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Joel Osteen - Remember Who You Are

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Remember Who You Are | December 17, 2025

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes. so thanks for being
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Homes. so thanks for being with us today.
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With us today. i hope you'll stay connected
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Follow us on social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired, but thanks for
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And inspired, 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 man that
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I heard about this man that was out walking on the
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Was out walking on the beach. god said, "son,
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Beach. god said, "son, you've been so faithful,
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You've been so faithful, i'm going to grant you one
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I'm going to grant you one special wish." he was so
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Special wish." he was so excited. he said, "god, i've
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Excited. he said, "god, i've always wanted to go to hawaii
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Always wanted to go to hawaii but i'm afraid to fly.
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But i'm afraid to fly. so, my wish is that you
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So, my wish is that you would build a bridge across
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Would build a bridge across the ocean." god said,
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The ocean." god said, "son, that's impossible.
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"son, that's impossible. think of the logistics of
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Think of the logistics of that. now take a moment
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That. now take a moment and wish again."
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And wish again." the man thought about it and
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The man thought about it and said, "okay, god, i've been
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Said, "okay, god, i've been married four times.
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Married four times. all my ex-wives say i'm so
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All my ex-wives say i'm so insensitive. so my wish is
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Insensitive. so my wish is that i would be able to
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That i would be able to understand a woman.
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Understand a woman. i want to know why they
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I want to know why they think like they think, why
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Think like they think, why they feel like they feel."
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They feel like they feel." there was a long pause and
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There was a long pause and god said, "do you want two
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God said, "do you want two lanes or four lanes on that
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Lanes or four lanes on that bridge?"
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Bridge?" say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is 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. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about remember who you are.
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About remember who you are. we all face challenges in
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We all face challenges in life that we don't know how
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Life that we don't know how are going to work out.
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Are going to work out. "how am i going to get well?
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"how am i going to get well? how am i going to meet the
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How am i going to meet the right person? how is this
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Right person? how is this dream going to come to pass?"
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Dream going to come to pass?" but here's the key, the how
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But here's the key, the how is not as important as the
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Is not as important as the who. when you know who you are,
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Who. when you know who you are, a child of the most high god,
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A child of the most high god, crowned with favor, with
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Crowned with favor, with royal blood flowing through
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Royal blood flowing through your veins, then the who
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Your veins, then the who will override the how.
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Will override the how. the how is not up to us.
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The how is not up to us. the how may look impossible.
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The how may look impossible. if you stay focused on how,
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If you stay focused on how, you're going to get worried,
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You're going to get worried, discouraged.
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Discouraged. your job is not to figure
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Your job is not to figure everything out, your job is
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Everything out, your job is to honor god, be your best
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To honor god, be your best and he will take care of the
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And he will take care of the how. we spend too much time
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How. we spend too much time on the how.
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On the how. "how is my child going to
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"how is my child going to get back on course?
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Get back on course? how can i overcome this
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How can i overcome this opposition at work?"
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Opposition at work?" why don't you spend that
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Why don't you spend that same time on the "who"?
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Same time on the "who"? "father, thank you that i am
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"father, thank you that i am your child. thank you that
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Your child. thank you that you handpicked me. you chose
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You handpicked me. you chose me before i could choose you.
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Me before i could choose you. thank you that you are for
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Thank you that you are for me, you are fighting my
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Me, you are fighting my battles."
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Battles." if you'll focus on the 'who'
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If you'll focus on the 'who' god will take care of the
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God will take care of the 'how'.
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'how'. when our children were
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When our children were small, they never once said,
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Small, they never once said, "daddy how are we going to
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"daddy how are we going to pay our bills this month,
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Pay our bills this month, how are we going to get to
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How are we going to get to school tomorrow, how are we
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School tomorrow, how are we going to have something for
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Going to have something for dinner tonight?"
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Dinner tonight?" they were never concerned
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They were never concerned about the 'how' because they
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About the 'how' because they knew the 'who'.
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Knew the 'who'. because they belonged to us,
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Because they belonged to us, they knew their father was
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They knew their father was going to take care of it.
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Going to take care of it. they knew, "daddy is going
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They knew, "daddy is going to keep us safe. daddy is
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To keep us safe. daddy is going to make sure we get
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Going to make sure we get there. daddy is going to
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There. daddy is going to protect us, provide, show
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Protect us, provide, show us favor."
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Us favor." what if we had that same
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What if we had that same kind of childlike faith?
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Kind of childlike faith? not trying to figure out all
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Not trying to figure out all the how's: worried about how
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The how's: worried about how our health is going to
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Our health is going to improve; how we're going to
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Improve; how we're going to accomplish the goal; how
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Accomplish the goal; how we're going to get out of
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We're going to get out of this difficulty.
