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Joel Osteen - Remove Infected Thinking

July 9, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Remove Infected Thinking | July 9, 2026

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this teenager that just
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About this teenager that just got his driver's license. he
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Got his driver's license. he asked his father about
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Asked his father about borrowing the car. his father
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Borrowing the car. his father said, "son, i'll make a deal
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Said, "son, i'll make a deal with you. if you'll bring
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With you. if you'll bring your grades up, read your
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Your grades up, read your bible every day and cut your
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Bible every day and cut your hair, i'll let you borrow
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Hair, i'll let you borrow it." he came back in a few
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It." he came back in a few weeks and asked about the
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Weeks and asked about the car. the father said, "son
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Car. the father said, "son you brought your grades up,
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You brought your grades up, you've been reading your
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You've been reading your bible, but you still haven't
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Bible, but you still haven't cut your hair." the son said,
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Cut your hair." the son said, "dad, i've been thinking.
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"dad, i've been thinking. moses had long hair, samson
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Moses had long hair, samson had long hair, even jesus had
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Had long hair, even jesus had long hair." the dad said,
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Long hair." the dad said, "yes son, and they walked
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"yes son, and they walked everywhere they went."
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Everywhere they went." say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about removing infected
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About removing infected thinking. we all have to deal
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Thinking. we all have to deal with thoughts of doubt,
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With thoughts of doubt, worry, insecurity. thoughts
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Worry, insecurity. thoughts that tell us, "you're not
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That tell us, "you're not going to get well. you'll
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Going to get well. you'll never break the addiction.
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Never break the addiction. you can't accomplish your
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You can't accomplish your dreams." it's just a thought.
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Dreams." it's just a thought. it seems harmless. the truth
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It seems harmless. the truth is negative thoughts are like
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Is negative thoughts are like infection. if you make the
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Infection. if you make the mistake of dwelling on it,
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Mistake of dwelling on it, letting it play over and
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Letting it play over and over. it's like you're
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Over. it's like you're inviting it in. you're giving
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Inviting it in. you're giving it permission to become a
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It permission to become a reality. what's holding many
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Reality. what's holding many people back is their thinking
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People back is their thinking is infected. studies show
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Is infected. studies show that forty seven percent of
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That forty seven percent of adults cognitive time is
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Adults cognitive time is spent ruminating on bad
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Spent ruminating on bad things that have happened in
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Things that have happened in the past or worried about
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The past or worried about what might happen in the
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What might happen in the future. nearly half of our
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Future. nearly half of our time, we have the negative
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Time, we have the negative dominating our thoughts. we
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Dominating our thoughts. we wonder why we don't have joy,
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Wonder why we don't have joy, don't have peace, why we feel
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Don't have peace, why we feel stuck. it's the infection.
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Stuck. it's the infection. "joel, i don't think i'll
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"joel, i don't think i'll ever get well." that's an
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Ever get well." that's an infected thought. "i've made
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Infected thought. "i've made too many mistakes. god could
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Too many mistakes. god could never bless me now." that
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Never bless me now." that infection is distorting your
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Infection is distorting your vision. "i'm not attractive.
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Vision. "i'm not attractive. i don't have a good
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I don't have a good personality." as long as the
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Personality." as long as the infection is there, it's
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Infection is there, it's going to limit your life.
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Going to limit your life. the scripture says, "bring
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The scripture says, "bring every thought into
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Every thought into captivity." you have to lock
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Captivity." you have to lock up those negative thoughts.
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Up those negative thoughts. don't give them free reign in
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Don't give them free reign in your mind. they may seem
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Your mind. they may seem harmless, but you need to see
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Harmless, but you need to see them in a new light, they're
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Them in a new light, they're infectious. they will poison
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Infectious. they will poison your attitude, contaminate
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Your attitude, contaminate your self-image, cloud your
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Your self-image, cloud your vision. has your thinking
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Vision. has your thinking become infected? are there
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Become infected? are there areas in your life where you
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Areas in your life where you believed you're not talented
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Believed you're not talented enough, you come from the
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Enough, you come from the wrong family, you could never
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Wrong family, you could never live in that nice
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Live in that nice neighborhood. that's all
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Neighborhood. that's all infection. you were created
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Infection. you were created to live happy, healthy, to
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To live happy, healthy, to rise higher.
