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Joel Osteen - Remember What God Said

September 17, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Remember What God Said | September 17, 2025

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. > joel: god bless you,
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> joel: god bless you, it's great to have you with
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It's great to have you with us today. i know god has
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Us today. i know god has amazing things in your future.
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Amazing things in your future. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us all through the
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With us all through the week.
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Week. you can download our podcast
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You can download our podcast and listen to the messages
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And listen to the messages anytime.
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Anytime. or you can go to our youtube
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Or you can go to our youtube channel, but thanks for
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Channel, but thanks for tuning in today.
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Tuning in today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this pastor.
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I heard about this pastor. he was in the lobby after
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He was in the lobby after service greeting people.
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Service greeting people. he saw a man that he hadn't
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He saw a man that he hadn't seen in a long, long time.
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Seen in a long, long time. he pulled him aside and
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He pulled him aside and said, "sir, you need to join
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Said, "sir, you need to join the army of the lord."
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The army of the lord." the man said, "what are you
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The man said, "what are you talking about?
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Talking about? i'm in the army of the
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I'm in the army of the lord."
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Lord." the pastor said, "well how
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The pastor said, "well how come i only see you on
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Come i only see you on easter and christmas?"
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Easter and christmas?" the man whispered back, "i'm
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The man whispered back, "i'm in the secret service."
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In the secret service." all right, say it like you
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All right, say it like you mean it.
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Mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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Alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about remember what god
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About remember what god said.
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Said. we all have promises god has
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We all have promises god has put in our heart, things we
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Put in our heart, things we know he's spoken to us.
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Know he's spoken to us. how we're going to
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How we're going to accomplish a dream, see a
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Accomplish a dream, see a problem turn around, beat
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Problem turn around, beat the addiction, meet the
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The addiction, meet the right person.
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Right person. at one time, we knew it was
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At one time, we knew it was going to happen.
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Going to happen. we were praying, believing,
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We were praying, believing, passionate.
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Passionate. but when it's taking longer
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But when it's taking longer than we thought.
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Than we thought. when we've gone through
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When we've gone through disappointments, and people
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Disappointments, and people didn't come through and the
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Didn't come through and the medical report isn't
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Medical report isn't improving, negative thoughts
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Improving, negative thoughts start to play louder and
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Start to play louder and louder.
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Louder. "it's never going to work
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"it's never going to work out, you're never going to
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Out, you're never going to get well, you'll never see
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Get well, you'll never see your family restored."
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Your family restored." too often we let those
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Too often we let those thoughts drown out what god
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Thoughts drown out what god has spoken to us.
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Has spoken to us. if you're going to stay in
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If you're going to stay in faith, you have to remember
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Faith, you have to remember what god said.
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What god said. go back to the promises, go
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Go back to the promises, go back to that time he
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Back to that time he whispered to you in the
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Whispered to you in the night.
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Night. start thanking him for what
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Start thanking him for what he told you, start declaring
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He told you, start declaring favor, victory, healing.
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Favor, victory, healing. you have to keep your faith
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You have to keep your faith stirred up, keep those
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Stirred up, keep those promises on the forefront of
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Promises on the forefront of your mind.
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Your mind. god is faithful.
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God is faithful. he doesn't tell you
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He doesn't tell you something and then not do
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Something and then not do it.
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It. the scripture says, "all of
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The scripture says, "all of his promises are yes and
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His promises are yes and amen."
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Amen." it may not happen on our
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It may not happen on our timetable or the way we
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Timetable or the way we think but what god promised
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Think but what god promised is on the way.
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Is on the way. it's easy to believe when
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It's easy to believe when things are going our way.
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Things are going our way. but most of the time the
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But most of the time the promise won't come to pass
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Promise won't come to pass without a test.
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Without a test. when you're under pressure,
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When you're under pressure, you don't understand why
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You don't understand why it's taking so long and why
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It's taking so long and why those people didn't keep
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Those people didn't keep their word.
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Their word. you'll be tempted to live
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You'll be tempted to live frustrated, live worried,
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Frustrated, live worried, afraid.
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Afraid. recognize that's a test.
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Recognize that's a test. the enemy would love for you
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The enemy would love for you to forget what god promised.
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To forget what god promised. the economy is not your
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The economy is not your source, god is your source.
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Source, god is your source. you're connected to a supply
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You're connected to a supply line that will never run
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Line that will never run dry.
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Dry. but there's always something
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But there's always something trying to steal the seed of
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Trying to steal the seed of god's word out of your
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God's word out of your heart.
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Heart. because when you keep that
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Because when you keep that seed watered, you keep
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Seed watered, you keep thanking god for what he
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Thanking god for what he promised, you keep talking
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Promised, you keep talking like it's on the way, you're
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Like it's on the way, you're constantly meditating on
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Constantly meditating on what he said, then you're
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What he said, then you're going to see the
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Going to see the faithfulness of god.
