Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Rivers In The Desert

July 20, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Rivers In The Desert | July 20, 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 pastor that was in
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About this pastor that was in the lobby after the service
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The lobby after the service greeting people. he saw a man
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Greeting people. he saw a man he hadn't seen in a long,
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He hadn't seen in a long, long time. he pulled him
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Long time. he pulled him aside and said, “sir, you
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Aside and said, “sir, you need to join the army of the
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Need to join the army of the lord.” the man said, “what
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Lord.” the man said, “what are you talking about? i'm in
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Are you talking about? i'm in the army of the lord.” the
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The army of the lord.” the pastor said, “well how come i
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Pastor said, “well how come i only see you on christmas and
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Only see you on christmas and easter?” the man whispered
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Easter?” the man whispered back, “i'm in the secret
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Back, “i'm in the secret service.” (laughter)
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Service.” (laughter) 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 rivers in the desert.
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About rivers in the desert. we all go through dry
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We all go through dry seasons. times we don't see
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Seasons. times we don't see any growth. our relationships
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Any growth. our relationships feel stagnate. our health is
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Feel stagnate. our health is not improving. we're doing
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Not improving. we're doing the right thing, but it's
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The right thing, but it's like we're in a famine, a
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Like we're in a famine, a barren place. it's easy to
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Barren place. it's easy to get tired and lose our
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Get tired and lose our passion. this is the way the
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Passion. this is the way the israelites felt. they had
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Israelites felt. they had been exiled to babylon for
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Been exiled to babylon for seventy years. they were
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Seventy years. they were forced to leave jerusalem.
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Forced to leave jerusalem. now god brought them out and
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Now god brought them out and they were headed back home.
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They were headed back home. but in the desert, there was
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But in the desert, there was no water. even though they
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No water. even though they were free, they were in this
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Were free, they were in this desolate place, parched. it
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Desolate place, parched. it would take weeks to make it
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Would take weeks to make it home. it looked like this was
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Home. it looked like this was the end. but god said in
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The end. but god said in isaiah 41, “when the needy
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Isaiah 41, “when the needy search for water and there is
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Search for water and there is none, and their tongues are
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None, and their tongues are parched with thirst. i the
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Parched with thirst. i the lord god will answer them. i
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Lord god will answer them. i will not forsake them.” when
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Will not forsake them.” when you're in a dry season,
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You're in a dry season, you're searching for water,
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You're searching for water, but there is none. you're
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But there is none. you're believing for your healing
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Believing for your healing but not getting better.
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But not getting better. you're hoping to accomplish a
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You're hoping to accomplish a dream, but doors keep
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Dream, but doors keep closing. you're praying to
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Closing. you're praying to meet the right person, but
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Meet the right person, but you're still lonely. when
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You're still lonely. when you're thirsty, you can't
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You're thirsty, you can't seem to quench it, god makes
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Seem to quench it, god makes this promise, “i will not
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This promise, “i will not forsake you. i see what's
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Forsake you. i see what's happening, and i will answer
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Happening, and i will answer you.”
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You.” he knows what you're going
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He knows what you're going through. those times you feel
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Through. those times you feel left out. you're going the
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Left out. you're going the extra mile but not getting
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Extra mile but not getting the credit. you see doors
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The credit. you see doors opening for others, but
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Opening for others, but you're still struggling. god
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You're still struggling. god sees that barren place and
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Sees that barren place and he's coming to do something
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He's coming to do something about it. when you can't find
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About it. when you can't find water, you're on god's mind.
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Water, you're on god's mind. that desert, that barren
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That desert, that barren season is not permanent.
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Season is not permanent. thoughts will whisper,
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Thoughts will whisper, “you'll always be lonely,
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“you'll always be lonely, always be addicted, always
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Always be addicted, always not have enough.” no, water
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Not have enough.” no, water is coming. healing is coming.
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Is coming. healing is coming. freedom is coming. the spouse
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Freedom is coming. the spouse is coming. victory is coming.
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Is coming. victory is coming. here's the beauty, god
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Here's the beauty, god doesn't have to bring you out
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Doesn't have to bring you out of the desert to bless you.
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Of the desert to bless you. he doesn't have to take you
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He doesn't have to take you to another location, change
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To another location, change your job, give you a
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Your job, give you a different medical team. he
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Different medical team. he can bless you in the desert.
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Can bless you in the desert. he went on to say, “i will
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He went on to say, “i will open rivers in the desolate
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Open rivers in the desolate heights. i will make
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Heights. i will make fountains in the valleys. the
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Fountains in the valleys. the wilderness pools of water,
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Wilderness pools of water, and streams in the barren
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And streams in the barren places.” “joel, i'm in the
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Places.” “joel, i'm in the desert, man, that's why i'm
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Desert, man, that's why i'm discouraged.” god makes
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Discouraged.” god makes rivers in the desert. you're
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Rivers in the desert. you're right where god works.
