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Joel Osteen - Protect Your Imagination

May 12, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Protect Your Imagination | May 12, 2026

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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
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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You feel right at home. and i like to start with
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And i like to start with something funny and i heard
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Something funny and i heard about these two evil brothers
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About these two evil brothers that were very wealthy.
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That were very wealthy. one of them died and his
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One of them died and his brother said to the pastor,
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Brother said to the pastor, "i will make a deal with you.
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"i will make a deal with you. i will make a large donation
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I will make a large donation to your church under one
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To your church under one condition, if at the
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Condition, if at the funeral you will say, 'my
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Funeral you will say, 'my brother was a saint.'"
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Brother was a saint.'" the pastor agreed and the man
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The pastor agreed and the man made the donation and during
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Made the donation and during the service, the pastor said,
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The service, the pastor said, "this man was an evil man.
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"this man was an evil man. he lied.
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He lied. he cheated.
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He cheated. he stole.
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He stole. but compared to his brother,
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But compared to his brother, he was a saint."
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He was a saint." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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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 name.
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In jesus name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about protecting your
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About protecting your imagination.
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Imagination. we all have pictures that we
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We all have pictures that we see in our mind.
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See in our mind. god created us as visual
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God created us as visual beings.
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Beings. like a movie screen,
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Like a movie screen, different images will come
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Different images will come up.
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Up. sometimes, we're not even
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Sometimes, we're not even thinking about it and a negative
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Thinking about it and a negative imagination will come.
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Imagination will come. we'll see our business going
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We'll see our business going down, our child getting
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Down, our child getting off-course, us losing our
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Off-course, us losing our health.
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Health. there is no truth to it.
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There is no truth to it. it's not going to come to
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It's not going to come to pass.
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Pass. but if you let that play, you
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But if you let that play, you will go through the day
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Will go through the day worried.
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Worried. wrong imaginations will keep
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Wrong imaginations will keep you awake at night.
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You awake at night. dwelling on these negative
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Dwelling on these negative images will cause you to live
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Images will cause you to live in fear.
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In fear. it will keep you from
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It will keep you from expecting god's best.
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Expecting god's best. it's all an imagination.
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It's all an imagination. it's not a reality.
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It's not a reality. it's just something you're
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It's just something you're seeing in your mind.
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Seeing in your mind. it's one thing to have something
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It's one thing to have something to deal with that's actually
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To deal with that's actually happening.
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Happening. we all face challenges.
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We all face challenges. but too often, we're letting
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But too often, we're letting these wrong imaginations of
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These wrong imaginations of what might happen, what might
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What might happen, what might not work out, what might fall
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Not work out, what might fall apart, to steal our joy and
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Apart, to steal our joy and cause us to live stressed.
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Cause us to live stressed. the good news is you control
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The good news is you control your imagination.
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Your imagination. you control what pictures
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You control what pictures play in your mind, and just
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Play in your mind, and just because that negative image
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Because that negative image comes doesn't mean you have
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Comes doesn't mean you have to tune in.
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To tune in. you can change the channel,
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You can change the channel, and the scripture tells us to
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And the scripture tells us to cast down these wrong
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Cast down these wrong imaginations.
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Imaginations. quit letting these negative
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Quit letting these negative images play.
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Images play. when my mother was fighting
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When my mother was fighting terminal cancer, in the
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Terminal cancer, in the middle of the night, lying in
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Middle of the night, lying in bed, she would see herself
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Bed, she would see herself being buried in a new pink
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Being buried in a new pink dress that she had never
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Dress that she had never worn.
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Worn. that picture came up on the
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That picture came up on the movie screen of her life.
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Movie screen of her life. she didn't ask for it.
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She didn't ask for it. she wasn't thinking about it.
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She wasn't thinking about it. she was trying to stay in
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She was trying to stay in faith.
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Faith. but these negative
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But these negative imaginations will come,
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Imaginations will come, especially when we're in
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Especially when we're in difficult times.
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Difficult times. they will show us all the
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They will show us all the worst-case scenarios.
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Worst-case scenarios. have you ever noticed, when
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Have you ever noticed, when you're in the heat of the
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You're in the heat of the battle, you never see
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Battle, you never see pictures of you overcoming
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Pictures of you overcoming the sickness, your business
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The sickness, your business taking off, you're meeting
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Taking off, you're meeting the person of your dreams?
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The person of your dreams? those pictures don't
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Those pictures don't automatically come.
