Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Time To Stop Running

June 2, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Time To Stop Running | June 2, 2025

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> joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Daily podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. 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 pastor. he was
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About this pastor. he was walking down the street,
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Walking down the street, when he came upon this
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When he came upon this group of young boys that
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Group of young boys that were surrounding a small
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Were surrounding a small dog. he asked what they
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Dog. he asked what they were doing. they explained
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Were doing. they explained that they were having a
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That they were having a contest. whoever could tell
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Contest. whoever could tell the biggest lie would get
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The biggest lie would get to keep the dog. the pastor
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To keep the dog. the pastor launched into a ten-minute
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Launched into a ten-minute sermon, starting with,
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Sermon, starting with, “don't you know lying is
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“don't you know lying is a sin?” and ending with,
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A sin?” and ending with, “when i was your age, i
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“when i was your age, i never told a lie.” there
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Never told a lie.” there was complete silence. just
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Was complete silence. just when he thought he'd gotten
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When he thought he'd gotten through to them, the
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Through to them, the youngest boy spoke up and
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Youngest boy spoke up and said, “all right, give him
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Said, “all right, give him the dog.”
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The dog.” say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what
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It says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do
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It says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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What it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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Confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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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 time to stop running.
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About time to stop running. it's easy to avoid things
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It's easy to avoid things in life that we should be
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In life that we should be dealing with. we've been
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Dealing with. we've been though hurts, people did us
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Though hurts, people did us wrong, instead of forgiving
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Wrong, instead of forgiving and moving on, we push it
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And moving on, we push it down. or maybe we need to
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Down. or maybe we need to apologize, we need to make
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Apologize, we need to make things right, but that's
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Things right, but that's uncomfortable, so we keep
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Uncomfortable, so we keep putting it off. sometimes
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Putting it off. sometimes we run from our fears. a
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We run from our fears. a new door opens, we know
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New door opens, we know it's a god given
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It's a god given opportunity but we're
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Opportunity but we're afraid. we feel
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Afraid. we feel unqualified. instead of
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Unqualified. instead of confronting our fears, we
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Confronting our fears, we shrink back. some people
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Shrink back. some people spend their whole life
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Spend their whole life running; running from
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Running; running from dealing with their temper,
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Dealing with their temper, running from getting back
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Running from getting back in shape, running from the
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In shape, running from the call of god on their life.
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Call of god on their life. as long as you're running,
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As long as you're running, you're going to miss the
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You're going to miss the greatness god put in you.
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Greatness god put in you. you can't conquer what you
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You can't conquer what you don't confront. too often
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Don't confront. too often we're comforting what we
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We're comforting what we should be confronting.
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Should be confronting. we're making excuses. you
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We're making excuses. you can't run from everything
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Can't run from everything that's uncomfortable. you
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That's uncomfortable. you can't ignore issues, sweep
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Can't ignore issues, sweep them under the rug,
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Them under the rug, thinking they'll go away.
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Thinking they'll go away. when you get honest with
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When you get honest with yourself, when you confront
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Yourself, when you confront what you know you need to
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What you know you need to deal with, yes it may be
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Deal with, yes it may be uncomfortable, but god
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Uncomfortable, but god gives you the grace, the
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Gives you the grace, the strength, the power to do
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Strength, the power to do what you couldn't do on
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What you couldn't do on your own.
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Your own. when david saw goliath,
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When david saw goliath, everything in his mind
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Everything in his mind said, “he's too big, you
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Said, “he's too big, you better run the other way
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Better run the other way like everyone else in the
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Like everyone else in the army.” but the scripture
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Army.” but the scripture says, “david ran quickly
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Says, “david ran quickly toward goliath.” he knew if
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Toward goliath.” he knew if he didn't confront this
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He didn't confront this giant, if he didn't face
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Giant, if he didn't face his fears, he would miss
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His fears, he would miss his destiny. he was
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His destiny. he was uncomfortable, his emotions
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Uncomfortable, his emotions weren't supporting him, but
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Weren't supporting him, but as he ran to the giant, he
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As he ran to the giant, he began to feel strength that
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Began to feel strength that he'd never felt,
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He'd never felt, confidence, boldness,
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Confidence, boldness, skill, expertise. he slung
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Skill, expertise. he slung that rock and defeated
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That rock and defeated goliath. when you run to
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Goliath. when you run to your giants, god will make
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Your giants, god will make things happen that you
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Things happen that you couldn't make happen. you
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Couldn't make happen. you won't reach your destiny
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Won't reach your destiny running from things that
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Running from things that are hard, running because
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Are hard, running because it's uncomfortable. you
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It's uncomfortable. you don't feel like forgiving,
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Don't feel like forgiving, you don't feel like dealing
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You don't feel like dealing with a bad attitude. but
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With a bad attitude. but when you're running from
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When you're running from your giants, you're running
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Your giants, you're running from your destiny. when
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From your destiny. when you're running to your
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You're running to your giants, to what you know
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Giants, to what you know you need to confront, what
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You need to confront, what you need to deal with,
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You need to deal with, you're running to your
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You're running to your purpose.