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Right where god works. there's a river coming. a
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There's a river coming. a flow of his favor is on the
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Flow of his favor is on the way. “well, i'm stuck in this
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Way. “well, i'm stuck in this valley. in this low place,
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Valley. in this low place, overlooked, left out.” god
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Overlooked, left out.” god makes fountains in the
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Makes fountains in the valleys. he's about to cause
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Valleys. he's about to cause something to suddenly spring
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Something to suddenly spring up. a good break, your child
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Up. a good break, your child turns around, your health
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Turns around, your health improves. “i i feel like i'm
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Improves. “i i feel like i'm in the wilderness, lost, no
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In the wilderness, lost, no direction, kind of tired,
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Direction, kind of tired, feel overwhelmed.” god sees
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Feel overwhelmed.” god sees you. he knows the struggles.
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You. he knows the struggles. he said i'm going to make
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He said i'm going to make pools in the wilderness.
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Pools in the wilderness. refreshing is coming. an
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Refreshing is coming. an anointing of ease. doors
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Anointing of ease. doors opening. clear direction.
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Opening. clear direction. supernatural strength so you
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Supernatural strength so you can step in to your purpose.
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Can step in to your purpose. “joel, i'm in a barren place.
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“joel, i'm in a barren place. no fruit, no productivity,
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No fruit, no productivity, they say i can't have a baby,
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They say i can't have a baby, i can't give birth to my
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I can't give birth to my dreams.” being barren is not
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Dreams.” being barren is not how your story ends. god
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How your story ends. god makes streams in the barren
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Makes streams in the barren places. god is going to bring
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Places. god is going to bring opportunity, resources,
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Opportunity, resources, healing, so even in the
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Healing, so even in the barren places, you'll be
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Barren places, you'll be blessed. even though experts
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Blessed. even though experts say you're barren, you can't
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Say you're barren, you can't have that baby. it doesn't
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Have that baby. it doesn't come from people; it comes
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Come from people; it comes from god. he's going to take
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From god. he's going to take what looks desolate, dry, no
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What looks desolate, dry, no growth and cause it to bloom,
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Growth and cause it to bloom, to blossom. from barren to
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To blossom. from barren to bountiful.
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Bountiful. look at the words god uses
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Look at the words god uses when we're in dry seasons,
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When we're in dry seasons, when we're thirsty. we can't
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When we're thirsty. we can't find water. rivers,
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Find water. rivers, fountains, pools, streams.
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Fountains, pools, streams. what's significant is none of
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What's significant is none of those are found typically in
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Those are found typically in a desert. rivers and deserts
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A desert. rivers and deserts don't go together. fountains,
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Don't go together. fountains, springs, pools, you don't
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Springs, pools, you don't expect them there. god is
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Expect them there. god is saying, “when you're in the
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Saying, “when you're in the desert, i'm going to bring
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Desert, i'm going to bring you unexpected blessings.”
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You unexpected blessings.” you're going to see fountains
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You're going to see fountains in the desert. fountains
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In the desert. fountains mean, a new source springing
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Mean, a new source springing up. you didn't see it coming.
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Up. you didn't see it coming. the medical report was the
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The medical report was the same month after month. the
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Same month after month. the treatment didn't seem to be
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Treatment didn't seem to be helping. then god created a
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Helping. then god created a fountain in the valley. good
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Fountain in the valley. good health sprung up suddenly.
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Health sprung up suddenly. there was no explanation.
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There was no explanation. nothing you did changed. you
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Nothing you did changed. you were in that dry place, just
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Were in that dry place, just being your best, trusting god
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Being your best, trusting god was in control and he gave
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Was in control and he gave you water in the desert. a
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You water in the desert. a fountain of healing.
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Maybe in your business,
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Maybe in your business, things were stagnate. you got
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Things were stagnate. you got passed over for the contract.
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Passed over for the contract. turned over for the
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Turned over for the promotion. thoughts tell you,
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Promotion. thoughts tell you, “you're too old. it's too
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“you're too old. it's too late. too many people in
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Front of you.” in one sense
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Front of you.” in one sense that was all true. there was
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That was all true. there was no water. no good options.
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No water. no good options. then out of nowhere, a
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Then out of nowhere, a fountain sprung up. a good
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Fountain sprung up. a good break, a phone call, a
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Break, a phone call, a contract. now you're
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Contract. now you're flourishing in the desert.
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Flourishing in the desert. you have an abundance in what
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You have an abundance in what used to be a barren place.
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Used to be a barren place. god knows how to quench your
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God knows how to quench your thirst. he knows how to bring
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Thirst. he knows how to bring water to difficult places,
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Water to difficult places, where it's not likely, not
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Where it's not likely, not natural. you don't go to the
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Desert and say, “let's go see
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Desert and say, “let's go see the fountains out there.
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The fountains out there. let's go hang out in the
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Let's go hang out in the pool. let's go swim in the
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Pool. let's go swim in the streams.” water and desert
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Streams.” water and desert are opposites. the desert is
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Are opposites. the desert is hot, dry, barren. but god
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Does things out of the
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Does things out of the ordinary. he's not limited to
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Ordinary. he's not limited to the natural. when you're in
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The natural. when you're in the desert, god says,
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The desert, god says, “because you're my child,
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“because you're my child, because you've called on my
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Because you've called on my name. i'm not going to leave
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Name. i'm not going to leave you in a dry place. i'm going
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You in a dry place. i'm going to make rivers in your
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To make rivers in your desert. i'm going to create
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Desert. i'm going to create streams in your barren place.
