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Joel Osteen - Special Strength Is Coming

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Special Strength Is Coming | September 10, 2025

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you, great
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> joel: god bless you, great to have you with us today.
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To have you with us today. we are praying for you and
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We are praying for you and your family.
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Your family. 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. you can download our podcast
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You can download our podcast and listen to the messages
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And listen to the messages anytime. or go to our youtube
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Anytime. or go to our youtube channel; but thanks for
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Channel; but thanks for tuning in today.
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Tuning in today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this cat and
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I heard about this cat and mouse that died on the same
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Mouse that died on the same day and went to heaven.
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Day and went to heaven. after a few weeks, peter saw
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After a few weeks, peter saw the mouse and asked how he
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The mouse and asked how he liked it.
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Liked it. he said, "oh it's great, but
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He said, "oh it's great, but it's so big. i wish i could
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It's so big. i wish i could get a pair of roller skates."
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Get a pair of roller skates." peter said, "no problem,"
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Peter said, "no problem," got him some skates.
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Got him some skates. a few weeks later, peter saw
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A few weeks later, peter saw the cat and asked him how he
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The cat and asked him how he liked it.
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Liked it. he said, "oh it's fantastic,
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He said, "oh it's fantastic, and just when i thought it
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And just when i thought it couldn't get any better, i
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Couldn't get any better, i discovered the meals on
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Discovered the meals on wheels."
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Wheels." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about special strength is
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About special strength is coming.
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Coming. we all have times in life
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We all have times in life that we feel tired.
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That we feel tired. we've been doing our best,
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We've been doing our best, standing strong but it's
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Standing strong but it's been so long, nothing has
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Been so long, nothing has changed, now we're fatigued.
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Changed, now we're fatigued. we don't feel like we have
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We don't feel like we have the strength to raise the
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The strength to raise the children, the strength to
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Children, the strength to fight the illness, the
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Fight the illness, the strength to pursue our
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Strength to pursue our dreams.
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Dreams. a woman i know has struggled
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A woman i know has struggled with depression for many
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With depression for many years.
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Years. she's always been so strong,
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She's always been so strong, so determined, but i saw her
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So determined, but i saw her recently and she was very
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Recently and she was very discouraged.
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Discouraged. she said, "i don't have any
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She said, "i don't have any fight left in me.
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Fight left in me. i can't do it anymore."
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I can't do it anymore." sometimes we see that as a
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Sometimes we see that as a lack of faith.
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Lack of faith. but god doesn't expect you
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But god doesn't expect you to be strong all the time.
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To be strong all the time. he understands there will be
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He understands there will be times that we get weary.
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Times that we get weary. we don't feel like we can go
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We don't feel like we can go on.
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On. we've prayed, we've believed
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We've prayed, we've believed but nothing has changed.
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But nothing has changed. now the weight of what we're
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Now the weight of what we're facing has left us
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Facing has left us exhausted.
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Exhausted. the good news is god doesn't
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The good news is god doesn't fault us for feeling weak.
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Fault us for feeling weak. he doesn't say, "what's
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He doesn't say, "what's wrong with you?
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Wrong with you? you need to have more
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You need to have more faith."
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Faith." the scripture says, "when
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The scripture says, "when you are weak, he is strong."
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You are weak, he is strong." when you feel overwhelmed,
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When you feel overwhelmed, like you can't go on he
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Like you can't go on he comes in and gives you
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Comes in and gives you special strength.
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Special strength. strength that you didn't get
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Strength that you didn't get on your own.
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On your own. strength to move forward
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Strength to move forward when you should be stuck,
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When you should be stuck, strength to overcome the
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Strength to overcome the addiction, strength to
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Addiction, strength to outlast the opposition.
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Outlast the opposition. you may feel weak today,
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You may feel weak today, fatigued, that is not your
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Fatigued, that is not your destiny.
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Destiny. you are going to run and not
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You are going to run and not be weary, you're going to
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Be weary, you're going to walk and not faint.
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Walk and not faint. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with elijah.
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Elijah. there had been a
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There had been a three-and-a-half-year
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Three-and-a-half-year drought in samaria.
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Drought in samaria. without rain, the israelites
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Without rain, the israelites were going to perish.
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Were going to perish. there was no food, no way to
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There was no food, no way to grow crops.
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Grow crops. elijah went on top of mount
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Elijah went on top of mount carmel and began to pray for
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Carmel and began to pray for rain, but nothing happened.
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Rain, but nothing happened. he prayed again and again,
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He prayed again and again, had his assistant go out and
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Had his assistant go out and check the weather, look for
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Check the weather, look for clouds; still nothing.
