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Joel Osteen - Stay Positive Toward Yourself

April 15, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Stay Positive Toward Yourself | April 15, 2026

> joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us throughout
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Connected with us throughout the week. we have a daily
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The week. we have a daily podcast that you can download.
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Podcast that you can download. you can go to our youtube
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You can go to our youtube channel, watch the messages
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Channel, watch the messages anytime or, of course, you
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Anytime or, of course, you can follow us on social
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Can follow us on social media. i promise you this:
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Media. i promise you this: we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. thanks for tuning in.
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Thanks for tuning in. thanks again for coming
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Thanks again for coming out in person.
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Out in person. 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 reporter.
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I heard about this reporter. he was visiting churches
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He was visiting churches across the nation.
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Across the nation. while in the northeast, he
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While in the northeast, he saw a gold phone on the wall
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Saw a gold phone on the wall with a sign that said,
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With a sign that said, "calls ten thousand dollars
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"calls ten thousand dollars per minute."
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Per minute." he asked the pastor what it
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He asked the pastor what it meant. the pastor explained
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Meant. the pastor explained that was a direct line to
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That was a direct line to heaven. if you were willing
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Heaven. if you were willing to pay the price, you could
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To pay the price, you could talk directly to god.
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Talk directly to god. he continued visiting
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He continued visiting different churches, seeing
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Different churches, seeing the same gold phone, same
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The same gold phone, same sign.
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Sign. when he finally made it
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When he finally made it texas, he saw the phone
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Texas, he saw the phone but the sign said, "calls
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But the sign said, "calls 25 cents per minute."
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25 cents per minute." intrigued, he asked the
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Intrigued, he asked the pastor why it was so much
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Pastor why it was so much cheaper. the pastor said,
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Cheaper. the pastor said, "you're in texas,
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"you're in texas, now it's a local call."
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Now it's a local call." (laughter)
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(laughter) and all the texans said
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And all the texans said amen! here we go y'all!
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Amen! here we go y'all! 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. today, i will be taught
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Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. 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 staying positive
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About staying positive toward yourself.
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Toward yourself. the most important
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The most important relationship you have is the
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Relationship you have is the relationship with yourself.
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Relationship with yourself. too many people don't like
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Too many people don't like who they are.
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Who they are. they focus on their faults
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They focus on their faults and weaknesses.
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And weaknesses. they relive their mistakes
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They relive their mistakes and failures.
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And failures. they wish they were
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They wish they were different.
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Different. if they were taller, had a
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If they were taller, had a better personality, looked
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Better personality, looked like their cousin.
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Like their cousin. instead of accepting
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Instead of accepting themselves, as a
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Themselves, as a masterpiece, made in the
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Masterpiece, made in the image of god, they're
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Image of god, they're critical toward themselves.
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Critical toward themselves. they wonder why they're not
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They wonder why they're not happy, why they don't have
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Happy, why they don't have good relationships.
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Good relationships. it's because they don't like
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It's because they don't like themselves.
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Themselves. if you don't get along with
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If you don't get along with you, you're not going to get
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You, you're not going to get along with other people.
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Along with other people. jesus said, "love your
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Jesus said, "love your neighbor as you love
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Neighbor as you love yourself."
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Yourself." you can't love others if you
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You can't love others if you don't first love yourself.
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Don't first love yourself. the best thing you can do
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The best thing you can do for your family, for your
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For your family, for your friends is be good to you,
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Friends is be good to you, be kind to you, be merciful
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Be kind to you, be merciful to you, be forgiving to you,
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To you, be forgiving to you, be loving to you.
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Be loving to you. you're good to others, why
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You're good to others, why aren't you good to you?
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Aren't you good to you? you don't criticize your
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You don't criticize your friend, why are you
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Friend, why are you criticizing you?
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Criticizing you? you compliment your
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You compliment your coworker, when's the last
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Coworker, when's the last time you complimented
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Time you complimented yourself?
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Yourself? you admire their talent, why
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You admire their talent, why don't you admire your
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Don't you admire your talent.
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Talent. start being good to you.
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Start being good to you. that's not being selfish,
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That's not being selfish, that's not arrogant, that's
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That's not arrogant, that's loving yourself.
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Loving yourself. too many people go through
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Too many people go through life against themselves,
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Life against themselves, feeling wrong on the inside.
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Feeling wrong on the inside. i heard someone say, "i
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I heard someone say, "i discovered the enemy, it was
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Discovered the enemy, it was me."
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Me." are you your enemy?
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Are you your enemy? are you defeating yourself,
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Are you defeating yourself, limiting your dreams,
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Limiting your dreams, sabotaging your
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Sabotaging your relationships, all because
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Relationships, all because you don't like you?
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You don't like you? you have enough people and
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You have enough people and circumstances against you,
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Circumstances against you, don't be against yourself.