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This difficulty. can i tell you, your
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Can i tell you, your heavenly father is going to
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Heavenly father is going to take care of the how's.
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Take care of the how's. when you understand that you
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When you understand that you belong to him, then you can
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Belong to him, then you can live from a place of peace
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Live from a place of peace knowing that daddy is going
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Knowing that daddy is going to protect you, daddy is
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To protect you, daddy is going to show you favor,
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Going to show you favor, daddy is going to turn that
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Daddy is going to turn that problem around.
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Problem around. as an earthly father, i knew
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As an earthly father, i knew how to do things that my
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How to do things that my children didn't understand.
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Children didn't understand. i had experience, wisdom,
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I had experience, wisdom, strength, that they didn't
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Strength, that they didn't have. how much more so our
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Have. how much more so our heavenly father.
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Heavenly father. he created the universe.
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He created the universe. he flung stars into space.
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He flung stars into space. he has ways of doing things
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He has ways of doing things we can't see. he's working
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We can't see. he's working behind the scenes lining up
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Behind the scenes lining up what you need to accomplish
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What you need to accomplish your dreams.
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Your dreams. he already has a solution to
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He already has a solution to that problem that's
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That problem that's stressing you out.
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Stressing you out. when you face
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When you face situations that you don't
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Situations that you don't see how they could work out,
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See how they could work out, don't live worried, the 'how'
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Don't live worried, the 'how' is not up to you.
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Is not up to you. god wouldn't have allowed
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God wouldn't have allowed it, if it was going to keep
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It, if it was going to keep you from your destiny.
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You from your destiny. he won't let you get in a
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He won't let you get in a problem that he can't get
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Problem that he can't get you out of.
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You out of. if you'll stay focused on
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If you'll stay focused on the 'who', knowing that you
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The 'who', knowing that you are his child, that you are
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Are his child, that you are blessed, favored, anointed,
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Blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, then god will
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Empowered, then god will take care of the 'how'.
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Take care of the 'how'. this is what david did.
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This is what david did. at seventeen years old, he
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At seventeen years old, he was out in the shepherd's
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Was out in the shepherd's fields when his father asked
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Fields when his father asked him to take lunch to his
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Him to take lunch to his brothers.
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Brothers. they were serving in the
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They were serving in the army in another city.
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Army in another city. when he arrived, he heard
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When he arrived, he heard goliath, the champion of the
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Goliath, the champion of the philistine army taunting the
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Philistine army taunting the israelites. they were all
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Israelites. they were all afraid, but something rose up
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Afraid, but something rose up in david, a fire, a passion,
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In david, a fire, a passion, an anointing.
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An anointing. he said, "who is this man
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He said, "who is this man that he should defy the
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That he should defy the armies of the living god?"
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Armies of the living god?" he told king saul that he
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He told king saul that he wanted to fight goliath.
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Wanted to fight goliath. saul laughed. goliath was
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Saul laughed. goliath was twice david's size. he was
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Twice david's size. he was their most skilled warrior.
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Their most skilled warrior. he was wearing a full set of
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He was wearing a full set of armor. david had no military
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Armor. david had no military training, no experience.
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Training, no experience. the 'how' seemed impossible.
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The 'how' seemed impossible. no way in the natural.
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No way in the natural. but david understood this
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But david understood this principle that the 'how'
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Principle that the 'how' wasn't up to him.
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Wasn't up to him. he stood before goliath and
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He stood before goliath and said, "you come against me
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Said, "you come against me with a sword and a shield,
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With a sword and a shield, but i come against you in
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But i come against you in the name of the lord god of
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The name of the lord god of israel."
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Israel." he was saying in effect,
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He was saying in effect, "goliath, i may be small,
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"goliath, i may be small, i may be inexperienced, the
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I may be inexperienced, the odds are against me, but
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Odds are against me, but i have a secret, i know who
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I have a secret, i know who i am. i belong to the most
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I am. i belong to the most high. i have an advantage;
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High. i have an advantage; favor is on my life."
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Favor is on my life." he didn't focus on the
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He didn't focus on the 'how', he focused on the
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'how', he focused on the 'who'.
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'who'. he took his sling shot out,
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He took his sling shot out, slung that rock, hit goliath
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Slung that rock, hit goliath in the forehead and knocked
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In the forehead and knocked him unconscious.
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Him unconscious. when you know who you are,
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When you know who you are, you'll defeat giants that
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You'll defeat giants that are much bigger.
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Are much bigger. you may be facing situations
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You may be facing situations now that you don't see how
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Now that you don't see how they could work out.
