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Joel Osteen - Rewire Your Brain

May 25, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Rewire Your Brain | May 25, 2025

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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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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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 archeologist in
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About this archeologist in new york. he dug down ten
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New york. he dug down ten feet and found copper wiring
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Feet and found copper wiring dating back a hundred years.
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Dating back a hundred years. he concluded new yorkers had
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He concluded new yorkers had a telephone network over a
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A telephone network over a hundred years ago. not to be
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Hundred years ago. not to be outdone, an archeologist from
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Outdone, an archeologist from california dug down twenty
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California dug down twenty feet and found copper wiring
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Feet and found copper wiring dating back two hundred
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Dating back two hundred years. he concluded
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Years. he concluded californians had a
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Californians had a communication network a
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Communication network a hundred years earlier than
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Hundred years earlier than new yorkers. upon hearing
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New yorkers. upon hearing this, bubba from texas, dug
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This, bubba from texas, dug down thirty feet on his farm
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Down thirty feet on his farm and found absolutely nothing.
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And found absolutely nothing. he concluded 300 years ago,
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He concluded 300 years ago, texans had already gone
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Texans had already gone wireless.
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Wireless. 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 rewiring your brain.
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About rewiring your brain. for years, scientists
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For years, scientists believed that once we reached
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Believed that once we reached adulthood, the brain was
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Adulthood, the brain was fully formed and couldn't be
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Fully formed and couldn't be changed. there was no new
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Changed. there was no new growth or reshaping. but in
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Growth or reshaping. but in the last few decades, they've
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The last few decades, they've discovered that the brain is
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Discovered that the brain is constantly changing. that
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Constantly changing. that it's not set in stone, but
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It's not set in stone, but it's more like plastic that
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It's more like plastic that can be molded and reshaped.
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Can be molded and reshaped. every time you think a
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Every time you think a thought, it's creating a
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Thought, it's creating a neural pathway, like a
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Neural pathway, like a roadway in your mind. the
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Roadway in your mind. the more you think a thought, the
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More you think a thought, the easier it is to think again,
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Easier it is to think again, because the road is already
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Because the road is already established. repetitive
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Established. repetitive thoughts are making that path
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Thoughts are making that path wider and deeper. it's not
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Wider and deeper. it's not just mental, where you're
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Just mental, where you're developing a habit, but in
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Developing a habit, but in your brain something is
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Your brain something is happening. these neurons are
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Happening. these neurons are creating pathways that
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Creating pathways that accommodate what you're
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Accommodate what you're telling it. when that path
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Telling it. when that path gets so established, then
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Gets so established, then it's like you're on
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It's like you're on autopilot. you just follow
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Autopilot. you just follow that path.
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That path. have you ever been driving
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Have you ever been driving home from work. you start
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Home from work. you start thinking about something
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Thinking about something else, daydreaming. five
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Else, daydreaming. five minutes later you come back,
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Minutes later you come back, and think, “i wasn't even
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And think, “i wasn't even paying attention to the
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Paying attention to the road.” you've driven that
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Road.” you've driven that path for years. those neurons
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Path for years. those neurons have built a highway in your
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Have built a highway in your mind. now they can take over
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Mind. now they can take over without all the mental
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Without all the mental energy. it just naturally
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Energy. it just naturally kicks in because of what the
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Kicks in because of what the repetitive thoughts have
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Repetitive thoughts have established. this is what
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Established. this is what proverbs says, “as a person
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Proverbs says, “as a person thinks, so he will become.”
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Thinks, so he will become.” the good news is you get to
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The good news is you get to choose which pathways your
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Choose which pathways your brain is going to establish.
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Brain is going to establish. “well joel nothing good ever
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“well joel nothing good ever happens to me. i always have
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Happens to me. i always have bad breaks. i don't think
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Bad breaks. i don't think i'll never get out of this
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I'll never get out of this problem.” just imagine a big
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Problem.” just imagine a big bulldozer starts to clear out
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Bulldozer starts to clear out that path. the foreman says
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That path. the foreman says to his crew, “we just got an
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To his crew, “we just got an order from the command
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Order from the command center. start building an ‘i
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Center. start building an ‘i can't do it' highway, ‘it's
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Can't do it' highway, ‘it's not going to make it'
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Not going to make it' pathway, ‘never going to work
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Pathway, ‘never going to work out' roadway.” every time you
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Out' roadway.” every time you think it; those neurons go to
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Think it; those neurons go to work. it's not just in your
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Work. it's not just in your thoughts, but in your brain,
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Thoughts, but in your brain, cells are creating what
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Cells are creating what you're telling them, to make
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You're telling them, to make it easier to think the next
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It easier to think the next time. over time, it's just
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Time. over time, it's just who we are.
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Who we are. here's the key, you can
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Here's the key, you can rewire your brain. some of us
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Rewire your brain. some of us have all these negative
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Have all these negative highways, not good enough,
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Highways, not good enough, guilt. “i can't forgive. i'm
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Guilt. “i can't forgive. i'm not disciplined.” we've been
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Not disciplined.” we've been thinking this way for years.
