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Joel Osteen - The Secret To Solving Problems

July 23, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Secret To Solving Problems | July 23, 2025

> joel: well, god bless you.
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> joel: well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in
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Homes. if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of
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And be a part of one of our services. i promise
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Our services. i promise you we'll make you feel
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You we'll make you feel right at home.
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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. i heard about this pastor
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I heard about this pastor and song leader that weren't
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And song leader that weren't getting along.
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Getting along. it started to spill over
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It started to spill over into the services.
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Into the services. one sunday, the pastor
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One sunday, the pastor talked about the importance
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Talked about the importance of being a giver.
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Of being a giver. afterward, the song leader
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Afterward, the song leader got up and led the song,
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Got up and led the song, "jesus paid it all".
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"jesus paid it all". the next week, the pastor
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The next week, the pastor talked about not gossiping,
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Talked about not gossiping, watching your tongue.
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Watching your tongue. the song leader got up and
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The song leader got up and led, "i love to tell the
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Led, "i love to tell the story".
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Story". another week, he talked
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Another week, he talked about being willing to
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About being willing to change.
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Change. the song leader got up and
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The song leader got up and led, "i shall not be moved".
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Led, "i shall not be moved". the pastor was so
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The pastor was so frustrated, he resigned.
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Frustrated, he resigned. he told the congregation
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He told the congregation "jesus brought me here and
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"jesus brought me here and jesus is taking me away".
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Jesus is taking me away". the song leader then led,
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The song leader then led, "what a friend we have
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"what a friend we have in jesus". (laughter)
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In jesus". (laughter) say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what 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.
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Alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the secret to solving
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About the secret to solving problems.
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Problems. we all face challenges;
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We all face challenges; things we're believing will
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Things we're believing will turn around.
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Turn around. a child that's off course.
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A child that's off course. a sickness we're dealing
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A sickness we're dealing with.
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With. a dream that seems
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A dream that seems impossible.
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Impossible. we've been praying,
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We've been praying, believing but nothing is
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Believing but nothing is changing.
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Changing. sometimes, god won't allow
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Sometimes, god won't allow you to solve your own
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You to solve your own problem.
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Problem. the secret is you have to
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The secret is you have to help someone else solve
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Help someone else solve their problem.
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Their problem. you have to take the focus
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You have to take the focus off yourself and be good to
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Off yourself and be good to others in your time of need.
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Others in your time of need. as you sow that seed, that's
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As you sow that seed, that's what's going to bring the
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What's going to bring the harvest that you're waiting
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Harvest that you're waiting for.
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For. but you'll be tempted to
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But you'll be tempted to think, "i can't help them
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Think, "i can't help them joel.
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Joel. i have my own problems.
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I have my own problems. i need to spend my energy to
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I need to spend my energy to try to fix my situation."
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Try to fix my situation." but if you'll take your
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But if you'll take your hands off of your problem
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Hands off of your problem and be good to someone else,
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And be good to someone else, god will put his hands on
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God will put his hands on your problem and make things
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Your problem and make things happen that you couldn't
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Make happen. while you're working on
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While you're working on their situation, god is
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Their situation, god is working on your situation.
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Working on your situation. a friend of mine struggled
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A friend of mine struggled for many years with his
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For many years with his teenage son.
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Teenage son. it was like they were
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It was like they were different wave lengths.
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Different wave lengths. he tried his best to be
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He tried his best to be loving, kind, understanding.
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Loving, kind, understanding. they just didn't get along.
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They just didn't get along. invariably they'd end up in
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Invariably they'd end up in an argument.
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An argument. everything was so
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Everything was so contentious.
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Contentious. he prayed about it, quoted
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He prayed about it, quoted scripture, asked god to help
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Scripture, asked god to help him but nothing was getting
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Him but nothing was getting better.
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Better. he was the coach of the
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He was the coach of the neighborhood baseball team.
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Neighborhood baseball team. there was a young man on his
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There was a young man on his team that came from a
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Team that came from a single-parent family.
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Single-parent family. he wasn't doing good in his
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He wasn't doing good in his schoolwork.
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Schoolwork. when this father learned
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When this father learned that, he took that young
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That, he took that young man under his wing.
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Man under his wing. he started bringing him home
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He started bringing him home from baseball practice with
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From baseball practice with his son and he would help
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His son and he would help him do his homework.
