wake him up.
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Him up. not wanting to break the
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Not wanting to break the silence, he left a note on
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Silence, he left a note on her side of the bed that
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Her side of the bed that said, "please, wake me up at
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Said, "please, wake me up at 5 a.m."
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5 a.m." he got up the next morning at
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He got up the next morning at 8 o'clock, missed his flight.
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8 o'clock, missed his flight. he was so upset.
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He was so upset. he went into find out why she
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He went into find out why she didn't wake him up.
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Didn't wake him up. there was a note on his side
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There was a note on his side of the bed, it said, "wake
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Of the bed, it said, "wake up, it's 5."
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Up, it's 5." 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 it
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It says i am, i have what it says i have, i can do what it
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Says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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Says i can do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess, my mind is
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I boldly confess, my mind is alert.
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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's name, god bless
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In jesus's 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, the promise is coming.
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About, the promise is coming. we all have things we're
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We all have things we're believing for, dreams god put
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Believing for, dreams god put in our heart, problems to
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In our heart, problems to turn around, but when it's
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Turn around, but when it's been so long and we've made
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Been so long and we've made mistakes, people have come
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Mistakes, people have come against us, all the
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Against us, all the circumstances say, if it was
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Circumstances say, if it was going to happen, it would
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Going to happen, it would have happened by now.
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Have happened by now. it's easy to get discouraged
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It's easy to get discouraged and accept that it's never
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And accept that it's never going to work out but what
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Going to work out but what god promised you doesn't have
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God promised you doesn't have an expiration date.
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An expiration date. just because you've given up
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Just because you've given up on it doesn't mean that god
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On it doesn't mean that god has given up.
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Has given up. you may have done things that
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You may have done things that should keep your dream from
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Should keep your dream from coming to pass.
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Coming to pass. you got off course, you don't
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You got off course, you don't deserve it, but god is so
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Deserve it, but god is so merciful, he's already taken
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Merciful, he's already taken your mistakes into account.
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Your mistakes into account. you may have delayed it from
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You may have delayed it from happening, but you haven't
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Happening, but you haven't denied it from happening.
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Denied it from happening. the promise is still coming.
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The promise is still coming. god is saying, "despite your
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God is saying, "despite your mistakes, despite the
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Mistakes, despite the failures, despite the delays,
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Failures, despite the delays, i'm still going to bless you.
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I'm still going to bless you. i'm still going to heal you.
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I'm still going to heal you. i'm still going to bring that
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I'm still going to bring that dream to pass."
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Dream to pass." but too often we disqualify
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But too often we disqualify ourselves.
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Ourselves. we think, "it would have
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We think, "it would have happened if i'd have made
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Happened if i'd have made better choices, if i'd
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Better choices, if i'd finished school, if i'd not
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Finished school, if i'd not got involved with the wrong
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Got involved with the wrong crowd, if i'd not wasted
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Crowd, if i'd not wasted those years compromising,
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Those years compromising, then god would bless me, then
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Then god would bless me, then he would open up new doors."
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He would open up new doors." that would be true if god was
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That would be true if god was like us, if he judge us based
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Like us, if he judge us based on our performance and gave
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On our performance and gave us what we deserve, but god
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Us what we deserve, but god is not like people.
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Is not like people. he is full of mercy.
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He is full of mercy. he doesn't hold our mistakes
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He doesn't hold our mistakes against us.
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Against us. he doesn't cancel our destiny
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He doesn't cancel our destiny because we got off course.
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Because we got off course. god already knew every wrong
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God already knew every wrong turn we would take, every
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Turn we would take, every mistake we would make, every
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Mistake we would make, every failure, every weakness.
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Failure, every weakness. nothing you've done is a
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Nothing you've done is a surprise to god.
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Surprise to god. nothing that's happened to
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Nothing that's happened to you has caught him off guard.
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You has caught him off guard. the good news is god has
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The good news is god has mercy for every mistake,
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Mercy for every mistake, restoration for every
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Restoration for every failure, a new beginning for
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Failure, a new beginning for every loss, a comeback for
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Every loss, a comeback for every setback.
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Every setback. what he's promised you is
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What he's promised you is still on the way.
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Still on the way. you didn't miss your chance.
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You didn't miss your chance. you haven't failed too many
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You haven't failed too many times.
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Times. that disappointment didn't
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That disappointment didn't stop god's plan.
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Stop god's plan. he's still going to show you
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He's still going to show you favor.
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Favor. you may not see how you could
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You may not see how you could ever get out of debt.
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Ever get out of debt. nobody in your family has
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Nobody in your family has excelled, you can be the
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Excelled, you can be the first.
