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Joel Osteen - Treat Every Person Like A Gatekeeper

August 9, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Treat Every Person Like A Gatekeeper | August 9, 2025

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(applause) god bless you.
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(applause) god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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God bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes. we love you.
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It's a joy to come into your homes. we love you. and if you're ever in our area
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Homes. we love you. and if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of
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And if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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One of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in
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Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in today.
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But thanks so much for tuning in today. thank you again for coming out.
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Today. thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something
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Thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something funny.
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I like to start with something funny. i heard about this pastor.
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Funny. i heard about this pastor. he found a dead mule on the
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I heard about this pastor. he found a dead mule on the church grounds.
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He found a dead mule on the church grounds. he called the health department.
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Church grounds. he called the health department. they said they couldn't pick it
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He called the health department. they said they couldn't pick it up without approval from the
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They said they couldn't pick it up without approval from the mayor.
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Up without approval from the mayor. well, the mayor was known to be
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Mayor. well, the mayor was known to be rude and hard to get along with.
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Well, the mayor was known to be rude and hard to get along with. when the pastor called, the
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Rude and hard to get along with. when the pastor called, the mayor didn't disappoint.
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When the pastor called, the mayor didn't disappoint. he began to rant and rave.
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Mayor didn't disappoint. he began to rant and rave. he finally said to the pastor,
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He began to rant and rave. he finally said to the pastor, "why are you even bothering me?
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He finally said to the pastor, "why are you even bothering me? isn't it your job to bury the
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"why are you even bothering me? isn't it your job to bury the dead?"
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Isn't it your job to bury the dead?" the pastor prayed and asked god
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Dead?" the pastor prayed and asked god for the right response.
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The pastor prayed and asked god for the right response. he said, "yes, mayor. it is my
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For the right response. he said, "yes, mayor. it is my job to bury the dead but i
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He said, "yes, mayor. it is my job to bury the dead but i always like to notify the
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Job to bury the dead but i always like to notify the next of kin first."
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Always like to notify the next of kin first." (laughter/applause)
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Next of kin first." (laughter/applause) hold up your bible.
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(laughter/applause) hold up your bible. say it with me today.
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Hold up your bible. say it with me today. this is my bible.
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Say it with me today. this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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Today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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In jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today about treating every person
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I want to talk to you today about treating every person like a gatekeeper.
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About treating every person like a gatekeeper. a gatekeeper is someone god has
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Like a gatekeeper. a gatekeeper is someone god has ordained to open a door for you.
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A gatekeeper is someone god has ordained to open a door for you. they are linked to your destiny,
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Ordained to open a door for you. they are linked to your destiny, to introduce you to someone,
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They are linked to your destiny, to introduce you to someone, to put in a good word, to give
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To introduce you to someone, to put in a good word, to give you wisdom or advice that will
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To put in a good word, to give you wisdom or advice that will thrust you forward.
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You wisdom or advice that will thrust you forward. they didn't come into your life
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Thrust you forward. they didn't come into your life by accident.
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They didn't come into your life by accident. god divinely orchestrated your
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By accident. god divinely orchestrated your paths to cross.
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God divinely orchestrated your paths to cross. it's important to realize a
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Paths to cross. it's important to realize a gatekeeper may not be who you
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It's important to realize a gatekeeper may not be who you would expect.
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Gatekeeper may not be who you would expect. it may not be the boss.
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Would expect. it may not be the boss. it may be the intern that just
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It may not be the boss. it may be the intern that just started.
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It may be the intern that just started. it may not be the friend with
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Started. it may not be the friend with all the connections.
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It may not be the friend with all the connections. it may be the lady at the
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All the connections. it may be the lady at the grocery store that you see each
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It may be the lady at the grocery store that you see each week.
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Grocery store that you see each week. it may not be the head coach.
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Week. it may not be the head coach. it may be the young man that
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It may not be the head coach. it may be the young man that cleans the locker room.
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It may be the young man that cleans the locker room. many times gatekeepers are
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Cleans the locker room. many times gatekeepers are disguised.
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Many times gatekeepers are disguised. god uses people that we might
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Disguised. god uses people that we might consider to be less influential,
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God uses people that we might consider to be less influential, less important, somebody
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Consider to be less influential, less important, somebody underneath you at the office.
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Less important, somebody underneath you at the office. don't write them off.
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Underneath you at the office. don't write them off. don't be too busy and not give
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Don't write them off. don't be too busy and not give them the time of day.
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Don't be too busy and not give them the time of day. treat every person with respect
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Them the time of day. treat every person with respect and honor.
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Treat every person with respect and honor. make them feel valuable and
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And honor. make them feel valuable and important.
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Make them feel valuable and important. god brought them across your
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Important. god brought them across your path for a reason. (applause)
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God brought them across your path for a reason. (applause) they may have an idea that will
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Path for a reason. (applause) they may have an idea that will thrust you forward.
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They may have an idea that will thrust you forward. they may introduce you to
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Thrust you forward. they may introduce you to someone that will open up a
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They may introduce you to someone that will open up a door.
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Someone that will open up a door. or they may be just a test.
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Door. or they may be just a test. god wants to see how you're
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Or they may be just a test. god wants to see how you're going to treat somebody that you
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God wants to see how you're going to treat somebody that you don't think can do anything for
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Going to treat somebody that you don't think can do anything for you.
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Don't think can do anything for you. bottom line is this.
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You. bottom line is this. if you will treat every person
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Bottom line is this. if you will treat every person like a gatekeeper to your
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If you will treat every person like a gatekeeper to your destiny one of them will be.
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Like a gatekeeper to your destiny one of them will be. god will open the right doors.
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Destiny one of them will be. god will open the right doors. when i look back over my own
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God will open the right doors. when i look back over my own life i can see time and again it
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When i look back over my own life i can see time and again it wasn't always the most
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Life i can see time and again it wasn't always the most influential, the most important
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Wasn't always the most influential, the most important people that helped me to move
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Influential, the most important people that helped me to move forward.
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People that helped me to move forward. it was ordinary people that god
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Forward. it was ordinary people that god used to connect me with people
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It was ordinary people that god used to connect me with people of influence.
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Used to connect me with people of influence. one summer on vacation i asked
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Of influence. one summer on vacation i asked the hotel bellman for directions
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One summer on vacation i asked the hotel bellman for directions to a certain church.
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The hotel bellman for directions to a certain church. the bellman was a young man in
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To a certain church. the bellman was a young man in his early teens, happy go lucky,
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The bellman was a young man in his early teens, happy go lucky, working the weekend shift,
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His early teens, happy go lucky, working the weekend shift, probably not making much more
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Working the weekend shift, probably not making much more than minimum wage.
