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Joel Osteen - Seasons of Silence

June 3, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Seasons of Silence | June 3, 2025

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>> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny,
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Something funny, and i heard about these two
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And i heard about these two men, the pope and a lawyer,
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Men, the pope and a lawyer, they died on the same day,
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They died on the same day, went to heaven.
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Went to heaven. peter met them at the gate,
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Peter met them at the gate, said, "follow me, i'll take
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Said, "follow me, i'll take you to your homes."
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You to your homes." peter dropped the pope off at
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Peter dropped the pope off at this small wood frame house,
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This small wood frame house, one bed, one table, nothing
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One bed, one table, nothing to it.
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To it. he then took the lawyer to
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He then took the lawyer to this magnificent house.
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This magnificent house. it was huge, had a big
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It was huge, had a big swimming pool, beautiful view
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Swimming pool, beautiful view out back.
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Out back. the lawyer was overwhelmed,
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The lawyer was overwhelmed, said, "peter, how did i
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Said, "peter, how did i manage to get this
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Manage to get this spectacular place and the
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Spectacular place and the pope only got the small
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Pope only got the small place?"
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Place?" peter said, "we have dozens
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Peter said, "we have dozens of popes, you're the first
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Of popes, you're the first lawyer."
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Lawyer." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible, i am what
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This is my bible, i am what it says i am.
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It says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I 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.
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Jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about seasons of silence.
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About seasons of silence. we all go through times where
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We all go through times where it doesn't feel like we're
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It doesn't feel like we're making progress.
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Making progress. we're praying, but our
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We're praying, but our prayers aren't being
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Prayers aren't being answered.
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Answered. we're being our best, but not
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We're being our best, but not getting good breaks.
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Getting good breaks. the problem hasn't turned
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The problem hasn't turned around.
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Around. seems like god went on
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Seems like god went on vacation.
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Vacation. but the silence is not a sign
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But the silence is not a sign that god is not working.
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That god is not working. he may not be changing the
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He may not be changing the circumstances, but he is
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Circumstances, but he is changing us.
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Changing us. god uses the seasons of
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God uses the seasons of silence to get us prepared.
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Silence to get us prepared. when we're not getting our
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When we're not getting our way, we're doing the right
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Way, we're doing the right thing, but we're being
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Thing, but we're being overlooked.
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Overlooked. our friend got married, but
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Our friend got married, but we're still single.
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We're still single. we're working harder than our
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We're working harder than our co-worker, but they got the
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Co-worker, but they got the promotion.
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Promotion. we feel overlooked,
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We feel overlooked, undervalued, forgotten.
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Undervalued, forgotten. these times of isolation,
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These times of isolation, where you're not being
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Where you're not being celebrated, are extremely
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Celebrated, are extremely valuable.
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Valuable. nothing may be changing on
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Nothing may be changing on the outside, but something's
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The outside, but something's happening on the inside.
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Happening on the inside. your character is being
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Your character is being developed.
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Developed. you're learning to not depend
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You're learning to not depend on people.
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On people. you're gaining experience,
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You're gaining experience, maturity, strength that
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Maturity, strength that you'll need to go where god
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You'll need to go where god is taking you, and you may
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Is taking you, and you may wonder why no one is
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Wonder why no one is celebrating you.
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Celebrating you. you're being faithful, but
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You're being faithful, but the door hasn't opened.
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The door hasn't opened. you're gifted.
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You're gifted. you know you could teach that
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You know you could teach that class better than the person
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Class better than the person that's in place, but they
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That's in place, but they never call on you.
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Never call on you. don't complain about the
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Don't complain about the silence.
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Silence. god does his greatest work in
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God does his greatest work in isolation, when nobody is
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Isolation, when nobody is noticing you.
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Noticing you. there are things you will
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There are things you will learn in anonymity that you
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Learn in anonymity that you can't learn anywhere else.
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Can't learn anywhere else. when god is silent, that
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When god is silent, that doesn't mean he's not
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Doesn't mean he's not concerned.
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Concerned. god loves you so much that at
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God loves you so much that at times he will hide you, he'll
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Times he will hide you, he'll cause you to be overlooked,
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Cause you to be overlooked, he'll cause the door not to
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He'll cause the door not to open.
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Open. he'll cause a person to walk
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He'll cause a person to walk away.
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Away. you can be talented and
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You can be talented and hidden, anointed and hidden,
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Hidden, anointed and hidden, have great ideas and hidden,
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Have great ideas and hidden, and if you don't understand
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And if you don't understand that it's god hiding you,
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That it's god hiding you, you'll be frustrated and try
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You'll be frustrated and try to make things happen out of
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To make things happen out of god's timing.
