Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - A Sound Mind

October 12, 2025 | 29:0

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

#Mind #PositiveThoughts #NegativeThoughts #Truth #Lies #Distraction #Distractions #Focus #Fear #Doubt #Faith #TrustGod #Spirit #Discipline

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - A Sound Mind | October 12, 2025

> joel: god bless you. it's
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel,
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can
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Social media. and you can come visit us in person.
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Come visit us in person. we'd love to have you be
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We'd love to have you be a part of one of our
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A part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this lady. she had just
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About this lady. she had just gotten out of choir practice,
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Gotten out of choir practice, she was so fired up, she put
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She was so fired up, she put a “honk if you love jesus”
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A “honk if you love jesus” bumper sticker on her car. at
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Bumper sticker on her car. at the intersection, she was
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The intersection, she was digging in her purse and
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Digging in her purse and didn't notice the light had
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Didn't notice the light had changed. she said, “i was so
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Changed. she said, “i was so excited to find out the guy
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Excited to find out the guy behind me loved jesus. he
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Behind me loved jesus. he started honking, so i rolled
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Started honking, so i rolled my window down, waved real
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My window down, waved real big, and said, “i love jesus
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Big, and said, “i love jesus too.” she said, “i found out
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Too.” she said, “i found out a whole lot of people love
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A whole lot of people love jesus. everyone started
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Jesus. everyone started honking. one man even
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Honking. one man even screamed, ‘jesus christ'.”
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Screamed, ‘jesus christ'.” she said, “after we shared
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She said, “after we shared all that love together, i was
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All that love together, i was the only one that made it
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The only one that made it through the intersection.”
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Through the intersection.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about a sound mind. there are
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About a sound mind. there are so many opportunities to live
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So many opportunities to live worried, afraid, wondering
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Worried, afraid, wondering what's going to happen. you
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What's going to happen. you watch the news and see all
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Watch the news and see all the violence, suffering,
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The violence, suffering, division. someone texted me
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Division. someone texted me last week and said, “this is
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Last week and said, “this is such a scary time to be
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Such a scary time to be alive.” people are on edge,
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Alive.” people are on edge, thinking, “what if the
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Thinking, “what if the economy goes down? what if
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Economy goes down? what if the medical report doesn't
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The medical report doesn't improve? how can i accomplish
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Improve? how can i accomplish my dreams? i don't have the
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My dreams? i don't have the connections.” it's easy to
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Connections.” it's easy to let our mind be filled with
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Let our mind be filled with negativity, doubt, fear.
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Negativity, doubt, fear. that's the enemy's favorite
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That's the enemy's favorite area to work in. he knows if
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Area to work in. he knows if he can control your thoughts,
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He can control your thoughts, he can control your life. but
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He can control your life. but paul said in 2 timothy, “god
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Paul said in 2 timothy, “god has not given us a spirit of
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Has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of
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Fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.” a
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Love and of a sound mind.” a sound mind is a positive
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Sound mind is a positive mind, a hopeful mind. it's a
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Mind, a hopeful mind. it's a mind that's at peace, a mind
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Mind that's at peace, a mind that knows god's in control,
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That knows god's in control, and that he's ordering your
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And that he's ordering your steps. a sound mind is not
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Steps. a sound mind is not focused on the problems, it's
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Focused on the problems, it's focused on the promises. it's
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Focused on the promises. it's not looking at how big the
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Not looking at how big the challenge is, it's looking at
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Challenge is, it's looking at how big our god is. a sound
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How big our god is. a sound mind is not discouraged over
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Mind is not discouraged over the bad break, it's expecting
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The bad break, it's expecting god to open a new door. it's
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God to open a new door. it's not bitter over who walked
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Not bitter over who walked away. it's knowing god has
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Away. it's knowing god has someone better coming.
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Someone better coming. that's the way god created
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That's the way god created us to live.
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Us to live. positive, peaceful, trusting.
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Positive, peaceful, trusting. but so many people go around
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But so many people go around with a troubled mind, “i
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With a troubled mind, “i don't see how this problem is
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Don't see how this problem is going to work out.” a worried
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Going to work out.” a worried mind, “what if my company has
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Mind, “what if my company has layoffs?” a doubting mind,
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Layoffs?” a doubting mind, “i'll ever meet the right
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“i'll ever meet the right person.” a negative mind, “i
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Person.” a negative mind, “i can't break this addiction.
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Can't break this addiction. i've had it for years.” what
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I've had it for years.” what kind of mind do you have?
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Kind of mind do you have? what are you thinking about
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What are you thinking about all through the day? your
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All through the day? your life is going to follow your
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Life is going to follow your thoughts. the scripture says,
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Thoughts. the scripture says, “let this same mind be in you
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“let this same mind be in you that was in christ jesus.”
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That was in christ jesus.” this is an amazing promise.
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This is an amazing promise. you can have the same mind,
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You can have the same mind, the same thinking patterns as
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The same thinking patterns as jesus did. he had all kinds
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Jesus did. he had all kinds of problems, but he didn't
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Of problems, but he didn't have a worried mind. he had
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Have a worried mind. he had people betray him, but he
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People betray him, but he didn't have a bitter mind. he
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Didn't have a bitter mind. he stood before lazarus, a man
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Stood before lazarus, a man that had been dead four days,
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That had been dead four days, and called him back to life.