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Him do his homework. he tutored him, mentored
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He tutored him, mentored him, he became a father
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Him, he became a father figure in his life.
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Figure in his life. that young man looked up to
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That young man looked up to him, admired him in a great
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Him, admired him in a great way.
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Way. about six months after this
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About six months after this father started doing that,
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Father started doing that, his relationship with his
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His relationship with his own son began to improve.
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Own son began to improve. they got closer, started
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They got closer, started doing things together.
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Doing things together. today they're the best of
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Today they're the best of friends.
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Friends. you can't keep them apart.
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You can't keep them apart. the secret to solving his
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The secret to solving his problem wasn't in praying
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Problem wasn't in praying more, wasn't in working
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More, wasn't in working harder; it was in helping
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Harder; it was in helping someone else solve their
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Someone else solve their problem.
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Problem. the scripture says, "when
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The scripture says, "when job prayed for his friends,
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Job prayed for his friends, his healing quickly came."
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His healing quickly came." don't you know how many
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Don't you know how many times job prayed for himself
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Times job prayed for himself when he wasn't feeling well?
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When he wasn't feeling well? "god, please restore health
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"god, please restore health back unto me.
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Back unto me. god, please free me from
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God, please free me from this pain."
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This pain." that's good, that's
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That's good, that's releasing your faith.
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Releasing your faith. i'm simply saying don't stop
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I'm simply saying don't stop there because there are
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There because there are times your breakthrough is
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Times your breakthrough is connected to helping someone
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Connected to helping someone else get their breakthrough.
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Else get their breakthrough. now, maybe you've been
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Now, maybe you've been praying diligently standing
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Praying diligently standing in faith so strong, but
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In faith so strong, but nothing is improving.
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Nothing is improving. now it's time to go be a
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Now it's time to go be a blessing.
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Blessing. look around.
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Look around. where is a need you can
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Where is a need you can meet?
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Meet? go pray for that neighbor
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Go pray for that neighbor that's not feeling well.
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That's not feeling well. go encourage that co-worker
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Go encourage that co-worker that's struggling.
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That's struggling. go help that friend
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Go help that friend accomplish their dream.
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Accomplish their dream. as you're helping others,
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As you're helping others, you may not be able to see
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You may not be able to see it, but god is helping you.
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It, but god is helping you. he's lining up the
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He's lining up the promotion, the
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Promotion, the breakthroughs, the healing.
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Breakthroughs, the healing. you can't sow a seed without
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You can't sow a seed without reaping a harvest.
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Reaping a harvest. when i was 10 years old,
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When i was 10 years old, lakewood was in an
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Lakewood was in an auditorium that held a
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Auditorium that held a thousand people.
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Thousand people. the church was growing.
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The church was growing. we needed to expand the
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We needed to expand the building.
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Building. my father asked the
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My father asked the congregation to be praying
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Congregation to be praying about what they could give
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About what they could give toward it.
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Toward it. there was a small
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There was a small spanish-speaking church
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Spanish-speaking church about six blocks down the
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About six blocks down the road from lakewood.
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Road from lakewood. they had started
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They had started construction on a new
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Construction on a new building.
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Building. it was an auditorium to hold
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It was an auditorium to hold 100 people.
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100 people. my father noticed that the
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My father noticed that the construction had stopped.
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Construction had stopped. for several months, no one
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For several months, no one was working.
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Was working. he didn't know anyone there.
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He didn't know anyone there. he'd never met the pastor.
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He'd never met the pastor. but one afternoon, leaving
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But one afternoon, leaving lakewood, he pulled in and
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Lakewood, he pulled in and talked with some people.
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Talked with some people. they told how they started
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They told how they started construction but had
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Construction but had complications.
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Complications. it was costing more than
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It was costing more than they thought.
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They thought. now, they had run out of
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Now, they had run out of funds and the building was
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Funds and the building was just sitting there
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Just sitting there indefinitely.
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Indefinitely. well, my father was
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Well, my father was believing to raise the funds
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Believing to raise the funds to expand lakewood.
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To expand lakewood. we needed the finances.
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We needed the finances. but he told the
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But he told the congregation, instead of
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Congregation, instead of giving money for our
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Giving money for our building, he was going to
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Building, he was going to take up an offering for
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Take up an offering for their building.