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God's timing. but before you see notoriety,
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But before you see notoriety, you'll go through a season of
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You'll go through a season of obscurity.
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Obscurity. you have to pass this test
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You have to pass this test when you're hidden.
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When you're hidden. as a teenager, david was
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As a teenager, david was anointed to be king.
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Anointed to be king. god spoke it through the
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God spoke it through the prophet samuel, but david
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Prophet samuel, but david didn't go straight to the
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Didn't go straight to the throne, god hid him.
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Throne, god hid him. he went back to the
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He went back to the shepherd's fields and kept
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Shepherd's fields and kept doing the same thing that he
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Doing the same thing that he had been doing, taking care
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Had been doing, taking care of his father's sheep.
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Of his father's sheep. he spent years out there by
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He spent years out there by himself.
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Himself. alone, in obscurity, it was
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Alone, in obscurity, it was boring.
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Boring. his brothers were in the
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His brothers were in the military.
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Military. they had a prestigious
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They had a prestigious position.
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Position. they were being celebrated.
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They were being celebrated. here's a key, don't compare
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Here's a key, don't compare your life to other people's.
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Your life to other people's. it may seem like they have it
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It may seem like they have it better, they're further
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Better, they're further along, they don't have the
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Along, they don't have the challenges you do.
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Challenges you do. run your race.
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Run your race. god's purpose for your life
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God's purpose for your life is not the same as theirs.
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Is not the same as theirs. don't look to the left or to
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Don't look to the left or to the right, stay focused on
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The right, stay focused on your calling.
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Your calling. in the scripture, peter asked
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In the scripture, peter asked jesus about john and what
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Jesus about john and what kind of future john was going
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Kind of future john was going to have.
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To have. he thought john might have it
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He thought john might have it better than him.
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Better than him. jesus said, "peter, if i want
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Jesus said, "peter, if i want john to remain alive until i
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John to remain alive until i return, what is that to
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Return, what is that to you?"
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You?" he was saying, "peter, what
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He was saying, "peter, what happens with john, james,
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Happens with john, james, mark is none of your
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Mark is none of your business, just follow me."
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Business, just follow me." as long as you compare,
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As long as you compare, you'll be frustrated because
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You'll be frustrated because you'll always find somebody
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You'll always find somebody that looks like they have it
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That looks like they have it better than you.
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Better than you. but david was destined to go
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But david was destined to go higher than his brothers.
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Higher than his brothers. he was going to see more
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He was going to see more influence, more favor, so
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Influence, more favor, so that required more isolation,
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That required more isolation, more training, more
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More training, more experience.
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Experience. i'm sure david thought, "god,
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I'm sure david thought, "god, you said i'd be the king.
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You said i'd be the king. you said i'd lead the nation.
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You said i'd lead the nation. why am i still stuck out here
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Why am i still stuck out here taking care of these sheep?
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Taking care of these sheep? i have so much more in me,"
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I have so much more in me," but those years of isolation
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But those years of isolation when nobody knew david, when
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When nobody knew david, when he felt forgotten,
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He felt forgotten, undervalued, those were
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Undervalued, those were incredibly important years.
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Incredibly important years. they were proving years,
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They were proving years, years where he showed god he
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Years where he showed god he would be faithful.
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Would be faithful. he could have slacked off,
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He could have slacked off, gotten discouraged, but he
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Gotten discouraged, but he took care of those sheep like
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Took care of those sheep like he was taking care of the
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He was taking care of the nation.
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Nation. he killed a lion and a bear
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He killed a lion and a bear with his own hands.
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With his own hands. his father would have
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His father would have understood if a few sheep
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Understood if a few sheep were killed by a wild animal,
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Were killed by a wild animal, no big deal, but david went
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No big deal, but david went the extra mile when nobody
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The extra mile when nobody was watching.
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Was watching. in anonymity, when nobody
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In anonymity, when nobody knew his name, he was a
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Knew his name, he was a person of excellence,
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Person of excellence, and i can imagine when he was
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And i can imagine when he was out there alone, nobody to
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Out there alone, nobody to talk to, he would look up
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Talk to, he would look up into the skies and talk to
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Into the skies and talk to god.
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God. in that time of isolation, he
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In that time of isolation, he drew close to his creator.
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Drew close to his creator. maybe that's where he wrote
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Maybe that's where he wrote some of the psalms that we
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Some of the psalms that we read today.
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Read today. instead of complaining, "god,
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Instead of complaining, "god, why's it taking so long?"