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Thinking this way for years. now it's not a road. we got a
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Now it's not a road. we got a four-lane highway. got the
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Four-lane highway. got the best lights, pavement, eighty
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Best lights, pavement, eighty miles an hour. next time
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Miles an hour. next time you're tempted to think those
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You're tempted to think those thoughts, recognize what's
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Thoughts, recognize what's happening. you're building
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Happening. you're building something you don't want.
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Something you don't want. yes, it's going to be easy to
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Yes, it's going to be easy to think them, because the
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Think them, because the highway you've built is so
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Highway you've built is so big. now it's going to
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Big. now it's going to facilitate what you've been
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Facilitate what you've been thinking. you have to put
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Thinking. you have to put your foot down and say, “no
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Your foot down and say, “no thanks. i am not going to use
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Thanks. i am not going to use my mental energy to build
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My mental energy to build roads that are going to work
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Roads that are going to work against me.”
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Against me.” best thing you can do is put
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Best thing you can do is put up some road closure signs.
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Up some road closure signs. that thought comes, “nothing
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That thought comes, “nothing good is in my future.” “sorry
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Good is in my future.” “sorry that road is closed. i don't
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That road is closed. i don't need that path anymore.”
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Need that path anymore.” build a new highway. “father,
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Build a new highway. “father, i thank you that my path is
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I thank you that my path is getting brighter and
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Getting brighter and brighter. that you're taking
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Brighter. that you're taking me from victory to victory.”
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Me from victory to victory.” i can see that foreman
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I can see that foreman thinking, “what in the world
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Thinking, “what in the world is happening.” he tells his
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Is happening.” he tells his workers, “come off the ‘can't
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Workers, “come off the ‘can't do it' highway. no more
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Do it' highway. no more construction on the ‘always
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Construction on the ‘always be addicted' roadway. start
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Be addicted' roadway. start building the ‘something good
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Building the ‘something good is going to happen' pathway.”
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Is going to happen' pathway.” it's not just being positive.
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It's not just being positive. it's not just quoting god's
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It's not just quoting god's word, which is all good, but
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Word, which is all good, but in your brain, neurons are
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In your brain, neurons are firing, cells are working to
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Firing, cells are working to create pathways for what
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Create pathways for what you're repeatedly thinking.
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My father taught me when i.
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My father taught me when i. was a little boy, when i get
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Was a little boy, when i get up every morning to say,
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Up every morning to say, “something good is going to
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“something good is going to happen to me today.” i've
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Happen to me today.” i've been saying that all
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Been saying that all thirty-nine years that i've
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Thirty-nine years that i've been alive. every morning,
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Been alive. every morning, victoria will tell you, “this
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Victoria will tell you, “this is going to be a great day.
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Is going to be a great day. lord, thank you for waking me
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Lord, thank you for waking me up this morning. something
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Up this morning. something good is going to happen to
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Good is going to happen to me.” i don't have to even
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Me.” i don't have to even think about it anymore. it's
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Think about it anymore. it's just autopilot. it's going to
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Just autopilot. it's going to be a great day. i'm expecting
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Be a great day. i'm expecting god's goodness, god, let me
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God's goodness, god, let me be a blessing to somebody
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Else.
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Else. i know we have different
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I know we have different personalities. i'm naturally
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Personalities. i'm naturally positive and upbeat. i've
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Positive and upbeat. i've been this way my whole life.
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Been this way my whole life. a pastor friend of mine told
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A pastor friend of mine told me that he's so negative, he
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Me that he's so negative, he can take a positive sermon
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Can take a positive sermon and preach it in a negative
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And preach it in a negative way. some of it may be
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Way. some of it may be natural temperament, but that
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Natural temperament, but that can be overridden by how you
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Choose to think. a man i know
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Choose to think. a man i know was always so down on himself
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Was always so down on himself and sour, always expecting
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And sour, always expecting the worst. he said, “that's
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The worst. he said, “that's just who i am.” but he
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Just who i am.” but he started listening to our
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Started listening to our messages on sirius xm. a
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Messages on sirius xm. a couple years later, he said,
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“joel, people don't recognize
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“joel, people don't recognize me anymore. they say what
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Me anymore. they say what happened to you?” he's the
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Happened to you?” he's the most positive, grateful,
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Most positive, grateful, joyful person you could meet.
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Joyful person you could meet. there wasn't anything wrong
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There wasn't anything wrong with him. he had just spent
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With him. he had just spent years building the wrong
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Years building the wrong highways. creating all these
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Highways. creating all these negative paths and
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Negative paths and discouraging words. as you
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Discouraging words. as you think, you will become.
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Think, you will become. you're telling your brain how
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You're telling your brain how to function. these repetitive
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To function. these repetitive thoughts are giving the
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Thoughts are giving the assignment. your thinking is
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Assignment. your thinking is the command center. like this
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The command center. like this man, you may have created
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Man, you may have created something you don't want. you
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Something you don't want. you don't have to stay that way.
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Don't have to stay that way. you can rewire your brain.
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You can rewire your brain. you can create new neural
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You can create new neural pathways that will work for
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Pathways that will work for you rather than against you.