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Probably not making much more than minimum wage. he said, "the church you want to
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Than minimum wage. he said, "the church you want to go to is way too far.
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He said, "the church you want to go to is way too far. you'll never get there in time.
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Go to is way too far. you'll never get there in time. but there is another church
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You'll never get there in time. but there is another church about ten minutes down the road.
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But there is another church about ten minutes down the road. i think you'll really like
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About ten minutes down the road. i think you'll really like that."
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I think you'll really like that." i could have thought, "how's he
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That." i could have thought, "how's he going to know what i'm going to
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I could have thought, "how's he going to know what i'm going to like?
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Going to know what i'm going to like? i'm the pastor of a big church.
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Like? i'm the pastor of a big church. i know what kind of church i'm
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I'm the pastor of a big church. i know what kind of church i'm going to like."
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I know what kind of church i'm going to like." no, we took his suggestion and
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Going to like." no, we took his suggestion and we went to that church.
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No, we took his suggestion and we went to that church. we ended up meeting the pastor
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We went to that church. we ended up meeting the pastor and developing a friendship.
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We ended up meeting the pastor and developing a friendship. it was a divine connection.
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And developing a friendship. it was a divine connection. that pastor introduced me to a
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It was a divine connection. that pastor introduced me to a publisher that he knew that
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That pastor introduced me to a publisher that he knew that offered me a contract to write
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Publisher that he knew that offered me a contract to write my first book.
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Offered me a contract to write my first book. i wrote that book and it thrust
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My first book. i wrote that book and it thrust me to a new level of my destiny.
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I wrote that book and it thrust me to a new level of my destiny. but it all started back with
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Me to a new level of my destiny. but it all started back with that young man at the hotel
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But it all started back with that young man at the hotel parking cars, taking care of the
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That young man at the hotel parking cars, taking care of the luggage.
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Parking cars, taking care of the luggage. yet it was his input that
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Luggage. yet it was his input that catapulted me further than i
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Yet it was his input that catapulted me further than i ever imagined.
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Catapulted me further than i ever imagined. you never know who god has
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Ever imagined. you never know who god has ordained to be a gatekeeper in
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You never know who god has ordained to be a gatekeeper in your life.
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Ordained to be a gatekeeper in your life. treat every person with respect.
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Your life. treat every person with respect. it's easy to dismiss people, not
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Treat every person with respect. it's easy to dismiss people, not give them the time of day.
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It's easy to dismiss people, not give them the time of day. especially people that we think
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Give them the time of day. especially people that we think are under us, not as important.
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Especially people that we think are under us, not as important. "he's just parking cars."
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Are under us, not as important. "he's just parking cars." "she's just answering the
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"he's just parking cars." "she's just answering the phone."
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"she's just answering the phone." "i'm in management. they're in
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Phone." "i'm in management. they're in maintenance."
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"i'm in management. they're in maintenance." "i'm staying at the hotel.
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Maintenance." "i'm staying at the hotel. they're just working at the
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"i'm staying at the hotel. they're just working at the hotel."
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They're just working at the hotel." no, the very ones that we
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Hotel." no, the very ones that we dismiss, the ones we think,
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No, the very ones that we dismiss, the ones we think, "don't bother me. i'm
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Dismiss, the ones we think, "don't bother me. i'm important. i'm educated.
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"don't bother me. i'm important. i'm educated. i'm busy."
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Important. i'm educated. i'm busy." no, they could be the link to
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I'm busy." no, they could be the link to you stepping into the fullness
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No, they could be the link to you stepping into the fullness of your destiny.
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You stepping into the fullness of your destiny. don't write people off.
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Of your destiny. don't write people off. don't judge by the outside and
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Don't write people off. don't judge by the outside and think, "oh, they don't have
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Don't judge by the outside and think, "oh, they don't have anything for me."
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Think, "oh, they don't have anything for me." no, you'll be amazed at who god
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Anything for me." no, you'll be amazed at who god will use.
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No, you'll be amazed at who god will use. in the old testament, god used a
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Will use. in the old testament, god used a donkey to speak to people.
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In the old testament, god used a donkey to speak to people. stay open. god can use anybody.
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Donkey to speak to people. stay open. god can use anybody. (laughter)
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Stay open. god can use anybody. (laughter) it's like this eighteen-wheeler
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(laughter) it's like this eighteen-wheeler i heard about.
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It's like this eighteen-wheeler i heard about. it was carrying this large load
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I heard about. it was carrying this large load of pipes.
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It was carrying this large load of pipes. it went under a bridge and the
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Of pipes. it went under a bridge and the driver didn't realize the load
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It went under a bridge and the driver didn't realize the load was too high and it got stuck
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Driver didn't realize the load was too high and it got stuck under the bridge, wedged in
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Was too high and it got stuck under the bridge, wedged in there.
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Under the bridge, wedged in there. traffic was backed up for miles,
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There. traffic was backed up for miles, people barely getting through.
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Traffic was backed up for miles, people barely getting through. the city had a crew out to jack
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People barely getting through. the city had a crew out to jack up the bridge trying to get the
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The city had a crew out to jack up the bridge trying to get the truck out with no success.
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Up the bridge trying to get the truck out with no success. as the crew sat there frustrated
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Truck out with no success. as the crew sat there frustrated a man drove by with his
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As the crew sat there frustrated a man drove by with his ten-year-old son.
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A man drove by with his ten-year-old son. the boy rolled down the window
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Ten-year-old son. the boy rolled down the window and said to the crew, "why don't
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The boy rolled down the window and said to the crew, "why don't you let the air out of the truck
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And said to the crew, "why don't you let the air out of the truck tires?"
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You let the air out of the truck tires?" they scratched their head and
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Tires?" they scratched their head and said, "why didn't we think of
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They scratched their head and said, "why didn't we think of that?"
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Said, "why didn't we think of that?" they deflated the truck tires
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That?" they deflated the truck tires and just drove it out.
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They deflated the truck tires and just drove it out. friends, god doesn't use just
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And just drove it out. friends, god doesn't use just who we might expect.
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Friends, god doesn't use just who we might expect. god uses the weak to confound
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Who we might expect. god uses the weak to confound the wise.
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God uses the weak to confound the wise. let's stay open. (applause)
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The wise. let's stay open. (applause) let's treat every person like
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Let's stay open. (applause) let's treat every person like a gatekeeper to our destiny.
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Let's treat every person like a gatekeeper to our destiny. we see this principle in second
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A gatekeeper to our destiny. we see this principle in second kings, chapter five.
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We see this principle in second kings, chapter five. there was a very important man
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Kings, chapter five. there was a very important man by the name of naaman.
