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Joel Osteen - Refuse Negative Seeds

August 10, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Refuse Negative Seeds | August 10, 2025

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,cted
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With us during the week,cted through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd
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Visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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Love to have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i like to start
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I like to start something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this kindergarten
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About this kindergarten teacher. she was trying to
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Teacher. she was trying to explain to her students about
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Explain to her students about self-esteem. she said to her
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Self-esteem. she said to her class, “anyone who feels like
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Class, “anyone who feels like you're dumb, please stand
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You're dumb, please stand up.” she didn't think anyone
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Up.” she didn't think anyone would stand and she would
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Would stand and she would make the point how no one is
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Make the point how no one is dumb. about that time, little
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Dumb. about that time, little johnny stood up. she thought,
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Johnny stood up. she thought, “oh no, now what am i going
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“oh no, now what am i going to do?” she said, “now
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To do?” she said, “now johnny, do you really feel
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Johnny, do you really feel like you're dumb?” he said,
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Like you're dumb?” he said, “no ma'am, i just hate to see
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“no ma'am, i just hate to see you standing there all by
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You standing there all by yourself.”
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Yourself.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about refusing negative
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About refusing negative seeds. we all have voices
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Seeds. we all have voices that are trying to keep us
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That are trying to keep us from our destiny. sometimes
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From our destiny. sometimes it's people, telling us what
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It's people, telling us what we can't become, how we're
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We can't become, how we're not going to accomplish the
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Not going to accomplish the dream. it may be experts,
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Dream. it may be experts, they have all the training,
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They have all the training, all the skills, they're
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All the skills, they're telling us the facts. medical
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Telling us the facts. medical science says you're not going
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Science says you're not going to get well. you don't have
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To get well. you don't have the qualifications for this
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The qualifications for this position. you watch the news
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Position. you watch the news and hear all comments about
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And hear all comments about the economy, inflation,
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The economy, inflation, division, viruses. this can
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Division, viruses. this can bring fear, worry, what's
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Bring fear, worry, what's going to happen. words are
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Going to happen. words are like seeds. if you dwell on
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Like seeds. if you dwell on them long enough, they'll
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Them long enough, they'll take root and become a
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Take root and become a reality. the good news is you
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Reality. the good news is you get to choose what gets
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Get to choose what gets planted in your soil. the
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Planted in your soil. the scripture says to guard your
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Scripture says to guard your mind. that's saying don't let
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Mind. that's saying don't let just any seed get in there.
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Just any seed get in there. be selective. if that seed is
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Be selective. if that seed is negative, discouraging,
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Negative, discouraging, bringing fear, pushing you
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Bringing fear, pushing you down, don't give it the time
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Down, don't give it the time of day. you need to say, “no
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Of day. you need to say, “no thanks, i refuse that seed.
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Thanks, i refuse that seed. i'm not letting that defeat
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I'm not letting that defeat take root in my soil.”
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Take root in my soil.” sometimes people don't
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Sometimes people don't realize they're doing it.
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Realize they're doing it. “i'm sorry about that
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“i'm sorry about that diagnosis, my grandmother
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Diagnosis, my grandmother died of the same thing. i
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Died of the same thing. i wouldn't take that new
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Wouldn't take that new position if i were you, it's
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Position if i were you, it's way over your head. are you
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Way over your head. are you still single? i don't know if
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Still single? i don't know if you're ever going to meet
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You're ever going to meet anyone.” do yourself a favor,
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Anyone.” do yourself a favor, let that go in one ear and
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Let that go in one ear and out the other. if you start
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Out the other. if you start dwelling on it. “what if i
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Dwelling on it. “what if i don't get well? maybe this is
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Don't get well? maybe this is over my head. i'm worried
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Over my head. i'm worried that i'm not going to meet
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That i'm not going to meet someone.” you're giving that
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Someone.” you're giving that seed permission to become a
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Seed permission to become a reality. don't let the doubt
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Reality. don't let the doubt from other people keep you
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From other people keep you from your destiny. you have
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From your destiny. you have to tune out all the negative,
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To tune out all the negative, can't do it, not able, never
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Can't do it, not able, never going to happen, limiting
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Going to happen, limiting words. they may speak that,
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Words. they may speak that, but you don't have to receive
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But you don't have to receive it. if you don't dwell on it,
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It. if you don't dwell on it, those words will die
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Those words will die stillborn. they will have no
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Stillborn. they will have no effect on you.
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Effect on you. victoria and i were at a
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Victoria and i were at a restaurant one time. our son
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Restaurant one time. our son jonathan was six months old.
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Jonathan was six months old. he was laying in the little
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He was laying in the little carrier in the seat next to
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Carrier in the seat next to me. about thirty minutes
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Me. about thirty minutes later, this older couple got
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Later, this older couple got up to leave. they came over
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Up to leave. they came over to our table. the lady said,
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To our table. the lady said, “we were just admiring your
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“we were just admiring your little baby. how good he is.
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Little baby. how good he is. how he just lies there so
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How he just lies there so peaceful and quiet.” we
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Peaceful and quiet.” we thanked them. then the
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Thanked them. then the husband said, “but just wait
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Husband said, “but just wait till he gets to be two years
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Till he gets to be two years old. he'll turn in to a
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Old. he'll turn in to a tyrant. you better enjoy it
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Tyrant. you better enjoy it now because he's going to be
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Now because he's going to be a lot of trouble. those
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A lot of trouble. those terrible twos are coming.” we
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Terrible twos are coming.” we just waved and said goodbye.