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Rise higher. i have some friends that
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I have some friends that decided to resod their front
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Decided to resod their front yard. their grass was never
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Yard. their grass was never really healthy. so, they dug
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Really healthy. so, they dug it all up and had a truck
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It all up and had a truck load of grass delivered. they
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Load of grass delivered. they spent several days laying it
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Spent several days laying it out and making sure it was
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Out and making sure it was level and had plenty of
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Level and had plenty of water. one night, the husband
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Water. one night, the husband noticed a new mole on his
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Noticed a new mole on his wife's shoulder. just a
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Wife's shoulder. just a little bump that looked like
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Little bump that looked like a freckle. the wife looked at
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A freckle. the wife looked at it and was surprised that it
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It and was surprised that it came up that fast. she
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Came up that fast. she dismissed it and thought no
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Dismissed it and thought no big deal. a couple weeks went
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Big deal. a couple weeks went by. just to be safe, she went
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By. just to be safe, she went to the dermatologist. he
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To the dermatologist. he looked at it and said, "this
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Looked at it and said, "this isn't a mole, this is a
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Isn't a mole, this is a tick." it had become embedded
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Tick." it had become embedded under her skin. he removed
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Under her skin. he removed the tick, and of course she
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The tick, and of course she was very relieved. fast
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Was very relieved. fast forward two years, she
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Forward two years, she started having so much
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Started having so much fatigue. she was tired, would
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Fatigue. she was tired, would have to take a nap during the
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Have to take a nap during the day. this is a very talented,
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Day. this is a very talented, high energy, successful
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High energy, successful woman. she had never had to
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Woman. she had never had to take nap. her muscles started
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Take nap. her muscles started aching. she was so sore it
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Aching. she was so sore it was hard to get out of bed in
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Was hard to get out of bed in the morning. she started not
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The morning. she started not being able to remember
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Being able to remember things, foggy thinking. she
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Things, foggy thinking. she went and took test after test
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Went and took test after test trying to find out what was
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Trying to find out what was wrong. they finally diagnosed
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Wrong. they finally diagnosed her with lyme disease. lyme
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Her with lyme disease. lyme disease comes from a tick
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Disease comes from a tick bite. when a tick is not
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Bite. when a tick is not removed within twenty-four
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Removed within twenty-four hours, it can release
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Hours, it can release infection into the blood
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Infection into the blood stream. these parasites that
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Stream. these parasites that invade the organs and cells.
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Invade the organs and cells. they live and grow, causing
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They live and grow, causing all these symptoms, fatigue,
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All these symptoms, fatigue, joint pain, neurological
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Joint pain, neurological problems.
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Problems. what's interesting is you
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What's interesting is you don't feel a tick bite. it
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Don't feel a tick bite. it doesn't hurt. it's not like
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Doesn't hurt. it's not like you got stung by a bee.
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You got stung by a bee. there's this pain and
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There's this pain and discomfort. you never know it
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Discomfort. you never know it happened. a tick is the size
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Happened. a tick is the size of a poppy seed, just a
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Of a poppy seed, just a little, tiny insect. you
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Little, tiny insect. you would think, "this is
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Would think, "this is harmless. it couldn't stop
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Harmless. it couldn't stop me." yet that little tick
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Me." yet that little tick carries such powerful
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Carries such powerful infection that it can become
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Infection that it can become debilitating. it's the same
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Debilitating. it's the same principle in our thoughts.
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Principle in our thoughts. they can seem harmless. just
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They can seem harmless. just a little whisper, "you're not
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A little whisper, "you're not valuable. you're not as smart
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Valuable. you're not as smart as your cousin. you'll never
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As your cousin. you'll never overcome this problem." it's
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Overcome this problem." it's not some big announcement,
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Not some big announcement, some great offense, where
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Some great offense, where it's so obvious. the enemy is
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It's so obvious. the enemy is very subtle. just like that
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Very subtle. just like that tick, you don't feel the
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Tick, you don't feel the bite. you hardly even know it
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Bite. you hardly even know it happened. it's just a
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Happened. it's just a suggestion. but if you let
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Suggestion. but if you let that thought stay, and you
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That thought stay, and you start to dwell on it, and
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Start to dwell on it, and think, "maybe i'm not worthy,
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Think, "maybe i'm not worthy, maybe i have seen my best
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Maybe i have seen my best days, maybe i don't have the
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Days, maybe i don't have the talent i need." before long
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Talent i need." before long that little lie is going to
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That little lie is going to create major infection. it's
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Create major infection. it's going to poison your
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Going to poison your self-image, contaminate your
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Self-image, contaminate your attitude, distort your
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Attitude, distort your vision. the scripture says
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Vision. the scripture says it's the little foxes that
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It's the little foxes that spoil the vines.
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Spoil the vines. with a tick, if you remove it
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With a tick, if you remove it within twenty-four hours, it
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Within twenty-four hours, it can't release parasites that
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Can't release parasites that infect the organs and cause
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Infect the organs and cause all that damage. it's
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All that damage. it's important to deal with
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Important to deal with thoughts quickly. don't let
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Thoughts quickly. don't let them linger in your mind.
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Them linger in your mind. thoughts create images. then
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Thoughts create images. then you start to see what you're
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You start to see what you're thinking. if you dwell on
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Thinking. if you dwell on that thought, "you're never
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That thought, "you're never going to get well, you saw
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Going to get well, you saw the medical report." before
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The medical report." before long you'll see yourself
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Long you'll see yourself going downhill. you'll see
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Going downhill. you'll see yourself at your own funeral.