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Don't be against yourself. when you wake up in the
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When you wake up in the morning, don't lie in bed
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Morning, don't lie in bed and think of everything
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And think of everything wrong with you, what you
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Wrong with you, what you don't like about your looks,
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Don't like about your looks, relive your mistakes.
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Relive your mistakes. "why didn't i finish
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"why didn't i finish college?
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College? i should have been more
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I should have been more disciplined.
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Disciplined. i lost my temper yesterday."
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I lost my temper yesterday." instead of focusing on
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Instead of focusing on what's wrong with you, start
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What's wrong with you, start focusing on what's right
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Focusing on what's right with you.
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With you. you may have weaknesses,
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You may have weaknesses, you've made mistakes, we all
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You've made mistakes, we all have.
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Have. but there's a lot more right
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But there's a lot more right with you than there is wrong
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With you than there is wrong with you.
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With you. dwelling on the negative
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Dwelling on the negative doesn't help you to do
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Doesn't help you to do better.
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Better. beating yourself up for past
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Beating yourself up for past mistakes doesn't move you
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Mistakes doesn't move you forward.
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Forward. the better you feel about
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The better you feel about yourself, the better you'll
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Yourself, the better you'll do.
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Do. the more you like yourself,
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The more you like yourself, the further you'll go.
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The further you'll go. you can't give away what you
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You can't give away what you don't have.
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Don't have. if you're in turmoil on the
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If you're in turmoil on the inside, mad at yourself,
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Inside, mad at yourself, critical, condemned.
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Critical, condemned. that's what you have to
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That's what you have to give.
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Give. if you're hard on yourself,
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If you're hard on yourself, you'll be hard on others.
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You'll be hard on others. if you don't forgive
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If you don't forgive yourself, you won't forgive
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Yourself, you won't forgive others.
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Others. if you don't get along with
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If you don't get along with you, how can you get along
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You, how can you get along with your family?
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With your family? the best thing you can do is
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The best thing you can do is start being for you.
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Start being for you. when you love yourself, then
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When you love yourself, then you can love others.
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You can love others. when you're kind to
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When you're kind to yourself, then you can be
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Yourself, then you can be kind to others.
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Kind to others. it starts with you.
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It starts with you. "joel, i have all these
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"joel, i have all these faults, these weaknesses.
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Faults, these weaknesses. once i overcome, once i
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Once i overcome, once i learn to control my temper,
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Learn to control my temper, be more disciplined, quit
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Be more disciplined, quit saying things i shouldn't
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Saying things i shouldn't then i won't be down on
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Then i won't be down on myself."
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Myself." if you're waiting to perform
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If you're waiting to perform perfectly before you feel
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Perfectly before you feel good about who you are,
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Good about who you are, you'll be waiting your whole
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You'll be waiting your whole life.
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Life. you have to accept yourself
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You have to accept yourself while you're in the process
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While you're in the process of changing.
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Of changing. god knew you would have
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God knew you would have weaknesses.
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Weaknesses. he made you.
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He made you. you're not a surprise to
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You're not a surprise to him.
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Him. he's not in heaven,
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He's not in heaven, scratching his head,
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Scratching his head, thinking, "i didn't see
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Thinking, "i didn't see that coming.
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That coming. they're a mess.
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They're a mess. what am i going to do?"
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What am i going to do?" he knew there would be
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He knew there would be things you struggle with.
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Things you struggle with. you're not supposed to beat
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You're not supposed to beat yourself up because you
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Yourself up because you haven't arrived yet.
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Haven't arrived yet. i don't know one person that
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I don't know one person that has arrived.
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Has arrived. there will always be some
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There will always be some area we need to improve in.
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Area we need to improve in. in fact, i believe god will
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In fact, i believe god will leave weaknesses on purpose,
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Leave weaknesses on purpose, so we'll have to depend on
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So we'll have to depend on him.
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Him. he's changing you from glory
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He's changing you from glory to glory.
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To glory. learn to enjoy the glory
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Learn to enjoy the glory that you're in right now.
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That you're in right now. you may not be where you
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You may not be where you want to be, but you're not
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Want to be, but you're not where you used to be.
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Where you used to be. instead of looking at how
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Instead of looking at how far you have to go, you need
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Far you have to go, you need to look back and thank god
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To look back and thank god for how far he's already
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For how far he's already brought you.
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Brought you. it takes a mature person to
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It takes a mature person to say, "i'm okay with where i
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Say, "i'm okay with where i am, while i'm on the way to
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Am, while i'm on the way to where god is taking me."
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Where god is taking me." one time someone asked me
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One time someone asked me what was the one thing i
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What was the one thing i would change about myself if
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Would change about myself if i could.
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I could. i don't mean this to sound
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I don't mean this to sound arrogant, but i couldn't
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Arrogant, but i couldn't think of anything.
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Think of anything. sure, there are plenty of
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Sure, there are plenty of areas i need to improve, i
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Areas i need to improve, i need to change, i need to
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Need to change, i need to grow.