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Why's it taking so long?" "the lord is my shepherd.
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"the lord is my shepherd. i shall not want.
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I shall not want. surely goodness and mercy
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Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days
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Will follow me all the days of my life."
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Of my life." after he passed the test of
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After he passed the test of obscurity, god knew he could
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Obscurity, god knew he could trust him with notoriety.
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Trust him with notoriety. like david, you may have big
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Like david, you may have big dreams.
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Dreams. god has spoken promises over
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God has spoken promises over you, but nobody is noticing
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You, but nobody is noticing you.
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You. you're not seeing increase,
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You're not seeing increase, promotion.
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Promotion. don't get discouraged, it's
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Don't get discouraged, it's because god had you hidden.
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Because god had you hidden. you're not off course, you're
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You're not off course, you're not falling behind.
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Not falling behind. you are in a time of
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You are in a time of preparation, a time of
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Preparation, a time of training.
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Training. god is getting you ready for
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God is getting you ready for what he has in store, and if
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What he has in store, and if you will keep on doing the
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You will keep on doing the right thing, you will come
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Right thing, you will come into a time where god causes
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Into a time where god causes you to be seen.
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You to be seen. promotion doesn't come from
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Promotion doesn't come from people, it comes from the
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People, it comes from the lord.
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Lord. when it's your time, no
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When it's your time, no person can stop you, no bad
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Person can stop you, no bad break, no injustice.
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Break, no injustice. just as god hid you, he will
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Just as god hid you, he will bring you out into the open.
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Bring you out into the open. he will shine down his favor
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He will shine down his favor and cause you to go where you
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And cause you to go where you couldn't go on your own.
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Couldn't go on your own. now, you may feel like you're
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Now, you may feel like you're hidden, but don't be
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Hidden, but don't be frustrated, thinking you're
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Frustrated, thinking you're falling behind and, "look
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Falling behind and, "look who's getting ahead of me."
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Who's getting ahead of me." when god brings you out, he
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When god brings you out, he will catapult you forward.
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Will catapult you forward. he will make up for the lost
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He will make up for the lost time.
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Time. when you have an expensive
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When you have an expensive piece of jewelry, a diamond
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Piece of jewelry, a diamond ring, you put it in a box and
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Ring, you put it in a box and hide it.
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Hide it. you don't wear it around the
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You don't wear it around the house, to go work out, to run
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House, to go work out, to run up to the grocery store.
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Up to the grocery store. it's valuable, so you keep it
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It's valuable, so you keep it hidden, and at the right
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Hidden, and at the right time, when you're going
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Time, when you're going somewhere special, you bring
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Somewhere special, you bring it out for people to see.
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It out for people to see. in the same way, the reason
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In the same way, the reason you're hidden is because
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You're hidden is because you're extremely valuable.
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You're extremely valuable. you're like that diamond,
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You're like that diamond, you're going to shine.
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You're going to shine. god's waiting for the right
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God's waiting for the right time to bring you out.
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Time to bring you out. you are not hidden because
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You are not hidden because you're ordinary.
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You're ordinary. you're not hidden because
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You're not hidden because you're average.
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You're average. you're hidden because you're
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You're hidden because you're a masterpiece.
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A masterpiece. god breathed his life into
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God breathed his life into you.
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You. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. don't let the silence
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Don't let the silence discourage you, your time is
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Discourage you, your time is coming.
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Coming. now, in the isolation, you
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Now, in the isolation, you have to deal with the issues
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Have to deal with the issues god brings to light.
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God brings to light. let him develop you.
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Let him develop you. like david, do the right
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Like david, do the right thing when it's hard.
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Thing when it's hard. keep a good attitude when
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Keep a good attitude when you're being treated wrong.
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You're being treated wrong. go the extra mile when nobody
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Go the extra mile when nobody is watching.
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Is watching. when you're hidden, you won't
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When you're hidden, you won't see anything happening on the
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See anything happening on the outside, but i can assure you
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Outside, but i can assure you on the inside, god is doing a
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On the inside, god is doing a work.
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Work. that's an opportunity to
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That's an opportunity to grow, to come up higher.
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Grow, to come up higher. you're getting prepared for
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You're getting prepared for new levels.
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New levels. the scripture says god didn't
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The scripture says god didn't take the israelites the
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Take the israelites the shortest route to the
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Shortest route to the promised land because they
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Promised land because they weren't prepared for war.
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Weren't prepared for war. god knew they would've been
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God knew they would've been defeated, so he hid them.
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Defeated, so he hid them. they went through this season
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They went through this season of silence where they didn't
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Of silence where they didn't see anything happening.