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Yourself at your own funeral. "you'll never meet the right
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"you'll never meet the right person. you'll always be
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Person. you'll always be single." if you let that
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Single." if you let that infection take root, you'll
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Infection take root, you'll see yourself at eighty years
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See yourself at eighty years old still single, lonely,
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Old still single, lonely, discouraged. do yourself a
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Discouraged. do yourself a favor, remove that thought
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Favor, remove that thought quickly. it may seem
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Quickly. it may seem harmless, just a little
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Harmless, just a little discouragement; no, thoughts
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Discouragement; no, thoughts can carry infection. thoughts
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Can carry infection. thoughts can contaminate your future.
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Can contaminate your future. that's why the scripture
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That's why the scripture tells us to guard our mind.
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Tells us to guard our mind. you can't stop negative
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You can't stop negative thoughts from coming, but you
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Thoughts from coming, but you can stop them from staying.
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Can stop them from staying. if my friends would have
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If my friends would have known that was a tick, they
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Known that was a tick, they would have pulled it off
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Would have pulled it off immediately. they wouldn't
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Immediately. they wouldn't have thought twice. that's
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Have thought twice. that's the way we need to see
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The way we need to see discouraging thoughts. "no
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Discouraging thoughts. "no thanks. you're not welcome
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Thanks. you're not welcome here. you got to go." the
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Here. you got to go." the longer we wait, the more
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Longer we wait, the more damage, the more infection.
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Damage, the more infection. when i was twelve years old,
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When i was twelve years old, one summer day, i went to
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One summer day, i went to play baseball with my
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Play baseball with my friends. we rode our bikes
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Friends. we rode our bikes down to the fields. they were
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Down to the fields. they were next to the boat docks. after
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Next to the boat docks. after playing a couple of hours, we
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Playing a couple of hours, we were so hot and sweaty. one
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Were so hot and sweaty. one of my friends said, "let's go
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Of my friends said, "let's go jump in the river and cool
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Jump in the river and cool off." my mother always told
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Off." my mother always told me not to get in that river.
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Me not to get in that river. it was too dirty. but all my
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It was too dirty. but all my friends took off running and
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Friends took off running and i followed right behind them.
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I followed right behind them. we jumped off the docks and
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We jumped off the docks and swam about fifteen minutes.
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Swam about fifteen minutes. it felt so good and
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It felt so good and refreshing. i waited a few
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Refreshing. i waited a few hours before i went back home
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Hours before i went back home so my shorts would dry.
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So my shorts would dry. nobody would know what i did.
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Nobody would know what i did. that night i took a shower
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That night i took a shower and was about to go to bed.
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And was about to go to bed. my mother said, "joel what is
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My mother said, "joel what is all over your back?" i
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All over your back?" i couldn't see anything. i had
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Couldn't see anything. i had twenty-four ticks on my back.
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Twenty-four ticks on my back. the next hour, she picked
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The next hour, she picked every one of them out. i
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Every one of them out. i learned my lesson. even if
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Learned my lesson. even if it's a hundred and fifty
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It's a hundred and fifty degrees, i am not getting in
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Degrees, i am not getting in that river. what's funny is
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That river. what's funny is my brother paul swam there
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My brother paul swam there many times, he never got one.
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Many times, he never got one. i guess ticks even know what
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I guess ticks even know what tastes good. (laughter)
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Tastes good. (laughter) with a tick, it doesn't do
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With a tick, it doesn't do any harm unless it attaches
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Any harm unless it attaches itself to what's called a
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Itself to what's called a host. it needs an animal or a
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Host. it needs an animal or a person. by itself, the tick
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Person. by itself, the tick won't do any damage. but when
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Won't do any damage. but when it finds a host, it feeds off
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It finds a host, it feeds off of their blood. that's what
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Of their blood. that's what causes it to grow. there are
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Causes it to grow. there are three stages of it's
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Three stages of it's development. when it first
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Development. when it first finds a host, it's too small
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Finds a host, it's too small to have any effect. but as
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To have any effect. but as long as it's receiving
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Long as it's receiving nourishment from the host,
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Nourishment from the host, they call it a blood meal,
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They call it a blood meal, then it will progress to the
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Then it will progress to the next stage. when it reaches
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Next stage. when it reaches that final stage, then it can
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That final stage, then it can release the infection into
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Release the infection into the bloodstream. it's the
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The bloodstream. it's the same way in our thinking.
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Same way in our thinking. when negative thoughts come,
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When negative thoughts come, the enemy needs a host. he
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The enemy needs a host. he needs someone that will
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Needs someone that will welcome that thought,
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Welcome that thought, entertain it, make it feel
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Entertain it, make it feel comfortable. he brings
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Comfortable. he brings thoughts of fear, worry,
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Thoughts of fear, worry, doubt, waiting to see will
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Doubt, waiting to see will you take it? will you host
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You take it? will you host it? he has that thought,
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It? he has that thought, "you'll never rise any
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"you'll never rise any higher. you've seen your best
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Higher. you've seen your best days." those thoughts won't
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Days." those thoughts won't do any harm, if you don't
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Do any harm, if you don't welcome them. you don't dwell
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Welcome them. you don't dwell on it. the only power he has
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On it. the only power he has is when he finds someone to
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Is when he finds someone to accept, to host, to believe.
