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Joel Osteen - Still I Rise

March 22, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Still I Rise | March 22, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this man. he called the
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About this man. he called the church office and said, “i
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Church office and said, “i want to speak to the head hog
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Want to speak to the head hog at the trough.” the secretary
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At the trough.” the secretary was offended. she said, “if
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Was offended. she said, “if you mean the pastor, you're
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You mean the pastor, you're going to have to call him
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Going to have to call him pastor. but you may not call
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Pastor. but you may not call him the head hog at the
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Him the head hog at the trough.” he said, “well, i
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Trough.” he said, “well, i was thinking about making a
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Was thinking about making a $5,000 donation to your
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$5,000 donation to your church.” she said, “hang on,
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Church.” she said, “hang on, porky just walked in.”
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Porky just walked in.” (laughter)
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(laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about still i rise. in life,
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About still i rise. in life, things are going to happen
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Things are going to happen that we don't understand,
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That we don't understand, that are not fair, that can
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That are not fair, that can knock the wind out of us. a
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Knock the wind out of us. a bad medical report, the loss
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Bad medical report, the loss of a loved one, a setback in
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Of a loved one, a setback in our business. i can't promise
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Our business. i can't promise you that life won't knock you
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You that life won't knock you down, but i can promise you,
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Down, but i can promise you, you can get back up again.
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You can get back up again. the scripture says, “the same
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The scripture says, “the same power that raised christ from
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Power that raised christ from the dead, lives on the inside
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The dead, lives on the inside of you.” god has put bounce
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Of you.” god has put bounce back in your spirit. he knew
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Back in your spirit. he knew we would face
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We would face disappointments, things that
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Disappointments, things that could sour our future. he put
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Could sour our future. he put in you a fire that cannot be
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In you a fire that cannot be put out. a determination to
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Put out. a determination to overcome what's trying to
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Overcome what's trying to hold you back. a strength to
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Hold you back. a strength to rise up when every voice is
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Rise up when every voice is telling you to settle. when
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Telling you to settle. when life knocks you down, it's
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Life knocks you down, it's okay to process it. grieve
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Okay to process it. grieve the loss. i'm not telling you
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The loss. i'm not telling you to ignore the pain, just be
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To ignore the pain, just be strong. god made us with
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Strong. god made us with emotions. we feel things.
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Emotions. we feel things. what i'm saying is don't stay
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What i'm saying is don't stay there. don't let the loss
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There. don't let the loss become your location. don't
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Become your location. don't let what happened to you
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Let what happened to you become your identity. you
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Become your identity. you need to have this, still i
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Need to have this, still i rise mentality. “yes, life
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Rise mentality. “yes, life knocked me down, but it can't
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Knocked me down, but it can't keep me down. still i rise.”
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Keep me down. still i rise.” “i had a bad break. the door
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“i had a bad break. the door closed, i don't understand
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Closed, i don't understand it, but still i believe.
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It, but still i believe. still i trust, still i smile,
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Still i trust, still i smile, still i praise.” you have to
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Still i praise.” you have to have a made-up mind, that
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Have a made-up mind, that when life knocks you down,
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When life knocks you down, you're not going to live
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You're not going to live defeated, think about what
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Defeated, think about what didn't work out, you declare
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Didn't work out, you declare in the face of those
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In the face of those circumstances, “still i rise.”
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Circumstances, “still i rise.” i was in my kitchen the other
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I was in my kitchen the other day. i had a glass of water.
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Day. i had a glass of water. i reached over to pick
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I reached over to pick something up. somehow the
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Something up. somehow the glass slipped out of my hand
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Glass slipped out of my hand and hit the countertop. it
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And hit the countertop. it broke into a dozen pieces.
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Broke into a dozen pieces. the glass had a thick bottom,
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The glass had a thick bottom, maybe an inch of solid glass,
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Maybe an inch of solid glass, but it was shattered. after i
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But it was shattered. after i cleaned it up, i went to the
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Cleaned it up, i went to the countertop to see if it was
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Countertop to see if it was damaged. i thought it
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Damaged. i thought it probably dented it or chipped
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Probably dented it or chipped it. the glass was so hard.
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It. the glass was so hard. but there was no dent, no
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But there was no dent, no ding. it looked perfect. it's
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Ding. it looked perfect. it's because the countertop is
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Because the countertop is granite. granite is one of
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Granite. granite is one of the hardest stones, much
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The hardest stones, much harder than glass. you can
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Harder than glass. you can drop glass on granite all day
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Drop glass on granite all day long. even though the glass
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Long. even though the glass is hard, seems so sturdy and
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Is hard, seems so sturdy and tough, it will never break
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Tough, it will never break the granite. in the same way,
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The granite. in the same way, god made you harder than
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God made you harder than anything that will come
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Anything that will come against you. there are things
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Against you. there are things you would think would break
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You would think would break you. the sickness, the
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You. the sickness, the addiction, the trouble. it
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Addiction, the trouble. it feels bigger, stronger, but
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Feels bigger, stronger, but can i encourage you, you are
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Can i encourage you, you are unbreakable. you are like
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Unbreakable. you are like that granite. you are harder
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That granite. you are harder than what's trying to break
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Than what's trying to break you. you are stronger than
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You. you are stronger than what's trying to stop you.