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They could work out. you could live worried,
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You could live worried, stressed, you have to shift
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Stressed, you have to shift your perspective from the
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Your perspective from the 'how' to the 'who'.
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'how' to the 'who'. who you are is more powerful
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Who you are is more powerful than any force trying to
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Than any force trying to stop you.
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Stop you. you're not just anyone, you
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You're not just anyone, you belong to the most high god.
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Belong to the most high god. he breathed life into you,
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He breathed life into you, he chose you.
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He chose you. the good news is he's
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The good news is he's backing you up.
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Backing you up. he has the how's already
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He has the how's already figured out.
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Figured out. there's no giant too big for
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There's no giant too big for him, no sickness too great,
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Him, no sickness too great, no addiction too powerful,
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No addiction too powerful, no obstacle too strong.
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No obstacle too strong. like david you may not see
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Like david you may not see the 'how', that's okay, the
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The 'how', that's okay, the 'how' is not up to you.
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'how' is not up to you. when you know who you are,
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When you know who you are, you live from a place of
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You live from a place of faith, a place of trust,
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Faith, a place of trust, a place of confidence,
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A place of confidence, then you're going to see
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Then you're going to see god show out in your life.
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God show out in your life. when victoria and i had been
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When victoria and i had been married about two years, we
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Married about two years, we lived in an apartment
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Lived in an apartment complex.
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Complex. one evening we were out
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One evening we were out walking through this nice
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Walking through this nice neighborhood, with big trees
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Neighborhood, with big trees and beautiful two-story
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And beautiful two-story homes.
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Homes. we came to this one house
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We came to this one house that was under construction
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That was under construction and it was just about
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And it was just about finished.
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Finished. it was late in the day, no
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It was late in the day, no one was working so we went
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One was working so we went to look at it.
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To look at it. the front door was unlocked,
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The front door was unlocked, so we walked in.
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So we walked in. it was so beautiful.
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It was so beautiful. i'll never forget the tall
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I'll never forget the tall ceilings, big curved
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Ceilings, big curved windows, it was all so
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Windows, it was all so spacious and well done.
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Spacious and well done. as we were walking out the
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As we were walking out the front sidewalk, victoria
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Front sidewalk, victoria stopped, turned around and
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Stopped, turned around and said, "joel, one day we're
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Said, "joel, one day we're going to live in a house
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Going to live in a house just like this."
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Just like this." that was so far out of my
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That was so far out of my thinking, so unbelievable, i
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Thinking, so unbelievable, i couldn't even fathom it.
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Couldn't even fathom it. i started telling her all
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I started telling her all the reasons why it wasn't
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The reasons why it wasn't going to happen.
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Going to happen. i said, "victoria, that's
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I said, "victoria, that's impossible, this is how much
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Impossible, this is how much we make, i work for a
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We make, i work for a ministry, even if we saved
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Ministry, even if we saved for years, we wouldn't have
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For years, we wouldn't have enough."
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Enough." i went on and on.
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I went on and on. that no more affected her.
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That no more affected her. she said, "no, joel, i know
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She said, "no, joel, i know down in my spirit, it's
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Down in my spirit, it's going to happen."
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Going to happen." the more she believed, the
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The more she believed, the more aggravated that made
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More aggravated that made me.
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Me. i did my best to convince
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I did my best to convince her to be a doubter.
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Her to be a doubter. "come on, we're limited,
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"come on, we're limited, we'll never have enough,
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We'll never have enough, we're at a disadvantage."
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We're at a disadvantage." her attitude was, "no
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Her attitude was, "no thanks, i know who i am.
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Thanks, i know who i am. i am blessed, i am favored,
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I am blessed, i am favored, i am anointed.
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I am anointed. i am child of the most
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I am child of the most high."
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High." i wonder how many times
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I wonder how many times we're doing like i did.
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We're doing like i did. "i can't get well, have you
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"i can't get well, have you seen the medical report?
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Seen the medical report? i'll never break this
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I'll never break this addiction; i've had it since
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Addiction; i've had it since high school.
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High school. my business will never
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My business will never succeed, i don't have the
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Succeed, i don't have the resources, the connections."
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Resources, the connections." all this time, you're
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All this time, you're focused on the how, thinking
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Focused on the how, thinking about what you can't do and
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About what you can't do and what you don't have.
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What you don't have. god is saying, "let me take
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God is saying, "let me take care of the how, you just
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Care of the how, you just focus on the who.