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Accept, to host, to believe. this is the one time it's
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This is the one time it's good to be a bad host. you
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Good to be a bad host. you have to say, "hey tick, hey
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Have to say, "hey tick, hey worry, hey defeat you're not
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Worry, hey defeat you're not welcome here. you're not
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Welcome here. you're not going to feed off of me.
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Going to feed off of me. you're not getting my
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You're not getting my nutrients, my faith, my joy,
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Nutrients, my faith, my joy, my vision." you have to
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My vision." you have to starve the negative thoughts.
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Starve the negative thoughts. they have no effect if you
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They have no effect if you don't feed them.
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Don't feed them. think about that tick,
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Think about that tick, feeding off your own blood,
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Feeding off your own blood, only to turn around and
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Only to turn around and infect you. it's trying to
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Infect you. it's trying to develop into a stage where it
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Develop into a stage where it can release the parasites. if
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Can release the parasites. if the host is not aware, if the
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The host is not aware, if the host is passive and
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Host is passive and complacent, then like with my
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Complacent, then like with my friends, years later they're
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Friends, years later they're dealing with very difficult
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Dealing with very difficult issues. it could have been
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Issues. it could have been avoided if they had
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Avoided if they had recognized it was a tick and
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Recognized it was a tick and not a mole. if they had
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Not a mole. if they had removed it sooner, it
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Removed it sooner, it wouldn't have caused this
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Wouldn't have caused this infection.
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Infection. "joel, i don't think i'll
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"joel, i don't think i'll ever be successful. i'm
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Ever be successful. i'm limited by my lack of
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Limited by my lack of education, my background, my
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Education, my background, my talent." can i tell you;
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Talent." can i tell you; those are infected thoughts.
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Those are infected thoughts. you're hosting the wrong
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You're hosting the wrong things. you're feeding that
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Things. you're feeding that tick, the very one that's
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Tick, the very one that's poisoning your future. quit
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Poisoning your future. quit hosting defeat. quit hosting
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Hosting defeat. quit hosting mediocrity. you have
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Mediocrity. you have greatness in you. you are
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Greatness in you. you are made in the image of almighty
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Made in the image of almighty god. he has crowned you with
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God. he has crowned you with his favor. he has empowered
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His favor. he has empowered you for your assignment. now
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You for your assignment. now start hosting the right
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Start hosting the right things, faith, favor,
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Things, faith, favor, confidence, victory.
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Confidence, victory. this is what i had to do when
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This is what i had to do when my father went to be with the
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My father went to be with the lord. i knew i was supposed
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Lord. i knew i was supposed to step up and pastor the
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To step up and pastor the church, but i didn't feel
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Church, but i didn't feel qualified. my father was so
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Qualified. my father was so powerful, had so much
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Powerful, had so much experience. he was
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Experience. he was compelling, articulate,
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Compelling, articulate, bigger than life. i bought
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Bigger than life. i bought into that lie that i could
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Into that lie that i could never be what my father is.
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Never be what my father is. i could never stand up and
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I could never stand up and speak in front of people.
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Speak in front of people. i didn't know any better, but
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I didn't know any better, but i was feeding that infection.
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I was feeding that infection. i was discounting myself,
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I was discounting myself, thinking, "i'm at a
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Thinking, "i'm at a disadvantage. i didn't get
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Disadvantage. i didn't get what daddy got. i didn't get
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What daddy got. i didn't get the courage, the charisma,
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The courage, the charisma, the vision." the fact is it
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The vision." the fact is it was in me, but i was hosting
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Was in me, but i was hosting the wrong thoughts. i was
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The wrong thoughts. i was making fear comfortable,
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Making fear comfortable, intimidation welcome, what
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Intimidation welcome, what i can't do, how i don't have
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I can't do, how i don't have the talent, and nobody is
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The talent, and nobody is going to listen to me.
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Going to listen to me. i would not be up here today
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I would not be up here today if i had not gotten the
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If i had not gotten the infection out. i had to clear
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Infection out. i had to clear out all the toxins. all the
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Out all the toxins. all the can't do it, not able, not
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Can't do it, not able, not good enough thoughts, and i
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Good enough thoughts, and i started reprogramming my mind
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Started reprogramming my mind with what god says about me.
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With what god says about me. "i am strong in the lord.
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"i am strong in the lord. i can do all things through
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I can do all things through christ. i'm equipped,
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Christ. i'm equipped, empowered and anointed."
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Empowered and anointed." i started hosting faith,
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I started hosting faith, courage, victory. when i
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Courage, victory. when i changed what i was welcoming,
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Changed what i was welcoming, that's when i stepped up to
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That's when i stepped up to levels i never imagined.
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Levels i never imagined. the enemy would love to keep
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The enemy would love to keep you from your greatness.
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You from your greatness. often it starts with little
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Often it starts with little thoughts. like that tick, you
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Thoughts. like that tick, you don't even feel the bite.