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Purpose. don't take the easy way out
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Don't take the easy way out and spend your life
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And spend your life running, running from your
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Running, running from your past, running from your
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Past, running from your mistakes, running from
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Mistakes, running from people that did you wrong,
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People that did you wrong, running from fears,
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Running from fears, insecurity, pride. god is
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Insecurity, pride. god is saying, “it's time to stop
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Saying, “it's time to stop running.” face those
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Running.” face those giants. confront what
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Giants. confront what you've been ignoring. on
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You've been ignoring. on the other side of that
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The other side of that giant is a new level of
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Giant is a new level of your destiny. like with
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Your destiny. like with david, when god sees you
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David, when god sees you make a move to start
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Make a move to start running toward what's
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Running toward what's hindering you, to deal with
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Hindering you, to deal with what you've been ignoring,
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What you've been ignoring, god will breathe on your
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God will breathe on your life, and it won't be as
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Life, and it won't be as difficult as you think. he
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Difficult as you think. he will go before you and make
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Will go before you and make your crooked places
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Your crooked places straight.
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Straight. in 1993, mary johnson's
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In 1993, mary johnson's only son was at a party one
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Only son was at a party one night. things got out of
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Night. things got out of control, shots were fired,
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Control, shots were fired, her twenty-one-year old son
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Her twenty-one-year old son was killed. when she heard
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Was killed. when she heard the news, she was so
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The news, she was so devastated she passed out.
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Devastated she passed out. three days later, they
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Three days later, they charged a sixteen-year-old
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Charged a sixteen-year-old boy in his killing. that
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Boy in his killing. that day, she said, hate filled
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Day, she said, hate filled her heart. she was so
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Her heart. she was so angry; she couldn't sleep
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Angry; she couldn't sleep at night. at the trial, she
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At night. at the trial, she viewed her son's killer as
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Viewed her son's killer as an animal. she not only
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An animal. she not only hated him, but she hated
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Hated him, but she hated everyone. mary knew she
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Everyone. mary knew she needed to forgive, she knew
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Needed to forgive, she knew the anger was destroying
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The anger was destroying her, but she wouldn't do
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Her, but she wouldn't do it. she kept putting it
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It. she kept putting it off, year after year. “he
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Off, year after year. “he doesn't deserve it, it's
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Doesn't deserve it, it's not right, he hurt me too
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Not right, he hurt me too badly.” as long as you're
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Badly.” as long as you're making excuses, comforting
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Making excuses, comforting what you should be
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What you should be confronting, it's going to
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Confronting, it's going to limit your life. when you
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Limit your life. when you hold on to unforgiveness,
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Hold on to unforgiveness, it's not hurting the other
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It's not hurting the other person, it's hurting you.
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Person, it's hurting you. we've heard the saying;
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We've heard the saying; time heals all wounds. that
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Time heals all wounds. that may be true in one sense,
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May be true in one sense, but you can't bury hurts,
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But you can't bury hurts, guilt, insecurity, and
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Guilt, insecurity, and think they're going to just
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Think they're going to just go away. those are toxins
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Go away. those are toxins that will contaminate your
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That will contaminate your life.
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Life. mary kept running. she
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Mary kept running. she didn't want to deal with
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Didn't want to deal with it. she didn't want to put
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It. she didn't want to put herself through the pain,
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Herself through the pain, it was too hard to forgive.
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It was too hard to forgive. but to get free, to be
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But to get free, to be whole, you have to do the
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Whole, you have to do the hard things. you have to be
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Hard things. you have to be willing to be
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Willing to be uncomfortable. what i've
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Uncomfortable. what i've learned is it's not going
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Learned is it's not going to be as difficult as you
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To be as difficult as you think. when you stop
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Think. when you stop running, when you deal with
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Running, when you deal with what you know you need to
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What you know you need to deal with, there will be a
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Deal with, there will be a grace to do what you've
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Grace to do what you've never done. the reason you
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Never done. the reason you think it's going to be too
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Think it's going to be too hard is you haven't stepped
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Hard is you haven't stepped into that grace yet. it
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Into that grace yet. it will come when you make a
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Will come when you make a move.
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Move. one day mary made the
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One day mary made the decision that i'm asking us
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Decision that i'm asking us to make. she said in
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To make. she said in effect, “i'm going to stop
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Effect, “i'm going to stop running. i'm not going to
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Running. i'm not going to let this anger, this
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Let this anger, this hatred, ruin the rest of my
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Hatred, ruin the rest of my life.” she called the
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Life.” she called the prison and asked if she
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Prison and asked if she could visit the young man
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Could visit the young man that took her son's life.
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That took her son's life. they were surprised,
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They were surprised, reluctantly the young man
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Reluctantly the young man agreed. she walked in that
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Agreed. she walked in that day, uncomfortable, not
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Day, uncomfortable, not knowing what to expect.
