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Joel Osteen - Release Control

June 18, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Release Control | June 18, 2026

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(applause) well, god bless you. it's
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Well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your
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Always a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever in
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Homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll
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Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning
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But thanks so much for tuning in. thank you again for coming
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In. thank you again for coming out.
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Out. i like to start with something
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I like to start with something funny. one day adam was feeling
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Funny. one day adam was feeling very lonely. god said, "adam
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Very lonely. god said, "adam i'm going to make you a
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I'm going to make you a companion. this is going to be
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Companion. this is going to be called a woman. this person
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Called a woman. this person will cook for you and wash
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Will cook for you and wash your clothes. she will bear
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Your clothes. she will bear you children and never ask you
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You children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the
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To get up in the middle of the night. she will not nag you.
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Night. she will not nag you. she will always agree with
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She will always agree with you. and if you ever have a
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You. and if you ever have a disagreement, she'll be the
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Disagreement, she'll be the first to admit that she was
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First to admit that she was wrong." (laughter)
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Wrong." (laughter) adam said, "wow, god, what
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Adam said, "wow, god, what would a woman like this cost?"
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Would a woman like this cost?" god said, "an arm and a leg."
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God said, "an arm and a leg." adam said, "what can i get for
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Adam said, "what can i get for a rib?" and the rest is
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A rib?" and the rest is history. (laughter/applause)
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History. (laughter/applause) hold up your bibles. say it
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Hold up your bibles. say it like you mean it.
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Like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be
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I can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I 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 releasing control.
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About releasing control. it's easy to get so focused
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It's easy to get so focused on our goals, our dreams;
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On our goals, our dreams; that we're not going to be
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That we're not going to be happy until it happens.
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Happy until it happens. we put god in a box. we tell
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We put god in a box. we tell him what we want, when we
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Him what we want, when we want it, how to do it, who to
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Want it, how to do it, who to use. we've got it all figured
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Use. we've got it all figured out. but the scripture says,
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Out. but the scripture says, "god's ways are not our ways.
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"god's ways are not our ways. they are better than our
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They are better than our ways." if you're only going
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Ways." if you're only going to be happy if it happens your
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To be happy if it happens your way you're setting yourself
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Way you're setting yourself up for disappointment.
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Up for disappointment. god can see the big picture
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God can see the big picture for our lives. he knows what's
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For our lives. he knows what's around every curve. he can see
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Around every curve. he can see the detours, the dead ends,
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The detours, the dead ends, the shortcuts, things that
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The shortcuts, things that we cannot see. a better
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We cannot see. a better approach is to say, "god, this
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Approach is to say, "god, this is what i want. this is what
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Is what i want. this is what i'm believing for. but god,
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I'm believing for. but god, you know what's best for me.
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You know what's best for me. i don't have to have it my way.
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I don't have to have it my way. god, i trust you." when you
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God, i trust you." when you release control it takes the
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Release control it takes the pressure off. life gets so
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Pressure off. life gets so much more freeing. you're not
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Much more freeing. you're not always fighting, trying to
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Always fighting, trying to make your plans work out.
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Make your plans work out. sometimes we're so focused
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Sometimes we're so focused on what we want that it's out
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On what we want that it's out of balance. anything you have
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Of balance. anything you have to have in order to be happy,
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To have in order to be happy, the enemy can use against you.
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The enemy can use against you. if you think, "i have to have
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If you think, "i have to have this promotion. my spouse has
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This promotion. my spouse has to change. i've got to get
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To change. i've got to get married to be happy."
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Married to be happy." or, "i've got to a have good
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Or, "i've got to a have good weather. i've got a big outdoor
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Weather. i've got a big outdoor event planned."
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Event planned." no, a mature attitude says,
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No, a mature attitude says, "even if it doesn't work out
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"even if it doesn't work out my way, even if my plans don't
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My way, even if my plans don't happen; god, i'm still going
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Happen; god, i'm still going to enjoy my life knowing that
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To enjoy my life knowing that you're on the throne."
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You're on the throne." (applause)
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(applause) here's the key. when our
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Here's the key. when our dreams and goals start to
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Dreams and goals start to frustrate us, when we're not
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Frustrate us, when we're not at peace, not enjoying where
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At peace, not enjoying where we are because we're so
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We are because we're so focused on what we want,
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Focused on what we want, that's a sign that we're
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That's a sign that we're holding on too tightly.
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Holding on too tightly. when you hold on to what you
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When you hold on to what you want so tightly it can almost
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Want so tightly it can almost become like an idol.
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Become like an idol. you're so focused on it.
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You're so focused on it. that's all you think about,
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That's all you think about, all you pray about. it
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All you pray about. it consumes your time and energy.