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Streams in your barren place. i'm going to make pools in
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I'm going to make pools in your wilderness.” where you
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Your wilderness.” where you should dry up, you should be
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Should dry up, you should be overcome, god is saying i'm
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Overcome, god is saying i'm going to cause you to
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Going to cause you to flourish, to prosper, to
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Flourish, to prosper, to excel despite what comes
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Excel despite what comes against you.
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Against you. you may be in a desert today.
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You may be in a desert today. it looks like it's never
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It looks like it's never going to change. it's barren,
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Going to change. it's barren, lonely. that child is
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Lonely. that child is weighing you down. your
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Weighing you down. your business seems stuck. god has
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Business seems stuck. god has heard your cry. he sees what
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Heard your cry. he sees what you're going through, and he
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You're going through, and he will not forsake you. it's
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Will not forsake you. it's dry now, but get ready, water
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Dry now, but get ready, water is coming. rivers, streams,
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Is coming. rivers, streams, fountains, pools. not a
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Fountains, pools. not a little trickle, not a few
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Little trickle, not a few drops here and there, but a
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Drops here and there, but a flood of god's goodness.
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Flood of god's goodness. rivers in the desert. not
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Rivers in the desert. not one, but multiple. fountains
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One, but multiple. fountains in the valley. good breaks
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In the valley. good breaks springing up. it came out of
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Springing up. it came out of nowhere. a fountain is a new
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Nowhere. a fountain is a new source of blessing. something
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Source of blessing. something that wasn't there before. a
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That wasn't there before. a new relationship, a new
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New relationship, a new position, a new baby, a new
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Position, a new baby, a new standard for your family. how
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Standard for your family. how did this happen? you should
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Did this happen? you should have been stuck, limited,
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Have been stuck, limited, barren but god stepped in and
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Barren but god stepped in and made rivers in the desert.
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Made rivers in the desert. that's what god did for
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That's what god did for moses. remember, he brought
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Moses. remember, he brought water out of a rock. god
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Water out of a rock. god knows how to provide for you
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Knows how to provide for you when you're in a dry season.
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When you're in a dry season. you're searching for water,
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You're searching for water, but you can't find anything.
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But you can't find anything. your parched. you're thirsty.
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Your parched. you're thirsty. you'll be tempted to get
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You'll be tempted to get discouraged. “i don't think
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Discouraged. “i don't think i'll get out of this
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I'll get out of this difficulty. so much for my
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Difficulty. so much for my dream, no doors are opening.
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Dream, no doors are opening. i don't think this problem
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I don't think this problem will ever turn around in my
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Will ever turn around in my health.” don't believe those
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Health.” don't believe those lies. when you're in a dry
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Lies. when you're in a dry season, keep looking for
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Season, keep looking for water. keep declaring god's
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Water. keep declaring god's promises. keep thanking him
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Promises. keep thanking him that it's changing. keep
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That it's changing. keep expecting fountains to spring
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Expecting fountains to spring up.
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The scripture says these
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The scripture says these people were searching for
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People were searching for water but finding none.
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Water but finding none. there's a difference when
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There's a difference when you're searching, believing,
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You're searching, believing, trusting but nothing is
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Trusting but nothing is happening. verse you're
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Happening. verse you're negative, passive. “it's not
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Negative, passive. “it's not going to work out. i'm too
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Going to work out. i'm too late. it's too barren.
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Late. it's too barren. everything about my
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Everything about my environment is dead.” the
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Scripture says, “those who
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Scripture says, “those who hunger and thirst after
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Hunger and thirst after righteousness will be
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Righteousness will be filled.” there needs to be a
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Filled.” there needs to be a thirst, a faith, an
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Thirst, a faith, an expectancy that says, “this
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Expectancy that says, “this desert is not where my story
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Desert is not where my story ends. yes, it's hot. it's
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Ends. yes, it's hot. it's dry. i don't see anything
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Dry. i don't see anything improving, but god, i know
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Improving, but god, i know you have water coming. you
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You have water coming. you make rivers in the desert.
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Make rivers in the desert. you make fountains in the
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You make fountains in the valleys.” let faith rise up,
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Valleys.” let faith rise up, and you'll see god do unusual
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And you'll see god do unusual things. things you can't
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Things. things you can't explain. how can you have a
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Explain. how can you have a fountain in the desert? how
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Fountain in the desert? how can there be streams in
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Can there be streams in barrens places? how could you
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Barrens places? how could you have a baby when all the
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Have a baby when all the experts said you were barren?
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Experts said you were barren? how could my mother be alive
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How could my mother be alive when she was told she had
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When she was told she had terminal cancer forty-four
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Terminal cancer forty-four years ago? how could my
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Years ago? how could my father impact so many people
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Father impact so many people when he was the least of
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When he was the least of these? he came from poverty.
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These? he came from poverty. had no education to speak of.
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Had no education to speak of. no training. no one to
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No training. no one to encourage him. yet at
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Encourage him. yet at seventeen years old, he gave
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Seventeen years old, he gave his life to christ. the first
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His life to christ. the first one in our family. what
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One in our family. what happened? in that barren
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Happened? in that barren place, a fountain sprung up.