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Automatically come. it's just the opposite, and
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It's just the opposite, and if my mother would have
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If my mother would have pulled up a chair and watched
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Pulled up a chair and watched that movie night after night
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That movie night after night of her being buried in that
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Of her being buried in that pink dress, that would have
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Pink dress, that would have taken root in her spirit.
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Taken root in her spirit. she would have become
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She would have become depressed, defeated, and
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Depressed, defeated, and might not be here today, and
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Might not be here today, and when you see these negative
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When you see these negative pictures, don't take the
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Pictures, don't take the bait.
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Bait. i talked to a man that was
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I talked to a man that was very concerned about his
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Very concerned about his health.
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Health. his father died at the age of
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His father died at the age of 46.
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46. his grandfather died at 51
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His grandfather died at 51 and other relatives had died
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And other relatives had died early deaths as well, and all
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Early deaths as well, and all through his 30s and 40s, he
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Through his 30s and 40s, he was so stressed and so
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Was so stressed and so fearful.
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Fearful. every voice said, "that's
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Every voice said, "that's going to be you.
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Going to be you. too bad it's in your genes.
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Too bad it's in your genes. you're not going to make it."
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You're not going to make it." those images would come into
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Those images would come into his mind.
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His mind. he saw himself like his
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He saw himself like his father, getting sick, going
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Father, getting sick, going downhill.
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Downhill. when he made it to his 47th
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When he made it to his 47th birthday, he was so happy, so
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Birthday, he was so happy, so relieved he made it past his
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Relieved he made it past his father's and he was still
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Father's and he was still strong and healthy.
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Strong and healthy. thoughts said, "don't get too
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Thoughts said, "don't get too happy.
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Happy. you made it to 47, but you
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You made it to 47, but you will never make it to 51.
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Will never make it to 51. it's just a matter of time."
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It's just a matter of time." those images kept coming, him
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Those images kept coming, him going downhill, him losing
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Going downhill, him losing his health.
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His health. but he made it past 51.
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But he made it past 51. he made it past 61, past 71,
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He made it past 61, past 71, past 81.
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Past 81. he was 93 years old, looked
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He was 93 years old, looked like he was 70, strong,
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Like he was 70, strong, healthy, joyful.
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Healthy, joyful. he said, "joel, if i had it
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He said, "joel, if i had it to do over again, i wouldn't
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To do over again, i wouldn't have lived all those years
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Have lived all those years worried, losing sleep, afraid
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Worried, losing sleep, afraid that my health wasn't going
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That my health wasn't going to last."
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To last." are you worrying about a
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Are you worrying about a wrong imagination, about
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Wrong imagination, about something that's not going to
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Something that's not going to come to pass?
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Come to pass? are you going to look back
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Are you going to look back years from now and have to say
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Years from now and have to say like him, "if i could do it over
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Like him, "if i could do it over again, i wouldn't spend all
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Again, i wouldn't spend all that time discouraged, afraid
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That time discouraged, afraid over what i thought was going
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Over what i thought was going to happen"?
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To happen"? why don't you start changing
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Why don't you start changing the channel?
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The channel? those negative pictures are
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Those negative pictures are not a reality, and some of
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Not a reality, and some of the things the enemy is
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The things the enemy is showing you, he should win an
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Showing you, he should win an academy award.
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Academy award. it looks very real.
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It looks very real. it looks impressive.
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It looks impressive. but it's all made up.
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But it's all made up. it is not going to happen.
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It is not going to happen. quit believing those lies.
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Quit believing those lies. the scripture goes on to say,
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The scripture goes on to say, "you have to bring down every
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"you have to bring down every high thing that exalts itself
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High thing that exalts itself above what god says about
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Above what god says about you."
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You." god is not going to do it for
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God is not going to do it for you.
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You. you have to bring it down.
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You have to bring it down. god says you will lend and
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God says you will lend and not borrow.
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Not borrow. whatever you touch will
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Whatever you touch will prosper and succeed.
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Prosper and succeed. instead of watching that
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Instead of watching that picture of you struggling,
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Picture of you struggling, not having enough, business
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Not having enough, business going down, cast down that
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Going down, cast down that imagination.
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Imagination. that's exalting itself above
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That's exalting itself above what god promised you.
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What god promised you. start seeing yourself
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Start seeing yourself prosperous, coming out of
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Prosperous, coming out of debt, paying your house off,
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Debt, paying your house off, having an abundance so you
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Having an abundance so you can be a blessing to others.
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Can be a blessing to others. that image is not going to
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That image is not going to automatically come, but you
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Automatically come, but you can create it.