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Faithfulness of god. he's going to make things
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He's going to make things happen that you couldn't
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Make happen. maybe your child is off
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Maybe your child is off course, running with the
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Course, running with the wrong crowd.
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Wrong crowd. you're frustrated, thinking
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You're frustrated, thinking they're never going to
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They're never going to change.
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Change. god is saying, "did not i
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God is saying, "did not i tell you that as for you and
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Tell you that as for you and your house you will serve
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Your house you will serve the lord.
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The lord. did not i tell you that your
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Did not i tell you that your children will be mighty in
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Children will be mighty in the land."
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The land." when you wake up in the
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When you wake up in the middle of the night tempted
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Middle of the night tempted to worry, turn it around.
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To worry, turn it around. "lord thank you for what you
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"lord thank you for what you said, that my children will
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Said, that my children will fulfill their destiny."
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Fulfill their destiny." there's a battle taking
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There's a battle taking place in our mind.
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Place in our mind. the enemy comes against us
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The enemy comes against us with thoughts, thoughts of
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With thoughts, thoughts of doubt, fear, worry.
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Doubt, fear, worry. his goal is to keep your
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His goal is to keep your mind so filled with all the
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Mind so filled with all the negative, that you're so
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Negative, that you're so preoccupied with what's not
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Preoccupied with what's not going to work out, how you
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Going to work out, how you can't break the addiction,
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Can't break the addiction, how you'll never meet the
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How you'll never meet the right person, that you never
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Right person, that you never think about what god
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Think about what god promised you.
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Promised you. you have to take control of
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You have to take control of your thought life.
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Your thought life. when worry comes, don't go
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When worry comes, don't go on autopilot, don't just let
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On autopilot, don't just let it play, stay on the
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It play, stay on the offensive.
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Offensive. on purpose remember what god
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On purpose remember what god said.
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Said. thank him that he's making a
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Thank him that he's making a way where you don't see a
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Way where you don't see a way, thank him that he
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Way, thank him that he always causes you to
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Always causes you to triumph.
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Triumph. thank him that what was
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Thank him that what was meant for harm, he's turning
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Meant for harm, he's turning to your advantage.
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To your advantage. thank him that he's taking
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Thank him that he's taking you from glory to glory,
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You from glory to glory, from victory to victory.
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From victory to victory. a young lady i know went
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A young lady i know went through a breakup in a
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Through a breakup in a relationship.
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Relationship. she thought this would be
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She thought this would be the person she would marry.
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The person she would marry. she was so discouraged, so
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She was so discouraged, so down on life, down on
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Down on life, down on herself.
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Herself. we all go through
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We all go through disappointments, loss,
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Disappointments, loss, things that are not fair.
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Things that are not fair. if we stay focused on the
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If we stay focused on the hurts, "god, why did this
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Hurts, "god, why did this happen?
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Happen? i don't understand it,"
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I don't understand it," that's going to keep us
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That's going to keep us weighed down and we'll miss
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Weighed down and we'll miss the new things god has in
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The new things god has in store.
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Store. i know it's not easy, but
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I know it's not easy, but you have to make this shift
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You have to make this shift in your thinking.
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In your thinking. quit dwelling on the hurts
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Quit dwelling on the hurts and start dwelling on what
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And start dwelling on what god promised you.
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God promised you. god is saying, "did not i
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God is saying, "did not i tell you, i will give you
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Tell you, i will give you beauty for those ashes.
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Beauty for those ashes. did not i tell you, weeping
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Did not i tell you, weeping endures for a night but joy
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Endures for a night but joy comes in the morning.
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Comes in the morning. did not i tell you, that i
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Did not i tell you, that i will pay you back double for
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Will pay you back double for the unfair things that have
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The unfair things that have happened?"
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Happened?" god has you in the palm of
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God has you in the palm of his hand.
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His hand. he has not brought you this
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He has not brought you this far to leave you.
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Far to leave you. that loss, the breakup, yes
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That loss, the breakup, yes it's painful, but it didn't
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It's painful, but it didn't stop your destiny.
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Stop your destiny. god has a new beginning,
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God has a new beginning, he's about to open new
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He's about to open new doors, bring new
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Doors, bring new relationships.
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Relationships. you haven't seen your best
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You haven't seen your best days.
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Days. the reason the enemy is
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The reason the enemy is fighting you is he knows
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Fighting you is he knows there's something amazing in
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There's something amazing in your future.
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Your future. you're on the verge of
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You're on the verge of seeing blessing, favor,
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Seeing blessing, favor, influence, like you've never
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Influence, like you've never seen.