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Their building. lakewood gave the finances.
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Lakewood gave the finances. it was enough to finish
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It was enough to finish their auditorium.
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Their auditorium. in the natural, it didn't
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In the natural, it didn't make sense.
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Make sense. we needed the finances.
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We needed the finances. we had the problem.
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We had the problem. but my father understood
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But my father understood this principle: when you
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This principle: when you help solve somebody else's
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Help solve somebody else's problem, god will help solve
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Problem, god will help solve your problem.
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Your problem. now, sometimes, it's not
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Now, sometimes, it's not going to make sense.
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Going to make sense. proverbs says: "it is
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Proverbs says: "it is possible to give away and
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Possible to give away and have more."
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Have more." it is also possible to hold
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It is also possible to hold on too tightly and lose
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On too tightly and lose everything.
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Everything. god's ways are not our ways.
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God's ways are not our ways. everything in you will say,
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Everything in you will say, "stay focused on getting out
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"stay focused on getting out of my problem.
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Of my problem. joel, i can't help others
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Joel, i can't help others until this problem is
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Until this problem is solved."
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Solved." no, helping others is what's
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No, helping others is what's going to cause that problem
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Going to cause that problem to turn around.
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To turn around. giving your time, energy,
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Giving your time, energy, resources.
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Resources. that's what's going to open
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That's what's going to open the windows of heaven and
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The windows of heaven and cause your dream to come to
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Cause your dream to come to pass.
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Pass. you would have thought
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You would have thought giving away those funds
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Giving away those funds would have kept lakewood
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Would have kept lakewood from expanding the building.
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From expanding the building. it was just the opposite.
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It was just the opposite. the funds came in for the
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The funds came in for the foundation.
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Foundation. we paid it off.
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We paid it off. the funds came in for the
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The funds came in for the steel, the lights, the
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Steel, the lights, the chairs, the sound system.
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Chairs, the sound system. the building was built debt
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The building was built debt free.
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Free. no delays.
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No delays. no complications.
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No complications. and not just that building,
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And not just that building, over the years, my father built
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Over the years, my father built building after building,
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Building after building, expansion after expansion.
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Expansion after expansion. he paid cash every time.
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He paid cash every time. he never lacked resources;
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He never lacked resources; never lacked the funds.
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Never lacked the funds. i believe it all started
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I believe it all started when he helped that spanish
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When he helped that spanish church.
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Church. he had a need. he had a problem.
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He had a need. he had a problem. he didn't just pray about
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He didn't just pray about it.
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It. he didn't just believe.
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He didn't just believe. he helped solve someone
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He helped solve someone else's problem.
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Else's problem. when you make sacrifices to
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When you make sacrifices to help other peoples' dream
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Help other peoples' dream come to pass, god will make
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Come to pass, god will make sure your dream comes to
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Sure your dream comes to pass.
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Pass. don't live only focused on
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Don't live only focused on yourself.
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Yourself. my goals, my problems, my
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My goals, my problems, my trouble at work.
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Trouble at work. get you mind off yourself
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Get you mind off yourself and go be a blessing.
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And go be a blessing. sow a seed.
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Sow a seed. it doesn't have to be
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It doesn't have to be finances.
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Finances. you can sow encouragement.
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You can sow encouragement. go visit that loved one in
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Go visit that loved one in the hospital, cheer them up.
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The hospital, cheer them up. call that friend and speak
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Call that friend and speak life into their dreams.
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Life into their dreams. take that elderly neighbor
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Take that elderly neighbor dinner each night.
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Dinner each night. make an extra plate for
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Make an extra plate for them.
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Them. the scripture says, "when
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The scripture says, "when it's in your power to do
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It's in your power to do good don't withhold it from
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Good don't withhold it from others."
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Others." that means when you know you
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That means when you know you can be a blessing, you have
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Can be a blessing, you have the resources to help that
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The resources to help that person in need, you can
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Person in need, you can teach them the skills that
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Teach them the skills that you've learned; don't put it
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You've learned; don't put it off.
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Off. when you help solve their
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When you help solve their problem, you're not just
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Problem, you're not just being good to them, you are
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Being good to them, you are setting a miracle in motion
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Setting a miracle in motion for yourself.
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For yourself. when you show favor, the
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When you show favor, the scripture says favor will
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Scripture says favor will come to you.