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Don't even feel the bite. just something subtle,
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Just something subtle, "you're not as good as your
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"you're not as good as your father." the truth is you're
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Father." the truth is you're not competing with anyone
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Not competing with anyone else. you have what you need
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Else. you have what you need to fulfill your destiny. quit
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To fulfill your destiny. quit comparing your life to
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Comparing your life to others, your looks, your
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Others, your looks, your gifts, your personality. you
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Gifts, your personality. you are one of a kind, a
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Are one of a kind, a designer's original. when god
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Designer's original. when god made you, he threw away the
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Made you, he threw away the mold. you have everything you
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Mold. you have everything you need to accomplish your
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Need to accomplish your assignment.
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Assignment. this is what was holding
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This is what was holding gideon back. he was hiding in
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Gideon back. he was hiding in the winepress, afraid of the
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The winepress, afraid of the enemy army that was around
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Enemy army that was around their city. an angel showed
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Their city. an angel showed up and said, "mighty hero,
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Up and said, "mighty hero, the lord is with you. you are
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The lord is with you. you are to deliver the people of
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To deliver the people of israel from the midianites."
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Israel from the midianites." gideon was confused. he
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Gideon was confused. he thought, "who is this angel
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Thought, "who is this angel talking about. i'm not a
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Talking about. i'm not a mighty hero. i'm afraid. i'm
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Mighty hero. i'm afraid. i'm intimidated." he said to the
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Intimidated." he said to the angel, "how can i lead the
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Angel, "how can i lead the people, i come from the
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People, i come from the smallest tribe in all of
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Smallest tribe in all of israel, and i am the least
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Israel, and i am the least one in my father's house."
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One in my father's house." notice what he's been
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Notice what he's been hosting; least, smallest,
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Hosting; least, smallest, disadvantage, not enough.
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Disadvantage, not enough. when the enemy plants his
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When the enemy plants his lies, if you welcome it, you
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Lies, if you welcome it, you make it comfortable, it's
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Make it comfortable, it's going to become a reality.
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Going to become a reality. gideon saw himself as
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Gideon saw himself as limited, when in fact he was
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Limited, when in fact he was a mighty hero. one
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A mighty hero. one translation calls him, a man
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Translation calls him, a man of fearless courage. he had
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Of fearless courage. he had to do what i'm asking us to
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To do what i'm asking us to do, to remove the infection.
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Do, to remove the infection. he had to lock up those
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He had to lock up those thoughts telling him
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Thoughts telling him everything he wasn't and
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Everything he wasn't and start believing who god said
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Start believing who god said he was. he changed his
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He was. he changed his mindset. he went on to lead
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Mindset. he went on to lead the israelites to defeat
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The israelites to defeat armies much larger and to
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Armies much larger and to become one of the heroes of
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Become one of the heroes of faith. this would have never
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Faith. this would have never happened if someone had not
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Happened if someone had not told him his thinking was
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Told him his thinking was infected.
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Infected. like gideon, lies have come
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Like gideon, lies have come to us all to try to keep that
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To us all to try to keep that mighty hero from coming out.
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Mighty hero from coming out. you have to ask yourself,
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You have to ask yourself, "who told me that i'm not
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"who told me that i'm not smart enough to go to
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Smart enough to go to college? who told me that i
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College? who told me that i don't deserve to be blessed?
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Don't deserve to be blessed? who told me that i'm not
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Who told me that i'm not attractive? who told me i'll
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Attractive? who told me i'll never break this addiction?"
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Never break this addiction?" i can assure you; it was not
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I can assure you; it was not god. that's an infection.
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God. that's an infection. like that tick that poisoned
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Like that tick that poisoned my friend, you have to remove
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My friend, you have to remove it. quit feeding your fears.
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It. quit feeding your fears. quit feeding that guilt,
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Quit feeding that guilt, feeding the doubt. start
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Feeding the doubt. start feeding your faith. feed what
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Feeding your faith. feed what god says about you. that's
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God says about you. that's why we start off every
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Why we start off every service saying, "i am who god
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Service saying, "i am who god says i am. i am blessed, i am
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Says i am. i am blessed, i am talented. i am healthy. i am
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Talented. i am healthy. i am valuable. i am strong. i am
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Valuable. i am strong. i am prosperous. i am victorious."
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Prosperous. i am victorious." one of the best ways to clear
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One of the best ways to clear up the infection, is to
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Up the infection, is to declare who god says you are.
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Declare who god says you are. "joel, this sounds good, but
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"joel, this sounds good, but i think i've been through too
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I think i've been through too many hurts to be happy.
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Many hurts to be happy. somebody walked out on me. or
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Somebody walked out on me. or i had a rough childhood."
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I had a rough childhood." it's easy to have a victim
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It's easy to have a victim mentality, think we'll live a
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Mentality, think we'll live a broken, wounded life. as long
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Broken, wounded life. as long as you're hosting the hurts,
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As you're hosting the hurts, hosting the brokenness, then
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Hosting the brokenness, then you're feeding the infection.
