Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - A Thousand Times More

January 2, 2026 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - A Thousand Times More | January 2, 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
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of 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 elderly couple.
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About this elderly couple. they were sitting on a swing,
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They were sitting on a swing, celebrating their sixtieth
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Celebrating their sixtieth anniversary. feeling
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Anniversary. feeling romantic, the husband said to
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Romantic, the husband said to his wife, “honey, our love is
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His wife, “honey, our love is tried and true.” she had
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Tried and true.” she had difficulty hearing and asked
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Difficulty hearing and asked him to repeat it. he said it
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Him to repeat it. he said it louder, “i said, our love is
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Louder, “i said, our love is tried and true.” she still
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Tried and true.” she still couldn't hear him and said,
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Couldn't hear him and said, “what? would you speak up.”
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“what? would you speak up.” frustrated, he shouted, “i
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Frustrated, he shouted, “i said our love is tried and
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Said our love is tried and true.” she said, “well fine.
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True.” she said, “well fine. i'm sick of you too.”
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I'm sick of you too.” (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.
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about a thousand times more.
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About a thousand times more. god's dream for your life is
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God's dream for your life is much bigger than your own.
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Much bigger than your own. the places he's going to take
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The places he's going to take you, the doors that are going
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You, the doors that are going to open, the people you're
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To open, the people you're going to meet, are going to
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Going to meet, are going to far exceed anything you've
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Far exceed anything you've thought. you're listening
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Thought. you're listening today to my one thousandth
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Today to my one thousandth message. i didn't think i
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Message. i didn't think i could do one message. i
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Could do one message. i didn't know this was in me.
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Didn't know this was in me. what god has for you is going
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What god has for you is going to boggle your mind. the
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To boggle your mind. the favor you're going to step
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Favor you're going to step into. the dreams you're going
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Into. the dreams you're going to accomplish, the giants
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To accomplish, the giants you're going to defeat. moses
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You're going to defeat. moses said in deuteronomy 1, “may
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Said in deuteronomy 1, “may the lord god of your fathers,
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The lord god of your fathers, make you a thousand times
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Make you a thousand times more than you are.” god has a
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More than you are.” god has a thousand times more blessing
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Thousand times more blessing for you. a thousand times
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For you. a thousand times more joy, a thousand times
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More joy, a thousand times more influence, a thousand
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More influence, a thousand times more resources. that
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Times more resources. that means you have plenty not
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Means you have plenty not only to pay off your house,
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Only to pay off your house, but to pay off your family
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But to pay off your family members houses. a thousand
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Members houses. a thousand times more opportunity.
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Times more opportunity. you're not hoping to get a
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You're not hoping to get a good break, you have to
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Good break, you have to choose which opportunity is
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Choose which opportunity is the best. a thousand times
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The best. a thousand times more energy. you're not
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More energy. you're not dragging through the day,
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Dragging through the day, tired, run down. you're full
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Tired, run down. you're full of vitality, supernatural
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Of vitality, supernatural strength. you run and don't
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Strength. you run and don't get weary. now the whole key
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Get weary. now the whole key is you have to receive this
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Is you have to receive this thousand times blessing. you
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Thousand times blessing. you have to let it take root in
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Have to let it take root in your spirit. because in your
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Your spirit. because in your mind it will say, “there's no
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Mind it will say, “there's no way. this will never happen
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Way. this will never happen for me, joel. i don't have
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For me, joel. i don't have the talent. i don't come from
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The talent. i don't come from the right family. i've
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The right family. i've reached my limits.” tune all
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Reached my limits.” tune all that out and get in agreement
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That out and get in agreement with god. one touch of his
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With god. one touch of his favor can make you a thousand
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Favor can make you a thousand times more. one idea, one
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Times more. one idea, one contract, one divine
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Contract, one divine connection, can catapult you
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Connection, can catapult you further than you ever dreamed.
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Further than you ever dreamed. imagine what the israelites
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Imagine what the israelites thought when they heard a
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Thought when they heard a thousand times more. they
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Thousand times more. they were former slaves. they had
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Were former slaves. they had been mistreated, taken
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Been mistreated, taken advantage of. now they were
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Advantage of. now they were wandering in the desert, no
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Wandering in the desert, no place to live. i'm sure they
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Place to live. i'm sure they thought, “moses, you have the
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Thought, “moses, you have the wrong people. maybe that
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Wrong people. maybe that would happen for the pharaoh
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Would happen for the pharaoh and his family. maybe the
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And his family. maybe the royalty in ethiopia. they
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Royalty in ethiopia. they have influence. but we're
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Have influence. but we're stuck out here in the
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Stuck out here in the desert.” god knew everything
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Desert.” god knew everything about them. he knew what they
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About them. he knew what they had been through, he knew
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Had been through, he knew what they didn't have; he
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What they didn't have; he knew how impossible it
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Knew how impossible it looked. yet he still told
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Looked. yet he still told them, “get ready. i'm going
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Them, “get ready. i'm going to make you a thousand times
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To make you a thousand times more than you are. i'm going
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More than you are. i'm going to give you houses that you
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To give you houses that you didn't build. you're going to
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Didn't build. you're going to reap from vineyards you
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Reap from vineyards you didn't plant.” there was
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Didn't plant.” there was scarcity out in the desert.