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What's trying to stop you. you are more powerful than
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You are more powerful than what's trying to hold you.
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What's trying to hold you. greater is he that's in you
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Greater is he that's in you than what's coming against
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You.
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You may not have the strength
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You may not have the strength on your own, but there's
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On your own, but there's something greater in you.
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Something greater in you. that bad break may seem like
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That bad break may seem like it soured your future. it
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It soured your future. it knocked you down, but there
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Knocked you down, but there is bounce back in your
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Is bounce back in your spirit. that same power that
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Spirit. that same power that raised christ is going to
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Raised christ is going to raise you back up. now you
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Raise you back up. now you can't have a weak, defeated
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Can't have a weak, defeated mentality. “i don't know,
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Mentality. “i don't know, joel. i can't handle this.
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Joel. i can't handle this. it's too much.” have a new
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It's too much.” have a new perspective. “yes, i'm
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Perspective. “yes, i'm hurting, but i know a secret,
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Hurting, but i know a secret, still i rise. yes, it looks
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Still i rise. yes, it looks bad, but still i believe.
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Bad, but still i believe. yes, i'm outnumbered, but
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Yes, i'm outnumbered, but still i trust. yes, i got the
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Still i trust. yes, i got the wind knocked out of me, but
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Wind knocked out of me, but this is not how my story
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This is not how my story ends. i'm not settling here.
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Ends. i'm not settling here. still i move forward. still i
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Still i move forward. still i dream. still i expect god's
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Dream. still i expect god's goodness.
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Goodness. this is what jacob did in the
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This is what jacob did in the scripture. as a young man, he
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Scripture. as a young man, he had to leave his hometown
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Had to leave his hometown because his brother esau was
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Because his brother esau was angry with him. jacob had
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Angry with him. jacob had stolen his birthright. esau
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Stolen his birthright. esau was going to take revenge, so
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Was going to take revenge, so jacob fled to a faraway city
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Jacob fled to a faraway city and lived with his uncle for
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And lived with his uncle for many years. that's where he
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Many years. that's where he met his wives rachel and
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Met his wives rachel and leah. they had many children.
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Leah. they had many children. jacob was blessed with cattle
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Jacob was blessed with cattle and livestock. after
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And livestock. after everything cooled down, god
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Everything cooled down, god said to him in genesis 31,
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Said to him in genesis 31, “return to the land of your
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“return to the land of your fathers and i will be with
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Fathers and i will be with you.” jacob always wanted to
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You.” jacob always wanted to go back home, so he gathered
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Go back home, so he gathered his family, his flocks, his
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His family, his flocks, his children and he headed toward
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Children and he headed toward hebron where his father isaac
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Hebron where his father isaac lived. it was a long journey.
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Lived. it was a long journey. they made it to the city of
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They made it to the city of bethel and camped there.
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Bethel and camped there. that's where god changed his
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That's where god changed his name from jacob, which means
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Name from jacob, which means deceiver, trickster, that's
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Deceiver, trickster, that's who he was in the past, to
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Who he was in the past, to israel, which means prince
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Israel, which means prince with god. it was a destiny
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With god. it was a destiny moment, where he had this new
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Moment, where he had this new identity, “i'm not who i used
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Identity, “i'm not who i used to be. i'm a new man.” he
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To be. i'm a new man.” he built an altar there, and
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Built an altar there, and worshipped god.
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Worshipped god. they left bethel and
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They left bethel and continued on the journey. his
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Continued on the journey. his wife rachel was pregnant. she
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Wife rachel was pregnant. she began to have labor pains.
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Began to have labor pains. they stopped and the midwives
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They stopped and the midwives began to help her. she went
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Began to help her. she went into labor. it was very hard.
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Into labor. it was very hard. there were complications.
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There were complications. rachel gave birth to the
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Rachel gave birth to the child, a healthy baby, but
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Child, a healthy baby, but rachel didn't make it. she
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Rachel didn't make it. she died during childbirth. here
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Died during childbirth. here it was the best of times, a
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It was the best of times, a new baby boy, and the worst
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New baby boy, and the worst of times. jacob lost his
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Of times. jacob lost his beloved wife. in those days,
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Beloved wife. in those days, they had multiple wives. he
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They had multiple wives. he had married her sister, leah;
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Had married her sister, leah; he was tricked into that, but
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He was tricked into that, but rachel was the love of his
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Rachel was the love of his life. the first time he saw
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Life. the first time he saw rachel, it was love at first
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Rachel, it was love at first sight. so much so that he
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Sight. so much so that he told her father, laban that
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Told her father, laban that he would work for him seven
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He would work for him seven years just to be able to
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Years just to be able to marry her. after the seven
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Marry her. after the seven years, laban didn't keep his
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Years, laban didn't keep his word. he gave him the oldest
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Word. he gave him the oldest daughter leah instead. jacob
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Daughter leah instead. jacob said that's not what we
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Said that's not what we agreed to. laban said, “then
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Agreed to. laban said, “then you have to work for me seven
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You have to work for me seven more years to have rachel.”