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First. "well joel, i'm the one that
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"well joel, i'm the one that got me into this mess.
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Got me into this mess. it's my own fault."
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It's my own fault." god is the one that's going
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God is the one that's going to bring you out of that
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To bring you out of that mess.
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Mess. quit believing the lies that
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Quit believing the lies that it's too late, the problem is
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It's too late, the problem is too big, you've made too many
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Too big, you've made too many mistakes.
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Mistakes. god is called the author and
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God is called the author and the finisher of your faith.
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The finisher of your faith. what he started, he's going
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What he started, he's going to finish.
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To finish. the delay doesn't mean it's
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The delay doesn't mean it's not going to happen.
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Not going to happen. your mistakes haven't caused
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Your mistakes haven't caused god to change his mind.
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God to change his mind. the circumstances may look
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The circumstances may look impossible, but god hasn't
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Impossible, but god hasn't run out of options.
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Run out of options. you may not see a way, that's
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You may not see a way, that's because we're natural, god is
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Because we're natural, god is supernatural.
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Supernatural. he has ways we've never
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He has ways we've never thought of.
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Thought of. he's not limited by your job,
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He's not limited by your job, by your salary, by a medical
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By your salary, by a medical report, by what you didn't
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Report, by what you didn't get.
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Get. one touch of his favor will
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One touch of his favor will catapult you to the next
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Catapult you to the next level.
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Level. one good break and what he
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One good break and what he promised you will come to
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Promised you will come to pass.
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Pass. in the scripture, god told
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In the scripture, god told abraham that he and his wife
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Abraham that he and his wife sarah were going to have a
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Sarah were going to have a baby.
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Baby. abraham was 75 years old,
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Abraham was 75 years old, sarah was 65.
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Sarah was 65. they had been married many
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They had been married many years and not had any
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Years and not had any children.
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Children. this seemed impossible.
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This seemed impossible. they were way too old.
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They were way too old. well, years went by and they
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Well, years went by and they didn't see any sign of a
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Didn't see any sign of a baby, so they tried to help
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Baby, so they tried to help god out.
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God out. sarah told abraham to sleep
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Sarah told abraham to sleep with her maid hagar.
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With her maid hagar. they had a son that they
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They had a son that they named ishmael, but he wasn't
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Named ishmael, but he wasn't the promised child that's
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The promised child that's what the scripture calls
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What the scripture calls works of the flesh, when we
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Works of the flesh, when we try to make things happen in
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Try to make things happen in our own strength, our own
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Our own strength, our own timing.
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Timing. and, of course, they loved
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Ishmael, but he was a
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Ishmael, but he was a constant source of conflict.
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Constant source of conflict. sarah god mad at abraham for
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Sleeping with hagar, even
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Sleeping with hagar, even though it was her idea.
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Though it was her idea. that brought strife and
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That brought strife and division.
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Division. she finally gave abraham an
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She finally gave abraham an ultimatum, "either that lady
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Ultimatum, "either that lady is leaving or i'm leaving,
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Is leaving or i'm leaving, but i am not staying here
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But i am not staying here with hagar and her son."
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With hagar and her son." abraham was torn.
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Abraham was torn. he loved his ishmael.
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He loved his ishmael. hagar hadn't done anything
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Hagar hadn't done anything wrong, but he didn't have
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Wrong, but he didn't have much of a choice.
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Much of a choice. he had to send them out into
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He had to send them out into the desert.
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The desert. i was a big mess, all kinds
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I was a big mess, all kinds of dysfunction.
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Of dysfunction. for 13 years, god was silent.
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For 13 years, god was silent. abraham didn't hear anything.
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Abraham didn't hear anything. i'm sure thoughts told him,
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I'm sure thoughts told him, "you blew it, you made a big
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"you blew it, you made a big mess, you had a baby with
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Mess, you had a baby with another woman, now it's never
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Another woman, now it's never going to happen."
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Going to happen." but just because god is
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But just because god is silent doesn't mean he's
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Silent doesn't mean he's given up.
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Given up. you may have delayed it, but
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You may have delayed it, but you didn't deny it.
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You didn't deny it. god hasn't changed his mind.
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God hasn't changed his mind. will you trust him in the
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Will you trust him in the seasons of silence when every
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Seasons of silence when every voice tells you, "it's never
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Voice tells you, "it's never going to happen, it's your
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Going to happen, it's your own fault, you knew better"?
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Own fault, you knew better"? you may not see anything
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You may not see anything happening, but god is still
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Happening, but god is still working.
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Working. what he promised you is still
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What he promised you is still on the way.