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Scarcity out in the desert. just enough to survive. but
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Just enough to survive. but they were coming into a land
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They were coming into a land where it took two people to
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Where it took two people to carry the cluster of grapes,
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Carry the cluster of grapes, a land of overflow,
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A land of overflow, abundance, a thousand times
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Abundance, a thousand times more.”
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More.” god is not limited by your
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God is not limited by your resources, your position,
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Resources, your position, your background. he's
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Your background. he's bringing you into a wide and
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Bringing you into a wide and spacious place. now don't
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Spacious place. now don't talk yourself out of it, talk
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Talk yourself out of it, talk yourself into it. “lord, i
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Yourself into it. “lord, i receive this thousand times
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Receive this thousand times blessing. lord thank you for
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Blessing. lord thank you for a thousand times more
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A thousand times more influence, a thousand times
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Influence, a thousand times more resources, a thousand
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More resources, a thousand times more creativity.” joel,
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Times more creativity.” joel, that's kind of far out.” yes,
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That's kind of far out.” yes, we serve a far-out god. today
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We serve a far-out god. today is not for ordinary people,
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Is not for ordinary people, this is for radical
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This is for radical believers. this is for people
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Believers. this is for people that will take the limits off
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That will take the limits off of god and believe for the
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Of god and believe for the exceedingly, abundantly,
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Exceedingly, abundantly, above and beyond favor that
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Above and beyond favor that god has in store.
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God has in store. i've seen this in my own
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I've seen this in my own life. i didn't think i could
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Life. i didn't think i could get up and minister. i told
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Get up and minister. i told my father for seventeen years
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My father for seventeen years that i wasn't a pastor. one
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That i wasn't a pastor. one sunday, he asked me to speak
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Sunday, he asked me to speak for him, just to give him a
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For him, just to give him a break. i said that i would. i
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Break. i said that i would. i sat down to write my first
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Sat down to write my first message, and it was so
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Message, and it was so painful, trying to think of
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Painful, trying to think of what to say. i got through
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What to say. i got through and thought, “thank god
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And thought, “thank god that's over. i'll never have
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That's over. i'll never have to do it again.” it's not
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To do it again.” it's not that i didn't want to, i just
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That i didn't want to, i just didn't think i was able. i
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Didn't think i was able. i didn't have the training. i
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Didn't have the training. i wasn't dynamic like my
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Wasn't dynamic like my father. but when he passed
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Father. but when he passed that next week, i knew i was
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That next week, i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church. i spoke my
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Pastor the church. i spoke my second message, walked off
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Second message, walked off the platform, thoughts said,
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The platform, thoughts said, “you're done. you have
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“you're done. you have nothing to share next week.
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Nothing to share next week. your well is dry.” it seemed
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Your well is dry.” it seemed like the truth. but on that
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Like the truth. but on that next wednesday, when i sat
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Next wednesday, when i sat down to write, much to my
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Down to write, much to my surprise, something else came
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Surprise, something else came out. i did message number
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Out. i did message number three, then message 25, then
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Three, then message 25, then 240, then 560, then 920. i
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240, then 560, then 920. i can tell you today on my one
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Can tell you today on my one thousandth message that we
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Thousandth message that we serve a god who can make you
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Serve a god who can make you a thousand times more than
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A thousand times more than you are.
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You are. if you would have told me
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If you would have told me back when i was behind the
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Back when i was behind the scenes, doing the television
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Scenes, doing the television production, that one day i
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Production, that one day i would be a pastor and i would
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Would be a pastor and i would have a thousand messages; we
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Have a thousand messages; we would have church in a former
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Would have church in a former basketball arena, i would
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Basketball arena, i would have said, “you have the
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Have said, “you have the wrong person. there's no way
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Wrong person. there's no way that could happen.” but you
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That could happen.” but you don't know where god is
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Don't know where god is taking you. maybe you've only
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Taking you. maybe you've only heard what you can't do, how
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Heard what you can't do, how you don't measure up. or even
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You don't measure up. or even your own thoughts, like with
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Your own thoughts, like with me, “you don't have what it
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Me, “you don't have what it takes, you're not as good as
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Takes, you're not as good as your father, joel, just
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Your father, joel, just accept where you are.” those
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Accept where you are.” those are all lies to try to keep
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Are all lies to try to keep you from the greatness god
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You from the greatness god put in you. receive this into
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Put in you. receive this into your spirit. because you're
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Your spirit. because you're obedient, the lord god of
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Obedient, the lord god of your fathers is making you a
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Your fathers is making you a thousand times more than you
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Thousand times more than you are, a thousand times more
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Are, a thousand times more successful, a thousand times
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Successful, a thousand times more influence, a thousand
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More influence, a thousand times more wisdom. we hear
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Times more wisdom. we hear that and our mind goes tilt,
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That and our mind goes tilt, tilt, tilt. “that's
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Tilt, tilt. “that's impossible.” you have to turn
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Impossible.” you have to turn your mind off and let this
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Your mind off and let this take root down in your
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Take root down in your spirit. this is what faith is
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Spirit. this is what faith is all about.