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More years to have rachel.” jacob did it. that's how much
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Jacob did it. that's how much he loved rachel. now his
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He loved rachel. now his world is shattered. he never
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World is shattered. he never dreamed he would lose the
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Dreamed he would lose the thing he loved the most. it's
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Thing he loved the most. it's one thing if she passed from
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One thing if she passed from old age. at their home, they
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Old age. at their home, they had reached their
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Had reached their destination. but he lost her
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Destination. but he lost her along the way, while they
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Along the way, while they were in transition, while
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Were in transition, while they were dreaming about what
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They were dreaming about what was to come.
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Was to come. sometimes on our journey in
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Sometimes on our journey in life, the unexpected happens.
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Life, the unexpected happens. a dream dies, a door closes,
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A dream dies, a door closes, a loved one doesn't make it.
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A loved one doesn't make it. we didn't see it coming. we
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We didn't see it coming. we get knocked down. it's easy
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Get knocked down. it's easy to stay down, wonder why it
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To stay down, wonder why it happened, live defeated, give
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Happened, live defeated, give up on dreams. we were doing
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Up on dreams. we were doing the right thing, but the
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The right thing, but the wrong thing happened. “god
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Wrong thing happened. “god where were you? why didn't
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Where were you? why didn't you stop this?” there will
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You stop this?” there will always be unanswered
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Always be unanswered questions. faith is about
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Questions. faith is about trusting when you don't
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Trusting when you don't understand. not trying to
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Understand. not trying to figure everything out. don't
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Figure everything out. don't put a question mark where god
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Put a question mark where god has put a period. he's still
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Has put a period. he's still in control. he's still
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In control. he's still ordering your steps. he still
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Ordering your steps. he still has a purpose for you to
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Has a purpose for you to fulfill.
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Fulfill. it's not like jacob was off
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It's not like jacob was off course, doing something he
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Course, doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing.
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Wasn't supposed to be doing. god told him to go back home.
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God told him to go back home. he was being obedient,
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He was being obedient, following god's plan for his
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Following god's plan for his life. you can imagine the
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Life. you can imagine the pain he felt, the grief, the
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Pain he felt, the grief, the sense of loss, being
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Sense of loss, being overwhelmed. this is the
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Overwhelmed. this is the woman he worked fourteen
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Woman he worked fourteen years for. this was the
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Years for. this was the mother of joseph, a son that
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Mother of joseph, a son that would impact the world.
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Would impact the world. suddenly she's gone. here
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Suddenly she's gone. here they were planning on seeing
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They were planning on seeing their family, having a big
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Their family, having a big reunion. all being together
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Reunion. all being together again, then life happened.
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Again, then life happened. what made it even worse is he
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What made it even worse is he couldn't bury her with his
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Couldn't bury her with his family. the custom in those
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Family. the custom in those days is you had to bury a
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Days is you had to bury a body within twenty-four
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Body within twenty-four hours. they were weeks away
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Hours. they were weeks away from their destination. so
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From their destination. so right there on the side of
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Right there on the side of the road, he dug a grave and
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The road, he dug a grave and set a memorial stone, and he
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Set a memorial stone, and he marked her passing. this was
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Marked her passing. this was a critical point. jacob could
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A critical point. jacob could have settled there. he could
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Have settled there. he could have canceled his plans, and
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Have canceled his plans, and thought, “no need for me to
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Thought, “no need for me to go any further. my dreams are
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Go any further. my dreams are shattered. i'm too
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Shattered. i'm too heartbroken.” he could have
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Heartbroken.” he could have lived in mourning.
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Lived in mourning. but verse 21 says, “after
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But verse 21 says, “after honoring her passing, israel
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Honoring her passing, israel journeyed on.” the verse
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Journeyed on.” the verse before says, “jacob set a
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Before says, “jacob set a marker on her grave.” when
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Marker on her grave.” when moses wrote this, he used two
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Moses wrote this, he used two different names. it's not a
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Different names. it's not a coincidence. god was showing
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Coincidence. god was showing us, jacob represents the
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Us, jacob represents the human part of us. our
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Human part of us. our emotions, the pain, the
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Emotions, the pain, the grief, the heart break.
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Grief, the heart break. that's jacob. he set up this
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That's jacob. he set up this pillar to mark her passing.
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Pillar to mark her passing. god didn't say, “jacob you
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God didn't say, “jacob you have to get going. don't feel
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Have to get going. don't feel anything. be stronger.” grief
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Anything. be stronger.” grief is not weakness. grief is a
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Is not weakness. grief is a sign that you loved. when you
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Sign that you loved. when you love deeply, you grieve
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Love deeply, you grieve deeply. there's a time for
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Deeply. there's a time for mourning, a time for weeping,
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Mourning, a time for weeping, a time to process so you can
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A time to process so you can heal. if you don't grieve
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Heal. if you don't grieve your losses and you hold
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Your losses and you hold everything in, just try to
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Everything in, just try to override it, it's not
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Override it, it's not healthy. there needs to be
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Healthy. there needs to be release. weeping endures for
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Release. weeping endures for a night, then joy comes.
