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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Right Mirror | May 19, 2025
- God bless you. it's great
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- God bless you. it's great to be with you today. i
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- To be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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- 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. we'll keep you
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- Media. we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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- Encouraged and inspired. 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 these three men that
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- About these three men that were out in the wilderness.
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- Were out in the wilderness. they came upon this
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- They came upon this violent, raging river, and
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- Violent, raging river, and needed to get to the other
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- Needed to get to the other side. the first man prayed,
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- Side. the first man prayed, “god, please give me the
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- “god, please give me the strength to make it
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- Strength to make it across.” and poof, god gave
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- Across.” and poof, god gave him big arms and strong
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- Him big arms and strong legs. he was able to swim
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- Legs. he was able to swim across in two hours. the
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- Across in two hours. the next man prayed, “god
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- Next man prayed, “god please give me the strength
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- Please give me the strength and the tools to make it
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- And the tools to make it across.” and poof, god gave
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- Across.” and poof, god gave him a boat. he was able to
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- Him a boat. he was able to row across in 30 minutes.
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- Row across in 30 minutes. the next man prayed, “god
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- The next man prayed, “god please give me the
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- Please give me the strength, the tools and the
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- Strength, the tools and the intelligence to make it
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- Intelligence to make it across.” and poof, god
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- Across.” and poof, god turned him into a woman.
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- Turned him into a woman. she looked at the map,
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- She looked at the map, hiked five minutes upstream
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- Hiked five minutes upstream and walked across the
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- And walked across the bridge.
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- Bridge. all right, i feel like the
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- All right, i feel like the women are cheering there.
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- Women are cheering there. here we go, men. this is my
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- Here we go, men. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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- Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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- Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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- Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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- I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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- Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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- Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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- Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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- Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus' name.
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- The same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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- God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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- I want to talk to you today about the right mirror.
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- About the right mirror. it's so important how we
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- It's so important how we see ourselves. your
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- See ourselves. your self-image will determine
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- Self-image will determine whether you reach your full
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- Whether you reach your full potential. if you see
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- Potential. if you see yourself lacking, at a
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- Yourself lacking, at a disadvantage, not
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- Disadvantage, not attractive, it will limit
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- Attractive, it will limit your life. it's not that
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- Your life. it's not that you don't have great
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- You don't have great potential, it's your
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- Potential, it's your self-image is distorted. we
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- Self-image is distorted. we have the big rodeo here in
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- Have the big rodeo here in town once a year, we always
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- Town once a year, we always go early to the carnival.
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- Go early to the carnival. one of the attractions is
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- One of the attractions is this room filled with
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- This room filled with mirrors. you walk in front
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- Mirrors. you walk in front of one mirror, and it makes
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- Of one mirror, and it makes you a couple feet taller.
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- You a couple feet taller. another one makes your
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- Another one makes your chest real big, your arms
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- Chest real big, your arms exaggerated. there are
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- Exaggerated. there are mirrors that leave your
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- Mirrors that leave your body normal, but your head
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- Body normal, but your head is shrunk, your mouth,
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- Is shrunk, your mouth, nose, features are all out
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- Nose, features are all out of whack. certain mirrors
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- Of whack. certain mirrors make you look a hundred
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- Make you look a hundred pounds heavier, body all
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- Pounds heavier, body all out of proportion. none of
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- Out of proportion. none of these images are true
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- These images are true images. it's not who you
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- Images. it's not who you really are. they're all
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- Really are. they're all distorted. we're smart
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- Distorted. we're smart enough to know it's just
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- Enough to know it's just for fun. we get a good
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- For fun. we get a good laugh and move on. but how
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- Laugh and move on. but how many of us in real life
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- Many of us in real life don't recognize when we're
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- Don't recognize when we're looking at a distorted
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- Looking at a distorted mirror? we see ourselves as
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- Mirror? we see ourselves as not talented, not
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- Not talented, not attractive, unqualified.
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- Attractive, unqualified. now that distorted image is
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- Now that distorted image is holding us back. what would
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- Holding us back. what would happen if we got rid of the
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- Happen if we got rid of the wrong mirror?
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- Wrong mirror? the scripture says, “you've
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- The scripture says, “you've been made in the image of
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- Been made in the image of god.” he made you talented,
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- God.” he made you talented, beautiful, smart,
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- Beautiful, smart, confident. you are fully
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- Confident. you are fully equipped for the purpose
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- Equipped for the purpose he's laid out for you. but
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- He's laid out for you. but the trick of the enemy is
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- The trick of the enemy is to distort your self-image.
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- To distort your self-image. he doesn't want you to see
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- He doesn't want you to see yourself the way you really
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- Yourself the way you really are. like that carnival,
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- Are. like that carnival, he'll put up these
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- He'll put up these distorted mirrors. the
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- Distorted mirrors. the psalmist said, you've been
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- Psalmist said, you've been fearfully and wonderfully
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- Fearfully and wonderfully made. but when you look in
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- Made. but when you look in his mirror, you'll see all
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- His mirror, you'll see all your flaws, everything you
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- Your flaws, everything you don't like will be
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- Don't like will be exaggerated. you've been
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- Exaggerated. you've been forgiven, redeemed, but
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- Forgiven, redeemed, but when you look in that
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- When you look in that mirror, you'll see all your
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- Mirror, you'll see all your mistakes, failures, times
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- Mistakes, failures, times you don't measure up.