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All about. if you're going to see this
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If you're going to see this thousand times more blessing,
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Thousand times more blessing, it's important what voices
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It's important what voices you listen to. i got my nerve
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You listen to. i got my nerve up and spoke my first sermon.
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Up and spoke my first sermon. my father was so proud,
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My father was so proud, beaming with joy. i never
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Beaming with joy. i never dreamed that would be the
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Dreamed that would be the last sunday of his life. he
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Last sunday of his life. he had a heart attack and went
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Had a heart attack and went to be with the lord. i
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To be with the lord. i started speaking on the
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Started speaking on the weekends. i was very unsure
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Weekends. i was very unsure of myself, nervous,
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Of myself, nervous, intimidated. i knew everyone
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Intimidated. i knew everyone had come because of my
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Had come because of my father. now i was up there,
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Father. now i was up there, and i didn't have the
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And i didn't have the experience or the training.
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Experience or the training. the third message i had ever
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The third message i had ever spoken, i was walking through
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Spoken, i was walking through the lobby after service that
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The lobby after service that sunday morning. there were
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Sunday morning. there were two older ladies in front of
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Two older ladies in front of me talking. they didn't know
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Me talking. they didn't know i was behind them. one said,
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I was behind them. one said, “he's not as good as his
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“he's not as good as his father.” the other answered,
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Father.” the other answered, “yeah, i don't think the
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“yeah, i don't think the church is going to make it.”
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Church is going to make it.” that was the worst possible
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That was the worst possible thing i could have heard.
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Thing i could have heard. they might as well of said,
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They might as well of said, “he's a loser. he should quit
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“he's a loser. he should quit right now.” i was already
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Right now.” i was already insecure, wondering if i
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Insecure, wondering if i could do it. the enemy is
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Could do it. the enemy is strategic. he knows how to
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Strategic. he knows how to plant doubt, discouragement,
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Plant doubt, discouragement, inferiority at just the right
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Inferiority at just the right time. often, he'll use
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Time. often, he'll use people. this was a critical
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People. this was a critical moment. my destiny hung in
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Moment. my destiny hung in the balance.
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The balance. i was tempted to believe
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I was tempted to believe them. “i'm not really good at
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Them. “i'm not really good at this. nobody's going to
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This. nobody's going to listen. it's going to go
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Listen. it's going to go downhill.” right when i was
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Downhill.” right when i was about to agree with them,
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About to agree with them, something rose up in me like
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Something rose up in me like a fire, a holy anger. i
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A fire, a holy anger. i thought to myself, “you don't
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Thought to myself, “you don't determine my destiny. you
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Determine my destiny. you didn't call me. you didn't
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Didn't call me. you didn't anoint me. i am not who you
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Anoint me. i am not who you say i am, i am who god says i
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Say i am, i am who god says i am. i am favored. i am
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Am. i am favored. i am confident. people like me. i
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Confident. people like me. i will become who i was created
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Will become who i was created to be.” that was a destiny
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To be.” that was a destiny moment. i could have shrunk
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Moment. i could have shrunk back, believed what they
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Back, believed what they said, i would have stopped at
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Said, i would have stopped at message number three. 997
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Message number three. 997 messages would have laid
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Messages would have laid dormant, never being spoken
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Dormant, never being spoken because i listened to the
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Because i listened to the wrong voices. tune out all
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Wrong voices. tune out all the negative and get in
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The negative and get in agreement with god. he said,
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Agreement with god. he said, a thousand times more. he
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A thousand times more. he said, you will lend and not
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Said, you will lend and not borrow. he said, he's
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Borrow. he said, he's restoring health back unto
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Restoring health back unto you. he said, your children
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You. he said, your children are mighty in the land. he
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Are mighty in the land. he said, your latter days will
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Said, your latter days will be better than your former
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Be better than your former days. don't let the wrong
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Days. don't let the wrong voices talk you out of it.
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Voices talk you out of it. the enemy would love to keep
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The enemy would love to keep you from your thousand times
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You from your thousand times more. he'll use
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More. he'll use discouragement; sometimes,
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Discouragement; sometimes, people that try to push you
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People that try to push you down, “you'll never get well,
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Down, “you'll never get well, i saw the medical report.
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I saw the medical report. you'll never break the
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You'll never break the addiction; you've had it so
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Addiction; you've had it so long. you can't lead your
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Long. you can't lead your company; you don't have the
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Company; you don't have the talent.” he wouldn't be
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Talent.” he wouldn't be talking to you if he didn't
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Talking to you if he didn't know, a thousand times more
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Know, a thousand times more is coming. god will give you
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Is coming. god will give you grace for every season. like
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Grace for every season. like with me, you'll feel that
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With me, you'll feel that fire, that knowing that
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Fire, that knowing that what's being said is not your
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What's being said is not your destiny. that's when you have
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Destiny. that's when you have to rise up and say, “no
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To rise up and say, “no thanks. i am not who you say
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Thanks. i am not who you say i am, i am who god says i am.”