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You rather than against you. some people have built
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Some people have built highways for guilt, shame and
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Highways for guilt, shame and unworthiness. the battle is
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Unworthiness. the battle is taking place in the mind. one
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Taking place in the mind. one reason the enemy works so
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Reason the enemy works so hard in this area is he knows
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Hard in this area is he knows your life is going to follow
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Your life is going to follow your thoughts. he would love
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Your thoughts. he would love for you to wire your brain
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For you to wire your brain for guilt and can't do it and
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For guilt and can't do it and not good enough. you've got
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Not good enough. you've got to close those roads off.
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To close those roads off. you've got to put up some
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You've got to put up some detours, no longer in use
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Detours, no longer in use signs. quit spending your
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Signs. quit spending your energy building roads that
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Energy building roads that are working against you. the
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Are working against you. the more you think it the deeper
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More you think it the deeper the road. the easier it is to
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The road. the easier it is to go down the next time. it's a
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Go down the next time. it's a self-destructive cycle. if
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You wake up in the morning
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You wake up in the morning and think, “i don't want to
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And think, “i don't want to go to work. traffic is so
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Go to work. traffic is so bad. these people get on my
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Bad. these people get on my nerves.” just imagine all
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Nerves.” just imagine all these neurons building
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These neurons building highways to just what you
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Highways to just what you said. you gave the command.
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Said. you gave the command. when you've been doing that
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When you've been doing that for five years, ten years,
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For five years, ten years, thirty years, your highway
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Thirty years, your highway goes from here to botswana.
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Goes from here to botswana. you could drive a house down
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You could drive a house down that thing. no wonder when we
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That thing. no wonder when we get up those thoughts come
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Get up those thoughts come the easiest. you've paved a
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The easiest. you've paved a beautiful road. change what
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You're building. that's not
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You're building. that's not who you are. the enemy has
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Who you are. the enemy has hijacked your crew. he's
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Hijacked your crew. he's deceived you into believing
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Deceived you into believing his lies. now your own cells
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His lies. now your own cells are working against you. it's
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Are working against you. it's time to do some rewiring,
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Time to do some rewiring, some road closures. no more
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Some road closures. no more giving life to the negative.
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Giving life to the negative. it's going to take
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It's going to take discipline. because when
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Discipline. because when we've been thinking one way a
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We've been thinking one way a long time, you're going to
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Long time, you're going to want to go back to the old
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Want to go back to the old habits. like driving on
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Habits. like driving on autopilot. you don't have to
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Autopilot. you don't have to think about it. you're used
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Think about it. you're used to feeling guilty, inferior,
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To feeling guilty, inferior, can't break the addiction,
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Can't break the addiction, never get out of debt. those
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Never get out of debt. those are learned behaviors. you're
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Are learned behaviors. you're going to have to dig down
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Going to have to dig down deep and take control of what
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Deep and take control of what you think. you get to choose
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You think. you get to choose what you dwell on. when the
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What you dwell on. when the same negative thoughts come,
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Same negative thoughts come, you'll be tempted to get on
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You'll be tempted to get on that highway. “it's already
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That highway. “it's already built. it's what i'm used
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Built. it's what i'm used to.” no, don't give those
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To.” no, don't give those thoughts permission to stay.
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Thoughts permission to stay. they may come, but you don't
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They may come, but you don't have to dwell on it. if you
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Have to dwell on it. if you dismiss it, the thought dies.
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Dismiss it, the thought dies. it doesn't have any power.
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It doesn't have any power. it's repetitive thoughts that
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It's repetitive thoughts that build the highways. when
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We're constantly thinking,
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We're constantly thinking, “it's going to be a great
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“it's going to be a great day. i'm blessed. i'm strong.
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Day. i'm blessed. i'm strong. i'm healthy. i have the favor
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I'm healthy. i have the favor of god.” think of the roads
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Of god.” think of the roads that's building in our brain.
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That's building in our brain. think about how that's
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Think about how that's impacting our future, our
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Self-image, our confidence.
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Self-image, our confidence. verse, “i'm unworthy. i've
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Verse, “i'm unworthy. i've made too many mistakes. i
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Made too many mistakes. i can't get a good break.
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Can't get a good break. everyone in my family
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Everyone in my family struggles.” your thinking is
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Struggles.” your thinking is the command center. you are
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The command center. you are giving orders to your neurons
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Giving orders to your neurons to form how your brain
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To form how your brain functions. to create the
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Functions. to create the roadways to become what you
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Roadways to become what you think.
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Think. paul said in philippians, “i
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Paul said in philippians, “i have learned how to be
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Have learned how to be content.” he didn't say, “i
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Content.” he didn't say, “i was born this way. this is my
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Was born this way. this is my natural personality. that's
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Natural personality. that's why i'm content.” he said, “i
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Why i'm content.” he said, “i had to learn this. i had to
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Had to learn this. i had to be disciplined in what i
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Be disciplined in what i think. i had to guard my
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Think. i had to guard my mind.” some of us have
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Mind.” some of us have learned to be discouraged,
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Learned to be discouraged, learned to be insecure,
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Learned to be insecure, learned to expect the worst.