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A night, then joy comes. don't bypass the process. but
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Don't bypass the process. but here's the key, the enemy
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Here's the key, the enemy would love for a season of
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Would love for a season of mourning to turn into a
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Mourning to turn into a lifetime of mourning, to
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Lifetime of mourning, to where you set up camp at the
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Where you set up camp at the memorial stone. you always
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Memorial stone. you always think about what you lost.
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Think about what you lost. you relive the hurt, and give
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You relive the hurt, and give up on dreams, settle in the
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Up on dreams, settle in the sorrow. that's how jacob
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Sorrow. that's how jacob felt. those are normal
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Felt. those are normal emotions.
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Emotions. then the scripture switches
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Then the scripture switches his name and says, “israel
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His name and says, “israel journeyed on.” israel is the
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Journeyed on.” israel is the spirit inside you. it's who
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Spirit inside you. it's who god called you to be. when
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God called you to be. when jacob wants to settle in
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Jacob wants to settle in defeat, israel moves forward
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Defeat, israel moves forward in faith. when jacob is
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In faith. when jacob is overcome with sorrow. israel
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Overcome with sorrow. israel rises up, wipes the tears and
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Rises up, wipes the tears and presses on. weeping endures
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Presses on. weeping endures for a night, that's jacob.
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For a night, that's jacob. but joy is coming in the
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But joy is coming in the morning, that's israel. jacob
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Morning, that's israel. jacob will feel overwhelmed by the
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Will feel overwhelmed by the loss, but the israel in you
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Loss, but the israel in you says, “still i rise. still i
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Says, “still i rise. still i believe. still i trust. still
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Believe. still i trust. still i journey on.” we see this
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I journey on.” we see this with job. he lost everything.
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With job. he lost everything. in the middle of the trouble,
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In the middle of the trouble, when he should have been
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When he should have been depressed, he looked up and
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Depressed, he looked up and said, “though he slay me, yet
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Said, “though he slay me, yet will i trust him.” that
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Will i trust him.” that wasisrael coming out.
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Wasisrael coming out. but when we have bad breaks
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But when we have bad breaks and we have to bury a dream,
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And we have to bury a dream, or bury something that you
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Or bury something that you dearly loved, jacob will be
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Dearly loved, jacob will be there. the grieving, the
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There. the grieving, the weeping, the sorrow. but can
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Weeping, the sorrow. but can i encourage you, there's an
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I encourage you, there's an israel in you as well. israel
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Israel in you as well. israel carries the power, the
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Carries the power, the fortitude, the strength that
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Fortitude, the strength that causes you to rise back up.
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Causes you to rise back up. to defy the odds. to journey
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To defy the odds. to journey on when all the circumstances
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On when all the circumstances tell you to settle. “look
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Tell you to settle. “look what happened. it's not fair.
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What happened. it's not fair. this has soured your life.”
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This has soured your life.” when jacob wants to sit down,
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When jacob wants to sit down, israel stands up. jacob feels
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Israel stands up. jacob feels the pain, but israel carries
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The pain, but israel carries the promise. no weapon formed
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The promise. no weapon formed against you will prosper.
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Against you will prosper. there are beauty for those
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There are beauty for those ashes. jacob will try to
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Ashes. jacob will try to convince you that you're
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Convince you that you're done. you've seen your best
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Done. you've seen your best days. you can't handle this.
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Days. you can't handle this. but if you'll listen
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But if you'll listen carefully, you'll hear israel
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Carefully, you'll hear israel saying, “no, no. still i
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Saying, “no, no. still i rise. still i move forward.
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Rise. still i move forward. still i pursue. yes, that
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Still i pursue. yes, that door closed, i'm
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Door closed, i'm disappointed, but i'm going
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Disappointed, but i'm going to knock on another door.”
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To knock on another door.” that's israel. that trouble
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That's israel. that trouble with your child, the
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With your child, the difficulty at work, should
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Difficulty at work, should have given you a nervous
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Have given you a nervous breakdown, taken your joy,
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Breakdown, taken your joy, your victory. but you felt a
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Your victory. but you felt a strength, a power, that you
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Strength, a power, that you can't explain, to keep moving
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Can't explain, to keep moving forward. that's israel.
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Forward. that's israel. that's god sustaining you.
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That's god sustaining you. that's his spirit causing you
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That's his spirit causing you to overcome.
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To overcome. maybe a relationship didn't
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Maybe a relationship didn't work it. you lost a loved
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Work it. you lost a loved one. you should get stuck,
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One. you should get stuck, thinking, “why? it's not
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Thinking, “why? it's not fair. i don't understand it.”
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Fair. i don't understand it.” that's where jacob was. but
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That's where jacob was. but what happened with him, is
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What happened with him, is going to happen to you.
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Going to happen to you. israel is going to show up.
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Israel is going to show up. jacob couldn't have done this
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Jacob couldn't have done this on his own. it was too much,
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On his own. it was too much, too overwhelming. but when he
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Too overwhelming. but when he came to the end of his
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Came to the end of his ability, israel stepped in.