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Clouds; still nothing. finally, on the seventh
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Finally, on the seventh time, they saw a small cloud
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Time, they saw a small cloud start to form in the sky.
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Start to form in the sky. elijah told king ahab that
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Elijah told king ahab that he better get in his chariot
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He better get in his chariot and quickly leave because
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And quickly leave because there was about to be a huge
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There was about to be a huge downpour.
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Downpour. the scripture says, "the
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The scripture says, "the lord gave elijah special
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Lord gave elijah special strength and he outran the
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Strength and he outran the king's chariot to jezreel."
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King's chariot to jezreel." jezreel wasn't just next
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Jezreel wasn't just next door, it was a twenty-mile
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Door, it was a twenty-mile journey.
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Journey. a horse can run twice as
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A horse can run twice as fast as an average man.
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Fast as an average man. a man can only sustain that
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A man can only sustain that top speed for a short
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Top speed for a short distance.
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Distance. on top of this i'm sure
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On top of this i'm sure elijah was tired, being in
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Elijah was tired, being in the famine, not having the
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The famine, not having the proper food.
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Proper food. how could he outrun a
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How could he outrun a chariot?
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Chariot? that's not possible.
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That's not possible. god gave him special
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God gave him special strength.
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Strength. you may look at what you're
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You may look at what you're up against and think, "i
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Up against and think, "i don't have the strength, the
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Don't have the strength, the stamina, the endurance, the
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Stamina, the endurance, the fortitude.
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Fortitude. maybe years ago, when i was
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Maybe years ago, when i was at the top of my game but
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At the top of my game but now, i'm tired."
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Now, i'm tired." no get ready, special
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No get ready, special strength is headed your way.
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Strength is headed your way. when you have special
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When you have special strength, you're going to
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Strength, you're going to outrun some chariots.
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Outrun some chariots. you're going to overcome
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You're going to overcome what looks impossible,
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What looks impossible, you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish dreams that seem too far
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Dreams that seem too far gone.
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Gone. jezreel was known as the
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Jezreel was known as the city of chariots.
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City of chariots. it had a vast fleet of these
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It had a vast fleet of these powerful vehicles.
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Powerful vehicles. they could move swiftly into
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They could move swiftly into battle.
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Battle. they gave the people of
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They gave the people of jezreel an incredible
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Jezreel an incredible advantage.
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Advantage. enemies knew not to come
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Enemies knew not to come against jezreel.
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Against jezreel. it's significant that elijah
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It's significant that elijah outran a chariot.
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Outran a chariot. these chariots represented
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These chariots represented power, speed, the ability to
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Power, speed, the ability to dominate with force.
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Dominate with force. i can imagine elijah
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I can imagine elijah standing before king ahab,
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Standing before king ahab, as ahab sat in his big,
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As ahab sat in his big, impressive, state of the art
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Impressive, state of the art chariot.
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Chariot. ahab had his drivers up
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Ahab had his drivers up front, his staff in the
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Front, his staff in the back.
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Back. elijah looked up to king
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Elijah looked up to king ahab and said in effect,
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Ahab and said in effect, "you have this powerful
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"you have this powerful army, you command a vast
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Army, you command a vast fleet of chariots pulled by
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Fleet of chariots pulled by these fast, strong horses.
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These fast, strong horses. i don't have your equipment,
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I don't have your equipment, i don't have your horses, i
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I don't have your horses, i don't even have a chariot,
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Don't even have a chariot, but i'm not worried, i don't
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But i'm not worried, i don't need what you have.
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Need what you have. i'm going to outrun you to
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I'm going to outrun you to jezreel."
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Jezreel." i can hear ahab laughing,
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I can hear ahab laughing, saying, "what are you
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Saying, "what are you talking about elijah, these
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Talking about elijah, these are the fastest horses of
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Are the fastest horses of our day, these are the most
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Our day, these are the most skilled drivers, this
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Skilled drivers, this chariot just won the jd
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Chariot just won the jd powers chariot of the year.
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Powers chariot of the year. you can't outrun me."
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You can't outrun me." they took off, the scripture
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They took off, the scripture says, the whole way, twenty
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Says, the whole way, twenty miles, elijah ran ahead of
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Miles, elijah ran ahead of the chariot.
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The chariot. when ahab got to jezreel, i
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When ahab got to jezreel, i can see elijah with his feet
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Can see elijah with his feet up, drinking a glass of tea,
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Up, drinking a glass of tea, saying, "ahab what took you
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Saying, "ahab what took you so long?"
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So long?" when god gives you special
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When god gives you special strength, you're going to
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Strength, you're going to accomplish things you never
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Accomplish things you never dreamed you could
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Dreamed you could accomplish.
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Accomplish. you're going to overcome
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You're going to overcome opposition that's more
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Opposition that's more powerful, that has more
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Powerful, that has more resources.