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I am, i am who god says i am.” this is what my mother did.
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This is what my mother did. when she was diagnosed with
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When she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer back in
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Terminal liver cancer back in 1981 and given a few weeks to
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1981 and given a few weeks to live, she was very sick,
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Live, she was very sick, weighed eighty-nine pounds.
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Weighed eighty-nine pounds. medically speaking, there was
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Medically speaking, there was nothing more that could be
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Nothing more that could be done. voices whispered in the
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Done. voices whispered in the night, “you can be buried in
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Night, “you can be buried in that new red dress.” she
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That new red dress.” she could have been depressed,
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Could have been depressed, gone around defeated, but all
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Gone around defeated, but all throughout the day, i would
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Throughout the day, i would hear my mother quoting
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Hear my mother quoting scriptures, “i will live and
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Scriptures, “i will live and not die. by his stripes i am
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Not die. by his stripes i am healed. with long life, god
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Healed. with long life, god will satisfy me.” it didn't
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Will satisfy me.” it didn't happen overnight, but little
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Happen overnight, but little by little, my mother got
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By little, my mother got better and better. that was
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Better and better. that was 43 years ago. one report said
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43 years ago. one report said a few weeks to live, but my
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A few weeks to live, but my mother came in to that
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Mother came in to that thousand times more blessing.
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Thousand times more blessing. forty-three years is over
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Forty-three years is over fifteen thousand days. god
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Fifteen thousand days. god has some of these thousand
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Has some of these thousand times more for you. the
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Times more for you. the medical report may say just a
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Medical report may say just a little while, but god has the
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Little while, but god has the final say. why don't you
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Final say. why don't you believe for a thousand times
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Believe for a thousand times more. those ladies said i was
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More. those ladies said i was done at message number three,
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Done at message number three, but a thousand messages
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But a thousand messages later, i'm still going
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Later, i'm still going strong. often, we look at the
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Strong. often, we look at the medical report, what we don't
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Medical report, what we don't have; man, these ladies are
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Have; man, these ladies are not for me, but when you come
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Not for me, but when you come in to that thousand times
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In to that thousand times blessing, supernatural things
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Blessing, supernatural things happen, things you can't
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Happen, things you can't explain.
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Explain. in the scripture, samson
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In the scripture, samson killed a thousand enemies
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Killed a thousand enemies with the jawbone of a donkey.
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With the jawbone of a donkey. not a sword, not a rifle, not
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Not a sword, not a rifle, not a sling shot but with a
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A sling shot but with a jawbone. how could that be.
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Jawbone. how could that be. he had the thousand times
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He had the thousand times more blessing. with this
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More blessing. with this blessing, you will defeat
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Blessing, you will defeat giants that are much bigger.
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Giants that are much bigger. you will overcome the cancer,
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You will overcome the cancer, the addiction, the bad
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The addiction, the bad childhood. you'll accomplish
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Childhood. you'll accomplish dreams that seemed
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Dreams that seemed impossible. there's a divine
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Impossible. there's a divine empowerment on you to do
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Empowerment on you to do things that seem far over
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Things that seem far over your head.
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Your head. the scripture talks about
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The scripture talks about different levels of favor and
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Different levels of favor and anointing. elisha received a
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Anointing. elisha received a double portion of elijah's
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Double portion of elijah's anointing. double is great.
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Anointing. double is great. it talks about when you sow a
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It talks about when you sow a seed, you can receive a
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Seed, you can receive a thirty-fold return, a
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Thirty-fold return, a sixty-fold, even a
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Sixty-fold, even a hundred-fold. a hundred times
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Hundred-fold. a hundred times is amazing. but when god says
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Is amazing. but when god says i'm going to make you a
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I'm going to make you a thousand times more than you
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Thousand times more than you are, he's talking about
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Are, he's talking about things that you can't
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Things that you can't imagine. things you didn't
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Imagine. things you didn't see coming. if you're going
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See coming. if you're going to receive this thousand
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To receive this thousand times more, there has to be
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Times more, there has to be an expectancy, a faith that
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An expectancy, a faith that says, “god, i believe you
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Says, “god, i believe you have greater things for me.”
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Have greater things for me.” god gave david an incredible
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God gave david an incredible promise that his family would
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Promise that his family would always be on the throne and
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Always be on the throne and that they would have a
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That they would have a lasting dynasty. it was more
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Lasting dynasty. it was more than david could imagine. he
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Than david could imagine. he said in 2 samuel 7, “god, who
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Said in 2 samuel 7, “god, who am i that you would do this.