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Ability, israel stepped in. that's the spirit of god
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That's the spirit of god causing you to move forward,
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Causing you to move forward, to continue on, despite
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To continue on, despite what's tried to stop you. now
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What's tried to stop you. now don't be down on yourself
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Don't be down on yourself when things feel heavy. some
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When things feel heavy. some people say if you have faith,
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People say if you have faith, you shouldn't grieve. you
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You shouldn't grieve. you shouldn't feel the pain, feel
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Shouldn't feel the pain, feel the sadness. jacob doesn't go
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The sadness. jacob doesn't go away. we're human. jesus wept
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Away. we're human. jesus wept when his friend lazarus died.
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When his friend lazarus died. he felt sorrow and heartache.
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He felt sorrow and heartache. in the garden of gethsemane,
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In the garden of gethsemane, he was so overwhelmed, he
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He was so overwhelmed, he sweat drops of blood. he's
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Sweat drops of blood. he's god, yet in his body, he had
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God, yet in his body, he had these emotions. it's not a
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These emotions. it's not a lack of faith to feel things.
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Lack of faith to feel things. the jacob in you feels pain.
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The jacob in you feels pain. jacob reacts to loss,
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Jacob reacts to loss, betrayal. jacob carries
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Betrayal. jacob carries wounds and questions. that's
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Wounds and questions. that's the natural part of us. on
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The natural part of us. on our own, by ourselves, we
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Our own, by ourselves, we would get stuck. the good
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Would get stuck. the good news is, there's not just a
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News is, there's not just a jacob in you, there's an
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Jacob in you, there's an israel in you. that's who i'm
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Israel in you. that's who i'm calling out. israel gets up,
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Calling out. israel gets up, after being knocked down.
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After being knocked down. israel moves forward, while
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Israel moves forward, while they're still hurting. israel
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They're still hurting. israel trusts even though there's
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Trusts even though there's unanswered questions. israel
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Unanswered questions. israel praises through the pain and
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Praises through the pain and speaks victory in the middle
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Speaks victory in the middle of the trouble. jacob buries
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Of the trouble. jacob buries the dreams, mourns the loss,
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The dreams, mourns the loss, acknowledges the
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Acknowledges the disappointment. but israel
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Disappointment. but israel journeys on.
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Journeys on. you may be in a tough season,
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You may be in a tough season, too. you feel the pain.
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Too. you feel the pain. discouraged over the
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Discouraged over the difficulty. jacob's been out
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Difficulty. jacob's been out a long time. israel is in
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A long time. israel is in you, but you have to let him
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You, but you have to let him rise up. it starts in our
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Rise up. it starts in our thoughts. what are you
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Thoughts. what are you telling yourself? “i can't
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Telling yourself? “i can't handle this. it's too much.
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Handle this. it's too much. why did they treat me that
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Why did they treat me that way?” that's going to keep
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Way?” that's going to keep israel from showing up. he's
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Israel from showing up. he's in you, but you have to let
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In you, but you have to let him come alive. try a
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Him come alive. try a different approach. “god this
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Different approach. “god this was a bad break, i don't
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Was a bad break, i don't understand it, but god, i
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Understand it, but god, i trust you. you said you've
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Trust you. you said you've armed with strength for every
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Armed with strength for every battle. you said i can do all
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Battle. you said i can do all things through christ. i may
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Things through christ. i may be down now but i'm not
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Be down now but i'm not staying down, still i will
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Staying down, still i will arise.”
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Arise.” jacob had every reason to
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Jacob had every reason to settle on the way to his
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Settle on the way to his destiny. he was doing the
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Destiny. he was doing the right thing, pursuing what god
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Right thing, pursuing what god told him, and he lost what
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Told him, and he lost what mattered most to him. he
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Mattered most to him. he could have become bitter,
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Could have become bitter, overcome by sorrow, stuck in
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Overcome by sorrow, stuck in unanswered questions, but he
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Unanswered questions, but he did what we all have to do.
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Did what we all have to do. he let israel rise up. he was
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He let israel rise up. he was saying in effect, “i'm
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Saying in effect, “i'm hurting, but i'm still
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Hurting, but i'm still moving. i'm grieving, but i'm
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Moving. i'm grieving, but i'm going forward. i've lost
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Going forward. i've lost something precious, but i
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Something precious, but i didn't lose my purpose.” we
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Didn't lose my purpose.” we all have these times like
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All have these times like jacob that don't seem fair.
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Jacob that don't seem fair. you may feel the pain, but
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You may feel the pain, but don't forfeit the promise.
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Don't forfeit the promise. what god has spoken over your
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What god has spoken over your life is still going to come
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Life is still going to come to pass. it may be difficult,
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To pass. it may be difficult, but the israel in you is
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But the israel in you is saying, “journey on. keep
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Saying, “journey on. keep dreaming. keep pursuing. keep
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Dreaming. keep pursuing. keep expecting.” you can't keep a
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Expecting.” you can't keep a good person down. despite
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Good person down. despite what's happened, you will
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What's happened, you will still arise. you will still
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Still arise. you will still see the goodness of god.