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Place, a fountain sprung up. something uncommon, out of
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Something uncommon, out of the ordinary. daddy went on
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The ordinary. daddy went on to minister to people all
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To minister to people all over the world. started
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Over the world. started lakewood with my mother and
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Lakewood with my mother and pastored here almost forty
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Pastored here almost forty years. what am i saying? god
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Years. what am i saying? god specializes in bringing water
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Specializes in bringing water to unusual places. things
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To unusual places. things that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. i met a man in the lobby
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I met a man in the lobby awhile back; he was in town
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Awhile back; he was in town to go to the medical center
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To go to the medical center for treatment. he had cancer
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For treatment. he had cancer of the vocal cords. the
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Of the vocal cords. the doctors had treated him for
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Doctors had treated him for some time trying to save his
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Some time trying to save his voice yet take care of the
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Voice yet take care of the cancer. unfortunately, they
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Cancer. unfortunately, they weren't successful. they were
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Weren't successful. they were going to have to remove his
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Going to have to remove his vocal cords. he wouldn't be
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Vocal cords. he wouldn't be able to speak anymore. this
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Able to speak anymore. this had been a five-year battle.
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Had been a five-year battle. he had prayed and stood in
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He had prayed and stood in faith, but it hadn't turned
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Faith, but it hadn't turned out the way he had hoped. he
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Out the way he had hoped. he was in this desert season, a
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Was in this desert season, a barren place, about to lose
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Barren place, about to lose his voice. but god says,
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His voice. but god says, “when you're thirsty, when
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“when you're thirsty, when you're searching for water,
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You're searching for water, but you can't find it, i will
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But you can't find it, i will not forsake you. i hear your
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Not forsake you. i hear your cries, and i will answer
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Cries, and i will answer you.” god is with you in the
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You.” god is with you in the barren places. he's with you
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Barren places. he's with you in the lonely nights, the
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In the lonely nights, the hospital room. the times you
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Hospital room. the times you don't see how you can go on.
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Don't see how you can go on. this man he had a good
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This man he had a good attitude. in the natural he
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Attitude. in the natural he was disappointed, but he
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Was disappointed, but he still believed that god was
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Still believed that god was in control. we prayed that
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In control. we prayed that the surgery would go well and
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The surgery would go well and there wouldn't be any
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There wouldn't be any complications. three weeks
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Complications. three weeks later, he came up to me after
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Later, he came up to me after the service, and said, “joel,
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The service, and said, “joel, how are you?” i said, “i'm
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How are you?” i said, “i'm doing great. but what
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Doing great. but what happened? you didn't have the
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Happened? you didn't have the surgery.” he smiled real big,
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Surgery.” he smiled real big, and he said, “yes i did have
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And he said, “yes i did have it, but i can still talk.”
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The doctors were baffled.”
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The doctors were baffled.” they couldn't explain it.
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They couldn't explain it. they removed ninety percent
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They removed ninety percent of his vocal cords. his main
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Of his vocal cords. his main doctor said in his thirty
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Doctor said in his thirty years of practice he'd never
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Years of practice he'd never seen or heard of this ever
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Seen or heard of this ever happening. he wrote on his
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Chart. “there is no medical
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Chart. “there is no medical explanation as to why you can
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Explanation as to why you can speak.”
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Speak.” god knows how to make rivers
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God knows how to make rivers in the desert. fountains
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In the desert. fountains springing up in the valley.
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Springing up in the valley. unexpected blessings. healing
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Unexpected blessings. healing you can't explain. promotion
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You can't explain. promotion that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. your child suddenly turns
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Your child suddenly turns around. springs in the barren
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Around. springs in the barren places. you may be in a dry
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Places. you may be in a dry place now, in your health,
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Place now, in your health, your finances, a
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Your finances, a relationship. you're
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Relationship. you're searching for water, doing
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Searching for water, doing what you can, but finding
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What you can, but finding none. i know thoughts
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None. i know thoughts whisper, “this is how it's
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Whisper, “this is how it's always going to be for you,
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Always going to be for you, lonely, addicted, turmoil in
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Lonely, addicted, turmoil in your marriage.” god is saying
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Your marriage.” god is saying to you what he said to the
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To you what he said to the israelites, “i'm about to
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Israelites, “i'm about to make rivers in your desert,
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Make rivers in your desert, pools in that wilderness, a
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Pools in that wilderness, a fountain in your valley.”
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Fountain in your valley.” you're going to go from dry,
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You're going to go from dry, thirsty, parched, to blessed,
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Thirsty, parched, to blessed, promoted, healed, restored.
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Promoted, healed, restored. in those barren places, you
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In those barren places, you need to keep these words down
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Need to keep these words down in your spirit. rivers,
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In your spirit. rivers, fountains, streams, pools.
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Fountains, streams, pools. these indicate refreshing,
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These indicate refreshing, favor, new opportunities,
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Favor, new opportunities, lack turned to abundance,
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Lack turned to abundance, struggle turned to ease,
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Struggle turned to ease, addicted turned to freedom,
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Addicted turned to freedom, lonely to great
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Lonely to great relationships, not enough to
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Relationships, not enough to more than enough. instead of
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Having a desert mentality, a
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Having a desert mentality, a barren mindset, “i'll never
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Barren mindset, “i'll never get out of this famine. i'll
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Get out of this famine. i'll always be thirsty.” turn it
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Always be thirsty.” turn it around. “lord, i know you
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Around. “lord, i know you make rivers in the desert. i
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Make rivers in the desert. i may be in a valley, but lord,
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May be in a valley, but lord, i thank you that a fountain
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I thank you that a fountain is about to spring up.