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- You don't measure up. looking back at you is a
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- Looking back at you is a guilty, unworthy,
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- Guilty, unworthy, undeserving person. it's a
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- Undeserving person. it's a distorted mirror. maybe
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- Distorted mirror. maybe you've been through
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- You've been through disappointments, life
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- Disappointments, life hasn't treated you fair.
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- Hasn't treated you fair. that distorted mirror will
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- That distorted mirror will come up. you'll see
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- Come up. you'll see yourself defeated, at a
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- Yourself defeated, at a disadvantage, nothing good
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- Disadvantage, nothing good in your future. when the
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- In your future. when the truth is god has beauty for
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- Truth is god has beauty for those ashes. what was meant
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- Those ashes. what was meant for harm, he's turning to
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- For harm, he's turning to your advantage.
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- Your advantage. what's the problem? you're
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- What's the problem? you're looking in the wrong
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- Looking in the wrong mirror. as long as you're
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- Mirror. as long as you're letting that define who you
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- Letting that define who you are, as long as you're
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- Are, as long as you're believing those distorted
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- Believing those distorted images, it will keep you
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- Images, it will keep you from rising higher. you
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- From rising higher. you have to get rid of that
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- Have to get rid of that mirror and go get the right
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- Mirror and go get the right mirror. james 1 says that
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- Mirror. james 1 says that god's word is like a
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- God's word is like a mirror. it reflects who you
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- Mirror. it reflects who you really are. what god says
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- Really are. what god says about you is the true image
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- About you is the true image you need to keep in front
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- You need to keep in front of you. you are not defined
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- Of you. you are not defined by people, by your past, by
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- By people, by your past, by how you were raised, by
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- How you were raised, by what didn't work out,
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- What didn't work out, you're defined by your
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- You're defined by your creator. when you look in
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- Creator. when you look in the mirror of god's word,
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- The mirror of god's word, you'll find that you are
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- You'll find that you are valuable, you are talented,
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- Valuable, you are talented, you are confident, favored,
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- You are confident, favored, blessed, worthy. as you see
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- Blessed, worthy. as you see yourself the way god sees
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- Yourself the way god sees you, it begins to heal
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- You, it begins to heal damaged self-images. his
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- Damaged self-images. his word will repair the hurts,
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- Word will repair the hurts, the scars, the unfair
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- The scars, the unfair things that have caused you
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- Things that have caused you to see yourself as lacking,
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- To see yourself as lacking, inferior, unqualified. keep
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- Inferior, unqualified. keep this right mirror in front
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- This right mirror in front of you. it may not happen
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- Of you. it may not happen overnight, but if you will
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- Overnight, but if you will keep seeing yourself the
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- Keep seeing yourself the right way, little by little
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- Right way, little by little you're changing.
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- You're changing. maybe you're struggling
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- Maybe you're struggling with an addiction. as long
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- With an addiction. as long as you see yourself
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- As you see yourself addicted, you're going to
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- Addicted, you're going to stay that way. you need to
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- Stay that way. you need to change mirrors. start
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- Change mirrors. start seeing yourself whole,
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- Seeing yourself whole, free, clean, restored. you
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- Free, clean, restored. you have to see it on the
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- Have to see it on the inside before it will
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- Inside before it will happen on the outside. you
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- Happen on the outside. you won't be successful with a
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- Won't be successful with a negative image of yourself.
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- Negative image of yourself. like a magnet, how you see
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- Like a magnet, how you see yourself will keep pulling
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- Yourself will keep pulling you toward it. if you see
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- You toward it. if you see yourself struggling, barely
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- Yourself struggling, barely getting by, scarcity
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- Getting by, scarcity mentality, you're moving
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- Mentality, you're moving toward it. what would
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- Toward it. what would happen if you would change
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- Happen if you would change mirrors? start seeing
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- Mirrors? start seeing yourself as blessed,
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- Yourself as blessed, prosperous, talented,
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- Prosperous, talented, having a bountiful year.
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- Having a bountiful year. then because you have the
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- Then because you have the right image, because you're
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- Right image, because you're in agreement with god,
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- In agreement with god, you're moving toward
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- You're moving toward abundance, overflow, good
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- Abundance, overflow, good breaks, a bountiful life.
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- Breaks, a bountiful life. if you see yourself as
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- If you see yourself as lonely, not a good
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- Lonely, not a good personality, inferior,
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- Personality, inferior, you're moving toward
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- You're moving toward loneliness, not having
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- Loneliness, not having friends, not meeting
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- Friends, not meeting anyone. do yourself a
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- Anyone. do yourself a favor, change mirrors.
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- Favor, change mirrors. you're beautiful, you're
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- You're beautiful, you're attractive, you're one of a
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- Attractive, you're one of a kind, you've been crowned
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- Kind, you've been crowned with favor, you're a prize,
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- With favor, you're a prize, whoever gets you, it's like
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- Whoever gets you, it's like they won the lottery. when
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- They won the lottery. when you have the right mirror,
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- You have the right mirror, you'll put your shoulders
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- You'll put your shoulders back, you'll carry yourself
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- Back, you'll carry yourself like the royalty god
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- Like the royalty god created you to be.
