Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - From Trouble To Double

November 2, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - From Trouble To Double | November 2, 2025

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this elderly pastor.
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About this elderly pastor. he was close to death. he sent
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He was close to death. he sent word for two of his members,
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Word for two of his members, an irs agent and a lawyer,
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An irs agent and a lawyer, to come to his house. upon
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To come to his house. upon arrival, he motioned for them
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Arrival, he motioned for them to sit on each side of the
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To sit on each side of the bed. the men were very moved
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Bed. the men were very moved that they could be with the
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That they could be with the minister in his final
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Minister in his final moments. at one point, the
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Moments. at one point, the lawyer asked, "sir, why did
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Lawyer asked, "sir, why did you choose both of us?" the
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You choose both of us?" the minister mustered up some
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Minister mustered up some strength and said, "jesus
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Strength and said, "jesus died between two sinners, and
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Died between two sinners, and that's the way i want to go.”
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That's the way i want to go.” all right, y'all, say it like
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All right, y'all, say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about from trouble to double.
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About from trouble to double. we all face difficulties,
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We all face difficulties, things that are not fair.
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Things that are not fair. someone walks out of a
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Someone walks out of a relationship, a setback in
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Relationship, a setback in our finances, we come down
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Our finances, we come down with an illness. a man told
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With an illness. a man told me how a coworker was
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Me how a coworker was dishonest. he manipulated
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Dishonest. he manipulated things, made this man look
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Things, made this man look bad. the coworker got the
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Bad. the coworker got the promotion that he deserved.
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Promotion that he deserved. he was so upset, thinking
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He was so upset, thinking that he had missed his
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That he had missed his chance, but god sees
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Chance, but god sees everything you go through. he
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Everything you go through. he sees who did you wrong, the
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Sees who did you wrong, the bad breaks, the times you
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Bad breaks, the times you were taken advantage of. god
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Were taken advantage of. god doesn't stop all the
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Doesn't stop all the difficulties. he won't keep
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Difficulties. he won't keep you from all the trouble. but
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You from all the trouble. but he said in zechariah 9, “if
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He said in zechariah 9, “if you will be a prisoner of
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You will be a prisoner of hope, i will restore double
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Hope, i will restore double back to you.” when trouble
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Back to you.” when trouble comes, instead of being
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Comes, instead of being upset, have a new
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Upset, have a new perspective, that just
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Perspective, that just qualified you for double.
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Qualified you for double. that bad break looks like a
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That bad break looks like a setback, but really, it's
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Setback, but really, it's setting you up to come out
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Setting you up to come out with twice what you had
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With twice what you had before. twice the joy, twice
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Before. twice the joy, twice the resources, twice the
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The resources, twice the influence. god never brings
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Influence. god never brings you out the same. he makes
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You out the same. he makes the enemy pay for bringing
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The enemy pay for bringing the difficulty.
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The difficulty. when you understand this
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When you understand this principle, you won't live
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Principle, you won't live bitter when people do you
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Bitter when people do you wrong, give up on your dreams
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Wrong, give up on your dreams because something unfair
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Because something unfair happens, you know it's
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Happens, you know it's setting you up for something
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Setting you up for something greater. that coworker that
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Greater. that coworker that left you out, they thought
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Left you out, they thought they were hurting you, they
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They were hurting you, they don't realize, they did you a
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Don't realize, they did you a favor. they just qualified
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Favor. they just qualified you for double. without that
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You for double. without that setback, you wouldn't see the
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Setback, you wouldn't see the blessing and favor that
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Blessing and favor that you're going to see. that
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You're going to see. that door that closed, the client
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Door that closed, the client you lost, the friend that
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You lost, the friend that betrayed you, yes it's
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Betrayed you, yes it's painful, none of us like it,
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Painful, none of us like it, but instead of living
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But instead of living discouraged, try a new
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Discouraged, try a new approach, “lord, i thank you
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Approach, “lord, i thank you that double is coming. thank
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That double is coming. thank you that i'll come out better
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You that i'll come out better than i was before, stronger,
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Than i was before, stronger, healthier, promoted,
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Healthier, promoted, increased.”