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Is about to spring up. something that i didn't see
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Something that i didn't see coming. streams in my barren
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Coming. streams in my barren places.”
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Places.” verse 19 says, "god will open
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Verse 19 says, "god will open rivers in the desolate
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Rivers in the desolate heights." one translation
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Heights." one translation says, "...in the high
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Says, "...in the high places." the higher you go up
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A mountain the more desolate
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A mountain the more desolate it is. the less greenery,
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It is. the less greenery, less vegetation. we all know
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Less vegetation. we all know a river doesn't flow up a
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A river doesn't flow up a mountain. a river flows down.
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Mountain. a river flows down. but god is saying, "i'm going
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But god is saying, "i'm going to bring rivers to the
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To bring rivers to the desolate heights. i'm going
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Desolate heights. i'm going to cause water to flow to
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To cause water to flow to unexpected places." water
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Unexpected places." water flowing up, when it should go
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Flowing up, when it should go down. it's going to defy the
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Down. it's going to defy the odds. water flowing to areas
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Odds. water flowing to areas that don't make sense.
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That don't make sense. sometimes we're doing good.
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Sometimes we're doing good. god has blessed you with
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God has blessed you with health, family, success.
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Health, family, success. you're in that high place,
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You're in that high place, but in some area, there can
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But in some area, there can be barrenness. a dry season.
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Be barrenness. a dry season. i talked to a very well-known
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I talked to a very well-known person last week. he called
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Person last week. he called from another city. it seems
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From another city. it seems like he's on top of the
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Like he's on top of the world, but he has a child
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World, but he has a child that's estranged and won't
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That's estranged and won't talk to him. it's breaking
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Talk to him. it's breaking his heart. we've all seen
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His heart. we've all seen god's blessing in certain
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God's blessing in certain areas. we're grateful for
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Areas. we're grateful for what he's done. but just
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What he's done. but just because you're in a high
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Because you're in a high place doesn't mean you're not
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Place doesn't mean you're not going to have some desolate
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Going to have some desolate areas. areas we need favor.
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Areas. areas we need favor. we need breakthrough. we
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We need breakthrough. we can't do it on our own. we've
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Can't do it on our own. we've used our talent, our
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Used our talent, our influence, our connections,
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Influence, our connections, but this famine won't go
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But this famine won't go away. don't worry, god is
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Away. don't worry, god is going to have water flow up
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Going to have water flow up to you. he makes fountains in
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To you. he makes fountains in the valley, but when you're
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The valley, but when you're on the mountain, he'll send
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On the mountain, he'll send water up the hill. water you
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Water up the hill. water you can't explain. coming up that
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Can't explain. coming up that mountain. god knows how to
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Mountain. god knows how to quench your thirst. he knows
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Quench your thirst. he knows how to turn your child
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How to turn your child around. how to cause you to
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Around. how to cause you to talk without all of your
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Talk without all of your vocal cords. how to promote
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Vocal cords. how to promote you when you weren't next in
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You when you weren't next in line. how to take you from
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Line. how to take you from the shepherd's fields, with
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The shepherd's fields, with only a sling shot, and put
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Only a sling shot, and put you in the palace. you may
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You in the palace. you may have been in that dry place a
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Have been in that dry place a long time, praying,
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Long time, praying, believing, doing the right
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Believing, doing the right thing, can i encourage you;
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Thing, can i encourage you; water is about to flow to
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Water is about to flow to you. it's going to be
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You. it's going to be unexpected, out of the
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Unexpected, out of the ordinary. you can't explain
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Ordinary. you can't explain it. water flowing up the hill.
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It. water flowing up the hill. isaiah said, “god will open
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Isaiah said, “god will open rivers in the desolate
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Rivers in the desolate heights.” it's like when you
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Heights.” it's like when you open a door to let something
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Open a door to let something out. this implies that what
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Out. this implies that what god has for you is already in
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God has for you is already in place. he's about to open a
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Place. he's about to open a door and release the river
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Door and release the river with your blessing, your
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With your blessing, your healing, your freedom. psalms
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Healing, your freedom. psalms says, “god has blessings
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Says, “god has blessings stored up for the righteous.”
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Stored up for the righteous.” there are blessings that
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There are blessings that already have your name on
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Already have your name on them. the healing, the baby,
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Them. the healing, the baby, the business, the ministry,
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The business, the ministry, the freedom, the spouse. when
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The freedom, the spouse. when god opens the door and
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God opens the door and releases those blessings,
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Releases those blessings, that river will flow upstream
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That river will flow upstream if it has to. that fountain
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If it has to. that fountain will suddenly spring up. you
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Will suddenly spring up. you didn't see it coming. that's
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Didn't see it coming. that's a stored up blessing god has
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A stored up blessing god has to quench your thirst. to
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To quench your thirst. to cause you to flourish in the
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Cause you to flourish in the famine. to blossom in the
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Famine. to blossom in the barren season. to prosper in
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Barren season. to prosper in the wilderness. don't believe
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The wilderness. don't believe the thoughts that the drought
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The thoughts that the drought is permanent. water is
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Is permanent. water is coming. pools are coming.