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On the way. after 13 years of silence
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After 13 years of silence when abraham was 99, genesis
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When abraham was 99, genesis 17 says, "god said to
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17 says, "god said to abraham, 'i am the lord god
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Abraham, 'i am the lord god almighty.
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Almighty. you will become a father of
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You will become a father of many nations.'"
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Many nations.'" after all his
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After all his mistakes, all the failures,
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Mistakes, all the failures, all the dysfunction, the
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All the dysfunction, the first thing god said to him
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First thing god said to him is, "you will become a
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Is, "you will become a father."
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Father." he reminded him of the
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He reminded him of the promise.
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Promise. he was saying, "abraham, even
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He was saying, "abraham, even though you blew it, even
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Though you blew it, even though you made a big mess,
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Though you made a big mess, that didn't stop my plan.
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That didn't stop my plan. i didn't change my mind.
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I didn't change my mind. i'm still going to do what i
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I'm still going to do what i said."
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Said." you would think the first
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You would think the first thing god would say was,
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Thing god would say was, "abraham, i'm disappointed in
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"abraham, i'm disappointed in you.
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You. what were you thinking?
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What were you thinking? i'm gonna find somebody else
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I'm gonna find somebody else to accomplish your destiny."
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To accomplish your destiny." but god never gives up on
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But god never gives up on you.
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You. he never disqualifies you,
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He never disqualifies you, now quit disqualifying
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Now quit disqualifying yourself.
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Yourself. you blew it, join the crowd,
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You blew it, join the crowd, we all have.
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We all have. the enemy is called the
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The enemy is called the accuser of the brethren.
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Accuser of the brethren. he'll remind you of
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He'll remind you of everything you've done wrong,
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Everything you've done wrong, every mistake you'd made.
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Every mistake you'd made. he'd love for you to go
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He'd love for you to go through life down on
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Through life down on yourself, no dreams, no
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Yourself, no dreams, no passion, no expectancy.
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Passion, no expectancy. don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. at 90 years old, sarah
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At 90 years old, sarah conceived and gave birth to a
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Conceived and gave birth to a son.
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Son. they named him isaac.
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They named him isaac. he was the promised child.
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He was the promised child. the scripture says it
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The scripture says it happened at the exact time
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Happened at the exact time god said it would.
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God said it would. that tells me god already
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That tells me god already knew they would make those
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Knew they would make those mistakes.
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Mistakes. he already knew they would be
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He already knew they would be impatient, have the first
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Impatient, have the first son, and get into strife.
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Son, and get into strife. isaac was born right on
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Isaac was born right on schedule, right when god had
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Schedule, right when god had it planned.
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It planned. are you believing lies that
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Are you believing lies that you've missed your chance,
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You've missed your chance, you made too many poor
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You made too many poor choices?
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Choices? if you'd have been more
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If you'd have been more disciplined, not hung around
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Disciplined, not hung around those people that pulled you
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Those people that pulled you down, god already knew about
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Down, god already knew about that.
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That. what he promised you is right
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What he promised you is right on schedule.
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On schedule. you didn't miss it, it's
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You didn't miss it, it's still in your future.
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Still in your future. now, you may have failed, but
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Now, you may have failed, but you are not a failure.
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You are not a failure. failure is an event, it's not
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Failure is an event, it's not who you are.
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Who you are. you may have an addiction,
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You may have an addiction, but you are not an addict.
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But you are not an addict. that's what you struggle
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That's what you struggle with.
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With. that's not who you are.
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That's not who you are. what you do may not always be
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What you do may not always be good, but you are good.
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Good, but you are good. the creator of the universe
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The creator of the universe breathed life into you.
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Breathed life into you. like this man, you may have
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Like this man, you may have gotten off course, you may
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Gotten off course, you may have brought the trouble on
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Have brought the trouble on yourself, but god is saying,
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Yourself, but god is saying, "i'm still going to bless
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"i'm still going to bless you.
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You. i'm still going to free you.
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I'm still going to free you. i'm still going to use you to
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I'm still going to use you to help others.
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Help others. you're still going to fulfill
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You're still going to fulfill your destiny."
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Your destiny." jesus said, "you're blessed
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Jesus said, "you're blessed when you're at the end of
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When you're at the end of your rope.
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Your rope. with less of you, there's
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With less of you, there's more of god and his rule."
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More of god and his rule." his rule means his favor, his
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His rule means his favor, his healing, his freedom.
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Healing, his freedom. abraham was at the end of his
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Abraham was at the end of his rope, no way in the natural,
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Rope, no way in the natural, but god showed up and gave
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But god showed up and gave him a baby.
