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Joel Osteen - Secure In His Sovereignty

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Secure In His Sovereignty | May 26, 2025

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God bless you. it's great
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God bless you. it's great to be with you today. i
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To be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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Hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. we'll keep you
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Media. we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this couple that had
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About this couple that had been married for over 60
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Been married for over 60 years and never had an
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Years and never had an argument, never had a cross
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Argument, never had a cross word. they were at a church
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Word. they were at a church function. someone asked
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Function. someone asked them the secret of their
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Them the secret of their success. the man told how
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Success. the man told how he always treated his wife
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He always treated his wife with respect and how he
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With respect and how he took her on trips around
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Took her on trips around the world. he said, "in
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The world. he said, "in fact, for our 25th wedding
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Fact, for our 25th wedding anniversary i took her to
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Anniversary i took her to beijing, china." everyone
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Beijing, china." everyone politely applauded. someone
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Politely applauded. someone asked, "what did you do for
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Asked, "what did you do for your 50th anniversary?" he
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Your 50th anniversary?" he said, "i went back and
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Said, "i went back and picked her up."
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Picked her up." all right y'all. that's not
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All right y'all. that's not in your marriage class.
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In your marriage class. here we go. this is my
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Here we go. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus' name.
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The same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about secure in his
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About secure in his sovereignty. we all have
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Sovereignty. we all have our own free will. we can
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Our own free will. we can make decisions, do what we
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Make decisions, do what we want, go where we want to
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Want, go where we want to go. it's easy to think that
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Go. it's easy to think that our life is based on what
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Our life is based on what we're choosing. to a point,
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We're choosing. to a point, of course, that's true, but
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Of course, that's true, but that's not the only factor.
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That's not the only factor. god has a conditional will.
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God has a conditional will. these are things he does
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These are things he does based on whether or not we
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Based on whether or not we make good choices. we
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Make good choices. we determine the course our
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Determine the course our life will take. but god
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Life will take. but god also has a sovereign will.
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Also has a sovereign will. these are things he's going
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These are things he's going to do regardless of our
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To do regardless of our decisions. god has already
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Decisions. god has already planned ahead of time a
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Planned ahead of time a purpose for you to fulfill.
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Purpose for you to fulfill. he's not making it up on
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He's not making it up on the fly, watching how
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The fly, watching how you're going to perform,
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You're going to perform, how disciplined you'll be,
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How disciplined you'll be, then he's going to decide
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Then he's going to decide whether he does certain
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Whether he does certain things. he's not watching
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Things. he's not watching to see what other people
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To see what other people do, what bad breaks come
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Do, what bad breaks come your way, what
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Your way, what disappointments, then he'll
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Disappointments, then he'll pivot, come up with another
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Pivot, come up with another plan. it says in ephesians,
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Plan. it says in ephesians, "you were chosen, having
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"you were chosen, having been predestined according
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Been predestined according to the plan of him who
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To the plan of him who works out everything
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Works out everything according to his will."
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According to his will." long before you got here,
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Long before you got here, god laid out the plan and
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God laid out the plan and purpose for your life. his
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Purpose for your life. his sovereign will is
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Sovereign will is unstoppable. there's
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Unstoppable. there's nothing you can do or not
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Nothing you can do or not do to keep his sovereign
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Do to keep his sovereign will from coming to pass.
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Will from coming to pass. you can't make too many
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You can't make too many mistakes; you can't get so
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Mistakes; you can't get so far off course that god's
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Far off course that god's going to change his mind.
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Going to change his mind. just ask jonah. he did
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Just ask jonah. he did exactly opposite of what
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Exactly opposite of what god told him to do. he went
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God told him to do. he went his own way. he got in
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His own way. he got in trouble, was thrown
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Trouble, was thrown overboard into the sea. god
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Overboard into the sea. god didn't say, "too bad,
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Didn't say, "too bad, you're on your own. you
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You're on your own. you should have listened." god
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Should have listened." god had a big fish waiting for
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Had a big fish waiting for him. it's like god called
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Him. it's like god called an uber. swallowed him up
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An uber. swallowed him up and took him to the shore.
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And took him to the shore. god was saying, "jonah you
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God was saying, "jonah you can't stop my sovereign
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Can't stop my sovereign will. where i want you to
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Will. where i want you to go, you're going to go."
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Go, you're going to go." not just in negative
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Not just in negative things. when it's his
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Things. when it's his sovereign will for you to
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Sovereign will for you to be blessed, it's not
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Be blessed, it's not dependent on what family
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Dependent on what family you come from, how much
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You come from, how much experience, talent,
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Experience, talent, education you have. the
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Education you have. the blessing will overtake you.