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Increased.” god said he'll restore double
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God said he'll restore double back to you, but there is a
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Back to you, but there is a condition. if you'll be a
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Condition. if you'll be a prisoner of hope. that's an
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Prisoner of hope. that's an interesting analogy. a
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Interesting analogy. a prisoner means you're
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Prisoner means you're captive. you can't get away
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Captive. you can't get away from it. “i should be
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From it. “i should be discouraged over what i'm
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Discouraged over what i'm going through, but i still
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Going through, but i still believe god is on the throne
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Believe god is on the throne and he's turning things to my
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And he's turning things to my advantage. this sickness
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Advantage. this sickness doesn't look good, the
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Doesn't look good, the experts say i'm not going to
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Experts say i'm not going to get well, but i still believe
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Get well, but i still believe jehovah rapha, the lord my
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Jehovah rapha, the lord my healer, is restoring health
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Healer, is restoring health back unto me. my child is off
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Back unto me. my child is off course. there's no sign of
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Course. there's no sign of him improving, but i know as
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Him improving, but i know as for me and my house we will
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For me and my house we will serve the lord. my children
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Serve the lord. my children are mighty in the land.”
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Are mighty in the land.” that's what it means to be a
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That's what it means to be a prisoner of hope. you're
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Prisoner of hope. you're locked in. you can't be
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Locked in. you can't be talked out of it. you're
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Talked out of it. you're praising, when you could be
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Praising, when you could be complaining. you're thanking
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Complaining. you're thanking god when you don't see any
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God when you don't see any sign of it. you're talking
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Sign of it. you're talking like it's going to happen
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Like it's going to happen when nothing is improving.
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When nothing is improving. in life, you're going to be a
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In life, you're going to be a prisoner of something,
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Prisoner of something, prisoner of doubt, prisoner
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Prisoner of doubt, prisoner of shame, prisoner of
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Of shame, prisoner of discouragement. get out of
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Discouragement. get out of those prisons. god is looking
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Those prisons. god is looking for prisoners of hope. people
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For prisoners of hope. people that don't fall apart when
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That don't fall apart when trouble comes. people that
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Trouble comes. people that keep believing, keep
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Keep believing, keep praising, keep expecting,
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Praising, keep expecting, knowing that the trouble is
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Knowing that the trouble is setting them up for double.
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Setting them up for double. “joel, i don't think this is
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“joel, i don't think this is ever going to happen for me.
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Ever going to happen for me. you don't know what i've been
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You don't know what i've been through.” the enemy would
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Through.” the enemy would love for us to be a prisoner
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Love for us to be a prisoner of doubt, thinking that we're
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Of doubt, thinking that we're stuck. a prisoner of shame,
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Stuck. a prisoner of shame, “i've made too many mistakes,
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“i've made too many mistakes, that's why i'm not expecting
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That's why i'm not expecting anything good.” a prisoner of
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Anything good.” a prisoner of bitterness. “they hurt me.
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Bitterness. “they hurt me. they walked out on me.” the
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They walked out on me.” the problem is you're in the
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Problem is you're in the wrong prison. god wants to
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Wrong prison. god wants to pay you back. he wants to
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Pay you back. he wants to give you beauty for those
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Give you beauty for those ashes and make the rest of
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Ashes and make the rest of your life so rewarding that
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Your life so rewarding that you don't think about who did
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You don't think about who did you wrong. you don't focus on
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You wrong. you don't focus on the pains of the past. but
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The pains of the past. but you have to break out of that
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You have to break out of that prison of defeat, bitterness,
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Prison of defeat, bitterness, self-pity, and become a
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Self-pity, and become a prisoner of hope. “god, i
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Prisoner of hope. “god, i know you didn't bring me this
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Know you didn't bring me this far to leave me. i believe my
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Far to leave me. i believe my latter days will be better
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Latter days will be better than my former days. that
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Than my former days. that this trouble is setting me up
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This trouble is setting me up for new levels of my destiny.”