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Can create it. use your imagination for the
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Use your imagination for the right purposes, to see what
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Right purposes, to see what god says about you.
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God says about you. god says, with long life, he
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God says, with long life, he will satisfy you.
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Will satisfy you. instead of watching that
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Instead of watching that channel of you going
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Channel of you going downhill, being buried in
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Downhill, being buried in that pink dress, not making
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That pink dress, not making it past your father's death,
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It past your father's death, bring down that imagination.
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Bring down that imagination. start seeing yourself strong,
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Start seeing yourself strong, healthy, living a full,
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Healthy, living a full, blessed life.
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Blessed life. or maybe you've gone through
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Or maybe you've gone through a disappointment, a loss, an
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A disappointment, a loss, an unfair situation.
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Unfair situation. life hasn't turned out the
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Life hasn't turned out the way you had planned.
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Way you had planned. those images will come up of
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Those images will come up of you living depressed, lonely,
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You living depressed, lonely, never fulfilled.
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Never fulfilled. but god says he will give you
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But god says he will give you beauty for those ashes, that
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Beauty for those ashes, that he will pay you back double
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He will pay you back double for what was unfair, that he
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For what was unfair, that he will take what was meant for
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Will take what was meant for your harm and use it to your
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Your harm and use it to your advantage, and those pictures
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Advantage, and those pictures that are showing you
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That are showing you defeated, rejected, lonely,
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Defeated, rejected, lonely, they are exalting themselves
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They are exalting themselves above what god said about
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Above what god said about you.
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You. don't let them stay up.
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Don't let them stay up. bring them down.
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Bring them down. they are not a reality.
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They are not a reality. see, the enemy will show you
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See, the enemy will show you the ashes.
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The ashes. what he won't show you is the
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What he won't show you is the beauty that's coming.
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Beauty that's coming. he will show you the loss.
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He will show you the loss. what he won't show you is the
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What he won't show you is the new beginning that's on the
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New beginning that's on the way.
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Way. he will show you that it's
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He will show you that it's all downhill from here.
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All downhill from here. what he won't show you is the
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What he won't show you is the double that's coming, double
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Double that's coming, double the joy, double the peace,
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The joy, double the peace, double the fulfillment.
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Double the fulfillment. now, do your part.
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Now, do your part. protect your imagination.
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Protect your imagination. protect what you're seeing.
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Protect what you're seeing. when those images come that
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When those images come that show you going downhill, they
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Show you going downhill, they are not from god and they are
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Are not from god and they are not a reality.
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Not a reality. don't waste 30 years living
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Don't waste 30 years living worried, stressed out.
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Worried, stressed out. switch over into faith.
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Switch over into faith. the mistake many people make
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The mistake many people make is they only watch one
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Is they only watch one channel.
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Channel. whatever comes up in their
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Whatever comes up in their imagination, they think
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Imagination, they think that's all there is, so they
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That's all there is, so they watch it.
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Watch it. you need to get cable in your
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You need to get cable in your mind.
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Mind. i have 500 stations at home.
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I have 500 stations at home. when i'm watching something i
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When i'm watching something i don't like, i don't sit there
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Don't like, i don't sit there and endure it.
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And endure it. i simply change the channel.
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I simply change the channel. it's the same way in your
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It's the same way in your mind.
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Mind. you can have a lot of
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You can have a lot of different channels.
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Different channels. on one channel, i see myself
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On one channel, i see myself happy, fulfilled, enjoying
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Happy, fulfilled, enjoying life.
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Life. on another channel, i see
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On another channel, i see myself healthy, whole,
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Myself healthy, whole, strong.
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Strong. on another channel, i see
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On another channel, i see myself prosperous, blessed,
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Myself prosperous, blessed, out of debt.
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Out of debt. on another channel, i see
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On another channel, i see victoria loving me with her
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Victoria loving me with her whole heart.
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Whole heart. on another channel, i see
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On another channel, i see victoria loving me with her
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Victoria loving me with her whole heart.
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Whole heart. i got a bunch of those
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I got a bunch of those channels.
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Channels. on another channel, i see my
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On another channel, i see my children doing amazing
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Children doing amazing things, fulfilling their
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Things, fulfilling their purpose, leaving their mark.
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Purpose, leaving their mark. on another channel, i see our
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On another channel, i see our ministry growing, helping
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Ministry growing, helping more people.
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More people. on another channel, i see
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On another channel, i see myself living into my 90s,
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Myself living into my 90s, healthy, strong, finishing my
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Healthy, strong, finishing my course with joy.