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Grow. my point is my weaknesses
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My point is my weaknesses are not on the forefront of
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Are not on the forefront of my mind.
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My mind. i'm not focused on my
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I'm not focused on my shortcomings, reliving my
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Shortcomings, reliving my failures, down on myself for
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Failures, down on myself for past mistakes.
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Past mistakes. i know i'm forgiven, i'm
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I know i'm forgiven, i'm redeemed, i'm a masterpiece,
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Redeemed, i'm a masterpiece, i'm made in the image of
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I'm made in the image of almighty god.
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Almighty god. life is too short to go
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Life is too short to go through it against yourself.
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Through it against yourself. i say this with humility, i
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I say this with humility, i like myself.
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Like myself. i like my looks, i like my
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I like my looks, i like my personality, i like my sense
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Personality, i like my sense of humor, i like my taste, i
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Of humor, i like my taste, i like my physique.
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Like my physique. i like who god made me to
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I like who god made me to be.
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Be. it's very powerful when you
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It's very powerful when you can say you like yourself.
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Can say you like yourself. not, "i'll like myself after
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Not, "i'll like myself after i lose twenty pounds, after
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I lose twenty pounds, after i learn to keep my mouth
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I learn to keep my mouth closed, after i become more
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Closed, after i become more patient."
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Patient." god accepts and approves you
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God accepts and approves you right where you are, faults
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Right where you are, faults and all, mistakes,
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And all, mistakes, shortcomings, not when you
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Shortcomings, not when you overcome, but right now.
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Overcome, but right now. he knows you're on a
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He knows you're on a journey.
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Journey. he's changing you little by
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He's changing you little by little.
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Little. he accepts you, now you have
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He accepts you, now you have to accept yourself.
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To accept yourself. he approves you; you have to
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He approves you; you have to approve yourself.
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Approve yourself. when our son jonathan was
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When our son jonathan was fourteen years old, we were
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Fourteen years old, we were out playing basketball one
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Out playing basketball one day.
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Day. we had played one on one,
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We had played one on one, him against me for many
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Him against me for many years.
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Years. i could always beat him, but
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I could always beat him, but he kept getting better and
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He kept getting better and getting bigger, this game
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Getting bigger, this game for the first time he beat
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For the first time he beat me.
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Me. i played hard, i did my
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I played hard, i did my best, but he won.
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Best, but he won. i gave him a high five, then
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I gave him a high five, then told him he was grounded.
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Told him he was grounded. but during that game, he got
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But during that game, he got around me and went up for a
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Around me and went up for a shot.
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Shot. i timed it perfectly, i came
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I timed it perfectly, i came from behind, jumped with all
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From behind, jumped with all my might and blocked his
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My might and blocked his shot.
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Shot. i mean i swatted it over
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I mean i swatted it over into the bushes.
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Into the bushes. i felt like lebron james.
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I felt like lebron james. it would have been a top ten
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It would have been a top ten on sports center.
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On sports center. a few days later, we were in
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A few days later, we were in the gym playing with some
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The gym playing with some other guys.
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Other guys. jonathan said, "dad, tell
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Jonathan said, "dad, tell everyone what happened last
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Everyone what happened last week."
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Week." i said, "oh yeah, jonathan
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I said, "oh yeah, jonathan went up for this shot; i
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Went up for this shot; i timed it perfectly and
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Timed it perfectly and blocked it."
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Blocked it." he said, "no dad, tell them
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He said, "no dad, tell them about how i beat you."
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About how i beat you." the funny thing is that
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The funny thing is that defeat wasn't on the front
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Defeat wasn't on the front of my mind.
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Of my mind. that failure wasn't taking
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That failure wasn't taking up the most space.
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Up the most space. my victory, my
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My victory, my accomplishment, my success
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Accomplishment, my success is what stood out.
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Is what stood out. it's all in how we train
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It's all in how we train ourselves.
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Ourselves. some people are focused on
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Some people are focused on their losses, their flaws,
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Their losses, their flaws, their mistakes, the times
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Their mistakes, the times they didn't measure up.
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They didn't measure up. that's why they're negative
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That's why they're negative toward themselves, the wrong
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Toward themselves, the wrong images are always playing.
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Images are always playing. you need to focus on your
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You need to focus on your victories, focus on the
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Victories, focus on the times you succeeded, you
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Times you succeeded, you resisted the temptation, you
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Resisted the temptation, you were disciplined.
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Were disciplined. you felt like telling them
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You felt like telling them off, but you bit your
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Off, but you bit your tongue.
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Tongue. you went the extra mile
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You went the extra mile at work.
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At work. you excelled on that
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You excelled on that presentation.
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Presentation. don't let the negative
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Don't let the negative take up the most space.
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Take up the most space. you can't become who you
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You can't become who you were created to be if you're
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Were created to be if you're negative toward yourself.