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Learned to expect the worst. recognize what's happening.
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Recognize what's happening. if you can learn to be
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If you can learn to be offended, learn to be
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Offended, learn to be discouraged. then you can
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Discouraged. then you can learn to be happy, you can
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Learn to be happy, you can learn to stay in peace. you
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Learn to stay in peace. you can learn to have faith. it
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Can learn to have faith. it all starts right here. paul
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All starts right here. paul said it this way, “you can be
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Said it this way, “you can be transformed by the renewing
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Transformed by the renewing of your mind.” when you start
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Of your mind.” when you start thinking the right thoughts,
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Thinking the right thoughts, it's not only affecting you
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It's not only affecting you mentally, but your brain is
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Mentally, but your brain is creating new pathways.
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Creating new pathways. pathways that work for you,
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Pathways that work for you, not against you.
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I was on my phone the other
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I was on my phone the other day, flipping through
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Day, flipping through instagram. i usually click on
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Instagram. i usually click on the sports highlights, watch
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The sports highlights, watch clips from ballgames. but
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Clips from ballgames. but this video popped up of these
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This video popped up of these two men in a grocery store
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Two men in a grocery store fighting. it was real small
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Fighting. it was real small on the phone, so i had to
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On the phone, so i had to click it to make it bigger.
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Click it to make it bigger. it was so bizarre. in the
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It was so bizarre. in the middle of the store, they
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Middle of the store, they were throwing each other up
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Were throwing each other up against the shelves, cans of
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Against the shelves, cans of food were falling, cereal
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Food were falling, cereal boxes going everywhere.
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Boxes going everywhere. rolling and punching. going
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Rolling and punching. going crazy. i was just going to
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Watch five seconds. then
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Watch five seconds. then twenty seconds went by. then
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Twenty seconds went by. then a minute. it went from
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A minute. it went from bizarre to entertaining. i
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Bizarre to entertaining. i thought this is better than
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Thought this is better than sports. finally i moved on to
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Sports. finally i moved on to something else. a few seconds
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Something else. a few seconds later, there was another clip
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Later, there was another clip of fighting. then another.
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Of fighting. then another. then another. before long,
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Then another. before long, ninety percent of my feed was
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Ninety percent of my feed was fights. i've never seen so
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Fights. i've never seen so many crazy people. you know
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Many crazy people. you know what happened. the algorithm
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What happened. the algorithm kicked in. all this data and
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Kicked in. all this data and calculations identified me as
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Calculations identified me as a person that likes fights.
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A person that likes fights. so, they fed me more of what
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So, they fed me more of what i'd been watching.
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I'd been watching. it's the same principle in
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It's the same principle in our thoughts. you're going to
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Our thoughts. you're going to get more of what you've been
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Get more of what you've been thinking, because that
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Thinking, because that pathway has been developed.
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Pathway has been developed. you've told those neurons to
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You've told those neurons to build this highway, so it's
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Build this highway, so it's going to be easier to think
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Going to be easier to think that way. it's going to
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That way. it's going to create habits. if you get up
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Create habits. if you get up in the morning and think,
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In the morning and think, “something good is going to
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“something good is going to happen to me. lord thank you
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Happen to me. lord thank you that it's going to be a great
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That it's going to be a great day.” you're going to see
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Day.” you're going to see more good things. that
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More good things. that algorithm so to speak is
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Algorithm so to speak is going to kick in. you're
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Going to kick in. you're going to enjoy your children.
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Going to enjoy your children. you're going to thank god for
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You're going to thank god for your job. you're going to
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Your job. you're going to stay in peace under pressure.
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Stay in peace under pressure. you're getting more of what
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You're getting more of what you clicked on. and just the
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You clicked on. and just the opposite. if you live
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Opposite. if you live worried, stressed over your
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Worried, stressed over your job, upset at your neighbor,
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Job, upset at your neighbor, afraid your child will get
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Afraid your child will get off course. you've created
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Off course. you've created pathways to make all the
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Pathways to make all the negative easier. like that
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Negative easier. like that algorithm, you're going to
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Algorithm, you're going to have plenty of reasons to
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Have plenty of reasons to worry. you need to put up
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Worry. you need to put up some road closures. no more
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Some road closures. no more clicking on the worry, the
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Clicking on the worry, the fear, the what ifs. here's
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Fear, the what ifs. here's how you create some better
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How you create some better highways, get on that
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Highways, get on that algorithm of favor. “father,
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Algorithm of favor. “father, thank you that i'm in the
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Thank you that i'm in the palm of your hand. thank you
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Palm of your hand. thank you that your plans for me are
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That your plans for me are for good. that you're
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For good. that you're fighting my battles. lord, i
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Fighting my battles. lord, i don't see a way, but i know
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Don't see a way, but i know you have a way.” that's
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You have a way.” that's creating pathways of peace,
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Creating pathways of peace, pathways of trust, where you
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Pathways of trust, where you can enjoy each day. you have
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Can enjoy each day. you have to take control of your
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To take control of your thought life. if not, the
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Thought life. if not, the enemy is going to have a
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Enemy is going to have a heyday. using that negative
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Heyday. using that negative algorithm, to bring more of
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Algorithm, to bring more of what you don't want.