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And called him back to life. he didn't have a doubting
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He didn't have a doubting mind. he trusted that his
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Mind. he trusted that his father was in control. he
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Father was in control. he believed that he was called,
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Believed that he was called, equipped and empowered. he
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Equipped and empowered. he had a sound mind. he would
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Had a sound mind. he would have never fulfilled his
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Have never fulfilled his destiny with the wrong
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Destiny with the wrong thoughts playing all day long.
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Thoughts playing all day long. pay attention to what's
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Pay attention to what's playing in your mind. the
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Playing in your mind. the enemy would love for us to go
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Enemy would love for us to go through life with a doubting
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Through life with a doubting mind, a fearful mind, a
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Mind, a fearful mind, a worried mind. don't fall into
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Worried mind. don't fall into that trap. you control the
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That trap. you control the doorway to your mind. you
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Doorway to your mind. you can't stop negative thoughts
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Can't stop negative thoughts from coming, but you can
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From coming, but you can decide whether or not you're
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Decide whether or not you're going to dwell on them. god
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Going to dwell on them. god is not going to do this for
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Is not going to do this for us. this is something we all
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Us. this is something we all have to do. take control of
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Have to do. take control of your thought life. be
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Your thought life. be selective in what you're
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Selective in what you're dwelling on. if the thought
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Dwelling on. if the thought is negative, discouraging,
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Is negative, discouraging, bringing fear, doubt,
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Bringing fear, doubt, confusion, dismiss it. don't
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Confusion, dismiss it. don't give it the time of day.
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Give it the time of day. replace that thought with a
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Replace that thought with a positive thought. replace it
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Positive thought. replace it with what god says about you.
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With what god says about you. “you've seen your best days.
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“you've seen your best days. it's all downhill from here.”
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It's all downhill from here.” “no thanks. my latter days
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“no thanks. my latter days will be better than my former
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Will be better than my former days. god, i thank you that
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Days. god, i thank you that you're taking me from glory
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You're taking me from glory to glory; that my path gets
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To glory; that my path gets brighter and brighter.”
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Brighter and brighter.” “you're never going to
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“you're never going to accomplish your dreams. you
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Accomplish your dreams. you don't have the funding, the
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Don't have the funding, the connections, the experience.”
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Connections, the experience.” “father, thank you that
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“father, thank you that you're opening doors no
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You're opening doors no person can shut. thank you
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Person can shut. thank you that the right people are
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That the right people are tracking me down. that good
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Tracking me down. that good breaks are headed my way.”
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Breaks are headed my way.” this is our choice, a
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This is our choice, a doubting mind, or a faith
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Doubting mind, or a faith filled mind. thoughts will
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Filled mind. thoughts will whisper, “this sickness is
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Whisper, “this sickness is permanent, your health is
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Permanent, your health is going to keep getting worse.
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Going to keep getting worse. you saw the medical report.”
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You saw the medical report.” if you dwell on that, it's
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If you dwell on that, it's going to create fear,
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Going to create fear, negativity, drain your
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Negativity, drain your energy, take your joy. why
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Energy, take your joy. why don't you dismiss those
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Don't you dismiss those thoughts. you're in control
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Thoughts. you're in control of what you think about. turn
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Of what you think about. turn it around and dwell on what
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It around and dwell on what god says about you. “father,
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God says about you. “father, you said that you're
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You said that you're restoring health back unto
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Restoring health back unto me. you said the number of my
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Me. you said the number of my days you will fulfill, that
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Days you will fulfill, that with long life you will
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With long life you will satisfy me.” that's how you
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Satisfy me.” that's how you have a sound mind, by being
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Have a sound mind, by being selective in what you think
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Selective in what you think about.
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About. the scripture says, “take
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The scripture says, “take every thought captive that
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Every thought captive that goes against what god says.”
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Goes against what god says.” get a picture of that, a
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Get a picture of that, a negative thought comes: fear,
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Negative thought comes: fear, worry, doubt. you can't be
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Worry, doubt. you can't be passive, complacent, you have
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Passive, complacent, you have to arrest that thought. it's
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To arrest that thought. it's an intruder. it has no right
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An intruder. it has no right to stay. you need to get your
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To stay. you need to get your handcuffs out, so to speak,
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Handcuffs out, so to speak, lock it up and send it away.
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Lock it up and send it away. ‘take it captive' indicates
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‘take it captive' indicates force, aggression, being on
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Force, aggression, being on the offensive. it could have
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The offensive. it could have said, just don't think it,
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Said, just don't think it, don't pay it attention. but
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Don't pay it attention. but god was showing us how
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God was showing us how important it is that we be
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Important it is that we be proactive, that if we're
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Proactive, that if we're going to have a sound mind,
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Going to have a sound mind, it's not going to happen
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It's not going to happen automatically. we're going to
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Automatically. we're going to have to start locking up some
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Have to start locking up some things. the apostle paul
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Things. the apostle paul said, “give no place to the
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Said, “give no place to the enemy.” are there some
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Enemy.” are there some intruders in your mind that
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Intruders in your mind that you're allowing to stay? are
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You're allowing to stay? are you giving place to negative,
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You giving place to negative, discouraging thoughts?
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Discouraging thoughts? imagine that worry, that
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Imagine that worry, that doubt, that fear, sitting on
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Doubt, that fear, sitting on your couch, feet up in the
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Your couch, feet up in the air, making themselves at
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Air, making themselves at home. how would you feel if a
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Home. how would you feel if a burglar came into your house,
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Burglar came into your house, started eating your food,
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Started eating your food, sleeping in your bed, sitting
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Sleeping in your bed, sitting on your back porch, watching
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On your back porch, watching your television? he wouldn't
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Your television? he wouldn't be there five seconds before
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Be there five seconds before you would say, “excuse me.