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Seen. now don't let those negative
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Now don't let those negative thoughts keep you where you
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Thoughts keep you where you are.
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Are. start remembering what god
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Start remembering what god said.
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Said. in the scripture, when job
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In the scripture, when job was in the middle of all
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Was in the middle of all this loss and heartache.
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This loss and heartache. it looked like he had seen
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It looked like he had seen his best days, everything
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His best days, everything had gone wrong.
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Had gone wrong. god said to him, "i will yet
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God said to him, "i will yet fill your mouth with
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Fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with
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Laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."
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Shouts of joy." this was in chapter eight,
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This was in chapter eight, things didn't turn around
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Things didn't turn around until chapter 42.
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Until chapter 42. i can imagine job sitting in
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I can imagine job sitting in the ashes, discouraged,
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The ashes, discouraged, thinking about all that had
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Thinking about all that had gone wrong.
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Gone wrong. he was tempted to feel sorry
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He was tempted to feel sorry for himself, give up on
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For himself, give up on life, but then he remembered
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Life, but then he remembered what god promised.
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What god promised. he's going to fill my mouth
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He's going to fill my mouth with laughter.
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With laughter. i can hear him saying, "lord
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I can hear him saying, "lord thank you that i'm going to
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Thank you that i'm going to dream again, i'm going to
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Dream again, i'm going to laugh again, i'm going to
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Laugh again, i'm going to love again."
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Love again." when he could have been
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When he could have been complaining, right in the
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Complaining, right in the middle of the difficulty, he
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Middle of the difficulty, he looked up and said, "i know
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Looked up and said, "i know my redeemer lives."
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My redeemer lives." he was saying, "i know god
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He was saying, "i know god is still on the throne, i
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Is still on the throne, i know he's bigger than this
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Know he's bigger than this adversity, i know my latter
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Adversity, i know my latter days will be better than my
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Days will be better than my former days."
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Former days." he kept remembering what god
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He kept remembering what god said, not what the
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Said, not what the circumstances said, not what
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Circumstances said, not what his emotions said, not what
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His emotions said, not what the negative thoughts said.
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The negative thoughts said. when you keep your mind on
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When you keep your mind on what god promised, you're
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What god promised, you're going to see him show out in
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Going to see him show out in your life.
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Your life. when that test was over, job
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When that test was over, job came out with twice what he
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Came out with twice what he had before.
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Had before. you may have gone through
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You may have gone through loss, disappointments, that
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Loss, disappointments, that is not how your story ends.
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Is not how your story ends. it may be painful now,
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It may be painful now, you're hurting, god sees it.
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You're hurting, god sees it. he's not only going to help
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He's not only going to help you through, but he's going
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You through, but he's going to fill your mouth with
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To fill your mouth with laughter.
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Laughter. there's great joy in your
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There's great joy in your future, the right people are
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Future, the right people are already headed your way, new
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Already headed your way, new relationships, favor like
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Relationships, favor like you've never seen.
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You've never seen. now don't fall into the trap
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Now don't fall into the trap of complaining, living in
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Of complaining, living in self-pity, thinking it's all
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Self-pity, thinking it's all downhill from here.
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Downhill from here. you're remembering the wrong
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You're remembering the wrong things, start remembering
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Things, start remembering what god said.
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What god said. that there is beauty for
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That there is beauty for those ashes.
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Those ashes. that double is coming,
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That double is coming, double the joy, double the
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Double the joy, double the peace, double the resources.
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Peace, double the resources. you're not going to just
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You're not going to just come out, god says you're
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Come out, god says you're going to come out better.
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Going to come out better. stronger, healthier,
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Stronger, healthier, happier, more fulfilled.
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Happier, more fulfilled. now do like job and keep
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Now do like job and keep thanking god for what he
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Thanking god for what he said.
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Said. keep declaring, "my redeemer
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Keep declaring, "my redeemer lives."
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Lives." all through the day in your
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All through the day in your thoughts, "father thank you
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Thoughts, "father thank you that your plans for me are
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That your plans for me are for good.
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For good. thank you that you will fill
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Thank you that you will fill my mouth with laughter
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My mouth with laughter again."
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Again." when you're under pressure,
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When you're under pressure, it's so important what
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It's so important what you're allowing to play in
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You're allowing to play in your mind.
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Your mind. thoughts will tell you all
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Thoughts will tell you all the reasons it's not going
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The reasons it's not going to work out.
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To work out. sometimes people will tell
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Sometimes people will tell you how you'll never break
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You how you'll never break the addiction, you can't
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The addiction, you can't start that business.
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Start that business. you have to go back to what
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You have to go back to what god said, not what people
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God said, not what people said.
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Said. no disrespect, but not what
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No disrespect, but not what the experts said, not what
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The experts said, not what your mind says, not how you
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Your mind says, not how you feel, but to what god
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Feel, but to what god promised.