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Him a baby. this man was at the end of
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This man was at the end of his rope, addicted for years,
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His rope, addicted for years, god showed up and brought
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God showed up and brought freedom.
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Freedom. you may be in a situation
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You may be in a situation that doesn't look good, your
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That doesn't look good, your health, your finances, a
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Health, your finances, a relationship, a business,
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Relationship, a business, looks like at the end.
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Looks like at the end. you don't see how it could
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You don't see how it could ever work out.
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Ever work out. have a new perspective.
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Have a new perspective. when you're at the end, in a
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When you're at the end, in a sense, it's a blessing in
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Sense, it's a blessing in disguise.
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Disguise. you're in prime position for
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You're in prime position for god to show out in your life.
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God to show out in your life. god is saying to you what he
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God is saying to you what he said to abraham, "i am the
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Said to abraham, "i am the lord god almighty, what i
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Lord god almighty, what i promised you is still on the
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Promised you is still on the way.
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Way. those dreams you've given up
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Those dreams you've given up on, they're on the way.
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On, they're on the way. that healing you're praying
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That healing you're praying about is on the way.
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About is on the way. instead of going around down
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Instead of going around down on yourself, discouraged,
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On yourself, discouraged, turn it around.
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Turn it around. "father, thank you that you
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"father, thank you that you are almighty god, that your
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Are almighty god, that your mercy is bigger than my
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Mercy is bigger than my mistakes, you're more
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Mistakes, you're more powerful than this addiction,
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Powerful than this addiction, you're greater than this
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You're greater than this sickness, and i may be in a
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Sickness, and i may be in a season of silence.
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Season of silence. i don't see anything
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I don't see anything happening right now but, god,
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Happening right now but, god, i know you are working behind
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I know you are working behind the scenes.
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The scenes. what you promised me is still
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What you promised me is still right on schedule."
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Right on schedule." think about abraham, 99 years
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Think about abraham, 99 years old, he didn't have the seed
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Old, he didn't have the seed to have a baby.
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To have a baby. even if sarah could somehow
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Even if sarah could somehow conceive, even if her womb
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Conceive, even if her womb became fertile, it wouldn't
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Became fertile, it wouldn't happen without the seed.
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Happen without the seed. he could have thought, "god,
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He could have thought, "god, i could believe we could have
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I could believe we could have a baby if i had the seed, but
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A baby if i had the seed, but the problem is i don't have
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The problem is i don't have what i need.
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What i need. i'm lacking."
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I'm lacking." you may feel like you're
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You may feel like you're lacking in some area, lacking
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Lacking in some area, lacking talent, lacking finances,
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Talent, lacking finances, lacking support, but god
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Lacking support, but god knows what you don't have.
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Knows what you don't have. he knows what's in your bank
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He knows what's in your bank account.
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Account. he knows who's not for you.
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He knows who's not for you. he knows what the medical
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He knows what the medical report says.
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Report says. the good news is god is going
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The good news is god is going to make up for what you don't
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To make up for what you don't have.
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Have. he's going to give you the
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He's going to give you the seed.
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Seed. that's what he did for
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That's what he did for abraham, little isaac was
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Abraham, little isaac was born.
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Born. it's interesting, god could
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It's interesting, god could have caused abraham to have a
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Have caused abraham to have a baby when he was younger,
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Baby when he was younger, when he had the natural
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When he had the natural ability, but god waited till
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Ability, but god waited till he ran out of the seed.
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He ran out of the seed. and sometimes on purpose, god
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And sometimes on purpose, god will let you run out of what
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Will let you run out of what you need so you'll have to
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You need so you'll have to depend on him where your only
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Depend on him where your only option is, "god, if you don't
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Option is, "god, if you don't do this, it's not going to
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Do this, it's not going to happen.
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Happen. if you don't turn my child
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If you don't turn my child around, if you don't open
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Around, if you don't open this door.
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This door. if you don't heal my body,
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If you don't heal my body, god, then i'm done."
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God, then i'm done." that's what jesus said when
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That's what jesus said when you come to the end of
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You come to the end of yourself ability, then
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Yourself ability, then there's room for god's favor,
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There's room for god's favor, there's room for him to show
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There's room for him to show out in your life.
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Out in your life. if abraham were here today,
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If abraham were here today, he would tell you don't let
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He would tell you don't let the circumstances fool you.
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The circumstances fool you. don't let what you don't have
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Don't let what you don't have talk you out of it.
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Talk you out of it. don't let your mistakes, your
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Don't let your mistakes, your failures, the delays, the
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Failures, the delays, the seasons of silence convince
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Seasons of silence convince you that it's never going to
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You that it's never going to happen.