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Knowing what to expect. they talked for two hours.
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They talked for two hours. the young man told how
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The young man told how sorry he was. as she was
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Sorry he was. as she was leaving, he asked if he
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Leaving, he asked if he could give her a hug. as
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Could give her a hug. as they embraced, mary said,
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They embraced, mary said, “i felt anger and hatred,
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“i felt anger and hatred, rising up from the soles of
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Rising up from the soles of my feet and leaving my
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My feet and leaving my body.” it was like a
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Body.” it was like a cleansing. she felt a heavy
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Cleansing. she felt a heavy weight lift off of her.
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Weight lift off of her. from that day forward,
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From that day forward, she's never had any
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She's never had any bitterness, anger,
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Bitterness, anger, hostility. when you stop
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Hostility. when you stop running and deal with what
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Running and deal with what you know is hindering you,
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You know is hindering you, it's not going to be as
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It's not going to be as hard as you think. god is
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Hard as you think. god is going to give you the
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Going to give you the grace, he's going to
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Grace, he's going to prepare people's hearts,
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Prepare people's hearts, he's going to help you to
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He's going to help you to forgive. don't spend your
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Forgive. don't spend your life running. what you run
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Life running. what you run from, you'll always have to
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From, you'll always have to go back and deal with
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Go back and deal with before you can move
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Before you can move forward. when we comfort
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Forward. when we comfort and don't confront, all
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And don't confront, all we're doing is putting off
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We're doing is putting off where god wants to take us.
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Where god wants to take us. we're delaying seeing new
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We're delaying seeing new levels of our destiny.
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Levels of our destiny. here's a key, god will
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Here's a key, god will never ask you to do a hard
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Never ask you to do a hard thing and not give you the
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Thing and not give you the ability to do it. when he's
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Ability to do it. when he's asking you to do something
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Asking you to do something difficult, the grace is
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Difficult, the grace is there, but you have to step
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There, but you have to step into it. your mind will
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Into it. your mind will say, “you can't forgive,
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Say, “you can't forgive, they hurt you too badly.
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They hurt you too badly. you can't break the
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You can't break the addiction, just learn to
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Addiction, just learn to live with it. you can't do
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Live with it. you can't do something great, you're
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Something great, you're insecure, you're
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Insecure, you're unqualified.” don't believe
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Unqualified.” don't believe those lies. there's nothing
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Those lies. there's nothing the enemy would love any
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The enemy would love any more than for you to spend
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More than for you to spend your life running. running
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Your life running. running from god's call on your
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From god's call on your life, running from your
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Life, running from your fears, running from your
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Fears, running from your hurts, running from your
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Hurts, running from your past. it's time to stop
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Past. it's time to stop running. the only way out
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Running. the only way out is through. you can't go
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Is through. you can't go around it. you can't ignore
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Around it. you can't ignore it and it will go away.
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It and it will go away. time won't cause it to
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Time won't cause it to disappear. but if you'll
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Disappear. but if you'll confront it, you can
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Confront it, you can conquer it. if you'll face
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Conquer it. if you'll face your giants, god will give
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Your giants, god will give you strength to defeat what
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You strength to defeat what should defeat you. when you
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Should defeat you. when you do what you can, god will
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Do what you can, god will do what you can't. when you
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Do what you can't. when you do the natural, god will do
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Do the natural, god will do the supernatural. in your
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The supernatural. in your own strength, you may not
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Own strength, you may not be able to forgive, to
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Be able to forgive, to break the habit, to lead
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Break the habit, to lead the company, but you're not
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The company, but you're not on your own. when you stop
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On your own. when you stop running, god steps in and
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Running, god steps in and gives you power, favor,
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Gives you power, favor, ability, that you've never
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Ability, that you've never had.
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Had. ephesians 6 talks about
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Ephesians 6 talks about putting on the armor of
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Putting on the armor of god. the helmet of
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God. the helmet of salvation, the breastplate
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Salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, belt of
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Of righteousness, belt of truth, shoes of peace,
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Truth, shoes of peace, shield of faith. all these
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Shield of faith. all these awesome things to protect
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Awesome things to protect us. what's interesting is
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Us. what's interesting is there is nothing for our
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There is nothing for our back side. there's no armor
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Back side. there's no armor to cover our rear. that's
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To cover our rear. that's because god never created
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Because god never created us to be running. he
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Us to be running. he created us to confront our
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Created us to confront our giants. to face our fears,
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Giants. to face our fears, to stand strong in faith.
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To stand strong in faith. don't be like the
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Don't be like the israelites and spend years
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Israelites and spend years of your life running from
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Of your life running from things god has already
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Things god has already given you victory over. all
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Given you victory over. all he needs is for you to stop
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He needs is for you to stop running. deal with it.
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Running. deal with it. he'll be right there to
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He'll be right there to help you.