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You would say, “excuse me. you are not welcome here.
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You are not welcome here. this is my house. you have to
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This is my house. you have to leave right now.” if he
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Leave right now.” if he didn't leave on his own,
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Didn't leave on his own, you'd call your wife, i mean
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You'd call your wife, i mean you'd call 911. that's how
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You'd call 911. that's how you need to see these
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You need to see these negative thoughts. they're
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Negative thoughts. they're intruders. they're trying to
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Intruders. they're trying to keep you from your destiny.
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Keep you from your destiny. worry, fear, doubt. that's
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Worry, fear, doubt. that's going to limit your vision,
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Going to limit your vision, cause you to give up on
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Cause you to give up on dreams, live stressed out,
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Dreams, live stressed out, where you don't enjoy your
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Where you don't enjoy your life. it's time to make some
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Life. it's time to make some arrests. lock up some
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Arrests. lock up some negative thoughts. get those
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Negative thoughts. get those intruders out of your mind.
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Intruders out of your mind. they're not going to go on
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They're not going to go on their own. you have to force
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Their own. you have to force them out. refuse to dwell on
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Them out. refuse to dwell on them. refuse to let the
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Them. refuse to let the negative play.
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It's interesting, when god
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It's interesting, when god says we don't have a spirit
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Says we don't have a spirit of fear, that word ‘fear' in
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Of fear, that word ‘fear' in the original language is only
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The original language is only used one time in the
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Used one time in the scripture. all the other
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Scripture. all the other times it says ‘fear', that
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Times it says ‘fear', that word is talking about not
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Word is talking about not dreading something bad that's
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Dreading something bad that's coming. it's referring to
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Coming. it's referring to what we think, not
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What we think, not anticipating the negative.
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Anticipating the negative. but when god said, you don't
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But when god said, you don't have a spirit of fear, that
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Word for fear implies being
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Word for fear implies being passive, complacent, not
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Passive, complacent, not putting for the effort that's
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Putting for the effort that's required. a sound mind in
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Required. a sound mind in several versions is
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Several versions is translated, a disciplined
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Translated, a disciplined mind. it refers to
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Mind. it refers to self-control and
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Self-control and self-discipline. god is
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Self-discipline. god is saying if you're going to
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Saying if you're going to have this sound mind that i'm
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Have this sound mind that i'm giving you, if you're going
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Giving you, if you're going to stay in peace, full of
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To stay in peace, full of faith, expecting my favor,
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Faith, expecting my favor, then you can't be passive,
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Then you can't be passive, complacent and just think
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Complacent and just think whatever comes into your
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Whatever comes into your mind. you have to be
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Mind. you have to be disciplined. you have to
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Disciplined. you have to exercise self-control. god
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Exercise self-control. god has already provided us a
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Has already provided us a sound mind, a peaceful mind,
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Sound mind, a peaceful mind, a believing mind. the
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A believing mind. the question is, are you going to
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Question is, are you going to keep the intruders out and
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Keep the intruders out and think about what he's
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Think about what he's promised? are you going to
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Promised? are you going to lock up those destructive
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Lock up those destructive thoughts and not give the
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Thoughts and not give the enemy any place.
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Enemy any place. some people are allowing way
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Some people are allowing way too much worry. those
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Too much worry. those worrisome thoughts have their
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Worrisome thoughts have their own bedroom in your mind so
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Own bedroom in your mind so to speak. they eat dinner
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To speak. they eat dinner with you every night, they
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With you every night, they greet you first thing in the
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Greet you first thing in the morning. they ride to work
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Morning. they ride to work with you, go on vacation with
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With you, go on vacation with you. why don't you send them
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You. why don't you send them an eviction notice? “i'm
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An eviction notice? “i'm sorry, but your time here is
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Sorry, but your time here is up. i've let you stay way too
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Up. i've let you stay way too long. now you're going to
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Long. now you're going to have to leave.” no more
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Have to leave.” no more waking up with worry. try a
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Waking up with worry. try a different approach and wake
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Different approach and wake up with hope, wake up with
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Up with hope, wake up with faith, wake up with
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Faith, wake up with gratitude. when you get up in
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Gratitude. when you get up in the morning, instead of
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The morning, instead of letting those worry thoughts
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Letting those worry thoughts play, “father, thank you for
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Play, “father, thank you for another beautiful day. thank
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Another beautiful day. thank you that i'm alive. thank you
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You that i'm alive. thank you for my family. thank you for
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For my family. thank you for good health. lord i'm excited
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Good health. lord i'm excited about this day.” worry can't
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About this day.” worry can't stay in a house full of
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Stay in a house full of faith. discouragement can't
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Faith. discouragement can't stay in a house full of
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Stay in a house full of gratitude. negativity can't
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Gratitude. negativity can't stay in a house full of hope.
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Stay in a house full of hope. maybe you've allowed doubt a
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Maybe you've allowed doubt a place in your mind. it's been
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Place in your mind. it's been there so long, it's taken up
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There so long, it's taken up residence. you don't think
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Residence. you don't think you can accomplish your
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You can accomplish your dreams, the obstacles are too
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Dreams, the obstacles are too big, you're not talented
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Big, you're not talented enough. that doubt is causing
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Enough. that doubt is causing you to settle for mediocrity
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You to settle for mediocrity and quit believing for what
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And quit believing for what god put in your heart. it's
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God put in your heart. it's time to serve doubt an
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Time to serve doubt an eviction notice. start
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Eviction notice. start locking up those thoughts.