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Resources. you may not be up against a
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You may not be up against a chariot, but when you look
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Chariot, but when you look at that cancer, it seems so
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At that cancer, it seems so much bigger.
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Much bigger. that addiction, the trouble
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That addiction, the trouble at work, the slowdown in
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At work, the slowdown in your business, you don't see
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Your business, you don't see how you're going to make it.
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How you're going to make it. the difficulty is
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The difficulty is discouraging enough but on
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Discouraging enough but on top of that you're tired.
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Top of that you're tired. you've been standing strong
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You've been standing strong but the famine, the lack of
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But the famine, the lack of things changing has worn you
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Things changing has worn you down.
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Down. there's no way you can
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There's no way you can outrun this chariot.
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Outrun this chariot. in your own strength you
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In your own strength you can't, but right now god is
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Can't, but right now god is breathing special strength
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Breathing special strength into you.
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Into you. like elijah you're going to
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Like elijah you're going to have the endurance, the
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Have the endurance, the stamina, the fortitude to do
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Stamina, the fortitude to do what you can't do on your
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What you can't do on your own.
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Own. you may think, "how can i
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You may think, "how can i raise these children and
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Raise these children and take care of my elderly
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Take care of my elderly parents at the same time?
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Parents at the same time? how can i make it through
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How can i make it through this treatment?
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This treatment? how can i overcome this
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How can i overcome this anxiety?"
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Anxiety?" when you are weak, he is
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When you are weak, he is strong.
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Strong. now get ready to outrun some
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Now get ready to outrun some chariots.
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Chariots. god has not brought you this
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God has not brought you this far to leave you.
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Far to leave you. isaiah said, "god gives
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Isaiah said, "god gives strength to the weary, he
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Strength to the weary, he increases the power of the
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Increases the power of the weak."
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Weak." you may be weary today; the
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You may be weary today; the good news is strength is
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Good news is strength is coming.
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Coming. maybe you feel weak, you're
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Maybe you feel weak, you're worn down by everything
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Worn down by everything that's going on, the
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That's going on, the pandemic, the unrest, the
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Pandemic, the unrest, the uncertainty.
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Uncertainty. god is saying, "i'm about to
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God is saying, "i'm about to increase your power.
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Increase your power. i'm about to make you
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I'm about to make you stronger."
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Stronger." when i look back over my
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When i look back over my life, i can see these times
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Life, i can see these times where god gave me special
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Where god gave me special strength.
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Strength. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord that should
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With the lord that should have overwhelmed me, caused
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Have overwhelmed me, caused me to lose my passion, not
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Me to lose my passion, not be able to move forward.
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Be able to move forward. but i felt a power rising up
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But i felt a power rising up in me that i had never felt,
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In me that i had never felt, a strength, a courage,
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A strength, a courage, a determination, a stamina.
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A determination, a stamina. that wasn't just me being
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That wasn't just me being strong, that was god giving
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Strong, that was god giving me special strength.
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Me special strength. god is not going to let you
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God is not going to let you miss your destiny.
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Miss your destiny. he's not going to let you
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He's not going to let you stay overwhelmed.
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Stay overwhelmed. you may feel that way at
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You may feel that way at times but that is not how
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Times but that is not how your story ends.
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Your story ends. you're going to feel a
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You're going to feel a strength that pushes you
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Strength that pushes you forward, a power to do what
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Forward, a power to do what you couldn't do before.
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You couldn't do before. when we were trying to
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When we were trying to acquire the compaq center,
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Acquire the compaq center, it was a three-year process.
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It was a three-year process. after we won the city
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After we won the city council vote, a company
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Council vote, a company filed a lawsuit to try to
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Filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in.
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Keep us from moving in. they were the largest
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They were the largest taxpayer in texas, a huge
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Taxpayer in texas, a huge real estate business.
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Real estate business. it was david verse goliath.
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It was david verse goliath. at first, i was passionate,
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At first, i was passionate, i prayed, i believed, i
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I prayed, i believed, i stood strong, but week after
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Stood strong, but week after week went by, month after
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Week went by, month after month, nothing changed, one
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Month, nothing changed, one year, two years.
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Year, two years. i started to get weary.
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I started to get weary. battle fatigue began to set
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Battle fatigue began to set in.
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In. not that we aren't strong,
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Not that we aren't strong, we just get tired of
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We just get tired of fighting.
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Fighting. i thought, "they're so much
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I thought, "they're so much bigger than us, they have
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Bigger than us, they have many more resources, they
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Many more resources, they can drag this out for
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Can drag this out for years."
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Years." god understands that we can
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God understands that we can get tired, he understands
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Get tired, he understands that life can wear us down.