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Consumes your time and energy. that's out of balance. one of
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That's out of balance. one of the best prayers that we can
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The best prayers that we can ever pray is, "god, not my will
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Ever pray is, "god, not my will but let your will be done."
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But let your will be done." when you release control
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When you release control you're showing god by your
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You're showing god by your actions that you trust him.
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Actions that you trust him. there are times in life god
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There are times in life god will ask you to release the
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Will ask you to release the thing that you want the most.
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Thing that you want the most. it's a test. if you will pass
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It's a test. if you will pass that test, at some point, god
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That test, at some point, god will either give you back what
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Will either give you back what you wanted or bring something
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You wanted or bring something better into your life.
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Better into your life. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with abraham. his son, isaac, the
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Abraham. his son, isaac, the child he had dreamed about
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Child he had dreamed about year after year finally
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Year after year finally showed up. abraham loved him
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Showed up. abraham loved him more than anything in the
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More than anything in the world. one day god told
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World. one day god told abraham to put isaac on the
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Abraham to put isaac on the altar, to sacrifice the thing
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Altar, to sacrifice the thing that meant the most to him.
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That meant the most to him. it wasn't easy but abraham
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It wasn't easy but abraham made this decision to release
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Made this decision to release control. he said, "god, you
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Control. he said, "god, you know this is what i've dreamed
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Know this is what i've dreamed about. this is what i've
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About. this is what i've wanted more than anything
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Wanted more than anything else. but god, i trust you.
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Else. but god, i trust you. i can be happy even if it
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I can be happy even if it doesn't work out my way."
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Doesn't work out my way." when god saw his willingness
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When god saw his willingness to put on the altar the thing
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To put on the altar the thing that meant most to him, then
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That meant most to him, then god said, "no, don't do it."
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God said, "no, don't do it." he gave him his son back. the
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He gave him his son back. the question is can you be happy
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Question is can you be happy if it doesn't work out your
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If it doesn't work out your way? will you keep a good
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Way? will you keep a good attitude if the business slows
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Attitude if the business slows down? the medical report isn't
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Down? the medical report isn't good? maybe you're believing;
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Good? maybe you're believing; standing on a promise for your
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Standing on a promise for your health to get better. when
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Health to get better. when you have the attitude, "even
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You have the attitude, "even if i don't get better i'm
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If i don't get better i'm still going to have a smile.
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Still going to have a smile. i'm still going to be good
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I'm still going to be good to people. i'm still going
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To people. i'm still going to give god praise."
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To give god praise." you're doing what abraham did.
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You're doing what abraham did. you're putting that dream on
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You're putting that dream on the altar. when you can pass
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The altar. when you can pass the test that you don't have
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The test that you don't have to have the problem turn
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To have the problem turn around to be happy, you don't
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Around to be happy, you don't have to have the dream
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Have to have the dream come to pass to enjoy your
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Come to pass to enjoy your life, you're proving to god
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Life, you're proving to god that you trust him. that's when
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That you trust him. that's when god will give you the desires
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God will give you the desires of your heart.
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Of your heart. l when you
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L when you release control you are
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Release control you are passing a very important test;
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Passing a very important test; the trust test. you're saying,
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The trust test. you're saying, "god, i believe you know
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"god, i believe you know what's best for me." many
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What's best for me." many times, like with abraham, like
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Times, like with abraham, like with this facility, that's when
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With this facility, that's when god will release back to you
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God will release back to you the very thing that you're
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The very thing that you're believing for.
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Believing for. i know this lady that had a
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I know this lady that had a husband that wouldn't come
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Husband that wouldn't come to church with her. he was a
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To church with her. he was a nice man. he just wasn't
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Nice man. he just wasn't interested. she was praying
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Interested. she was praying and believing that it would
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And believing that it would change. this went on year
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Change. this went on year after year. she did everything
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After year. she did everything she could think of. she put
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She could think of. she put scripture verses up all over
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Scripture verses up all over her house. she was always
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Her house. she was always encouraging him to come but
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Encouraging him to come but in spite of all of that he
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In spite of all of that he wouldn't come. after about a
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Wouldn't come. after about a year she began to get
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Year she began to get frustrated. she lost her joy.
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Frustrated. she lost her joy. she used to come down to the
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She used to come down to the front for prayer, very
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Front for prayer, very discouraged and upset.
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Discouraged and upset. "joel, i don't understand it.
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"joel, i don't understand it. i'm doing everything that i
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I'm doing everything that i can." i told her what i'm
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Can." i told her what i'm telling you. the best thing
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Telling you. the best thing you can do is release control.
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You can do is release control. turn it over to god. you've
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Turn it over to god. you've prayed. you've believed.