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Locking up those thoughts. your mind is the enemy's
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Your mind is the enemy's playground. he's going to
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Playground. he's going to feed you all kinds of defeat
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Feed you all kinds of defeat and lack and can't do it.
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And lack and can't do it. “you've made too many
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“you've made too many mistakes. you missed your
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Mistakes. you missed your chance.” quit giving him a
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Chance.” quit giving him a place. take control of your
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Place. take control of your thought life. program it with
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Thought life. program it with what god says, “i am blessed.
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What god says, “i am blessed. i am talented. i am forgiven.
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I am talented. i am forgiven. i have a bright future.” when
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I have a bright future.” when you think like that, you're
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You think like that, you're evicting doubt, fear, worry,
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Evicting doubt, fear, worry, and you're giving a room for
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And you're giving a room for faith, for hope, for victory.
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Faith, for hope, for victory. make sure you have the right
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Make sure you have the right tenants living in your mind.
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Tenants living in your mind. “i don't know joel. i never
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“i don't know joel. i never get any good breaks. i'm not
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Get any good breaks. i'm not good in math, i'll never pass
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Good in math, i'll never pass this course. i can't pay my
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This course. i can't pay my house off. i am so worried
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House off. i am so worried about my children.” i know
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About my children.” i know those are valid concerns. i'm
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Those are valid concerns. i'm not making light of them. but
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Not making light of them. but i also know that giving a
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I also know that giving a place to fear, doubt and
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Place to fear, doubt and worry doesn't do anything
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Worry doesn't do anything productive. it will cause you
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Productive. it will cause you to get stuck and not see the
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To get stuck and not see the great things god has in store
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Great things god has in store for you.
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For you. i know people that are so
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I know people that are so disciplined when it comes to
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Disciplined when it comes to their career. they're
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Their career. they're productive, excellent, and on
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Time. i know people that aren
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Time. i know people that aren disciplined when it comes to
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Disciplined when it comes to parenting. they're always
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Parenting. they're always there for their children,
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There for their children, making sure they have
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Making sure they have everything they need, at
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Everything they need, at their ball games, great
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Their ball games, great supporters. i know people
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Supporters. i know people that are so disciplined when
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That are so disciplined when it comes to their physical
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It comes to their physical health. they eat right,
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Health. they eat right, exercise, they're always at
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Exercise, they're always at the gym. we can be
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Disciplined in all these
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Disciplined in all these other areas, which is great,
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Other areas, which is great, but when it comes to our
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But when it comes to our thought life, sometimes we're
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Thought life, sometimes we're undisciplined. we let any
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Undisciplined. we let any thought in. we end up living
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Thought in. we end up living worried, insecure, troubled.
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Worried, insecure, troubled. what if you had that same
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What if you had that same discipline in your thinking.
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Discipline in your thinking. you're so responsible in your
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You're so responsible in your career, your parenting, your
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Career, your parenting, your health, be responsible in
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Health, be responsible in your thought life. quit
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Your thought life. quit giving space to thoughts that
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Giving space to thoughts that are limiting you and causing
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Are limiting you and causing you to live worried, afraid,
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You to live worried, afraid, intimidated.
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Intimidated. when my father passed and i
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When my father passed and i stepped up to pastor the
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Stepped up to pastor the church, i had never
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Church, i had never ministered before. i'd spent
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Ministered before. i'd spent those seventeen years behind
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Those seventeen years behind the scenes, but down deep i
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The scenes, but down deep i knew i was supposed to do it.
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Knew i was supposed to do it. but all these thoughts
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But all these thoughts flooded my mind. “you're not
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Flooded my mind. “you're not qualified. you don't have the
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Qualified. you don't have the training. nobody's going to
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Training. nobody's going to listen to you, joel. you're
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Listen to you, joel. you're not like your father. you
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Not like your father. you don't have that big
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Don't have that big personality.” the enemy is
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Personality.” the enemy is not going to let you move
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Not going to let you move forward, take new ground,
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Forward, take new ground, without opposition. his main
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Without opposition. his main battlefield is the mind.
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Battlefield is the mind. he'll whisper lies hoping
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He'll whisper lies hoping that you'll take the bait and
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That you'll take the bait and start dwelling on them. i had
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Start dwelling on them. i had to make a decision, was i
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To make a decision, was i going to give those thoughts
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Going to give those thoughts access to my mind? was i
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Access to my mind? was i going to keep dwelling on
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Going to keep dwelling on them and let them take up
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Them and let them take up residence and limit my
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Residence and limit my future? or was i going to
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Future? or was i going to lock them up? was i going to
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Lock them up? was i going to see them as an intruder and
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See them as an intruder and not give them the right to
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Not give them the right to stay? i did what i'm asking
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Stay? i did what i'm asking us to do. instead of
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Us to do. instead of believing those lies, i said,
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Believing those lies, i said, “no thanks, you're not
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“no thanks, you're not welcome here. you say i'm
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Welcome here. you say i'm weak, unqualified, not
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Weak, unqualified, not enough, but i know who i am.