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Negative toward yourself. yes, there are forces trying
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Yes, there are forces trying to stop us, but i wonder if
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To stop us, but i wonder if you are your enemy.
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You are your enemy. circumstances may be against
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Circumstances may be against you, people will come
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You, people will come against you, you can
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Against you, you can overcome those things.
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Overcome those things. the problem is if you are
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The problem is if you are against you.
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Against you. if you're negative toward
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If you're negative toward yourself, that can keep you
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Yourself, that can keep you from your destiny.
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From your destiny. god has given us different
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God has given us different gifts, different
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Gifts, different personalities, different
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Personalities, different temperaments.
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Temperaments. sometimes we're fighting who
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Sometimes we're fighting who we are trying to be like
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We are trying to be like someone else.
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Someone else. you have to accept who god
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You have to accept who god has made you to be.
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Has made you to be. sure, there are areas we can
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Sure, there are areas we can improve in, areas where we
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Improve in, areas where we can grow but there are
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Can grow but there are certain things that are who
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Certain things that are who we are.
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We are. i'm naturally more quiet and
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I'm naturally more quiet and reserved.
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Reserved. my personality is laid back,
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My personality is laid back, easy going.
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Easy going. i don't lose my temper.
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I don't lose my temper. i don't get upset often.
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I don't get upset often. that's all natural to me.
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That's all natural to me. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord, i knew i was
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With the lord, i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church, but i
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Pastor the church, but i didn't feel qualified.
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Didn't feel qualified. i had never ministered, i
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I had never ministered, i didn't have the training.
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Didn't have the training. i could get past those
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I could get past those things, what i struggled
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Things, what i struggled with was my father had a
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With was my father had a strong personality, he was
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Strong personality, he was dynamic, forceful.
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Dynamic, forceful. i would see other ministers
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I would see other ministers that were loud, excite the
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That were loud, excite the audience.
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Audience. i thought, "i don't have
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I thought, "i don't have those strengths.
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Those strengths. i can't minister like my
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I can't minister like my father."
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Father." when we compare and think we
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When we compare and think we have to be like someone
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Have to be like someone else, we can feel
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Else, we can feel shortchanged, like we're at
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Shortchanged, like we're at a disadvantage, "i'm not as
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A disadvantage, "i'm not as talented as they are."
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Talented as they are." here's the key, god has
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Here's the key, god has given you what you need to
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Given you what you need to fulfill your destiny.
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Fulfill your destiny. if you needed a different
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If you needed a different personality, he would have
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Personality, he would have given you one.
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Given you one. if you needed different
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If you needed different gifts, different strengths,
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Gifts, different strengths, different looks, different
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Different looks, different parents, it would have
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Parents, it would have happened.
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Happened. quit comparing and run your
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Quit comparing and run your race.
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Race. i was tempted to feel
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I was tempted to feel inferior, not strong enough,
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Inferior, not strong enough, i had to tune all that out
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I had to tune all that out and use what god had given
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And use what god had given me.
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Me. i discovered my gifts fit
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I discovered my gifts fit me.
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Me. my personality, my talent,
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My personality, my talent, my strengths, my temperament
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My strengths, my temperament is right for my assignment.
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Is right for my assignment. i didn't have to be loud,
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I didn't have to be loud, dynamic, forceful; that
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Dynamic, forceful; that worked for my father, that's
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Worked for my father, that's who he was but god makes us
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Who he was but god makes us individuals.
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Individuals. you have to be comfortable
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You have to be comfortable in your own skin,
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In your own skin, comfortable in who god made
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Comfortable in who god made you to be.
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You to be. don't covet what someone
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Don't covet what someone else has.
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Else has. if you had their gifts,
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If you had their gifts, their personality, their
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Their personality, their looks, it wouldn't help you,
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Looks, it wouldn't help you, it would hinder you.
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It would hinder you. you are equipped for your
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You are equipped for your race.
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Race. you have the right
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You have the right personality, the right
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Personality, the right gifts, the right looks.
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Gifts, the right looks. you're the right height, you
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You're the right height, you come from the right family.
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Come from the right family. you weren't shortchanged,
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You weren't shortchanged, you're not at a
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You're not at a disadvantage.
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Disadvantage. you've been fearfully and
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You've been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Wonderfully made. walk in your anointing, be
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Walk in your anointing, be confident with your gifts,
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Confident with your gifts, let your personality shine.
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Let your personality shine. there's not another person
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There's not another person in this world like you.
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In this world like you. the enemy would love for you
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The enemy would love for you to go through life trying to
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To go through life trying to be an imitation, copying
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Be an imitation, copying someone else that you think
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Someone else that you think is more attractive, more
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Is more attractive, more gifted, more successful.
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Gifted, more successful. no be you.
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No be you. nobody can do you like you
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Nobody can do you like you can do you.
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Can do you. you're not anointed to be
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You're not anointed to be someone else.