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Course with joy. so when i switch on one of
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So when i switch on one of those channels that show me
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Those channels that show me going downhill, losing my
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Going downhill, losing my health, family falling apart,
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Health, family falling apart, business drying up, i'm smart
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Business drying up, i'm smart enough to say, "no, thanks.
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Enough to say, "no, thanks. i'm not watching that
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I'm not watching that channel.
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Channel. i don't watch the defeat
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I don't watch the defeat channel.
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Channel. i don't watch the things are
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I don't watch the things are going downhill channel.
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Going downhill channel. i don't watch the bad
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I don't watch the bad memories channel."
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Memories channel." i stay on the victory
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I stay on the victory channel, the favor channel,
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Channel, the favor channel, the more than enough channel,
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The more than enough channel, the overcoming channel.
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The overcoming channel. in your mind, when these
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In your mind, when these negative imaginations come
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Negative imaginations come up, it's real simple.
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Up, it's real simple. change the channel.
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Change the channel. quit watching things that are
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Quit watching things that are depressing you, making you
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Depressing you, making you worried, causing you to live
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Worried, causing you to live in fear, not pursue your
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In fear, not pursue your dreams.
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Dreams. cast down those imaginations.
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Cast down those imaginations. you control what plays in
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You control what plays in your mind.
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Your mind. you can't stop all the
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You can't stop all the negative images from coming,
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Negative images from coming, but you can stop them from
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But you can stop them from staying.
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Staying. you have the remote control.
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You have the remote control. don't get stuck on that one
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Don't get stuck on that one channel.
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Channel. there was a young lady that
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There was a young lady that came down for prayer.
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Came down for prayer. she and her husband wanted to
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She and her husband wanted to have a baby and they had been
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Have a baby and they had been trying for many years with no
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Trying for many years with no success and she had gone
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Success and she had gone through all the fertility
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Through all the fertility treatments.
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Treatments. she said, "joel, i've been
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She said, "joel, i've been worried since i was in my
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Worried since i was in my early teens that i wouldn't
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Early teens that i wouldn't be able to have a baby
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Be able to have a baby because my mother had a
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Because my mother had a terrible time getting
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Terrible time getting pregnant with me.
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Pregnant with me. my grandmother had the same
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My grandmother had the same problem.
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Problem. other family members have
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Other family members have struggled with infertility.
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Struggled with infertility. i always knew this was going
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I always knew this was going to happen to me," and what
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To happen to me," and what you constantly dwell on is
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You constantly dwell on is creating on a picture in your
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Creating on a picture in your imagination.
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Imagination. many times, the enemy doesn't
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Many times, the enemy doesn't have to put negative images
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Have to put negative images in our mind.
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In our mind. we're creating them with our
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We're creating them with our own thoughts and i told her
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Own thoughts and i told her what i'm telling you.
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What i'm telling you. you have to change the
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You have to change the channel.
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Channel. quit seeing yourself barren,
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Quit seeing yourself barren, not able to have a child,
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Not able to have a child, disappointed.
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Disappointed. cast down that imagination.
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Cast down that imagination. god says, "the fruit of your
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God says, "the fruit of your womb is blessed."
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Womb is blessed." he says, "your seed will be
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He says, "your seed will be mighty in the land."
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Mighty in the land." he said in psalms, "you will
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He said in psalms, "you will be the happy mother of
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Be the happy mother of children."
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Children." that means that infertility
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That means that infertility is exalting itself above what
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Is exalting itself above what god says about you.
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God says about you. you have to bring that down.
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You have to bring that down. she changed the channel.
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She changed the channel. she started seeing herself
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She started seeing herself with a baby.
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With a baby. she switched off that station
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She switched off that station of all of her relatives
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Of all of her relatives barren, disappointed.
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Barren, disappointed. she started seeing her and
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She started seeing her and her husband playing with this
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Her husband playing with this baby, having fun, going
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Baby, having fun, going around as a family.
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Around as a family. three years later, she came
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Three years later, she came back with a beautiful baby
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Back with a beautiful baby girl.
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Girl. medically speaking, she
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Medically speaking, she wasn't supposed to have a
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Wasn't supposed to have a child, but god has the final
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Child, but god has the final say.
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Say. god controls the whole
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God controls the whole universe.
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Universe. are negative pictures keeping
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Are negative pictures keeping you from your dreams?
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You from your dreams? do you see yourself
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Do you see yourself overcoming that addiction,
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Overcoming that addiction, happily married,
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Happily married, accomplishing what god put in
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Accomplishing what god put in your heart, or are you
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Your heart, or are you watching the wrong channel?