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Just waved and said goodbye. i thought, “don't let the
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I thought, “don't let the door hit you as you leave.”
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Door hit you as you leave.” something rose up in me. i
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Something rose up in me. i told victoria, “i don't
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Told victoria, “i don't receive that. he doesn't
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Receive that. he doesn't determine our future. his
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Determine our future. his opinion is not our reality.
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Opinion is not our reality. it's not going to be the
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It's not going to be the terrible twos, it's going to
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Terrible twos, it's going to be the terrific twos, the
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Be the terrific twos, the awesome threes, the fabulous
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Awesome threes, the fabulous fours.” don't get in
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Fours.” don't get in agreement with negative
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Agreement with negative things people speak over you.
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Things people speak over you. what they're saying may be
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What they're saying may be true for a lot of people, but
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True for a lot of people, but you're the exception. you're
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You're the exception. you're the one to have awesome
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The one to have awesome children. you're the one to
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Children. you're the one to get well when the medical
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Get well when the medical report says you won't. you're
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Report says you won't. you're the one to break the
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The one to break the addiction, to take your
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Addiction, to take your family to a new level, to see
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Family to a new level, to see favor that people could never
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Favor that people could never imagine. if this is going to
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Imagine. if this is going to happen you have to be
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Happen you have to be selective what gets planted
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Selective what gets planted in your soil. when these
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In your soil. when these negative seeds come, it's
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Negative seeds come, it's real easy, refuse it. don't
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Real easy, refuse it. don't dwell on it. don't go around
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Dwell on it. don't go around talking about it. don't start
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Talking about it. don't start expecting it to happen. keep
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Expecting it to happen. keep your mind filled with
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Your mind filled with positive, hopeful, faith
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Positive, hopeful, faith filled thoughts.
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Filled thoughts. david was seventeen years old
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David was seventeen years old when he heard goliath
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When he heard goliath taunting the israelites. this
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Taunting the israelites. this giant stood over nine feet
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Giant stood over nine feet tall, he was the champion of
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Tall, he was the champion of the philistine army. none of
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The philistine army. none of the israelites dared to face
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The israelites dared to face him. when he came out
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Him. when he came out shouting his threats, they
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Shouting his threats, they all ran and hid. david was
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All ran and hid. david was half his size, he had no
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Half his size, he had no training, no armor, but he
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Training, no armor, but he went to king saul and told
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Went to king saul and told him that he wanted to face
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Him that he wanted to face goliath. saul said to david
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Goliath. saul said to david in 1 samuel 17, “david, don't
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In 1 samuel 17, “david, don't be ridiculous, you're just a
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Be ridiculous, you're just a boy. he's been a warrior
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Boy. he's been a warrior since he was a youth.” he was
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Since he was a youth.” he was saying, “david, what are you
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Saying, “david, what are you thinking? you don't have a
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Thinking? you don't have a chance. you're too small.
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Chance. you're too small. you're not qualified. this is
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You're not qualified. this is way over your head.” whenever
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Way over your head.” whenever you're on the verge of a new
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You're on the verge of a new level, negative seeds will
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Level, negative seeds will come to try to talk you out
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Come to try to talk you out of it. david had a choice, to
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Of it. david had a choice, to let those words take root.
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Let those words take root. “i'm just a boy. i'm not up
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“i'm just a boy. i'm not up to par. i can't do this.” or
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To par. i can't do this.” or was he going to guard his
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Was he going to guard his mind and not let the doubt,
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Mind and not let the doubt, the inferiority, the opinion
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The inferiority, the opinion of saul talk him out of his
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Of saul talk him out of his destiny. this was a defining
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Destiny. this was a defining moment. david could have
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Moment. david could have walked away, went back home.
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Walked away, went back home. he could have missed who god
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He could have missed who god created him to be had he not
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Created him to be had he not learned this principle.
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Learned this principle. we see david defeating
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We see david defeating goliath as the great victory,
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Goliath as the great victory, that's when god took him to a
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That's when god took him to a new level. but the real
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New level. but the real victory took place, when he
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Victory took place, when he didn't let saul's demeaning
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Didn't let saul's demeaning words keep him from stepping
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Words keep him from stepping up. had he not refused the
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Up. had he not refused the negative seeds, he would have
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Negative seeds, he would have never made it to goliath.
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Never made it to goliath. before you conquer your
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Before you conquer your giant, before you reach a new
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Giant, before you reach a new level, there will be a saul
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Level, there will be a saul trying to discourage you. a
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Trying to discourage you. a saul telling you, “you can't
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Saul telling you, “you can't get well. you can't start
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Get well. you can't start your business. you'll never
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Your business. you'll never break that addiction, you'll
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Break that addiction, you'll never meet the right person.”
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Never meet the right person.” your real victory is when you
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Your real victory is when you refuse the doubt, refuse what
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Refuse the doubt, refuse what the naysayers are telling
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The naysayers are telling you. you have to win the
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You. you have to win the battle in your mind, before
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Battle in your mind, before you'll defeat your giants.
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You'll defeat your giants. too many people get talked
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Too many people get talked out of ever seeing their
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Out of ever seeing their goliath because they listened
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Goliath because they listened to saul.