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For new levels of my destiny.” maybe you had a rough
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Maybe you had a rough childhood, your parents
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Childhood, your parents weren't around, there was a
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Weren't around, there was a lot of dysfunction. you could
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Lot of dysfunction. you could live bitter, thinking you're
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Live bitter, thinking you're at a disadvantage. “why
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At a disadvantage. “why wasn't i raised better?”
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Wasn't i raised better?” that's going to limit your
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That's going to limit your life. have a new perspective.
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Life. have a new perspective. that dysfunction qualified
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That dysfunction qualified you for double. don't sit
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You for double. don't sit around negative, god has
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Around negative, god has something big in your future.
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Something big in your future. he's going to make up for
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He's going to make up for what you didn't get. not to
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What you didn't get. not to just where you should have
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Just where you should have been if everything was normal
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Been if everything was normal and healthy. but because of
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And healthy. but because of that disadvantage, he's going
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That disadvantage, he's going to do twice as much. it was
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To do twice as much. it was meant to set you back, but
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Meant to set you back, but god is going to use it to set
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God is going to use it to set you up, to propel you, to
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You up, to propel you, to favor you, to take you where
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Favor you, to take you where you've never imagined. god
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You've never imagined. god wants to make you a trophy of
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Wants to make you a trophy of his grace. not just bring you
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His grace. not just bring you out but cause you to bloom,
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Out but cause you to bloom, to blossom, to see favor,
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To blossom, to see favor, great opportunities, great
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Great opportunities, great relationships. now do your
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Relationships. now do your part and give him something
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Part and give him something to work with. don't have a
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To work with. don't have a disadvantaged mentality, have
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Disadvantaged mentality, have a double mentality. that's
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A double mentality. that's what allows god to show out
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What allows god to show out in your life.
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In your life. the israelites had been in
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The israelites had been in captivity in babylon for many
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Captivity in babylon for many years, not allowed to return
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Years, not allowed to return home. they had all these
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Home. they had all these disappointments and
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Disappointments and hardships. their ancestors
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Hardships. their ancestors had been in slavery, so
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Had been in slavery, so mistreated. now that same
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Mistreated. now that same spirit of defeat and
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Spirit of defeat and disadvantage was on them. the
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Disadvantage was on them. the prophet zechariah showed up
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Prophet zechariah showed up while they were prisoners of
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While they were prisoners of war, he said to them, “if
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War, he said to them, “if you'll be a prisoner of hope,
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You'll be a prisoner of hope, god will restore double back
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God will restore double back to you.” imagine the battle
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To you.” imagine the battle taking place in their mind.
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Taking place in their mind. “he's saying be a prisoner of
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“he's saying be a prisoner of hope but look what we've been
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Hope but look what we've been through. look what we're up
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Through. look what we're up against. there's no way we
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Against. there's no way we could live a blessed life, be
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Could live a blessed life, be free, and have abundance.”
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Free, and have abundance.” they had to make a decision,
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They had to make a decision, “am i going to be a prisoner
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“am i going to be a prisoner of defeat, focus on all the
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Of defeat, focus on all the past hurts, disappointments,
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Past hurts, disappointments, how it's never going to work
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How it's never going to work out? or am i going to believe
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Out? or am i going to believe what this prophet is saying
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What this prophet is saying that god has double for this
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That god has double for this trouble, that he's about to
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Trouble, that he's about to pay us back for all the
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Pay us back for all the unfair things that have
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Unfair things that have happened.” they changed their
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Happened.” they changed their mindset from a prisoner of
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Mindset from a prisoner of defeat to a prisoner of hope.
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Defeat to a prisoner of hope. and they saw god take them
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And they saw god take them where they never dreamed.
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Where they never dreamed. like the israelites, you may
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Like the israelites, you may have had more than your share
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Have had more than your share of trouble, disappointments,
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Of trouble, disappointments, people that did you wrong.