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See the goodness of god. my father was pastoring a
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My father was pastoring a church back in the late
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Church back in the late 1950's. it was very
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1950's. it was very successful. they had just
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Successful. they had just built a beautiful new
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Built a beautiful new sanctuary seating a thousand
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Sanctuary seating a thousand people. he was on the state
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People. he was on the state board for his denomination,
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Board for his denomination, on his way up. then my sister
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On his way up. then my sister lisa was born with a birth
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Lisa was born with a birth injury, something like
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Injury, something like cerebral palsy. the doctors
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Cerebral palsy. the doctors told my parents that she
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Told my parents that she would probably never be able
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Would probably never be able to speak, walk or even feed
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To speak, walk or even feed herself. they didn't see that
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Herself. they didn't see that coming. jacob was there.
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Coming. jacob was there. their human emotions. they
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Their human emotions. they were discouraged, felt this
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Were discouraged, felt this sorrow and heaviness,
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Sorrow and heaviness, wondering why it happened.
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Wondering why it happened. but inside each one of us,
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But inside each one of us, there's not just jacob,
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There's not just jacob, there's an israel. my father
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There's an israel. my father told how he felt this holy
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Told how he felt this holy anger. this fire, this
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Anger. this fire, this passion to pray and believe
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Passion to pray and believe that lisa could be healed.
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That lisa could be healed. that went against everything
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That went against everything he was taught back then. in
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He was taught back then. in seminary, he was told that
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Seminary, he was told that the day of miracles was over,
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The day of miracles was over, that it ceased when the last
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That it ceased when the last disciples died. he went to a
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Disciples died. he went to a hotel downtown to pray and
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Hotel downtown to pray and read the scriptures. jacob
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Read the scriptures. jacob was grieving, but israel
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Was grieving, but israel journeyed on.
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Journeyed on. my father saw how jesus went
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My father saw how jesus went around healing people, with
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Around healing people, with great power and victory.
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Great power and victory. faith rose in his heart. he
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Faith rose in his heart. he came back to his church and
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Came back to his church and started preaching with a new
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Started preaching with a new fire and passion, encouraging
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Fire and passion, encouraging them to believe that god can
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Them to believe that god can do what seems impossible. he
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Do what seems impossible. he thought they would be
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Thought they would be excited, on board, but it was
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Excited, on board, but it was just the opposite. they
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Just the opposite. they didn't like it. it went
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Didn't like it. it went against their tradition. they
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Against their tradition. they ended up asking my father to
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Ended up asking my father to leave. my parents had poured
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Leave. my parents had poured their heart into those
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Their heart into those people, given them their very
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People, given them their very best. my mother told me
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Best. my mother told me lifelong friends never spoke
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Lifelong friends never spoke to her again. like jacob, on
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To her again. like jacob, on the way to their destination,
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The way to their destination, doing what god called them to
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Doing what god called them to do, a dream died. it didn't
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Do, a dream died. it didn't seem fair. god could have
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Seem fair. god could have stopped it. there were
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Stopped it. there were unanswered questions. my
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Unanswered questions. my parents grieved the loss.
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Parents grieved the loss. they mourned what didn't work
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They mourned what didn't work out, but they didn't get
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Out, but they didn't get bitter. they didn't hold on
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Bitter. they didn't hold on to the hurt and talk bad
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To the hurt and talk bad about the people, try to get
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About the people, try to get revenge. they realized god
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Revenge. they realized god put a period there. that
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Put a period there. that season was over. god is our
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Season was over. god is our doorkeeper. he opens and
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Doorkeeper. he opens and closes the doors in our life.
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Closes the doors in our life. it doesn't always make sense
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It doesn't always make sense to us. he numbers our days.
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To us. he numbers our days. our times are in his hands.
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Our times are in his hands. daddy had to bury that dream.
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Daddy had to bury that dream. accept that it didn't work
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Accept that it didn't work out. but just because one
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Out. but just because one dream dies, doesn't mean god
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Dream dies, doesn't mean god doesn't have another dream.
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Doesn't have another dream. losing a job, a relationship,
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Losing a job, a relationship, a loved one, that doesn't
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A loved one, that doesn't stop god's purpose for your
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Stop god's purpose for your life. your destiny is not in
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Life. your destiny is not in what you've lost, it's in
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What you've lost, it's in what you have left. but
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What you have left. but here's the whole key, if you
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Here's the whole key, if you focus on the loss, what
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Focus on the loss, what didn't work out, what they
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Didn't work out, what they did, you're going to get
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Did, you're going to get stuck. sure, you're going to
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Stuck. sure, you're going to feel the emotion,
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Feel the emotion, disappointment, sadness,
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Disappointment, sadness, jacob is there. but israel's
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Jacob is there. but israel's in there too. after you
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In there too. after you process the loss, you go
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Process the loss, you go through the healing, israel
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Through the healing, israel is going to rise up and say,
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Is going to rise up and say, “journey on. move forward.
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“journey on. move forward. don't stay here and mourn
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Don't stay here and mourn this any longer.” it's a
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This any longer.” it's a season, don't let it turn
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Season, don't let it turn into a lifetime.
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Into a lifetime. this is what my parents did.
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This is what my parents did. they went out and started
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They went out and started lakewood with ninety people
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Lakewood with ninety people on mother's day in 1959. my
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On mother's day in 1959. my sister lisa kept getting
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Sister lisa kept getting better and better, defying
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Better and better, defying the odds. of course, today
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The odds. of course, today she's perfectly normal.