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Am i that you would do this. i'm just a shepherd. i come
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I'm just a shepherd. i come from an ordinary family.” he
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From an ordinary family.” he was so overwhelmed and so
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Was so overwhelmed and so amazed trying to take it all
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Amazed trying to take it all in. he could have stopped
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In. he could have stopped there and thought, “it seems
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There and thought, “it seems impossible. i don't see how
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Impossible. i don't see how that could happen.” but david
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That could happen.” but david understood that he had to get
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Understood that he had to get in agreement with god. the
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In agreement with god. the only promises that will come
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Only promises that will come to pass in your life are the
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To pass in your life are the promises that you let take
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Promises that you let take root. david said in verse 25,
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Root. david said in verse 25, “lord god of israel, you have
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“lord god of israel, you have declared this over me, and i
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Declared this over me, and i am bold enough to pray, god
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Am bold enough to pray, god do what you promised
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Do what you promised concerning my family.” he was
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Concerning my family.” he was saying, “this seems far out,
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Saying, “this seems far out, but god since you said it,
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But god since you said it, i'm in agreement. let it
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I'm in agreement. let it happen.”
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Happen.” god is saying to you today,
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God is saying to you today, i'm going to make you a
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I'm going to make you a thousand times more than you
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Thousand times more than you are. i'm going to open new
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Are. i'm going to open new doors. i'm going to bring new
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Doors. i'm going to bring new people. you're going to
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People. you're going to discover gifts you didn't
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Discover gifts you didn't know were in you. you're
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Know were in you. you're going to step into favor,
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Going to step into favor, leadership, influence that
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Leadership, influence that you've never imagined. now
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You've never imagined. now you can discount this. “i
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You can discount this. “i don't see how, joel. it looks
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Don't see how, joel. it looks impossible. you don't know my
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Impossible. you don't know my background.” david was a
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Background.” david was a shepherd. the israelites were
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Shepherd. the israelites were former slaves. why don't you
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Former slaves. why don't you do like david and say, “god,
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Do like david and say, “god, let what you have spoken over
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Let what you have spoken over my life come to pass. i
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My life come to pass. i receive the thousand times
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Receive the thousand times more blessing.” you don't
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More blessing.” you don't have to figure out how. the
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Have to figure out how. the how is not up to you. all you
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How is not up to you. all you have to do is believe. that's
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Have to do is believe. that's when the creator of the
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When the creator of the universe goes to work.
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Universe goes to work. moses was in the desert one
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Moses was in the desert one time. the israelites started
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Time. the israelites started complaining about not having
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Complaining about not having any meat to eat. they had
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Any meat to eat. they had manna every morning,
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Manna every morning, something like bread, but
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Something like bread, but they were tired of that. they
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They were tired of that. they said, “moses, why'd you bring
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Said, “moses, why'd you bring us out here in the desert to
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Us out here in the desert to die? we could have stayed in
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Die? we could have stayed in egypt as slaves but at least
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Egypt as slaves but at least we'd had some good food.” god
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We'd had some good food.” god was so fed up with them. he
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Was so fed up with them. he told moses, “tell the people
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Told moses, “tell the people i'm going to give them meat
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I'm going to give them meat for a whole month.” they were
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For a whole month.” they were out in the middle of the
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Out in the middle of the desert. moses said, “god,
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Desert. moses said, “god, that's not possible. even if
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That's not possible. even if we butchered all of our
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We butchered all of our flocks and all of our herds,
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Flocks and all of our herds, we wouldn't have that much
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We wouldn't have that much meat.” i love the way god
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Meat.” i love the way god answered. he said, “moses,
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Answered. he said, “moses, when did i become weak?” he
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When did i become weak?” he was saying, “have you
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Was saying, “have you forgotten who i am? the all
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Forgotten who i am? the all powerful, creator of the
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Powerful, creator of the universe.”
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Universe.” sometimes we look at our
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Sometimes we look at our situations and think, “a
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Situations and think, “a thousand times more. how
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Thousand times more. how could that be possible?
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Could that be possible? here's where i work, here's
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Here's where i work, here's what i make, here's the
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What i make, here's the family i come from.” we're
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Family i come from.” we're telling god all the reasons
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Telling god all the reasons it can't happen. god is
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It can't happen. god is saying, “when did i become
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Saying, “when did i become weak? i spoke worlds into
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Weak? i spoke worlds into existence. i shut the mouths
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Existence. i shut the mouths of hungry lions. i gave sarah
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Of hungry lions. i gave sarah a baby at ninety years old. i
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A baby at ninety years old. i opened prison doors for paul
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Opened prison doors for paul and silas. i healed joel's
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And silas. i healed joel's mother of terminal cancer. i
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Mother of terminal cancer. i changed that council members
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Changed that council members mind and gave you the compaq
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Mind and gave you the compaq center.” when god says, i'm
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Center.” when god says, i'm going to make you a thousand
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Going to make you a thousand times more, he's not
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Times more, he's not scratching his head trying to
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Scratching his head trying to figure out how. he's not
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Figure out how. he's not checking with your bank
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Checking with your bank account, your education, the
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Account, your education, the family you come from. this is
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Family you come from. this is not dependent on what you
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Not dependent on what you have, it's dependent on what
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Have, it's dependent on what he has. all he needs from us
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He has. all he needs from us is to obey and to take the
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Is to obey and to take the limits off of him. “lord, i'm
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Limits off of him. “lord, i'm in agreement with you, a
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In agreement with you, a thousand times more.”