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There was a very important man by the name of naaman. he was the captain of the syrian
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By the name of naaman. he was the captain of the syrian army, very well respected,
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He was the captain of the syrian army, very well respected, influential-one of the great
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Army, very well respected, influential-one of the great leaders of that day.
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Influential-one of the great leaders of that day. but naaman had a problem.
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Leaders of that day. but naaman had a problem. he had leprosy, a dreaded
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But naaman had a problem. he had leprosy, a dreaded disease.
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He had leprosy, a dreaded disease. you can imagine he had gone to
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Disease. you can imagine he had gone to the best doctors, gotten the
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You can imagine he had gone to the best doctors, gotten the best treatment, the best advice.
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The best doctors, gotten the best treatment, the best advice. nothing had helped.
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Best treatment, the best advice. nothing had helped. he continued to go downhill.
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Nothing had helped. he continued to go downhill. but there was a young lady that
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He continued to go downhill. but there was a young lady that worked at naaman's home as a
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But there was a young lady that worked at naaman's home as a maid.
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Worked at naaman's home as a maid. she had been captured from the
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Maid. she had been captured from the israelites.
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She had been captured from the israelites. during the day she would do the
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Israelites. during the day she would do the laundry, cook the food.
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During the day she would do the laundry, cook the food. compared to naaman, what she was
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Laundry, cook the food. compared to naaman, what she was doing would have been considered
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Compared to naaman, what she was doing would have been considered insignificant.
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Doing would have been considered insignificant. but one day she said, "naaman,
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Insignificant. but one day she said, "naaman, if you'll go see the prophet
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But one day she said, "naaman, if you'll go see the prophet elisha over in israel, he will
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If you'll go see the prophet elisha over in israel, he will pray for you and god will heal
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Elisha over in israel, he will pray for you and god will heal you of that leprosy."
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Pray for you and god will heal you of that leprosy." naaman could have said, "who are
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You of that leprosy." naaman could have said, "who are you to tell me what to do?
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Naaman could have said, "who are you to tell me what to do? i'm a captain. i've got
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You to tell me what to do? i'm a captain. i've got influence. you're a maid.
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I'm a captain. i've got influence. you're a maid. you're not even my nationality.
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Influence. you're a maid. you're not even my nationality. you're a part of the enemy."
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You're not even my nationality. you're a part of the enemy." he could have dismissed her and
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You're a part of the enemy." he could have dismissed her and not given her the time of day.
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He could have dismissed her and not given her the time of day. but naaman understood this
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Not given her the time of day. but naaman understood this principle that you never know
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But naaman understood this principle that you never know who a gatekeeper to your destiny
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Principle that you never know who a gatekeeper to your destiny is going to be.
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Who a gatekeeper to your destiny is going to be. he went to see elisha, traveled
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Is going to be. he went to see elisha, traveled a great distance, knocked on the
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He went to see elisha, traveled a great distance, knocked on the door.
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A great distance, knocked on the door. elisha sent his servant to the
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Door. elisha sent his servant to the door.
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Elisha sent his servant to the door. elisha didn't even get up off
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Door. elisha didn't even get up off the chair.
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Elisha didn't even get up off the chair. the servant said, "naaman,
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The chair. the servant said, "naaman, elisha says if you'll go wash in
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The servant said, "naaman, elisha says if you'll go wash in the jordan river seven times
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Elisha says if you'll go wash in the jordan river seven times you'll be healed."
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The jordan river seven times you'll be healed." it's not a coincidence that this
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You'll be healed." it's not a coincidence that this powerful, influential, respected
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It's not a coincidence that this powerful, influential, respected man was greeted by another
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Powerful, influential, respected man was greeted by another servant.
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Man was greeted by another servant. god is showing us you never know
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Servant. god is showing us you never know who the gatekeepers will be.
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God is showing us you never know who the gatekeepers will be. this time naaman got kind of
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Who the gatekeepers will be. this time naaman got kind of upset.
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This time naaman got kind of upset. he said to his men, "i've
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Upset. he said to his men, "i've traveled a long way. i thought
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He said to his men, "i've traveled a long way. i thought at least elisha would come out
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Traveled a long way. i thought at least elisha would come out here and say hello. doesn't he
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At least elisha would come out here and say hello. doesn't he know who i am? besides, i don't
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Here and say hello. doesn't he know who i am? besides, i don't want to wash in the jordan
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Know who i am? besides, i don't want to wash in the jordan river. that river is dirty.
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Want to wash in the jordan river. that river is dirty. we have much cleaner rivers
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River. that river is dirty. we have much cleaner rivers back at home."
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We have much cleaner rivers back at home." he almost talked himself out of
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Back at home." he almost talked himself out of it but one of his servants said,
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He almost talked himself out of it but one of his servants said, "naaman, if he had asked you to
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It but one of his servants said, "naaman, if he had asked you to do something hard you would
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"naaman, if he had asked you to do something hard you would have done it. why don't you do
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Do something hard you would have done it. why don't you do this easy thing?"
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Have done it. why don't you do this easy thing?" isn't it interesting?
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This easy thing?" isn't it interesting? that was the third servant that
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Isn't it interesting? that was the third servant that spoke to him.
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That was the third servant that spoke to him. god didn't use the powerful,
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Spoke to him. god didn't use the powerful, the most influential.
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God didn't use the powerful, the most influential. god used people that he might
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The most influential. god used people that he might consider to be less significant.
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God used people that he might consider to be less significant. naaman finally swallowed his
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Consider to be less significant. naaman finally swallowed his pride and went and washed in the
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Naaman finally swallowed his pride and went and washed in the jordan river.
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Pride and went and washed in the jordan river. when he came up the seventh time
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Jordan river. when he came up the seventh time his skin was just as clean as a
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When he came up the seventh time his skin was just as clean as a little baby.
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His skin was just as clean as a little baby. but it all went back to that
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Little baby. but it all went back to that first young lady, that maid.
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But it all went back to that first young lady, that maid. she was a gatekeeper.
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First young lady, that maid. she was a gatekeeper. if naaman would have blown her
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She was a gatekeeper. if naaman would have blown her off, not given her the time of
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If naaman would have blown her off, not given her the time of day, he would have missed his
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Off, not given her the time of day, he would have missed his miracle.
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Day, he would have missed his miracle. in the same way, you don't know
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Miracle. in the same way, you don't know who your gatekeepers are going
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In the same way, you don't know who your gatekeepers are going to be.
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Who your gatekeepers are going to be. god will bring people across
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To be. god will bring people across your path that may seem
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God will bring people across your path that may seem insignificant, people that are
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Your path that may seem insignificant, people that are under you, but they are divinely
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Insignificant, people that are under you, but they are divinely linked to your destiny.