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Prayed. you've believed. you're standing in faith. now
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You're standing in faith. now put it on the altar. have the
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Put it on the altar. have the attitude, 'if he never comes,
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Attitude, 'if he never comes, god, i'm still going to trust
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God, i'm still going to trust you. if it never changes, i'm
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You. if it never changes, i'm still going to be happy.'"
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Still going to be happy.'" when you show god that you
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When you show god that you don't have to have it in order
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Don't have to have it in order to be happy that's when god
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To be happy that's when god goes to work. there may be
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Goes to work. there may be things that are
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Things that are frustrating you right now
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Frustrating you right now because they're not changing.
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Because they're not changing. you know god put the dream in
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You know god put the dream in your heart but it doesn't look
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Your heart but it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
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Like it's going to happen. you have to do what she did and
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You have to do what she did and say, "god, i've done everything
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Say, "god, i've done everything i can. i am not going to live
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I can. i am not going to live my life upset, not going to go
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My life upset, not going to go around worried, wondering,
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Around worried, wondering, frustrated. god, i'm putting
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Frustrated. god, i'm putting this on the altar. i'm giving
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This on the altar. i'm giving it to you."
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It to you." that's what this lady did.
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That's what this lady did. she got her joy back. she got
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She got her joy back. she got that spring in her step. by
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That spring in her step. by her actions she was saying,
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Her actions she was saying, "god, i trust you. i know
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"god, i trust you. i know you're still on the throne.
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You're still on the throne. i don't have to have anyone or
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I don't have to have anyone or anything to make me happy.
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Anything to make me happy. i'm going to be happy right
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I'm going to be happy right where i am." about two years
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Where i am." about two years later, one sunday morning her
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Later, one sunday morning her husband asked if he could come
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Husband asked if he could come to church with her. it was his
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To church with her. it was his idea. they came that sunday.
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Idea. they came that sunday. that was over eight years ago.
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That was over eight years ago. now he hardly ever misses a
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Now he hardly ever misses a sunday. that's what happens
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Sunday. that's what happens when you release control.
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When you release control. (applause)
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(applause) god will make things happen
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God will make things happen that you could never make
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That you could never make happen on your own. and i'm
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Happen on your own. and i'm not saying to release the
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Not saying to release the promise, to give up on a
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Promise, to give up on a dream. no, release the worries.
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Dream. no, release the worries. release the frustration.
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Release the frustration. release having to have it your
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Release having to have it your way.
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Way. psalm 138 says, "god will work
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Psalm 138 says, "god will work out his plan for your life."
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Out his plan for your life." god knows how to get you to
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God knows how to get you to where you're supposed to be.
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Where you're supposed to be. you don't have to live
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You don't have to live worried, frustrated. if you'll
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Worried, frustrated. if you'll trust him, god will bring the
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Trust him, god will bring the right people. he will open the
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Right people. he will open the right doors. he will turn
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Right doors. he will turn problems around. he promises
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Problems around. he promises he will work out his plan
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He will work out his plan for your life.
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For your life. we all have goals and dreams
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We all have goals and dreams and it's easy to be frustrated
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And it's easy to be frustrated when they're not happening
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When they're not happening as fast as we would like. we
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As fast as we would like. we think, "god, i'm working hard.
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Think, "god, i'm working hard. i'm being my best. i'm honoring
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I'm being my best. i'm honoring you. when am i going to get
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You. when am i going to get that good break? when am i
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That good break? when am i going to meet the right person?
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Going to meet the right person? why is it taking so long?"
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Why is it taking so long?" no, you can't control the
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No, you can't control the timetable. you can plant the
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Timetable. you can plant the seed. you can water it. but
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Seed. you can water it. but only god can bring the
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Only god can bring the sunshine. only god can cause
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Sunshine. only god can cause it to grow. don't be
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It to grow. don't be frustrated because it's not
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Frustrated because it's not happening on your timetable.
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Happening on your timetable. as long as you're being your
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As long as you're being your best, honoring god, you can
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Best, honoring god, you can rest assured god will get you
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Rest assured god will get you to where you're supposed
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To where you're supposed to be. it's the same principle
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To be. it's the same principle in our health. you can't make
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In our health. you can't make yourself get well. you can
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Yourself get well. you can pray and believe. you can eat
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Pray and believe. you can eat right, exercise, take medicine,
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Right, exercise, take medicine, but only god can bring the
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But only god can bring the healing. only he can restore
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Healing. only he can restore health. the scripture says to,
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Health. the scripture says to, "cast your cares on the lord."
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"cast your cares on the lord." the care is the worry, those
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The care is the worry, those thoughts that bring anxiety
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Thoughts that bring anxiety and fear. what if you don't
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And fear. what if you don't get well? what if the
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Get well? what if the treatment doesn't work? what
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Treatment doesn't work? what if the medical report isn't
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If the medical report isn't good? worry ties the hands
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Good? worry ties the hands of almighty god. living
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Of almighty god. living stressed-out, trying to change
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Stressed-out, trying to change things that you can't change,
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Things that you can't change, will keep you from god's best.