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Promised. maybe you're discouraged
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Maybe you're discouraged over how long your dream is
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Over how long your dream is taking, how impossible it
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Taking, how impossible it looks.
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Looks. god is saying, "did not i
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God is saying, "did not i tell you what i started i
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Tell you what i started i will finish.
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Will finish. did not i tell you, if you
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Did not i tell you, if you delight yourself in me, i
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Delight yourself in me, i will give you the desires of
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Will give you the desires of your heart."
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Your heart." the medical report wasn't
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The medical report wasn't good, now you're upset.
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Good, now you're upset. "did not i tell you no
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"did not i tell you no weapon formed against you
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Weapon formed against you will prosper."
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Will prosper." people at the office are
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People at the office are playing politics, trying to
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Playing politics, trying to push you down, they have
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Push you down, they have more influence, more
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More influence, more seniority.
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Seniority. "did not i tell you when the
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"did not i tell you when the enemy comes in like a flood,
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Enemy comes in like a flood, i will raise up a barrier.
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I will raise up a barrier. did not i tell you i will
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Did not i tell you i will fight your battles for you.
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Fight your battles for you. did not i tell you i am
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Did not i tell you i am preparing a table before you
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Preparing a table before you in the presence of your
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In the presence of your enemies."
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Enemies." when you remember what god
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When you remember what god said you won't be worried,
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Said you won't be worried, you'll have peace in the
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You'll have peace in the midst of the storm.
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Midst of the storm. you'll have faith to believe
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You'll have faith to believe for the impossible.
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For the impossible. you'll have the courage to
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You'll have the courage to defeat giants, the endurance
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Defeat giants, the endurance to outlast opposition, the
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To outlast opposition, the favor to accomplish more
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Favor to accomplish more than you thought possible.
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Than you thought possible. it was early sunday morning,
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It was early sunday morning, jesus had just been
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Jesus had just been crucified and risen from the
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Crucified and risen from the dead.
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Dead. three women went to the tomb
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Three women went to the tomb to care for jesus' body.
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To care for jesus' body. when they arrived, they
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When they arrived, they noticed something was wrong.
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Noticed something was wrong. the stone was rolled away.
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The stone was rolled away. they looked in and jesus'
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They looked in and jesus' body was gone.
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Body was gone. they were so distraught.
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They were so distraught. as they sat there weeping,
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As they sat there weeping, not knowing what to do,
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Not knowing what to do, suddenly two men appeared to
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Suddenly two men appeared to them.
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Them. they were angels.
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They were angels. they were wearing bright
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They were wearing bright robes; so brilliant,
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Robes; so brilliant, radiating such light, these
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Radiating such light, these women could hardly look at
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Women could hardly look at them.
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Them. they were terrified.
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They were terrified. the angels said, "why are
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The angels said, "why are you looking in a tomb for
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You looking in a tomb for someone that's alive.
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Someone that's alive. jesus is not here.
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Jesus is not here. he has risen from the dead."
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He has risen from the dead." i can imagine how these
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I can imagine how these ladies were sitting there in
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Ladies were sitting there in awe, trying to take it all
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Awe, trying to take it all in.
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In. the angel went on to say,
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The angel went on to say, "don't you remember what he
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"don't you remember what he told you in galilee, that he
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Told you in galilee, that he would be betrayed and
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Would be betrayed and crucified, then on the third
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Crucified, then on the third day he would rise from the
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Day he would rise from the dead?"
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Dead?" the next verse says, "they
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The next verse says, "they remembered what jesus said,
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Remembered what jesus said, and they rushed back to tell
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And they rushed back to tell the disciples."
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The disciples." these women came to the tomb
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These women came to the tomb discouraged, depressed,
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Discouraged, depressed, defeated, they went back
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Defeated, they went back home excited, passionate,
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Home excited, passionate, full of faith, full of hope,
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Full of faith, full of hope, they couldn't wait to tell
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They couldn't wait to tell the other disciples.
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The other disciples. when you remember what god
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When you remember what god says it will change your
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Says it will change your perspective.
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Perspective. as long as you're dwelling
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As long as you're dwelling on the negative, what didn't
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On the negative, what didn't work out, how impossible it
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Work out, how impossible it is, that's going to keep you
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Is, that's going to keep you discouraged.
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Discouraged. god is saying to you what
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God is saying to you what the angel said to them,
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The angel said to them, "don't you remember what i
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"don't you remember what i told you?
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Told you? don't you remember that i
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Don't you remember that i said you will lend and not
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Said you will lend and not borrow?
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Borrow? don't you remember i said my
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Don't you remember i said my mercy is bigger than your
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Mercy is bigger than your mistakes?"