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Come to you. here's the beauty: when you
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Here's the beauty: when you help others, what you give
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Help others, what you give is going to come back to you
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Is going to come back to you but not in the same
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But not in the same proportion.
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Proportion. pressed down, shaken
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Pressed down, shaken together, running over.
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Together, running over. my father helped that
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My father helped that spanish church that one time
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Spanish church that one time but the blessing from that
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But the blessing from that obedience is still coming.
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Obedience is still coming. the last sunday that we had
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The last sunday that we had services at our old
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Services at our old location, i was driving down
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Location, i was driving down the road that final time
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The road that final time leaving the services feeling
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Leaving the services feeling so grateful for all that god
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So grateful for all that god had done.
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Had done. my mind was flooded with
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My mind was flooded with good memories and
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Good memories and overwhelmed with where god
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Overwhelmed with where god was taking us.
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Was taking us. i looked up and saw a
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I looked up and saw a beautiful rainbow in the
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Beautiful rainbow in the sky.
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Sky. it's as if god was smiling
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It's as if god was smiling on us saying, "this chapter
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On us saying, "this chapter is finished but another
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Is finished but another great chapter is beginning."
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Great chapter is beginning." about that time, i passed
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About that time, i passed that small spanish church
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That small spanish church that my father and lakewood
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That my father and lakewood had helped over 40 years
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Had helped over 40 years ago.
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Ago. their little sign outside
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Their little sign outside said, "thank you lakewood
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Said, "thank you lakewood for giving us our building."
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For giving us our building." my mind flashed back to that
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My mind flashed back to that time when i was a little boy
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Time when i was a little boy and i wondered would i be
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And i wondered would i be going to the compaq center
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Going to the compaq center if my father had not helped
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If my father had not helped them in their time of need.
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Them in their time of need. would i be seeing the favor,
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Would i be seeing the favor, the growth, the influence?
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The growth, the influence? daddy could have thought,
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Daddy could have thought, "we've got big problems.
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"we've got big problems. we need it more than they
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We need it more than they do.
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Do. we have all these
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We have all these challenges."
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Challenges." but he didn't withhold the
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But he didn't withhold the good when he had the
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Good when he had the opportunity.
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Opportunity. much of this comes down to
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Much of this comes down to trusting god.
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Trusting god. "joel, i can't help somebody
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"joel, i can't help somebody else.
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Else. i got my own problems.
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I got my own problems. i can't give away what i
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I can't give away what i need for my dreams.
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Need for my dreams. i'm counting on that."
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I'm counting on that." when you give your time,
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When you give your time, your energy, your resources,
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Your energy, your resources, your talent, you will never
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Your talent, you will never end up with less.
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End up with less. that is a seed you're sowing
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That is a seed you're sowing that's going to keep coming
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That's going to keep coming back to you.
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Back to you. i'm reaping a harvest from
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I'm reaping a harvest from seeds of obedience that my
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Seeds of obedience that my parents sowed 50 years ago.
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Parents sowed 50 years ago. second kings 19, king
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Second kings 19, king hezekiah was on the throne
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Hezekiah was on the throne of israel.
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Of israel. he was one of david's
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He was one of david's descendants.
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Descendants. the assyrian army had
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The assyrian army had surrounded the people of
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Surrounded the people of judah and were about to
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Judah and were about to attack.
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Attack. they were much bigger and
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They were much bigger and stronger.
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Stronger. hezekiah didn't stand a
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Hezekiah didn't stand a chance.
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Chance. isaiah the prophet told him,
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Isaiah the prophet told him, the assyrian army will not
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The assyrian army will not enter jerusalem.
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Enter jerusalem. they will not shoot their
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They will not shoot their arrows over the city wall.
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Arrows over the city wall. but they will return home
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But they will return home in defeat.
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In defeat. that night, the angel of the
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That night, the angel of the lord destroyed 185,000 of
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Lord destroyed 185,000 of the enemy troops.
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The enemy troops. the rest of them went back
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The rest of them went back home just like isaiah
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Home just like isaiah prophesied.
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Prophesied. hezekiah was so thrilled.
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Hezekiah was so thrilled. i can imagine he wondered
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I can imagine he wondered why god blessed him in such
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Why god blessed him in such a way, why he showed him so
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A way, why he showed him so much favor.