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Help you. forty years later, the
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Forty years later, the children of these
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Children of these israelites were back at the
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Israelites were back at the promised land. what's
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Promised land. what's significant is the giants
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Significant is the giants weren't gone. god didn't
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Weren't gone. god didn't clear out the path and say,
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Clear out the path and say, “just walk into the land.”
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“just walk into the land.” they still had opposition.
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They still had opposition. what you don't confront,
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What you don't confront, your children will have to
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Your children will have to deal with. but when you
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Deal with. but when you stop running, when you face
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Stop running, when you face your fears, defeat bad
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Your fears, defeat bad habits, forgive the wrongs,
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Habits, forgive the wrongs, you are breaking
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You are breaking generational curses. you're
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Generational curses. you're putting an end to negative
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Putting an end to negative cycles that keep getting
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Cycles that keep getting passed down. i want to make
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Passed down. i want to make it easier on my children,
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It easier on my children, my grandchildren. i'm not
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My grandchildren. i'm not going to run from things
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Going to run from things that are hard. i'm not
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That are hard. i'm not going to take the easy way
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Going to take the easy way out, live afraid of the
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Out, live afraid of the giants, intimidated by the
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Giants, intimidated by the size of the dream, letting
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Size of the dream, letting my mistakes stop my
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My mistakes stop my destiny. no let's go into
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Destiny. no let's go into our promised land.
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Our promised land. the children of these
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The children of these israelites, this new
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Israelites, this new generation, they had a
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Generation, they had a different attitude. they
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Different attitude. they saw the same giants, same
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Saw the same giants, same intimidation, same thoughts
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Intimidation, same thoughts came saying, “you don't
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Came saying, “you don't have a chance.” their
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Have a chance.” their response was, “no thanks,
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Response was, “no thanks, we're not running. we're
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We're not running. we're not going to spend our life
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Not going to spend our life wandering in the desert, we
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Wandering in the desert, we know greater is he that's
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Know greater is he that's in us than what's coming
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In us than what's coming against us.” they faced the
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Against us.” they faced the opposition and went into
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Opposition and went into the land their parents
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The land their parents could have had, forty years
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Could have had, forty years earlier. why don't you
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Earlier. why don't you confront things that your
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Confront things that your parents, and those that
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Parents, and those that went before you didn't
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Went before you didn't confront? maybe they
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Confront? maybe they learned to live with the
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Learned to live with the addiction, you can face it
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Addiction, you can face it and conquer it. no more
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And conquer it. no more running, no more accepting
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Running, no more accepting it. don't take another lap,
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It. don't take another lap, take a stand. you're the
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Take a stand. you're the one to go into the promised
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One to go into the promised land.
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Land. you have to be honest with
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You have to be honest with yourself. it's easy to
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Yourself. it's easy to ignore things, make
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Ignore things, make excuses. you may need to
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Excuses. you may need to confront pride, confront a
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Confront pride, confront a bad attitude, confront
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Bad attitude, confront compromise. maybe you need
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Compromise. maybe you need to apologize to someone.
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To apologize to someone. you need to make things
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You need to make things right. the longer you put
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Right. the longer you put it off, the longer you're
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It off, the longer you're wandering. to go into the
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Wandering. to go into the promised land you have to
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Promised land you have to be willing to deal with
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Be willing to deal with things that you know are
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Things that you know are limiting you. the psalmist
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Limiting you. the psalmist said, “god keep me from
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Said, “god keep me from lying to myself.” that's a
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Lying to myself.” that's a powerful prayer. sometimes
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Powerful prayer. sometimes we don't want to pray that.
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We don't want to pray that. we want to keep things
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We want to keep things hidden. we don't want to
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Hidden. we don't want to deal with things that are
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Deal with things that are uncomfortable. but it's
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Uncomfortable. but it's much better to be open and
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Much better to be open and honest. “god show me areas
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Honest. “god show me areas where i need to change. not
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Where i need to change. not my spouse, i have a list of
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My spouse, i have a list of thirty things they need to
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Thirty things they need to do. not my cousin, not my
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Do. not my cousin, not my child, but where do i need
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Child, but where do i need to come up higher.” when
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To come up higher.” when you live out of a place of
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You live out of a place of humility, you're willing to
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Humility, you're willing to deal with things that god
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Deal with things that god brings to light, there's no
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Brings to light, there's no limit to how high god will
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Limit to how high god will take you. we all have areas
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Take you. we all have areas we need to grow, but it's
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We need to grow, but it's tempting to make excuses,
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Tempting to make excuses, “joel, i've always been hot
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“joel, i've always been hot tempered. i've always held
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Tempered. i've always held grudges; i've always been
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Grudges; i've always been critical, negatice,
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Critical, negatice, arrogant, defensive. this
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Arrogant, defensive. this is just who i am.” no,
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Is just who i am.” no, you're running. you're
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You're running. you're comforting what you should
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Comforting what you should be confronting. if you'll
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Be confronting. if you'll do like mary and face those
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Do like mary and face those giants, you'll step into a
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Giants, you'll step into a new level of your destiny.