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Mistakes?" god has you hearing this for
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God has you hearing this for one reason, so you'll
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One reason, so you'll remember what he's promised
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Remember what he's promised you.
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You. you need to go back to what
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You need to go back to what god has spoken to you, go
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God has spoken to you, go back to that dream he gave
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Back to that dream he gave you in the night, go back to
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You in the night, go back to that promise that he
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That promise that he whispered in your spirit.
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Whispered in your spirit. you have to stir it up.
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You have to stir it up. get your passion back.
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Get your passion back. get your hopes up.
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Get your hopes up. start talking like it's on
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Start talking like it's on the way.
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The way. start thanking god that
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Start thanking god that it's coming.
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It's coming. the scripture says these
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The scripture says these ladies were perplexed,
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Ladies were perplexed, overwhelmed, confused.
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Overwhelmed, confused. their world had been turned
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Their world had been turned upside down.
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Upside down. under all the pressure, with
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Under all the pressure, with all the stress of losing
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All the stress of losing their friend, they forgot
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Their friend, they forgot what jesus had told them.
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What jesus had told them. what's interesting is he
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What's interesting is he told them what was going to
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Told them what was going to happen, not twenty years
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Happen, not twenty years earlier.
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Earlier. that would make sense, it's
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That would make sense, it's been a long time, they
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Been a long time, they forgot.
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Forgot. jesus told them just a few
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Jesus told them just a few days before, but when they
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Days before, but when they came under the pressure,
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Came under the pressure, when they felt overwhelmed
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When they felt overwhelmed they forgot what he said.
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They forgot what he said. that's the time you have to
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That's the time you have to be on guard.
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Be on guard. when life is stressful, you
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When life is stressful, you have a setback in your
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Have a setback in your finances, you're struggling
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Finances, you're struggling with depression, don't let
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With depression, don't let those negative thoughts
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Those negative thoughts drown out what god promised.
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Drown out what god promised. are you remembering what he
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Are you remembering what he said?
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Said? or have you let the
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Or have you let the circumstances, the trouble,
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Circumstances, the trouble, the stress cause you to
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The stress cause you to dwell on the negative, think
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Dwell on the negative, think about how it's not going to
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About how it's not going to work out.
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Work out. when we're under pressure
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When we're under pressure the mistake we make many
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The mistake we make many times is we go by what we
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Times is we go by what we see instead of by what god
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See instead of by what god said.
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Said. "well, joel look at this
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"well, joel look at this medical report, look at my
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Medical report, look at my finances, look at how big
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Finances, look at how big these obstacles are."
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These obstacles are." as long as you go by what
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As long as you go by what you see, you're going to be
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You see, you're going to be worried and stressed.
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Worried and stressed. you have to start going by
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You have to start going by what god said.
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What god said. here's the good news, what
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Here's the good news, what he said will override what
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He said will override what you see.
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You see. when my father passed and i
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When my father passed and i stepped up to pastor the
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Stepped up to pastor the church, what i saw when i
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Church, what i saw when i looked in the mirror was
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Looked in the mirror was someone that was
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Someone that was inexperienced, intimidated,
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Inexperienced, intimidated, unqualified.
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Unqualified. thoughts told me that nobody
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Thoughts told me that nobody would listen to me, that i
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Would listen to me, that i was going to get up there
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Was going to get up there and fail.
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And fail. i was tempted to live
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I was tempted to live worried, shrink back, but i
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Worried, shrink back, but i did what i'm asking you to
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Did what i'm asking you to do.
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Do. i didn't go by what i saw, i
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I didn't go by what i saw, i went by what god said.
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Went by what god said. i felt weak, but i
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I felt weak, but i remembered that god said, "i
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Remembered that god said, "i am strong in the lord."
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Am strong in the lord." i didn't think i could do
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I didn't think i could do it, but i remembered what
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It, but i remembered what god said, "i can do all
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God said, "i can do all things through christ."
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Things through christ." i had some people that
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I had some people that didn't want me to succeed,
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Didn't want me to succeed, some critics that had large
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Some critics that had large followings, it looked like
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Followings, it looked like they would discredit me,
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They would discredit me, hold me down, but i
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Hold me down, but i remembered what god said,
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Remembered what god said, "that promotion doesn't come
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"that promotion doesn't come from people, it comes from
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From people, it comes from the lord."
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The lord." people don't determine your
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People don't determine your destiny.
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Destiny. they cannot stop the calling
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They cannot stop the calling on your life.
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On your life. they may look bigger, more
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They may look bigger, more powerful, more influential.
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Powerful, more influential. don't go by what you see, go
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Don't go by what you see, go by what god says.
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By what god says. he says, "you're a giant
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He says, "you're a giant killer.