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Much favor. isaiah said in verse 34,
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Isaiah said in verse 34, "hezekiah, god didn't do
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"hezekiah, god didn't do this because of anything you
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This because of anything you did.
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Did. he protected you for the
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He protected you for the sake of his servant david."
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Sake of his servant david." this was 305 years after
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This was 305 years after david had died yet those
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David had died yet those seeds of obedience, seeds of
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Seeds of obedience, seeds of being good to people were
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Being good to people were still producing in their
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Still producing in their family line.
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Family line. every time you help someone
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Every time you help someone in need, it's not only going
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In need, it's not only going to help you, but you are
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To help you, but you are storing up blessings for
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Storing up blessings for your children.
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Your children. every time you help solve
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Every time you help solve someone's problem, every
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Someone's problem, every time you make sacrifices to
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Time you make sacrifices to help them go further, you're
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Help them go further, you're sowing a seed not only for
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Sowing a seed not only for you to go further but for
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You to go further but for those that come after you in
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Those that come after you in your family line to go
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Your family line to go further.
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Further. like hezekiah, they will see
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Like hezekiah, they will see blessings, favor, protection
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Blessings, favor, protection because you made decisions
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Because you made decisions that honor god.
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That honor god. in the scripture, joseph had
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In the scripture, joseph had a big problem.
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A big problem. as a teenager, god gave him
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As a teenager, god gave him a dream that he would be in
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A dream that he would be in leadership and do great
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Leadership and do great things.
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Things. but his brothers were
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But his brothers were jealous of him.
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Jealous of him. they didn't like his big
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They didn't like his big dream.
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Dream. they threw him into a pit.
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They threw him into a pit. they were going to tell
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They were going to tell their father that he was
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Their father that he was eaten by a wild animal.
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Eaten by a wild animal. they ended up selling him
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They ended up selling him into slavery.
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Into slavery. joseph worked for a man
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Joseph worked for a man named potiphar in egypt.
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Named potiphar in egypt. even though joseph had a big
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Even though joseph had a big problem, even though his
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Problem, even though his dreams were shattered, what
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Dreams were shattered, what did he do?
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Did he do? sit around in self-pity,
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Sit around in self-pity, blaming god?
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Blaming god? no, in the midst of that
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No, in the midst of that problem, he started helping
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Problem, he started helping potiphar with his problem.
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Potiphar with his problem. he ran his whole household,
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He ran his whole household, organized all of his staff,
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Organized all of his staff, made sure the grounds were
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Made sure the grounds were clean, the property secure,
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Clean, the property secure, the supplies in place.
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The supplies in place. instead of just focusing on
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Instead of just focusing on his problem, he was being
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His problem, he was being good to someone else.
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Good to someone else. at one point, joseph was
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At one point, joseph was falsely accused and put in
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Falsely accused and put in prison.
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Prison. surely now he would be
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Surely now he would be bitter, discouraged, but in
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Bitter, discouraged, but in the prison two of his
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The prison two of his cellmates had a problem.
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Cellmates had a problem. they had a dream and didn't
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They had a dream and didn't understand what it meant.
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Understand what it meant. joseph didn't say, "too bad
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Joseph didn't say, "too bad for you.
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For you. i'm depressed.
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I'm depressed. i don't want to be here.
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I don't want to be here. i don't like you anyway."
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I don't like you anyway." he said, "i can interpret
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He said, "i can interpret dreams.
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Dreams. let me help you with your
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Let me help you with your problem."
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Problem." he interpreted their dreams.
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He interpreted their dreams. one of the cellmates was
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One of the cellmates was released from prison.
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Released from prison. two years later, the
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Two years later, the pharaoh, the leader of the
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Pharaoh, the leader of the country had a dream that he
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Country had a dream that he didn't understand.
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Didn't understand. the former cellmate said,
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The former cellmate said, "i know someone that can
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"i know someone that can interpret dreams."
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Interpret dreams." joseph came before the
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Joseph came before the pharaoh and told him how the
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Pharaoh and told him how the dream had to do with the
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Dream had to do with the food supply and how there
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Food supply and how there were years of famine coming.
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Were years of famine coming. how important it was to
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How important it was to store up grain, get
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Store up grain, get everything prepared for the
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Everything prepared for the drought.
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Drought. pharaoh looked at him and
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Pharaoh looked at him and said, "joseph, you're the
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Said, "joseph, you're the right man for the job.