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Focus on the who. you believe that your my
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You believe that your my child, believe that you have
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Child, believe that you have an advantage, believe that
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An advantage, believe that i'm a good father, believe
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I'm a good father, believe that i will take care of
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That i will take care of you, heal you, restore you,
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You, heal you, restore you, favor you, prosper you."
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Favor you, prosper you." we would walk that path
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We would walk that path several times a week, every
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Several times a week, every time victoria would say,
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Time victoria would say, "there's that house, we're
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"there's that house, we're going to live in something
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Going to live in something like that one day."
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Like that one day." after hearing that over and
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After hearing that over and over, she started to
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Over, she started to convince me.
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Convince me. you've heard that saying, if
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You've heard that saying, if you can't beat them join
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You can't beat them join them.
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Them. she wasn't going to sink
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She wasn't going to sink down to where i was, so i
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Down to where i was, so i decided to rise up to where
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Decided to rise up to where she was.
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She was. don't let people speaking
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Don't let people speaking doubt, defeat, negativity
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Doubt, defeat, negativity cause you to give up on your
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Cause you to give up on your dreams.
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Dreams. instead of letting them talk
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Instead of letting them talk you out of it, you need to
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You out of it, you need to keep saying it so much that
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Keep saying it so much that you talk them into it.
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You talk them into it. several years later we
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Several years later we bought an old rundown house
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Bought an old rundown house on a nice piece of property,
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On a nice piece of property, close into the city.
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Close into the city. the day we closed on the
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The day we closed on the house we were standing in
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House we were standing in the front yard, a car pulled
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The front yard, a car pulled up and stopped.
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Up and stopped. this lady got out and said
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This lady got out and said she was a realtor.
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She was a realtor. she asked if we wanted to
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She asked if we wanted to sell the property.
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Sell the property. i said, "no, we just bought
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I said, "no, we just bought it."
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It." she said, "how about selling
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She said, "how about selling it for a significant
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It for a significant profit."
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Profit." i told her we wanted to keep
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I told her we wanted to keep it.
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It. she said, "congratulations
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She said, "congratulations you just bought your dream
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You just bought your dream house."
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House." i didn't know what she was
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I didn't know what she was talking about.
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Talking about. a few months later, the
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A few months later, the neighborhood changed the
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Neighborhood changed the deed restrictions where you
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Deed restrictions where you could subdivide the lots.
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Could subdivide the lots. a year later we sold half
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A year later we sold half the property for more than
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The property for more than we bought the whole property
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We bought the whole property for.
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For. a builder built two homes on
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A builder built two homes on it, one for us.
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It, one for us. we sold that home and bought
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We sold that home and bought a house down the street from
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A house down the street from the original house victoria
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The original house victoria said we were going to live
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Said we were going to live in.
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In. when we moved in, "i said,
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When we moved in, "i said, victoria here's this house i
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Victoria here's this house i always said we're going to
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Always said we're going to live in."
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Live in." she almost didn't even let
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She almost didn't even let me stay there.
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Me stay there. are you trying to figure out
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Are you trying to figure out the how's?
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The how's? leave that up to god.
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Leave that up to god. you focus on the who.
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You focus on the who. "lord, thank you that i'm
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"lord, thank you that i'm your child, that you've
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Your child, that you've chosen me, that you've
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Chosen me, that you've ordered my steps.
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Ordered my steps. you said your plans for me
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You said your plans for me are for good, you said you
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Are for good, you said you would do more than i can
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Would do more than i can ask, think or imagine."
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Ask, think or imagine." one time the disciples asked
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One time the disciples asked jesus how to pray.
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Jesus how to pray. he gave them what we know
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He gave them what we know now as the lord's prayer.
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Now as the lord's prayer. he started off saying, "our
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He started off saying, "our father who art in heaven."
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Father who art in heaven." it goes on to talk about
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It goes on to talk about give us our daily bread,
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Give us our daily bread, protect us from evil, help
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Protect us from evil, help us to forgive, on and on.
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Us to forgive, on and on. but it's significant that
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But it's significant that before we ask for our needs,
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Before we ask for our needs, before we ask for
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Before we ask for protection, for guidance,
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Protection, for guidance, god said, "i want you to
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God said, "i want you to acknowledge who you are.
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Acknowledge who you are. i want you to see yourself
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I want you to see yourself as my child."
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As my child." our father.
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Our father. you're saying, "god, i know
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You're saying, "god, i know who i am.
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Who i am. i belong to you.
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I belong to you. you're my father.
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You're my father. you created me.
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You created me. you love me.
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You love me. you care for me.
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You care for me. you protect me.
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You protect me. you favor me."
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You favor me." if you don't know who you
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If you don't know who you are then the rest of this
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Are then the rest of this prayer is not going to be
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Prayer is not going to be effective.