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- Created you to be. this is what the israelites
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- This is what the israelites had to do. they had been in
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- Had to do. they had been in slavery many years. god
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- Slavery many years. god brought them out, parted
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- Brought them out, parted the red sea and they were
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- The red sea and they were headed toward the promised
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- Headed toward the promised land. in the desert, they
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- Land. in the desert, they didn't have a temple where
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- Didn't have a temple where they could worship, a big
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- They could worship, a big building, they had a tent,
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- Building, they had a tent, or what they called the
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- Or what they called the tabernacle where they would
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- Tabernacle where they would meet. before the priests
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- Meet. before the priests could go into the altar
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- Could go into the altar area, they had to wash
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- Area, they had to wash their hands and feet in
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- Their hands and feet in this large bowl of water at
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- This large bowl of water at the entry of the tent.
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- The entry of the tent. what's significant is how
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- What's significant is how this bowl was made. exodus
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- This bowl was made. exodus 38 says, “moses made the
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- 38 says, “moses made the large washbasin from the
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- Large washbasin from the bronze mirrors he melted
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- Bronze mirrors he melted down from the israeli
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- Down from the israeli women.” mirrors in that day
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- Women.” mirrors in that day weren't made out of glass,
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- Weren't made out of glass, they were made out of
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- They were made out of polished bronze. they would
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- Polished bronze. they would be so shiny, that you could
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- Be so shiny, that you could see your reflection. the
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- See your reflection. the israelite women got these
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- Israelite women got these mirrors from the egyptians
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- Mirrors from the egyptians as they were on their way
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- As they were on their way out of slavery. god caused
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- Out of slavery. god caused them to have favor with
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- Them to have favor with their captors and they gave
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- Their captors and they gave them their gold, silver and
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- Them their gold, silver and fine clothing. these
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- Fine clothing. these mirrors were valuable to
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- Mirrors were valuable to the women. they had nothing
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- The women. they had nothing special for all these
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- Special for all these years, now they have these
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- Years, now they have these nice bronze mirrors. then
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- Nice bronze mirrors. then moses comes along and says,
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- Moses comes along and says, “give me your mirrors, i
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- “give me your mirrors, i want to melt them down and
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- Want to melt them down and make a bowl where the
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- Make a bowl where the priests will cleanse
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- Priests will cleanse themselves.” he could have
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- Themselves.” he could have said, “give me your pots
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- Said, “give me your pots and pans. give me your
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- And pans. give me your hammers and chisels, i'll
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- Hammers and chisels, i'll make the washbasin out of
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- Make the washbasin out of that.” but god said to the
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- That.” but god said to the women, “give me your
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- Women, “give me your mirrors.”
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- Mirrors.” when these women looked in
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- When these women looked in the mirror, they saw former
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- The mirror, they saw former slaves. they saw tired,
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- Slaves. they saw tired, defeated, unqualified
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- Defeated, unqualified people staring back. you
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- People staring back. you can imagine being in
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- Can imagine being in bondage for years, working
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- Bondage for years, working night and day, mistreated.
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- Night and day, mistreated. those mirrors only reminded
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- Those mirrors only reminded them of all they'd been
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- Them of all they'd been through, how unfair it was,
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- Through, how unfair it was, how unattractive, inferior
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- How unattractive, inferior they were. god showed up
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- They were. god showed up and said, “give me those
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- And said, “give me those mirrors.” he was saying,
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- Mirrors.” he was saying, “give me your image. you
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- “give me your image. you can't become who i created
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- Can't become who i created you to be looking in those
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- You to be looking in those mirrors. let me have them.”
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- Mirrors. let me have them.” notice what god did. he
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- Notice what god did. he melted down the bronze
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- Melted down the bronze mirrors, signifying, “i'm
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- Mirrors, signifying, “i'm melting down anything that
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- Melting down anything that does not reflect who i made
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- Does not reflect who i made you to be. i'm melting down
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- You to be. i'm melting down the shame, the heartache,
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- The shame, the heartache, the guilt, the
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- The guilt, the unworthiness. the next time
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- Unworthiness. the next time you see this mirror, it's
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- You see this mirror, it's going to be in a bowl for
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- Going to be in a bowl for cleansing.” meaning, “i'm
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- Cleansing.” meaning, “i'm washing away the negative
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- Washing away the negative things of the past, i'm
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- Things of the past, i'm washing away what the enemy
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- Washing away what the enemy tried to do, i'm washing
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- Tried to do, i'm washing away mistakes you've made,
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- Away mistakes you've made, the bad breaks, what wasn't
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- The bad breaks, what wasn't fair and i'm going to give
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- Fair and i'm going to give you a new way of seeing
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- You a new way of seeing yourself.”
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- Yourself.” god was saying, “you can't
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- God was saying, “you can't reach your destiny, unless
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- Reach your destiny, unless you give me your image.”