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Enough, but i know who i am. i am strong in the lord. i
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I am strong in the lord. i can do all things through
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Can do all things through christ. i'm equipped,
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Christ. i'm equipped, empowered and anointed. i
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Empowered and anointed. i have royal blood flowing
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Have royal blood flowing through my veins. i've been
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Through my veins. i've been crowned with favor. the most
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Crowned with favor. the most high god is breathing on my
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High god is breathing on my life.” when you think like
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Life.” when you think like that doubt can't stay,
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That doubt can't stay, inferiority has to go, fear
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Inferiority has to go, fear has no place. but had i
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Has no place. but had i allowed those lies, i
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Allowed those lies, i wouldn't be up here today.
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Wouldn't be up here today. don't miss your destiny
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Don't miss your destiny because you're giving place
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Because you're giving place to the wrong things.
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To the wrong things. our mind is like a house, it
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Our mind is like a house, it has all these different
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Has all these different rooms. something is occupying
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Rooms. something is occupying each room. imagine there are
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Each room. imagine there are four bedrooms. one has fear
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Four bedrooms. one has fear living in it. it moved in
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Living in it. it moved in during the pandemic. another
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During the pandemic. another has guilt living in it. it's
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Has guilt living in it. it's been there since you made
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Been there since you made that mistake; so down on
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That mistake; so down on yourself. another room
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Yourself. another room there's inferiority. it's
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There's inferiority. it's been there since you were a
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Been there since you were a child, when people made you
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Child, when people made you feel less than, told you how
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Feel less than, told you how you weren't attractive and
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You weren't attractive and you would never do anything
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You would never do anything significant. what would
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Significant. what would happen if you would start
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Happen if you would start evicting those wrong tenants.
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Evicting those wrong tenants. how much higher will you go
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How much higher will you go if you'll evict the doubt,
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If you'll evict the doubt, those thoughts telling you
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Those thoughts telling you that you'll never get well,
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That you'll never get well, never break the addiction,
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Never break the addiction, never see your family
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Never see your family restored. those are lies. you
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Restored. those are lies. you have to lock them up. they're
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Have to lock them up. they're intruders. they have no right
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Intruders. they have no right to stay. how much more will
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To stay. how much more will you accomplish if you'll
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You accomplish if you'll evict the unworthiness?
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Evict the unworthiness? thinking you don't deserve to
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Thinking you don't deserve to be blessed. you've made too
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Be blessed. you've made too many mistakes. what could you
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Many mistakes. what could you become if you'll evict the
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Become if you'll evict the not qualified thoughts, not
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Not qualified thoughts, not talented enough. “i don't
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Talented enough. “i don't have what it takes.” get
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Have what it takes.” get those thoughts out of your
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Those thoughts out of your house. your mind is valuable
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House. your mind is valuable real estate. it's time to
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Real estate. it's time to send the eviction notice.
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Send the eviction notice. “i'm sorry, but you're done
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“i'm sorry, but you're done here. i have some new tenants
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Here. i have some new tenants moving in immediately. it's
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Moving in immediately. it's faith, it's hope, it's
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Faith, it's hope, it's victory.”
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Victory.” here's the key: you will go
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Here's the key: you will go no further than you think you
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No further than you think you can go. you will be no more
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Can go. you will be no more valuable, you will live no
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Valuable, you will live no more secure, no more
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More secure, no more confident, than how valuable
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Confident, than how valuable you think you are. the truth
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You think you are. the truth is you are made in the image
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Is you are made in the image of almighty god. he calls you
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Of almighty god. he calls you a masterpiece, one of a kind,
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A masterpiece, one of a kind, a prized possession. but if
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A prized possession. but if you let the wrong intruders
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You let the wrong intruders in your mind, if you let
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In your mind, if you let inferiority, not good enough,
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Inferiority, not good enough, not attractive, if that
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Not attractive, if that occupies a room, you won't
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Occupies a room, you won't discover who you really are.
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Discover who you really are. when we believe the lie for a
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When we believe the lie for a long time, the scripture
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Long time, the scripture calls it a strong hold. it's
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Calls it a strong hold. it's a thinking pattern that's
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A thinking pattern that's keeping us from our destiny.
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Keeping us from our destiny. you have to pull down the
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You have to pull down the strong hold. you have to
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Strong hold. you have to evict the intruder. it's good
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Evict the intruder. it's good to ask yourself, “why do i
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To ask yourself, “why do i feel this way? why do i feel
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Feel this way? why do i feel like i'm inferior, not up to
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Like i'm inferior, not up to par, not qualified.” maybe
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Par, not qualified.” maybe it's because the enemy told
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It's because the enemy told you what he told me, but you
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You what he told me, but you let the lie take root. you
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Let the lie take root. you gave the intruder permission
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Gave the intruder permission to stay. now he has a room in
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To stay. now he has a room in your house. the good news is,
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Your house. the good news is, you're the landlord. you get
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You're the landlord. you get to decide who stays.
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To decide who stays. inferiority or confidence.
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Inferiority or confidence. not good enough or a
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Not good enough or a masterpiece. unqualified or
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Masterpiece. unqualified or well able.