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Happen. the lord god almighty is
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The lord god almighty is about to do for you what he
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About to do for you what he did for abraham.
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Did for abraham. he's going to bless you in
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He's going to bless you in spite of your mistakes.
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Spite of your mistakes. he's going to promote you in
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He's going to promote you in spite of the odds being
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Spite of the odds being against you.
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Against you. he's going to make things
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He's going to make things happen that you didn't
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Happen that you didn't deserve.
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Deserve. you didn't work for it, you
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You didn't work for it, you didn't earn it, it's just the
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Didn't earn it, it's just the goodness of god.
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Goodness of god. years ago, this business
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Years ago, this business venture came across my path,
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Venture came across my path, and it seemed like a
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And it seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime
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Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Opportunity. i was so excited, i didn't
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I was so excited, i didn't have to pray about it, i
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Have to pray about it, i didn't have to think twice, i
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Didn't have to think twice, i just said yes.
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Just said yes. and along the way as we
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And along the way as we researched it more and talked
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Researched it more and talked with a few experts, there
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With a few experts, there were several red flags and
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Were several red flags and things that didn't pan out,
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Things that didn't pan out, but i was so set in having it
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But i was so set in having it my way, i ignored it, didn't
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My way, i ignored it, didn't pay it any attention.
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Pay it any attention. we signed the contract and
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We signed the contract and got it up and going, but it
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Got it up and going, but it wasn't what i thought.
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Wasn't what i thought. didn't take off the way we
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Didn't take off the way we had planned.
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Had planned. there were some restrictions
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There were some restrictions and limitations that we
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And limitations that we didn't realize.
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Didn't realize. it was a constant struggle, a
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It was a constant struggle, a burden financially.
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Burden financially. we didn't know how it was
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We didn't know how it was going to turn out.
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Going to turn out. i had this huge obligation.
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I had this huge obligation. i was over my head, and it
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I was over my head, and it was nobody's fault except my
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Was nobody's fault except my own.
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Own. i knew god had put big things
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I knew god had put big things in my heart but like abraham,
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In my heart but like abraham, i was impatient.
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I was impatient. i tried to make it happen in
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I tried to make it happen in my own strength, and the
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My own strength, and the psalmist said the israelites
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Psalmist said the israelites did not wait for god's plan
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Did not wait for god's plan to unfold.
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To unfold. it's easy to get in a hurry,
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It's easy to get in a hurry, try to force doors to open,
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Try to force doors to open, try to manipulate people.
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Try to manipulate people. if you push hard enough,
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If you push hard enough, sometimes god will let you
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Sometimes god will let you open a door that he hasn't
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Open a door that he hasn't ordained.
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Ordained. he'll let you go down a road
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He'll let you go down a road that's not his best path.
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That's not his best path. i'm all for taking risks,
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I'm all for taking risks, getting out of our comfort
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Getting out of our comfort zones, but it's important to
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Zones, but it's important to stay in god's timing.
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Stay in god's timing. listen to that still, small,
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Listen to that still, small, voice on the inside.
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Voice on the inside. that opportunity may be right
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That opportunity may be right for you but when you feel the
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For you but when you feel the unrest, it may be it's just
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Unrest, it may be it's just not the right time.
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Not the right time. abraham knew god promised him
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Abraham knew god promised him a baby, but when it didn't
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A baby, but when it didn't happen on his timetable as
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Happen on his timetable as fast as he thought it should,
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Fast as he thought it should, that's when they tried to
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That's when they tried to help god out.
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Help god out. this business venture of mine
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This business venture of mine never did take off, but
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Never did take off, but here's how amazing god is.
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Here's how amazing god is. even though i made the mess,
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Even though i made the mess, even though i overrode what i
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Even though i overrode what i was feeling, brought the
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Was feeling, brought the trouble on myself, god
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Trouble on myself, god supernaturally turned it
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Supernaturally turned it around.
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Around. we came out of it much better
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We came out of it much better than we went into it.
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Than we went into it. it ended up being a huge
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It ended up being a huge blessing.
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Blessing. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? god took my mistake and
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God took my mistake and turned it into a miracle.
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Turned it into a miracle. that's the mercy of god.
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That's the mercy of god. when we don't deserve it, we
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When we don't deserve it, we got off course, we got in a
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Got off course, we got in a hurry, god says, "i'm still
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Hurry, god says, "i'm still going to bless you.
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Going to bless you. i'm still going to favor you.
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I'm still going to favor you. i'm still going to get you to
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I'm still going to get you to where you're supposed to be."