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- You give me your image.” you have to give god your
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- You have to give god your mirror. don't let how you
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- Mirror. don't let how you were raised, what wasn't
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- Were raised, what wasn't fair, create your image,
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- Fair, create your image, give it to god. he'll melt
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- Give it to god. he'll melt down the wrong ways you see
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- Down the wrong ways you see yourself. don't let other
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- Yourself. don't let other people determine your
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- People determine your image. what someone said, a
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- Image. what someone said, a parent, a coach, an
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- Parent, a coach, an ex-spouse, hurtful words,
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- Ex-spouse, hurtful words, “you're not good enough,
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- “you're not good enough, you're not talented, you're
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- You're not talented, you're not attractive, you'll
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- Not attractive, you'll never amount to much.” that
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- Never amount to much.” that wrong mirror will keep you
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- Wrong mirror will keep you in bondage. god knew if
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- In bondage. god knew if these women kept seeing
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- These women kept seeing themselves the way they
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- Themselves the way they were, they would have lived
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- Were, they would have lived defeated, insecure, feeling
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- Defeated, insecure, feeling less than. he had to get
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- Less than. he had to get their mirror before they
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- Their mirror before they could step into the
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- Could step into the fullness of what he had in
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- Fullness of what he had in store. you have to give him
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- Store. you have to give him your mirror first. let him
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- Your mirror first. let him have your image. see
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- Have your image. see yourself the way he sees
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- Yourself the way he sees you, then you can go into
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- You, then you can go into your promised land.
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- Your promised land. in the scripture, jacob was
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- In the scripture, jacob was known for being dishonest,
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- Known for being dishonest, cheating people. he tricked
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- Cheating people. he tricked his brother out of his
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- His brother out of his birthright, went around
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- Birthright, went around manipulating, conniving.
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- Manipulating, conniving. his name even means
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- His name even means swindler, supplanter,
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- Swindler, supplanter, deceiver. he lived up to
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- Deceiver. he lived up to it. you can imagine how he
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- It. you can imagine how he saw himself. that still
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- Saw himself. that still small voice whispered,
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- Small voice whispered, “you're better than this
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- “you're better than this jacob. i have a destiny for
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- Jacob. i have a destiny for you to fulfill. i've put
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- You to fulfill. i've put greatness in you.” god was
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- Greatness in you.” god was saying, “jacob, give me
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- Saying, “jacob, give me your image, get rid of that
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- Your image, get rid of that distorted mirror.” i'm sure
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- Distorted mirror.” i'm sure thoughts told him, “no
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- Thoughts told him, “no jacob, this is just who you
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- Jacob, this is just who you are, you're a fraud, you're
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- Are, you're a fraud, you're a con man, just accept it.”
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- A con man, just accept it.” years went by and nothing
- 00:11:18.334 --> 00:11:19.769
- Years went by and nothing changed. but one day, jacob
- 00:11:19.835 --> 00:11:21.971
- Changed. but one day, jacob did what i'm asking us to
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- Did what i'm asking us to do. despite his flaws,
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- Do. despite his flaws, despite his mistakes, he
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- Despite his mistakes, he went down to the brook
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- Went down to the brook alone one night to be with
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- Alone one night to be with god. he thought, “i'm tired
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- God. he thought, “i'm tired of living this way. i want
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- Of living this way. i want to make a change.” he was
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- To make a change.” he was saying in effect, “i've
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- Saying in effect, “i've seen myself as a failure,
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- Seen myself as a failure, i've lived condemned, i
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- I've lived condemned, i don't like who i am. god,
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- Don't like who i am. god, i'm going to give you my
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- I'm going to give you my mirror. i'm going to see
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- Mirror. i'm going to see myself the way you see me.”
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- Myself the way you see me.” that night, he wrestled
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- That night, he wrestled with an angel. he wouldn't
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- With an angel. he wouldn't let the angel go. at
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- Let the angel go. at daybreak, the angel said to
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- Daybreak, the angel said to him, “you will no longer be
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- Him, “you will no longer be called jacob, god is giving
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- Called jacob, god is giving you a new name. you will be
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- You a new name. you will be called israel.” israel
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- Called israel.” israel means prince with god. god
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- Means prince with god. god was saying, “i'm taking
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- Was saying, “i'm taking that mirror that shows you
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- That mirror that shows you as a deceiver, trickster,
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- As a deceiver, trickster, con man, i'm melting that
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- Con man, i'm melting that all down, i'm getting rid
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- All down, i'm getting rid of all those impurities.
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- Of all those impurities. now your new image will be
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- Now your new image will be a prince with god.” when he
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- A prince with god.” when he saw himself as a prince, he
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- Saw himself as a prince, he started making choices that
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- Started making choices that honored god. out of jacob,
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- Honored god. out of jacob, came the twelve tribes of
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- Came the twelve tribes of israel. that would have
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- Israel. that would have never happened if he had
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- Never happened if he had kept looking in the wrong
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- Kept looking in the wrong mirror.
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- Mirror. why don't you give god your
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- Why don't you give god your image? he sees you
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- Image? he sees you restored; you're redeemed.
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- Restored; you're redeemed. he calls you a prince with
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- He calls you a prince with god. but the enemy would
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- God. but the enemy would love for you to go through
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- Love for you to go through life with the wrong mirror.
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- Life with the wrong mirror. seeing yourself as a
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- Seeing yourself as a failure, focused on your
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- Failure, focused on your mistakes, feeling unworthy.