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People that did you wrong. god is saying to you what he
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God is saying to you what he said to them, “i'm about to
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Said to them, “i'm about to restore double. i'm about to
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Restore double. i'm about to pay you back with twice what
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Pay you back with twice what should have been yours.” but
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Should have been yours.” but there is a requirement. you
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There is a requirement. you have to get rid of that
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Have to get rid of that survival mentality and have a
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Survival mentality and have a double mentality. instead of
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Double mentality. instead of a prisoner of doubt, switch
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A prisoner of doubt, switch over to a prisoner of hope.
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Over to a prisoner of hope. believe that god is working,
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Believe that god is working, that what's meant for harm
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That what's meant for harm he's turning to your
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He's turning to your advantage, that the trouble
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Advantage, that the trouble set you up to come out with
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Set you up to come out with twice what you had before. if
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Twice what you had before. if you're struggling with
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You're struggling with anxiety, depression, thoughts
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Anxiety, depression, thoughts will tell you that it's
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Will tell you that it's permanent, it's never going
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Permanent, it's never going to change. don't believe
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To change. don't believe those lies. that attack is
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Those lies. that attack is setting you up for double.
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Setting you up for double. the enemy meant it to stop
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The enemy meant it to stop your purpose, to push down
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Your purpose, to push down your gifts, keep your
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Your gifts, keep your personality from shining. the
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Personality from shining. the good news is, it's going to
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Good news is, it's going to backfire. god is going to use
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Backfire. god is going to use it to take you further than
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It to take you further than if it had not happened. or
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If it had not happened. or the door that closed in your
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The door that closed in your business, that contract that
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Business, that contract that didn't go through, it's not
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Didn't go through, it's not setting you back. it's
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Setting you back. it's setting you up. god didn't
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Setting you up. god didn't allow it because he has
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Allow it because he has something much bigger, much
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Something much bigger, much better. double is coming.
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Better. double is coming. double the resources, double
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Double the resources, double the influence, double the
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The influence, double the favor.
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Favor. when we were trying to buy
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When we were trying to buy property to build a new
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Property to build a new sanctuary, we found this
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Sanctuary, we found this one-hundred-acre tract of
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One-hundred-acre tract of land, right off the freeway.
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Land, right off the freeway. it seemed perfect. it was
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It seemed perfect. it was about two miles from our
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About two miles from our former location. i met with
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Former location. i met with the owner. he told me the
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The owner. he told me the property had been for sale
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Property had been for sale for twenty years and he'd
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For twenty years and he'd never had one offer on it. i
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Never had one offer on it. i knew that god had saved it
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Knew that god had saved it for us. he said, “joel, you
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For us. he said, “joel, you don't need to sign a contract
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Don't need to sign a contract right now. you can do your
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Right now. you can do your preliminary drawings while we
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Preliminary drawings while we get the paperwork drawn up.”
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Get the paperwork drawn up.” two months later, we went to
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Two months later, we went to his office to sign the
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His office to sign the contract. we had an 8 am
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Contract. we had an 8 am meeting. we showed up at
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Meeting. we showed up at 7:45, his secretary walked
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7:45, his secretary walked out and said, “i'm sorry, the
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Out and said, “i'm sorry, the owner sold the property last
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Owner sold the property last night.” i couldn't believe
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Night.” i couldn't believe it. he gave me his word. then
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It. he gave me his word. then he sold it right out from
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Under us. i was sout from
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Under us. i was sout from disappointed. there were no
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Disappointed. there were no more large tracts of land
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More large tracts of land available. we had looked
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Available. we had looked everywhere. it seemed like we
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Everywhere. it seemed like we were stuck. i went home and
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Were stuck. i went home and told victoria how bad it was
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Told victoria how bad it was and how that man had done us
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And how that man had done us wrong and how there was no
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Wrong and how there was no way we could grow. she said,
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Way we could grow. she said, “listen here, joel, god is
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“listen here, joel, god is still in control. he knows
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Still in control. he knows what he's doing. we're not
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What he's doing. we're not going to get discouraged.