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She's perfectly normal. lakewood is still going
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Lakewood is still going strong sixty-seven years
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Strong sixty-seven years later. what the enemy means
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Later. what the enemy means for harm, god knows how to
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For harm, god knows how to turn to your advantage.
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Turn to your advantage. sometimes what we think is
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Sometimes what we think is the enemy is really the
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The enemy is really the divine plan of god. things we
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Divine plan of god. things we don't understand, but it's
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Don't understand, but it's all working for his purpose.
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All working for his purpose. had my father not journeyed
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Had my father not journeyed on, we wouldn't be here
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On, we wouldn't be here today. had my mother gotten
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Today. had my mother gotten bitter, lived with a chip on
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Bitter, lived with a chip on her shoulder, she would have
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Her shoulder, she would have never seen all the blessing
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Never seen all the blessing and favor. they were knocked
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And favor. they were knocked down, but they made this
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Down, but they made this decision, “we're not going to
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Decision, “we're not going to stay down.” they felt the
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Stay down.” they felt the sting of rejection, being
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Sting of rejection, being misunderstood, pushed out,
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Misunderstood, pushed out, but they also felt israel
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But they also felt israel inside. despite the
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Inside. despite the opposition, they had the
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Opposition, they had the attitude, “still we rise.
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Attitude, “still we rise. still we believe. still we
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Still we believe. still we journey on.” the scripture
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Journey on.” the scripture says, “a good man falls seven
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Says, “a good man falls seven times, but he gets back up
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Times, but he gets back up again.” the question is not
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Again.” the question is not are you going to get knocked
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Are you going to get knocked down. life happens to us all.
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Down. life happens to us all. the question is are you going
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The question is are you going to get back up again. when it
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To get back up again. when it says israel journeyed on, it
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Says israel journeyed on, it means he rose up with a new
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Means he rose up with a new attitude, a new courage, a
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Attitude, a new courage, a new determination that said,
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New determination that said, “this bad break is not going
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“this bad break is not going to defeat me. this loss is
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To defeat me. this loss is not going to define me. i
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Not going to define me. i know i am stronger than
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Know i am stronger than what's trying to stop me. i
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What's trying to stop me. i am more powerful than what's
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Am more powerful than what's trying to keep me down.” you
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Trying to keep me down.” you have bounce back in your
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Have bounce back in your spirit. resurrection power.
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Spirit. resurrection power. don't settle in the
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Don't settle in the disappointment. journey on to
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Disappointment. journey on to the new things god has for
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You.
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I heard about this
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I heard about this five-year-old boy; his name
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Five-year-old boy; his name was johnny. he was in church
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Was johnny. he was in church one sunday morning with his
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One sunday morning with his family. the pastor was up
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Family. the pastor was up speaking. johnny kept
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Speaking. johnny kept standing up. he couldn't sit
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Standing up. he couldn't sit still. his mother whispered,
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Still. his mother whispered, “johnny, please sit down.” he
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“johnny, please sit down.” he would sit. thirty seconds
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Would sit. thirty seconds later he would stand back up.
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Later he would stand back up. this happened again and
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This happened again and again. at one point, he stood
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Again. at one point, he stood up and wouldn't sit back
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Up and wouldn't sit back down. his mother reached
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Down. his mother reached over, put her hands on his
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Over, put her hands on his shoulders, pushed him down,
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Shoulders, pushed him down, and held him down. he was so
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And held him down. he was so upset. he looked at her and
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Upset. he looked at her and said, “i may be sitting down
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Said, “i may be sitting down on the outside, but i'm
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On the outside, but i'm standing up on the inside.”
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Standing up on the inside.” sometimes life will push you
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Sometimes life will push you down. it's like the
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Down. it's like the circumstances won't let you
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Circumstances won't let you get back up. th medical
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Get back up. th medical report is holding you down,
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Report is holding you down, that trouble with your child,
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That trouble with your child, that loss. you may not be
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That loss. you may not be able to get up on the
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Able to get up on the outside, but like little
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Outside, but like little johnny, you have to get up on
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Johnny, you have to get up on the inside. in your attitude,
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The inside. in your attitude, in your thinking. you have to
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In your thinking. you have to talk to yourself the right
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Talk to yourself the right way. not, “this is too much.
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Way. not, “this is too much. i'll never get well. this bad
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I'll never get well. this bad break has soured my future.”
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Break has soured my future.” you're defeating yourself.
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You're defeating yourself. israel is in you.
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Israel is in you. supernatural strength,
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Supernatural strength, courage, to get back up, to
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Courage, to get back up, to journey on. but if you're
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Journey on. but if you're only focusing on the hurt,
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Only focusing on the hurt, the disappointment, israel
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The disappointment, israel will stay silent. you've got
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Will stay silent. you've got to wake him up. get your fire
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To wake him up. get your fire back, get your passion back.
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Back, get your passion back. god didn't bring you this far
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God didn't bring you this far to leave you. he knows what's
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To leave you. he knows what's come against you. he feels
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Come against you. he feels the pain. he collects your
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The pain. he collects your tears. this is not the end of
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Tears. this is not the end of your story. this is one
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Your story. this is one chapter. you had to bury
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Chapter. you had to bury something on the road, in
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Something on the road, in transition to where god is
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Transition to where god is taking you. it wasn't a
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Taking you. it wasn't a surprise to him. it didn't
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Surprise to him. it didn't cancel your destiny. do like
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Cancel your destiny. do like israel and journey on.