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That life can wear us down. that's why he said, "i will
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That's why he said, "i will give strength to the weary.
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Give strength to the weary. i will increase the power of
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I will increase the power of the weak."
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The weak." don't beat yourself up for
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Don't beat yourself up for feeling weary.
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Feeling weary. don't be down on yourself
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Don't be down on yourself because you're not strong
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Because you're not strong all the time.
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All the time. you're human.
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You're human. god's not faulting you.
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God's not faulting you. he's saying, "when you're
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He's saying, "when you're weak, i'm going to step in.
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Weak, i'm going to step in. i'm going to make you
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I'm going to make you strong.
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Strong. i'm going to give you power
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I'm going to give you power to outrun the chariot."
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To outrun the chariot." "well joel, i've been weary
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"well joel, i've been weary a long time, i've been
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A long time, i've been exhausted, i don't see
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Exhausted, i don't see anything changing."
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Anything changing." your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. you wouldn't be hearing this
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You wouldn't be hearing this if special strength wasn't
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If special strength wasn't on the way.
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On the way. god hasn't forgotten about
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God hasn't forgotten about you.
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You. he sees what you're going
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He sees what you're going through.
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Through. he sees the lonely nights,
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He sees the lonely nights, the struggles, all those
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The struggles, all those times you've gone the extra
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Times you've gone the extra mile.
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Mile. he's about to increase your
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He's about to increase your strength.
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Strength. the opposition may not
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The opposition may not change yet, but you're going
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Change yet, but you're going to have a new passion, a new
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To have a new passion, a new fire, to stand strong and
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Fire, to stand strong and outlast what's trying to
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Outlast what's trying to stop you.
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Stop you. at one point when i didn't
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At one point when i didn't think i could go on, it
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Think i could go on, it looked like the lawsuit
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Looked like the lawsuit would never resolve, all of
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Would never resolve, all of the sudden it was like god
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The sudden it was like god gave me a second wind.
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Gave me a second wind. i had a determination that i
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I had a determination that i didn't have before.
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Didn't have before. it wasn't something i did,
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It wasn't something i did, it was god giving strength
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It was god giving strength to the weary.
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To the weary. it wasn't long after that
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It wasn't long after that the company suddenly dropped
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The company suddenly dropped the lawsuit and the building
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The lawsuit and the building was ours.
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Was ours. like elijah, we outran the
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Like elijah, we outran the chariot, we defeated
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Chariot, we defeated something much bigger, much
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Something much bigger, much more powerful.
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More powerful. how did that happen?
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How did that happen? god gave us special
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God gave us special strength.
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Strength. the scripture says, "some
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The scripture says, "some trust in chariots, some
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Trust in chariots, some trust in horses, but we
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Trust in horses, but we trust in the name of the
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Trust in the name of the lord our god."
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Lord our god." god is going to get you to
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God is going to get you to where you're supposed to be.
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Where you're supposed to be. the night before jesus was
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The night before jesus was to be crucified, he went to
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To be crucified, he went to the garden of gethsemane to
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The garden of gethsemane to pray.
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Pray. he knew the pain and the
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He knew the pain and the suffering he would face.
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Suffering he would face. even though he's god, he was
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Even though he's god, he was also human.
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Also human. he could feel what we felt.
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He could feel what we felt. he got tired.
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He got tired. there were times he was
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There were times he was weary, fatigued, and felt
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Weary, fatigued, and felt lonely.
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Lonely. in that garden, he was so
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In that garden, he was so discouraged and so overcome
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Discouraged and so overcome with emotion that he sweat
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With emotion that he sweat drops of blood.
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Drops of blood. he told the disciples, "my
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He told the disciples, "my soul is overwhelmed with
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Soul is overwhelmed with sorrow."
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Sorrow." here jesus is the son of
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Here jesus is the son of god, yet he felt
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God, yet he felt overwhelmed, like he
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Overwhelmed, like he couldn't go on.
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Couldn't go on. you would think god would
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You would think god would say, "come on, you need to
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Say, "come on, you need to be stronger, you need to
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Be stronger, you need to toughen up."
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Toughen up." but god understands life can
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But god understands life can be overwhelming.
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Be overwhelming. there are times we feel
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There are times we feel weary, tired, distressed.
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Weary, tired, distressed. it doesn't mean that we
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It doesn't mean that we don't have enough faith.
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Don't have enough faith. it doesn't mean that we're
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It doesn't mean that we're not strong enough.
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Not strong enough. when jesus felt so
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When jesus felt so overwhelmed, when it looked
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Overwhelmed, when it looked like he wasn't going to
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Like he wasn't going to fulfill his destiny, the
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Fulfill his destiny, the scripture says, "god sent an
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Scripture says, "god sent an angel to strengthen him."