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Killer. he says you're more than a
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He says you're more than a conqueror.
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Conqueror. he says the trap the enemies
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He says the trap the enemies set for you, they will fall
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Set for you, they will fall in themselves."
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In themselves." in matthew 14 jesus told the
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In matthew 14 jesus told the disciples to get in the boat
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Disciples to get in the boat and go to the other side of
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And go to the other side of the lake.
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The lake. he was going to meet them
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He was going to meet them there.
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There. the disciples started rowing
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The disciples started rowing that way, everything was
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That way, everything was going fine until the winds
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Going fine until the winds picked up.
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Picked up. the waves got rough.
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The waves got rough. now they were struggling to
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Now they were struggling to make it hour after hour.
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Make it hour after hour. at three in the morning they
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At three in the morning they looked up and this figure
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Looked up and this figure came walking on the water.
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Came walking on the water. they thought it was a ghost.
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They thought it was a ghost. they were so afraid, the
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They were so afraid, the scripture says, "they
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Scripture says, "they screamed in terror."
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Screamed in terror." they had never seen anything
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They had never seen anything like this.
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Like this. jesus told them it was him.
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Jesus told them it was him. peter was not only
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Peter was not only astonished, he was inspired.
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Astonished, he was inspired. he said, "lord if that's
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He said, "lord if that's really you, tell me to come
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Really you, tell me to come to you by walking on the
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To you by walking on the water."
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Water." jesus said, "alright peter,
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Jesus said, "alright peter, you can come; you too can
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You can come; you too can walk on the water."
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Walk on the water." peter climbed over the side
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Peter climbed over the side of the boat and stepped into
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Of the boat and stepped into the water but his feet
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The water but his feet didn't go down.
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Didn't go down. he started walking on top of
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He started walking on top of the water, defying the odds.
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The water, defying the odds. i can imagine how amazed he
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I can imagine how amazed he was, how in awe.
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Was, how in awe. he took step after step,
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He took step after step, looking at jesus, marveling
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Looking at jesus, marveling at what was happening.
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At what was happening. but then he began to look
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But then he began to look around at the waves.
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Around at the waves. he looked at how strong the
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He looked at how strong the wind was and how the boat
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Wind was and how the boat was rocking and how he was
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Was rocking and how he was out in the middle of water.
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Out in the middle of water. suddenly he began to sink.
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Suddenly he began to sink. he cried out, "lord, please
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He cried out, "lord, please save me."
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Save me." jesus reached down and
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Jesus reached down and helped him back into the
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Helped him back into the boat.
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Boat. as long as peter was focused
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As long as peter was focused on what jesus said, "walk on
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On what jesus said, "walk on the water, come here with
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The water, come here with me," he was fine.
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Me," he was fine. but when he started focusing
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But when he started focusing on what he saw, the winds,
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On what he saw, the winds, the waves, he began to
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The waves, he began to doubt, be afraid and think,
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Doubt, be afraid and think, "i can't do this."
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"i can't do this." it's the same principle in
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It's the same principle in life.
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Life. if you stay focused on what
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If you stay focused on what you see, you can get talked
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You see, you can get talked out of your dreams.
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Out of your dreams. if you're focused on how big
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If you're focused on how big the obstacles are, how the
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The obstacles are, how the medical report is not good
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Medical report is not good and how you'll never get out
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And how you'll never get out of debt, then you'll be
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Of debt, then you'll be limited.
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Limited. you have to stay focused on
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You have to stay focused on what god said.
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What god said. when you focus on what he
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When you focus on what he promised, you'll walk on
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Promised, you'll walk on water.
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Water. you'll go places you
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You'll go places you couldn't go on your own.
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Couldn't go on your own. you'll overcome obstacles
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You'll overcome obstacles that are much bigger.
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That are much bigger. the winds, the waves are a
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The winds, the waves are a test.
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Test. are you going to get
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Are you going to get distracted and start
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Distracted and start focusing on the negative?
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Focusing on the negative? "this problem is too big,
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"this problem is too big, this addiction seems
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This addiction seems permanent, i don't have the
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Permanent, i don't have the finances to go to college,
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Finances to go to college, i'll never get out of this
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I'll never get out of this neighborhood."
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Neighborhood." that's going to cause you to
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That's going to cause you to sink.
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Sink. you have to change your
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You have to change your focus from what you see to
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Focus from what you see to what god said.
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What god said. you have to walk by faith
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You have to walk by faith and not by sight.
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And not by sight. what you're up against may
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What you're up against may seem impossible but god
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Seem impossible but god created you to walk on
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Created you to walk on water.
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Water. he created you to defy the
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He created you to defy the odds.
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Odds. he created you to go further
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He created you to go further than people say you can go.
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Than people say you can go. he created you to defeat
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He created you to defeat giants.