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Will keep you from god's best. you have to release control.
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You have to release control. it's not your job to heal
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It's not your job to heal yourself. you don't control
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Yourself. you don't control the sunshine. the right
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The sunshine. the right attitude is, "god, my life is
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Attitude is, "god, my life is in your hands. i know you're
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In your hands. i know you're the healer. you said the number
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The healer. you said the number of my days you would fulfill.
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Of my days you would fulfill. so i'm not going to live
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So i'm not going to live worried and stressed out.
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Worried and stressed out. lord, i want to thank you for
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Lord, i want to thank you for the sunshine. thank you for
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The sunshine. thank you for doing what only you can do."
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Doing what only you can do." then all through the day,
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Then all through the day, instead of trying to make
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Instead of trying to make yourself get well, just relax.
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Yourself get well, just relax. stay in peace. keep a smile on
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Stay in peace. keep a smile on your face. god is not asking
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Your face. god is not asking you to control everything.
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You to control everything. take the pressure off
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Take the pressure off yourself. he is saying, "cast
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Yourself. he is saying, "cast your cares. release the
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Your cares. release the control."
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Control." see, you can't make yourself
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See, you can't make yourself get well. you can't make
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Get well. you can't make people like you. you can't make
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People like you. you can't make a dream come to pass. god has
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A dream come to pass. god has to give you the sunshine.
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To give you the sunshine. he has to breathe in your
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He has to breathe in your direction. maybe you're
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Direction. maybe you're believing for a promotion
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Believing for a promotion today. well, you say, "joel,
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Today. well, you say, "joel, all you said i have to do is
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All you said i have to do is just trust. i can't make it
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Just trust. i can't make it happen." no, the scripture
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Happen." no, the scripture says, "cast your cares," not
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Says, "cast your cares," not your responsibilities. i'm
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Your responsibilities. i'm not saying to just sit back
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Not saying to just sit back and don't do anything. no, do
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And don't do anything. no, do your part then take your hands
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Your part then take your hands off of it and trust god to do
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Off of it and trust god to do what you can't do. in other
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What you can't do. in other words, get to work on time.
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Words, get to work on time. produce more than you have to.
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Produce more than you have to. have a spirit of excellence.
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Have a spirit of excellence. then if for some reason you
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Then if for some reason you don't get the promotion, maybe
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Don't get the promotion, maybe they give it to somebody less
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They give it to somebody less deserving; you can't control
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Deserving; you can't control that but you can control your
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That but you can control your response. "god, i trust you.
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Response. "god, i trust you. i'm not going to be offended,
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I'm not going to be offended, start complaining. god, i know
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Start complaining. god, i know you have something better in
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You have something better in store. in the meantime, i'm
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Store. in the meantime, i'm going to enjoy my life right
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Going to enjoy my life right where i am." quit being
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Where i am." quit being frustrated by things that you
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Frustrated by things that you cannot change. god has you
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Cannot change. god has you in the palm of his hand.
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In the palm of his hand. nothing is happening that he
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Nothing is happening that he is not completely aware of.
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Is not completely aware of. when you start releasing
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When you start releasing control and trusting him to
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Control and trusting him to get you to where you're
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Get you to where you're supposed to be, that's when
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Supposed to be, that's when you'll see new doors open, new
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You'll see new doors open, new opportunities, new friendships.
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Opportunities, new friendships. but much of our frustration in
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But much of our frustration in life is because were trying to
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Life is because were trying to control things we were never
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Control things we were never meant to control. we try to
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Meant to control. we try to control what people think
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Control what people think about us, control what our
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About us, control what our spouse does, control when a
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Spouse does, control when a dream comes to pass. if it's
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Dream comes to pass. if it's not happening on our timetable,
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Not happening on our timetable, the way we want, we go to work
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The way we want, we go to work and try to change it, thinking,
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And try to change it, thinking, "man, i've got to change my
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"man, i've got to change my spouse." "i've got to change
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Spouse." "i've got to change these people's opinion of me."
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These people's opinion of me." "this problem is not turning
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"this problem is not turning around fast enough. i've got
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Around fast enough. i've got to get in there and change
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To get in there and change that." many people are working
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That." many people are working overtime trying to change
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Overtime trying to change things that they cannot change.
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Things that they cannot change. you have to accept the fact
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You have to accept the fact you can't control everything.
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You can't control everything. the only thing you can
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The only thing you can control 100% of the time is
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Control 100% of the time is your attitude. life is 10% what
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Your attitude. life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how
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Happens to you and 90% how you respond. if somebody hurts
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You respond. if somebody hurts you, you can't control that.