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Effective. you can't ask in faith for
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You can't ask in faith for the daily bread, the
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The daily bread, the protection, the provision if
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Protection, the provision if you don't know you're his
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You don't know you're his child.
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Child. you may have some how's.
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You may have some how's. you don't know how you're
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You don't know how you're going to finish school, how
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Going to finish school, how your family is going to stay
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Your family is going to stay together, how you're going
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Together, how you're going to come out of that
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To come out of that depression, but if you'll
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Depression, but if you'll just keep the who.
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Just keep the who. "god, you're my father, i'm
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"god, you're my father, i'm you're child.
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You're child. god, i trust you."
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God, i trust you." when you know the who, god
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When you know the who, god will take care of the how's.
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Will take care of the how's. in luke 1, there's the story
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In luke 1, there's the story of mary the mother of jesus.
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Of mary the mother of jesus. she was a teenager living in
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She was a teenager living in nazareth, one of the poorest
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Nazareth, one of the poorest cities of that region.
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Cities of that region. an angel appeared to her and
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An angel appeared to her and said that she was going to
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Said that she was going to have a baby without knowing
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Have a baby without knowing a man.
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A man. he said he would be the
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He said he would be the messiah; they were to name
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Messiah; they were to name him jesus.
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Him jesus. mary was confused.
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Mary was confused. she thought, "that's
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She thought, "that's impossible.
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Impossible. you can't have a baby
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You can't have a baby without a man.
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Without a man. that defies the laws of
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That defies the laws of nature."
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Nature." she said to the angel, "how
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She said to the angel, "how can i have a baby?
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Can i have a baby? i'm a virgin."
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I'm a virgin." mary had a how.
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Mary had a how. i don't see how this can
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I don't see how this can happen.
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Happen. the angel said, "the holy
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The angel said, "the holy spirit will come upon you,
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Spirit will come upon you, the power of the most high
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The power of the most high shall overshadow you and you
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Shall overshadow you and you will have this child."
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Will have this child." he was saying in effect,
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He was saying in effect, "mary, don't worry about the
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"mary, don't worry about the how, god will take care of
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How, god will take care of the how."
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The how." like mary, you may have a
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Like mary, you may have a how.
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How. god's given you a promise,
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God's given you a promise, but it seems impossible.
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But it seems impossible. how can you get well?
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How can you get well? how can you come out of
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How can you come out of debt?
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Debt? how can you accomplish your
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How can you accomplish your dream?
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Dream? god is saying to you what he
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God is saying to you what he said to mary, "the power of
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Said to mary, "the power of the most high will
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The most high will overshadow you."
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Overshadow you." one version says overtake
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One version says overtake you.
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You. those dreams that look
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Those dreams that look impossible, you're going to
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Impossible, you're going to see god's favor overtake
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See god's favor overtake you.
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You. healing overtake you;
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Healing overtake you; freedom overtake you.
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Freedom overtake you. overtake means you can't
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Overtake means you can't outrun it.
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Outrun it. you can't hide from it.
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You can't hide from it. the power of the most high
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The power of the most high is going to make things
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Is 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. don't worry about the how's.
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Don't worry about the how's. it may seem too big, too
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It may seem too big, too late, too far, too much.
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Late, too far, too much. that's the way mary felt.
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That's the way mary felt. listen to what she said.
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Listen to what she said. she could have doubted like
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She could have doubted like i did, "we'll never live in
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I did, "we'll never live in a house like that.
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A house like that. are you kidding?
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Are you kidding? have a baby without a man."
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Have a baby without a man." but mary said in verse 38,
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But mary said in verse 38, "i am the lord's child.
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"i am the lord's child. i will accept whatever he
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I will accept whatever he wants.
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Wants. may everything you said come
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May everything you said come true."
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True." instead of focusing on the
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Instead of focusing on the how, she switched over to
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How, she switched over to the who.
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The who. "i know who i am, the lord's
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"i know who i am, the lord's child.
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Child. i am favored, i am blessed,
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I am favored, i am blessed, i am anointed."
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I am anointed." why don't you do like mary
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Why don't you do like mary and leave the how up to god
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And leave the how up to god and just stay focused on who
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And just stay focused on who you are.
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You are. "lord, thank you that you're
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"lord, thank you that you're my father, that you're
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My father, that you're working in my life, that
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Working in my life, that you're taking me where i
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You're taking me where i can't go on my own."
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Can't go on my own." god is going to put dreams
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God is going to put dreams in your heart that seem
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In your heart that seem impossible, obstacles will
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Impossible, obstacles will come that look too big,
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Come that look too big, enemies too strong.