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You're feeding the infection. that tick, so to speak, is
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That tick, so to speak, is going to get stronger and
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Going to get stronger and release more poison. no, that
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Release more poison. no, that thing has sucked enough life
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Thing has sucked enough life out of you. it's time to
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Out of you. it's time to change what you're hosting.
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Change what you're hosting. "god, you said you have
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"god, you said you have beauty for these ashes. that
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Beauty for these ashes. that you would pay me back double
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You would pay me back double for the unfair things. that
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For the unfair things. that what was meant for harm,
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What was meant for harm, you're turning to my
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You're turning to my advantage." that's how you
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Advantage." that's how you clear up the infection. feed
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Clear up the infection. feed your faith and starve all the
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Your faith and starve all the negative. yes, a person may
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Negative. yes, a person may have walked away, but god
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Have walked away, but god didn't walk away. if they
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Didn't walk away. if they left you, you didn't need
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Left you, you didn't need them. their part in your
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Them. their part in your story was over. god has
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Story was over. god has someone better coming. i know
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Someone better coming. i know the hurt is real. it's not
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The hurt is real. it's not easy, but that's not how your
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Easy, but that's not how your story ends. the enemy would
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Story ends. the enemy would love for you to stay
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Love for you to stay infected, hold on to the
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Infected, hold on to the hurt, nurse the wounds.
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Hurt, nurse the wounds. that's feeding the very thing
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That's feeding the very thing that's poisoning you. do
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That's poisoning you. do yourself a favor, get rid of
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Yourself a favor, get rid of that tick. quit letting it
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That tick. quit letting it contaminate your life. you
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Contaminate your life. you have a destiny to fulfill.
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Have a destiny to fulfill. in numbers 13, moses sent
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In numbers 13, moses sent twelve men to spy out the
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Twelve men to spy out the promised land. ten came back
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Promised land. ten came back and said, "we don't have a
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And said, "we don't have a chance. the people are huge.
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Chance. the people are huge. we were in our own sights as
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We were in our own sights as grasshoppers, and so we were
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Grasshoppers, and so we were in their sights." they didn't
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In their sights." they didn't say, "they called us
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Say, "they called us grasshoppers. they insulted
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Grasshoppers. they insulted us." they said, "we were in
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Us." they said, "we were in our own sights as
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Our own sights as grasshoppers." they went in
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Grasshoppers." they went in with a grasshopper mentality.
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With a grasshopper mentality. their thinking was infected.
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Their thinking was infected. it wasn't that the people
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It wasn't that the people were too big. they had just
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Were too big. they had just seen god part the red sea,
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Seen god part the red sea, drown their enemies, change
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Drown their enemies, change the pharaoh's mind. they
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The pharaoh's mind. they could look back and see the
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Could look back and see the faithfulness of god. but when
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Faithfulness of god. but when you let infection in, and you
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You let infection in, and you start believing doubt and
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Start believing doubt and fear and not able, too much.
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Fear and not able, too much. even though like gideon, god
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Even though like gideon, god calls you a mighty hero, that
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Calls you a mighty hero, that infection is going to cloud
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Infection is going to cloud your vision, weaken your
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Your vision, weaken your faith. they never did make it
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Faith. they never did make it into the promised land.
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Into the promised land. infected thinking will keep
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Infected thinking will keep you from your destiny. guilt,
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You from your destiny. guilt, shame, down on yourself.
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Shame, down on yourself. that's infection. low
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That's infection. low self-esteem, inferior, not
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Self-esteem, inferior, not good enough. those are all
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Good enough. those are all lies. god calls you a
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Lies. god calls you a masterpiece. "this giant is
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Masterpiece. "this giant is too big, joel, the sickness
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Too big, joel, the sickness to great, the addiction too
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To great, the addiction too strong." you're feeding the
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Strong." you're feeding the wrong thing. quit hosting the
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Wrong thing. quit hosting the doubt. no more welcoming the
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Doubt. no more welcoming the fear. get rid of that
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Fear. get rid of that grasshopper thinking and
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Grasshopper thinking and you'll make it into your
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You'll make it into your promised land.
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Promised land. there was a young boy, raised
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There was a young boy, raised by a single parent mother,
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By a single parent mother, living in the hills of
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Living in the hills of tennessee. this was years
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Tennessee. this was years ago. in this small community,
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Ago. in this small community, children born to unwed
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Children born to unwed mothers were really looked
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Mothers were really looked down on and almost seen as
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Down on and almost seen as second class. when he was
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Second class. when he was three years old, the
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Three years old, the neighbors wouldn't allow him
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Neighbors wouldn't allow him to play with their children.
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To play with their children. they would hear things like,
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They would hear things like, "what's he doing in our town?
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"what's he doing in our town? wonder who his father is."
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Wonder who his father is." they were treated with shame
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They were treated with shame and disrespect. on saturdays,
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And disrespect. on saturdays, he would go up with his
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He would go up with his mother to the local store,
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Mother to the local store, and invariably people would
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And invariably people would make disparaging remaks. loud
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Make disparaging remaks. loud enough that they could hear.