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You, you can't control that. it's over and done. but you can
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It's over and done. but you can control whether or not you
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Control whether or not you get offended. or if you were to
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Get offended. or if you were to get a negative medical report,
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Get a negative medical report, you can't control that.
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You can't control that. life happens but you can
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Life happens but you can control whether or not you
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Control whether or not you live upset and discouraged.
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Live upset and discouraged. i'm simply asking you today,
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I'm simply asking you today, focus on what you can control,
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Focus on what you can control, not on what you can't. if you
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Not on what you can't. if you live in houston, during the
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Live in houston, during the summers it's very hot here.
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Summers it's very hot here. i know people that have
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I know people that have complained for the last
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Complained for the last 30 years about the heat.
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30 years about the heat. (laughter) "it's so hot.
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(laughter) "it's so hot. i can't take it, joel." the
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I can't take it, joel." the fact is you can't change the
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Fact is you can't change the heat. i don't mean to depress
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Heat. i don't mean to depress you but it's going to be hot
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You but it's going to be hot in the summers for the next
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In the summers for the next 30 years. you can either
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30 years. you can either dread it and let that sour
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Dread it and let that sour the rest of your life or you
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The rest of your life or you can say, "this is where god
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Can say, "this is where god has me. i believe i have the
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Has me. i believe i have the grace to handle it. yes, it's
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Grace to handle it. yes, it's hot but thank god i have an
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Hot but thank god i have an air-conditioner. thank god i
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Air-conditioner. thank god i have a job here. thank god i
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Have a job here. thank god i have friends and family. thank
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Have friends and family. thank god i can come to lakewood.
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God i can come to lakewood. (applause)
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(applause) you can't control the heat
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You can't control the heat but you can control your
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But you can control your attitude. why be unhappy
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Attitude. why be unhappy about something that you
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About something that you cannot change? if you have
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Cannot change? if you have to sit in traffic every day on
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To sit in traffic every day on the way to work why let that
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The way to work why let that steal your joy? being upset
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Steal your joy? being upset about it is not going to make
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About it is not going to make it go any faster. you can't
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It go any faster. you can't control the traffic. why don't
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Control the traffic. why don't you change what you can
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You change what you can control? use that time to
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Control? use that time to thank god for what he's done
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Thank god for what he's done in your life. look out at the
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In your life. look out at the beauty of his creation.
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Beauty of his creation. (applause) put on some good
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(applause) put on some good praise music. turn on sirius
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Praise music. turn on sirius xm. listen to our messages.
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Xm. listen to our messages. (laughter)
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(laughter) the traffic may not ever
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The traffic may not ever change but you can change.
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Change but you can change. some of the things that are
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Some of the things that are frustrating you right now,
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Frustrating you right now, if you don't make these simple
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If you don't make these simple adjustments, 20 years from now,
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Adjustments, 20 years from now, 30 years, 40 years, those same
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30 years, 40 years, those same things will still be
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Things will still be frustrating you. life happens
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Frustrating you. life happens to all of us. we have delays,
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To all of us. we have delays, interruptions, unfair
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Interruptions, unfair situations. we can't control
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Situations. we can't control that. don't use it as an excuse
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That. don't use it as an excuse to get upset.
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To get upset. back when i first started
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Back when i first started ministering - 1999 - one day
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Ministering - 1999 - one day i was at home working on my
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I was at home working on my computer writing the message
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Computer writing the message for that weekend. it was a
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For that weekend. it was a perfectly sunny day. not a
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Perfectly sunny day. not a cloud in the sky. out of
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Cloud in the sky. out of nowhere the power went off.
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Nowhere the power went off. for some reason i had not
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For some reason i had not saved my material. i had five
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Saved my material. i had five or six pages of notes. i had
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Or six pages of notes. i had been working most of the day.
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Been working most of the day. i was hoping, praying,
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I was hoping, praying, believing, that somehow it
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Believing, that somehow it had been automatically saved.
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Had been automatically saved. it was hard enough back then
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It was hard enough back then to write one message. i said,
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To write one message. i said, "god, please don't make me
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"god, please don't make me write it again." the power
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Write it again." the power came back on. i searched and
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Came back on. i searched and searched, trying to find it
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Searched, trying to find it but it wasn't there. i got
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But it wasn't there. i got technicians to come out from
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Technicians to come out from the office. they looked and
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The office. they looked and looked but the material was
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Looked but the material was gone. i was so frustrated.
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Gone. i was so frustrated. i had lost the whole day's
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I had lost the whole day's worth of work. i felt like
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Worth of work. i felt like calling the power company,
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Calling the power company, "what are you doing turning
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"what are you doing turning my power off in the middle
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My power off in the middle of the day? don't you know
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Of the day? don't you know that's causing problems?"