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Blessing will overtake you. you'll see favor that you
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You'll see favor that you didn't have anything to do
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Didn't have anything to do with. you didn't earn it,
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With. you didn't earn it, you weren't born into it,
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You weren't born into it, you can't explain it. it's
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You can't explain it. it's the unstoppable god
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The unstoppable god carrying out the plan that
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Carrying out the plan that he decided long ago.
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He decided long ago. when you go to a broadway
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When you go to a broadway play, you don't show up and
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Play, you don't show up and the actors are all there
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The actors are all there without a script. the play
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Without a script. the play starts in fifteen minutes,
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Starts in fifteen minutes, "let's decide what we're
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"let's decide what we're going to do. what's the
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Going to do. what's the plot, what character will i
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Plot, what character will i play, how will the drama
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Play, how will the drama unfold." the script has
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Unfold." the script has already been written. long
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Already been written. long before the actors ever
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Before the actors ever arrive, the writer has
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Arrive, the writer has already decided what's
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Already decided what's going to take place. when
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Going to take place. when you walk in the theater,
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You walk in the theater, there's not an empty stage.
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There's not an empty stage. the carpenters don't show
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The carpenters don't show up and say, "okay let's
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Up and say, "okay let's build some sets. what props
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Build some sets. what props are you going to need?" the
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Are you going to need?" the lighting director, "tell me
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Lighting director, "tell me the scenes so i can go get
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The scenes so i can go get some lights, let me figure
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Some lights, let me figure everything out." the stage
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Everything out." the stage has already been set, the
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Has already been set, the props are already in place,
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Props are already in place, the script already
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The script already finalized. in the same way,
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Finalized. in the same way, you didn't show up on
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You didn't show up on planet earth and god say,
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Planet earth and god say, "okay let me figure out a
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"okay let me figure out a script for them, let me
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Script for them, let me figure out what role
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Figure out what role they'll play." you weren't
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They'll play." you weren't born into an empty stage.
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Born into an empty stage. god didn't think, "i have
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God didn't think, "i have to decide what environment
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To decide what environment they'll be in, what family,
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They'll be in, what family, what people i should use,
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What people i should use, what experiences." long
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What experiences." long before you arrived, god
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Before you arrived, god wrote a script for you. the
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Wrote a script for you. the fact that you're here is a
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Fact that you're here is a sign that the stage is been
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Sign that the stage is been set. all the props are in
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Set. all the props are in place, all the people you
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Place, all the people you need. yes, there may be
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Need. yes, there may be some drama, ups and downs,
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Some drama, ups and downs, things you don't
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Things you don't understand, but you can
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Understand, but you can stay in peace knowing that
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Stay in peace knowing that it's all working according
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It's all working according to his will. you're not at
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To his will. you're not at the mercy of fate,
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The mercy of fate, happenstance, hope you get
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Happenstance, hope you get some good breaks, hope this
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Some good breaks, hope this sickness doesn't take you
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Sickness doesn't take you out, there is a sovereign
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Out, there is a sovereign god who is in control of
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God who is in control of your life. his sovereign
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Your life. his sovereign will cannot be overridden
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Will cannot be overridden by bad choices, by other
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By bad choices, by other people, by how you were
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People, by how you were raised, by what you didn't
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Raised, by what you didn't get.
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Get. jeremiah said, "god knew
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Jeremiah said, "god knew you before you were formed
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You before you were formed in your mother's womb." you
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In your mother's womb." you didn't show up because your
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Didn't show up because your mother and father decided
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Mother and father decided to have a baby. it wasn't a
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To have a baby. it wasn't a random coincidence that
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Random coincidence that they got together.
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They got together. sometimes when a pregnancy
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Sometimes when a pregnancy is not planned, we say this
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Is not planned, we say this baby was a surprise. you
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Baby was a surprise. you may have been a surprise to
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May have been a surprise to your parents, but you are
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Your parents, but you are not a surprise to our god.
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Not a surprise to our god. he's been thinking about
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He's been thinking about you for generations.