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To saul. you would think that saul
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You would think that saul would be excited that someone
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Would be excited that someone finally stepped up to fight
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Finally stepped up to fight goliath. he had been taunting
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Goliath. he had been taunting the israelites for forty
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The israelites for forty days. now this young man
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Days. now this young man david had the courage to take
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David had the courage to take him on. surely saul would
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Him on. surely saul would say, “that's awesome david.
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Say, “that's awesome david. you can do this. we're all
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You can do this. we're all behind you.” when god puts
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Behind you.” when god puts big things in your heart,
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Big things in your heart, don't expect everyone to
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Don't expect everyone to cheer you on. don't expect
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Cheer you on. don't expect all your friends, all your
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All your friends, all your family, to encourage you and
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Family, to encourage you and tell you how great you are.
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Tell you how great you are. that's when the saul's will
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That's when the saul's will show up. people that cast
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Show up. people that cast negative seeds, try to get
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Negative seeds, try to get you to doubt, second guess
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You to doubt, second guess yourself, discredit you, make
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Yourself, discredit you, make you feel small, like you
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You feel small, like you don't measure up. don't let
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Don't measure up. don't let those seeds take root. people
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Those seeds take root. people don't determine your destiny,
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Don't determine your destiny, god does. when he called you,
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God does. when he called you, he didn't check with people.
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He didn't check with people. he didn't consult with your
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He didn't consult with your friends, your neighbors, your
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Friends, your neighbors, your boss, your family or your
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Boss, your family or your enemies to decide if they
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Enemies to decide if they think you can do it. are you
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Think you can do it. are you big enough, smart enough,
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Big enough, smart enough, talented enough? he put
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Talented enough? he put things in you that other
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Things in you that other people can't see. don't get
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People can't see. don't get upset with them if they think
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Upset with them if they think you can't do it. “you're just
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You can't do it. “you're just a boy. you don't come from
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A boy. you don't come from the right family.” they're
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The right family.” they're looking at the outside.
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Looking at the outside. they're judging from a human
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They're judging from a human point of view, but god has
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Point of view, but god has put things in you that will
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Put things in you that will defy the odds. his favor will
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Defy the odds. his favor will cause you to go places you
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Cause you to go places you could never go on your own.
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Could never go on your own. they may think, “all you have
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They may think, “all you have is a sling shot. you don't
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Is a sling shot. you don't have a chance.” what they
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Have a chance.” what they can't see is that sling shot
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Can't see is that sling shot with the blessing of god will
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With the blessing of god will bring down giants. “you're
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Bring down giants. “you're just a boy.” yes, but a boy
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Just a boy.” yes, but a boy with the favor of god can
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With the favor of god can become the king of israel.
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Become the king of israel. god wouldn't have allowed the
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God wouldn't have allowed the giant if you weren't well
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Giant if you weren't well able to defeat it. the giant
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Able to defeat it. the giant is a sign that a new level is
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Is a sign that a new level is coming. but here's the key,
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Coming. but here's the key, before that happens, king
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Before that happens, king saul will show up. the real
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Saul will show up. the real test is not goliath, the real
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Test is not goliath, the real test is saul. the negative
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Test is saul. the negative words, the doubt, the fear,
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Words, the doubt, the fear, the insecurity, trying to get
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The insecurity, trying to get you to question yourself,
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You to question yourself, question whether you really
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Question whether you really heard god, question if you
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Heard god, question if you really have what it takes.
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Really have what it takes. dismiss the doubt. refuse
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Dismiss the doubt. refuse those negative seeds. you're
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Those negative seeds. you're at a defining moment. you're
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At a defining moment. you're on the verge of stepping up
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On the verge of stepping up to a new level, the verge of
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To a new level, the verge of seeing god do something
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Seeing god do something you've never seen. are you
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You've never seen. are you going to shrink back, let
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Going to shrink back, let people's opinions talk you
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People's opinions talk you out of it, let the fear , the
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Out of it, let the fear , the doubt, take root? or are you
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Doubt, take root? or are you going to do like david?
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Going to do like david? dismiss it and move forward
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Dismiss it and move forward in faith into the awesome
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In faith into the awesome future god has in store.
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Future god has in store. when my father passed in
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When my father passed in 1999, i had only ministered
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1999, i had only ministered one time. i'd worked behind
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One time. i'd worked behind the scenes for seventeen
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The scenes for seventeen years. i never wanted to be
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Years. i never wanted to be up in front of people. i
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Up in front of people. i liked being in the
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Liked being in the background. but i knew i was
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Background. but i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church. it didn't
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Pastor the church. it didn't make sense to my mind. i
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Make sense to my mind. i didn't have the training, i
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Didn't have the training, i wasn't necessarily qualified;
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Wasn't necessarily qualified; i didn't have a big
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I didn't have a big personality like my father.
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Personality like my father. but i took that step of faith
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But i took that step of faith and started speaking on the
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And started speaking on the weekends. i was so nervous,
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Weekends. i was so nervous, so unsure of myself. i would
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So unsure of myself. i would finish one message, walk off
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Finish one message, walk off the platform, so relieved.
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The platform, so relieved. the thought would come, “what
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The thought would come, “what are you going to speak on
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Are you going to speak on next week? what if you have
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Next week? what if you have nothing to say? what if no
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Nothing to say? what if no one comes? what if people
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One comes? what if people don't like you? what if the
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Don't like you? what if the church goes down?” the enemy
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Church goes down?” the enemy loves to bring the what ifs.