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Someone else. the anointing on your life,
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The anointing on your life, the favor, the blessing is
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The favor, the blessing is to be you.
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To be you. you won't activate the
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You won't activate the favor, you won't see the
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Favor, you won't see the abundance if you're trying
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Abundance if you're trying to be something that you're
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To be something that you're not, feeling wrong on the
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Not, feeling wrong on the inside because you're not
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Inside because you're not like someone else.
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Like someone else. i have a friend that has a
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I have a friend that has a very strong personality.
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Very strong personality. he's very kind, very
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He's very kind, very talented, but he's type a,
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Talented, but he's type a, straight to the point,
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Straight to the point, aggressive, get it done.
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Aggressive, get it done. one day he and his wife were
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One day he and his wife were having a disagreement, they
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Having a disagreement, they were debating something.
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Were debating something. she finally said, "why can't
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She finally said, "why can't you be more like joel?"
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You be more like joel?" he said, "excuse me, i think
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He said, "excuse me, i think i'm supposed to be like
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I'm supposed to be like jesus."
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Jesus." she said, "that's fine, but
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She said, "that's fine, but why don't you start with
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Why don't you start with joel?"
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Joel?" we can always grow and
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We can always grow and improve but you can't fight
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Improve but you can't fight who god made you to be.
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Who god made you to be. don't go your whole life
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Don't go your whole life wishing you were something
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Wishing you were something different, wishing you had a
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Different, wishing you had a better personality, wishing
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Better personality, wishing you were more talented,
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You were more talented, wishing you were like your
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Wishing you were like your neighbor, when in fact,
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Neighbor, when in fact, you're exactly who you're
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You're exactly who you're supposed to be.
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Supposed to be. what you don't realize is
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What you don't realize is half the time, your neighbor
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Half the time, your neighbor is wishing they could be
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Is wishing they could be you.
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You. they see all the good things
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They see all the good things about you, do you?
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About you, do you? what would happen if you
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What would happen if you would start loving yourself,
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Would start loving yourself, accepting your gifts, not
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Accepting your gifts, not beating yourself up for
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Beating yourself up for mistakes, not down on
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Mistakes, not down on yourself because of
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Yourself because of weaknesses?
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Weaknesses? stay positive toward
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Stay positive toward yourself.
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Yourself. most of us, wouldn't
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Most of us, wouldn't criticize other people.
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Criticize other people. you wouldn't go up to that
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You wouldn't go up to that person sitting next to you
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Person sitting next to you and say, "you sure don't
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And say, "you sure don't look good today, those
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Look good today, those clothes don't do anything
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Clothes don't do anything for you."
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For you." you may think it, but you
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You may think it, but you wouldn't say it.
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Wouldn't say it. why are you criticizing
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Why are you criticizing yourself?
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Yourself? when you criticize you, you
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When you criticize you, you are criticizing god's
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Are criticizing god's creation.
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Creation. you might as well look up
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You might as well look up and say, "god, you didn't do
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And say, "god, you didn't do a very good job on me."
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A very good job on me." he doesn't make mistakes.
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He doesn't make mistakes. don't say another negative
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Don't say another negative thing about yourself.
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Thing about yourself. "i'm so undisciplined, i
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"i'm so undisciplined, i can't do anything right.
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Can't do anything right. i don't have a good
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I don't have a good personality, i'll never lose
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Personality, i'll never lose this weight, i'll never
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This weight, i'll never break this addiction."
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Break this addiction." zip that up.
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Zip that up. quit being against yourself.
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Quit being against yourself. you don't need another
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You don't need another enemy.
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Enemy. be as good to yourself as
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Be as good to yourself as you are to others.
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You are to others. be kind to yourself, be
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Be kind to yourself, be merciful to yourself, be
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Merciful to yourself, be loving to yourself.
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Loving to yourself. when you wake up in the
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When you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror,
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Morning, look in the mirror, instead of saying, "i'm
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Instead of saying, "i'm getting so old, look at all
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Getting so old, look at all these wrinkles, it's all
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These wrinkles, it's all downhill from here."
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Downhill from here." try a different approach.
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Try a different approach. "good morning you good
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"good morning you good looking thing.
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Looking thing. i'm made in the image of
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I'm made in the image of god.
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God. i'm a masterpiece, i have
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I'm a masterpiece, i have royal blood flowing through
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Royal blood flowing through my veins."
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My veins." a friend of mine pastors a
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A friend of mine pastors a church in another state.
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Church in another state. for years, every sunday
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For years, every sunday after service, he would call
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After service, he would call me and tell me how good my
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Me and tell me how good my message was.
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Message was. he's very encouraging.
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He's very encouraging. he would go on and on.
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He would go on and on. "it was so effective here,
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"it was so effective here, and this part is going to
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And this part is going to help so many people."
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Help so many people." one compliment after
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One compliment after another.