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Coming. pools are coming. fountains about to spring up.
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Fountains about to spring up. rivers flowing up a mountain.
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Rivers flowing up a mountain. god doesn't have to bring you
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God doesn't have to bring you out of that desert; he's
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Out of that desert; he's going to bring you water in
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Going to bring you water in the desert. something that
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The desert. something that doesn't make sense. where you
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Doesn't make sense. where you know it's the hand of god,
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Know it's the hand of god, doing what only he can do.
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That's what happened in 2.
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That's what happened in 2. kings 3, the people of judah
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Kings 3, the people of judah had been traveling through
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Had been traveling through the wilderness for seven days
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The wilderness for seven days on their way to battle an
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On their way to battle an enemy army, when they ran out
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Enemy army, when they ran out of water. they took a longer
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Route than expected and now
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Route than expected and now nothing to drink for them or
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Nothing to drink for them or their animals. verse 10, one
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Their animals. verse 10, one of the leaders said, “what
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Of the leaders said, “what are we going to do? has god
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Are we going to do? has god brought us out here to let
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Brought us out here to let this army defeat us?” they
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This army defeat us?” they were discouraged, thinking,
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Were discouraged, thinking, “we're in the desert. we
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“we're in the desert. we miscalculated, didn't bring
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Miscalculated, didn't bring enough water. now we're
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Enough water. now we're stuck.” king jehoshaphat
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Stuck.” king jehoshaphat called for the prophet
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Called for the prophet elisha, said, “we're going to
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Elisha, said, “we're going to see what the lord says.” when
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See what the lord says.” when you're in a desert place,
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You're in a desert place, don't do like that one leader
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Don't do like that one leader and complain, and talk about
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And complain, and talk about how bad it is, and talk about
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How bad it is, and talk about why did this happen? do like
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Why did this happen? do like jehoshaphat. go to god and
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Jehoshaphat. go to god and ask him to help you. elisha
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Ask him to help you. elisha said in verse 16, “this is
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Said in verse 16, “this is what the lord says, you will
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What the lord says, you will see neither wind nor rain,
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See neither wind nor rain, but this valley will be
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But this valley will be filled with water.” you can
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Imagine what they thought.n
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Imagine what they thought.n “come on, elisha you're
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“come on, elisha you're telling us we're going to
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Telling us we're going to have all this water without
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Have all this water without any rain. that doesn't make
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Any rain. that doesn't make sense. where's it going to
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Sense. where's it going to come from? where's the
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Come from? where's the source?” god is the source.
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He controls the universe. he
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He controls the universe. he may not do it a traditional
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May not do it a traditional way. what you were expecting.
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Way. what you were expecting. what you've seen in the past.
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What you've seen in the past. god knows how to bring water
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God knows how to bring water without rain. he can make a
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Without rain. he can make a river flow up a mountain. he
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River flow up a mountain. he healed my mother without
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Healed my mother without medicine. there was no
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Medicine. there was no treatment at the time. he put
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Treatment at the time. he put me up here without the
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Me up here without the training, without the
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Training, without the experience. that's water
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Experience. that's water without rain. you can't
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Calculate how god is going to
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Calculate how god is going to do it. his ways are not our
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Do it. his ways are not our ways. they are higher and
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Ways. they are higher and better than our ways.
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Better than our ways. the next morning, the men
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The next morning, the men woke up and looked off in the
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Woke up and looked off in the distance, and they see all
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Distance, and they see all this water coming into the
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This water coming into the valley. it didn't rain. there
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Valley. it didn't rain. there wasn't a big heat wave to
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Wasn't a big heat wave to melt the snow. this was the
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Melt the snow. this was the hand of god, making streams
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Hand of god, making streams in the desert. not only that,
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In the desert. not only that, when the enemy army came to
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When the enemy army came to attack the people of judah,
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They saw the water. with the
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They saw the water. with the sun hitting it, they thought
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Sun hitting it, they thought it was blood, that the people
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It was blood, that the people had already been defeated.
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Had already been defeated. so, they rushed in to gather
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So, they rushed in to gather the spoils, had their guard
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The spoils, had their guard down. much to their surprise,
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Down. much to their surprise, jehoshaphat and his men were
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Jehoshaphat and his men were standing there, strong and
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Standing there, strong and ready to go. they easily
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Ready to go. they easily defeated the enemy and went
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Defeated the enemy and went on to fulfill their purpose.
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On to fulfill their purpose. you may be like jehoshaphat
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You may be like jehoshaphat in a dry valley. things
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In a dry valley. things didn't turn out the way you
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Didn't turn out the way you thought. you had good
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Thought. you had good intentions. but doing the
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Intentions. but doing the right thing, there's no water
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Right thing, there's no water in the valley. you don't have
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In the valley. you don't have the resources. you didn't get
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The resources. you didn't get that scholarship. the experts
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That scholarship. the experts say you can't have a baby.