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Under you, but they are divinely linked to your destiny. they hold the key to promotion
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Linked to your destiny. they hold the key to promotion and increase.
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They hold the key to promotion and increase. really, what that is is a test.
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And increase. really, what that is is a test. god wants to see are we going to
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Really, what that is is a test. god wants to see are we going to treat all people with respect
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God wants to see are we going to treat all people with respect and honor or only those that we
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Treat all people with respect and honor or only those that we think can do something for us?
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And honor or only those that we think can do something for us? a lot of times the people that
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Think can do something for us? a lot of times the people that we're playing up to, trying to
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A lot of times the people that we're playing up to, trying to win their favor, maybe they'll
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We're playing up to, trying to win their favor, maybe they'll open a door.
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Win their favor, maybe they'll open a door. the fact is, they're not a
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Open a door. the fact is, they're not a gatekeeper.
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The fact is, they're not a gatekeeper. they don't hold the key.
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Gatekeeper. they don't hold the key. promotion doesn't come from
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They don't hold the key. promotion doesn't come from them.
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Promotion doesn't come from them. promotion comes from god.
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Them. promotion comes from god. and god will use the most
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Promotion comes from god. and god will use the most unlikely people.
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And god will use the most unlikely people. a hotel bellman. a maid.
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Unlikely people. a hotel bellman. a maid. an intern. an unpopular kid at
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A hotel bellman. a maid. an intern. an unpopular kid at school.
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An intern. an unpopular kid at school. let's pass the test and treat
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School. let's pass the test and treat everyone like a gatekeeper.
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Let's pass the test and treat everyone like a gatekeeper. when i was in my early twenties
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Everyone like a gatekeeper. when i was in my early twenties i was in the airport traveling
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When i was in my early twenties i was in the airport traveling back home to houston.
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I was in the airport traveling back home to houston. i had had a real long week, very
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Back home to houston. i had had a real long week, very tired.
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I had had a real long week, very tired. i couldn't wait to get on the
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Tired. i couldn't wait to get on the plane and just lay my head back
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I couldn't wait to get on the plane and just lay my head back and relax.
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Plane and just lay my head back and relax. they finally allowed us to
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And relax. they finally allowed us to board.
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They finally allowed us to board. i had a whole row to myself.
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Board. i had a whole row to myself. but right before they closed the
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I had a whole row to myself. but right before they closed the door this elderly gentleman got
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But right before they closed the door this elderly gentleman got on and came over and sat down
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Door this elderly gentleman got on and came over and sat down next to me.
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On and came over and sat down next to me. he was the friendliest, kindest,
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Next to me. he was the friendliest, kindest, most talkative person in the
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He was the friendliest, kindest, most talkative person in the world. (laughter)
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Most talkative person in the world. (laughter) in fact, all he wanted to do
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World. (laughter) in fact, all he wanted to do was talk.
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In fact, all he wanted to do was talk. and normally i enjoy visiting
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Was talk. and normally i enjoy visiting but this day i didn't feel like
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And normally i enjoy visiting but this day i didn't feel like it. i was tired.
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But this day i didn't feel like it. i was tired. so every opportunity i could i
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It. i was tired. so every opportunity i could i tried to end the conversation.
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So every opportunity i could i tried to end the conversation. i got my magazine out and acted
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Tried to end the conversation. i got my magazine out and acted like i was reading, hoping he
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I got my magazine out and acted like i was reading, hoping he would take the hint.
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Like i was reading, hoping he would take the hint. he kept talking.
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Would take the hint. he kept talking. i closed my eyes, laid my head
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He kept talking. i closed my eyes, laid my head back like i wanted to sleep.
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I closed my eyes, laid my head back like i wanted to sleep. he kept talking.
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Back like i wanted to sleep. he kept talking. started to watch the movie.
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He kept talking. started to watch the movie. he kept talking.
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Started to watch the movie. he kept talking. this was twenty years ago.
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He kept talking. this was twenty years ago. i think he's still probably
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This was twenty years ago. i think he's still probably talking. (laughter)
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I think he's still probably talking. (laughter) and i wasn't rude.
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Talking. (laughter) and i wasn't rude. i wasn't disrespectful but i
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And i wasn't rude. i wasn't disrespectful but i wasn't very friendly.
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I wasn't disrespectful but i wasn't very friendly. i didn't engage in the
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Wasn't very friendly. i didn't engage in the conversation.
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I didn't engage in the conversation. i just nodded my head every once
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Conversation. i just nodded my head every once in a while.
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I just nodded my head every once in a while. the plane had to stop in dallas.
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In a while. the plane had to stop in dallas. he said, "well, i sure enjoyed
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The plane had to stop in dallas. he said, "well, i sure enjoyed talking to you but i'm going to
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He said, "well, i sure enjoyed talking to you but i'm going to have to get off here."
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Talking to you but i'm going to have to get off here." i said, "oh, i'm so sorry to
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Have to get off here." i said, "oh, i'm so sorry to hear that." (laughter)
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I said, "oh, i'm so sorry to hear that." (laughter) i repented later.
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Hear that." (laughter) i repented later. but i thought i could finally
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I repented later. but i thought i could finally get some rest.
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But i thought i could finally get some rest. but right before they closed the
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Get some rest. but right before they closed the door to continue on to houston
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But right before they closed the door to continue on to houston one of the most famous
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Door to continue on to houston one of the most famous basketball players in the world
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One of the most famous basketball players in the world got on the plane.
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Basketball players in the world got on the plane. he's in the hall of fame, one of
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Got on the plane. he's in the hall of fame, one of my favorite players, and he came
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He's in the hall of fame, one of my favorite players, and he came over and sat right in that same
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My favorite players, and he came over and sat right in that same seat right next to me.
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Over and sat right in that same seat right next to me. it's funny. all of a sudden i
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Seat right next to me. it's funny. all of a sudden i wasn't sleepy anymore.
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It's funny. all of a sudden i wasn't sleepy anymore. (laughter)
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Wasn't sleepy anymore. (laughter) i was wide awake and ready
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(laughter) i was wide awake and ready to talk.
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I was wide awake and ready to talk. i smiled at him and said, "how's
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To talk. i smiled at him and said, "how's it going?"
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I smiled at him and said, "how's it going?" he didn't say a word.
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It going?" he didn't say a word. (laughter)
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He didn't say a word. (laughter) i thought he didn't hear me.
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(laughter) i thought he didn't hear me. i smiled bigger and said it
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I thought he didn't hear me. i smiled bigger and said it louder. "how's it going?"
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I smiled bigger and said it louder. "how's it going?" (laughter)
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Louder. "how's it going?" (laughter) he looked at me and said with
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(laughter) he looked at me and said with the biggest snarl, "not very
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He looked at me and said with the biggest snarl, "not very good."