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Maybe you need to ask
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Maybe you need to ask yourself, “why am i so
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Yourself, “why am i so worried, why am i afraid,
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Worried, why am i afraid, living on edge, thinking
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Living on edge, thinking something bad is about to
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Something bad is about to happen?” that's a room that
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Happen?” that's a room that you've let the enemy occupy
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You've let the enemy occupy in your mind. the problem
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In your mind. the problem with letting fear and worry
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With letting fear and worry in, is it's not only taking
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In, is it's not only taking your peace, but you draw in
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Your peace, but you draw in what you constantly think
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What you constantly think about. faith works in the
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About. faith works in the negative just as it does the
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Negative just as it does the positive. that negative frame
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Positive. that negative frame of mind is going to draw in
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Defeat, bad breaks, and
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Defeat, bad breaks, and disappointments. why don't
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Disappointments. why don't you evict that tenant? god
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You evict that tenant? god has you in the palm of his
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Has you in the palm of his hand. nothing can snatch you
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Hand. nothing can snatch you away. a thousand may fall at
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Away. a thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at
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Your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will
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Your right hand, but it will not come near you. you can
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Not come near you. you can say with david, “the lord is
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Say with david, “the lord is my light and my salvation. i
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My light and my salvation. i will not fear. the lord is
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Will not fear. the lord is the strength of my life.”
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The strength of my life.” he's fighting your battles.
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He's fighting your battles. his angels are surrounding
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His angels are surrounding you. he holds victory in
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You. he holds victory in store for the upright. when
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Store for the upright. when you let those thoughts occupy
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You let those thoughts occupy a room, you're going to be
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A room, you're going to be peaceful, calm, secure, and
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Peaceful, calm, secure, and you're going to enjoy your
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You're going to enjoy your life.
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Life. take inventory of what's
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Take inventory of what's occupying your house. some of
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Occupying your house. some of us have faith, hope and
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Us have faith, hope and trust, that's good, but we
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Trust, that's good, but we still have that one room of
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Still have that one room of worry. worry doesn't want to
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Worry. worry doesn't want to leave. he's stubborn. we know
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Leave. he's stubborn. we know god's on the throne but we're
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God's on the throne but we're still a little on edge. “what
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Still a little on edge. “what if my business goes down?
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If my business goes down? this medical report is not
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This medical report is not changing. i thought i would
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Changing. i thought i would have the promotion by now.”
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Have the promotion by now.” can i encourage you? god has
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Can i encourage you? god has never failed you in the past
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Never failed you in the past and he's not going to start
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And he's not going to start now. all that worry is doing
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Now. all that worry is doing is causing you to be uptight,
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Is causing you to be uptight, not sleep well, run your
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Not sleep well, run your immune system down. it's time
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Immune system down. it's time to serve worry an eviction
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To serve worry an eviction notice. let peace in. let
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Notice. let peace in. let faith in. every time worry
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Faith in. every time worry comes back, use that as a
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Comes back, use that as a reminder to thank god that
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Reminder to thank god that he's working on what you're
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He's working on what you're concerned about. you'll hear
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Concerned about. you'll hear that knock on the door, “hey
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That knock on the door, “hey it's me again. worry. what
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It's me again. worry. what about that child? they're
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About that child? they're still off course. what are
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Still off course. what are you going to do?” “father,
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You going to do?” “father, thank you that as for me and
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Thank you that as for me and my house we will serve the
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My house we will serve the lord. thank you that my
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Lord. thank you that my children will fulfill their
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Children will fulfill their purpose.” when worry knocks,
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Purpose.” when worry knocks, answer back with faith. “what
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Answer back with faith. “what if there's a recession? what
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If there's a recession? what if you don't get that
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If you don't get that contract? what if your
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Contract? what if your company downsizes? how are
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Company downsizes? how are you going to make it?” “sorry
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You going to make it?” “sorry fear, you're not welcome
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Fear, you're not welcome here.” “father, thank you
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Here.” “father, thank you that you're jehovah jireh,
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That you're jehovah jireh, the lord my provider. thank
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The lord my provider. thank you that you're supplying all
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You that you're supplying all my needs, that i will lend
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My needs, that i will lend and not borrow.” philippians
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And not borrow.” philippians 4, “the peace of god, which
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4, “the peace of god, which passes understanding will
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Passes understanding will guard your heart and mind in
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Guard your heart and mind in christ jesus.” peace should
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Christ jesus.” peace should be one of the rooms in our
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Be one of the rooms in our mind. when you have peace,
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Mind. when you have peace, it's guarding you. it's
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It's guarding you. it's keeping you from fear, worry,
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Keeping you from fear, worry, and doubt.
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And doubt. one time in the scripture,
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One time in the scripture, peter was arrested and put in
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Peter was arrested and put in prison for sharing his faith.
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Prison for sharing his faith. king agrippa had already
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King agrippa had already killed james, one of the
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Killed james, one of the apostles. when he saw how
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Apostles. when he saw how that pleased the people, he
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That pleased the people, he had peter arrested. he was in
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Had peter arrested. he was in the deepest part of the
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The deepest part of the dungeon, with his hands and
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Dungeon, with his hands and feet in chains. the next day
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Feet in chains. the next day he was going to be brought to
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He was going to be brought to trial. peter knew that his
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Trial. peter knew that his life could be over in
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Life could be over in twenty-four hours. he saw
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Twenty-four hours. he saw what they had done to james,
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What they had done to james, now he was next in line. you
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Now he was next in line. you would think he would be so
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Would think he would be so worried, panicked, pacing the
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Worried, panicked, pacing the floor. but peter understood
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Floor. but peter understood this principle. fear came
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This principle. fear came knocking at the door, but he
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Knocking at the door, but he said, “no thanks i'm going to
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Said, “no thanks i'm going to stay in peace. i know god is
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Stay in peace. i know god is still in control.” god won't
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Still in control.” god won't let you get in a problem that
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Let you get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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He can't bring you out of. the scripture says, while
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The scripture says, while peter was sleeping, an angel
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Peter was sleeping, an angel came, and woke him up. how
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Came, and woke him up. how could he be sleeping knowing
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Could he be sleeping knowing the next day he could lose
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The next day he could lose his life. that's peace that
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His life. that's peace that passes understanding. that's
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Passes understanding. that's what happens when you take
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What happens when you take control of your thought life.