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New level of your destiny. this is what jacob did. he
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This is what jacob did. he lived compromising,
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Lived compromising, cheating people. he tricked
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Cheating people. he tricked his brother out of his
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His brother out of his birthright. esau had been
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Birthright. esau had been out hunting all day. he
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Out hunting all day. he came home so hungry, he was
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Came home so hungry, he was famished. he could smell
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Famished. he could smell the aroma from the pot of
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The aroma from the pot of stew that jacob had made.
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Stew that jacob had made. he wanted some so badly.
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He wanted some so badly. jacob said, “i'll give it
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Jacob said, “i'll give it to you, if you'll give me
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To you, if you'll give me your birthright.” the
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Your birthright.” the birthright in those days
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Birthright in those days was very valuable. esau was
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Was very valuable. esau was his twin, but he was the
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His twin, but he was the first born son. they always
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First born son. they always received double the
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Received double the inheritance. jacob was so
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Inheritance. jacob was so manipulative that he took
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Manipulative that he took advantage of his brother
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Advantage of his brother not thinking correctly.
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Not thinking correctly. esau gave him his
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Esau gave him his birthright for a pot of
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Birthright for a pot of stew.
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Stew. years later, when their
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Years later, when their father isaac was about to
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Father isaac was about to pass, he called esau in to
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Pass, he called esau in to give him the blessing that
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Give him the blessing that belonged to the first-born
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Belonged to the first-born son. isaac was nearly
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Son. isaac was nearly blind, couldn't see. jacob
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Blind, couldn't see. jacob dressed up like esau, put
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Dressed up like esau, put on his clothes, his shoes,
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On his clothes, his shoes, his cologne. walked in and
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His cologne. walked in and said, “dad, here i am, i'm
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Said, “dad, here i am, i'm ready for my blessing.”
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Ready for my blessing.” isaac was a little
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Isaac was a little skeptical. he said, “is
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Skeptical. he said, “is this jacob or is this
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This jacob or is this esau?” jacob said, “it's
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Esau?” jacob said, “it's me, dad, it's esau.” isaac
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Me, dad, it's esau.” isaac said, “come closer, i want
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Said, “come closer, i want to feel your arms.” esau
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To feel your arms.” esau was very hairy, like my
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Was very hairy, like my brother paul. this way.
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Brother paul. this way. jacob had on a coat of
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Jacob had on a coat of animal fur. his dad felt
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Animal fur. his dad felt it, said, “i guess it is
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It, said, “i guess it is esau.” he gave jacob the
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Esau.” he gave jacob the blessing that belonged to
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Blessing that belonged to esau. when esau found out,
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Esau. when esau found out, he was so angry that jacob
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He was so angry that jacob had to flee for his life.
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Had to flee for his life. he started running. he
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He started running. he lived in exile, worked for
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Lived in exile, worked for his uncle laban. what's
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His uncle laban. what's interesting is laban was
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Interesting is laban was dishonest with jacob. he
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Dishonest with jacob. he promised him one daughter
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Promised him one daughter in marriage, but when the
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In marriage, but when the time came, he tricked him
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Time came, he tricked him and gave him his other
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And gave him his other daughter. be careful what
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Daughter. be careful what you sow. because what you
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You sow. because what you sow is going to come back
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Sow is going to come back to you.
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To you. twenty years later, jacob
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Twenty years later, jacob got tired of running. he
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Got tired of running. he decided to go back home.
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Decided to go back home. what's significant is the
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What's significant is the only way he could get home,
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Only way he could get home, was to go through the city
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Was to go through the city of edom, where esau lived.
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Of edom, where esau lived. what you run away from,
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What you run away from, you'll always have to go
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You'll always have to go back and deal with. home
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Back and deal with. home for jacob could have been a
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For jacob could have been a different direction, esau
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Different direction, esau could have moved to another
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Could have moved to another country, but right in
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Country, but right in jacob's path was esau. when
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Jacob's path was esau. when we ignore, push down, that
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We ignore, push down, that doesn't mean it goes away.
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Doesn't mean it goes away. that's still going to be
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That's still going to be between you and your
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Between you and your destiny. the good news is
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Destiny. the good news is god will give you the grace
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God will give you the grace to deal with it. jacob sent
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To deal with it. jacob sent word to his brother, that
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Word to his brother, that he wanted to make things
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He wanted to make things right, they had been at
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Right, they had been at odds long enough. esau
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Odds long enough. esau agreed to meet him. as they
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Agreed to meet him. as they were traveling down the
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Were traveling down the road, jacob saw esau and
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Road, jacob saw esau and all of his men coming
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All of his men coming toward him. you can imagine
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Toward him. you can imagine the apprehension, jacob not
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The apprehension, jacob not knowing how his brother is
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Knowing how his brother is going to respond. is he
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Going to respond. is he going to be angry, try to
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Going to be angry, try to get revenge, will this be a
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Get revenge, will this be a big fight? esau got closer
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Big fight? esau got closer and started running toward
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And started running toward him. jacob was expecting
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Him. jacob was expecting the worst, but esau grabbed
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The worst, but esau grabbed jacob and hugged him,
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Jacob and hugged him, wouldn't let him go. he
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Wouldn't let him go. he went over to jacob's wife,
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Went over to jacob's wife, his children, hugged them
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His children, hugged them too.