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The biggest snarl, "not very good." he might as well have said,
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Good." he might as well have said, "kid, you bother me and i'm
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He might as well have said, "kid, you bother me and i'm going to punch your lights out."
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"kid, you bother me and i'm going to punch your lights out." that next hour he never said a
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Going to punch your lights out." that next hour he never said a word, never gave me the time of
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That next hour he never said a word, never gave me the time of day, didn't even look in my
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Word, never gave me the time of day, didn't even look in my direction.
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Day, didn't even look in my direction. when we got off the plane i
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Direction. when we got off the plane i thought, "fine. i never did
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When we got off the plane i thought, "fine. i never did like you anyway." (laughter)
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Thought, "fine. i never did like you anyway." (laughter) here's my point.
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Like you anyway." (laughter) here's my point. i was ready to talk because
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Here's my point. i was ready to talk because there was somebody i thought was
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I was ready to talk because there was somebody i thought was important, somebody that i was
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There was somebody i thought was important, somebody that i was interested in.
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Important, somebody that i was interested in. i had no problem giving him time
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Interested in. i had no problem giving him time and energy because of who he
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I had no problem giving him time and energy because of who he was.
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And energy because of who he was. he's in the hall of fame.
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Was. he's in the hall of fame. but the fact is he wasn't a
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He's in the hall of fame. but the fact is he wasn't a gatekeeper to my destiny.
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But the fact is he wasn't a gatekeeper to my destiny. he's just a sour hall of famer
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Gatekeeper to my destiny. he's just a sour hall of famer with no personality.
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He's just a sour hall of famer with no personality. (laughter)
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With no personality. (laughter) i wonder what would have
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(laughter) i wonder what would have happened if i would have given
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I wonder what would have happened if i would have given that elderly gentleman the
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Happened if i would have given that elderly gentleman the same time and energy and
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That elderly gentleman the same time and energy and enthusiasm.
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Same time and energy and enthusiasm. friends, the gatekeepers god
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Enthusiasm. friends, the gatekeepers god brings across our path may not
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Friends, the gatekeepers god brings across our path may not look like we would expect.
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Brings across our path may not look like we would expect. they may not be a hall of famer.
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Look like we would expect. they may not be a hall of famer. they may be disguised as an
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They may not be a hall of famer. they may be disguised as an elderly gentleman sitting by the
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They may be disguised as an elderly gentleman sitting by the plane wanting to talk.
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Elderly gentleman sitting by the plane wanting to talk. i don't know.
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Plane wanting to talk. i don't know. maybe god was going to have him
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I don't know. maybe god was going to have him open a door or to connect me
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Maybe god was going to have him open a door or to connect me with someone he knew or to give
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Open a door or to connect me with someone he knew or to give me invaluable advice or even
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With someone he knew or to give me invaluable advice or even bigger than all of that maybe
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Me invaluable advice or even bigger than all of that maybe god just wanted me to make him
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Bigger than all of that maybe god just wanted me to make him feel loved and valuable and
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God just wanted me to make him feel loved and valuable and respected and important.
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Feel loved and valuable and respected and important. maybe it wasn't about what he
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Respected and important. maybe it wasn't about what he could do for me but what i could
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Maybe it wasn't about what he could do for me but what i could do for him. (applause)
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Could do for me but what i could do for him. (applause) instead of being concerned
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Do for him. (applause) instead of being concerned about what i could get i should
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Instead of being concerned about what i could get i should have been more concerned
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About what i could get i should have been more concerned about what i could give,
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Have been more concerned about what i could give, how i could make a deposit
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About what i could give, how i could make a deposit into his life.
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How i could make a deposit into his life. the way you can tell how mature
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Into his life. the way you can tell how mature you are is how do you treat
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The way you can tell how mature you are is how do you treat people that you don't think can
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You are is how do you treat people that you don't think can do anything for you.
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People that you don't think can do anything for you. we can all be kind to the boss.
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Do anything for you. we can all be kind to the boss. he may give us a promotion.
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We can all be kind to the boss. he may give us a promotion. we can all be friendly to the
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He may give us a promotion. we can all be friendly to the cheerleader at school, to the
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We can all be friendly to the cheerleader at school, to the guy that plays on the football
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Cheerleader at school, to the guy that plays on the football team.
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Guy that plays on the football team. if they like us everybody will
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Team. if they like us everybody will be our friend. that's easy.
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If they like us everybody will be our friend. that's easy. but if we're going to pass the
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Be our friend. that's easy. but if we're going to pass the test and come across our true
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But if we're going to pass the test and come across our true gatekeepers we've got to learn
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Test and come across our true gatekeepers we've got to learn to be good to everyone.
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Gatekeepers we've got to learn to be good to everyone. jesus said, "when you do good to
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To be good to everyone. jesus said, "when you do good to the least of these you're doing
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Jesus said, "when you do good to the least of these you're doing it unto me."
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The least of these you're doing it unto me." when you go out of your way to
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It unto me." when you go out of your way to befriend that unpopular kid at
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When you go out of your way to befriend that unpopular kid at school, the ones nobody hangs
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Befriend that unpopular kid at school, the ones nobody hangs out with, jesus said, "it's like
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School, the ones nobody hangs out with, jesus said, "it's like you're doing it unto me."
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Out with, jesus said, "it's like you're doing it unto me." instead of rushing by the
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You're doing it unto me." instead of rushing by the parking lot attendant you see at
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Instead of rushing by the parking lot attendant you see at work each day, you take time to
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Parking lot attendant you see at work each day, you take time to see how they're doing.
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Work each day, you take time to see how they're doing. you bring them a cup of coffee
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See how they're doing. you bring them a cup of coffee in the morning.
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You bring them a cup of coffee in the morning. you're doing it to your heavenly
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In the morning. you're doing it to your heavenly father.
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You're doing it to your heavenly father. that person at the office that
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Father. that person at the office that others may see as second class.
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That person at the office that others may see as second class. they don't know much.
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Others may see as second class. they don't know much. they don't have any good ideas
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They don't know much. they don't have any good ideas yet you take time to listen to
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They don't have any good ideas yet you take time to listen to what they have to say.
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Yet you take time to listen to what they have to say. you invite them to meetings.
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What they have to say. you invite them to meetings. you help them get more
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You invite them to meetings. you help them get more experienced.
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You help them get more experienced. then as you help others it's
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Experienced. then as you help others it's just like a boomerang.
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Then as you help others it's just like a boomerang. that help is going to come right
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Just like a boomerang. that help is going to come right back to you.
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That help is going to come right back to you. i wonder how many good breaks
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Back to you. i wonder how many good breaks we miss out on because we're
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I wonder how many good breaks we miss out on because we're not treating every person like
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We miss out on because we're not treating every person like a gatekeeper.