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See anything happening. now, the mistake they made is
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Now, the mistake they made is they started complaining.
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They started complaining. "god, why is it taking so
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"god, why is it taking so long?
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Long? god, why are we still out
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God, why are we still out here in the desert?
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Here in the desert? god, why aren't we making
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God, why aren't we making more progress?"
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More progress?" god was doing them a favor,
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God was doing them a favor, but they didn't recognize it.
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But they didn't recognize it. don't do like they did.
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Don't do like they did. you may not understand the
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You may not understand the path that god is taking you
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Path that god is taking you and why it's not happening
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And why it's not happening faster, but god knows what
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Faster, but god knows what he's doing.
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He's doing. he uses the delays, the
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He uses the delays, the difficulties to get us
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Difficulties to get us prepared, and none of us like
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Prepared, and none of us like the slow seasons, and
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The slow seasons, and especially the unfair
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Especially the unfair seasons.
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Seasons. we lost a loved one.
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We lost a loved one. a friend walked away, a dream
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A friend walked away, a dream didn't work out.
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Didn't work out. it's easy to think, "god, why
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It's easy to think, "god, why didn't you stop it?
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Didn't you stop it? why didn't you heal my
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Why didn't you heal my father?
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Father? why didn't you keep them from
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Why didn't you keep them from betraying me?"
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Betraying me?" but god doesn't waste
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But god doesn't waste anything.
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Anything. the difficulties, the delays,
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The losses, if we will keep
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The losses, if we will keep the right attitude, it's all
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The right attitude, it's all working for our good.
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Working for our good. it's getting us toughened up.
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Because where you're going,
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Because where you're going, you can't be offended by
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You can't be offended by every negative comment.
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Every negative comment. you have to have a backbone
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You have to have a backbone made of steal.
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Made of steal. god can't promote you if
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God can't promote you if you're going to be revengeful
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You're going to be revengeful and try to use that position
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And try to use that position to pay people back.
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To pay people back. you have to let it go and
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You have to let it go and trust god to be your
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Trust god to be your vindicator.
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Vindicator. if you're intimidated by the
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If you're intimidated by the opposition, overwhelmed by
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Opposition, overwhelmed by difficulties, it will keep
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Difficulties, it will keep you from your destiny, and in
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You from your destiny, and in these silent seasons, like
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These silent seasons, like the israelites, we can think,
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The israelites, we can think, "god, the promised land is
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"god, the promised land is that way, why are you taking
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That way, why are you taking me the long route?"
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Me the long route?" you have to trust god.
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You have to trust god. he can see things that you
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He can see things that you can't see.
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Can't see. he knows what's best.
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He knows what's best. it's all a part of the
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It's all a part of the process to get you prepared,
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Process to get you prepared, to get you developed.
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To get you developed. he knows what you're going to
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He knows what you're going to need.
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Need. i face challenges today that
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I face challenges today that if i would've faced 20 years
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If i would've faced 20 years ago, they would've defeated
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Ago, they would've defeated me.
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Me. my personality type is to
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My personality type is to want everyone to like me, and
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Want everyone to like me, and when i was working behind the
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When i was working behind the scenes those 17 years, that
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Scenes those 17 years, that was easy.
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Was easy. i had a dozen friends and
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I had a dozen friends and they all liked me, at least i
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They all liked me, at least i think they did.
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Think they did. but when god promoted me and
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But when god promoted me and put me in front of more
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Put me in front of more people, i found out that some
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People, i found out that some people didn't like me, and
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People didn't like me, and that would've bothered me
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That would've bothered me back then and made me feel
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Back then and made me feel insecure, intimidated.
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Insecure, intimidated. but i've learned my approval
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But i've learned my approval doesn't come from people, it
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Doesn't come from people, it comes from god.
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God had to toughen me up.
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God had to toughen me up. now, when things come against
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Now, when things come against me, i think, "i buried my
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Me, i think, "i buried my father.
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Father. i went through that loss.
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I went through that loss. i learned how to minister
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I learned how to minister when i didn't think i could.
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When i didn't think i could. i fought for the compaq
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I fought for the compaq center when every voice said
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Center when every voice said we'd never get it."
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We'd never get it." if i can make it through
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If i can make it through those difficulties, then i
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Those difficulties, then i could make it through
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Could make it through anything.
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Anything. the scripture says these
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The scripture says these light afflictions are for a
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Light afflictions are for a moment, but they're working
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Moment, but they're working in us an eternal weight of
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In us an eternal weight of glory.
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Glory. somebody not being for you,
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Somebody not being for you, that's a light affliction.