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Enemies too strong. that's when it's easy to let
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That's when it's easy to let the how's talk you out of
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The how's talk you out of it.
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It. "i don't see how this can
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"i don't see how this can work out joel."
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Work out joel." you don't have to.
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You don't have to. the how is not up to you.
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The how is not up to you. the power of the most high
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The power of the most high is going to work it out.
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Is going to work it out. take the pressure off
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Take the pressure off yourself.
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Yourself. quit living worried,
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Quit living worried, frustrated.
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Frustrated. it's not going to be by your
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It's not going to be by your strength, by your ability,
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Strength, by your ability, but by the spirit of the
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But by the spirit of the living god.
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Living god. the angel told mary it was
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The angel told mary it was going to happen without
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Going to happen without knowing a man.
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Knowing a man. he was talking about the
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He was talking about the physical, but this has a
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Physical, but this has a deeper meaning.
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Deeper meaning. god was showing us that
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God was showing us that you're not dependent on
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You're not dependent on people.
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People. what you're believing for
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What you're believing for can happen without a man.
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Can happen without a man. "if i could just get this
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"if i could just get this manager to like me, if i
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Manager to like me, if i could get this friend to
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Could get this friend to give me a good break."
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Give me a good break." you don't need who you think
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You don't need who you think you need.
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You need. when it's your time, the
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When it's your time, the power of the most high will
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Power of the most high will overtake you.
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Overtake you. when god shows up, nothing
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When god shows up, nothing can stand in his way, chains
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Can stand in his way, chains will break, doors will open,
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Will break, doors will open, opportunity will come.
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Opportunity will come. if it can happen without a
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If it can happen without a man then it can happen
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Man then it can happen without a bank, without the
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Without a bank, without the treatment, without the
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Treatment, without the experience, without the
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Experience, without the resources.
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Resources. god is about to surprise
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God is about to surprise you.
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You. like with mary, it's going
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Like with mary, it's going to be something you've never
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To be something you've never seen.
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Seen. something that's never
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Something that's never happened in your family.
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Happened in your family. something that defies the
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Something that defies the odds, that catapults you
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Odds, that catapults you into your destiny.
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Into your destiny. i talked a young lady that
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I talked a young lady that had big dreams.
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Had big dreams. she knew god's hand was on
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She knew god's hand was on her, but she made poor
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Her, but she made poor decisions.
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Decisions. she was at the wrong place
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She was at the wrong place at the wrong time and she
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At the wrong time and she ended up in prison.
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Ended up in prison. she was so depressed and so
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She was so depressed and so down on herself that she
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Down on herself that she didn't want to live.
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Didn't want to live. someone gave her one of my
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Someone gave her one of my books, she started reading
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Books, she started reading it.
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It. hope began to fill her
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Hope began to fill her heart, dreams started coming
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Heart, dreams started coming back to life.
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Back to life. she got her passion back.
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She got her passion back. she believed that she was
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She believed that she was still a child of god,
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Still a child of god, redeemed and forgiven.
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Redeemed and forgiven. the problem was the how.
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The problem was the how. how could she fulfill her
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How could she fulfill her purpose, she was in prison,
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Purpose, she was in prison, looked like she would be
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Looked like she would be there for many years.
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There for many years. but through a series of
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But through a series of unusual events she was
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Unusual events she was unexpectedly released years
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Unexpectedly released years ahead of schedule.
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Ahead of schedule. when the power of the most
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When the power of the most high overtakes you, doors
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High overtakes you, doors will open that shouldn't
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Will open that shouldn't open.
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Open. she went back to school and
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She went back to school and got her master's degree in
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Got her master's degree in counseling, then her phd.
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Counseling, then her phd. now she's helping people
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Now she's helping people that were like her, in a
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That were like her, in a dark place, struggling with
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Dark place, struggling with depression.
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Depression. she said, "i never dreamed i
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She said, "i never dreamed i would be where i am."
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Would be where i am." you don't have to figure out
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You don't have to figure out the how, just get the who
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The how, just get the who right and god will take care
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Right and god will take care of the how.
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Of the how. you may have made mistakes
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You may have made mistakes but that's not who you are,
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But that's not who you are, that's what you did.
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That's what you did. you are still a son, a
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You are still a son, a daughter of the most high.
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Daughter of the most high. forgiven, redeemed,
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Forgiven, redeemed, restored, called, equipped,
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Restored, called, equipped, chosen and anointed.
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Chosen and anointed. keep your shoulders back,
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Keep your shoulders back, hold your head up high.
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Hold your head up high. the enemy would love for you
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The enemy would love for you to go through life with your
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To go through life with your 'who' messed up.