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Giants. he created you to beat the
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He created you to beat the cancer.
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Cancer. he created you to acquire
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He created you to acquire compaq centers.
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Compaq centers. yes it seems unlikely, yes
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Yes it seems unlikely, yes you may not feel like you
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You may not feel like you have the talent, you may be
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Have the talent, you may be afraid, that's okay.
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Afraid, that's okay. the key is don't focus on
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The key is don't focus on what you see, focus on what
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What you see, focus on what god said.
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God said. that's what's going to fuel
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That's what's going to fuel your faith.
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Your faith. that's when you're going to
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That's when you're going to see far and beyond favor,
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See far and beyond favor, favor that catapults you
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Favor that catapults you ahead.
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Ahead. god told nehemiah that he
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God told nehemiah that he was to rebuild the walls of
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Was to rebuild the walls of jerusalem.
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Jerusalem. nehemiah wasn't a builder,
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Nehemiah wasn't a builder, he was a cupbearer to the
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He was a cupbearer to the king, living a thousand
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King, living a thousand miles away.
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Miles away. he didn't have the
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He didn't have the resources, the staff, the
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Resources, the staff, the influence.
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Influence. but god never asks you to do
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But god never asks you to do something and then doesn't
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Something and then doesn't give you the ability to do
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Give you the ability to do it.
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It. god was saying to nehemiah,
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God was saying to nehemiah, "you're going to walk on
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"you're going to walk on water, you're going to do
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Water, you're going to do something over your head,
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Something over your head, something that you're not
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Something that you're not qualified for, something
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Qualified for, something where you don't have the
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Where you don't have the connections, the
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Connections, the experience."
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Experience." nehemiah could have looked
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Nehemiah could have looked at the circumstances and
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At the circumstances and thought, "god, you have the
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Thought, "god, you have the wrong person, i'll never
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Wrong person, i'll never accomplish this dream."
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Accomplish this dream." but nehemiah understood this
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But nehemiah understood this principle.
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Principle. he didn't go by what he saw,
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He didn't go by what he saw, he went by what god said.
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He went by what god said. when you step out in faith,
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When you step out in faith, god will open doors that no
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God will open doors that no person can shut.
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Person can shut. he'll bring the right
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He'll bring the right people.
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People. he'll make things happen
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He'll make things happen that you couldn't make
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That you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. god gave nehemiah favor with
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God gave nehemiah favor with the king.
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The king. the king not only let him
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The king not only let him have the time off, which was
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Have the time off, which was unprecedented but the king
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Unprecedented but the king gave him a letter requiring
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Gave him a letter requiring people to give him the
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People to give him the materials and resources he
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Materials and resources he needed.
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Needed. it should have taken years
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It should have taken years but nehemiah rebuilt the
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But nehemiah rebuilt the wall in just fifty two days.
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Wall in just fifty two days. god has some things in your
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God has some things in your future where you're going to
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Future where you're going to walk on water.
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Walk on water. you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish what seems impossible.
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What seems impossible. you're going to overcome
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You're going to overcome what looks insurmountable.
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What looks insurmountable. now do your part, don't
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Now do your part, don't focus on the winds, the
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Focus on the winds, the waves, the impossibilities.
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Waves, the impossibilities. that's going to talk you out
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That's going to talk you out of it.
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Of it. focus on what god said.
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Focus on what god said. let his promises play in
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Let his promises play in your mind over and over.
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Your mind over and over. that dream that he put in
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That dream that he put in your heart, every day thank
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Your heart, every day thank him for it.
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Him for it. those secret things he
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Those secret things he whispered to you in the
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Whispered to you in the night, dare to believe that
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Night, dare to believe that they're on the way.
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They're on the way. a friend of mine knew an
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A friend of mine knew an older gentleman that was a
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Older gentleman that was a fighter pilot in world war
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Fighter pilot in world war 2.
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2. he not only flew missions
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He not only flew missions but he was a flight trainer.
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But he was a flight trainer. he would train these young
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He would train these young men, many of them only
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Men, many of them only eighteen years old, how to
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Eighteen years old, how to fly planes.
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Fly planes. before he ever took them up
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Before he ever took them up in the air, they spent hours
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In the air, they spent hours going over the instruments,
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Going over the instruments, learning what they did, what
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Learning what they did, what caused the plane to
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Caused the plane to function.
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Function. he stressed the importance
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He stressed the importance of always flying the plane
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Of always flying the plane by the instruments, not by
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By the instruments, not by what they saw.
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What they saw. they spent months and months
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They spent months and months on the ground in flight
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On the ground in flight simulators, flying planes
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Simulators, flying planes strictly by the instruments.
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Strictly by the instruments. after one young pilot
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After one young pilot completed the program, he
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Completed the program, he took him up in the air.