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That's causing problems?" no matter how much i vented,
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No matter how much i vented, no matter how frustrated
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No matter how frustrated i became, the material was
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I became, the material was not coming back. we waste
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Not coming back. we waste a lot of time and energy trying
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A lot of time and energy trying to change things that we
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To change things that we cannot change. the scripture
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Cannot change. the scripture says, "in life, you will have
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Says, "in life, you will have trials, difficulties,
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Trials, difficulties, interruptions." we're all going
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Interruptions." we're all going to have our 10%, things we
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To have our 10%, things we don't like, things that are
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Don't like, things that are not fair, things we don't
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Not fair, things we don't understand. we can't control
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Understand. we can't control that. you have to focus on
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That. you have to focus on what you can control.
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What you can control. i finally shook off the
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I finally shook off the self-pity. i shook off the
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Self-pity. i shook off the discouragement, sat back
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Discouragement, sat back down at my computer. i said,
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Down at my computer. i said, "god, this power going off
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"god, this power going off is not a surprise to you. you
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Is not a surprise to you. you said what was meant for my
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Said what was meant for my harm you would use it to my
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Harm you would use it to my advantage. you said all things
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Advantage. you said all things would work together for my
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Would work together for my good. so lord, i want to thank
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Good. so lord, i want to thank you the second time i write
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You the second time i write this message will be better
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This message will be better than the first time."
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Than the first time." (applause)
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(applause) i went to work there at my
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I went to work there at my computer and ideas started
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Computer and ideas started coming from out of nowhere.
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Coming from out of nowhere. in a couple of hours i had
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In a couple of hours i had more notes and better notes
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More notes and better notes than i had before. (applause)
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Than i had before. (applause) the next time you're tempted
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The next time you're tempted to be frustrated, offended,
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To be frustrated, offended, stressed-out, remind yourself
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Stressed-out, remind yourself that's a part of the 10%. you
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That's a part of the 10%. you can't control that but you
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Can't control that but you can control how you respond.
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Can control how you respond. start passing the test. don't
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Start passing the test. don't keep letting the same things
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Keep letting the same things upset you year after year,
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Upset you year after year, the same people get on your
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The same people get on your nerves. every day is a gift
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Nerves. every day is a gift from god. we're not always
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From god. we're not always going to be here. once this
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Going to be here. once this day is over we can never get
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Day is over we can never get it back. your time is too
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It back. your time is too valuable to waste it upset
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Valuable to waste it upset in traffic, offended at a
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In traffic, offended at a neighbor, frustrated at a
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Neighbor, frustrated at a child, worried about your
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Child, worried about your health, discouraged because
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Health, discouraged because a dream is taking so long.
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A dream is taking so long. you can't control those
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You can't control those things. if that was going to
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Things. if that was going to keep you from your destiny
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Keep you from your destiny god would have never
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God would have never permitted it. start passing
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Permitted it. start passing the test. don't allow yourself
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The test. don't allow yourself to be upset.
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To be upset. i was in australia last year.
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I was in australia last year. they use the phrase
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They use the phrase "no worries" all the time. they
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"no worries" all the time. they say "no worries" like we say
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Say "no worries" like we say "you're welcome" here in the
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"you're welcome" here in the states. if you're at dinner
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States. if you're at dinner and the waiter brings you the
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And the waiter brings you the food you say, "thank you." they
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Food you say, "thank you." they answer back, "no worries."
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Answer back, "no worries." i dropped my fork on the
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I dropped my fork on the ground. they came running
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Ground. they came running over. picked it up. "no
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Over. picked it up. "no worries." they're so relaxed
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Worries." they're so relaxed and easy-going. nothing
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And easy-going. nothing bothers them. building is on
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Bothers them. building is on fire. "no worries." (laughter)
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Fire. "no worries." (laughter) robbery in progress. "no
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Robbery in progress. "no worries." (laughter) i must
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Worries." (laughter) i must have heard that phrase 20,
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Have heard that phrase 20, 30 times a day. even though
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30 times a day. even though they use it in a different way
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They use it in a different way i love the fact that it reminds
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I love the fact that it reminds you not to worry. it puts you
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You not to worry. it puts you at ease. that should be our
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At ease. that should be our motto. "no worries." traffic
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Motto. "no worries." traffic is backed up. "no worries.
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Is backed up. "no worries. god is directing my steps.
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God is directing my steps. i'm at the right place at the
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I'm at the right place at the right time." somebody is rude
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Right time." somebody is rude to us. "no worries. they're
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To us. "no worries. they're having a bad day. i've already
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Having a bad day. i've already decided to have a good day."
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Decided to have a good day." business is a little slow.