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You for generations. jeremiah went on to say,
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Jeremiah went on to say, "god's plans for you are
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"god's plans for you are for good, to give you a
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For good, to give you a future and a hope." part of
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Future and a hope." part of his sovereign will is to be
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His sovereign will is to be good to you. there are
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Good to you. there are blessings coming that are
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Blessings coming that are unstoppable. there is favor
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Unstoppable. there is favor in your future that is
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In your future that is simply the goodness of god,
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Simply the goodness of god, something that he has
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Something that he has already planned, that
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Already planned, that cannot be overridden. you
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Cannot be overridden. you don't have to worry about
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Don't have to worry about how it can happen, how you
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How it can happen, how you can get ahead, how you can
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Can get ahead, how you can leave your mark, the
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Leave your mark, the sovereign god has already
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Sovereign god has already not only planned it, but he
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Not only planned it, but he will make it happen. it's
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Will make it happen. it's not up to you, it's up to
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Not up to you, it's up to him. blessings that chase
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Him. blessings that chase you down, favor you didn't
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You down, favor you didn't see coming, good breaks
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See coming, good breaks that you couldn't explain.
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That you couldn't explain. it's already written in
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It's already written in your script. the stage has
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Your script. the stage has already been set.
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Already been set. how could i be up here
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How could i be up here today? this is not
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Today? this is not something that i chose.
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Something that i chose. it's not something that i
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It's not something that i worked for; that i was
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Worked for; that i was hoping to attain. i didn't
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Hoping to attain. i didn't want to get up in front of
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Want to get up in front of people. i didn't think i
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People. i didn't think i could minister. for
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Could minister. for seventeen years i stayed
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Seventeen years i stayed behind the scenes, my
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Behind the scenes, my choices were determining my
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Choices were determining my future. i was comfortable,
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Future. i was comfortable, i would have stayed there
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I would have stayed there but at one point i came
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But at one point i came into the sovereign will of
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Into the sovereign will of god. his will is
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God. his will is unstoppable. god will let
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Unstoppable. god will let you make decisions up to a
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You make decisions up to a point, he'll let you be in
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Point, he'll let you be in control of your destiny for
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Control of your destiny for periods of time, but at
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Periods of time, but at certain times he will take
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Certain times he will take complete control. he will
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Complete control. he will override your decisions and
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Override your decisions and thrust you into your
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Thrust you into your destiny.
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Destiny. when my father died, i not
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When my father died, i not only knew i was supposed to
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Only knew i was supposed to step up and pastor the
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Step up and pastor the church, but suddenly i had
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Church, but suddenly i had the desire. i wanted to. i
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The desire. i wanted to. i hadn't had that desire for
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Hadn't had that desire for thirty-six years. in fact,
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Thirty-six years. in fact, i was just the opposite. i
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I was just the opposite. i dreaded getting up in front
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Dreaded getting up in front of people. but when you hit
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Of people. but when you hit one of these sovereignty
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One of these sovereignty moments, when it's not
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Moments, when it's not god's conditional will,
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God's conditional will, where you have a part, you
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Where you have a part, you can decide, but god has
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Can decide, but god has already decided. it's
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Already decided. it's already on the script. he's
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Already on the script. he's already planned to bless
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Already planned to bless you, to favor you, to
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You, to favor you, to rescue you, to turn that
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Rescue you, to turn that trouble around. there's
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Trouble around. there's nothing you can do except
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Nothing you can do except sit back and enjoy the
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Sit back and enjoy the ride. you stepped into the
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Ride. you stepped into the unstoppable god, the part
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Unstoppable god, the part of his plan that is not
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Of his plan that is not negotiable. he's not
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Negotiable. he's not looking for your opinion,
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Looking for your opinion, he's not asking what you
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He's not asking what you think. he will override
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Think. he will override every force trying to
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Every force trying to stopping you, every
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Stopping you, every limitation, every
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Limitation, every disadvantage, every bad
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Disadvantage, every bad decision and thrust you
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Decision and thrust you into your destiny.
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Into your destiny. when david was a teenager,
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When david was a teenager, he was working in the
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He was working in the fields taking care of his
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Fields taking care of his father's sheep. it looked
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Father's sheep. it looked like that's what he would
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Like that's what he would do the rest of his life. he
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Do the rest of his life. he came from a low-income
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Came from a low-income family. they weren't
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Family. they weren't influential, nobody knew
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Influential, nobody knew them. but when god wrote
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Them. but when god wrote your script, when he
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Your script, when he designed the plan for your
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Designed the plan for your life, on purpose, he put
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Life, on purpose, he put these moments of favor that
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These moments of favor that don't make sense. the
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Don't make sense. the scripture says, "he chose
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Scripture says, "he chose the foolish to confound the
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The foolish to confound the wise." david was out in the
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Wise." david was out in the fields, minding his own
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Fields, minding his own business. every
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Business. every circumstance says, "you're
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Circumstance says, "you're stuck, this is your lot in
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Stuck, this is your lot in life." but one day, the
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Life." but one day, the prophet samuel showed up at
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Prophet samuel showed up at his father's house to
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His father's house to anoint one of jesse's sons
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Anoint one of jesse's sons as the next king of israel.