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Took him up in the air. the pilot was doing great,
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The pilot was doing great, everything running smoothly,
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Everything running smoothly, just like his training.
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Just like his training. a few minutes later, a storm
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A few minutes later, a storm suddenly arose.
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Suddenly arose. they found themselves in bad
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They found themselves in bad weather.
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Weather. dark clouds, the plane
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Dark clouds, the plane started bouncing around.
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Started bouncing around. it got to the point that
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It got to the point that they couldn't see anything.
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They couldn't see anything. this young pilot panicked.
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This young pilot panicked. instead of going by his
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Instead of going by his instruments and following
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Instruments and following his training, he looked
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His training, he looked around at all the clouds,
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Around at all the clouds, the rain, he felt the plane
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The rain, he felt the plane shaking.
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Shaking. he became disoriented and
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He became disoriented and confused.
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Confused. he couldn't tell if he was
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He couldn't tell if he was gaining altitude or losing
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Gaining altitude or losing altitude.
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Altitude. he kept straining out the
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He kept straining out the window to try to get some
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Window to try to get some kind of visual sign as to
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Kind of visual sign as to which direction to go.
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Which direction to go. finally the flight
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Finally the flight instructor, took a blanket
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Instructor, took a blanket that was used to cover the
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That was used to cover the windshield when the plane
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Windshield when the plane was stored, and he clipped
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Was stored, and he clipped it in place.
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It in place. now the young pilot couldn't
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Now the young pilot couldn't see anything.
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See anything. he had no choice except to
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He had no choice except to go by the instruments.
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Go by the instruments. in a few minutes they came
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In a few minutes they came out of the storm and
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Out of the storm and eventually landed the plane
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Eventually landed the plane safely.
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Safely. sometimes like this young
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Sometimes like this young pilot, we know what god
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Pilot, we know what god promised us, we have the
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Promised us, we have the instruments.
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Instruments. we do good on the ground.
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We do good on the ground. we quote the scripture, we
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We quote the scripture, we believe but when the storm
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Believe but when the storm hits, we start looking at
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Hits, we start looking at the clouds, the winds.
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The clouds, the winds. it's bumpy, we don't see a
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It's bumpy, we don't see a way.
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Way. too often we panic, live
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Too often we panic, live worried, but you have to
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Worried, but you have to come back to the
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Come back to the instruments.
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Instruments. you can't go by what you see
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You can't go by what you see or you'll get discouraged.
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Or you'll get discouraged. you may not see anything
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You may not see anything except dark clouds.
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Except dark clouds. everywhere you look there's
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Everywhere you look there's no visibility.
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No visibility. no sign of how it's going to
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No sign of how it's going to work out.
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Work out. go back to your instruments.
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Go back to your instruments. remember what god promised
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Remember what god promised you.
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You. there's not a storm you're
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There's not a storm you're facing that's a surprise to
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Facing that's a surprise to god.
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God. there's not a problem you're
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There's not a problem you're in that he can't get you out
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In that he can't get you out of.
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Of. but when we're under
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But when we're under pressure, when life gets
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Pressure, when life gets stressful it's easy to focus
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Stressful it's easy to focus on the wrong things.
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On the wrong things. are you looking out the
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Are you looking out the window, focused on the storm
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Window, focused on the storm or are you focused on what
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Or are you focused on what god promised you?
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God promised you? he's spoken dreams to your
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He's spoken dreams to your heart.
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Heart. he's whispered things to you
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He's whispered things to you in the night.
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In the night. the enemy has tried to drown
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The enemy has tried to drown them out with negative
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Them out with negative thoughts and negative
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Thoughts and negative circumstances, but they are
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Circumstances, but they are still alive.
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Still alive. what god started he's going
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What god started he's going to finish.
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To finish. now do your part and
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Now do your part and remember what he said.
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Remember what he said. keep declaring what he
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Keep declaring what he promised, keep thanking him
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Promised, keep thanking him for it.
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For it. if you'll do this i believe
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If you'll do this i believe and declare, like peter,
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And declare, like peter, you're going to walk on
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You're going to walk on water.
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Water. you're going to defy the
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You're going to defy the odds.
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Odds. like nehemiah, you're going
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Like nehemiah, you're going to accomplish dreams bigger
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To accomplish dreams bigger than you thought, and like
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Than you thought, and like this pilot you're going to
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This pilot you're going to come through every storm
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Come through every storm safely.
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Safely. i speak strength over you,
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I speak strength over you, i speak victory, i speak
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I speak victory, i speak healing, breakthroughs,
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Healing, breakthroughs, favor, abundance, the
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Favor, abundance, the fullness of your destiny,
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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Joel Osteen - Remember What God Said

September 17, 2025 | 30:0

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