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Thousand times more.” these two million people were
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These two million people were out in the desert. god
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Out in the desert. god shifted the winds and caused
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Shifted the winds and caused a huge flock of quail to fly
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A huge flock of quail to fly into the camp. the scripture
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Into the camp. the scripture says, “no one gathered less
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Says, “no one gathered less than fifty bushels of quail.”
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Than fifty bushels of quail.” they had meat for over a
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They had meat for over a month. what's interesting is
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Month. what's interesting is quail normally wouldn't fly
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Quail normally wouldn't fly that far away from the water.
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That far away from the water. they would stay close to the
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They would stay close to the shore, but when the winds
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Shore, but when the winds shifted, they were so strong,
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Shifted, they were so strong, that it blew them into the
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That it blew them into the israelites camp. one shift
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Israelites camp. one shift and you'll see a thousand
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And you'll see a thousand times more. one shift and the
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Times more. one shift and the quail will come looking for
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Quail will come looking for you. they didn't have to go
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You. they didn't have to go find it, go hunt. god brought
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Find it, go hunt. god brought the provision to them. you
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The provision to them. you don't have to make this
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Don't have to make this happen, force doors to open,
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Happen, force doors to open, manipulate people. no just
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Manipulate people. no just keep honoring god, and he'll
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Keep honoring god, and he'll bring the thousand times
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Bring the thousand times more.
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More. moses said, “the lord god of
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Moses said, “the lord god of your fathers make you a
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Your fathers make you a thousand times more than you
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Thousand times more than you are.” this is implying
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Are.” this is implying generational blessings, the
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Generational blessings, the god of your fathers. there is
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God of your fathers. there is favor you're going to see
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Favor you're going to see because of those that went
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Because of those that went before you in your family
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Before you in your family line. you may have never met
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Line. you may have never met them, but they honored god.
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Them, but they honored god. they prayed. they served.
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They prayed. they served. they helped others, but they
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They helped others, but they didn't see the fullness of
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Didn't see the fullness of what they should have. some
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What they should have. some were overlooked, mistreated,
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Were overlooked, mistreated, not given what they deserved,
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Not given what they deserved, but they didn't complain.
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But they didn't complain. they weren't bitter. they
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They weren't bitter. they just kept doing the right
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Just kept doing the right thing. god is keeping the
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Thing. god is keeping the records. part of this
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Records. part of this thousand times more is
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Thousand times more is payback for what should have
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Payback for what should have been your family's. there are
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Been your family's. there are blessings that have been
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Blessings that have been stored up because of their
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Stored up because of their faithfulness. your relatives
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Faithfulness. your relatives paid the price for you to
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Paid the price for you to step into houses you didn't
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Step into houses you didn't build, vineyards that you
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Build, vineyards that you didn't plant.
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Didn't plant. as i speak my thousandth
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As i speak my thousandth message today, i realize i
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Message today, i realize i didn't get here by myself. i
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Didn't get here by myself. i can look back and see the
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Can look back and see the faithfulness of those that
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Faithfulness of those that went before me. my parents
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Went before me. my parents pastored here for forty
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Pastored here for forty years. i'm reaping seeds that
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Years. i'm reaping seeds that they've sown. my grandfather
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They've sown. my grandfather worked at a refinery in
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Worked at a refinery in baytown for decades, and
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Baytown for decades, and never missed a day of work.
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Never missed a day of work. when he retired, he would
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When he retired, he would come down to the church and
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Come down to the church and do repairs. i would see him
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Do repairs. i would see him under the portable buildings,
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Under the portable buildings, fixing the plumbing. he was
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Fixing the plumbing. he was an orphan growing up, nobody
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An orphan growing up, nobody wanted him, passed from house
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Wanted him, passed from house to house. but today, his
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To house. but today, his grandchildren, his great
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Grandchildren, his great grandchildren, we're seeing
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Grandchildren, we're seeing favor because of him. god is
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Favor because of him. god is releasing some of those
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Releasing some of those stored up blessings.
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Stored up blessings. as a little boy, i would
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As a little boy, i would travel with my family during
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Travel with my family during the summer to these
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The summer to these conferences where my father
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Conferences where my father would speak. i would see him
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Would speak. i would see him up there in front of a couple
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Up there in front of a couple thousand people ministering.
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Thousand people ministering. everyone loved my dad. he was
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Everyone loved my dad. he was so strong and inspirational.
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So strong and inspirational. i would watch as a little boy
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I would watch as a little boy and think, “look at my
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And think, “look at my father. how can he do that?
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Father. how can he do that? he's amazing.” i would beam
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He's amazing.” i would beam with joy. in my mind, he was
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With joy. in my mind, he was so far above anything i could
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So far above anything i could ever become. and i was fine
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Ever become. and i was fine with that. i loved
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With that. i loved celebrating my father. those
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Celebrating my father. those seventeen years i worked
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Seventeen years i worked behind the scenes, my goal
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Behind the scenes, my goal was to make him look good,
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Was to make him look good, help him to shine. but you
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Help him to shine. but you don't know what god has put
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Don't know what god has put in you. i was in awe that he
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In you. i was in awe that he could speak to a couple
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Could speak to a couple thousand. well, today through
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Thousand. well, today through the media, i speak to a
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The media, i speak to a thousand times more every
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Thousand times more every day. i never dreamed i would
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Day. i never dreamed i would be here. to honor my father
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Be here. to honor my father today, i wore his shoes.