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Watching the wrong channel? the scripture tells us in
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The scripture tells us in timothy to have a disciplined
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Timothy to have a disciplined mind.
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Mind. you can't watch every
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You can't watch every imagination that comes up.
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Imagination that comes up. your mind will naturally
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Your mind will naturally gravitate toward the
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Gravitate toward the negative.
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Negative. if your business starts to
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If your business starts to slow down, don't be surprised
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Slow down, don't be surprised if, in your imagination, you
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If, in your imagination, you start seeing the creditors
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Start seeing the creditors coming, you see you're having
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Coming, you see you're having to lay people off, you see
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To lay people off, you see the doors closing.
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The doors closing. if you're not disciplined and
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If you're not disciplined and you let that play, you will
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You let that play, you will go around worried, stressed
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Go around worried, stressed out.
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Out. what's the answer?
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What's the answer? change the channel.
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Change the channel. you can create new pictures
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You can create new pictures in your mind.
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In your mind. start seeing your business
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Start seeing your business taking off, seeing new
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Taking off, seeing new customers finding you, seeing
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Customers finding you, seeing opportunities chasing you
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Opportunities chasing you down.
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Down. there was a gentleman
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There was a gentleman diagnosed with cancer of the
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Diagnosed with cancer of the bladder.
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Bladder. the doctors told him that it
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The doctors told him that it was inoperable.
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Was inoperable. he took chemotherapy, but it
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He took chemotherapy, but it didn't any good, and all they
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Didn't any good, and all they could do was give him some
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Could do was give him some pain medicine and send him
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Pain medicine and send him home.
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Home. they told him he had less
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They told him he had less than a year to live.
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Than a year to live. but instead of being
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But instead of being depressed, giving up on life,
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Depressed, giving up on life, he did something interesting.
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He did something interesting. all through the day, he
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All through the day, he imagined armies of healing
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Imagined armies of healing white blood cells flowing
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White blood cells flowing through his body.
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Through his body. he pictured them coming down
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He pictured them coming down from his head, going through
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From his head, going through his veins, into his organs,
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His veins, into his organs, attacking those cancerous
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Attacking those cancerous cells.
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Cells. he said, "these images were
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He said, "these images were as clear in my mind as if i
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As clear in my mind as if i was watching them on
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Was watching them on television."
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Television." hundreds of times throughout
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Hundreds of times throughout the day, he saw life,
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The day, he saw life, healing, wholeness flowing
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Healing, wholeness flowing back into him.
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Back into him. the whole time, thanking god
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The whole time, thanking god that he was restoring health,
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That he was restoring health, that he could do the
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That he could do the impossible.
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Impossible. he went back a year later for
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He went back a year later for a checkup.
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A checkup. the doctor said, "we can't
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The doctor said, "we can't explain it.
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Explain it. we don't know how this has
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We don't know how this has happened, but we can't find
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Happened, but we can't find any sign of cancer in your
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Any sign of cancer in your body."
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Body." you may be struggling with an
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You may be struggling with an illness.
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Illness. the medical report doesn't
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The medical report doesn't look good.
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Look good. but instead of dwelling on
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But instead of dwelling on these negative images, why
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These negative images, why don't you start imagining,
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Don't you start imagining, right now, these healing
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Right now, these healing cells flowing through you?
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Cells flowing through you? picture these cells that are
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Picture these cells that are full of the life of the most
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Full of the life of the most high god attacking and
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High god attacking and devouring every sick and
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Devouring every sick and diseased cell in you.
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Diseased cell in you. see yourself getting
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See yourself getting healthier.
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Healthier. see yourself coming out of
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See yourself coming out of that sick bed.
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That sick bed. cancer is no match for our
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Cancer is no match for our god.
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God. what's trying to stop you is
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What's trying to stop you is no match for the creator of
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No match for the creator of the universe.
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The universe. keep the right pictures
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Keep the right pictures playing in your mind.
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Playing in your mind. don't let your imagination be
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Don't let your imagination be used to worry you, to defeat
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Used to worry you, to defeat you.
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You. turn it around and use it to
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Turn it around and use it to encourage you, to strengthen
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Encourage you, to strengthen you, to inspire you.
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You, to inspire you. god said in jeremiah, "i have
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God said in jeremiah, "i have set you over the nations, to
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Set you over the nations, to rule over kingdoms, to pull
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Rule over kingdoms, to pull down and root out, to build
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Down and root out, to build and plant."