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Right man for the job. nobody could do it better
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Nobody could do it better than you."
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Than you." he made joseph second in
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He made joseph second in command of egypt.
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Command of egypt. what was joseph doing for
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What was joseph doing for pharaoh?
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Pharaoh? solving a problem.
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Solving a problem. strategically getting
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Strategically getting everything lined up, using
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Everything lined up, using his talent, his skill, his
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His talent, his skill, his expertise to help the people
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Expertise to help the people that were holding him
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That were holding him captive.
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Captive. he was so excellent that
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He was so excellent that people from other nations
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People from other nations came to study his operation.
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Came to study his operation. i'm sure joseph was grateful
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I'm sure joseph was grateful to be out of prison, to have
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To be out of prison, to have this influential position;
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This influential position; but he still missed his
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But he still missed his family.
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Family. deep down, he thought he
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Deep down, he thought he would never see his father
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Would never see his father again whom he loved so much.
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Again whom he loved so much. he'd already accepted that
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He'd already accepted that it was too late.
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It was too late. but as he was helping
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But as he was helping pharaoh with his problem,
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Pharaoh with his problem, back home in israel, his
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Back home in israel, his brothers were loading up
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Brothers were loading up their camels about to head
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Their camels about to head to egypt to look for food.
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To egypt to look for food. they had heard the only
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They had heard the only place that had supplies was
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Place that had supplies was at the palace where joseph
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At the palace where joseph was in charge.
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Was in charge. notice what was happening.
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Notice what was happening. while joseph was working on
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While joseph was working on pharaoh's problem, god was
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Pharaoh's problem, god was working on joseph's problem.
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Working on joseph's problem. he couldn't see it at the
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He couldn't see it at the time.
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Time. everything looked just the
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Everything looked just the same. but what joseph didn't
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Same. but what joseph didn't know was the camels were
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Know was the camels were coming. his brothers were
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Coming. his brothers were on the way.
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On the way. i can imagine one evening
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I can imagine one evening there was a knock on the
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There was a knock on the palace gates, guards looked
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Palace gates, guards looked outside and saw this caravan
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Outside and saw this caravan of camels.
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Of camels. they asked the people what
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They asked the people what they wanted.
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They wanted. they said they were looking
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They said they were looking for food.
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For food. one of the guards went to
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One of the guards went to joseph and said, "there's a
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Joseph and said, "there's a group that just arrived.
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Group that just arrived. they want to purchase some
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They want to purchase some grain."
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Grain." it was late in the day.
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It was late in the day. joseph was tired.
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Joseph was tired. he was about to say, "tell
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He was about to say, "tell them to leave.
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Them to leave. don't bother us."
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Don't bother us." but for some reason, he
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But for some reason, he changed his mind and went
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Changed his mind and went out to meet them.
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Out to meet them. he couldn't believe it.
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He couldn't believe it. it was his brothers.
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It was his brothers. you would think that joseph
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You would think that joseph would want to get revenge.
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Would want to get revenge. the truth is he was so
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The truth is he was so grateful to see them he was
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Grateful to see them he was overwhelmed with emotion.
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Overwhelmed with emotion. they didn't recognize him.
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They didn't recognize him. eventually he told them who
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Eventually he told them who he was and they all wept
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He was and they all wept together.
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Together. he asked them if their
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He asked them if their father was still alive.
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Father was still alive. they said that he was.
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They said that he was. all those years joseph spent
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All those years joseph spent working on other people's
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Working on other people's problems, doing the right
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Problems, doing the right thing even when it wasn't
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Thing even when it wasn't fair.
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Fair. that whole time, god was
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That whole time, god was watching.
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Watching. god sees your faithfulness.
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God sees your faithfulness. he sees you helping others
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He sees you helping others when you need help.
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When you need help. he sees you encouraging that
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He sees you encouraging that friend when you need
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Friend when you need encouragement.
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Encouragement. praying for that neighbor
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Praying for that neighbor that's not well when you're
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That's not well when you're fighting an illness.
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Fighting an illness. it may seem like nothing is
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It may seem like nothing is happening but god is
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Happening but god is working.
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Working. what you can't see is the
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What you can't see is the camels are being loaded up.
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Camels are being loaded up. what you thought would never
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What you thought would never happen is still on the way.