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Today, i wore his shoes. these are the shoes victoria
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These are the shoes victoria and i bought him thirty-seven
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And i bought him thirty-seven years ago. he wore them for
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Years ago. he wore them for many years. when he passed, i
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Many years. when he passed, i wore them that first year
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Wore them that first year that i ministered in 1999.
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That i ministered in 1999. today, a thousand messages
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Today, a thousand messages later, i can say, the god of
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Later, i can say, the god of my father's is a faithful
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My father's is a faithful god. he's taking me where
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God. he's taking me where i've never dreamed, brought
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I've never dreamed, brought things out of me i didn't
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Things out of me i didn't know i had. like the widow
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Know i had. like the widow with the meal, every week,
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With the meal, every week, these messages just keep
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These messages just keep coming.
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Coming. when my father wrote a book,
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When my father wrote a book, it would sell about ten
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It would sell about ten thousand copies. i never
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Thousand copies. i never thought i could write a book.
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Thought i could write a book. i barely passed english in
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I barely passed english in high school. victoria always
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High school. victoria always encouraged me to, but i
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Encouraged me to, but i thought what would i say?
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Thought what would i say? eventually, i wrote my first
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Eventually, i wrote my first one, your best life now. it
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One, your best life now. it sold ten million copies. a
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Sold ten million copies. a thousand times more than my
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Thousand times more than my father's. i'm not here to
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Father's. i'm not here to brag on me, i'm bragging on
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Brag on me, i'm bragging on the greatness of our god. i
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The greatness of our god. i want to light a new fire in
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Want to light a new fire in you, to know that god has
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You, to know that god has greater things. i can tell
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Greater things. i can tell you firsthand, he has a
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You firsthand, he has a thousand times more for you.
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Thousand times more for you. will you receive this? will
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Will you receive this? will you start expecting,
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You start expecting, believing, praying bold
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Believing, praying bold prayers? i get up every
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Prayers? i get up every morning and still think, how
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Morning and still think, how did this happen? i didn't
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Did this happen? i didn't know this was in me. who
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Know this was in me. who knows where god is taking
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Knows where god is taking you. it's not dependent on
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You. it's not dependent on your talent, your background,
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Your talent, your background, who you know. keep your heart
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Who you know. keep your heart pure before god. walk humbly
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Pure before god. walk humbly before him. let go of things
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Before him. let go of things you know are holding you
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You know are holding you back, compromise, wrong
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Back, compromise, wrong people, lack of integrity.
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People, lack of integrity. your destiny is too
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Your destiny is too important. god is looking for
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Important. god is looking for people he can trust with a
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People he can trust with a thousand times more. not
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Thousand times more. not perfect people, but people
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Perfect people, but people that have a heart to please
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That have a heart to please him.
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Him. i haven't worn these shoes in
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I haven't worn these shoes in twenty-four years. one thing
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Twenty-four years. one thing i noticed this time, is they
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I noticed this time, is they don't fit me anymore. either
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Don't fit me anymore. either the leather's shrunk or my
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The leather's shrunk or my feet have grown, but they're
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Feet have grown, but they're not comfortable. what i've
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Not comfortable. what i've come to understand is they're
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Come to understand is they're not supposed to fit. what god
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Not supposed to fit. what god has for you is greater than
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Has for you is greater than those that went before you.
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Those that went before you. honor them, show them
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Honor them, show them respect, but don't settle
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Respect, but don't settle where they were. god is a
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Where they were. god is a progressive god. he wants
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Progressive god. he wants every generation to increase.
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Every generation to increase. your parents, your family,
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Your parents, your family, they may have done well, but
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They may have done well, but the god of your father's is
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The god of your father's is going to make you a thousand
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Going to make you a thousand times more than you are. get
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Times more than you are. get ready for something you
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Ready for something you haven't seen, favor you
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Haven't seen, favor you didn't deserve, good breaks
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Didn't deserve, good breaks that find you, quail coming
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That find you, quail coming into the camp. god has some
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Into the camp. god has some explosive blessings,
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Explosive blessings, blessings that will catapult
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Blessings that will catapult you ahead.
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You ahead. let me ask you, have you ever
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Let me ask you, have you ever prayed this prayer, “god,
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Prayed this prayer, “god, make me a thousand times more
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Make me a thousand times more than i am.” that's not being
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Than i am.” that's not being selfish, that's getting in
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Selfish, that's getting in agreement with god. don't go
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Agreement with god. don't go through life with a little
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Through life with a little vision, thinking you've
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Vision, thinking you've reached your limits. try a
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Reached your limits. try a different approach. every
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Different approach. every morning, “father, thank you
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Morning, “father, thank you for a thousand times more”.