- 00:12:48.724 --> 00:12:51.894
- Mistakes, feeling unworthy. you don't do better when
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- You don't do better when you have a negative image
- 00:12:53.095 --> 00:12:54.363
- You have a negative image of yourself. that cycle
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- Of yourself. that cycle keeps repeating. when you
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- Keeps repeating. when you give god your mirror,
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- Give god your mirror, despite what you've done
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- Despite what you've done wrong, despite how you
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- Wrong, despite how you feel, you start believing
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- Feel, you start believing that you're forgiven, that
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- That you're forgiven, that you're valuable, that
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- You're valuable, that you're worthy, that you
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- You're worthy, that you deserve to be blessed, not
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- Deserve to be blessed, not because of who you are but
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- Because of who you are but because of whose you are,
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- Because of whose you are, then you will step into
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- Then you will step into your greatness. you may
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- Your greatness. you may have failed in the past,
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- Have failed in the past, but that's what you did,
- 00:13:19.989 --> 00:13:21.657
- But that's what you did, that's not who you are.
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- That's not who you are. failure is an event, not a
- 00:13:23.826 --> 00:13:25.561
- Failure is an event, not a person. you may struggle
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- Person. you may struggle with an addiction, but you
- 00:13:27.963 --> 00:13:29.298
- With an addiction, but you are not an addict. that's
- 00:13:29.365 --> 00:13:30.866
- Are not an addict. that's what you do, that's not who
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- What you do, that's not who you are. don't let that
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- You are. don't let that image take root. you are a
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- Image take root. you are a child of the most high god.
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- Child of the most high god. you're not jacob, you're
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- You're not jacob, you're israel, you're a prince
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- Israel, you're a prince with god. that's how he
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- With god. that's how he sees you.
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- Sees you. too often, we don't realize
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- Too often, we don't realize that our self-image has
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- That our self-image has been damaged. we've been
- 00:13:47.583 --> 00:13:49.285
- Been damaged. we've been through hurts,
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- Through hurts, disappointments, we've made
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- Disappointments, we've made mistakes, we wonder why we
- 00:13:52.021 --> 00:13:53.989
- Mistakes, we wonder why we can't rise higher. we're
- 00:13:54.056 --> 00:13:55.758
- Can't rise higher. we're looking in the wrong
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- Looking in the wrong mirror. that's what
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- Mirror. that's what happened with gideon. he
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- Happened with gideon. he was hiding in the
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- Was hiding in the winepress, afraid,
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- Winepress, afraid, intimidated. an angel
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- Intimidated. an angel showed up and said, “mighty
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- Showed up and said, “mighty hero, the lord is with you.
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- Hero, the lord is with you. you are to lead the
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- You are to lead the israelites against the
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- Israelites against the midianites.” gideon looked
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- Midianites.” gideon looked around, thought, “who's he
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- Around, thought, “who's he talking about? there's no
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- Talking about? there's no mighty hero here. you must
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- Mighty hero here. you must have missed your
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- Have missed your assignment, because i'm
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- Assignment, because i'm afraid.” gideon said to the
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- Afraid.” gideon said to the angel, “i come from the
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- Angel, “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.” notice the two
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- House.” notice the two mirrors. least one,
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- Mirrors. least one, poorest, defeated, can't do
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- Poorest, defeated, can't do anything great. then god's
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- Anything great. then god's mirror, mighty hero,
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- Mirror, mighty hero, fearless courage, history
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- Fearless courage, history maker. here's the key, you
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- Maker. here's the key, you can't keep your mirror and
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- Can't keep your mirror and have god's too. you have to
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- Have god's too. you have to give god your image. let
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- Give god your image. let him control how you see
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- Him control how you see yourself. not the media,
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- Yourself. not the media, not your family, not your
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- Not your family, not your job, not your critics.
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- Job, not your critics. don't give other people
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- Don't give other people your mirror. if you do,
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- Your mirror. if you do, you'll become what they
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- You'll become what they want you to be. they don't
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- Want you to be. they don't always have your best
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- Always have your best interest at heart. give god
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- Interest at heart. give god your mirror. he knows
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- Your mirror. he knows what's in you. he can see
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- What's in you. he can see things that you can't see.
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- Things that you can't see. the reason we act like
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- The reason we act like gideon sometimes, we don't
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- Gideon sometimes, we don't see ourselves as mighty,
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- See ourselves as mighty, favored, influential, is we
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- Favored, influential, is we don't realize what's in us.