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'who' messed up. thinking you've blown it,
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Thinking you've blown it, you've missed your chance,
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You've missed your chance, you're not worthy, not
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You're not worthy, not valuable.
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Valuable. just sit on the sidelines.
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Just sit on the sidelines. don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. nothing you've done has
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Nothing you've done has changed who you are.
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Changed who you are. no mistake you've made has
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No mistake you've made has disqualified you.
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Disqualified you. when you gave your life to
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When you gave your life to christ you were born into
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Christ you were born into god's family.
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God's family. you can't get unborn.
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You can't get unborn. his calling on your life
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His calling on your life doesn't go away because you
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Doesn't go away because you made mistakes, you took
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Made mistakes, you took wrong turns, you got off
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Wrong turns, you got off course.
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Course. you are still his child.
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You are still his child. in the scripture, god told
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In the scripture, god told jonah to go one way, but he
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Jonah to go one way, but he went the other.
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Went the other. he knew what he was supposed
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He knew what he was supposed to do, to go the city of
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To do, to go the city of nineveh and tell them to
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Nineveh and tell them to repent, but he went exactly
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Repent, but he went exactly opposite.
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Opposite. he ended up on a boat in the
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He ended up on a boat in the middle of a huge storm.
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Middle of a huge storm. he finally admitted to the
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He finally admitted to the crew that he was the
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Crew that he was the problem.
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Problem. they were so grateful, they
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They were so grateful, they said, "thank you jonah."
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Said, "thank you jonah." they threw him overboard.
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They threw him overboard. he should have been done.
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He should have been done. this should have been the
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This should have been the end of his story, but it
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End of his story, but it just so happened, there was
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Just so happened, there was a big fish that swallowed
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A big fish that swallowed jonah.
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Jonah. even when we make mistakes,
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Even when we make mistakes, even when we bring trouble
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Even when we bring trouble on ourselves, god is so
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On ourselves, god is so merciful, he'll still
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Merciful, he'll still protect us, he'll still
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Protect us, he'll still provide a way of escape.
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Provide a way of escape. jonah was sitting in the
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Jonah was sitting in the belly of that whale, seaweed
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Belly of that whale, seaweed wrapped around his head.
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Wrapped around his head. it was dark, smelly.
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It was dark, smelly. he didn't see how he could
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He didn't see how he could get out.
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Get out. he could have complained,
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He could have complained, been depressed but he said
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Been depressed but he said in verse 7, "my life was
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In verse 7, "my life was slipping away, then i
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Slipping away, then i remembered the lord my god."
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Remembered the lord my god." he was saying in effect, "i
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He was saying in effect, "i was just about done then i
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Was just about done then i remembered who i am."
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Remembered who i am." he started thanking god in
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He started thanking god in the belly of the whale.
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The belly of the whale. the how looked impossible.
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The how looked impossible. how could he get out?
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How could he get out? how could he survive?
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How could he survive? all the odds were against
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All the odds were against him.
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Him. but as he was thanking god,
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But as he was thanking god, the scripture says, "god
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The scripture says, "god caused the fish to spit him
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Caused the fish to spit him up on dry ground."
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Up on dry ground." you don't have to figure out
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You don't have to figure out the how, god controls the
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The how, god controls the universe.
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Universe. he controls fish.
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He controls fish. one time he told peter to go
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One time he told peter to go to the lake and first fish
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To the lake and first fish he caught had coins to pay
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He caught had coins to pay their taxes.
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Their taxes. god controls the economy, he
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God controls the economy, he controls finances, he even
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Controls finances, he even controls your enemies.
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Controls your enemies. the scripture says, god
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The scripture says, god caused pharaoh to harden his
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Caused pharaoh to harden his heart.
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Heart. when you remember who you
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When you remember who you are, god will cause things
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Are, god will cause things to happen.
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To happen. the medical report doesn't
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The medical report doesn't look good, don't worry, god
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Look good, don't worry, god can cause you to get well.
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Can cause you to get well. he controls the number of
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He controls the number of your days.
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Your days. people at work are against
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People at work are against you, they're more powerful,
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You, they're more powerful, have more influence, god
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Have more influence, god will cause you to overcome.
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Will cause you to overcome. that's not your battle, the
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That's not your battle, the how is not up to you, the
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How is not up to you, the battle is the lord's.
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Battle is the lord's. your business seems stuck,
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Your business seems stuck, looks like you've reached
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Looks like you've reached your limits, god will cause
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Your limits, god will cause you to succeed.
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You to succeed. he'll cause opportunities to
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He'll cause opportunities to come your way.