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And plant." notice the order.
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Notice the order. before you can build and
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Before you can build and plant, before the situation
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Plant, before the situation will turn around, before you
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Will turn around, before you see increase, you have to
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See increase, you have to pull down and root out.
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Pull down and root out. like jeremiah, god has a
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Like jeremiah, god has a place of victory for you
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Place of victory for you where you will rule over
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Where you will rule over everything that's holding you
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Everything that's holding you back.
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Back. but you have to first pull
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But you have to first pull down these wrong
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Down these wrong imaginations.
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Imaginations. you have to root out any
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You have to root out any negative pictures.
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Negative pictures. if you're going to a job
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If you're going to a job interview, don't imagine that
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Interview, don't imagine that you're not going to get it.
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You're not going to get it. don't imagine that they're
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Don't imagine that they're not going to like you.
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Not going to like you. you're defeating yourself
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You're defeating yourself before you get there.
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Before you get there. pull down that imagination
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Pull down that imagination and imagine them choosing
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And imagine them choosing you.
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You. imagine you standing out.
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Imagine you standing out. imagine you working there,
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Imagine you working there, excelling at that position.
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Excelling at that position. if you let these negative
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If you let these negative imaginations play, they'll
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Imaginations play, they'll cause you to be weak, timid,
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Cause you to be weak, timid, feel unqualified.
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Feel unqualified. change the channel.
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Change the channel. "well, joel, what if i do
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"well, joel, what if i do that and it doesn't work?"
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That and it doesn't work?" what if you do it and it does
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What if you do it and it does work?
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Work? if you do it and you don't
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If you do it and you don't get the position, that just
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Get the position, that just means god has something
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Means god has something better in store.
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Better in store. but if you're always letting
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But if you're always letting these negative images play,
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These negative images play, you will never know what you
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You will never know what you could have become.
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Could have become. if you feel a pain in your
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If you feel a pain in your side, thoughts will tell you,
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Side, thoughts will tell you, "oh, man, that's serious.
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"oh, man, that's serious. that's the same thing that
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That's the same thing that took your uncle's life.
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Took your uncle's life. he didn't make it that long.
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He didn't make it that long. neither will you."
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Neither will you." if you are not disciplined in
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If you are not disciplined in your mind, you will get all
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Your mind, you will get all panicked.
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Panicked. you will start thinking of
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You will start thinking of all the worst-case scenarios.
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All the worst-case scenarios. by the time you get home, you
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By the time you get home, you will be writing out your
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Will be writing out your will, making your final
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Will, making your final arrangements, and all it was
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Arrangements, and all it was was you had too much pizza
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Was you had too much pizza for lunch.
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For lunch. you just needed some
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You just needed some pepto-bismol.
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Pepto-bismol. even if it is something
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Even if it is something serious, what's going to help
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Serious, what's going to help you to stay in peace is to
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You to stay in peace is to keep the right images in your
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Keep the right images in your mind.
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Mind. most of the things that come
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Most of the things that come against us are not what we
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Against us are not what we think they are.
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Think they are. we let our imaginations run
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We let our imaginations run wild and show us all the
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Wild and show us all the worst-case possibilities.
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Worst-case possibilities. if you hear a siren at night,
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If you hear a siren at night, your children are not home,
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Your children are not home, thoughts will tell you,
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Thoughts will tell you, "that's your child.
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"that's your child. your son has been in an
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Your son has been in an accident.
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Accident. he is headed to the hospital
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He is headed to the hospital right now.
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Right now. you better get up, do
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You better get up, do something about it."
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Something about it." if you let that play, before
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If you let that play, before long, you will see the
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Long, you will see the ambulance.
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Ambulance. you will see the accident.
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You will see the accident. you will see it all taking
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You will see it all taking place.
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Place. those are wrong imaginations
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Those are wrong imaginations that you have to cast down.
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That you have to cast down. instead of believing those
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Instead of believing those lies, worrying, imagining the
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Lies, worrying, imagining the worst, turn it around.
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Worst, turn it around. "father, thank you that my
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"father, thank you that my children are in the palm of
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Children are in the palm of your hand.
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Your hand. thank you that no weapon
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Thank you that no weapon formed against them will
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Formed against them will prosper.
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Prosper. thank you that your angels
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Thank you that your angels are watching over them,
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Are watching over them, keeping them from accident
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Keeping them from accident and harm."
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And harm." what am i saying?
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What am i saying? be disciplined in your mind.