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Where you're supposed to be." i met a couple that had been
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I met a couple that had been trying to have a baby for 11
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Trying to have a baby for 11 years.
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Years. they came down for prayer and
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They came down for prayer and the young lady was weeping
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The young lady was weeping and weeping.
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And weeping. she wanted a baby so badly,
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She wanted a baby so badly, but all the medical reports
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But all the medical reports said there was no way.
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Said there was no way. she had taken the fertility
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She had taken the fertility treatments.
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Treatments. they'd done everything they
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They'd done everything they could in the natural with no
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Could in the natural with no success.
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Success. but against all odds, the
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But against all odds, the young lady conceived.
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Young lady conceived. they came back last week to
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They came back last week to dedicate their beautiful baby
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Dedicate their beautiful baby daughter.
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Daughter. medically speaking, it was
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Medically speaking, it was impossible, but when the lord
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Impossible, but when the lord god almighty shows up what's
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God almighty shows up what's impossible becomes possible,
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Impossible becomes possible, what he's destined for your
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What he's destined for your life will come to pass.
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Life will come to pass. the last time i saw her,
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The last time i saw her, years before, she was weeping
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Years before, she was weeping with tears of sadness, so
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With tears of sadness, so heartbroken.
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Heartbroken. this time she was weeping
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This time she was weeping with tears of joy, so
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With tears of joy, so overwhelmed at god's
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Overwhelmed at god's goodness.
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Goodness. you may have shed some tears
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You may have shed some tears of sadness over what hasn't
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Of sadness over what hasn't worked out, dreams that
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Worked out, dreams that haven't come to pass,
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Haven't come to pass, disappointments, loss that
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Disappointments, loss that you've been through.
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You've been through. like with her, god is going
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Like with her, god is going to turn your mourning into
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To turn your mourning into dancing.
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Dancing. those tears of sadness, into
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Those tears of sadness, into tears of joy.
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Tears of joy. may not have happened yet,
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May not have happened yet, but it's not over.
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But it's not over. god has the final say.
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God has the final say. the psalmist said, "weeping
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The psalmist said, "weeping may endure for a night, but
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May endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."
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Joy comes in the morning." your morning is coming.
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Your morning is coming. you baby is coming.
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You baby is coming. your healing is coming.
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Your healing is coming. your spouse is coming.
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Your spouse is coming. your breakthrough is coming.
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Your breakthrough is coming. when it happens, it's gonna
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When it happens, it's gonna be more rewarding, more
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Be more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than
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Fulfilling, better than you've ever imagined.
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Moses was born into a hebrew
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Moses was born into a hebrew family, but he was raised by
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Family, but he was raised by egyptians.
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Egyptians. as a young man, god gave him
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As a young man, god gave him a dream that he would deliver
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A dream that he would deliver the israelites out of slavery
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The israelites out of slavery in egypt.
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In egypt. one day he saw an egyptian
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One day he saw an egyptian foreman mistreating a hebrew
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Foreman mistreating a hebrew slave.
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Slave. he didn't think anyone was
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He didn't think anyone was watching, he killed the man.
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Watching, he killed the man. he had good intentions, but
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He had good intentions, but he got out of god's timing.
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He got out of god's timing. he didn't wait for the plan
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He didn't wait for the plan to unfold.
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To unfold. someone saw him, he had to
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Someone saw him, he had to run for his life.
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Run for his life. he spent 40 years on the
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He spent 40 years on the backside of the desert in
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Backside of the desert in hiding.
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Hiding. here he had this calling on
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Here he had this calling on his life.
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His life. he knew what god had spoken
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He knew what god had spoken to him, but he blew it.
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To him, but he blew it. it was his fault.
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It was his fault. i'm sure he lived in regrets.
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I'm sure he lived in regrets. there weren't many days went
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There weren't many days went by that he didn't think about
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By that he didn't think about that mistake.
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That mistake. "why didn't i keep my cool?
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"why didn't i keep my cool? why didn't i use better
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Why didn't i use better judgment?"
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Judgment?" it looked like that had
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It looked like that had cancelled out the promise,
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Cancelled out the promise, but god doesn't change his
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But god doesn't change his mind.
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Mind. our mistakes may delay them
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Our mistakes may delay them but then god uses the delays,
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But then god uses the delays, the setbacks, to develop us,
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The setbacks, to develop us, to get us prepared.
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To get us prepared. nothing is wasted.
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Nothing is wasted. if you'll keep the right
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If you'll keep the right attitude, all things will
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Attitude, all things will work for your good.