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- Don't realize what's in us. it takes faith to say,
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- It takes faith to say, “god, i feel afraid, i'm
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- “god, i feel afraid, i'm intimidated, i don't see
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- Intimidated, i don't see how i can do this, but if
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- How i can do this, but if you say i can, then i'm
- 00:15:27.149 --> 00:15:28.817
- You say i can, then i'm going to get in agreement
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- Going to get in agreement with you and believe that i
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- With you and believe that i can.” that's when you'll
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- Can.” that's when you'll discover talent, ability,
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- Discover talent, ability, courage, that you've never
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- Courage, that you've never seen. yes, it's normal at
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- Seen. yes, it's normal at times to feel intimidated,
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- Times to feel intimidated, to not think you can step
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- To not think you can step up to a new level, this is
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- Up to a new level, this is where your faith has to
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- Where your faith has to kick in. “god, i'm giving
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- Kick in. “god, i'm giving you this weak, limited,
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- You this weak, limited, can't do it image, and i'm
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- Can't do it image, and i'm going to look in your
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- Going to look in your mirror. i feel weak but you
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- Mirror. i feel weak but you see me as strong. i feel
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- See me as strong. i feel intimidated but you see me
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- Intimidated but you see me bold and courageous. i feel
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- Bold and courageous. i feel outnumbered but you see me
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- Outnumbered but you see me more than enough. i'm
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- More than enough. i'm fighting this illness, but
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- Fighting this illness, but you see me healthy and
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- You see me healthy and whole.” gideon got rid of
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- Whole.” gideon got rid of that old mirror and started
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- That old mirror and started looking in the right
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- Looking in the right mirror. he saw himself as a
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- Mirror. he saw himself as a mighty hero. he went out
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- Mighty hero. he went out and defeated the
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- And defeated the midianites. today, he's
- 00:16:17.599 --> 00:16:19.401
- Midianites. today, he's listed as one of the heroes
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- Listed as one of the heroes of faith. is a wrong mirror
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- Of faith. is a wrong mirror keeping you from your
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- Keeping you from your greatness? have you
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- Greatness? have you believed the lies that,
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- Believed the lies that, “you're too old, too young,
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- “you're too old, too young, not smart enough, wrong
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- Not smart enough, wrong nationality.” that's okay.
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- Nationality.” that's okay. you're right where gideon
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- You're right where gideon was. you can still become a
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- Was. you can still become a mighty hero. give god your
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- Mighty hero. give god your image? see yourself the way
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- Image? see yourself the way he sees you.
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- He sees you. from the time he was a five
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- From the time he was a five year old little boy, jim
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- Year old little boy, jim had a terrible problem with
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- Had a terrible problem with stuttering. other kids at
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- Stuttering. other kids at school laughed and made fun
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- School laughed and made fun of him. he became very
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- Of him. he became very insecure, isolated himself,
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- Insecure, isolated himself, wouldn't talk with others,
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- Wouldn't talk with others, wouldn't go play with
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- Wouldn't go play with friends. he didn't want to
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- Friends. he didn't want to be ridiculed. he loved to
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- Be ridiculed. he loved to write poetry. when other
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- Write poetry. when other kids were out playing
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- Kids were out playing sports, he stayed inside
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- Sports, he stayed inside and focused on his poems.
- 00:17:08.750 --> 00:17:10.719
- And focused on his poems. as a teenager, one of his
- 00:17:10.786 --> 00:17:12.588
- As a teenager, one of his teachers loved poetry too.
- 00:17:12.654 --> 00:17:14.857
- Teachers loved poetry too. when she found out that jim
- 00:17:14.923 --> 00:17:16.191
- When she found out that jim was a gifted writer, she
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- Was a gifted writer, she tried to get him to read
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- Tried to get him to read his poems in the class. jim
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- His poems in the class. jim wasn't about to. he
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- Wasn't about to. he couldn't do that, he
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- Couldn't do that, he stuttered too badly. when
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- Stuttered too badly. when he was nervous, he could
- 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.268
- He was nervous, he could hardly get one word out.
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- Hardly get one word out. one day this teacher came
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- One day this teacher came up with a plan. jim turned
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- Up with a plan. jim turned his writing assignment in,
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- His writing assignment in, it was so brilliant. she
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- It was so brilliant. she said in front of the whole
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- Said in front of the whole class, “jim, i don't think
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- Class, “jim, i don't think you wrote this. there's no
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- You wrote this. there's no way. this is so good.” he
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- Way. this is so good.” he stuttered and said, “no
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- Stuttered and said, “no ma'am, i did write it.” she
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- Ma'am, i did write it.” she said, “i don't believe you.
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- Said, “i don't believe you. i've been teaching for
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- I've been teaching for years; i've never seen
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- Years; i've never seen anything close to being
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- Anything close to being this good.” he said it
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- This good.” he said it again, more stuttering,
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- Again, more stuttering, more emphatically, “yes i
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- More emphatically, “yes i promise you i wrote this.”
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- Promise you i wrote this.” she said, “then you're
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- She said, “then you're going to have to prove it
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- Going to have to prove it to me. you have to read it
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- To me. you have to read it in front of the class, so i
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- In front of the class, so i can see that you know it.”
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- Can see that you know it.” jim reluctantly walked up
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- Jim reluctantly walked up to the front. as he held
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- To the front. as he held the paper, his hands were
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- The paper, his hands were shaking, so nervous. other
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- Shaking, so nervous. other kids were snickering,
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- Kids were snickering, whispering to each other,
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- Whispering to each other, “here comes the
- 00:18:15.984 --> 00:18:16.618
- “here comes the stuttering.” but when he
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- Stuttering.” but when he began to read the poem, the
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- Began to read the poem, the rhythm of what he wrote,
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- Rhythm of what he wrote, flowed out so naturally
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- Flowed out so naturally that he never stuttered a
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- That he never stuttered a word. he couldn't believe
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- Word. he couldn't believe it, the kids couldn't
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- It, the kids couldn't believe it, the teacher was
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- Believe it, the teacher was in awe. as he continued
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- In awe. as he continued reading, they discovered
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- Reading, they discovered that he had an amazing
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- That he had an amazing voice, deep, resonant,
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- Voice, deep, resonant, compelling. he read with
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- Compelling. he read with incredible passion and
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- Incredible passion and skill. from that time on,
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- Skill. from that time on, jim never stuttered again.