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Too. after all he'd done to
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After all he'd done to esau, he never dreamed one
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Esau, he never dreamed one day they would be hugging
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Day they would be hugging affectionately. but when
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Affectionately. but when you stop running, when you
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You stop running, when you deal with things that
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Deal with things that you've pushed down, when
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You've pushed down, when you get honest with
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You get honest with yourself and make things
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Yourself and make things right, the grace of god
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Right, the grace of god goes before you. god will
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Goes before you. god will soften people's hearts.
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Soften people's hearts. he'll make your crooked
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He'll make your crooked places straight. like
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Places straight. like jacob, you may have made
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Jacob, you may have made mistakes, we all have, you
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Mistakes, we all have, you may need to apologize, you
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May need to apologize, you may need to ask for
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May need to ask for forgiveness, you may need
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Forgiveness, you may need to call that loved one you
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To call that loved one you haven't spoken to and make
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Haven't spoken to and make peace. don't wander twenty
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Peace. don't wander twenty years like he did, running
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Years like he did, running from your past, making
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From your past, making excuses for your failures,
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Excuses for your failures, thinking that's just who
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Thinking that's just who you are. stop running. ask
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You are. stop running. ask god to help you to change.
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God to help you to change. when you make a move,
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When you make a move, you'll see his hand of
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You'll see his hand of favor, making things happen
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Favor, making things happen that you couldn't make
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That you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. the night before this big
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The night before this big encounter, jacob went to
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Encounter, jacob went to the brook by himself to be
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The brook by himself to be alone with god. he was
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Alone with god. he was reflecting back on his
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Reflecting back on his life; no doubt, thinking
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Life; no doubt, thinking about how he had treated
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About how he had treated esau. jacob didn't like who
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Esau. jacob didn't like who he'd become. he knew he was
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He'd become. he knew he was better than this. an angel
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Better than this. an angel appeared that night, he
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Appeared that night, he looked like a man, the
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Looked like a man, the angel and jacob started
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Angel and jacob started wrestling. jacob must have
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Wrestling. jacob must have known there was something
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Known there was something significant happening
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Significant happening because he said to the
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Because he said to the angel, “i'm not leaving
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Angel, “i'm not leaving until you bless me.” the
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Until you bless me.” the angel asked him, “what is
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Angel asked him, “what is your name?” that seemed
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Your name?” that seemed like an odd question. why
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Like an odd question. why did he care what his name
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Did he care what his name was? this was the same
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Was? this was the same question that jacob's
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Question that jacob's father asked him when he
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Father asked him when he was there to get esau's
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Was there to get esau's blessing. i can imagine a
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Blessing. i can imagine a debate was going on in
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Debate was going on in jacob's mind. thoughts
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Jacob's mind. thoughts telling him, “just tell him
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Telling him, “just tell him that you're esau, like you
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That you're esau, like you did with your father, just
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Did with your father, just keep pretending, keep being
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Keep pretending, keep being dishonest. this is who you
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Dishonest. this is who you are.” jacob thought about
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Are.” jacob thought about it and said, “no i'm not
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It and said, “no i'm not living like this anymore.
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Living like this anymore. i'm not going to keep
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I'm not going to keep compromising, making
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Compromising, making decisions that i'm not
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Decisions that i'm not proud of.” he said to the
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Proud of.” he said to the angel, “i am jacob.” his
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Angel, “i am jacob.” his name means trickster,
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Name means trickster, conniver. he was admitting,
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Conniver. he was admitting, “i don't have integrity. i
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“i don't have integrity. i deceive people.” he got
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Deceive people.” he got honest with himself. he
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Honest with himself. he quit running.
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Quit running. the angel didn't say, “it's
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The angel didn't say, “it's about time, you need to get
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About time, you need to get right, you're never going
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Right, you're never going to be blessed.” when he
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To be blessed.” when he admitted who he was, god
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Admitted who he was, god changed his name to israel,
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Changed his name to israel, which means prince with
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Which means prince with god. the principle is, when
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God. the principle is, when you get honest, you don't
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You get honest, you don't make excuses, that's when
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Make excuses, that's when god changes things. you
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God changes things. you don't have to keep running,
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Don't have to keep running, from your mistakes, from
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From your mistakes, from your past, what you're not
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Your past, what you're not proud of. when you go to
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Proud of. when you go to god, he's not going to
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God, he's not going to condemn you, he's going to
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Condemn you, he's going to help you rise out of what's
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Help you rise out of what's holding you down and thrust
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Holding you down and thrust you into your destiny.