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Be disciplined in your mind. don't let your imagination
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Don't let your imagination run wild and show you all the
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Run wild and show you all the negative possibilities.
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Negative possibilities. there was a 23-year-old young
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There was a 23-year-old young lady named sarah.
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Lady named sarah. she went to the grocery store
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She went to the grocery store to pick up a few items.
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To pick up a few items. when she got back in her car,
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When she got back in her car, she heard a loud noise and
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She heard a loud noise and felt something hit her in the
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Felt something hit her in the back of the head.
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Back of the head. she thought she had been
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She thought she had been shot.
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Shot. she reached up and felt what
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She reached up and felt what she thought were her brains
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She thought were her brains coming out.
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Coming out. she initially passed out.
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She initially passed out. when she woke up, she sat in
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When she woke up, she sat in the car motionless for over
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The car motionless for over an hour holding the back of
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An hour holding the back of her head trying to keep her
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Her head trying to keep her brains in.
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Brains in. a man walked by and noticed
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A man walked by and noticed something was wrong and
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Something was wrong and called the police.
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Called the police. the police came and asked her
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The police came and asked her to open the car door.
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To open the car door. she said she couldn't.
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She said she couldn't. she had been shot and she was
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She had been shot and she was holding her brains in.
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Holding her brains in. the police broke open the
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The police broke open the back window.
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Back window. they discovered a can of
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They discovered a can of pillsbury biscuits had
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Pillsbury biscuits had exploded.
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Exploded. the dough had shot out and
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The dough had shot out and hit her in the back of the
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Hit her in the back of the head.
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Head. maybe what you're imagining
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Maybe what you're imagining is not what you think it is.
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Is not what you think it is. maybe that's not your brains
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Maybe that's not your brains after all.
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After all. here is my point.
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Here is my point. maybe you're not stuck.
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Maybe you're not stuck. maybe the addiction is not
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Maybe the addiction is not permanent.
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Permanent. maybe your health isn't going
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Maybe your health isn't going downhill.
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Downhill. maybe your dream is
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Maybe your dream is achievable.
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Achievable. perhaps all those pictures
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Perhaps all those pictures that have been playing in
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That have been playing in your imagination are not your
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Your imagination are not your true reality.
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True reality. maybe they are just a bunch
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Maybe they are just a bunch of dough trying to keep you
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Of dough trying to keep you from moving forward.
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From moving forward. do yourself a favor.
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Do yourself a favor. open up the car door, let go
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Open up the car door, let go of your brains, and get
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Of your brains, and get going.
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Going. about a year after i began
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About a year after i began ministering, the church was
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Ministering, the church was really growing and we decided
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Really growing and we decided to start a second sunday
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To start a second sunday morning service, and i
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Morning service, and i announced that on the first
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Announced that on the first sunday of the year 2000, we
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Sunday of the year 2000, we were going to have this new
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Were going to have this new early morning service.
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Early morning service. this was in october and so i
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This was in october and so i had several months to think
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Had several months to think about it.
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About it. during that time, all kinds
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During that time, all kinds of negative thoughts told me,
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Of negative thoughts told me, "joel, this is a big mistake.
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"joel, this is a big mistake. nobody is going to come.
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Nobody is going to come. you're going to look like a
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You're going to look like a fool," and i tried to stay in
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Fool," and i tried to stay in faith.
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Faith. but, one night, i had a
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But, one night, i had a dream.
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Dream. a better description was a
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A better description was a nightmare.
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Nightmare. it was that first sunday of
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It was that first sunday of our new service.
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Our new service. when i went out to minister,
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When i went out to minister, not one person was in the
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Not one person was in the auditorium, not victoria, not
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Auditorium, not victoria, not my mother, not a musician,
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My mother, not a musician, not an usher, nobody.
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Not an usher, nobody. i woke up in a cold sweat.
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I woke up in a cold sweat. thoughts told me, "you better
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Thoughts told me, "you better cancel it.
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Cancel it. there is still time to call
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There is still time to call it off.
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It off. you can halfway save face."
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You can halfway save face." all through the day, that
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All through the day, that image of that empty
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Image of that empty auditorium would come up and
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Auditorium would come up and i had to do what i am asking
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I had to do what i am asking you to do, change the
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You to do, change the channel.
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Channel. sometimes, i would change it
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Sometimes, i would change it and the same picture would be
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And the same picture would be on the next station, kind of
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On the next station, kind of like the presidential
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Like the presidential debates.
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Debates. they are everywhere.