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What you don't want. the scripture says to,
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The scripture says to, “meditate on god's word day
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“meditate on god's word day and night.” meditate means to
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And night.” meditate means to think the same thing over and
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Think the same thing over and over. it's not passive like
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Over. it's not passive like traditional meditation like,
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Traditional meditation like, “i'm going to sit here and
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“i'm going to sit here and think about nothing silent.”
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Think about nothing silent.” scriptural meditation means
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Scriptural meditation means to continually think about
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To continually think about what god says about you. god
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What god says about you. god says you're a masterpiece,
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Says you're a masterpiece, fearfully and wonderfully
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Fearfully and wonderfully made. when you meditate on
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Made. when you meditate on that all through the day, in
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Your thinking, “i'm valuable.
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Your thinking, “i'm valuable. i'm a masterpiece. i'm
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I'm a masterpiece. i'm crowned with favor. i have
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Crowned with favor. i have seeds of greatness, the dna
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Seeds of greatness, the dna of almighty god.” think about
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Of almighty god.” think about what your neurons are doing.
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What your neurons are doing. think about how your brain is
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Think about how your brain is being wired, how it's
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Being wired, how it's programmed to function.
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Programmed to function. imagine the highways being
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Imagine the highways being built to make it easier for
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You to think that way again.
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You to think that way again. here's the masterpiece
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Here's the masterpiece highway, already been built,
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Highway, already been built, easy to travel down that one.
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Easy to travel down that one. here's the valuable highway,
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Here's the valuable highway, you have four lanes on that
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You have four lanes on that one. here's the crowned with
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One. here's the crowned with favor, the talented and
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Favor, the talented and gifted highway. in your brain
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Gifted highway. in your brain these pathways are getting
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These pathways are getting deeper, longer, more
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Deeper, longer, more established. as you think,
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Established. as you think, you will become.
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You will become. now here's the question, what
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Now here's the question, what are you meditating on? the
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Are you meditating on? the truth is we're all meditating
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Truth is we're all meditating on something. there are
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On something. there are certain thoughts playing in
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Certain thoughts playing in our mind over and over. “i'll
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Our mind over and over. “i'll never get well. i can't break
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Never get well. i can't break the addiction. i'll always be
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The addiction. i'll always be lonely.” those repetitive
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Lonely.” those repetitive thoughts are building the
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Thoughts are building the highways that you're going to
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Highways that you're going to travel down. you need some
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Travel down. you need some road closures. pay attention
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Road closures. pay attention to what's playing in your
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To what's playing in your mind. that's why we say every
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Mind. that's why we say every service, “i am blessed. i am
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Service, “i am blessed. i am healthy. i am strong. i am
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Healthy. i am strong. i am disciplined. i am equipped. i
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Disciplined. i am equipped. i am empowered.” we're
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Am empowered.” we're meditating on what god says.
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Meditating on what god says. i read where the average
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I read where the average person has over forty
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Person has over forty thousand thoughts a day.
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Thousand thoughts a day. ninety-five percent of those
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Ninety-five percent of those thoughts are repetitive. it's
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Thoughts are repetitive. it's the recording that's been
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The recording that's been playing in our mind since we
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Playing in our mind since we were a child. it's defining
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Were a child. it's defining who we are and how we view
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Who we are and how we view the world. here's the
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The world. here's the startling statistic, eighty
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Startling statistic, eighty percent of the average
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Percent of the average person's repetitive thoughts
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Person's repetitive thoughts are negative. that means
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Are negative. that means eighty percent of the time,
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Eighty percent of the time, our neurons are building
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Our neurons are building highways that are working
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Highways that are working against us, wiring our brains
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Against us, wiring our brains for things that are limiting
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For things that are limiting us. we wonder why we don't
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Us. we wonder why we don't feel good about ourselves,
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Feel good about ourselves, why we live stressed, why we
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Why we live stressed, why we can't believe for our dreams.
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Can't believe for our dreams. maybe you've built the wrong
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Maybe you've built the wrong highways. maybe you've
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Highways. maybe you've trained your brain to work
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Trained your brain to work against you and not for you.
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Against you and not for you. the good news is it's not too
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The good news is it's not too late. you can rewire your
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Late. you can rewire your brain. you can build new
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Brain. you can build new pathways that will make it
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Pathways that will make it easier on you. pay attention
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Easier on you. pay attention to what you're thinking.
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To what you're thinking. especially the repetitive
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Especially the repetitive thoughts. what you're telling
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Thoughts. what you're telling yourself all through the day.
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Yourself all through the day. if that recording is
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If that recording is negative, you're defeating
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Negative, you're defeating yourself. the scripture says
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Yourself. the scripture says to, “guard your mind.” that's
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To, “guard your mind.” that's the command center. by what
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The command center. by what you're thinking, you're
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You're thinking, you're building highways that are
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Building highways that are either going to help you or
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Either going to help you or hinder you.