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- Jim never stuttered again. today we know jim as james
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- Today we know jim as james earl jones. not only a
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- Earl jones. not only a great actor, but one of the
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- Great actor, but one of the great voices of our day.
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- Great voices of our day. i believe down deep, you
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- I believe down deep, you know god has put great
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- Know god has put great things in you. you know you
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- Things in you. you know you can rise higher, you can
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- Can rise higher, you can set a new standard for your
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- Set a new standard for your family, you can beat the
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- Family, you can beat the sickness, you can break the
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- Sickness, you can break the addiction. but maybe like
- 00:19:04.866 --> 00:19:07.035
- Addiction. but maybe like jim, you're stuck, letting
- 00:19:07.102 --> 00:19:09.004
- Jim, you're stuck, letting fear, intimidation, your
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- Fear, intimidation, your weaknesses, convince you to
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- Weaknesses, convince you to live hiding your gifts,
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- Live hiding your gifts, hiding what god put in you.
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- Hiding what god put in you. like that teacher, god has
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- Like that teacher, god has sent me to help you get rid
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- Sent me to help you get rid of the wrong mirror. if
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- Of the wrong mirror. if you'll take this step of
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- You'll take this step of faith, you'll discover
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- Faith, you'll discover there's a new mirror. like
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- There's a new mirror. like gideon, you're a mighty
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- Gideon, you're a mighty hero. like james, you can
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- Hero. like james, you can leave your mark. what's
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- Leave your mark. what's held you back in the past
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- Held you back in the past is not who you are. there
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- Is not who you are. there is greatness in you. now do
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- Is greatness in you. now do your part, give god your
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- Your part, give god your mirror. when you let his
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- Mirror. when you let his word define who you are, it
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- Word define who you are, it breaks limitations, frees
- 00:19:44.406 --> 00:19:46.508
- Breaks limitations, frees you from fears,
- 00:19:46.575 --> 00:19:47.876
- You from fears, insecurities, what didn't
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- Insecurities, what didn't work out, and you'll step
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- Work out, and you'll step into who you were created
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- Into who you were created to be.
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- To be. when my father went to be
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- When my father went to be with the lord in 1999, i
- 00:19:55.617 --> 00:19:58.287
- With the lord in 1999, i had never ministered
- 00:19:58.353 --> 00:19:59.154
- Had never ministered before. i had spent
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- Before. i had spent seventeen years behind the
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- Seventeen years behind the scenes doing the television
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- Scenes doing the television production. i thought
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- Production. i thought that's what i'd do the rest
- 00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:06.161
- That's what i'd do the rest of my life. my father tried
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- Of my life. my father tried to get me up many times to
- 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:09.531
- To get me up many times to speak, but i always told
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- Speak, but i always told him no. i was more quiet,
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- Him no. i was more quiet, reserved. i didn't want to
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- Reserved. i didn't want to get up in front of people.
- 00:20:14.336 --> 00:20:16.071
- Get up in front of people. but when he passed, i knew
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- But when he passed, i knew i was supposed to step up.
- 00:20:17.873 --> 00:20:19.841
- I was supposed to step up. i felt it so strongly, but
- 00:20:19.908 --> 00:20:21.810
- I felt it so strongly, but all these thoughts told me,
- 00:20:21.877 --> 00:20:23.278
- All these thoughts told me, “you're too quiet, you
- 00:20:23.345 --> 00:20:24.880
- “you're too quiet, you don't have the right
- 00:20:24.946 --> 00:20:25.614
- Don't have the right personality, the training,
- 00:20:25.681 --> 00:20:27.649
- Personality, the training, the experience, nobody is
- 00:20:27.716 --> 00:20:28.817
- The experience, nobody is going to listen to you.”
- 00:20:28.884 --> 00:20:30.619
- Going to listen to you.” like gideon, i could hear
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- Like gideon, i could hear god telling me to lead the
- 00:20:32.354 --> 00:20:33.722
- God telling me to lead the people, to step into new
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- People, to step into new levels, but i was afraid,
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- Levels, but i was afraid, intimidated. thinking of
- 00:20:37.926 --> 00:20:39.528
- Intimidated. thinking of all the what ifs. “what if
- 00:20:39.594 --> 00:20:41.296
- All the what ifs. “what if i do it and fail? what if i
- 00:20:41.363 --> 00:20:43.332
- I do it and fail? what if i get up and i don't know
- 00:20:43.398 --> 00:20:44.032
- Get up and i don't know what to say? what if nobody
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- What to say? what if nobody likes me? what if the
- 00:20:45.801 --> 00:20:46.935
- Likes me? what if the church goes down?” i've
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- Church goes down?” i've learned you can talk
- 00:20:49.071 --> 00:20:50.539
- Learned you can talk yourself out of your dreams
- 00:20:50.605 --> 00:20:52.240
- Yourself out of your dreams or you can talk yourself
- 00:20:52.307 --> 00:20:53.275
- Or you can talk yourself into your dreams.