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Not treating every person like a gatekeeper. so often we tend to categorize
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A gatekeeper. so often we tend to categorize people and we think, "okay,
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So often we tend to categorize people and we think, "okay, they're important.
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People and we think, "okay, they're important. they've got something i want.
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They're important. they've got something i want. i've got to be good to them."
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They've got something i want. i've got to be good to them." no, god's ways are not our ways.
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I've got to be good to them." no, god's ways are not our ways. when you realize god has
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No, god's ways are not our ways. when you realize god has ordained every person that comes
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When you realize god has ordained every person that comes across your path then you will
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Ordained every person that comes across your path then you will go out of your way to make them
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Across your path then you will go out of your way to make them feel respected, make them feel
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Go out of your way to make them feel respected, make them feel honored.
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Feel respected, make them feel honored. not only because it's the right
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Honored. not only because it's the right thing to do, because they are
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Not only because it's the right thing to do, because they are god's children, but knowing as
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Thing to do, because they are god's children, but knowing as well that they are divinely
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God's children, but knowing as well that they are divinely linked to your destiny.
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Well that they are divinely linked to your destiny. either that act of obedience in
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Linked to your destiny. either that act of obedience in treating them right is passing
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Either that act of obedience in treating them right is passing the test and will lead to
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Treating them right is passing the test and will lead to something greater or they may be
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The test and will lead to something greater or they may be a gatekeeper that will open the
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Something greater or they may be a gatekeeper that will open the door to favor and promotion.
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A gatekeeper that will open the door to favor and promotion. pay more attention to who god
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Door to favor and promotion. pay more attention to who god brings across your path.
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Pay more attention to who god brings across your path. sometimes all it takes is
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Brings across your path. sometimes all it takes is holding the door open for a
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Sometimes all it takes is holding the door open for a stranger to make their day.
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Holding the door open for a stranger to make their day. just giving a smile.
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Stranger to make their day. just giving a smile. just making the person at the
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Just giving a smile. just making the person at the grocery store feel welcome.
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Just making the person at the grocery store feel welcome. just reaching out to that person
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Grocery store feel welcome. just reaching out to that person at the office that nobody pays
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Just reaching out to that person at the office that nobody pays attention to.
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At the office that nobody pays attention to. it not only lets them know that
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Attention to. it not only lets them know that somebody cares, but you don't
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It not only lets them know that somebody cares, but you don't know, they may be a gatekeeper
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Somebody cares, but you don't know, they may be a gatekeeper in your own life.
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Know, they may be a gatekeeper in your own life. that's what happened to a friend
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In your own life. that's what happened to a friend of mine.
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That's what happened to a friend of mine. we played baseball together.
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Of mine. we played baseball together. after high school he joined this
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We played baseball together. after high school he joined this team that travelled all around.
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After high school he joined this team that travelled all around. most of the young men were
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Team that travelled all around. most of the young men were college level players, very
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Most of the young men were college level players, very talented.
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College level players, very talented. they had all grown up together,
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Talented. they had all grown up together, knew each other very well.
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They had all grown up together, knew each other very well. my friend was not only new but
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Knew each other very well. my friend was not only new but he wasn't quite as talented as
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My friend was not only new but he wasn't quite as talented as those other players.
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He wasn't quite as talented as those other players. during the season, coach would
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Those other players. during the season, coach would hardly ever put him in.
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During the season, coach would hardly ever put him in. he would go four or five games
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Hardly ever put him in. he would go four or five games and never play in even an
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He would go four or five games and never play in even an inning.
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And never play in even an inning. the other young men, they were
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Inning. the other young men, they were good people, but they sort of
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The other young men, they were good people, but they sort of treated him as second class.
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Good people, but they sort of treated him as second class. really didn't give him the time
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Treated him as second class. really didn't give him the time of day.
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Really didn't give him the time of day. but there was one young player.
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Of day. but there was one young player. he was the star pitcher.
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But there was one young player. he was the star pitcher. he went out of his way to
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He was the star pitcher. he went out of his way to include my friend, to make him
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He went out of his way to include my friend, to make him feel welcomed and appreciated.
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Include my friend, to make him feel welcomed and appreciated. one day my friend invited this
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Feel welcomed and appreciated. one day my friend invited this pitcher over to his house just
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One day my friend invited this pitcher over to his house just to hang out.
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Pitcher over to his house just to hang out. it just so happened that his
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To hang out. it just so happened that his sister was there.
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It just so happened that his sister was there. his sister is very beautiful,
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Sister was there. his sister is very beautiful, very talented.
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His sister is very beautiful, very talented. the pitcher and the sister met
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Very talented. the pitcher and the sister met and they ended up going out on
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The pitcher and the sister met and they ended up going out on a date.
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And they ended up going out on a date. long story short, today that
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A date. long story short, today that pitcher is not his friend.
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Long story short, today that pitcher is not his friend. it's his brother-in-law.
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Pitcher is not his friend. it's his brother-in-law. he ended up marrying his sister.
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It's his brother-in-law. he ended up marrying his sister. you never know who the
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He ended up marrying his sister. you never know who the gatekeepers are going to be.
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You never know who the gatekeepers are going to be. don't overlook the people god
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Gatekeepers are going to be. don't overlook the people god has put in your life.
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Don't overlook the people god has put in your life. that's what we see with joseph.
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Has put in your life. that's what we see with joseph. he was in prison for something
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That's what we see with joseph. he was in prison for something that he didn't do.
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He was in prison for something that he didn't do. there were two people in the
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That he didn't do. there were two people in the prison with him, pharaoh's
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There were two people in the prison with him, pharaoh's butler and pharaoh's baker.
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Prison with him, pharaoh's butler and pharaoh's baker. one night they both had a dream
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Butler and pharaoh's baker. one night they both had a dream and they didn't understand what
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One night they both had a dream and they didn't understand what it meant.
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And they didn't understand what it meant. the next morning joseph saw that
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It meant. the next morning joseph saw that they were worried and
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The next morning joseph saw that they were worried and frustrated.
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They were worried and frustrated. he asked them what was wrong.
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Frustrated. he asked them what was wrong. they said, "we had this dream
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He asked them what was wrong. they said, "we had this dream but we're troubled by it.
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They said, "we had this dream but we're troubled by it. we don't understand what it
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But we're troubled by it. we don't understand what it means."
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We don't understand what it means." joseph said, "no problem.
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Means." joseph said, "no problem. i can help. i can interpret
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Joseph said, "no problem. i can help. i can interpret dreams. tell me what they are."
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I can help. i can interpret dreams. tell me what they are." notice joseph went out of his
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Dreams. tell me what they are." notice joseph went out of his way to help them.