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As the next king of israel. david didn't go looking for
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David didn't go looking for samuel, samuel came looking
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Samuel, samuel came looking for david. david's purpose
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For david. david's purpose came tracking him down.
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Came tracking him down. david couldn't have made
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David couldn't have made this happen. he didn't earn
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This happen. he didn't earn it, he didn't work for it,
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It, he didn't work for it, he didn't put out flyers,
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He didn't put out flyers, "hey vote for me." this was
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"hey vote for me." this was the sovereignty of god.
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The sovereignty of god. samuel tried to anoint one
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Samuel tried to anoint one of david's seven brothers
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Of david's seven brothers as the next king. they were
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As the next king. they were in the house; david was
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In the house; david was still out in the shepherd's
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Still out in the shepherd's fields. samuel went by them
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Fields. samuel went by them one by one. "it's not him,
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One by one. "it's not him, it's not this one, it's not
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It's not this one, it's not this one." what god has for
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This one." what god has for you is not going to go to
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You is not going to go to someone else. his sovereign
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Someone else. his sovereign will cannot be overridden.
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Will cannot be overridden. people can't manipulate the
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People can't manipulate the situation to where you
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Situation to where you don't get to where god
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Don't get to where god wants you to go. nobody
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Wants you to go. nobody stole your blessing, nobody
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Stole your blessing, nobody stole your husband, your
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Stole your husband, your promotion, your house. stay
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Promotion, your house. stay in peace. god is ordering
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In peace. god is ordering your steps. the stage is
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Your steps. the stage is all set, the script is all
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All set, the script is all written. he's in control.
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Written. he's in control. david was anointed to be
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David was anointed to be the next king, but he
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The next king, but he didn't go to the palace, he
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Didn't go to the palace, he went back to the shepherd's
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Went back to the shepherd's fields. one morning, his
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Fields. one morning, his father asked him to take
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Father asked him to take lunch to his brothers who
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Lunch to his brothers who were in the army. the
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Were in the army. the israelites were in a
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Israelites were in a standoff with the
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Standoff with the philistines. there were on
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Philistines. there were on the verge of conflict.
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The verge of conflict. david left that day,
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David left that day, thought he was just running
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Thought he was just running an errand, no big deal, "i
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An errand, no big deal, "i told my dad i'd deliver
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Told my dad i'd deliver this lunch." but notice the
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This lunch." but notice the sovereignty of god. when
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Sovereignty of god. when david arrived, it just so
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David arrived, it just so happened that goliath came
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Happened that goliath came out and started taunting
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Out and started taunting the israelites. david heard
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The israelites. david heard all the insults, all the
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All the insults, all the threats, something rose up
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Threats, something rose up in him. look how strategic
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In him. look how strategic god is. david thought it
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God is. david thought it was another ordinary day,
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Was another ordinary day, just taking lunch to his
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Just taking lunch to his brothers when in fact it
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Brothers when in fact it was a destiny moment. david
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Was a destiny moment. david was at the right place, at
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Was at the right place, at the right time. if he would
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The right time. if he would have been three hours
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Have been three hours later, he wouldn't have
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Later, he wouldn't have heard goliath. if he'd
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Heard goliath. if he'd said, "dad, no, i'm not an
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Said, "dad, no, i'm not an errand boy, go find
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Errand boy, go find somebody else to deliver
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Somebody else to deliver this lunch," he would have
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This lunch," he would have missed his destiny. god is
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Missed his destiny. god is ordering your steps. when
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Ordering your steps. when it's his sovereign will,
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It's his sovereign will, you don't have a choice.
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You don't have a choice. don't worry thinking you
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Don't worry thinking you missed it, you're too late,
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Missed it, you're too late, you didn't obey, you should
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You didn't obey, you should have done this, you can't
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Have done this, you can't miss the sovereign will.
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Miss the sovereign will. it's not up to you, it's up
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It's not up to you, it's up to god. what he's already
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To god. what he's already decided is going to happen.
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Decided is going to happen. the good news is god has
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The good news is god has decided to favor you. he's
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Decided to favor you. he's decided to rescue you. he's
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Decided to rescue you. he's decided to be good to you.
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Decided to be good to you. goliath was twice david's
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Goliath was twice david's size. he was the champion
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Size. he was the champion of the philistine army,
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Of the philistine army, their most feared soldier.