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They are everywhere. i had to keep flipping and
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I had to keep flipping and flipping until i found
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Flipping until i found something encouraging.
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Something encouraging. the week of that first
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The week of that first service rolled around and i
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Service rolled around and i was talking to my mom and i
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Was talking to my mom and i kind of nonchalantly said,
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Kind of nonchalantly said, "are you coming to the new
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"are you coming to the new service this sunday?"
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Service this sunday?" she looked at me puzzled and
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She looked at me puzzled and said, "joel, does it start
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Said, "joel, does it start this weekend?"
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This weekend?" i thought, "dear lord, we've
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I thought, "dear lord, we've announced it 437 times.
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Announced it 437 times. my own mother is not coming."
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My own mother is not coming." that dream might have been a
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That dream might have been a prophecy.
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Prophecy. but i said, "yes, it starts
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But i said, "yes, it starts this weekend.
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This weekend. you need to come.
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You need to come. bring all your friends,
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Bring all your friends, enemies, neighbors, cousins,
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Enemies, neighbors, cousins, relatives, ancestors."
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Relatives, ancestors." it wasn't easy, but i kept
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It wasn't easy, but i kept changing the channel.
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Changing the channel. i made up my mind.
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I made up my mind. i am not watching the empty
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I am not watching the empty auditorium channel.
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Auditorium channel. i am not watching the nobody
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I am not watching the nobody is coming channel.
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Is coming channel. i am going to stay on the
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I am going to stay on the victory channel, and in my
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Victory channel, and in my imagination, through my eyes
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Imagination, through my eyes of faith, i saw thousands of
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Of faith, i saw thousands of people coming.
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People coming. on that first sunday of 2000,
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On that first sunday of 2000, i was so nervous, i left the
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I was so nervous, i left the house an hour early.
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House an hour early. when i pulled up to the
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When i pulled up to the property, one parking lot was
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Property, one parking lot was already full.
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Already full. we had over 6,000 people that
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We had over 6,000 people that day and they have been coming
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Day and they have been coming ever since.
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Ever since. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? cast down these wrong
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Cast down these wrong imaginations.
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Imaginations. they are not a reality.
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They are not a reality. they are trying to deceive
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They are trying to deceive you into living worried,
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You into living worried, afraid so you will give up on
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Afraid so you will give up on your dreams.
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Your dreams. why is it that we let our
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Why is it that we let our imagination run wild only in
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Imagination run wild only in the negative direction?
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The negative direction? we imagine the worst, imagine
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We imagine the worst, imagine what's not going to work out.
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What's not going to work out. why don't you start letting
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Why don't you start letting your imagination run wild in
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Your imagination run wild in the right direction?
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The right direction? imagine living a supersized
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Imagine living a supersized life.
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Life. imagine accomplishing your
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Imagine accomplishing your dream.
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Dream. imagine your children doing
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Imagine your children doing amazing things.
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Amazing things. let's keep the right pictures
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Let's keep the right pictures in our minds, and when those
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In our minds, and when those negative images come up, be
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Negative images come up, be quick to change the channel.
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Quick to change the channel. remember they are not a
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Remember they are not a reality, and if you will
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Reality, and if you will protect your imagination, i
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Protect your imagination, i believe and declare, like
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Believe and declare, like abraham, god is going to
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Abraham, god is going to bring promises to pass.
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Bring promises to pass. you're going to overcome
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You're going to overcome obstacles, accomplish your
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Obstacles, accomplish your dreams, and reach the
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Dreams, and reach the fullness of your destiny.
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Fullness of your destiny. in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. if you receive it, can you
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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 the jesus
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Opportunity to make the jesus of your lord of your life.
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Of your 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.
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Church. keep god first place.
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Keep god first place. he is going to take you
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He is going to take you places that you've never
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Places that you've never dreamed.
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Dreamed. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing over
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. 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, we'd love to
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on these truths,
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On these truths, you won't be tossed
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You won't be tossed back and forth
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Back and forth by finances, health challenges,
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You'll be able to boldly pray with faith
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Boldly pray with faith that is immovable and strong,
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That is immovable and strong, and you'll
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And you'll be filled with peace,
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Be filled with peace, assurance, and joy.
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Assurance, and joy. don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances control your future.
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Control your future. pray the truth of god's
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Pray the truth of god's word forward in faith
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Word forward in faith and watch the mountains
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And watch the mountains in your life begin to move.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And we appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special
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Special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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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. but until we meet again,
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Joel Osteen - Protect Your Imagination

May 12, 2026 | 27:29

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