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When i was eight years old,
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When i was eight years old, my younger sister april and i
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My younger sister april and i were riding our bikes down
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Were riding our bikes down the street. we lived in the
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The street. we lived in the country with a lot of open
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Country with a lot of open land. next to the street,
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Land. next to the street, there was a ditch for the
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There was a ditch for the water to drain in. it was
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Water to drain in. it was empty. we were kind of bored.
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Empty. we were kind of bored. i said, “april, let's get
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I said, “april, let's get down in the ditch and ride
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Down in the ditch and ride there. that will be more
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There. that will be more fun.” it was about five feet
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Fun.” it was about five feet deep. we walked our bikes
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Deep. we walked our bikes down and started riding
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Through the ditch. we went
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Through the ditch. we went about 50 yards, then we came
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About 50 yards, then we came to this culvert, where the
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To this culvert, where the ditched stopped and we
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Ditched stopped and we couldn't go any more. we
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Couldn't go any more. we thought no big deal. let's
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Thought no big deal. let's get out. we tried to get out,
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Get out. we tried to get out, but it was deeper than we
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But it was deeper than we thought. april crawled up the
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Thought. april crawled up the side, i tried to push my bike
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Side, i tried to push my bike to her, but she wasn't strong
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To her, but she wasn't strong enough. we switched
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Enough. we switched positions, i got out but
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Positions, i got out but still couldn't get the bike
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Still couldn't get the bike out. it was too heavy. it was
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Out. it was too heavy. it was easy to get in the ditch, but
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Easy to get in the ditch, but it was hard to get out.
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It was hard to get out. sometimes in our minds, we're
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Sometimes in our minds, we're in a ditch. we've developed
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In a ditch. we've developed these mental ruts from years
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These mental ruts from years of wrong thinking. “i'm a
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Of wrong thinking. “i'm a victim. i've been through too
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Victim. i've been through too much. i'll never get well.”
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Much. i'll never get well.” we're living in a mental rut
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We're living in a mental rut that we've created. we didn't
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That we've created. we didn't realize, through negative
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Realize, through negative thinking, we were building
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Thinking, we were building something that would limit
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Something that would limit us, paving a road that would
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Us, paving a road that would keep us stuck. april and i
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Keep us stuck. april and i couldn't get out of the ditch
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Couldn't get out of the ditch by ourselves. this young man
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By ourselves. this young man came driving. he nicely
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Came driving. he nicely stopped and got down in the
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Stopped and got down in the ditch and lifted both of our
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Ditch and lifted both of our bikes out.
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Bikes out. the difference in our story,
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The difference in our story, is you can get out of your
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Is you can get out of your ditch. you can break any
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Ditch. you can break any stronghold that's held you
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Stronghold that's held you back. the forces that are for
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Back. the forces that are for you are greater than forces
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You are greater than forces that are against you. when
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That are against you. when you get in agreement with
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You get in agreement with god, start meditating on what
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God, start meditating on what he says. now your repetitive
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He says. now your repetitive thoughts are full of faith,
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Thoughts are full of faith, hope, victory, you will come
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Hope, victory, you will come out of those mental ruts.
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Out of those mental ruts. that's what it means to be
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That's what it means to be transformed by the renewing
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Transformed by the renewing of your mind. no more, “i'm a
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Of your mind. no more, “i'm a victim. i've been through too
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Victim. i've been through too much.” that's going to keep
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Much.” that's going to keep you in the ditch. how about,
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You in the ditch. how about, “i am a victor. god always
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“i am a victor. god always causes me to triumph.” “i'll
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Causes me to triumph.” “i'll never get well. you should
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Never get well. you should see the medical report. this
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See the medical report. this sickness is going to be the
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Sickness is going to be the end.” that's going to keep
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End.” that's going to keep you stuck. how about, “god is
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You stuck. how about, “god is restoring health back unto
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Restoring health back unto me. the number of my days he
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Me. the number of my days he will fulfill.” that's not
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Will fulfill.” that's not just being positive. it's not
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Just being positive. it's not just having faith, that's
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Just having faith, that's rewiring your brain. that's
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Rewiring your brain. that's building new highways. that's
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Building new highways. that's what's going to bring you out
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What's going to bring you out of that mental rut and allow
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Of that mental rut and allow god to do what only he can do.
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God to do what only he can do. you need to examine your
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You need to examine your life. are you in any ruts?
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Life. are you in any ruts? have you built roads in your
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Have you built roads in your thinking that are easy to go
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Thinking that are easy to go down, but it's not where you
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Down, but it's not where you want to go? you've got these
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Want to go? you've got these highways leading to
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Highways leading to discouragement, can't do it,
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Discouragement, can't do it, not valuable. that comes
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Not valuable. that comes natural to you, but it's
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Natural to you, but it's limiting you. that's a
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Limiting you. that's a learned behavior. you've
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Learned behavior. you've learned to be unhappy,
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Learned to be unhappy, learned to be offended,
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Learned to be offended, learned to not believe in
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Learned to not believe in yourself. that's okay, you
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Yourself. that's okay, you can relearn. you can rewire
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Can relearn. you can rewire your brain. pay attention to
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Your brain. pay attention to the repetitive thoughts. are
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The repetitive thoughts. are they positive, building you
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They positive, building you up? or are they guilt ridden,
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Up? or are they guilt ridden, can't do it? you're the
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Can't do it? you're the command center. you're giving
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Command center. you're giving the orders telling your
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The orders telling your neurons what pathways to
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Neurons what pathways to build. make sure it's a
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Build. make sure it's a pathway leading somewhere you
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Pathway leading somewhere you want to go.