- 00:20:53.342 --> 00:20:54.910
- Into your dreams. i had to do what i'm asking
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- I had to do what i'm asking us to do. i gave god my
- 00:20:56.478 --> 00:20:58.447
- Us to do. i gave god my image. i said, “god, i see
- 00:20:58.513 --> 00:21:00.882
- Image. i said, “god, i see myself as unqualified, i
- 00:21:00.949 --> 00:21:02.918
- Myself as unqualified, i feel insecure, this doesn't
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- Feel insecure, this doesn't make sense to me, but i'm
- 00:21:04.986 --> 00:21:06.688
- Make sense to me, but i'm going to take your mirror
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- Going to take your mirror and let what you say about
- 00:21:08.357 --> 00:21:09.725
- And let what you say about me create my image.” all
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- Me create my image.” all through the day, “i am
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- Through the day, “i am strong in the lord, i can
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- Strong in the lord, i can do all things through
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- Do all things through christ, i'm surrounded by
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- Christ, i'm surrounded by favor, goodness and mercy
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- Favor, goodness and mercy are following me, i am
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- Are following me, i am equipped, empowered, and
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- Equipped, empowered, and anointed.” that played so
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- Anointed.” that played so long that i started
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- Long that i started believing what i was
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- Believing what i was saying. those words created
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- Saying. those words created a new image on the inside.
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- A new image on the inside. god didn't just help me do
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- God didn't just help me do it, but he exceeded my
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- It, but he exceeded my expectations. he's taking
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- Expectations. he's taking me where i've never
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- Me where i've never dreamed. who knows where
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- Dreamed. who knows where you'll go if you'll get the
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- You'll go if you'll get the right mirror, not see
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- Right mirror, not see yourself how you feel, how
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- Yourself how you feel, how you were raised, what other
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- You were raised, what other people say, but how god
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- People say, but how god sees you. give him your
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- Sees you. give him your image.
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- Image. this is what david did. his
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- This is what david did. his father overlooked him, left
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- Father overlooked him, left him out in the shepherd's
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- Him out in the shepherd's fields when samuel came to
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- Fields when samuel came to anoint one of jesse's sons
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- Anoint one of jesse's sons as the next king. david
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- As the next king. david could have been insecure,
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- Could have been insecure, had low self-esteem. “my
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- Had low self-esteem. “my own father doesn't even
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- Own father doesn't even believe in me.” but david's
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- Believe in me.” but david's attitude was, “i've already
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- Attitude was, “i've already looked in the right mirror.
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- Looked in the right mirror. i know who i am. i'm a
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- I know who i am. i'm a giant killer. he may not
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- Giant killer. he may not see it but that doesn't
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- See it but that doesn't change it.” when he took
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- Change it.” when he took lunch to his brothers on
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- Lunch to his brothers on the battlefield, one
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- The battlefield, one brother made fun of him,
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- Brother made fun of him, tried to make him feel
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- Tried to make him feel small. david could have
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- Small. david could have been offended, upset, but
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- Been offended, upset, but he said, “no thanks, you
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- He said, “no thanks, you don't determine my image.
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- Don't determine my image. i'm not getting my value
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- I'm not getting my value from you; my value comes
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- From you; my value comes from my creator. i'm
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- From my creator. i'm looking in his mirror.”
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- Looking in his mirror.” when he told king saul that
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- When he told king saul that he wanted to face goliath,
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- He wanted to face goliath, saul said, “david, don't be
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- Saul said, “david, don't be ridiculous, you're just a
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- Ridiculous, you're just a boy.” most people would
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- Boy.” most people would have been discouraged,
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- Have been discouraged, talked out of it, not
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- Talked out of it, not david. he didn't let other
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- David. he didn't let other people control his image.
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- People control his image. when goliath saw how small
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- When goliath saw how small david was, goliath started
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- David was, goliath started laughing, making fun. david
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- Laughing, making fun. david said, “goliath, what you
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- Said, “goliath, what you say doesn't bother me, i've
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- Say doesn't bother me, i've already looked in the right
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- Already looked in the right mirror. your threats, your
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- Mirror. your threats, your insults have come too late.
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- Insults have come too late. i know who i am.
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- I know who i am. what mirror are you looking
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- What mirror are you looking at today? are you letting
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- People, your past, what you're up against,
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- You're up against, determine your image? “joel
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- Determine your image? “joel this giant is big. i'm
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- This giant is big. i'm afraid, i've had
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- Disappointments, i can't ever accomplish my dreams.”
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- Ever accomplish my dreams.” that's a distorted mirror.
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- That's a distorted mirror. that's not who you really
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- That's not who you really are. get rid of that mirror
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- Are. get rid of that mirror and go to god's word. let
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- And go to god's word. let him define your image. if
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- Him define your image. if you will see yourself the
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- You will see yourself the way god sees you it will
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- Way god sees you it will begin to heal damaged
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- Begin to heal damaged self-images. that's the
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- Only thing that's holding some people back, the way
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- Some people back, the way they see themselves. but i
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- They see themselves. but i believe and declare, today
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- Believe and declare, today is a new day. because you
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- Is a new day. because you have the right mirror, like
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- Have the right mirror, like gideon, you're about to see
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- Gideon, you're about to see greatness come out of you.
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- Greatness come out of you. like david, you're about to
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- Like david, you're about to defeat giants. like jacob,
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- Defeat giants. like jacob, you're going to become
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- You're going to become israel. not defined by your
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- Israel. not defined by your mistakes, but a prince with
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- Mistakes, but a prince with god, in jesus' name. if you
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- God, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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- Receive it, can you say amen?
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