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That's a light affliction. that's like a little gnat,
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That's like a little gnat, just flick that away.
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Just flick that away. your time is too valuable to
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Your time is too valuable to waste on petty things.
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Waste on petty things. but when you've been through
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But when you've been through some difficulties, through
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Some difficulties, through some losses, through some
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Some losses, through some goliaths, you don't complain
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Goliaths, you don't complain about not getting a parking
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About not getting a parking spot.
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Spot. you don't fall apart because
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You don't fall apart because somebody left you out.
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Somebody left you out. you don't give up on a dream
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You don't give up on a dream because it didn't turn out
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Because it didn't turn out your way.
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Your way. you know it's a light
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You know it's a light affliction and it's working
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Affliction and it's working for your good.
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For your good. now, you may be in a season
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Now, you may be in a season of silence.
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Of silence. you feel like you're hidden,
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You feel like you're hidden, but the silence doesn't mean
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But the silence doesn't mean god has forgotten about you.
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God has forgotten about you. he's heard every prayer, he's
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He's heard every prayer, he's seen every tear, and at the
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Seen every tear, and at the right time, god is going to
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Right time, god is going to bring you into what he's
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Bring you into what he's already prepared.
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Already prepared. god is not preparing the
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God is not preparing the blessing for you, he's
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Blessing for you, he's preparing you for the
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Preparing you for the blessing.
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Blessing. the promised land was already
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The promised land was already in place.
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In place. he had to get the israelites
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He had to get the israelites prepared.
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Prepared. favor is already in your
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Favor is already in your future.
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Future. 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.
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Them. the right people, divine
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The right people, divine connections already lined up.
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Connections already lined up. you keep passing the test in
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You keep passing the test in the silent seasons.
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The silent seasons. you keep getting prepared and
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You keep getting prepared and you're going to come in to
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You're going to come in to more than you can ask or
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More than you can ask or think.
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Think. tyler perry told how, as a
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Tyler perry told how, as a young man, he had a dream to
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Young man, he had a dream to put on plays.
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Put on plays. he's always been very
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He's always been very creative and had a vivid
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Creative and had a vivid imagination.
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Imagination. but as a little boy, he was
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But as a little boy, he was mistreated by his father, and
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Mistreated by his father, and the way he would escape the
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The way he would escape the pain is to go out under his
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Pain is to go out under his front porch alone, and he'd
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Front porch alone, and he'd come up with these amazing
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Come up with these amazing stories.
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Stories. in his mind, he would go to a
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In his mind, he would go to a different world.
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Different world. when he was in his early 20s,
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When he was in his early 20s, he borrowed $300 from a
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He borrowed $300 from a family member and rented a
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Family member and rented a small theater in atlanta.
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Small theater in atlanta. he passed out flyers all over
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He passed out flyers all over the community.
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The community. he was excited, this was his
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He was excited, this was his big debut, but nobody showed
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Big debut, but nobody showed up.
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Up. this happened again and
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This happened again and again.
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Again. his family told him to forget
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His family told him to forget about the plays, go get a
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About the plays, go get a normal job.
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Normal job. every time he wanted to quit,
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Every time he wanted to quit, somebody would step up and
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Somebody would step up and underwrite the next play.
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Underwrite the next play. one play, only a few people
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One play, only a few people showed up.
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Showed up. he was so disappointed, he
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He was so disappointed, he couldn't pay the building,
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Couldn't pay the building, couldn't pay his staff, that
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Couldn't pay his staff, that was it, he was done.
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Was it, he was done. but afterwards, a man from
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But afterwards, a man from the audience came and said,
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The audience came and said, "i loved that.
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"i loved that. i want to support your next
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I want to support your next play."
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Play." you may be hidden, but god
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You may be hidden, but god will always have the right
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Will always have the right people there to help keep you
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People there to help keep you going.
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Going. for seven years, it was a
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For seven years, it was a struggle.
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Struggle. at times, tyler was homeless,
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At times, tyler was homeless, living out of his car.
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Living out of his car. twenty dollars was the
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Twenty dollars was the difference of him eating that
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Difference of him eating that whole week.
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Whole week. an opportunity came for him
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An opportunity came for him to take the play to south
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To take the play to south carolina.
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Carolina. he thought this was his big
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He thought this was his big break, loaded up the truck,
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Break, loaded up the truck, started driving.
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Started driving. then it came on the news a
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Then it came on the news a hurricane is coming to south
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Hurricane is coming to south carolina, another
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Carolina, another disappointment.