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Angel to strengthen him." you may be tired today,
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You may be tired today, tired of believing for your
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Tired of believing for your dreams, tired of trying to
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Dreams, tired of trying to make your marriage work,
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Make your marriage work, tired of raising those
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Tired of raising those children.
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Children. god sees what you're going
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God sees what you're going through.
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Through. he feels the weight of what
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He feels the weight of what you're carrying.
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You're carrying. he's not going to leave you
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He's not going to leave you there.
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There. he has angels coming your
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He has angels coming your way, to strengthen you, to
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Way, to strengthen you, to encourage you, to lift you.
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Encourage you, to lift you. thoughts will try to
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Thoughts will try to convince you that you're not
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Convince you that you're not strong enough, you need more
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Strong enough, you need more faith.
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Faith. "look at you tired,
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"look at you tired, discouraged, letting that
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Discouraged, letting that problem overcome you."
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Problem overcome you." don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. jesus in his human body felt
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Jesus in his human body felt weak, he felt discouraged,
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Weak, he felt discouraged, he didn't know if he could
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He didn't know if he could go on.
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Go on. god sees you being your best
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God sees you being your best raising the children,
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Raising the children, fighting that addiction,
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Fighting that addiction, facing that illness.
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Facing that illness. when you run out of
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When you run out of strength, don't worry,
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Strength, don't worry, angels are coming.
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Angels are coming. help is on the way.
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Help is on the way. you're going to feel
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You're going to feel strength that you didn't
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Strength that you didn't have, joy when you could be
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Have, joy when you could be discouraged, hope when you
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Discouraged, hope when you should be depressed.
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Should be depressed. you're going to have the
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You're going to have the power to endure, the favor
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Power to endure, the favor to overcome, the
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To overcome, the determination to outlast.
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Determination to outlast. it's not because of your own
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It's not because of your own efforts, it's the angels
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Efforts, it's the angels ministering to you.
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Ministering to you. before elijah outran the
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Before elijah outran the chariot, he called down fire
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Chariot, he called down fire from heaven and defeated
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From heaven and defeated four hundred of the false
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Four hundred of the false prophets that worshiped the
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Prophets that worshiped the god baal.
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God baal. when king ahab's wife,
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When king ahab's wife, jezebel heard about it, she
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Jezebel heard about it, she was furious.
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Was furious. she sent word to elijah
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She sent word to elijah saying, "if i don't kill you
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Saying, "if i don't kill you by this time tomorrow, i
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By this time tomorrow, i will take my own life."
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Will take my own life." elijah was so afraid that he
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Elijah was so afraid that he took off running into the
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Took off running into the desert.
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Desert. he ended up sitting under a
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He ended up sitting under a tree so exhausted, so
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Tree so exhausted, so overwhelmed that he didn't
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Overwhelmed that he didn't want to live.
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Want to live. he said, "god i've had
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He said, "god i've had enough, i'm done, take me
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Enough, i'm done, take me home."
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Home." here he had just called down
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Here he had just called down fire from heaven, he had
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Fire from heaven, he had just outran a chariot, he
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Just outran a chariot, he had seen god's goodness and
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Had seen god's goodness and favor but he got tired.
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Favor but he got tired. when we're tired we can lose
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When we're tired we can lose our perspective.
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Our perspective. problems get magnified, the
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Problems get magnified, the sickness looks bigger, we
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Sickness looks bigger, we think the trouble at work
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Think the trouble at work will never resolve.
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Will never resolve. we feel overwhelmed like we
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We feel overwhelmed like we can't go on.
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Can't go on. but the beauty of our god is
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But the beauty of our god is he understands what we're
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He understands what we're going through.
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Going through. he knows life can be
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He knows life can be overwhelming.
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Overwhelming. he knows it's difficult to
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He knows it's difficult to get out of the garden of
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Get out of the garden of gethsemane on your own.
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Gethsemane on your own. elijah was under this tree
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Elijah was under this tree in the desert, depressed not
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In the desert, depressed not wanting to live.
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Wanting to live. this could be the end of his
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This could be the end of his story.
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Story. but what happened?
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But what happened? an angel showed up.
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An angel showed up. just like in the garden.
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Just like in the garden. while elijah was sleeping
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While elijah was sleeping this angel cooked him food.
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This angel cooked him food. he woke elijah up and told
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He woke elijah up and told him to eat.
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Him to eat. elijah looked up and saw
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Elijah looked up and saw freshly baked bread, he
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Freshly baked bread, he thought he was dreaming.
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Thought he was dreaming. he ate and went back to
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He ate and went back to sleep.