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Say you can't have a baby. when you're in a barren
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When you're in a barren season, you have to remind
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Season, you have to remind yourself that god has ways to
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Yourself that god has ways to bring water that you can't
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Bring water that you can't see. he can make a fountain
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See. he can make a fountain suddenly spring up. he can
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Suddenly spring up. he can cause water to flow to your
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Cause water to flow to your valley with no rain. no sign
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Valley with no rain. no sign of it. no clouds. no storm.
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Of it. no clouds. no storm. “joel i'm discouraged because
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“joel i'm discouraged because i don't see anything
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I don't see anything happening.” that doesn't mean
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Happening.” that doesn't mean god is not working. he's
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God is not working. he's heard your cry, and he's
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Heard your cry, and he's promised, he's not going to
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Promised, he's not going to leave you thirsty. if he has
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Leave you thirsty. if he has to, he'll cause water to flow
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To, he'll cause water to flow up the mountain. an
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Up the mountain. an unexpected blessing. good
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Unexpected blessing. good breaks you didn't see coming.
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Breaks you didn't see coming. the right people knocking on
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The right people knocking on your door. you didn't have to
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Your door. you didn't have to go to them; the water flowed
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To you.hem; the water flowed
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To you.hem; the water flowed i know this couple that own a
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I know this couple that own a scrap metal business. they're
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Scrap metal business. they're very generous and always
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Very generous and always supporting the ministry. they
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Supporting the ministry. they had a desire to build an
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Had a desire to build an orphanage overseas. but it
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Orphanage overseas. but it was going to cost way more
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Than they had. even though it
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Than they had. even though it was over their head, they
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Was over their head, they dared to pray bold prayers
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Dared to pray bold prayers and ask god to help them.
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And ask god to help them. they were blessed in many
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They were blessed in many ways. god had been good to
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Ways. god had been good to them, but when it came to
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Them, but when it came to this dream, they were in a
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This dream, they were in a barren place. they didn't
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Barren place. they didn't have the funds, and logically
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Have the funds, and logically speaking, they would never
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Speaking, they would never have enough. even if their
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Have enough. even if their business had a banner year,
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Business had a banner year, it would still not be what
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It would still not be what they needed. but god is not
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They needed. but god is not limited by what you don't
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Limited by what you don't have. he's supernatural. he
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Have. he's supernatural. he brings water without rain. he
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Brings water without rain. he caused a man to talk without
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Caused a man to talk without most of his vocal cords.
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Most of his vocal cords. don't put god in a box or
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Don't put god in a box or you'll talk yourself out of
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You'll talk yourself out of it. a better attitude is,
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It. a better attitude is, “god i don't see a way, but i
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“god i don't see a way, but i know you have a way. you make
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Know you have a way. you make rivers in the desert.”
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Rivers in the desert.” one day this man bought a
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One day this man bought a huge supply of old, discarded
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Huge supply of old, discarded batteries. it was hundreds of
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Batteries. it was hundreds of truck loads, car batteries,
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Truck loads, car batteries, motorcycle batteries. they
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Motorcycle batteries. they were piled up several stories
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Were piled up several stories high. a football field long.
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High. a football field long. one night he had a dream. he
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One night he had a dream. he saw this certain battery,
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Saw this certain battery, very distinct looking. when
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Very distinct looking. when he woke up, something said to
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He woke up, something said to him, “there's treasure in
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Him, “there's treasure in that battery.” he was
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That battery.” he was intrigued by it. he and his
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Intrigued by it. he and his son went out and started
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Son went out and started digging through the
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Digging through the batteries, and much to his
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Batteries, and much to his surprise, he found that same
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Surprise, he found that same battery that he saw in his
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Dream. he took it to a local
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Dream. he took it to a local expert and asked him examine
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Expert and asked him examine it. he said, “it's nothing.
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It. he said, “it's nothing. it's just an old world war ii
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It's just an old world war ii motorcycle battery. it's
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Motorcycle battery. it's probably worth two cents.”
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Probably worth two cents.” the man wasn't convinced. he
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The man wasn't convinced. he asked him to open it up and
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Asked him to open it up and look inside. when he did, he
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Look inside. when he did, he found that it wasn't made of
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Found that it wasn't made of led but of silver. these were
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Led but of silver. these were batteries that the germans
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Batteries that the germans tested to see if the silver
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Tested to see if the silver would withstand the cold
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Would withstand the cold better than led. the expert
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Said, “i was wrong. this
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Said, “i was wrong. this isn't worth a couple cents,
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Isn't worth a couple cents, it's worth hundreds of
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It's worth hundreds of dollars. it's full of
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Dollars. it's full of silver.” this man had tens of
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Silver.” this man had tens of thousands of those batteries
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Thousands of those batteries piled up. it's like he won
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Piled up. it's like he won the lottery. he went on to
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The lottery. he went on to build that orphanage. what am
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Build that orphanage. what am i saying? god knows how to
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I saying? god knows how to make rivers in the desert.
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Make rivers in the desert. fountains spring up in the
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Fountains spring up in the valley, an unexpected source.