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Another. several years later, he came
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Several years later, he came with me to this interview i
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With me to this interview i was doing.
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Was doing. it was a national program,
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It was a national program, live for an hour, a really
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Live for an hour, a really big deal.
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Big deal. i was young and nervous,
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I was young and nervous, hadn't done much of that
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Hadn't done much of that before.
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Before. when i finished, we got in
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When i finished, we got in the car and the first thing
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The car and the first thing i said was, "i did really
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I said was, "i did really good.
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Good. i knew exactly what to say,
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I knew exactly what to say, i don't think i could have
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I don't think i could have done it any better."
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Done it any better." he told me later how that
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He told me later how that conversation changed his
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Conversation changed his life.
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Life. when he saw how positive i
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When he saw how positive i was toward myself, he
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Was toward myself, he realized what his problem
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Realized what his problem was.
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Was. he had never once told
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He had never once told himself that he had done
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Himself that he had done good.
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Good. after his service, he'd
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After his service, he'd always drive home
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Always drive home discouraged, thinking about
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Discouraged, thinking about how he could have done it
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How he could have done it better, how he wasn't
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Better, how he wasn't focused enough, how he could
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Focused enough, how he could have explained it more
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Have explained it more clearly.
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Clearly. in years of pastoring, he
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In years of pastoring, he never left the church
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Never left the church feeling good, he always
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Feeling good, he always thought about what he didn't
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Thought about what he didn't do right.
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Do right. when he heard me come out
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When he heard me come out and say, "i did good," a
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And say, "i did good," a stronghold was broken in his
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Stronghold was broken in his thinking.
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Thinking. he was great at
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He was great at complimenting others, but he
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Complimenting others, but he had never complimented
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Had never complimented himself.
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Himself. he'd trained himself to see
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He'd trained himself to see the flaws, the stumbles,
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The flaws, the stumbles, when he didn't do his best.
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When he didn't do his best. the scripture says, "our
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The scripture says, "our faith is made effective when
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Faith is made effective when we acknowledge everything
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We acknowledge everything good."
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Good." you can't go around
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You can't go around acknowledging the negative,
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Acknowledging the negative, your weaknesses, the times
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Your weaknesses, the times you didn't measure up, how
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You didn't measure up, how you should have been more
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You should have been more disciplined.
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Disciplined. your faith is not going to
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Your faith is not going to be effective.
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Be effective. you need to retrain your
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You need to retrain your mind to see the good, focus
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Mind to see the good, focus on what you did right.
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On what you did right. you didn't get everything
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You didn't get everything done at the office, but you
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Done at the office, but you got something done.
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Got something done. you haven't totally broken
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You haven't totally broken the addiction, but you're
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The addiction, but you're better than you were last
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Better than you were last year.
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Year. you didn't spend all the
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You didn't spend all the time you wanted to with your
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Time you wanted to with your children, but you got them
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Children, but you got them ready for school, you got
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Ready for school, you got them dressed, you cooked
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Them dressed, you cooked their dinner.
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Their dinner. if you're acknowledging the
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If you're acknowledging the negative, you're not going
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Negative, you're not going to feel good about yourself.
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To feel good about yourself. start acknowledging all the
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Start acknowledging all the good things you're doing.
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Good things you're doing. that's what's going to help
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That's what's going to help you do better.
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You do better. being down on yourself, not
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Being down on yourself, not only keeps you from enjoying
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Only keeps you from enjoying life, but it keeps you from
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Life, but it keeps you from rising higher.
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Rising higher. "joel, i would feel good
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"joel, i would feel good about myself but i've made
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About myself but i've made these mistakes, if i had
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These mistakes, if i had been more disciplined."
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Been more disciplined." the mistake didn't change
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The mistake didn't change your purpose.
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Your purpose. don't let failures and times
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Don't let failures and times you got off course cause you
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You got off course cause you to be against yourself.
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To be against yourself. be as merciful to you as you
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Be as merciful to you as you are to others.
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Are to others. you have to learn to forgive
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You have to learn to forgive yourself.
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Yourself. the accuser will bring
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The accuser will bring condemnation, guilt, "you
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Condemnation, guilt, "you don't deserve it."
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Don't deserve it." he would love for you to
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He would love for you to feel not worthy, down on
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Feel not worthy, down on yourself.
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Yourself. don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. paul said in colossians,
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Paul said in colossians, "god sees you as holy,
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"god sees you as holy, blameless, as without
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Blameless, as without fault."
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Fault." "not me joel, i have a lot
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"not me joel, i have a lot of faults, i've made a lot
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Of faults, i've made a lot of mistakes."
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Of mistakes." we all have.
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We all have. but when you asked god to
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But when you asked god to forgive you, he cleared your
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Forgive you, he cleared your record.
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Record. he sees you without fault.
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He sees you without fault. that's all good, but the
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That's all good, but the real question is can you see
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Real question is can you see yourself without fault.