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Sleep. the scripture says the angel
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The scripture says the angel woke him up a second time
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Woke him up a second time and said eat some more.
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And said eat some more. elijah ate the food.
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Elijah ate the food. now he had the strength to
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Now he had the strength to make a forty-day journey.
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Make a forty-day journey. his whole attitude changed.
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His whole attitude changed. he got his fire back.
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He got his fire back. he got his passion back.
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He got his passion back. he realized god was still on
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He realized god was still on the throne and that he was
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The throne and that he was bigger than what he was
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Bigger than what he was facing.
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Facing. elijah went on to fulfill
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Elijah went on to fulfill his destiny.
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His destiny. what i want you to see is
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What i want you to see is when you are weak, god is
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When you are weak, god is going to strengthen you.
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Going to strengthen you. when you can't go on, angels
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When you can't go on, angels are going to show up and
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Are going to show up and make things happen that you
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Make things happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Couldn't make happen. i love how the angel didn't
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I love how the angel didn't just help elijah find food,
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Just help elijah find food, he didn't just lead him to
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He didn't just lead him to an animal, where he could
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An animal, where he could hunt, lead him to water.
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Hunt, lead him to water. the angel not only brought
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The angel not only brought the food to elijah but he
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The food to elijah but he cooked the food.
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Cooked the food. god is not going to just
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God is not going to just help you get stronger, but
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Help you get stronger, but he's going to cook some food
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He's going to cook some food for you.
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For you. he's going to bring
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He's going to bring blessings, increase, favor,
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Blessings, increase, favor, healing, that he's already
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Healing, that he's already prepared.
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Prepared. it's going to be easier than
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It's going to be easier than you thought and it's going
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You thought and it's going to happen quicker than you
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To happen quicker than you think.
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Think. when jesus was about to be
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When jesus was about to be crucified, the custom in
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Crucified, the custom in that day was the person had
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That day was the person had to carry their own cross.
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To carry their own cross. jesus was so exhausted.
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Jesus was so exhausted. he had not slept the night
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He had not slept the night before.
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Before. he'd gone through much
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He'd gone through much suffering and pain.
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Suffering and pain. he did his best, he was as
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He did his best, he was as strong as he could, but he
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Strong as he could, but he fell down under the weight
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Fell down under the weight of the cross.
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Of the cross. god could have given him the
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God could have given him the strength to carry it the
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Strength to carry it the whole way.
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Whole way. he could have given him a
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He could have given him a second wind to finish the
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Second wind to finish the journey and not look weak
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Journey and not look weak and not fall down.
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And not fall down. but god was sending this
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But god was sending this message.
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Message. you don't have to be strong
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You don't have to be strong all the time.
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All the time. it's okay to feel
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It's okay to feel overwhelmed.
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Overwhelmed. it's okay to say like martin
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It's okay to say like martin luther king, "god, i don't
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Luther king, "god, i don't think i can do this."
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Think i can do this." sometimes the weight of what
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Sometimes the weight of what we're carrying gets heavy.
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We're carrying gets heavy. we think, "this child is too
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We think, "this child is too hard to raise, i can't stay
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Hard to raise, i can't stay in this marriage, i can't
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In this marriage, i can't deal with this sickness, i'm
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Deal with this sickness, i'm lonely, i'm hurting."
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Lonely, i'm hurting." voices will try to condemn
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Voices will try to condemn us.
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Us. "you don't have enough
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"you don't have enough faith.
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Faith. you need to be stronger,
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You need to be stronger, god's not going to help you.
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God's not going to help you. you're too weak."
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You're too weak." don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. even jesus couldn't carry
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Even jesus couldn't carry the weight of his own cross.
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The weight of his own cross. what's interesting is when
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What's interesting is when he fell down god didn't
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He fell down god didn't leave him there.
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Leave him there. he sent a man by the name of
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He sent a man by the name of simon to come across his
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Simon to come across his path and carry the cross for
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Path and carry the cross for jesus.
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Jesus. when you're down, when
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When you're down, when you're discouraged, god is
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You're discouraged, god is not going to leave you
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Not going to leave you there.
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There. he'll always have someone to
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He'll always have someone to help lift you back up,
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Help lift you back up, someone to encourage you,
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Someone to encourage you, someone to help you carry
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Someone to help you carry the load that you can't
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The load that you can't carry.
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Carry. if it's not an angel, god
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If it's not an angel, god will send a person.
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Will send a person. there will be a simon there
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There will be a simon there for you.
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For you. one time, moses was up on a
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One time, moses was up on a hill.
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Hill. joshua and the israelites
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Joshua and the israelites were in the valley below
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Were in the valley below fighting the amalekites.