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Disappointment. tyler had the talent, he had
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Tyler had the talent, he had the creativity, he had the
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The creativity, he had the skills, but he said, "god hid
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Skills, but he said, "god hid me on purpose.
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Me on purpose. i didn't have the maturity,
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I didn't have the maturity, and if god would've given it
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And if god would've given it to me back then, i wouldn't
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To me back then, i wouldn't have been able to sustain
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Have been able to sustain it."
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It." back in atlanta, he rented
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Back in atlanta, he rented another theater, decided to
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Another theater, decided to try it again.
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Try it again. he thought it'd be the same
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He thought it'd be the same result, another
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Result, another disappointment.
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Disappointment. this time, on opening night,
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This time, on opening night, he peeked out the window,
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He peeked out the window, people were lined up around
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People were lined up around the block waiting to get in.
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The block waiting to get in. he couldn't quit weeping.
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He couldn't quit weeping. that night was the start of
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That night was the start of something amazing.
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Something amazing. today, tyler perry has become
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Today, tyler perry has become the most successful
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The most successful african-american film
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African-american film producer in history.
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Producer in history. you may be hidden, but when
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You may be hidden, but when it's your time, god knows how
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It's your time, god knows how to bring you out.
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To bring you out. what he has prepared is
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What he has prepared is bigger than anything you can
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Bigger than anything you can imagine, and what's
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Imagine, and what's significant is tyler told me
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Significant is tyler told me none of this success happened
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None of this success happened until he forgave his father.
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Until he forgave his father. for years, he was bitter.
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For years, he was bitter. he couldn't understand why
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He couldn't understand why his father treated him so
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His father treated him so badly.
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Badly. one day, he went to visit his
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One day, he went to visit his father with a new perspective
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Father with a new perspective to try to understand who he
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To try to understand who he was as a person, not as a
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Was as a person, not as a parent.
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Parent. he'd begin to learn how his
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He'd begin to learn how his father didn't have any
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Father didn't have any training, didn't have any
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Training, didn't have any guidance growing up, he
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Guidance growing up, he didn't know any better, and
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Didn't know any better, and tyler, once he understood
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Tyler, once he understood what his father dealt with,
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What his father dealt with, he didn't excuse his actions,
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He didn't excuse his actions, but he did make the decision
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But he did make the decision to forgive him, and that's
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To forgive him, and that's when doors began to open, and
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When doors began to open, and when you're in these seasons
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When you're in these seasons of silence, when you feel
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Of silence, when you feel like you're hidden, it's so
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Like you're hidden, it's so important to look inside and
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Important to look inside and deal with things that could
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Deal with things that could be holding you back.
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Be holding you back. you can have the talent to go
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You can have the talent to go somewhere, but if you don't
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Somewhere, but if you don't have the character, if you're
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Have the character, if you're not willing to forgive, keep
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Not willing to forgive, keep giving into compromise, if
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Giving into compromise, if you don't treat people right,
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You don't treat people right, that will keep you from your
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That will keep you from your best.
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Best. we see this in the scripture
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We see this in the scripture with joseph.
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With joseph. he was hidden for 13 years.
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He was hidden for 13 years. he was betrayed by his
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He was betrayed by his family, falsely accused by a
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Family, falsely accused by a lady, put in prison for
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Lady, put in prison for something that he didn't do.
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Something that he didn't do. the reason joseph fulfilled
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The reason joseph fulfilled his purpose is he kept
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His purpose is he kept passing these tests.
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Passing these tests. he showed god he would
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He showed god he would forgive.
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Forgive. in prison, instead of sitting
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In prison, instead of sitting around bitter, he helped the
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Around bitter, he helped the butler get out of prison.
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Butler get out of prison. he sowed a seed.
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He sowed a seed. nothing that's happened to
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Nothing that's happened to you is a surprise to god.
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You is a surprise to god. he wouldn't have allowed it
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He wouldn't have allowed it if he didn't have a plan.
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If he didn't have a plan. it may have been meant to
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It may have been meant to harm you, but god knows how
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Harm you, but god knows how to turn it to your advantage,
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To turn it to your advantage, and god did not create you to
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And god did not create you to stay hidden.
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Stay hidden. it may look like it's never
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It may look like it's never going to change.
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Going to change. the truth is it's a season of
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The truth is it's a season of silence, not a lifetime of
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Silence, not a lifetime of silence.
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Silence. what god has spoken over you,
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There is an appointed time
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There is an appointed time for it to come to pass.
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For it to come to pass. keep growing, keep improving,
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Keep growing, keep improving, the silence is only
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The silence is only temporary.
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Temporary. matthew chapter 16, jesus
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Matthew chapter 16, jesus asked peter, "who do you say
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Asked peter, "who do you say that i am?"