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Want to go. i talked to a lady who had
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I talked to a lady who had been through a very hurtful
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Been through a very hurtful divorce. it was ten years ago
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Divorce. it was ten years ago at that time, but she was
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At that time, but she was still so bitter and so angry.
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Still so bitter and so angry. her husband had left for
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Her husband had left for someone else, caused all this
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Someone else, caused all this heart ache and pain. i know
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Heart ache and pain. i know it's not easy, but at some
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It's not easy, but at some point, you have to move
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Point, you have to move forward. you have to give it
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Forward. you have to give it to god and trust him to be
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To god and trust him to be your vindicator. people can't
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Your vindicator. people can't pay you back. only god can.
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Pay you back. only god can. she was trying to get from
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She was trying to get from her ex-husband, what only god
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Her ex-husband, what only god could give. she wasn't going
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Could give. she wasn't going to be happy, until he was
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To be happy, until he was unhappy. but he was out
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Unhappy. but he was out enjoying his life. he had
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Enjoying his life. he had remarried and moved on. it
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Remarried and moved on. it may not have been right, but
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May not have been right, but if someone has hurt you once,
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If someone has hurt you once, don't let them continue to
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Don't let them continue to hurt you by holding on to it.
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Hurt you by holding on to it. she was here at the altar
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She was here at the altar here for prayer. she said,
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Here for prayer. she said, “joel, i can't forgive him.
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“joel, i can't forgive him. he hurt me too badly.” i
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He hurt me too badly.” i understood what she meant.
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Understood what she meant. because she had held on to
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Because she had held on to that unforgiveness for ten
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That unforgiveness for ten years. that's all she thought
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Years. that's all she thought about. do you know how deep
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About. do you know how deep that rut was? how long, how
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That rut was? how long, how wide that highway. that
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Wide that highway. that wasn't four lanes; that was
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Wasn't four lanes; that was sixteen lanes. it was easy
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Sixteen lanes. it was easy for her to be angry,
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For her to be angry, offended, she'd built an
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Offended, she'd built an incredible pathway.
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Incredible pathway. i told her, of course, what
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I told her, of course, what i'm telling you, you have to
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I'm telling you, you have to change what's happening here.
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Change what's happening here. all through the day when it
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All through the day when it comes up, instead of thinking
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Comes up, instead of thinking bitter, angry thoughts, how
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About, “father, thank youow
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About, “father, thank youow that you have beauty for
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That you have beauty for these ashes. lord, you said
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These ashes. lord, you said what was meant for harm, you
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What was meant for harm, you would turn to my advantage.
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Would turn to my advantage. father, thank you that i have
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Father, thank you that i have the grace to forgive.” she
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The grace to forgive.” she began to rewire her brain. i
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Began to rewire her brain. i saw her a couple years later
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Saw her a couple years later out there at the visitors;
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Out there at the visitors; she was like a different
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She was like a different person. happy, beautiful,
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Person. happy, beautiful, grateful. what happened? she
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Grateful. what happened? she started building new
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Started building new highways. she started
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Highways. she started meditating on the right
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Meditating on the right things. not the hurts, not
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Things. not the hurts, not the injustice. the enemy
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Would love for you to keep
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Would love for you to keep building those roads. he
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Building those roads. he knows it will keep you in a
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Knows it will keep you in a rut, stuck in bitterness,
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Rut, stuck in bitterness, stuck in defeat. do like she
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Stuck in defeat. do like she did, put up some road
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Did, put up some road closures. no more going down
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Closures. no more going down those paths. that algorithm
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Those paths. that algorithm is going to keep feeding
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Is going to keep feeding hurts and discouragement. how
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Hurts and discouragement. how about rewiring your brain.
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About rewiring your brain. send some new commands of
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Send some new commands of hope, faith, and victory.
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Hope, faith, and victory. that's how you get out of
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That's how you get out of mental ruts.
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Mental ruts. this is what gideon had to do
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This is what gideon had to do in the scripture. he was
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In the scripture. he was hiding in a winepress, afraid
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Hiding in a winepress, afraid of the midianites that were
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Of the midianites that were surrounding the city. an
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Surrounding the city. an angel appeared to him and
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Angel appeared to him and said, “mighty hero, the lord
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Said, “mighty hero, the lord is with you. you are to lead
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Is with you. you are to lead the people of israel to
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The people of israel to defeat the midianites.”