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Fighting the amalekites. moses held his rod up in the
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Moses held his rod up in the air.
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Air. as long as his rod was up
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As long as his rod was up the israelites were winning.
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The israelites were winning. when he put it down the
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When he put it down the amalekites would prevail.
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Amalekites would prevail. the battle kept going longer
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The battle kept going longer and longer.
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And longer. the problem was moses got
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The problem was moses got tired.
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Tired. he couldn't hold his hands
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He couldn't hold his hands up that long.
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Up that long. god didn't say, "moses you
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God didn't say, "moses you should be stronger, you
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Should be stronger, you should have more endurance,
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Should have more endurance, more stamina."
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More stamina." god sent two men, aaron and
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God sent two men, aaron and hur.
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Hur. they stood on each side of
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They stood on each side of moses and held his hands up
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Moses and held his hands up for him.
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For him. god has the right people
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God has the right people that will be there to help
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That will be there to help hold up your hands.
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Hold up your hands. god knows we're going to get
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God knows we're going to get tired.
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Tired. he knows there will be times
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He knows there will be times that we don't have the
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That we don't have the strength on our own to do
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Strength on our own to do what we need to do.
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What we need to do. he doesn't fault us, he
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He doesn't fault us, he doesn't cancel our destiny,
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Doesn't cancel our destiny, he sends the right people,
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He sends the right people, an aaron and a hur to lift
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An aaron and a hur to lift our hands.
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Our hands. a few years after i became
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A few years after i became pastor, everything was
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Pastor, everything was growing.
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Growing. we were seeing great favor
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We were seeing great favor and god's blessing, but at
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And god's blessing, but at the same time there were
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The same time there were people that didn't
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People that didn't understand us.
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Understand us. at one point, it seemed like
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At one point, it seemed like things were coming against
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Things were coming against us from the left and the
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Us from the left and the right.
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Right. i had never had any
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I had never had any opposition.
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Opposition. i thought all we're doing is
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I thought all we're doing is giving people hope and
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Giving people hope and letting them know that god
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Letting them know that god is good.
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Is good. it didn't make sense to me
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It didn't make sense to me why people would be against
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Why people would be against that.
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That. i was concerned about how it
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I was concerned about how it was going to work out.
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Was going to work out. thoughts told me that we
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Thoughts told me that we weren't going to last, and
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Weren't going to last, and these other voices were too
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These other voices were too strong.
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Strong. i was tempted to live
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I was tempted to live worried, discouraged,
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Worried, discouraged, afraid.
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Afraid. one afternoon, i was walking
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One afternoon, i was walking through the lobby of the
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Through the lobby of the church about to get on the
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Church about to get on the elevator.
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Elevator. when the doors opened, an
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When the doors opened, an older lady stepped out that
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Older lady stepped out that i've known all my life.
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I've known all my life. she used to take care of me
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She used to take care of me in the nursery.
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In the nursery. i hadn't seen her in years,
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I hadn't seen her in years, but i always knew that she
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But i always knew that she prayed for me.
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Prayed for me. every time i would see her
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Every time i would see her growing up, she would smile
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Growing up, she would smile and say, "joel you know i'm
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And say, "joel you know i'm praying for you."
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Praying for you." i thought, "yes i know,
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I thought, "yes i know, you've told me four hundred
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You've told me four hundred times."
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Times." i gave her a big hug.
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I gave her a big hug. she said, "joel, i can't
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She said, "joel, i can't believe i ran into you.
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Believe i ran into you. i was going to send you a
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I was going to send you a note.
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Note. when i was praying for you
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When i was praying for you this morning, i heard god
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This morning, i heard god saying, 'whatever you're
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Saying, 'whatever you're worried about is going to be
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Worried about is going to be fine.
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Fine. the people, the opposition
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The people, the opposition is not going to last.'" when
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Is not going to last.'" when she said that it was like a
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She said that it was like a weight was lifted off of me.
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Weight was lifted off of me. i walked away from there
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I walked away from there strong, confident,
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Strong, confident, reenergized.
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Reenergized. two minutes earlier and i
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Two minutes earlier and i would have missed her; two
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Would have missed her; two minutes later, she'd have
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Minutes later, she'd have been gone.
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Been gone. god knows how to bring the
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God knows how to bring the simons across your path.
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Simons across your path. people that will encourage
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People that will encourage you and help lift you back
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You and help lift you back up.
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Up. before jesus was crucified,
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Before jesus was crucified, he went up a high mountain
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He went up a high mountain with peter, james and john.
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With peter, james and john. jesus' appearance changed,
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Jesus' appearance changed, his face shined like the
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His face shined like the sun, his clothing became
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Sun, his clothing became dazzling white.
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Dazzling white. it's known as the mount of
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It's known as the mount of transfiguration.