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Happen is still on the way. when i worked with my father
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When i worked with my father here those 17 years doing
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Here those 17 years doing the television production,
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The television production, my goal was to make my
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My goal was to make my father look the best that i
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Father look the best that i could.
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Could. when i started, i didn't
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When i started, i didn't have a lot of experience, so
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Have a lot of experience, so i found the best lighting
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I found the best lighting consultants, the best camera
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Consultants, the best camera people.
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People. the first year, we hired an
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The first year, we hired an older gentleman who used to
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Older gentleman who used to produce the today show.
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Produce the today show. i was with him every minute.
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I was with him every minute. he trained me how to put the
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He trained me how to put the program together.
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Program together. i would spend hours trying
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I would spend hours trying to improve the lighting and
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To improve the lighting and making sure the platform
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Making sure the platform looked the best that it
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Looked the best that it possibly could.
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Possibly could. at one point, we were going
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At one point, we were going to remodel the platform
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To remodel the platform area.
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Area. we had some top designers
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We had some top designers come in to help us.
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Come in to help us. we were going to make a new
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We were going to make a new podium as well.
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Podium as well. so i had them mock up a
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So i had them mock up a temporary podium just so we
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Temporary podium just so we could check the size and see
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Could check the size and see how it fit my father.
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How it fit my father. i had him come down and he
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I had him come down and he stood behind it.
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Stood behind it. we looked at it on camera
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We looked at it on camera and made several
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And made several adjustments.
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Adjustments. i wanted it to fit him just
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I wanted it to fit him just right.
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Right. i wanted the stage area to
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I wanted the stage area to be as perfect as can be.
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Be as perfect as can be. when we finished the
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When we finished the remodel, it looked so
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Remodel, it looked so beautiful on camera.
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Beautiful on camera. i was so proud.
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I was so proud. it made my father shine.
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It made my father shine. a year later, my father went
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A year later, my father went to be with the lord.
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To be with the lord. i never dreamed one day i
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I never dreamed one day i would be standing behind that
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Would be standing behind that podium.
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Podium. one day i would be the one
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One day i would be the one on that beautiful platform.
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On that beautiful platform. i thought i was building it
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I thought i was building it for my father; really i was
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For my father; really i was building it for me.
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Building it for me. when you're helping other
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When you're helping other people, you think you're
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People, you think you're doing them a favor; really
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Doing them a favor; really you're doing yourself a
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You're doing yourself a favor.
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Favor. as you help someone else
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As you help someone else shine, god is going to make
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Shine, god is going to make sure that you shine.
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Sure that you shine. as you help others come up
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As you help others come up higher, god will cause you
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Higher, god will cause you to come up higher.
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To come up higher. that's a seed you're sowing
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That's a seed you're sowing for where you're going.
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For where you're going. my friends, rob and laura
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My friends, rob and laura koch pastor a great church
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Koch pastor a great church in austin, texas.
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In austin, texas. years ago, their 16 year-old
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Years ago, their 16 year-old son was killed in an
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Son was killed in an automobile accident.
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Automobile accident. it wasn't easy but they
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It wasn't easy but they didn't get bitter, they
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Didn't get bitter, they didn't give up on life, they
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Didn't give up on life, they kept moving forward.
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Kept moving forward. eventually, they started a
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Eventually, they started a charity in his name called
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Charity in his name called the caleb foundation.
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The caleb foundation. they built hospitals,
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They built hospitals, schools, orphanages; done
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Schools, orphanages; done great work all over the
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Great work all over the world.
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World. at one of their orphanages in
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At one of their orphanages in haiti, called "caleb's house",
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Haiti, called "caleb's house", some young men grew up there
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Some young men grew up there and were about to graduate
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And were about to graduate from high school.
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From high school. they were going to bring a
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They were going to bring a few of them to austin to be
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Few of them to austin to be interns at their church.
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Interns at their church. one of those young men that
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One of those young men that came, noticed rob and
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Came, noticed rob and laura's daughter.
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Laura's daughter. they started dating and
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They started dating and ended up falling in love.
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Ended up falling in love. a few years ago, their
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A few years ago, their daughter married the young
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Daughter married the young man that grew up in the
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Man that grew up in the orphanage that they started
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Orphanage that they started in haiti.
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In haiti. all birthed out of the loss
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All birthed out of the loss of their son.