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Enough that they could hear. things like, "there they are
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Things like, "there they are again. did you ever figure
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Again. did you ever figure out who his father is?" the
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Out who his father is?" the little boy grew up feeling
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Little boy grew up feeling unworthy, always being
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Unworthy, always being ridiculed, thinking something
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Ridiculed, thinking something was wrong with him. sometimes
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Was wrong with him. sometimes our thinking is infected from
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Our thinking is infected from things that were no fault of
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Things that were no fault of our own. how we were raised,
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Our own. how we were raised, what people said, a hurtful
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What people said, a hurtful situation that you had no
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Situation that you had no control over. the good news
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Control over. the good news is god is not going to leave
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Is god is not going to leave you wounded. he's not going
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You wounded. he's not going to let you stay infected.
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To let you stay infected. like with gideon, he's going
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Like with gideon, he's going send someone or something to
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Send someone or something to help you remove that
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Help you remove that infection.
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Infection. at twelve years old, a new
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At twelve years old, a new minister moved into town to
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Minister moved into town to pastor the local church. he
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Pastor the local church. he was a young minister, very
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Was a young minister, very gifted and passionate.
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Gifted and passionate. everyone was so excited. this
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Everyone was so excited. this young boy, at twelve, had
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Young boy, at twelve, had never been to church. but one
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Never been to church. but one sunday, he decided to go hear
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Sunday, he decided to go hear the new minister everyone was
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The new minister everyone was talking about. he got there
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Talking about. he got there late and snuck in the back so
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Late and snuck in the back so no one would notice. as he
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No one would notice. as he listened that day, he felt a
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Listened that day, he felt a love and an acceptance that
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Love and an acceptance that he had never felt before.
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He had never felt before. like he was valuable and
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Like he was valuable and wanted. as he was leaving,
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Wanted. as he was leaving, the minister was at the door
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The minister was at the door greeting everyone. he saw the
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Greeting everyone. he saw the young man. he had never met
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Young man. he had never met him, didn't know anything
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Him, didn't know anything about him. but he noticed
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About him. but he noticed that he wasn't with anyone.
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That he wasn't with anyone. the minister greeted him very
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The minister greeted him very friendly. then he said,
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Friendly. then he said, "young man, tell me, who's
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"young man, tell me, who's child are you?" everyone
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Child are you?" everyone froze. you could hear a pen
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Froze. you could hear a pen drop. that was the question
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Drop. that was the question they'd all been wanting to
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They'd all been wanting to ask. the boy didn't know what
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Ask. the boy didn't know what to say. he had heard all the
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To say. he had heard all the talk about how he was an
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Talk about how he was an outcast, the child with no
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Outcast, the child with no father. so, he just put his
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Father. so, he just put his head down, stood there
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Head down, stood there silently. the minister
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Silently. the minister realized something was wrong
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Realized something was wrong that he knew nothing about.
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That he knew nothing about. he pulled the young boy
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He pulled the young boy close. he said, "oh, i know
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Close. he said, "oh, i know who your father is. i can see
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Who your father is. i can see the resemblance so strongly.
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The resemblance so strongly. you're a child of almighty
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You're a child of almighty god." that day a stronghold
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God." that day a stronghold was broken off of his life.
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Was broken off of his life. all that infection that had
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All that infection that had clouded his future, damaged
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Clouded his future, damaged his sense of worth, that
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His sense of worth, that began to clear up. he started
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Began to clear up. he started seeing himself as valuable,
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Seeing himself as valuable, as worthy, as talented.
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As worthy, as talented. thirty years later, that
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Thirty years later, that young boy was elected
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Young boy was elected governor of tennessee. if you
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Governor of tennessee. if you were to ask him, ben hooper
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Were to ask him, ben hooper would tell you the day he
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Would tell you the day he really got elected, was the
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Really got elected, was the day that minister told him
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Day that minister told him who his father was.
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Who his father was. i wonder if there's some
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I wonder if there's some infection in your thinking.
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Infection in your thinking. what people have said. what
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What people have said. what you've been through. lies the
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You've been through. lies the enemy has planted. you didn't
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Enemy has planted. you didn't know better, you let the tick
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Know better, you let the tick stay. you've been feeding the
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Stay. you've been feeding the infection, welcoming the
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Infection, welcoming the insecurity, hosting the
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Insecurity, hosting the guilt. thinking that's the
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Guilt. thinking that's the way it's always going to be.
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Way it's always going to be. no, today is your day to be
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No, today is your day to be free. that infection is about
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Free. that infection is about to clear up. things that are
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To clear up. things that are poisoning your joy, your
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Poisoning your joy, your attitude, your creativity,
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Attitude, your creativity, they are being broken right
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They are being broken right now. healing is coming,
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Now. healing is coming, wholeness, freedom, and
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Wholeness, freedom, and victory. now do your part, no
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Victory. now do your part, no more feeding the negative. no
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More feeding the negative. no more dwelling on the lies
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More dwelling on the lies that you're at a
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That you're at a disadvantage, you can't get
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Disadvantage, you can't get well, you've seen your best
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Well, you've seen your best days. starve all that and
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Days. starve all that and start feeding your faith.