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Work for your good. one morning moses was out in
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One morning moses was out in the desert, everything seemed
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The desert, everything seemed normal when suddenly, a bush
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Normal when suddenly, a bush exploded, caught fire.
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Exploded, caught fire. what made this bush unusual
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What made this bush unusual is that it didn't burn up.
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Is that it didn't burn up. intrigued, moses walked over
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Intrigued, moses walked over to it, see what was going on.
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To it, see what was going on. a voice boomed out, "moses,
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A voice boomed out, "moses, moses, take off your sandals.
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Moses, take off your sandals. you are standing on holy
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You are standing on holy ground."
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Ground." it had been 40 years since he
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It had been 40 years since he had heard god's voice, a
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Had heard god's voice, a season of silence so long, he
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Season of silence so long, he thought god had forgotten
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Thought god had forgotten about him.
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About him. he'd already accepted that he
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He'd already accepted that he couldn't accomplish his
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Couldn't accomplish his destiny but after all his
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Destiny but after all his mistakes, after the failures,
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Mistakes, after the failures, when he was 80 years old, god
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When he was 80 years old, god showed up and said, "all
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Showed up and said, "all right, moses, now i'm ready
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Right, moses, now i'm ready for you to go deliver the
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For you to go deliver the israelites."
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Israelites." he went out and did just
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He went out and did just that.
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That. like moses, you may have made
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Like moses, you may have made mistakes, you got off course.
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Mistakes, you got off course. you don't see how you can
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You don't see how you can ever accomplish your dream.
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Ever accomplish your dream. it's been too long, but that
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It's been too long, but that season of silence doesn't
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Season of silence doesn't mean god has forgotten about
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Mean god has forgotten about you.
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You. in the 40 years moses was out
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In the 40 years moses was out in the desert, the scripture
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In the desert, the scripture says moses became the most
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Says moses became the most humble man in all the land.
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Humble man in all the land. god is working on you in the
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God is working on you in the silent years.
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Silent years. you may not realize it, but
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You may not realize it, but he's getting you prepared.
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He's getting you prepared. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. your burning bush is on the
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Your burning bush is on the way.
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Way. what god started, he's going
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What god started, he's going to finish.
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To finish. even though it may have been
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Even though it may have been your fault, he's still going
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Your fault, he's still going to bless you.
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To bless you. he's still going to favor
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He's still going to favor you.
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You. he's still going to open
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He's still going to open doors you never dreamed would
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Doors you never dreamed would open.
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Open. i talked to a gentleman, when
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I talked to a gentleman, when he was 17 years old back in
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He was 17 years old back in the 1960s, his girlfriend
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The 1960s, his girlfriend became pregnant.
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Became pregnant. their parents were not happy.
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Their parents were not happy. they sent him off to the
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They sent him off to the marine corp., the young lady
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Marine corp., the young lady and her family moved to a
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And her family moved to a different state.
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Different state. while in boot camp, she
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While in boot camp, she informed him that she was
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Informed him that she was giving the baby up for
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Giving the baby up for adoption.
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Adoption. he went over and served
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He went over and served overseas in the special
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Overseas in the special forces.
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Forces. he was hoping when he came
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He was hoping when he came back home, they'd get back
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Back home, they'd get back together.
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Together. she sent him a note saying
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She sent him a note saying she was moving on.
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She was moving on. they went their separate
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They went their separate ways.
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Ways. fast forward to the year
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Fast forward to the year 2009, the man had just left
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2009, the man had just left his wife of 24 years to an
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His wife of 24 years to an illness.
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Illness. he was very heartbroken.
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He was very heartbroken. three months later, he
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Three months later, he received a sympathy card from
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Received a sympathy card from his former teenage
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His former teenage girlfriend.
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Girlfriend. they had not spoken in over
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They had not spoken in over 42 years.
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42 years. her husband had just died as
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Her husband had just died as well.
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Well. he was able to find her
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He was able to find her number and call her.
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Number and call her. they couldn't believe they
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They couldn't believe they were talking to each other
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Were talking to each other after all that time.
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After all that time. she told him how she had just
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She told him how she had just located their daughter that
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Located their daughter that they had given up for
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They had given up for adoption.
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Adoption. she lived a few minutes from
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She lived a few minutes from her.
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Her. he went to see the lady.
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He went to see the lady. he met his daughter for the
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He met his daughter for the first time and his
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First time and his ten-year-old grandson, a
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Ten-year-old grandson, a dream come true.
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Dream come true. he and the lady started
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He and the lady started dating, a year later, they
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Dating, a year later, they were married with their
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Were married with their daughter who they had given
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Daughter who they had given up for adoption as the maid
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Up for adoption as the maid of honor.