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Loves to bring the what ifs. have you noticed, it's always
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Have you noticed, it's always the worst-case scenarios.
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The worst-case scenarios. “what if that pain in your
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“what if that pain in your little toe is cancer, what if
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Little toe is cancer, what if your company lays you off and
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Your company lays you off and you can't pay your bills,
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You can't pay your bills, what if your child doesn't
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What if your child doesn't pass that class.” these
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Pass that class.” these negative seeds that cause
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Negative seeds that cause worry, anxiety, where you
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Worry, anxiety, where you can't really enjoy your life.
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Can't really enjoy your life. instead of letting them take
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Instead of letting them take root, why don't you turn the
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Root, why don't you turn the what ifs around and dwell on
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What ifs around and dwell on the best-case scenarios.
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The best-case scenarios. dwell on something hopeful,
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Dwell on something hopeful, something that builds your
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Something that builds your faith. “what if no one
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Faith. “what if no one comes?” “what if the church
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Comes?” “what if the church explodes?” “what if you never
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Explodes?” “what if you never get well?” “what if you
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Get well?” “what if you recover and feel better than
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Recover and feel better than ever?” “what if your child
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Ever?” “what if your child doesn't pass?” “what if he
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Doesn't pass?” “what if he makes the honor roll?” what
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Makes the honor roll?” what if you never meet anyone?”
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If you never meet anyone?” “what if they show up this
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“what if they show up this week?” “what if you get laid
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Week?” “what if you get laid off?” “what if you get a
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Off?” “what if you get a promotion? what if you start
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Promotion? what if you start your own business? what if
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Your own business? what if you step into abundance and
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You step into abundance and favor that you've never
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Favor that you've never seen?” quit letting the
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Seen?” quit letting the negative play in your mind.
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Negative play in your mind. you choose which seeds get
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You choose which seeds get planted in your soil. you
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Planted in your soil. you have to take control of your
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Have to take control of your thought life.
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Thought life. a few weeks after i started
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A few weeks after i started ministering, i was in the
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Ministering, i was in the front lobby after the
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Front lobby after the service. i had just come off
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Service. i had just come off the platform, i was walking
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The platform, i was walking behind these two ladies. they
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Behind these two ladies. they didn't know i was there. i
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Didn't know i was there. i overheard them talking. one
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Overheard them talking. one said, “he's not as good as
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Said, “he's not as good as his father.” the other
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His father.” the other answered back, “yeah, i don't
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Answered back, “yeah, i don't think the church is going to
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Think the church is going to make it.” i was already
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Make it.” i was already insecure, worried about what
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Insecure, worried about what people thought, wondering was
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People thought, wondering was i good enough. that was like
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I good enough. that was like the worst thing that could
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The worst thing that could have happened. when i heard
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Have happened. when i heard that, i felt fear shoot
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That, i felt fear shoot through my body, almost like
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Through my body, almost like a panic. “oh no it's not
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A panic. “oh no it's not going to work out. i don't
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Going to work out. i don't have what it takes.” as i was
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Have what it takes.” as i was processing it all, something
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Processing it all, something rose up in me, like waking up
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Rose up in me, like waking up a sleeping lion. i felt a
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A sleeping lion. i felt a boldness, a confidence, a
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Boldness, a confidence, a power that i had never felt
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Power that i had never felt before. i thought to myself,
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Before. i thought to myself, “you ladies don't know who i
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“you ladies don't know who i am, and you don't know what
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Am, and you don't know what god put in me. you weren't
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God put in me. you weren't there when he formed me in my
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There when he formed me in my mother's womb. you weren't
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Mother's womb. you weren't there when he called me,
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There when he called me, anointed me, and empowered
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Anointed me, and empowered me. you weren't there when he
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Me. you weren't there when he crowned me with his favor.
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Crowned me with his favor. you may not think i can do
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You may not think i can do it, but i don't need your
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It, but i don't need your approval. you don't think i
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Approval. you don't think i have what it takes, that i'm
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Have what it takes, that i'm just a boy, but there's a
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Just a boy, but there's a sling shot you can't see.
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Sling shot you can't see. there's a giant that's about
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There's a giant that's about to come down.
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To come down. i was at a destiny moment. if
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I was at a destiny moment. if i would have let their seeds
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I would have let their seeds take root, i would have
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Take root, i would have talked myself out it. if i
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Talked myself out it. if i would have kept dwelling on
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Would have kept dwelling on that, “you're not like your
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That, “you're not like your father, you're not good
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Father, you're not good enough, it's not going to
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Enough, it's not going to last,” i wouldn't be up here
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Last,” i wouldn't be up here today. i was on the verge of
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Today. i was on the verge of a new level of my destiny.
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A new level of my destiny. getting the compaq center
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Getting the compaq center wasn't the real battle. the
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Wasn't the real battle. the real battle was not letting
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Real battle was not letting those two women convince me
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Those two women convince me that i didn't have what it
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That i didn't have what it takes. i look back now and
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Takes. i look back now and think, how did i not let them
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Think, how did i not let them discourage me? i was so
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Discourage me? i was so unsure of myself. in those
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Unsure of myself. in those destiny moments, the grace of
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Destiny moments, the grace of god will always be there to
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God will always be there to empower you. the scripture
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Empower you. the scripture says, “when the enemy comes
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Says, “when the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit
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In like a flood, the spirit of god will raise up a
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Of god will raise up a barrier.”