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Yourself without fault. as long as you're beating
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As long as you're beating yourself up, living
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Yourself up, living condemned, the problem is
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Condemned, the problem is you are your enemy.
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You are your enemy. god has already said you're
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God has already said you're blameless, you're without
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Blameless, you're without fault.
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Fault. get in agreement with him.
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Get in agreement with him. nothing you've done has
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Nothing you've done has stopped your destiny.
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Stopped your destiny. jesus knew peter would deny
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Jesus knew peter would deny him, yet he still chose him
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Him, yet he still chose him as his disciple.
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As his disciple. why didn't he just pick
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Why didn't he just pick someone else?
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Someone else? he knew he was going to
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He knew he was going to fail; he knew he was hot
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Fail; he knew he was hot tempered; he knew he used
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Tempered; he knew he used bad language, but god
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Bad language, but god doesn't disqualify you
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Doesn't disqualify you because you have weaknesses.
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Because you have weaknesses. if he did, none of us would
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If he did, none of us would have a chance.
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Have a chance. when jesus rose from the
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When jesus rose from the dead, he told mary at the
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Dead, he told mary at the tomb, go tell the disciples
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Tomb, go tell the disciples he was alive and he
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He was alive and he specifically said, tell
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Specifically said, tell peter.
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Peter. peter could have lived
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Peter could have lived defeated, condemned, "what
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Defeated, condemned, "what was wrong with me?"
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Was wrong with me?" but he made this choice that
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But he made this choice that we all have to make, he
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We all have to make, he forgave himself, he had
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Forgave himself, he had mercy on himself.
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Mercy on himself. he didn't live looking in
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He didn't live looking in the rearview mirror,
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The rearview mirror, thinking about how he had
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Thinking about how he had blown it.
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Blown it. peter went on to give the
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Peter went on to give the inaugural address when the
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Inaugural address when the church was birthed, three
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Church was birthed, three thousand people came to know
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Thousand people came to know the lord.
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The lord. all through the scripture
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All through the scripture god used people that made
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God used people that made mistakes.
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Mistakes. abraham had a baby out of
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Abraham had a baby out of wedlock, david took a man's
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Wedlock, david took a man's wife and had the man killed,
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Wife and had the man killed, jonah ran from god, wouldn't
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Jonah ran from god, wouldn't go to the city of nineveh.
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Go to the city of nineveh. what did god do, rescue him
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What did god do, rescue him and send him to the city of
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And send him to the city of nineveh.
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Nineveh. god doesn't disqualify us.
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God doesn't disqualify us. the mistake we make is we
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The mistake we make is we disqualify ourselves.
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Disqualify ourselves. when moses was on the mount
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When moses was on the mount sinai, receiving the ten
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Sinai, receiving the ten commandments, he left his
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Commandments, he left his brother aaron in charge of
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Brother aaron in charge of the israelites.
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The israelites. he was gone so long, the
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He was gone so long, the people said, "we need a god
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People said, "we need a god to worship."
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To worship." aaron knew they worshipped
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Aaron knew they worshipped jehovah.
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Jehovah. he spoke for moses when he
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He spoke for moses when he told pharaoh to let the
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Told pharaoh to let the people go.
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People go. he had seen god deliver them
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He had seen god deliver them from slavery, part the red
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From slavery, part the red sea.
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Sea. but he told the people to
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But he told the people to bring their gold, he melted
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Bring their gold, he melted it down and they made a
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It down and they made a golden calf.
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Golden calf. the people started partying,
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The people started partying, all kinds of revelry.
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All kinds of revelry. when moses came down the
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When moses came down the mountain, he saw aaron and
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Mountain, he saw aaron and all the people dancing
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All the people dancing naked, worshipping that
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Naked, worshipping that idol.
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Idol. here he's up there having
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Here he's up there having this holy moment and in a
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This holy moment and in a few days the people have
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Few days the people have already fallen away.
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Already fallen away. you would think god would be
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You would think god would be done with aaron.
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Done with aaron. "if you can't lead my people
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"if you can't lead my people for a couple of weeks, if
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For a couple of weeks, if you're going to compromise
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You're going to compromise that easily, give in to
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That easily, give in to temptation, then good
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Temptation, then good riddance."
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Riddance." but god doesn't write us
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But god doesn't write us off.
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Off. he chose aaron to be the
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He chose aaron to be the first high priest.
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First high priest. i can hear god saying to an
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I can hear god saying to an angel, "you see that guy
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Angel, "you see that guy down their dancing naked,
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Down their dancing naked, the one that made the golden
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The one that made the golden calf, he's going be the one
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Calf, he's going be the one i choose to go in to the
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I choose to go in to the holy of holies, the most
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Holy of holies, the most sacred place of the temple."
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Sacred place of the temple." don't judge your life based
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Don't judge your life based off of one mistake, off of
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Off of one mistake, off of one season where you gave in
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One season where you gave in to temptation, one season
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To temptation, one season where you compromised.