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Notice joseph went out of his way to help them. joseph could have had a chip on
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Way to help them. joseph could have had a chip on his shoulder.
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Joseph could have had a chip on his shoulder. he could have said, "don't
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His shoulder. he could have said, "don't bother me. i've got enough
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He could have said, "don't bother me. i've got enough problems of my own.
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Bother me. i've got enough problems of my own. do you know my story?
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Problems of my own. do you know my story? i was betrayed by my brothers.
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Do you know my story? i was betrayed by my brothers. i was sold into slavery."
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I was betrayed by my brothers. i was sold into slavery." no, joseph understood this
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I was sold into slavery." no, joseph understood this principle to treat every person
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No, joseph understood this principle to treat every person like a gatekeeper.
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Principle to treat every person like a gatekeeper. he interpreted that dream.
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Like a gatekeeper. he interpreted that dream. eventually the butler was
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He interpreted that dream. eventually the butler was released from prison.
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Eventually the butler was released from prison. two years later pharaoh had a
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Released from prison. two years later pharaoh had a dream that he didn't understand.
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Two years later pharaoh had a dream that he didn't understand. he was upset and worried.
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Dream that he didn't understand. he was upset and worried. the butler said to him, "i know
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He was upset and worried. the butler said to him, "i know somebody that can interpret
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The butler said to him, "i know somebody that can interpret dreams. his name is joseph.
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Somebody that can interpret dreams. his name is joseph. he is in prison."
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Dreams. his name is joseph. he is in prison." they brought joseph out of
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He is in prison." they brought joseph out of prison.
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They brought joseph out of prison. joseph interpreted pharaoh's
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Prison. joseph interpreted pharaoh's dream and pharaoh put him in
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Joseph interpreted pharaoh's dream and pharaoh put him in charge over all of egypt.
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Dream and pharaoh put him in charge over all of egypt. but had joseph not taken time
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Charge over all of egypt. but had joseph not taken time for the butler and been good to
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But had joseph not taken time for the butler and been good to him, he might not have ever
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For the butler and been good to him, he might not have ever gotten out of prison.
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Him, he might not have ever gotten out of prison. see, your destiny is not just
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Gotten out of prison. see, your destiny is not just between you and god.
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See, your destiny is not just between you and god. it is connected to certain
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Between you and god. it is connected to certain people that god has ordained
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It is connected to certain people that god has ordained to come across your path.
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People that god has ordained to come across your path. when you realize that every
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To come across your path. when you realize that every person could be a gatekeeper,
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When you realize that every person could be a gatekeeper, every person is divinely linked,
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Person could be a gatekeeper, every person is divinely linked, then it's easy to take time for
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Every person is divinely linked, then it's easy to take time for people and to treat everyone
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Then it's easy to take time for people and to treat everyone with respect and honor.
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People and to treat everyone with respect and honor. back in the early 1980's there
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With respect and honor. back in the early 1980's there was a young african-american
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Back in the early 1980's there was a young african-american police chief brought into our
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Was a young african-american police chief brought into our city.
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Police chief brought into our city. his name was lee brown.
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City. his name was lee brown. my parents reached out to him to
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His name was lee brown. my parents reached out to him to welcome him to town, let him
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My parents reached out to him to welcome him to town, let him know that the people of lakewood
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Welcome him to town, let him know that the people of lakewood loved him.
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Know that the people of lakewood loved him. we were praying for him, behind
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Loved him. we were praying for him, behind him. we believed in him.
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We were praying for him, behind him. we believed in him. he would come out to the church
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Him. we believed in him. he would come out to the church and we would pray over him.
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He would come out to the church and we would pray over him. over the years he would invite
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And we would pray over him. over the years he would invite my parents to go pray at
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Over the years he would invite my parents to go pray at different police and city
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My parents to go pray at different police and city functions.
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Different police and city functions. they developed this friendship.
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Functions. they developed this friendship. my parents weren't trying to get
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They developed this friendship. my parents weren't trying to get anything.
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My parents weren't trying to get anything. they didn't have any ulterior
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Anything. they didn't have any ulterior motives.
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They didn't have any ulterior motives. they were just being good to
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Motives. they were just being good to somebody that god brought across
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They were just being good to somebody that god brought across their path.
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Somebody that god brought across their path. later he went from chief brown
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Their path. later he went from chief brown to mayor brown.
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Later he went from chief brown to mayor brown. he served six years as our
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To mayor brown. he served six years as our city's mayor.
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He served six years as our city's mayor. in 2001, lakewood was out of
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City's mayor. in 2001, lakewood was out of room and we needed a larger
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In 2001, lakewood was out of room and we needed a larger facility.
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Room and we needed a larger facility. i was at lunch with a friend.
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Facility. i was at lunch with a friend. he told how the houston rockets
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I was at lunch with a friend. he told how the houston rockets basketball team was going to
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He told how the houston rockets basketball team was going to move out of the compaq center
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Basketball team was going to move out of the compaq center and this place was going to
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Move out of the compaq center and this place was going to become available.
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And this place was going to become available. at that time it was a city owned
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Become available. at that time it was a city owned facility.
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At that time it was a city owned facility. when i heard that something
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Facility. when i heard that something leaped on the inside.
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When i heard that something leaped on the inside. i got back from lunch and i
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Leaped on the inside. i got back from lunch and i immediately called the mayor.
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I got back from lunch and i immediately called the mayor. it happened to be mayer lee
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Immediately called the mayor. it happened to be mayer lee brown.
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It happened to be mayer lee brown. i asked him about the
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Brown. i asked him about the possibility of lakewood getting
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I asked him about the possibility of lakewood getting the compaq center.
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Possibility of lakewood getting the compaq center. i'll never forget what he said.
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The compaq center. i'll never forget what he said. without missing a beat he said,
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I'll never forget what he said. without missing a beat he said, "joel, i think lakewood having
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Without missing a beat he said, "joel, i think lakewood having the compaq center would be great
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"joel, i think lakewood having the compaq center would be great not only for lakewood but i
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The compaq center would be great not only for lakewood but i think it would be great for the
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Not only for lakewood but i think it would be great for the city of houston as well."
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Think it would be great for the city of houston as well." (applause)
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City of houston as well." (applause) when i heard that i could only
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(applause) when i heard that i could only think back to all those seeds
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When i heard that i could only think back to all those seeds of kindness and respect and
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Think back to all those seeds of kindness and respect and honor that my parents had sown
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Of kindness and respect and honor that my parents had sown down through the years toward
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Honor that my parents had sown down through the years toward mayor brown.