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Their most feared soldier. david was young, small, no
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David was young, small, no military training, no
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Military training, no armor. how could he have
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Armor. how could he have the courage to face
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The courage to face goliath? what gave him the
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Goliath? what gave him the passion, the fire to even
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Passion, the fire to even think he had a chance? when
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Think he had a chance? when you come into these
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You come into these sovereign moments, it's not
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Sovereign moments, it's not just you, it's the most
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Just you, it's the most high god backing you up.
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High god backing you up. it's the one who's already
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It's the one who's already written your script
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Written your script stepping in with you. there
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Stepping in with you. there will be a faith that you've
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Will be a faith that you've never had, courage,
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Never had, courage, boldness, that will
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Boldness, that will catapult you ahead. like
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Catapult you ahead. like david, there are these
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David, there are these times where you think
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Times where you think you're just going to work,
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You're just going to work, just taking care of the
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Just taking care of the kids, you're just running
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Kids, you're just running an errand, what you don't
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An errand, what you don't realize is it's a sovereign
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Realize is it's a sovereign moment. a moment that god
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Moment. a moment that god has strategically
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Has strategically orchestrated to put you at
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Orchestrated to put you at the right place at the
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The right place at the right time, to meet the
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Right time, to meet the right people, to hear the
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Right people, to hear the right thing. faith is going
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Right thing. faith is going to rise up in you. you're
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To rise up in you. you're going to see things happen
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Going to see things happen that you could never make
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That you could never make happen. when you defeat
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Happen. when you defeat that giant so to speak,
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That giant so to speak, you're going to look back
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You're going to look back and think, "how did i do
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And think, "how did i do that? how did i get here?
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That? how did i get here? how did i meet this person?
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How did i meet this person? how did this sickness turn
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How did this sickness turn around? how did my family
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Around? how did my family member get back on course?"
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Member get back on course?" it's the sovereignty of
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It's the sovereignty of god, something he planned
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God, something he planned that you couldn't stop.
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That you couldn't stop. take this in the right way,
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Take this in the right way, but you couldn't mess it
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But you couldn't mess it up. you're not that
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Up. you're not that powerful. he already
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Powerful. he already decided long before you
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Decided long before you were born to make that
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Were born to make that happen.
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Happen. i'll never forget, one
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I'll never forget, one tuesday, i was going to
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Tuesday, i was going to work just like another
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Work just like another ordinary day. i was at the
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Ordinary day. i was at the church. a friend called i
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Church. a friend called i hadn't spoken to in years.
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Hadn't spoken to in years. he said, "joel, i want to
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He said, "joel, i want to take you to lunch today." i
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Take you to lunch today." i said, "i'm sorry, i'm busy,
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Said, "i'm sorry, i'm busy, let's do it another day."
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Let's do it another day." he said, "no it's
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He said, "no it's important, i want to do it
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Important, i want to do it today." i said, "what's it
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Today." i said, "what's it about?" he said, "i'll tell
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About?" he said, "i'll tell you when you get there." i
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You when you get there." i thought, "oh great, he's
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Thought, "oh great, he's going to have a project,
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Going to have a project, he's going to need
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He's going to need something from me." i
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Something from me." i canceled an appointment to
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Canceled an appointment to go. normally, i wouldn't
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Go. normally, i wouldn't have done that. i'm very
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Have done that. i'm very routine, but for some
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Routine, but for some reason i wanted to go. we
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Reason i wanted to go. we got to the restaurant, he
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Got to the restaurant, he said, "joel the rockets
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Said, "joel the rockets basketball team is moving
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Basketball team is moving out of the compaq center,
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Out of the compaq center, you should try to get that
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You should try to get that for your church." what he
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For your church." what he didn't know, is we had been
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Didn't know, is we had been turned down twice trying to
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Turned down twice trying to buy property to build an
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Buy property to build an auditorium. i was
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Auditorium. i was discouraged, thinking we
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Discouraged, thinking we were at a dead end. when he
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Were at a dead end. when he said that, it was like a
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Said that, it was like a bomb exploded on the
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Bomb exploded on the inside. i knew this
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Inside. i knew this building was supposed to be
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Building was supposed to be ours. looking back now, i
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Ours. looking back now, i don't know how i had the
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Don't know how i had the faith for it. i was
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Faith for it. i was oblivious to the fact that
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Oblivious to the fact that it was going to cost a
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It was going to cost a hundred million dollars to
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Hundred million dollars to renovate. sometimes god
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Renovate. sometimes god will hide things from you
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Will hide things from you on purpose. i wasn't moved
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On purpose. i wasn't moved by the critics telling us
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By the critics telling us we didn't have a chance. i
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We didn't have a chance. i had this unshakeable
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Had this unshakeable confidence, knowing that
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Confidence, knowing that god could make a way even
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God could make a way even when i didn't see a way.