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Where you compromised. that didn't stop your
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That didn't stop your destiny.
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Destiny. the only way it will hold
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The only way it will hold you back is if you live
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You back is if you live guilty, condemned, feeling
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Guilty, condemned, feeling washed up.
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Washed up. god has forgiven you, but
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God has forgiven you, but you have to forgive
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You have to forgive yourself.
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Yourself. he's given you his mercy,
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He's given you his mercy, but you have to have mercy
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But you have to have mercy on yourself.
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On yourself. "joel, you don't know what i
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"joel, you don't know what i did."
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Did." you probably weren't dancing
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You probably weren't dancing naked in public last week.
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Naked in public last week. you probably weren't
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You probably weren't worshipping a golden calf.
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Worshipping a golden calf. why are you writing yourself
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Why are you writing yourself off?
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Off? you don't know where god is
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You don't know where god is taking you.
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Taking you. who would of thought, aaron
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Who would of thought, aaron would become the high
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Would become the high priest, in a position of
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Priest, in a position of honor and influence?
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Honor and influence? god has something awesome
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God has something awesome still in your future.
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Still in your future. but here's the question, are
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But here's the question, are you for you?
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You for you? are you kind to yourself?
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Are you kind to yourself? are you merciful to
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Are you merciful to yourself?
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Yourself? i know you love god, but do
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I know you love god, but do you love yourself?
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You love yourself? i know you'll forgive
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I know you'll forgive others, but will you forgive
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Others, but will you forgive yourself?
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Yourself? i know you'll compliment
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I know you'll compliment your friends, but will you
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Your friends, but will you compliment yourself?
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Compliment yourself? how much further will you go
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How much further will you go if you'll stay positive
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If you'll stay positive toward yourself?
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Toward yourself? quit beating yourself up for
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Quit beating yourself up for past mistakes, quit dwelling
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Past mistakes, quit dwelling on your flaws, overanalyzing
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On your flaws, overanalyzing your weaknesses.
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Your weaknesses. you're not a finished
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You're not a finished product.
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Product. god is still working on you.
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God is still working on you. i believe and declare today
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I believe and declare today is a breakthrough day,
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Is a breakthrough day, strongholds are coming down.
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Strongholds are coming down. guilt is leaving, poor
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Guilt is leaving, poor self-images are going.
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Self-images are going. you are holy, you are
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You are holy, you are blameless, you are without
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Blameless, you are without fault.
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Fault. get ready, you're about to
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Get ready, you're about to rise higher, overcome
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Rise higher, overcome obstacles, accomplish dreams
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Obstacles, accomplish dreams and become everything god
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And become everything god created you to be, in jesus'
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Created you to be, in jesus' name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Life throws so much at us.
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Life throws so much at us. disappointments,
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Disappointments, failures, challenges.
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Failures, challenges. we can feel so out of touch
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We can feel so out of touch that we no longer
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That we no longer recognize ourselves.
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Recognize ourselves. life has a way of changing us.
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Life has a way of changing us. at one time
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At one time we were outgoing
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We were outgoing and excited about our dreams.
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And excited about our dreams. but when we go
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But when we go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and people do us
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And people do us wrong, it's easy
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Wrong, it's easy to lose that positive,
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To lose that positive, passionate person
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Passionate person that we used to be.
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In my new book,
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In my new book, rediscovering the forgotten
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Rediscovering the forgotten you, i'll help you
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You, i'll help you get back to who you really are.
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Get back to who you really are. the joyful you,
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The joyful you, the confident you,
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The confident you, the talented you.
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The talented you. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't been
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You haven't been through too much.
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Through too much. you may have lost
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You may have lost part of yourself,
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Part of yourself, but you can find yourself.
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But you can find yourself. god is in the business
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God is in the business of restoring what was lost.
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Of restoring what was lost. healing what was broken.
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Healing what was broken. you haven't seen the
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You haven't seen the best version of you yet.
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Best version of you yet. it's still in front of you.
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It's still in front of you. 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, we would like to send you
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Rediscovering the forgotten you.
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Thoughts, and embrace by faith
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By faith the vision of the life
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The vision of the life god designed for you.
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God designed for you. life's challenges
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Life's challenges might have distorted
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Might have distorted the true you,
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The true you, but now you can reclaim,
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But now you can reclaim, revitalize and restore
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Revitalize and restore the version of yourself
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The version of yourself that you once knew,
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That you once knew, or the version that you know
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Or the version that you know god has made you to be:
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God has made you to be: filled with hopes and dreams,
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New dreams into your heart. what he started,
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What he started, he's going to finish.
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He's going to finish. 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 are praying
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Victoria and i are praying for you and your family,
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For you and your family, for god's very best.
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For god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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Consider becoming one. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - Stay Positive Toward Yourself

April 15, 2026 | 27:29

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