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Transfiguration. suddenly moses and elijah
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Suddenly moses and elijah appeared and started talking
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Appeared and started talking with jesus.
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With jesus. it's interesting that those
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It's interesting that those two were chosen.
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Two were chosen. there were other great
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There were other great heroes of faith-abraham,
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Heroes of faith-abraham, david, joseph.
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David, joseph. jesus was about to face all
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Jesus was about to face all this hardship and suffering,
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This hardship and suffering, go through things that were
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Go through things that were very difficult, things that
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Very difficult, things that could be overwhelming and
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Could be overwhelming and exhausting.
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Exhausting. maybe elijah was there
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Maybe elijah was there because even though he had
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Because even though he had performed great miracles,
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Performed great miracles, even though he'd called down
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Even though he'd called down fire from heaven, raised a
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Fire from heaven, raised a little boy from the dead, at
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Little boy from the dead, at one point he was too
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One point he was too exhausted to carry on, too
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Exhausted to carry on, too weary to move forward; then
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Weary to move forward; then god sent angels to
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God sent angels to strengthen him.
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Strengthen him. i don't know what the
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I don't know what the conversation was but maybe
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Conversation was but maybe elijah encouraged jesus that
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Elijah encouraged jesus that god would give him special
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God would give him special strength to make it through.
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Strength to make it through. that angels would be there
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That angels would be there to minister to him.
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To minister to him. maybe moses reminded jesus
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Maybe moses reminded jesus how when he was too tired to
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How when he was too tired to hold up his hands, when he
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Hold up his hands, when he was fatigued and couldn't do
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Was fatigued and couldn't do it any longer, god sent
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It any longer, god sent people to hold his hands up
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People to hold his hands up for him, to lift him when he
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For him, to lift him when he fell, to help him carry the
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Fell, to help him carry the weight of the cross.
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Weight of the cross. maybe god has you hearing
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Maybe god has you hearing this, to remind you when you
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This, to remind you when you face these times where you
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Face these times where you feel fatigued, overwhelmed,
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Feel fatigued, overwhelmed, like you don't have the
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Like you don't have the strength to go on, that's
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Strength to go on, that's okay, jesus felt
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Okay, jesus felt overwhelmed.
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Overwhelmed. moses, elijah they didn't
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Moses, elijah they didn't think they could go on.
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Think they could go on. god is going to have angels
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God is going to have angels to strengthen you, the right
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To strengthen you, the right people are going to show up.
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People are going to show up. god is not going to let you
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God is not going to let you miss your destiny.
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Miss your destiny. he gives strength to the
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He gives strength to the weary, not condemnation.
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Weary, not condemnation. not why aren't you stronger.
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Not why aren't you stronger. take the pressure off.
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Take the pressure off. even jesus fell down under
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Even jesus fell down under the weight of the cross.
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The weight of the cross. sometimes your cross is too
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Sometimes your cross is too heavy to carry by yourself.
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Heavy to carry by yourself. like jesus you may fall
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Like jesus you may fall down, but god will always
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Down, but god will always have a simon there, someone
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Have a simon there, someone to help you carry it.
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To help you carry it. perhaps today you don't feel
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Perhaps today you don't feel like you have the strength
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Like you have the strength to move forward, the
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To move forward, the strength to fight the
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Strength to fight the illness, the strength to
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Illness, the strength to raise your children.
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Raise your children. remember when you are weak,
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Remember when you are weak, he is strong.
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He is strong. i believe right now god is
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I believe right now god is breathing special strength
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Breathing special strength into you.
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Into you. that burden that's weighed
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That burden that's weighed you down is being lifted.
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You down is being lifted. this is a turning point.
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This is a turning point. god is reenergizing you,
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God is reenergizing you, with fresh passion, fresh
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With fresh passion, fresh vision.
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Vision. you will run and not be
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You will run and not be weary, you will walk and not
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Weary, you will walk and not faint.
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Faint. like elijah, you're about to
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Like elijah, you're about to outrun some chariots.
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Outrun some chariots. you're going to think,
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You're going to think, "where did i get this
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"where did i get this energy, this power, this
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Energy, this power, this ability?"
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Ability?" it's god giving you special
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It's god giving you special strength.
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Strength. i believe and declare, you
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I believe and declare, you are strong, you are
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Are strong, you are victorious, you are well
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Victorious, you are well able.
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Able. you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish dreams bigger than you
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Dreams bigger than you imagined, overcome obstacles
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Imagined, overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable,
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That looked insurmountable, and reach the fullness of
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And reach the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Your destiny, in jesus' name.
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Joel Osteen - Special Strength Is Coming

September 10, 2025 | 30:0

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