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Barrier.” it wasn't a coincidence that
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It wasn't a coincidence that out of the thousands of
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Out of the thousands of people at church that
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People at church that morning, i just so happened
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Morning, i just so happened to walk behind those two
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To walk behind those two ladies. i could have walked
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Ladies. i could have walked behind someone saying, “that
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Behind someone saying, “that was great today. i sure
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Was great today. i sure enjoyed it.” that was a test.
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Enjoyed it.” that was a test. before you accomplish the
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Before you accomplish the dream, the enemy will make
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Dream, the enemy will make sure there will be negative
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Sure there will be negative seeds. before your health
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Seeds. before your health turns around, before your
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Turns around, before your child gets back on course,
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Child gets back on course, before you break that
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Before you break that addiction, these seeds of
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Addiction, these seeds of doubt, discouragement, can't
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Doubt, discouragement, can't do it, not good enough, never
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Do it, not good enough, never going to happen. don't
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Going to happen. don't believe those lies. turn it
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Believe those lies. turn it around and declare what god
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Around and declare what god says about you. when thoughts
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Says about you. when thoughts tell you you've seen your
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Tell you you've seen your best days, nothing good is in
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Best days, nothing good is in your future. “father, you
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Your future. “father, you said my latter days will be
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Said my latter days will be better than my former days.
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Better than my former days. you said the path of the
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You said the path of the righteous gets brighter and
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Righteous gets brighter and brighter.” “your children
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Brighter.” “your children will never get back on
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Will never get back on course. just accept.” “no as
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Course. just accept.” “no as for me and my house we will
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For me and my house we will serve the lord. father, thank
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Serve the lord. father, thank you that my children are
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You that my children are mighty in the land.” “you're
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Mighty in the land.” “you're never going to have that
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Never going to have that baby. you've been trying for
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Baby. you've been trying for so many years.” “father, you
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So many years.” “father, you said in psalms that you would
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Said in psalms that you would make me the happy mother of
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Make me the happy mother of children. lord, i thank you
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Children. lord, i thank you that my baby is on the way.”
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That my baby is on the way.” in mark 5, jesus was walking
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By the shore. a man named
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Jairus, came and fell at his
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Feet. he said, “jesus, my
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Little girl is very sick.
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Little girl is very sick. she's about to die. please
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She's about to die. please come to my house and pray for
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Come to my house and pray for her.” jesus said that he
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Her.” jesus said that he would, but along the way he
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Would, but along the way he kept getting delayed. that's
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Kept getting delayed. that's when the woman with the issue
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When the woman with the issue of blood came up and touched
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Of blood came up and touched the edge of his robe. she was
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The edge of his robe. she was healed. jesus stopped and
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Healed. jesus stopped and talked with her. all this
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Talked with her. all this time, jairus was thinking,
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Time, jairus was thinking, “please hurry. we don't have
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“please hurry. we don't have a lot of time.” about that
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A lot of time.” about that time, these messengers came
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Time, these messengers came to jairus saying, “we're so
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To jairus saying, “we're so sorry, but your little girl
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Sorry, but your little girl has died. there's no use
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Has died. there's no use bothering jesus anymore.” the
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Bothering jesus anymore.” the scripture says, “jesus
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Scripture says, “jesus overheard what the messengers
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Overheard what the messengers said, but he ignored their
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Said, but he ignored their comments.” notice the
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Comments.” notice the principle, you may overhear
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Principle, you may overhear some negative words, overhear
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Some negative words, overhear negative reports, but you
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Negative reports, but you have to learn to ignore them.
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Have to learn to ignore them. don't dwell on it. you're not
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Don't dwell on it. you're not denying the problem, you're
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Denying the problem, you're not acting like it doesn't
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Not acting like it doesn't exist, but you're not letting
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Exist, but you're not letting it take root. you can't have
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It take root. you can't have faith if there's doubt and
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Faith if there's doubt and fear and worried about this
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Fear and worried about this medical report and, “joel,
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Medical report and, “joel, the experts say it's not
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The experts say it's not going to work out.”
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Going to work out.” sometimes, take this in the
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Sometimes, take this in the right sense, you have to turn
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Right sense, you have to turn your mind off. lean not to
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Your mind off. lean not to your own understanding. yes,
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Your own understanding. yes, use common sense but there
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Use common sense but there are things we face where
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Are things we face where there is no solution in the
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There is no solution in the natural. if you try to figure
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Natural. if you try to figure it out, you're going to get
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It out, you're going to get confused, discouraged and
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Confused, discouraged and talk yourself out of it. you
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Talk yourself out of it. you can't stop that you heard it
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Can't stop that you heard it but take the next step and
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But take the next step and ignore it. don't dwell on it.
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Ignore it. don't dwell on it. jesus went in, prayed for the
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Jesus went in, prayed for the little girl and she came back
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Little girl and she came back to life. a great miracle.