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Business is a little slow. "no worries. god is my
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"no worries. god is my provider. he is supplying all
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Provider. he is supplying all of my needs." if we would
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Of my needs." if we would develop this "no worries"
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Develop this "no worries" mentality i wonder not only
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Mentality i wonder not only how much more we would enjoy
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How much more we would enjoy life but how much longer we
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Life but how much longer we would live. proverbs says,
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Would live. proverbs says, "a relaxed attitude lengthens
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"a relaxed attitude lengthens life." the opposite is true. if
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Life." the opposite is true. if you're living upset, offended,
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You're living upset, offended, worried, you're taking time
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Worried, you're taking time off of your life. we need you
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Off of your life. we need you here. don't leave before your
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Here. don't leave before your time is up. if you will start
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Time is up. if you will start trusting, relaxing, going with
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Trusting, relaxing, going with the flow, you can add time to
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The flow, you can add time to your life. we're always looking
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Your life. we're always looking for that fountain of youth,
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For that fountain of youth, ways to look younger, to live
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Ways to look younger, to live longer. one way is to develop
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Longer. one way is to develop this "no worries" mentality.
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This "no worries" mentality. quit being upset over things
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Quit being upset over things that you have no control over.
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That you have no control over. quit trying to change things
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Quit trying to change things that you cannot change.
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That you cannot change. worry less. trust more. stress
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Worry less. trust more. stress less. laugh more. love more.
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Less. laugh more. love more. enjoy more.
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Enjoy more. when our daughter alexandra
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When our daughter alexandra was about five years old,
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Was about five years old, one night i needed to run up
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One night i needed to run up to the store to pick something
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To the store to pick something up. it was going to close in
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Up. it was going to close in 30 minutes. victoria said,
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30 minutes. victoria said, "we'll never make it, joel."
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"we'll never make it, joel." i said, "sure we will. just
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I said, "sure we will. just help me get the kids ready
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Help me get the kids ready and let's go." she got them
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And let's go." she got them dressed real fast and i
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Dressed real fast and i grabbed their shoes and we
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Grabbed their shoes and we took off to the store. it was
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Took off to the store. it was like i was on a mission from
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Like i was on a mission from god. i was so set. i needed to
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God. i was so set. i needed to get what i wanted. i did not
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Get what i wanted. i did not want to have to come back
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Want to have to come back the next day. we arrived at
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The next day. we arrived at the store's parking lot with
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The store's parking lot with about eight minutes left to
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About eight minutes left to go. i knew i could still make
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Go. i knew i could still make it but i had to put little
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It but i had to put little alexandra's shoes on. i got
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Alexandra's shoes on. i got her left shoe on. i went to
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Her left shoe on. i went to put the right one on but i
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Put the right one on but i couldn't get it to fit. i
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Couldn't get it to fit. i worked and worked and
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Worked and worked and struggled but it just
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Struggled but it just wouldn't go on right. i took
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Wouldn't go on right. i took it off and noticed that it
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It off and noticed that it was another left shoe.
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Was another left shoe. (laughter)
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(laughter) i thought, "that couldn't be
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I thought, "that couldn't be right" and i compared it with
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Right" and i compared it with the other one. sure enough we
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The other one. sure enough we had two left shoes. i said,
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Had two left shoes. i said, "victoria, why do we have two
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"victoria, why do we have two of the exact same shoes?"
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Of the exact same shoes?" she said, "oh, joel. her little
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She said, "oh, joel. her little cousin was over at the house
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Cousin was over at the house playing today and she has the
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Playing today and she has the same pair of shoes. we must
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Same pair of shoes. we must have grabbed the wrong ones."
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Have grabbed the wrong ones." i thought, "oh, great." now i
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I thought, "oh, great." now i had about four minutes to go
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Had about four minutes to go and i was really stressed out.
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And i was really stressed out. alexandra was a daddy's girl.
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Alexandra was a daddy's girl. she would do anything in the
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She would do anything in the world for me. so i got this
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World for me. so i got this idea. i said, "alexandra, it
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Idea. i said, "alexandra, it may be a little tight but will
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May be a little tight but will you put this left shoe on your
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You put this left shoe on your right foot and wear it for
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Right foot and wear it for daddy?" she looked at me. i'll
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Daddy?" she looked at me. i'll never forget it. smiled real
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Never forget it. smiled real big and said, "no, i won't."
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Big and said, "no, i won't." (laughter) i knew right then
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(laughter) i knew right then and there it wasn't meant to
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And there it wasn't meant to be. just go with the flow.
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Be. just go with the flow. that was a part of the 10%.
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That was a part of the 10%. daughter has two left shoes.
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Daughter has two left shoes. no use getting upset over
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No use getting upset over what you can't change. "my
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What you can't change. "my plans didn't work out. no
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Plans didn't work out. no worries. i can come back the
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Worries. i can come back the next day. god is still
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Next day. god is still directing my steps."