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You into your destiny. jacob never dreamed he
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Jacob never dreamed he would be called a prince
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Would be called a prince with god. he never dreamed
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With god. he never dreamed he would have a good
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He would have a good relationship with his
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Relationship with his brother. never dreamed he
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Brother. never dreamed he would be able to live in
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Would be able to live in his hometown without fear
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His hometown without fear of all the negative things
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Of all the negative things in his past. but when you
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In his past. but when you quit running, when you live
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Quit running, when you live open and honest before god,
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Open and honest before god, when you deal with things
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When you deal with things he brings to light, he'll
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He brings to light, he'll not only restore you, but
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Not only restore you, but he'll make things better
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He'll make things better than you've ever imagined.
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Than you've ever imagined. later in my father's life,
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Later in my father's life, i arranged for all these
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I arranged for all these radio stations to carry his
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Radio stations to carry his messages. all i needed him
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Messages. all i needed him to do was to come down once
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To do was to come down once a month for half an hour,
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A month for half an hour, we'd make the openings and
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We'd make the openings and closings. it was very easy.
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Closings. it was very easy. i had worked on this for
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I had worked on this for six months and everything
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Six months and everything fell into place. but when i
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Fell into place. but when i asked my father, he said,
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Asked my father, he said, “joel, i'm seventy-five
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“joel, i'm seventy-five years old. i'm not looking
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Years old. i'm not looking for any more work. i just
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For any more work. i just want to pastor the church
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Want to pastor the church and relax.” i was so
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And relax.” i was so disappointed. i said, “god
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Disappointed. i said, “god you've put a big vision in
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You've put a big vision in my heart. i'm young, i
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My heart. i'm young, i don't want to do less, i
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Don't want to do less, i want to do more.” i thought
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Want to do more.” i thought maybe this is the time to
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Maybe this is the time to go work somewhere else. i
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Go work somewhere else. i had an opportunity to work
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Had an opportunity to work for one of the most
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For one of the most prominent ministries at
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Prominent ministries at that time. but when i got
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That time. but when i got quiet, i could hear a still
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Quiet, i could hear a still small voice saying, “joel
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Small voice saying, “joel this is your father's
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This is your father's vision. just because he's
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Vision. just because he's not doing what you want,
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Not doing what you want, doesn't mean you should
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Doesn't mean you should leave. stay here, honor
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Leave. stay here, honor what he wants to do.”
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What he wants to do.” sometimes when we're not
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Sometimes when we're not getting our way, we want to
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Getting our way, we want to run. we're not getting the
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Run. we're not getting the credit, “they don't see my
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Credit, “they don't see my talent, this supervisor is
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Talent, this supervisor is not fair, i'm out of here.”
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Not fair, i'm out of here.” yes, there are times we
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Yes, there are times we need to move on, but you
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Need to move on, but you can't run every time it's
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Can't run every time it's uncomfortable, in your
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Uncomfortable, in your marriage, your job, your
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Marriage, your job, your school. if i had not stayed
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School. if i had not stayed there and honored my
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There and honored my father, i don't believe i
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Father, i don't believe i would be up here today.
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Would be up here today. some of the things we want
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Some of the things we want to run from, it's a test.
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To run from, it's a test. god is seeing how we'll
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God is seeing how we'll serve when we're not being
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Serve when we're not being treated right. what kind of
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Treated right. what kind of attitude will we have when
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Attitude will we have when it's not fair, we're
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It's not fair, we're uncomfortable, not getting
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Uncomfortable, not getting the credit. don't have a
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The credit. don't have a running mentality. every
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Running mentality. every time you don't get your
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Time you don't get your way, you change jobs,
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Way, you change jobs, change friends, change
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Change friends, change churches, change spouses.
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Churches, change spouses. stop running. grow in those
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Stop running. grow in those times. let your roots go
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Times. let your roots go down deep. don't be moved
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Down deep. don't be moved by what's not working out.
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By what's not working out. your character is being
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Your character is being developed. god is seeing
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Developed. god is seeing what he can trust you with.
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What he can trust you with. in genesis 16, hagar was
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In genesis 16, hagar was the maid that abraham had a
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The maid that abraham had a baby with out of wedlock.
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Baby with out of wedlock. it was abraham's wife sarah
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It was abraham's wife sarah that had the big idea, but
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That had the big idea, but sarah was so upset that she
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Sarah was so upset that she started making hagar's life
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Started making hagar's life miserable. verse 6 says,
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Miserable. verse 6 says, “sarah treated her harshly,
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“sarah treated her harshly, so hagar ran away.” hagar
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So hagar ran away.” hagar had had enough. she
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Had had enough. she thought, “i don't have to
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Thought, “i don't have to put up with this. i'm out
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Put up with this. i'm out of here.” she left, went
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Of here.” she left, went out into the wilderness. an
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Out into the wilderness. an angel showed up and said,
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Angel showed up and said, “hagar, what are you doing
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“hagar, what are you doing out here?” she said, “i'm
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Out here?” she said, “i'm running away. these people
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Running away. these people aren't treating me right.”