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Defeat the midianites.” gideon was taken aback. he
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Gideon was taken aback. he said in effect, “that's not
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Said in effect, “that's not possible. i come from the
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Possible. i come from the poorest family; i am the
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Poorest family; i am the least one in my father's
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Least one in my father's house.” he didn't get that
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House.” he didn't get that way overnight. that was a
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Way overnight. that was a mental rut that took years to
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Mental rut that took years to develop. he was no doubt told
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Develop. he was no doubt told that he wasn't up to par. he
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That he wasn't up to par. he wasn't talented. he couldn't
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Wasn't talented. he couldn't do anything great. he let
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Do anything great. he let circumstances convince him
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Circumstances convince him that he was at a
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That he was at a disadvantage. those thoughts
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Disadvantage. those thoughts played over and over. his
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Played over and over. his neurons went to work, did
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Neurons went to work, did what they were created to do.
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What they were created to do. built pathways of inferiority
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Built pathways of inferiority and not enough. that's who he
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And not enough. that's who he became. this angel showed up
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Became. this angel showed up and told him who he really
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And told him who he really was. a mighty hero, well
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Was. a mighty hero, well able. he spoke victory,
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Able. he spoke victory, blessings, favor over his
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Blessings, favor over his life. here's the whole key,
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Life. here's the whole key, it was up to gideon as to
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It was up to gideon as to what he would do with it.
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What he would do with it. would he continue to meditate
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Would he continue to meditate on the old, limited, too
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On the old, limited, too small? or would he change
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Small? or would he change what he was thinking? would
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What he was thinking? would he send out some new
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He send out some new commands? “i'm a mighty hero.
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Commands? “i'm a mighty hero. i am well able. i'm strong in
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I am well able. i'm strong in the lord.” he began to change
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The lord.” he began to change his recording. he came out of
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His recording. he came out of that rut and he went on to
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That rut and he went on to become the mighty hero that
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Become the mighty hero that god called him to be. he's
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God called him to be. he's listed in hebrews 11 as one
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Listed in hebrews 11 as one of the heroes of faith. this
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Of the heroes of faith. this would have never happened, if
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Would have never happened, if he had not rewired his brain.
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He had not rewired his brain. if he would have kept
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If he would have kept thinking all the negative,
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Thinking all the negative, defeated thoughts, he would
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Defeated thoughts, he would have stayed in the rut, and
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Have stayed in the rut, and we wouldn't be talking about
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We wouldn't be talking about him.
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Him. pay attention to what you're
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Pay attention to what you're thinking. especially the
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Thinking. especially the repetitive thoughts. do they
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Repetitive thoughts. do they line up with who god says you
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Line up with who god says you are. mighty hero, talented,
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Are. mighty hero, talented, valuable, forgiven. is that
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Valuable, forgiven. is that what you're meditating on?
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What you're meditating on? building pathways that you
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Building pathways that you want to go down. or are those
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Want to go down. or are those neurons working against you?
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Neurons working against you? building roads that you don't
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Building roads that you don't want to travel. perhaps you
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Want to travel. perhaps you need to rewire your brain.
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Need to rewire your brain. change those negative
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Change those negative patterns that are pulling you
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Patterns that are pulling you down. don't go the next
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Down. don't go the next thirty years stuck in a
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Thirty years stuck in a mental rut. you're in charge
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Mental rut. you're in charge of your command center. you
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Of your command center. you get to choose what you think
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Get to choose what you think about. get up in the morning
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About. get up in the morning and set your mind for
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And set your mind for victory. all through the day,
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Victory. all through the day, meditate on what god says
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Meditate on what god says about you. get on the right
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About you. get on the right algorithm. if you'll do this,
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Algorithm. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, any
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I believe and declare, any strongholds that are keeping
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Strongholds that are keeping you back are being broken
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You back are being broken right now. god is going to
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Right now. god is going to help you rewire your brain.
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Help you rewire your brain. you are coming out of mental
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You are coming out of mental ruts into freedom, peace,
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Ruts into freedom, peace, confidence, and victory, in
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Confidence, and victory, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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(applause)
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, 101 great things
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My new book, 101 great things god says about you.
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God says about you. i'll help you discover
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I'll help you discover your true identity.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All 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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A copy of joel's brand new resource,
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New resource, 101 great things
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101 great things god says about you:
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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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Of god himself and what he says about you.
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And what he says about you. use this resource
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Use this resource to encourage your heart
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To encourage your heart and remind you
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And remind you of who you are in him.
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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And believe it. as an added bonus,
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As an added bonus, you can detach
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You can detach the beautiful poster
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The beautiful poster at the back of the book to read
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At the back of the book to read and declare these reminders
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And declare these reminders every day.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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Who god says you are. now is your time to start
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Now is your time to start believing it.
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Believing it. as you dwell on
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As you dwell on what god says about you,
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What god says about you, you're going to see yourself
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You're going to see yourself for who you really are: strong,
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For who you really are: strong, talented, valuable, a victor,
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Talented, valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Never a victim. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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And i want you to know that we love you
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That we love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. special the world.
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Special the world. thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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For your monthly support. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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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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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Joel Osteen - Rewire Your Brain

May 25, 2025 | 27:29

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