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Down through the years toward mayor brown. mayor brown was a gatekeeper
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Mayor brown. mayor brown was a gatekeeper that god had ordained to open up
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Mayor brown was a gatekeeper that god had ordained to open up a door to something that we
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That god had ordained to open up a door to something that we could never open without his
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A door to something that we could never open without his help.
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Could never open without his help. he returned the favor by being
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Help. he returned the favor by being so gracious and kind as we
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He returned the favor by being so gracious and kind as we worked together to make this
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So gracious and kind as we worked together to make this happen.
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Worked together to make this happen. when you're good to people you
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Happen. when you're good to people you are sowing seeds.
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When you're good to people you are sowing seeds. when you make people feel loved
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Are sowing seeds. when you make people feel loved and welcomed and appreciated
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When you make people feel loved and welcomed and appreciated you're going to come across your
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And welcomed and appreciated you're going to come across your gatekeepers.
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You're going to come across your gatekeepers. that person you're being good
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Gatekeepers. that person you're being good to, they may do you a favor or
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That person you're being good to, they may do you a favor or they may end up doing your
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To, they may do you a favor or they may end up doing your children a favor.
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They may end up doing your children a favor. they may open the door for one
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Children a favor. they may open the door for one of your grandchildren.
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They may open the door for one of your grandchildren. you never know who is going to
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Of your grandchildren. you never know who is going to benefit because of your seeds of
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You never know who is going to benefit because of your seeds of kindness.
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Benefit because of your seeds of kindness. my challenge today is to treat
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Kindness. my challenge today is to treat every person like a gatekeeper.
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My challenge today is to treat every person like a gatekeeper. when you take time to help
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Every person like a gatekeeper. when you take time to help others, really, you're helping
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When you take time to help others, really, you're helping yourself because every seed you
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Others, really, you're helping yourself because every seed you sow you're going to reap a
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Yourself because every seed you sow you're going to reap a harvest.
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Sow you're going to reap a harvest. every good deed you do, every
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Harvest. every good deed you do, every time you go out of your way to
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Every good deed you do, every time you go out of your way to make someone feel special, god
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Time you go out of your way to make someone feel special, god sees it.
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Make someone feel special, god sees it. he will make sure that the right
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Sees it. he will make sure that the right people come across your path.
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He will make sure that the right people come across your path. remember, the gatekeepers may
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People come across your path. remember, the gatekeepers may not look like you would expect.
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Remember, the gatekeepers may not look like you would expect. god used a maid with naaman, a
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Not look like you would expect. god used a maid with naaman, a hotel bellman with me, a man in
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God used a maid with naaman, a hotel bellman with me, a man in prison with joseph.
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Hotel bellman with me, a man in prison with joseph. treat everyone with respect.
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Prison with joseph. treat everyone with respect. not just the people that you
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Treat everyone with respect. not just the people that you think are important.
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Not just the people that you think are important. when you're faithful with the
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Think are important. when you're faithful with the small god will make you ruler
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When you're faithful with the small god will make you ruler over much.
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Small god will make you ruler over much. in the coming days people are
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Over much. in the coming days people are going to come across your path
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In the coming days people are going to come across your path that god has ordained.
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Going to come across your path that god has ordained. they are divinely linked to your
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That god has ordained. they are divinely linked to your destiny.
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They are divinely linked to your destiny. they hold the key to promotion
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Destiny. they hold the key to promotion and increase.
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They hold the key to promotion and increase. don't overlook them.
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And increase. don't overlook them. go out this week and be good to
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Don't overlook them. go out this week and be good to the people that are in your
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Go out this week and be good to the people that are in your life.
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The people that are in your life. if you will learn to treat
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Life. if you will learn to treat everyone like a gatekeeper to
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If you will learn to treat everyone like a gatekeeper to your destiny god will open up
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Everyone like a gatekeeper to your destiny god will open up the right doors.
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Your destiny god will open up the right doors. you will come into favor,
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The right doors. you will come into favor, promotion and increase.
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You will come into favor, promotion and increase. i believe and declare you will
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Promotion and increase. i believe and declare you will become everything god has
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I believe and declare you will become everything god has created you to be. amen?
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Become everything god has created you to be. amen? do you receive it today?
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Created you to be. amen? do you receive it today? (applause)
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Do you receive it today? (applause) we never like to close our
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(applause) we never like to close our broadcast without giving you an
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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I make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again.
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Simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based church.
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Get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place.
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Church. keep god first place. he is going to take you places
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Keep god first place. he is going to take you places that you've never dreamed of.
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It's easy to get stuck
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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In life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you back
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What's holding you back and step into new levels
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And step into new levels of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. my heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you think.
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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You are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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This month, we'll send you victoria osteen's
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Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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Brand new book, graced to go:
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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This inspiring resource will help
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Will help you break through
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You break through fear, insecurity,
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Fear, insecurity, or regret
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Or regret and activate the faith
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And activate the faith to move forward.
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To move forward. each chapter will
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Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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Stir your spirit, renew your perspective,
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, we'll send you the
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We'll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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By victoria osteen, and pray bold
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And pray bold by joel osteen.
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By joel osteen. these two powerful books
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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It enables you to take the next step
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To take the next step so you can become
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So you can become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. special thank you to our
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online every sunday morning,
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Online every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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Social media, of course
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Of course listen on sirius xm 24/7.
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Listen on sirius xm 24/7. we'll help you stay encouraged
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We'll help you stay encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. these two powerful books
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. be sure to request your copy
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Be sure to request your copy of these powerful resources
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Of these powerful resources today.
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Today. for an additional donation
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For an additional donation this month,tional donation
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This month,tional donation we are also offering
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The nlt large print thin line reference bible.
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Thin line reference bible. this bible also enables you
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This bible also enables you to connect
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To connect through your smartphone
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Through your smartphone or tablet
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Or tablet to a vast, power-packed
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To a vast, power-packed array of study notes,
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Array of study notes, devotionals, interactive maps,
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Devotionals, interactive maps, videos, worship music.
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Videos, worship music. you can request
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You can request these inspiring resources
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These inspiring resources by calling 888-567-joel
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Or logging on to joelosteen.com today.
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Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. if you're a pastor,
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If you're a pastor, we'd like to invite you to
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We'd like to invite you to our pastors gathering.
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Our pastors gathering. we'd be honored
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We'd be honored to spend the day with you
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To spend the day with you here at lakewood.
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Here at lakewood. we'll share some of the things
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We'll share some of the things we've learned, insights,
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We've learned, insights, and behind the scenes.
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And behind the scenes. it'll be a time of inspiration
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It'll be a time of inspiration and encouragement.
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And encouragement. we'd love to meet you.
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Joel Osteen - Treat Every Person Like A Gatekeeper

August 9, 2025 | 30:0

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