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Directing my steps." think of it this way. if you
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Think of it this way. if you learned you only had three
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Learned you only had three months to live how many of
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Months to live how many of the things that upset you
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The things that upset you last week would you let
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Last week would you let upset you this week? would
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Upset you this week? would you be stressed because your
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You be stressed because your computer died? would you be
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Computer died? would you be frustrated because your
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Frustrated because your daughter has two left shoes?
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Daughter has two left shoes? would you be upset because
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Would you be upset because somebody got your parking
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Somebody got your parking spot? somebody was rude to
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Spot? somebody was rude to you at the grocery store?
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You at the grocery store? no, let it go. life is too
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No, let it go. life is too short to live that way. some
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Short to live that way. some of you are carrying around
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Of you are carrying around way too much. (applause)
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Way too much. (applause) you need to start releasing
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You need to start releasing the worries. release the
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The worries. release the offense. release the struggles.
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Offense. release the struggles. you don't have to make your
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You don't have to make your dreams come to pass. take the
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Dreams come to pass. take the pressure off of yourself.
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Pressure off of yourself. only god can bring the
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Only god can bring the sunshine. trust him and he will
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Sunshine. trust him and he will get you to where you're
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Get you to where you're supposed to be. if you'll start
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Supposed to be. if you'll start releasing control you will not
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Releasing control you will not only enjoy life more but you
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Only enjoy life more but you will live longer. god promises
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Will live longer. god promises he will work out his plan for
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He will work out his plan for your life. i believe and
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Your life. i believe and declare he will open the right
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Declare he will open the right doors, he will bring the right
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Doors, he will bring the right people, he will turn negative
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People, he will turn negative situations around and you will
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Situations around and you will step into the fullness of your
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Step into the fullness of your destiny. in jesus' name.
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Destiny. in jesus' name. if you receive it can you say,
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If you receive it can you say, "amen" today? (applause)
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"amen" today? (applause) well, we never like to close
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Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving
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Our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come in to my
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Of my sins. come in to my heart. i make you my lord and
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Heart. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you
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Savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we
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Prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again.
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Believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place.
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Church. keep god first place. he is going to take you places
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He is going to take you places that you've never dreamed.
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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What's in front of us. i've written
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A devotional called today
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A devotional called today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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For a better life. it's designed to help
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It's designed to help you make those choices
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You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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On purpose, to choose faith over fear
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Faith over fear and peace
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And peace over frustration
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Over frustration and kindness over offense.
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And kindness over offense. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with scripture
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With scripture and practical encouragement
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And practical encouragement to help you live
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To help you live with confidence and victory.
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With confidence and victory. you can't wait to see
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You can't wait to see what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. you have to decide
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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A more blessed, fulfilled life. i'd love to send you a copy.
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I'd love to send you a copy. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we would like to
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We would like to send you a copy of today
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Send you a copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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Every day begins with a choice,
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Every day begins with a choice, and this inspiring book
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And this inspiring book is packed
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Is packed with powerful devotional truths
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With powerful devotional truths that will help you
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That will help you in the specific challenges
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In the specific challenges you face in life,
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You face in life, including: today,
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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To trust god's timing. they will transform
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They will transform your attitude, your outlook,
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Your attitude, your outlook, your entire day.
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Your entire day. as you embrace
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As you embrace these biblical principles,
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These biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve,
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You'll see problems dissolve, hope restored, mountains move.
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Choose the joy and happiness
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Choose the joy and happiness god has chosen for you.
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God has chosen for you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of today
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Your copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life,
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For a better life, available this month
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Available this month by simply visiting us
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By simply visiting us at joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Or call 888-567-joel. call or click anytime,
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Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. when you make choices
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When you make choices based on what
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Based on what god says about you,
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. we sure appreciate your prayer
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We sure appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message
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Take this message to people around the world.
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To people around the world. and a special
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And a special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. and until we meet again,
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And until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to
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Request your copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life,
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For a better life, available this month
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Available this month by simply visiting us
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By simply visiting us at joelosteen.com
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Or call 888-567-joel. call or click anytime,
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Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. you can also receive the today
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You can also receive the today i choose to rejoice
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I choose to rejoice signature edition art
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Signature edition art print created to encourage
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Print created to encourage faith
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Faith and purpose-filled living.
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And purpose-filled living. this beautifully-framed
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This beautifully-framed 12 by 15 art
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12 by 15 art piece features
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Piece features the powerful promise
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The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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This is the day the lord has made.
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The lord has made. we will rejoice
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We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And be glad in it. choose every morning
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Choose every morning to begin
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To begin with a declaration of god's
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With a declaration of god's eternal promise.
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Eternal promise. you can request these
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You can request these inspiring resources
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Joel Osteen - Release Control

June 18, 2026 | 27:29

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