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Come your way. when you know who you are,
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When you know who you are, you won't get discouraged by
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You won't get discouraged by the how, you know the lord
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The how, you know the lord will cause things to happen.
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Will cause things to happen. i believe even now god is
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I believe even now god is causing your health to turn
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Causing your health to turn around.
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Around. he's causing that
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He's causing that depression, that anxiety,
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Depression, that anxiety, that fear to leave.
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That fear to leave. he's causing the right
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He's causing the right people to find you.
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People to find you. he's causing you to conceive
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He's causing you to conceive that baby you've been
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That baby you've been dreaming about.
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Dreaming about. he's causing trouble in your
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He's causing trouble in your family to resolve, causing
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Family to resolve, causing that child to get back on
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That child to get back on course.
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Course. you couldn't make it happen.
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You couldn't make it happen. the odds were against you
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The odds were against you but suddenly things are
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But suddenly things are going to fall into place.
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Going to fall into place. "joel this sounds good, but
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"joel this sounds good, but i don't see how it can
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I don't see how it can happen."
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Happen." neither did jonah, neither
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Neither did jonah, neither did mary, neither did david,
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Did mary, neither did david, but the how is not your job.
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But the how is not your job. you focus on the who and let
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You focus on the who and let god take care of the how.
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God take care of the how. he parted red seas, he
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He parted red seas, he brought water out of a rock,
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Brought water out of a rock, he caused isaac to prosper
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He caused isaac to prosper in a famine, sarah to have a
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In a famine, sarah to have a baby at eighty, four lepers
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Baby at eighty, four lepers to defeat a huge army.
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To defeat a huge army. he knows how to get you to
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He knows how to get you to your destiny.
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Your destiny. in difficult times, when
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In difficult times, when life is not fair, when we've
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Life is not fair, when we've made mistakes, we've gone
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Made mistakes, we've gone through disappointments,
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Through disappointments, that's when it's easy to get
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That's when it's easy to get discouraged, give up on a
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Discouraged, give up on a dream, you have to remember
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Dream, you have to remember who you are.
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Who you are. "father, thank you that i am
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"father, thank you that i am your child, that you have me
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Your child, that you have me in the palm of your hand,
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In the palm of your hand, that you are making ways
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That you are making ways where i don't see a way,
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Where i don't see a way, that you will get me to
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That you will get me to where i'm supposed to be."
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Where i'm supposed to be." when we greet people, often
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When we greet people, often we ask, "how are you?"
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We ask, "how are you?" if we were honest, sometimes
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If we were honest, sometimes we'd answer, "i'm lonely,
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We'd answer, "i'm lonely, i'm fighting an illness,
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I'm fighting an illness, i've been through a loss.
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I've been through a loss. i'm in the belly of a
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I'm in the belly of a whale."
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Whale." that's how you are but
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That's how you are but that's not who you are.
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That's not who you are. circumstances may have taken
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Circumstances may have taken your how, the good news is
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Your how, the good news is they couldn't take your who.
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They couldn't take your who. you may have been through
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You may have been through disappointments, bad breaks,
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Disappointments, bad breaks, loss; that didn't affect
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Loss; that didn't affect your identity, you are still
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Your identity, you are still his child.
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His child. you are still blessed, you
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You are still blessed, you are still favored, you are
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Are still favored, you are still forgiven, you still
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Still forgiven, you still have an awesome destiny to
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Have an awesome destiny to fulfill.
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Fulfill. quit worrying about the how
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Quit worrying about the how and start focusing on the
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And start focusing on the who.
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Who. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like with mary,
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And declare, like with mary, the power of most high is
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The power of most high is about to overtake you.
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About to overtake you. dreams that look impossible
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Dreams that look impossible are about to come to pass,
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Are about to come to pass, problems that seem permanent
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Problems that seem permanent are about to turn around.
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Are about to turn around. healing is coming,
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Healing is coming, breakthroughs are coming,
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Breakthroughs are coming, freedom is coming, the
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Freedom is coming, the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today!
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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Faith for today planner. you can write down your dreams
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And goals, plus use it for your everyday
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Plus use it for your everyday activities and reminders.
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Activities and reminders. it's important
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It's important to feed your faith
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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On a daily basis. this planner, it's
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This planner, it's not just a calendar,
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Not just a calendar, it's filled with scriptures
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It's filled with scriptures and inspiration
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And inspiration to help you stay encouraged
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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And keep believing for what god
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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Makes room for god to do what only he can do.
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And daily encouragement to strengthen your spirit
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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For your monthly support. we wish you and your family
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We wish you and your family a very merry christmas.
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Remember Who You Are

December 17, 2025 | 29:55

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