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That i am?" peter answered, "you're the
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Peter answered, "you're the messiah, the son of the
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Messiah, the son of the living god."
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Living god." verse 20 says jesus sternly
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Warned him to not tell anyone
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Warned him to not tell anyone who he was.
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Who he was. jesus knew he was supposed to
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Jesus knew he was supposed to be hidden.
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Be hidden. he knew it wasn't his time
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He knew it wasn't his time yet.
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Yet. another place, the people
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Another place, the people believed in jesus so
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Believed in jesus so strongly, they wanted to
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Strongly, they wanted to crown him king.
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Crown him king. but the scripture says jesus
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But the scripture says jesus snuck away, and went up and
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Snuck away, and went up and hid in the mountains.
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Hid in the mountains. he knew he couldn't be
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He knew he couldn't be crowned before he went to the
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Crowned before he went to the cross.
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Cross. he trusted his father's
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He trusted his father's timing.
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Timing. like jesus, we can't be
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Like jesus, we can't be crowned before we go to our
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Crowned before we go to our cross, so to speak, before we
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Cross, so to speak, before we learn to crucify our flesh
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Learn to crucify our flesh and resist things that are
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And resist things that are holding us back.
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Holding us back. he told his disciples to stay
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He told his disciples to stay silent, to not tell anyone he
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Silent, to not tell anyone he was the messiah.
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Was the messiah. a lot of us would be just the
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A lot of us would be just the opposite, "go ahead peter,
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Opposite, "go ahead peter, get the word out.
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Get the word out. let everyone know how great i
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Let everyone know how great i am."
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Am." it's much better to let god
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It's much better to let god promote you and not people.
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Promote you and not people. don't get in a hurry.
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Don't get in a hurry. you don't have to make things
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You don't have to make things happen.
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Happen. you don't have to convince
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You don't have to convince someone to put in a good word
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Someone to put in a good word for you.
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For you. god knew how to hide you, and
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God knew how to hide you, and he knows how to elevate you.
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He knows how to elevate you. if you'll let god do it his
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If you'll let god do it his way, it will be better than
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Way, it will be better than anything you could've made
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Anything you could've made happen.
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Happen. god has not forgotten about
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God has not forgotten about you.
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You. he knows you're hidden, and
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He knows you're hidden, and he knows how long you've been
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He knows how long you've been there.
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There. he knows what's in you.
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He's the one that put the
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He's the one that put the gifts, the talents, the
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Gifts, the talents, the dreams, and instead of
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Dreams, and instead of fighting the silence, why
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Fighting the silence, why don't you do like jesus and
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Don't you do like jesus and embrace it?
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Embrace it? "god, my times are in your
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"god, my times are in your hands.
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Hands. i know you're getting me
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I know you're getting me prepared, working all things
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Prepared, working all things for my good, and at the
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For my good, and at the appointed time, i know you
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Appointed time, i know you will bring me out."
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Elijah was one of the
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Elijah was one of the greatest prophets in the
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Greatest prophets in the bible.
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Bible. as a young man, he spent time
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As a young man, he spent time studying and preparing for
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Studying and preparing for ministry.
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Ministry. he'd just gone to the palace
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He'd just gone to the palace and spoken the word of the
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And spoken the word of the lord to king ahab.
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Lord to king ahab. no one else had the courage
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No one else had the courage to speak up to the king.
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To speak up to the king. i'm sure elijah left there
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I'm sure elijah left there feeling confident, ready for
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Feeling confident, ready for his next assignment.
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His next assignment. god said to him in 1 kings
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God said to him in 1 kings 17, "leave here, go east, and
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17, "leave here, go east, and hide yourself by the brook
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Hide yourself by the brook cherith."
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Cherith." i can imagine him saying,
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I can imagine him saying, "excuse me, god, you must
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"excuse me, god, you must have the wrong person.
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Have the wrong person. i'm elijah.
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I'm elijah. i just prophesied to the
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I just prophesied to the king.
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King. i've studied more than
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I've studied more than anyone.
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Anyone. i'm ready to go on a national
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I'm ready to go on a national tour.
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Tour. you don't want me to hide
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You don't want me to hide myself."
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Myself." elijah wanted to speak to the
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Elijah wanted to speak to the nation, but for the next
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Nation, but for the next three and a half years, he
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Three and a half years, he only spoke to a widow and her
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Only spoke to a widow and her son.
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Son. god hid him.
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God hid him. he didn't understand it.
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He didn't understand it. he had bigger things in his
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He had bigger things in his heart, but he trusted god's
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Heart, but he trusted god's timing.