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When i didn't see a way. there are these times that
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There are these times that you don't have a choice.
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You don't have a choice. god will give you the
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God will give you the faith. he'll bring the
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Faith. he'll bring the building to you, the idea,
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Building to you, the idea, the right people, the
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The right people, the favor. it's the sovereign
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Favor. it's the sovereign lord. see, the city built
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Lord. see, the city built this building for the
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This building for the rockets to play basketball
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Rockets to play basketball in. they didn't realize,
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In. they didn't realize, long before they built it,
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Long before they built it, god had already decided it
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God had already decided it was going to be ours. it
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Was going to be ours. it was already written in the
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Was already written in the script. at the right time,
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Script. at the right time, his sovereign will came to
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His sovereign will came to pass. i'm all for making
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Pass. i'm all for making good decisions, honoring
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Good decisions, honoring god, being our best, but
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God, being our best, but there are times that we
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There are times that we don't have the faith, we
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Don't have the faith, we make mistakes, we get off
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Make mistakes, we get off course, we didn't do our
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Course, we didn't do our best. but when it's his
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Best. but when it's his sovereign will, he will
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Sovereign will, he will override your doubt,
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Override your doubt, override your mistakes,
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Override your mistakes, override what's trying to
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Override what's trying to stop you, and you will
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Stop you, and you will defeat the giant, you will
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Defeat the giant, you will get your compaq center, you
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Get your compaq center, you will meet the person of
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Will meet the person of your dreams, you will step
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Your dreams, you will step in to your greatness. i lay
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In to your greatness. i lay down at night and sleep in
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Down at night and sleep in peace knowing that there is
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Peace knowing that there is a sovereign god. because if
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A sovereign god. because if it was just up to me, i
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It was just up to me, i would be worried. i may
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Would be worried. i may make mistakes, i may not
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Make mistakes, i may not have the faith, i may think
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Have the faith, i may think the giant is too big, but
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The giant is too big, but because of the sovereignty
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Because of the sovereignty of god, there are these
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Of god, there are these times where what we think,
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Times where what we think, what we do, how we perform,
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What we do, how we perform, does not change what god
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Does not change what god has already predestined for
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Has already predestined for our life.
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Our life. david understood this
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David understood this principle. he said in 2
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Principle. he said in 2 samuel, "who am i, oh
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Samuel, "who am i, oh sovereign lord, and what is
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Sovereign lord, and what is my family, that you have
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My family, that you have brought me this far." he
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Brought me this far." he was looking back over his
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Was looking back over his life, thinking, "how did i
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Life, thinking, "how did i get here, i was a shepherd,
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Get here, i was a shepherd, now i'm a king, i'm
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Now i'm a king, i'm respected, i have a lasting
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Respected, i have a lasting dynasty." he was saying,
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Dynasty." he was saying, "it could only be one
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"it could only be one thing, the sovereign god."
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Thing, the sovereign god." five times in the next few
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Five times in the next few verses, he referred to god
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Verses, he referred to god as sovereign. verse 28 he
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As sovereign. verse 28 he said, "oh sovereign lord,
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Said, "oh sovereign lord, you have promised good
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You have promised good things to me." can i tell
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Things to me." can i tell you? the sovereign lord has
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You? the sovereign lord has good things for you. it's
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Good things for you. it's not based on how well you
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Not based on how well you perform, who likes you,
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Perform, who likes you, what family you come from,
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What family you come from, what the economy does.
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What the economy does. these are blessings, favor,
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These are blessings, favor, breakthroughs that god has
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Breakthroughs that god has already written in your
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Already written in your script. instead of
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Script. instead of worrying, thinking that
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Worrying, thinking that it's never going to happen,
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It's never going to happen, trying to earn it, why
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Trying to earn it, why don't you do like david and
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Don't you do like david and say, "oh sovereign lord,
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Say, "oh sovereign lord, thank you for the good
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Thank you for the good things you have in store
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Things you have in store for me. thank you for
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For me. thank you for choosing me before i could
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Choosing me before i could choose you. thank you for
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Choose you. thank you for not depending on my
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Not depending on my performance, my faith, my
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Performance, my faith, my circumstances, but blessing
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Circumstances, but blessing me because of your
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Me because of your goodness."