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Of their son. but what if rob and laura
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But what if rob and laura wouldn't have reached out to
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Wouldn't have reached out to help others in their time of
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Help others in their time of need?
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Need? they could have been bitter.
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They could have been bitter. "we're not going to help
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"we're not going to help somebody.
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Somebody. we lost our son.
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We lost our son. we're in pain.
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We're in pain. somebody needs to help us."
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Somebody needs to help us." instead their attitude was,
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Instead their attitude was, "yes, we're hurting.
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"yes, we're hurting. but god we know when we help
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But god we know when we help others, you will help us."
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Others, you will help us." "we know that when we work
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"we know that when we work on their problems, you'll
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On their problems, you'll work on our problems."
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Work on our problems." they started sowing
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They started sowing all these seeds,
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All these seeds, taking care of orphans,
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Taking care of orphans, giving an education to the
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Giving an education to the less fortunate.
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Less fortunate. being good to people without
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Being good to people without expecting anything in
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Expecting anything in return.
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Return. when they built that
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When they built that orphanage in haiti, they
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Orphanage in haiti, they never dreamed their
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Never dreamed their son-in-law would grow up
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Son-in-law would grow up there.
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There. they never dreamed he would
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They never dreamed he would marry their daughter and
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Marry their daughter and become a part of their
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Become a part of their family.
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Family. when you're helping others,
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When you're helping others, you think you're just doing
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You think you're just doing good for them.
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Good for them. but you don't know what god
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But you don't know what god is up to.
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Is up to. you can't be good to others
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You can't be good to others without god being good back
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Without god being good back to you.
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To you. you don't know the favor and
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You don't know the favor and blessings that are connected
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Blessings that are connected to you helping others rise
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To you helping others rise higher.
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Higher. i wonder how much we miss by
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I wonder how much we miss by living in-grown we only
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Living in-grown we only focus on what we lost and
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Focus on what we lost and how we've been hurt.
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How we've been hurt. "god, i've got this big
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"god, i've got this big problem.
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Problem. you've got to help me."
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You've got to help me." go be a blessing.
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Go be a blessing. your miracle is waiting for
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Your miracle is waiting for you as you help others.
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You as you help others. sometimes the reason you
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Sometimes the reason you can't solve your problem is
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Can't solve your problem is because what you need is
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Because what you need is found in solving someone
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Found in solving someone else's problem.
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Else's problem. as you help them succeed,
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As you help them succeed, like with rob and laura,
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Like with rob and laura, your son-in-law will show
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Your son-in-law will show up.
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Up. things will happen that you
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Things will happen that you weren't expecting.
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Weren't expecting. i know many of you have been
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I know many of you have been doing this.
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Doing this. you've gone out of your way
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You've gone out of your way to be good to others, making
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To be good to others, making sacrifices to help solve
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Sacrifices to help solve their problems.
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Their problems. get ready, the camels are
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Get ready, the camels are coming.
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Coming. what you've been praying
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What you've been praying about is already in route.
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About is already in route. i believe and declare those
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I believe and declare those seeds you've been sowing are
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Seeds you've been sowing are about to come back to you
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About to come back to you pressed down, shaken
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Pressed down, shaken together, running over.
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Together, running over. it's going to be more than
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It's going to be more than you can imagine.
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You can imagine. promotion, breakthroughs,
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Promotion, breakthroughs, healing, the right people.
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Healing, the right people. the fullness of your destiny
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The fullness of your destiny in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say amen, today?
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You say amen, today? well, i'd like to give you
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Well, i'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, lord jesus, i
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Just say, lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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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 will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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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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Your life is marked for distinction.
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For distinction. in the scriptures,
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In the scriptures, jesus encouraged us by saying,
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Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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"you didn't choose me. i chose you."
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I chose you." this powerful guide
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This powerful guide will help
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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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When you request your copy, we also want to send you
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That you've been chosen by almighty god
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By almighty god every time you wear it.
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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
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Your next days are going to be your best days.
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Are going 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 you next time,
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Until we see 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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Your life is marked for distinction,
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Plus our exclusive chosen t-shirt from copper fit.
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Or call 888-567-joel. for an additional donation
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This bible also enables you to connect
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To connect through your smartphone
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Joel Osteen - The Secret To Solving Problems

July 23, 2025 | 30:0

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