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To life. a great miracle. there may be things in your
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There may be things in your life that look dead. every
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Life that look dead. every circumstance says, “it's too
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Circumstance says, “it's too late. you're never going to
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Late. you're never going to get well, never accomplish
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Get well, never accomplish your dream, never see your
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Your dream, never see your family restored.” but god has
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Family restored.” but god has the final say. when you
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The final say. when you believe all things are
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Believe all things are possible. don't give those
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Possible. don't give those negative seeds any room in
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Negative seeds any room in your soil. when you're in a
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Your soil. when you're in a battle, when you're up
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Battle, when you're up against those giants, you
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Against those giants, you need your heart filled with
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Need your heart filled with hope, with faith, knowing
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Hope, with faith, knowing that god is bigger, knowing
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That god is bigger, knowing that he's fighting your
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That he's fighting your battles, that he's making
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Battles, that he's making ways where you don't see a
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Ways where you don't see a way.
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Way. see, the messenger said it
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See, the messenger said it was too late, but they were
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Was too late, but they were wrong. the little girl was
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Wrong. the little girl was healed. saul said, “david
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Healed. saul said, “david you're just a boy. you can't
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You're just a boy. you can't defeat goliath.” but saul was
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Defeat goliath.” but saul was wrong. david won. those two
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Wrong. david won. those two ladies said that i couldn't
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Ladies said that i couldn't minister, but they were
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Minister, but they were wrong. here i am. the experts
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Wrong. here i am. the experts told my mother that she had
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Told my mother that she had terminal cancer, a few weeks
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Terminal cancer, a few weeks to live, but they were wrong.
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To live, but they were wrong. forty-two years later, she's
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Forty-two years later, she's still alive. people told us
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Still alive. people told us we'd never get the compaq
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We'd never get the compaq center. the city would never
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Center. the city would never let a church have it, but
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Let a church have it, but they were wrong. here's my
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They were wrong. here's my point, in each of these
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Point, in each of these situations if the people
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Situations if the people would have let the negative
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Would have let the negative seeds take root, then what
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Seeds take root, then what the others were saying would
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The others were saying would have been true. david
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Have been true. david wouldn't have defeated
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Wouldn't have defeated goliath. jairus daughter
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Goliath. jairus daughter would have died. my mother
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Would have died. my mother wouldn't have been healed. i
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Wouldn't have been healed. i wouldn't have become a
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Wouldn't have become a minister. the determining
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Minister. the determining factor wasn't what other
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Factor wasn't what other people said, it's whether we
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People said, it's whether we let it take root. we control
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Let it take root. we control what we allow in our soil.
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What we allow in our soil. i'm asking you to refuse the
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I'm asking you to refuse the negative seeds, refuse the
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Negative seeds, refuse the doubt, refuse the fear,
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Doubt, refuse the fear, refuse limitations that
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Refuse limitations that people put on you.
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People put on you. my grandmother on my father's
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My grandmother on my father's side of the family was a very
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Side of the family was a very feisty woman. she only stood
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Feisty woman. she only stood four feet eleven inches tall,
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Four feet eleven inches tall, but she would fight a tiger.
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But she would fight a tiger. she'd lived out in the
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She'd lived out in the country her whole life. if
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Country her whole life. if you've ever seen the beverly
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You've ever seen the beverly hillbillies, she was granny.
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Hillbillies, she was granny. her name was ellie mae. she
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Her name was ellie mae. she chewed tobacco, she dipped
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Chewed tobacco, she dipped snuff. i come from a very
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Snuff. i come from a very sophisticated family. i'm so
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Sophisticated family. i'm so glad my sister lisa finally
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Glad my sister lisa finally quit. but when my grandmother
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Quit. but when my grandmother was up there in years, she
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Was up there in years, she went to the doctor for a
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Went to the doctor for a checkup. he said, “mrs.
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Checkup. he said, “mrs. osteen i'm sorry to tell you
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Osteen i'm sorry to tell you this, but you have the
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This, but you have the beginning stages of
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Beginning stages of parkinson's disease.” my
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Parkinson's disease.” my grandmother didn't know what
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Grandmother didn't know what parkinson's was, but she knew
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Parkinson's was, but she knew she didn't want to have
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She didn't want to have anything to do with it. she
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Anything to do with it. she got up off the table,
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Got up off the table, bristled back, and said,
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Bristled back, and said, “listen here sir, i do not
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“listen here sir, i do not have parkinson's disease. i
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Have parkinson's disease. i refuse to have it, and
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Refuse to have it, and besides, i'm too old to have
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Besides, i'm too old to have it.” he looked at her like
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It.” he looked at her like she was a little bit crazy,
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She was a little bit crazy, and she was. but do you know,
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And she was. but do you know, my grandmother never did have
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My grandmother never did have parkinson's disease. if she
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Parkinson's disease. if she had it, the symptoms never
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Had it, the symptoms never showed up. i know you can't
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Showed up. i know you can't wish things away, but
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Wish things away, but something happens when you
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Something happens when you don't let the seed take root.
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Don't let the seed take root. i'm not saying bury your head
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I'm not saying bury your head in the sand, deny reality,
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In the sand, deny reality, i'm saying, don't let it get
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I'm saying, don't let it get down in your spirit, where it
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Down in your spirit, where it becomes your default setting.
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Becomes your default setting. you're always thinking “i
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You're always thinking “i have this disease. i'm
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Have this disease. i'm limited.” no, your body is a
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Limited.” no, your body is a temple of the most high god.
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Temple of the most high god. see any sickness, any
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See any sickness, any addiction, any pain, as
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Addiction, any pain, as foreign, “you don't belong
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Foreign, “you don't belong here. you are not welcome. i
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Here. you are not welcome. i am god's property.”