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Goodness." "well joel, it sounds like
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"well joel, it sounds like you're saying we can do
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You're saying we can do whatever we want and god's
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Whatever we want and god's still going to be bless
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Still going to be bless us." no what i'm saying is
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Us." no what i'm saying is you cannot change god's
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You cannot change god's sovereign will. you may not
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Sovereign will. you may not perform perfectly all the
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Perform perfectly all the time, you may not deserve
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Time, you may not deserve his blessing, but when it's
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His blessing, but when it's his sovereign will, it
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His sovereign will, it doesn't depend on what you
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Doesn't depend on what you do or don't do. god has
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Do or don't do. god has decided to make it happen.
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Decided to make it happen. what god decides is
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What god decides is unstoppable.
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Unstoppable. in the scripture, saul was
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In the scripture, saul was the biggest enemy of the
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The biggest enemy of the church. he got letters from
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Church. he got letters from the courts to have people
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The courts to have people arrested that were
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Arrested that were following christ. he was
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Following christ. he was like a terrorist. you would
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Like a terrorist. you would think he's too far gone.
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Think he's too far gone. god wouldn't have anything
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God wouldn't have anything to do with him. no don't
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To do with him. no don't write anybody off. you
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Write anybody off. you don't know what god has
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Don't know what god has planned ahead of time. his
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Planned ahead of time. his sovereign will can't be
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Sovereign will can't be stopped by our choices.
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Stopped by our choices. saul was on a horse,
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Saul was on a horse, traveling to damascus, to
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Traveling to damascus, to have people arrested. he's
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Have people arrested. he's on a mission to cause more
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On a mission to cause more havoc and suddenly a light
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Havoc and suddenly a light shined down from heaven,
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Shined down from heaven, like a flash of lightning,
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Like a flash of lightning, knocked him to the ground.
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Knocked him to the ground. it was so powerful that he
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It was so powerful that he couldn't see. a voice
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Couldn't see. a voice boomed out, "saul, saul,
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Boomed out, "saul, saul, why do you persecute me?"
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Why do you persecute me?" saul answered, "who are
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Saul answered, "who are you, lord?" all the sudden,
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You, lord?" all the sudden, he's using the word 'lord'.
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He's using the word 'lord'. that day was a turning
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That day was a turning point. saul eventually
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Point. saul eventually became the apostle paul,
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Became the apostle paul, who wrote almost half of
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Who wrote almost half of the new testament. if god
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The new testament. if god based his will only on our
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Based his will only on our decisions, paul wouldn't
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Decisions, paul wouldn't have had a chance. the
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Have had a chance. the beauty is god has a
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Beauty is god has a sovereign will, that
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Sovereign will, that overrides our choices. it's
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Overrides our choices. it's the goodness of god, loving
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The goodness of god, loving us when we don't deserve
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Us when we don't deserve it, showing us mercy when
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It, showing us mercy when we should have judgment.
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We should have judgment. you may have gotten off
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You may have gotten off course, made decisions
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Course, made decisions you're not proud of. you
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You're not proud of. you feel like you're washed up.
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Feel like you're washed up. can i encourage you? the
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Can i encourage you? the sovereign god is still in
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Sovereign god is still in control of your life. he's
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Control of your life. he's already planned ahead of
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Already planned ahead of time these moments of
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Time these moments of mercy, healing, favor,
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Mercy, healing, favor, where he won't just restore
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Where he won't just restore you, but he'll thrust you
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You, but he'll thrust you into your purpose.
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Into your purpose. sometimes we
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Sometimes we get frustrated because we
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Get frustrated because we can't see the whole script.
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Can't see the whole script. we don't know what god is
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We don't know what god is up to. we go through
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Up to. we go through disappointments, loss, bad
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Disappointments, loss, bad breaks. it doesn't make
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Breaks. it doesn't make sense to us. it's a
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Sense to us. it's a setback. nothing is random,
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Setback. nothing is random, it's all working according
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It's all working according to his plan, what he
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To his plan, what he decided long ago. you have
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Decided long ago. you have to trust him when you don't
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To trust him when you don't understand. you have to
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Understand. you have to believe that he's
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Believe that he's sovereign, that it's all
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Sovereign, that it's all serving a purpose. i
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Serving a purpose. i believe one day, you'll see
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Believe one day, you'll see what he was up to.
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What he was up to. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with a lady named naomi. she
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A lady named naomi. she lived with her husband and
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Lived with her husband and two sons in the city of
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Two sons in the city of bethlehem. life was good,
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Bethlehem. life was good, then a great famine came.