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Timing. he was faithful when he was
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He was faithful when he was hidden.
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Hidden. when you're faithful in the
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When you're faithful in the silent seasons, you are
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Silent seasons, you are setting yourself on a
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Setting yourself on a launching pad for god to take
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Launching pad for god to take you further than you've ever
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You further than you've ever dreamed.
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Dreamed. after three and a half years,
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After three and a half years, god said, "okay, elijah, now
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God said, "okay, elijah, now i know i can trust you,
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I know i can trust you, you're ready.
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You're ready. leave here and go on your
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Leave here and go on your next assignment."
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Next assignment." after he was hidden, elisha
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After he was hidden, elisha prayed and the drought came
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Prayed and the drought came to an end.
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To an end. he called down fire from
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He called down fire from heaven, destroyed 400 false
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Heaven, destroyed 400 false prophets, on and on.
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Prophets, on and on. it's interesting, he
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It's interesting, he performed no miracles until
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Performed no miracles until after his season of silence.
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After his season of silence. don't be frustrated when
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Don't be frustrated when you're hidden.
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You're hidden. jesus was hidden, elijah was
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Jesus was hidden, elijah was hidden, david was hidden.
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Hidden, david was hidden. it's all a part of the
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It's all a part of the process, and here's the
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Process, and here's the beauty.
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Beauty. you're hidden, number one,
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You're hidden, number one, because you're extremely
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Because you're extremely valuable like that diamond.
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Valuable like that diamond. number two, you're hidden
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Number two, you're hidden because god is about to
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Because god is about to launch you.
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Launch you. you're on the verge of seeing
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You're on the verge of seeing promotion, favor, increase
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Promotion, favor, increase like you've never seen, and
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Like you've never seen, and you may have been hidden for
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You may have been hidden for a long time, but you've been
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A long time, but you've been faithful, you've been
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Faithful, you've been growing, getting prepared,
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Growing, getting prepared, and i believe and declare god
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And i believe and declare god is about to bring you out.
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Is about to bring you out. he's about to cause you to be
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He's about to cause you to be seen.
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Seen. people are going to notice
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People are going to notice you that have never noticed.
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You that have never noticed. keep being faithful, your
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Keep being faithful, your appointed time is on the way
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Appointed time is on the way in jesus' name, and if you
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In jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you say amen
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Receive it, can you say amen today?
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Today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good, bible-based
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Get in a good, bible-based church, and keep god first
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Church, and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i
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Victoria and i will be right back
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Will be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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It's easy to let the
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It's easy to let the day get away from us
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Day get away from us before the day even starts.
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Before the day even starts. the first few
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The first few minutes of your morning
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Minutes of your morning are more powerful
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Are more powerful than you might think.
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Than you might think. life moves
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Life moves really fast sometimes,
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Really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to begin
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And it can be easy to begin each day
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Each day by zeroing in on your problems.
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By zeroing in on your problems. but here's the truth:
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But here's the truth: how you start
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How you start the day can determine
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The day can determine what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be,
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It's going to be, and i'd love to send you
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And i'd love to send you my devotional,
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My devotional, 3 minute mornings:
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Start your day the blessed way. three minutes
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Three minutes doesn't seem like
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Doesn't seem like a lot of time,
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A lot of time, but when you put god
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But when you put god first place
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First place and get your mind
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And get your mind going in the right
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Going in the right direction, it's
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Direction, it's setting the tone for a blessed,
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Setting the tone for a blessed, productive day.
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Productive day. it's filled with inspiration
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It's filled with inspiration and encouragement
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And encouragement to help you begin
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To help you begin each day with a fresh attitude,
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Each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.
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Grateful that you're alive. it's amazing
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It's amazing what happens
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What happens when you take three minutes
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When you take three minutes and speak
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And speak blessings over your life,
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Blessings over your life, declaring god's favor.
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Declaring god's favor. 3 minute mornings
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That god is a rewarder of those
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Of those who diligently seek him.
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Who diligently seek him. so as you pause
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For only three minutes and take
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And take in his wonderful promises
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In his wonderful promises in this book,
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In this book, you will be
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Three minutes will transform your entire day.
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Your entire day. from the time
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From the time i was a little boy,
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I was a little boy, my parents taught me the value
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My parents taught me the value of starting the day off
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Of starting the day off in faith.
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In faith. 3 minute mornings
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Victoria and i pray for you every day
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For you every day for god's very best.
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For god's very best. we want to thank you
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Joel Osteen - Seasons of Silence

June 3, 2025 | 27:29

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