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Israel and journey on. he continued to his hometown,
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He continued to his hometown, and he was reunited with his
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And he was reunited with his father isaac. he hadn't seen
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Father isaac. he hadn't seen him for decades. he left as
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Him for decades. he left as jacob, the deceiver, the
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Jacob, the deceiver, the trickster. he was known for
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Trickster. he was known for his poor choices, but he came
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His poor choices, but he came home as israel. a patriarch,
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Home as israel. a patriarch, a man of great honor and
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A man of great honor and respect. i'm sure when he was
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Respect. i'm sure when he was burying rachel, on the side
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Burying rachel, on the side of the road, in transition,
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Of the road, in transition, he thought he'd seen his best
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He thought he'd seen his best days. that he would just have
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Days. that he would just have to survive. but here's how
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To survive. but here's how good god is. after the loss
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Good god is. after the loss of rachel, after the
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Of rachel, after the heartbreak, he went on to see
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Heartbreak, he went on to see his twelve sons become the
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His twelve sons become the twelve tribes of israel.
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Twelve tribes of israel. benjamin, the son rachel gave
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Benjamin, the son rachel gave birth to when she passed, he
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Birth to when she passed, he was called the son of
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Was called the son of strength. his tribe became
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Strength. his tribe became known for courage and
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Known for courage and loyalty. after the loss,
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Loyalty. after the loss, jacob saw his son joseph rise
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Jacob saw his son joseph rise to power and become the prime
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To power and become the prime minister of egypt. joseph was
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Minister of egypt. joseph was the one god used to save the
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The one god used to save the israelites during the famine.
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Israelites during the famine. this all happened after the
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This all happened after the bad break.
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Bad break. if jacob were here today, he
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If jacob were here today, he would tell you, loss is not
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Would tell you, loss is not the end of your story. when
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The end of your story. when life knocks you down, israel
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Life knocks you down, israel steps in. there's a power in
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Steps in. there's a power in you you can't explain, a
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You you can't explain, a force to push you forward, a
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Force to push you forward, a grace to make it through what
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Grace to make it through what should stop you. sure, you're
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Should stop you. sure, you're going to feel the emotions:
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Going to feel the emotions: sorrow, grief. jacob is your
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Sorrow, grief. jacob is your humanity, but israel is your
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Humanity, but israel is your destiny. there is a favor on
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Destiny. there is a favor on the other side of
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The other side of disappointment. there are new
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Disappointment. there are new beginnings on the path in
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Beginnings on the path in front of you. it's okay to
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Front of you. it's okay to bury something. acknowledge
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Bury something. acknowledge the season, grieve the loss.
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The season, grieve the loss. but don't let the loss become
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But don't let the loss become your location. it's not okay
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Your location. it's not okay to stay. israel is there to
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To stay. israel is there to help you journey on, to move
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Help you journey on, to move forward. when things come
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Forward. when things come against you that you think
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Against you that you think are too much for you. you
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Are too much for you. you have to remind yourself; you
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Have to remind yourself; you are unbreakable. god has made
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Are unbreakable. god has made you harder, stronger, more
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You harder, stronger, more resilient than anything that
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Resilient than anything that tries to stop you. now don't
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Tries to stop you. now don't have a weak, defeated
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Have a weak, defeated mentality. have a still i
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Mentality. have a still i rise mentality. despite the
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Rise mentality. despite the loss, despite the bad break.
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Loss, despite the bad break. still i believe. still i
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Still i believe. still i praise. still i trust. still
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Praise. still i trust. still i journey on.” if you'll do
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I journey on.” if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, israel's going to show up.
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Israel's going to show up. god will not only bring you
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God will not only bring you through, but you will
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Through, but you will flourish again. weeping may
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Flourish again. weeping may endure for a night, but joy
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Endure for a night, but joy is coming, strength is
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Is coming, strength is coming, healing, new
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Coming, healing, new relationships, victory, in
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Relationships, victory, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It, can you say amen? (applause)
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Joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
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When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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As many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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So thank you in advance for your generosity.
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In advance for your generosity. god sees your heart
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God sees your heart to help others
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To help others to make a difference
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To make a difference with your life.
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With your life. as our way of saying thank you,
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As our way of saying thank you, we want to send you
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We want to send you a new resource called double
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It will encourage you and uplift you.
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And uplift you. this ministry
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This ministry is reaching people
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Is reaching people around the world
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Around the world with the message of hope,
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With the message of hope, and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Into healing, restoration, and the abundant life
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And the abundant life god has promised.
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But if you'll stay in faith, you won't come out the same.
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You won't come out the same. you'll come out with double.
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You'll come out with double. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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Thank you for your prayers and support.
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And support. your donations
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Your donations are bringing hope
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Are bringing hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special thank you
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Special thank you to our champion
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To our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we see you again
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Until we see you again next week,
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Next week, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Joel Osteen - Still I Rise

March 22, 2026 | 27:29

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