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Of honor. god knows how to take
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God knows how to take mistakes we've made and turn
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Mistakes we've made and turn them into miracles.
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Them into miracles. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't missed your
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You haven't missed your chance.
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Chance. you don't know what god is up
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You don't know what god is up to.
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To. he can make things happen you
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He can make things happen you never dreamed would happen.
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Never dreamed would happen. i'm sure moses never thought
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I'm sure moses never thought he'd fulfill his destiny.
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He'd fulfill his destiny. abraham never thought he'd
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Abraham never thought he'd become a father at an old
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Become a father at an old age.
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Age. this man never thought he'd
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This man never thought he'd ever meet his daughter, never
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Ever meet his daughter, never see his family restored, but
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See his family restored, but god is full of mercy, and
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God is full of mercy, and full of surprises.
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Full of surprises. there are promises you may
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There are promises you may have given up on, but god has
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Have given up on, but god has not given up.
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Not given up. they're still in your future.
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They're still in your future. don't drag through life
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Don't drag through life thinking you've seen your
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Thinking you've seen your best days, stir your faith
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Best days, stir your faith up.
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Up. the lord god almighty is at
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The lord god almighty is at work in your life right now.
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Work in your life right now. and i believe and declare
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And i believe and declare what he's promised you is
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What he's promised you is still on the way.
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Still on the way. healing is on the way.
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Healing is on the way. freedom is on the way.
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Freedom is on the way. the right people are on the
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The right people are on the way.
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Way. the fullness of your destiny
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The fullness of your destiny in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say, "amen" today.
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I'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, keep god first place.
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Church, keep god first place. he's going to take you places
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He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed.
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That you've never dreamed. victor and i will be this
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Victor and i will be this right back to speak a
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Your destiny is too great,
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Your destiny is too great, your calling too important,
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Your calling too important, and your future too bright
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And your future too bright to live in fear.
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To live in fear. fear may knock,
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Fear may knock, but you don't have
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But you don't have to let it in.
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To let it in. it's time to let faith answer.
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It's time to let faith answer. fear is a powerful force,
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Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
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But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
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What we focus on shapes our reality.
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In my new book, no more fear:
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In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
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You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
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To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
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In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
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Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
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I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
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I will not fear," you too can walk through
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You too can walk through life's challenges
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Life's challenges without being paralyzed
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Without being paralyzed by fear.
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By fear. i can't promise you
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I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
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You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
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But i can teach you how to rise above it
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How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
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By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
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Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
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The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
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With faith-filled ones. you can live
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You can live from a place of peace,
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From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
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Power, and purpose. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. the bible proclaims,
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The bible proclaims, "the lord is my light
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"the lord is my light and my salvation;
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And my salvation; whom shall i fear?"
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Whom shall i fear?" this powerful
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This powerful and practical book
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And practical book will help you silence doubt,
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Will help you silence doubt, overcome anxiety,
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Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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Overcoming power. when fear whispers,
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When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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"you can't," this devotional will stir
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This devotional will stir your faith
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Your faith to declare, "god will."
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To declare, "god will." each page
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Each page reminds you
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Reminds you that you weren't
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That you weren't created to live in fear
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Created to live in fear or despair.
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Or despair. you were created to live
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You were created to live with passion,
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With passion, purpose, and confidence
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Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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In god's plans for your life. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above fear
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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And walk in victory. fear doesn't have
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Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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The final say, god does. be bold,
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Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we're praying for
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We're praying for you and your family,
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You and your family, believing for god's very best.
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Believing for god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end
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Making a special year-end gift; helps
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Gift; helps to keep the ministries strong.
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To keep the ministries strong. i always want to thank our
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I always want to thank our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. and until we see you next time,
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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And keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of joel's new book,
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Your copy of joel's new book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. visit joelosteen.com or
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Call 888-567-joel. and for a special year-end gift
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And for a special year-end gift this month,
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This month, we're also offering the
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We're also offering the god's word work study collection
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God's word work study collection this empowering set includes
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This empowering set includes the niv,
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The niv, the message
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The message parallel bible, joel's
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Parallel bible, joel's no more fear
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No more fear devotional, the classic
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Devotional, the classic how to read your bible
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How to read your bible and enjoy it,
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And enjoy it, plus a beautifully
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Plus a beautifully crafted leather
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Crafted leather bookmark with pen.
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Bookmark with pen. you can request these inspiring
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You can request these inspiring scripture discovery
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Strengthen your spirit. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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Fear and walk in victory. request these resources today.
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Joel Osteen - The Promise Is Coming

November 18, 2025 | 29:55

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