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Control of your thought life. you'll have peace in the
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You'll have peace in the midst of the storm. when you
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Midst of the storm. when you stay calm, when you could be
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Stay calm, when you could be worried, stressed out, can't
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Worried, stressed out, can't sleep, you're showing god
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Sleep, you're showing god that you trust him. that's
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That you trust him. that's when he'll make things
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When he'll make things happen, that you couldn't
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Happen, that you couldn't make happen. the angel opened
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Make happen. the angel opened up the prison doors, chains
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Up the prison doors, chains fell off his feet and peter
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Fell off his feet and peter walked out a free man.
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Walked out a free man. when you're in a difficult
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When you're in a difficult situation, in your health,
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Situation, in your health, your finances, a
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Your finances, a relationship, you can be sure
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Relationship, you can be sure worry will come knocking at
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Worry will come knocking at the door, panic, fear, “what
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The door, panic, fear, “what are you going to do? this is
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Are you going to do? this is bad. there's no way out.” if
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Bad. there's no way out.” if you let fear in, if you give
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You let fear in, if you give place to the enemy, he'll
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Place to the enemy, he'll tell you all the worst-case
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Tell you all the worst-case scenarios. “that sickness is
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Scenarios. “that sickness is going to be fatal. that
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Going to be fatal. that contract you lost is going to
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Contract you lost is going to sink you. you'll never
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Sink you. you'll never recover from this breakup.”
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Recover from this breakup.” in those challenging times,
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In those challenging times, more than ever, you have to
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More than ever, you have to be disciplined in what you
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Be disciplined in what you allow in. don't let the
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Allow in. don't let the negative play. don't start
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Negative play. don't start envisioning everything that
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Envisioning everything that could go wrong. don't spend
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Could go wrong. don't spend four hours googling that
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Four hours googling that sickness, finding all the bad
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Sickness, finding all the bad reports. you don't need that
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Reports. you don't need that negativity in you. keep the
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Negativity in you. keep the door closed. you need your
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Door closed. you need your mind filled with faith, with
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Mind filled with faith, with hope. “father thank you that
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Hope. “father thank you that you're fighting this battle.
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You're fighting this battle. that you being for me is more
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That you being for me is more than the world being against
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Than the world being against me. thank you that you have
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Me. thank you that you have purposed for my life, will
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Purposed for my life, will come to pass.”
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I talked to a young couple;
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I talked to a young couple; they had been trying to have
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They had been trying to have a baby for years but she
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A baby for years but she couldn't conceive. they had
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Couldn't conceive. they had been to several doctors,
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Been to several doctors, everything seemed fine. the
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Everything seemed fine. the doctors were puzzled as to
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Doctors were puzzled as to why she couldn't get
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Why she couldn't get pregnant. she was so
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Pregnant. she was so discouraged. she said, “joel,
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Discouraged. she said, “joel, my mother had a terrible time
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My mother had a terrible time conceiving. my grandmother
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Conceiving. my grandmother had the same problem. from
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Had the same problem. from the time i was a little girl,
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The time i was a little girl, i was always afraid i
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I was always afraid i wouldn't be able to have a
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Wouldn't be able to have a child.” job said, “the thing
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I feared came upon me.” when
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I feared came upon me.” when we give fear a room in our
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We give fear a room in our mind, when we let those
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Mind, when we let those destructive thoughts become
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Destructive thoughts become strongholds, what we're
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Strongholds, what we're fearing can become a reality.
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Fearing can become a reality. that thought, “i'll never
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That thought, “i'll never have a child.” was an
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Have a child.” was an intruder. that's the enemy
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Intruder. that's the enemy doing what he does the best,
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Doing what he does the best, trying to plant lies, doubts,
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Trying to plant lies, doubts, fears, hoping that you'll
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Fears, hoping that you'll give it a place in your mind.
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Give it a place in your mind. victory is won or lost in our
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Victory is won or lost in our thinking. you may have
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Thinking. you may have negative things in your
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Negative things in your family line, but you have to
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Family line, but you have to say, “father, thank you that
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Say, “father, thank you that i'm the exception. thank you
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I'm the exception. thank you that this barrenness is not
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That this barrenness is not staying in my family, this
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Staying in my family, this addiction, this lack, this
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Addiction, this lack, this depression. father, thank you
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Depression. father, thank you that i'm a difference maker.
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That i'm a difference maker. that i'm a barrier breaker.
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That i'm a barrier breaker. that you're doing a new
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That you're doing a new thing. that i will live
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Thing. that i will live whole, free, victorious.”
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Whole, free, victorious.” clear out those negative
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Clear out those negative rooms. get those intruders
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Rooms. get those intruders out of your mind. put some
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Out of your mind. put some new tenants in, faith, hope,
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New tenants in, faith, hope, victory.