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Am god's property.” doctors tell us what medical
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Doctors tell us what medical science says. they give us a
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Science says. they give us a diagnosis based on skill and
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Diagnosis based on skill and expertise and training. they
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Expertise and training. they help us to get well but at
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Help us to get well but at times they come to
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Times they come to limitations. there's nothing
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Limitations. there's nothing more they can do medically
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More they can do medically speaking. while we respect
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Speaking. while we respect the diagnosis, that's one
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The diagnosis, that's one report, but there's another
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Report, but there's another report from the god who
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Report from the god who created you, from the god who
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Created you, from the god who made you in his own image,
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Made you in his own image, from the god who knew you
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From the god who knew you before you were formed in
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Before you were formed in your mother's womb. he's
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Your mother's womb. he's called jehovah rapha, the
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Called jehovah rapha, the lord your healer. isaiah
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Lord your healer. isaiah said, “who will believe the
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Said, “who will believe the report of the lord.” in life,
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Report of the lord.” in life, we have different reports.
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We have different reports. here's the medical report.
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Here's the medical report. here's my financial report.
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Here's my financial report. here's what king saul says.
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Here's what king saul says. here's what those two jerks,
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Here's what those two jerks, i mean those two ladies said.
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I mean those two ladies said. no, we get to choose which
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No, we get to choose which report are we going to
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Report are we going to believe. “he'll never be as
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Believe. “he'll never be as good as his father.” but
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Good as his father.” but there's another report. “i
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There's another report. “i can do all things through
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Can do all things through christ. i am strong in the
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Christ. i am strong in the lord. god being for me, is
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Lord. god being for me, is more than the world being
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More than the world being against me.” why don't you
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Against me.” why don't you choose the report of the
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Choose the report of the lord? “you're not going to
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Lord? “you're not going to get well. that sickness is
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Get well. that sickness is permanent. learn to live with
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Permanent. learn to live with it.” there's another report.
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It.” there's another report. “god is restoring health back
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“god is restoring health back unto me. i will live and not
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Unto me. i will live and not die. with long life god will
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Die. with long life god will satisfy me.” “you'll always
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Satisfy me.” “you'll always struggle, you'll always have
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Struggle, you'll always have lack and not enough.” how
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Lack and not enough.” how about this report? “i will
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About this report? “i will lend and not borrow. my cup
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Lend and not borrow. my cup runs over. i live under the
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Runs over. i live under the open windows of heaven.
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Open windows of heaven. blessings that i cannot
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Blessings that i cannot contain.” what seeds are you
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Contain.” what seeds are you letting take root? what
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Letting take root? what you're dwelling on is what's
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You're dwelling on is what's going to come to pass.
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Going to come to pass. i talked to a woman that was
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I talked to a woman that was pregnant with triplets.
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Pregnant with triplets. because of some other
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Because of some other complications, it was
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Complications, it was considered a very high-risk
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Considered a very high-risk pregnancy. they sent her to
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Pregnancy. they sent her to group of doctors that
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Group of doctors that specialized in this. she was
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Specialized in this. she was told that she would be
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Told that she would be bedridden after three months
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Bedridden after three months of pregnancy, and that the
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Of pregnancy, and that the babies would be born at least
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Babies would be born at least four months prematurely. they
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Four months prematurely. they had seen this happen again
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Had seen this happen again and again. she was respectful
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And again. she was respectful but she didn't let that seed
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But she didn't let that seed take root. she told the
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Take root. she told the doctors that she was going to
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Doctors that she was going to be the exception. that her
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Be the exception. that her babies were going to be born
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Babies were going to be born full term and she was not
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Full term and she was not going to be bedridden. they
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Going to be bedridden. they looked at her like yeah
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Looked at her like yeah right. at one point, the main
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Right. at one point, the main doctor said, “you're going to
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Doctor said, “you're going to get gestational diabetes.”
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Get gestational diabetes.” something that occurs during
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Something that occurs during pregnancy that can lead to
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Pregnancy that can lead to long term diabetes. he said,
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Long term diabetes. he said, “it's not if you get it, it's
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“it's not if you get it, it's when you get it. you have all
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When you get it. you have all the signs. it's just a matter
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The signs. it's just a matter of time.” she asked the
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Of time.” she asked the doctor very politely to not
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Doctor very politely to not pronounce things over her
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Pronounce things over her that have not yet happened.
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That have not yet happened. she said, “i'd prefer you to
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She said, “i'd prefer you to say, the statistics indicate
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Say, the statistics indicate you will get gestational
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You will get gestational diabetes.” she didn't want
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Diabetes.” she didn't want that defeat being spoken over
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That defeat being spoken over her. you can't always keep it
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Her. you can't always keep it from coming but you don't
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From coming but you don't have to let it take root.
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Have to let it take root. they thought she was kind of
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They thought she was kind of odd, but do you know she
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Odd, but do you know she carried the triplets the full
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Carried the triplets the full nine months. she was never
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Nine months. she was never bedridden. she drove herself
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Bedridden. she drove herself to the hospital to deliver.
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To the hospital to deliver. and she never did get
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And she never did get gestational diabetes. now
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Gestational diabetes. now these sme doctors call her
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These sme doctors call her the miracle mom. they said,
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The miracle mom. they said, “we've never seen anyone like
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“we've never seen anyone like you.”