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Start feeding your faith. start hosting what god says
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Start hosting what god says about you. you're valuable.
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About you. you're valuable. you're worthy. you're
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You're worthy. you're victorious. if you'll do
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Victorious. if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, every wrong mindset is being
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Every wrong mindset is being broken. strongholds are
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Broken. strongholds are coming down. grasshopper
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Coming down. grasshopper mentalities are leaving. all
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Mentalities are leaving. all infection is clearing up.
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Infection is clearing up. like gideon, you're going to
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Like gideon, you're going to rise higher, accomplish
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Rise higher, accomplish dreams and become the mighty
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Dreams and become the mighty hero you were created to be,
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Hero you were created to be, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Receive it, can you say amen? (applause) amen.
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Some of us have been carrying
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Some of us have been carrying the same weight for years:
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The same weight for years: mistakes, regrets,
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Mistakes, regrets, what people said.
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What people said. what if you were never meant to
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What if you were never meant to carry any of it?
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Carry any of it? it's easy
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It's easy in life to wear labels.
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In life to wear labels. mistakes we've made
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Mistakes we've made and what people have said.
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And what people have said. disappointments we face.
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Disappointments we face. those labels can diminish
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Those labels can diminish our sense of value
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Our sense of value and cause us to forget
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And cause us to forget who we really are.
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I have a new book called
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Made by god: know it,led
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Receive it and live it.
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It'll help and live it.
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It'll help and live it. you see yourself
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You see yourself the way god sees you:
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The way god sees you: valuable, talented, worthy,
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Valuable, talented, worthy, a masterpiece.
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A masterpiece. you've been fearfully
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You've been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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And wonderfully made. i would love to send you
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I would love to send you my new book,
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My new book, plus the made by god t-shirt
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Plus the made by god t-shirt from our good friends
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From our good friends at copper fit.
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At copper fit. when you know who you are
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When you know who you are and whose you are,
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And whose you are, a child of the most high,
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A child of the most high, you can live with confidence
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You can live with confidence and step in
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And step in to who you were created to be.
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To who you were created to be. 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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We would like to send you a copy of joel's
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A copy of joel's brand new book,
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Brand new book, made by god: know it.
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Receive it. live it.
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You were not made by
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You were not made by your mistakes.
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Your mistakes. you were not made by
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You were not made by what people said.
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What people said. you were not made by
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You were not made by your hardest season.
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Your hardest season. you were made
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You were made by god
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By god on purpose, with purpose.
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On purpose, with purpose. and nothing can change that.
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And nothing can change that. this powerful book
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This powerful book will help you
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Will help you silence
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Silence the labels life has put on you,
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The labels life has put on you, and finally see yourself
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And finally see yourself the way
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The way god sees you:
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God sees you: valuable,
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Valuable, talented, a masterpiece.
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Talented, a masterpiece. and when you request your copy,
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And when you request your copy, we also want to send you
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We also want to send you the exclusive
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The exclusive made by god t-shirt
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Made by god t-shirt from our friends at copper fit.
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From our friends at copper fit. a daily reminder
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You can wear
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As a declaration of who you are
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As a declaration of who you are and whose you are.
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And whose you are. set down what was never yours
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Set down what was never yours to carry.
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To carry. request your copy today.
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Request your copy today. you are not your past.
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You are not labels
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Life has put on you.
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Life has put on you. you are made by god
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You are made by god on purpose, for a purpose,
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On purpose, for a purpose, and nothing
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And nothing can change your value.
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Can change your value. 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 believing
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Believing you're going to have
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A blessed summer.
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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 helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Be sure to request
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Your copy of made by god
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Your copy of made by god plus your exclusive copper fit
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Plus your exclusive copper fit made by god tee, available
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Made by god tee, available this month by
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This month by visiting us at joelosteen.com
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Or call 888-567-joel.
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With an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, you can also receive
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You can also receive the complete
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The complete made by god designed
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Made by god designed with purpose collection
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With purpose collection featuring the made by god tee,
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Featuring the made by god tee, the designed with purpose hat,
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The designed with purpose hat, and the made by god tote.
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And the made by god tote. each piece
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Each piece is more than something
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You wear or carry.
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It is a declaration,
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It is a declaration, a statement of faith,
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A statement of faith, a daily reminder
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A daily reminder that your life is not random.
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That your life is not random. god has a plan for you.
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God has a plan for you. wherever your day takes you,
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Wherever your day takes you, you will carry a message
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You will carry a message that speaks life
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That speaks life not only over yourself,
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Not only over yourself, but to everyone around you.
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You can request
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Or logging on to joelosteen.com
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Joel Osteen - Remove Infected Thinking

July 9, 2026 | 27:29

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