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Aren't treating me right.” the angel didn't say, “oh
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The angel didn't say, “oh that makes sense, i don't
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That makes sense, i don't blame you.” he said, “go
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Blame you.” he said, “go back to sarah and submit to
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Back to sarah and submit to her authority.” anything
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Her authority.” anything you run from, you're
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You run from, you're eventually going to have to
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Eventually going to have to go back and deal with. i'm
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Go back and deal with. i'm not talking about staying
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Not talking about staying in abuse, but i am saying
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In abuse, but i am saying you can't run every time
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You can't run every time things get hard and reach
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Things get hard and reach your destiny. you can't
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Your destiny. you can't pack up because you're
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Pack up because you're uncomfortable. god won't
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Uncomfortable. god won't have you somewhere and not
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Have you somewhere and not give you the grace to be
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Give you the grace to be there. the angel went on to
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There. the angel went on to say, “if you'll go back and
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Say, “if you'll go back and serve sarah, god will give
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Serve sarah, god will give you more descendants than
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You more descendants than you can count.” when you
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You can count.” when you stop running, you do the
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Stop running, you do the right thing when it's hard,
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Right thing when it's hard, there is a blessing that
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There is a blessing that follows. god will show out
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Follows. god will show out in your life, take you to
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In your life, take you to levels that you never
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Levels that you never dreamed.
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Dreamed. are you running from
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Are you running from something today? are you
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Something today? are you comforting what you should
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Comforting what you should be confronting? don't go
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Be confronting? don't go another year out in the
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Another year out in the wilderness, putting off
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Wilderness, putting off what you know you should
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What you know you should do. get honest with
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Do. get honest with yourself. deal with the
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Yourself. deal with the issues god is bringing to
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Issues god is bringing to light. it may be difficult,
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Light. it may be difficult, but when you take that
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But when you take that step, the grace of god is
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Step, the grace of god is going to make it easier
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Going to make it easier than you think. if you'll
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Than you think. if you'll stop running, i believe and
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Stop running, i believe and declare, like the children
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Declare, like the children of the israelites, you're
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Of the israelites, you're going to break negative
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Going to break negative cycles that have held your
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Cycles that have held your family down and go into
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Family down and go into your promised land. like
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Your promised land. like mary, you're going to have
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Mary, you're going to have the power to deal with
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The power to deal with issues, heavy weights are
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Issues, heavy weights are about to lift off of you.
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About to lift off of you. and like jacob, you're
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And like jacob, you're going to rise out of
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Going to rise out of mediocrity and become all
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Mediocrity and become all you were created you to be,
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You were created you to be, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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Receive it, can you say amen?
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It's easy to let the
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It's easy to let the day get away from us
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Day get away from us before the day even starts.
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Before the day even starts. the first few
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The first few minutes of your morning
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Minutes of your morning are more powerful
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Are more powerful than you might think.
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Than you might think. life moves
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Life moves really fast sometimes,
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Really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to begin
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And it can be easy to begin each day
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Each day by zeroing in on your problems.
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By zeroing in on your problems. but here's the truth:
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But here's the truth: how you start
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How you start the day can determine
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The day can determine what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be,
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It's going to be, and i'd love to send you
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And i'd love to send you my devotional,
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My devotional, 3 minute mornings:
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Start your day the blessed way. three minutes
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Three minutes doesn't seem like
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Doesn't seem like a lot of time,
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A lot of time, but when you put god
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But when you put god first place
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First place and get your mind
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And get your mind going in the right
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Going in the right direction, it's
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Direction, it's setting the tone for a blessed,
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Setting the tone for a blessed, productive day.
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Productive day. it's filled with inspiration
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It's filled with inspiration and encouragement
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And encouragement to help you begin
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To help you begin each day with a fresh attitude,
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Each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.
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Grateful that you're alive. it's amazing
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It's amazing what happens
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What happens when you take three minutes
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When you take three minutes and speak
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And speak blessings over your life,
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Blessings over your life, declaring god's favor.
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Declaring god's favor. 3 minute mornings
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That god is a rewarder of those
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Of those who diligently seek him.
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Who diligently seek him. so as you pause
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So as you pause for only three minutes
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For only three minutes and take
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And take in his wonderful promises
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In his wonderful promises in this book,
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In this book, you will be
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You will be positioning yourself
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Your entire day. from the time
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I was a little boy, my parents taught me the value
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My parents taught me the value of starting the day off
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Of starting the day off in faith.
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Victoria and i pray for you every day
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For you every day for god's very best.
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Joel Osteen - Time To Stop Running

June 2, 2025 | 27:29

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