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You.” it's amazing what god will do
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It's amazing what god will do if you don't let negative
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If you don't let negative seeds take root. whose report
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Seeds take root. whose report are you going to believe, the
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Are you going to believe, the report of the lord, or the
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Report of the lord, or the report of people? people are
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Report of people? people are limited, god is unlimited.
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Limited, god is unlimited. people are natural, god is
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People are natural, god is supernatural. people look at
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Supernatural. people look at facts, statistics, what's
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Facts, statistics, what's supposed to happen. god goes
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Supposed to happen. god goes beyond normal logic. he parts
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Beyond normal logic. he parts red seas. he brings little
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Red seas. he brings little girls back to life. he turns
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Girls back to life. he turns a shepherd boy into a king.
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A shepherd boy into a king. he gave sarah a baby at
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He gave sarah a baby at eighty years old. he took
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Eighty years old. he took joseph from a slave, in
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Joseph from a slave, in prison to the prime minister
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Prison to the prime minister of egypt. who knows where god
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Of egypt. who knows where god is going to take you. you
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Is going to take you. you haven't seen, heard, or
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Haven't seen, heard, or imagined what he has in
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Imagined what he has in store. you may not see how it
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Store. you may not see how it can happen, but you don't
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Can happen, but you don't have to figure it out. all
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Have to figure it out. all you have to do is believe and
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You have to do is believe and god will cause you to defy
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God will cause you to defy the odds.
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The odds. are negative seeds limiting
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Are negative seeds limiting your future? take inventory
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Your future? take inventory of what's growing in your
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Of what's growing in your soil. you may need to uproot
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Soil. you may need to uproot some things. god can still do
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Some things. god can still do what he promised but you have
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What he promised but you have to get in agreement with him.
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To get in agreement with him. before you go to that next
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Before you go to that next level, the enemy will send
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Level, the enemy will send these negative seeds to hold
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These negative seeds to hold you back. a seed of doubt, a
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You back. a seed of doubt, a seed you can't do it, a seed
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Seed you can't do it, a seed you won't get well, a seed
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You won't get well, a seed you'll never defeat goliath,
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You'll never defeat goliath, a seed you can't get up in
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A seed you can't get up in front of people. there will
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Front of people. there will be these defining moments.
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Be these defining moments. what you do with the seed
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What you do with the seed will determine whether you
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Will determine whether you step into your greatness or
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Step into your greatness or whether you shrink back in
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Whether you shrink back in fear. pass these tests. start
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Fear. pass these tests. start refusing negative seeds.
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Refusing negative seeds. don't let what people speak
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Don't let what people speak over you determine your
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Over you determine your future. don't let what the
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Future. don't let what the expert said cause you to live
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Expert said cause you to live in doubt. don't let your own
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In doubt. don't let your own thoughts talk you out of what
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Thoughts talk you out of what god put in your heart.
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God put in your heart. believe his report. he
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Believe his report. he wouldn't have put you in that
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Wouldn't have put you in that situation if you weren't
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Situation if you weren't already equipped, empowered
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Already equipped, empowered and anointed. you are strong.
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And anointed. you are strong. you are blessed. you are
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You are blessed. you are healthy. you are qualified.
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Healthy. you are qualified. you are valuable. you are
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You are valuable. you are victorious. now guard your
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Victorious. now guard your mind and keep these negative
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Mind and keep these negative seeds out. if you'll do this,
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Seeds out. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
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I believe and declare, like david, you're going to defeat
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David, you're going to defeat giants. like jairus, god's
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Giants. like jairus, god's going to do what looks
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Going to do what looks impossible. like the miracle
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Impossible. like the miracle mom, you're going to defy the
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Mom, you're going to defy the odds and see god show out in
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Odds and see god show out in your life. healing, favor,
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Your life. healing, favor, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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It's easy to get stuck in life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you
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What's holding you back, and step into new levels
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Back, and step into new levels of your destiny.
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My heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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Think. you are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we█ll send you
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This month, we█ll send you victoria osteen's
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Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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Brand new book, graced to go:
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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This inspiring resource will help
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Will help you break through
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You break through fear, insecurity,
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Fear, insecurity, or regret
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Or regret and activate the faith
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And activate the faith to move forward.
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To move forward. each chapter will stir
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Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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Your spirit, renew your perspective,
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, we█ll send you the
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We█ll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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By victoria osteen, and pray bold by joel osteen.
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And pray bold by joel osteen. these two powerful
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These two powerful books will stir
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Books will stir your faith,
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Your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. special thank you to our
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online every sunday
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Online every sunday morning, download
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Morning, download our daily podcast,
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Our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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Social media, of course
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Listen on sirius xm 24/7. we█ll help
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You stay encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. if you're a pastor,
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If you're a pastor, we'd like to invite you
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We'd like to invite you to our pastors gathering.
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To our pastors gathering. we'd be honored
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We'd be honored to spend the day
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To spend the day with you here at lakewood.
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With you here at lakewood. we'll share some of the things
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We'll share some of the things we've learned, insights,
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We've learned, insights, and behind the scenes.
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And behind the scenes. it█ll be a time of inspiration
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It█ll be a time of inspiration and encouragement.
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And encouragement. we'd love to meet you.
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Joel Osteen - Refuse Negative Seeds

August 10, 2025 | 29:0

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