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Then a great famine came. she had to move with her
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She had to move with her family to moab so they
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Family to moab so they could survive. in moab, her
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Could survive. in moab, her sons met ruth and orpah,
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Sons met ruth and orpah, they fell in love and were
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They fell in love and were married. eventually naomi's
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Married. eventually naomi's husband died. ten years
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Husband died. ten years later both of her sons
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Later both of her sons died. she was so
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Died. she was so heartbroken, she decided to
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Heartbroken, she decided to move back home to
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Move back home to bethlehem. she urged her
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Bethlehem. she urged her two daughters in law to go
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Two daughters in law to go back to their hometowns as
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Back to their hometowns as well. orpah took her up on
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Well. orpah took her up on it, she walked away but
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It, she walked away but ruth said, "no, i'm not
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Ruth said, "no, i'm not leaving you." she moved
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Leaving you." she moved back to bethlehem with
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Back to bethlehem with naomi. she met a man named
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Naomi. she met a man named boaz there. they were
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Boaz there. they were married and had a son named
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Married and had a son named obed, obed had a son name
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Obed, obed had a son name jesse, jesse had a son
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Jesse, jesse had a son named david.
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Named david. look at how strategic god
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Look at how strategic god is. the famine that caused
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Is. the famine that caused naomi to move wasn't
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Naomi to move wasn't random. it was a part of
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Random. it was a part of god's plan to get her to
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God's plan to get her to moab so her son could marry
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Moab so her son could marry ruth. it was painful, but
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Ruth. it was painful, but if she hadn't gone through
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If she hadn't gone through that loss, she would have
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That loss, she would have never moved back home. if
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Never moved back home. if ruth wasn't single again,
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Ruth wasn't single again, she would have never
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She would have never married boaz, they would
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Married boaz, they would have never had a child. yet
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Have never had a child. yet god decided ahead of time
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God decided ahead of time that david, the greatest
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That david, the greatest king that ever lived, would
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King that ever lived, would come out of their family
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Come out of their family line. if someone would have
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Line. if someone would have told naomi back then during
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Told naomi back then during the famine, during the
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The famine, during the loss, that god was working,
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Loss, that god was working, that it was all a part of
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That it was all a part of his plan, she would have
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His plan, she would have said, "yeah right. nothing
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Said, "yeah right. nothing good is going to come out
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Good is going to come out of this." but god is
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Of this." but god is sovereign. we're looking at
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Sovereign. we're looking at what's going on this week,
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What's going on this week, this month, but god can be
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This month, but god can be looking generations ahead.
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Looking generations ahead. think about ruth, for some
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Think about ruth, for some reason she wanted to move
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Reason she wanted to move to naomi's hometown. she
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To naomi's hometown. she didn't know anyone there.
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Didn't know anyone there. why didn't she do like
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Why didn't she do like orpah, go back to where she
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Orpah, go back to where she was from. this was the
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Was from. this was the sovereignty of god. god
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Sovereignty of god. god gave her the desire because
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Gave her the desire because it was something he had
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It was something he had already decided ahead of
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Already decided ahead of time. god is not making it
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Time. god is not making it up as you go. he's working
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Up as you go. he's working all things according to his
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All things according to his plan. now stay in faith
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Plan. now stay in faith while his plan unfolds.
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While his plan unfolds. what if you're upset over a
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What if you're upset over a disappointment, living
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Disappointment, living bitter over a loss, when in
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Bitter over a loss, when in fact, obed so to speak is
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Fact, obed so to speak is coming. now ruth is in the
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Coming. now ruth is in the family line of jesus. what
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Family line of jesus. what god is doing in our lives
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God is doing in our lives is not always going to make
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Is not always going to make sense. he's been
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Sense. he's been orchestrating things for
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Orchestrating things for you, generations back to
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You, generations back to bring you to where you are.
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Bring you to where you are. just like he brought ruth
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Just like he brought ruth out of heartache, into
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Out of heartache, into great joy, nothing you've
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Great joy, nothing you've been through has been
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Been through has been random. it's not
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Random. it's not happenstance, bad luck, god
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Happenstance, bad luck, god is still in control. this
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Is still in control. this is when you have to trust
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Is when you have to trust that he's sovereign, that
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That he's sovereign, that the good things in your
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The good things in your future are unstoppable. if
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Future are unstoppable. if you'll do this, i believe
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, you're about
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And declare, you're about to come in to some of these
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To come in to some of these sovereign moments, things
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Sovereign moments, things that you couldn't make
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That you couldn't make happen. like david, the
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Happen. like david, the right breaks are going to
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Right breaks are going to come looking for you, like
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Come looking for you, like ruth favor that you've
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Ruth favor that you've never imagined, like paul,
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Never imagined, like paul, god is going to override
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God is going to override your mistakes and thrust
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Your mistakes and thrust you into your destiny, in
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You into your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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Joel Osteen - Secure In His Sovereignty

May 26, 2025 | 27:29

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