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Valley, an unexpected source. you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. like my friend, you may have
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Like my friend, you may have a big dream but you don't
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A big dream but you don't have the resources, god knows
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Have the resources, god knows how to quench your thirst. he
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How to quench your thirst. he has ways you've never thought
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Has ways you've never thought of. one touch of his favor,
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Of. one touch of his favor, you'll come out of that
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You'll come out of that drought into abundance. from
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Drought into abundance. from not enough, to more than
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Not enough, to more than enough.
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Enough. in numbers 21, the israelites
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In numbers 21, the israelites were traveling through the
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Were traveling through the desert in the middle of this
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Desert in the middle of this drought. they were tired and
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Drought. they were tired and thirsty. just when they
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Thirsty. just when they thought they couldn't go on,
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Thought they couldn't go on, they came to this well. they
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They came to this well. they were so excited, thinking
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Were so excited, thinking they finally were going to
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They finally were going to get some water. they rushed
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Get some water. they rushed over to it, but the well was
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Over to it, but the well was dry. it hadn't been used in
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Dry. it hadn't been used in years. god told the people to
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Years. god told the people to gather around and he would
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Gather around and he would give them water. verse 17
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Give them water. verse 17 says, “the people began to
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Says, “the people began to sing, “spring up oh well.”
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Sing, “spring up oh well.” they were singing over a
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They were singing over a well, thanking god that water
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Well, thanking god that water was coming when there was no
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Was coming when there was no sign of it. it wasn't long
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Sign of it. it wasn't long after that, till the well
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After that, till the well began to gush forth with
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Began to gush forth with water. when you're in dry
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Water. when you're in dry season, it's easy to
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Season, it's easy to complain, “i never get good
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Complain, “i never get good breaks. my health is not
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Breaks. my health is not going to change. i wish god
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Going to change. i wish god would give me some of those
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Would give me some of those batteries, joel. all i have
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Batteries, joel. all i have are duracell's.”
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Are duracell's.” try a new approach. “spring
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Try a new approach. “spring up oh well. god, let the
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Up oh well. god, let the water flow in my life.” you
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Water flow in my life.” you have to sing before the well
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Have to sing before the well opens up. you may be in a dry
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Opens up. you may be in a dry season now, that is not where
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Season now, that is not where your story ends. god is not
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Your story ends. god is not going to leave you thirsty.
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Going to leave you thirsty. he sees what you're dealing
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He sees what you're dealing with. he knows how long it's
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With. he knows how long it's been, how you've persevered,
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Been, how you've persevered, you've done the right thing
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You've done the right thing even when you felt
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Even when you felt overlooked. water is coming.
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Overlooked. water is coming. god is about to send streams
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God is about to send streams in your barren place. a
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In your barren place. a fountain in that valley. a
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Fountain in that valley. a new sense of joy, favor,
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New sense of joy, favor, opportunity. water flowing up
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Opportunity. water flowing up the mountain. things you
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The mountain. things you can't explain. now all
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Can't explain. now all through the day, keep singing
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Through the day, keep singing to that promise, thanking god
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To that promise, thanking god that he's working, knowing
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That he's working, knowing that he will not forsake you.
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That he will not forsake you. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, that dry season
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And declare, that dry season is coming to an end. god is
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Is coming to an end. god is about to surprise you, water
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About to surprise you, water without rain. healing,
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Without rain. healing, promotion, favor, the right
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Promotion, favor, the right people, a flood of god's
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People, a flood of god's goodness, in jesus' name. if
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Goodness, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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You receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Sometimes in life,
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Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
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People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
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We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
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It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
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Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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People may have left you out. the good news is
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The good news is god has chosen you.
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God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
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And in my new book, chosen:
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And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction,
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For distinction, you'll discover,
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You'll discover, before you were born,
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Before you were born, god not only knew you,
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God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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But he handpicked you and placed
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And placed a calling on your life.
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A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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When you understand that you're chosen,
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That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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You'll live with the boldness
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With the boldness to step into the greatness
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To step into the greatness god put in you.
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God put in you. i'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, chosen,
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My new book, chosen, plus the chosen t-shirt
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Plus the chosen t-shirt from our friends at copper fit.
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, chosen:
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Chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction.
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For distinction. this powerful guide will help
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This powerful guide will help you discover the abundant life
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You discover the abundant life you were designed to live.
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You were designed to live. as a child of god,
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As a child of god, you have a calling,
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You have a calling, a purpose,
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A purpose, a destiny still
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A destiny still to be fulfilled.
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To be fulfilled. when you request your copy,
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Every time you wear it. please request these gifts today
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Please request these gifts today and discover
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And discover that god is moving
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That god is moving on your behalf.
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On your behalf. your next days are going
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Your next days are going to be your best days.
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To be your best days. you're not average.
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You're not average. you're not ordinary.
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You're not ordinary. you've been chosen
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You've been chosen by almighty god.
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By almighty god. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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How much we love you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. and thanks so much
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And thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people all over the world.
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All over the world. and a special thank you
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And a special thank you to our champion
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To our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. 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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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online live
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Online live every sunday morning,
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Every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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Social media, listen on sirius xm.
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Listen on sirius xm. we'll keep you
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see
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Until we see you next time,
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You next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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And keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of chosen:
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Joel Osteen - Rivers In The Desert

July 20, 2025 | 29:0

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