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Victory. that's what i told this young
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That's what i told this young woman. that she had to get
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Woman. that she had to get rid of that stronghold. quit
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Rid of that stronghold. quit going around thinking that
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Going around thinking that she couldn't have a baby.
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She couldn't have a baby. instead, she tried a
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Instead, she tried a different approach. she
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Different approach. she started dwelling on what god
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Started dwelling on what god said about her. “father, you
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Said about her. “father, you said the fruit of my womb is
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Said the fruit of my womb is blessed. you said you'd make
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Blessed. you said you'd make me the happy mother of
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Me the happy mother of children. you said that no
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Children. you said that no good thing will you withhold
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Good thing will you withhold because i walk uprightly. so,
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Because i walk uprightly. so, lord, thank you that our baby
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Lord, thank you that our baby is on the way.” just as fear
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Is on the way.” just as fear can draw negative things in,
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Can draw negative things in, faith can draw positive
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Faith can draw positive things in. about a year
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Things in. about a year later, she walked into the
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Later, she walked into the lobby up there holding this
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Lobby up there holding this beautiful baby girl in her
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Beautiful baby girl in her arms, beaming from ear to ear.
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Arms, beaming from ear to ear. are there some intruders
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Are there some intruders occupying your mind? are
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Occupying your mind? are there tenants you need to
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There tenants you need to evict? don't let a
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Evict? don't let a stronghold, a lie that's
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Stronghold, a lie that's taken root, keep you from
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Taken root, keep you from your destiny. pay attention
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Your destiny. pay attention to what you're giving room
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To what you're giving room to. when negative thoughts
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To. when negative thoughts come, don't be passive. be
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Come, don't be passive. be disciplined in what you think
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Disciplined in what you think about. start locking up those
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About. start locking up those thoughts. you have a destiny
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Thoughts. you have a destiny to fulfill. there's a calling
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To fulfill. there's a calling on your life. god has an
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On your life. god has an assignment for you to
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Assignment for you to accomplish. the enemy
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Accomplish. the enemy wouldn't be fighting you if
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Wouldn't be fighting you if he didn't know there is
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He didn't know there is greatness in you. he's going
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Greatness in you. he's going to do his best to get you
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To do his best to get you worried, doubting, fearful,
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Worried, doubting, fearful, discouraged. that may be the
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Discouraged. that may be the way it's been, but this is a
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Way it's been, but this is a new day. some rooms are being
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New day. some rooms are being cleaned out right now in our
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Cleaned out right now in our mind, strongholds are coming
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Mind, strongholds are coming down, wrong tenants are being
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Down, wrong tenants are being evicted. i believe and
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Evicted. i believe and declare; you have a sound
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Declare; you have a sound mind. like peter, you're
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Mind. like peter, you're going to sleep through the
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Going to sleep through the storms. like this young
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Storms. like this young woman, things that have
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Woman, things that have hindered your family line are
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Hindered your family line are being broken. you're about to
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Being broken. you're about to see promises come to pass.
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See promises come to pass. healing, favor,
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Healing, favor, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name. and if you receive it,
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Name. and if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Are you in
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Are you in a situation where
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A situation where you feel lost?
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You feel lost? afraid? hopeless?
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Afraid? hopeless? where there seems to be
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Where there seems to be no solutions?
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No solutions? no answers?
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No answers? no way out?
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No way out? it's time for your turnaround.
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It's time for your turnaround. we all face situations
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We all face situations that look like
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That look like they'll never change.
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They'll never change. it's easy to get discouraged.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my book, turnaround:
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My book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from a setback to a comeback,
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From a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover
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Where you'll discover how god can turn sickness
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How god can turn sickness into health, lack
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Into health, lack into abundance, addictions
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Into abundance, addictions into freedom.
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Into freedom. it'll inspire you
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It'll inspire you to keep believing
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To keep believing and having expectancy
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And having expectancy for things
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For things to turn in your favor.
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To turn in your favor. recent weeks,
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Recent weeks, we've been celebrating
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We've been celebrating the incredible
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The incredible life of my mother.
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Life of my mother. her miraculous turnaround
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Her miraculous turnaround story of overcoming
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Story of overcoming terminal cancer
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Terminal cancer over 40 years ago.
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Over 40 years ago. it's a testimony of the power
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It's a testimony of the power of god's promises.
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Of god's promises. just because you don't see
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Just because you don't see a way, doesn't mean
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A way, doesn't mean god doesn't have a way.
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God doesn't have a way. stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. your turnaround is on the way.
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Your turnaround is on the way. as our way of saying thank you
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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
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A copy of joel's brand new book, turnaround:
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Brand new book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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From setback to comeback. each section highlights
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Each section highlights a faith turnaround point
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A faith turnaround point to help you
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To help you see a positive change
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See a positive change in your life.
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In your life. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and see the turnaround
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And see the turnaround and breakthrough
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And breakthrough you've been waiting for.
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You've been waiting for. god won't
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God won't let you get in a problem
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Let you get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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That he can't bring you out of. there are turnarounds
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There are turnarounds in your future.
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In your future. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family
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You and your family and we sure
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And we sure appreciate your prayer
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Appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity is helping
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Your generosity is helping bring hope to people
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Bring hope to people around the world.
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Around the world. special thank you
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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 every sunday morning,
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Online 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, of course you can listen on
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Of course you can listen on sirius xm 24 hours a day.
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Sirius xm 24 hours a day. 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
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of turnaround:
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Joel Osteen - A Sound Mind

October 12, 2025 | 29:0

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