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For a thousand times more”. that's your faith being
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That's your faith being released. that's what allows
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Released. that's what allows god to exceed your
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God to exceed your expectations. on my one
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Expectations. on my one thousandth message, i want to
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Thousandth message, i want to declare this over you.
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Declare this over you. receive it into your spirit.
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Receive it into your spirit. may the lord god of your
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May the lord god of your father's make you a thousand
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Father's make you a thousand times more than you are. a
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Times more than you are. a thousand times more
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Thousand times more influence, a thousand times
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Influence, a thousand times more resources, a thousand
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More resources, a thousand times more strength, a
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Times more strength, a thousand times more
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Thousand times more fulfillment, for the glory of
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Fulfillment, for the glory of god, to build his kingdom, in
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God, to build his kingdom, 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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It's a new year.
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It's a new year. time to see the impossible
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Time to see the impossible become possible.
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Become possible. it's a new year.
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It's a new year. life's setbacks are about
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Life's setbacks are about to become god's setups
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To become god's setups for new opportunity.
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For new opportunity. it's a new year.
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It's a new year. cherished dreams
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Cherished dreams will become unexpected reality.
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Will become unexpected reality. the start of the new year
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The start of the new year is the perfect time
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Is the perfect time to reset your focus,
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To reset your focus, release disappointments
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Release disappointments of the past,
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Of the past, and get ready for
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And get ready for the new things
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The new things god has in store.
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Every january,
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Every january, we create
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We create a new 365-day
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A new 365-day devotional calendar.
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Devotional calendar. i'd love to send it to you.
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I'd love to send it to you. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with inspiration,
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With inspiration, scripture, and uplifting
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Scripture, and uplifting declarations
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Declarations to fuel your faith.
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To fuel your faith. when you begin the day thanking
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When you begin the day thanking god for what he's done,
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God for what he's done, speaking victory
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Speaking victory over your future,
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Over your future, you're positioning yourself
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You're positioning yourself for a blessed,
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For a blessed, favor-filled year.
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Favor-filled year. amazing things happen
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Amazing things happen when you keep god first place.
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When you keep god first place. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this first month of the year,
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This first month of the year, we would like to send you
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A copy
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Aof our brand new 365-day, 2026
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Aof our brand new 365-day, 2026 devotional calendar.
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Devotional calendar. do you want to overcome
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Do you want to overcome your most pressing
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Your most pressing challenges in 2026?
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Challenges in 2026? do you want to see your life
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Do you want to see your life take off in new directions
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Take off in new directions of influence,
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Of influence, favor and provision
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Favor and provision in the year ahead?
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In the year ahead? with this daily encouragement,
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With this daily encouragement, you'll not only smile
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You'll not only smile at your day,
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At your day, you'll be reminded
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You'll be reminded that god is smiling
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That god is smiling on your entire life.
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On your entire life. each day
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Each day will be a fresh new day.
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Will be a fresh new day. turn discouragement
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Turn discouragement to encouragement.
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To encouragement. frustration to fulfillment.
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Frustration to fulfillment. anxiety to overcoming.
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Anxiety to overcoming. using this devotional calendar
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Using this devotional calendar is as easy as one, two, three.
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Is as easy as one, two, three. one: wake up with an expectancy
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One: wake up with an expectancy in your heart.
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In your heart. two: reflect
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Two: reflect on the daily scripture verse
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On the daily scripture verse and devotional from joel.
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And devotional from joel. three:
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Three: capture the lord's
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Capture the lord's promises to you
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Promises to you on journaling lines
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On journaling lines for writing and reflection.
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For writing and reflection. 2026 is going to be
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2026 is going to be one of your best years ever.
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One of your best years ever. we're going to help you
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We're going to help you stay in faith
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So you can see
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The goodness of god
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The goodness of god in new ways.
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In new ways. 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 and we want to
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And we want to thank you for your prayer
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Thank you for your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity is impacting
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Your generosity is impacting lives around the world.
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Lives around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online live
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Online live every sunday morning.
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Every sunday morning. download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube
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Watch on youtube or the new joel osteen network
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Or the new joel osteen network 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. of course,
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Of course, listen live on sirius
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Listen live on sirius xm as well.
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Xm as well. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. request your copy of the 2026
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Request your copy of the 2026 devotional calendar today
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Devotional calendar today with your gift of any amount.
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With your gift of any amount. also, no matter what season
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Also, no matter what season you're in,
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You're in, god wants to speak into each
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God wants to speak into each and every moment.
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And every moment. god's word for
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God's word for every season is a guided
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Every season is a guided journal series
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Journal series designed to help you slow down,
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Designed to help you slow down, write out
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Write out scripture, and reflect
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Scripture, and reflect on its truth,
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On its truth, one verse at a time.
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One verse at a time. as you engage with his word,
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As you engage with his word, you'll discover fresh strength,
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You'll discover fresh strength, deeper peace,
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Deeper peace, and timely encouragement
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And timely encouragement for every step of your journey.
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For every step of your journey. you can request these
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You can request these inspiring resources
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Joel Osteen - A Thousand Times More

January 2, 2026 | 29:55

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