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Going to get discouraged. we're going to trust that he
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We're going to trust that he has something better coming.”
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Has something better coming.” she started preaching one of
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She started preaching one of my messages. i didn't want to
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Hear that. i wanted to be
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Hear that. i wanted to be depressed. i wanted to get in
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Depressed. i wanted to get in that prison of self-pity,
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That prison of self-pity, “god, where are you? this
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“god, where are you? this wasn't fair/\.” victoria was
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Wasn't fair/\.” victoria was saying, “no, we're going to
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Saying, “no, we're going to be prisoners of hope.”
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Be prisoners of hope.” six months later, a friend
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Six months later, a friend called and said the rockets
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Called and said the rockets were moving out of the compaq
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Were moving out of the compaq center and we should try to
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Center and we should try to buy it. when i heard that
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Buy it. when i heard that something came alive on the
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Something came alive on the inside. this was more than i
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Inside. this was more than i could imagine. by the grace
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Could imagine. by the grace of god, things fell into
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Of god, things fell into place. in 2003, the houston
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Place. in 2003, the houston city council voted for us to
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City council voted for us to have the building. what's
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Have the building. what's significant is our old
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Significant is our old sanctuary held eight thousand
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Sanctuary held eight thousand people. this place holds
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People. this place holds sixteen thousand, exactly
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Sixteen thousand, exactly double. that man thought he
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Double. that man thought he was setting us back, the
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Was setting us back, the truth is, he was setting us
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Truth is, he was setting us up for double. he didn't even
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Up for double. he didn't even do it of his own accord. he
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Do it of his own accord. he was a pawn in the hand of
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Was a pawn in the hand of god. god on purpose closed
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God. god on purpose closed that door. i wonder if there
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That door. i wonder if there are things, you're
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Are things, you're disappointed about now, doors
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Disappointed about now, doors that have closed, injustice,
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That have closed, injustice, you're wondering why it
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You're wondering why it happened. if you only knew
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Happened. if you only knew what god had in store, you
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What god had in store, you wouldn't be disappointed.
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Wouldn't be disappointed. yes, on the surface it can be
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Yes, on the surface it can be discouraging, painful, hard
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Discouraging, painful, hard to deal with, but you have to
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To deal with, but you have to remind yourself, that trouble
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Remind yourself, that trouble is qualifying you for double.
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Is qualifying you for double. it's setting you up for a
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It's setting you up for a level of your destiny that
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Level of your destiny that you could have never seen if
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You could have never seen if it had not happened.
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It had not happened. god said in isaiah, “because
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God said in isaiah, “because you got a double dose of
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You got a double dose of trouble, your inheritance in
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Trouble, your inheritance in the land will be double and
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The land will be double and your joy will go on forever.”
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Your joy will go on forever.” sometimes it seems like you
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Sometimes it seems like you got a double dose of trouble,
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Got a double dose of trouble, it's one thing after another.
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It's one thing after another. that's not how your story
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That's not how your story ends. get ready, a double
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Ends. get ready, a double dose of blessing is coming. a
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Dose of blessing is coming. a double dose of favor. a
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Double dose of favor. a double dose of health and
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Double dose of health and vitality. a double dose of
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Vitality. a double dose of opportunity and influence.
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Opportunity and influence. get this down in your spirit,
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Get this down in your spirit, double for that trouble.
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Double for that trouble. “well joel you're just trying
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“well joel you're just trying to get people's hopes up.”
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To get people's hopes up.” yes, i'm trying to convince
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Yes, i'm trying to convince you to become a prisoner of
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You to become a prisoner of hope, to where you can't be
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Hope, to where you can't be talked out of it, because
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Talked out of it, because when you do, god says double
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When you do, god says double is coming.
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Is coming. one translation of the verse
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One translation of the verse in zechariah says, “i will
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In zechariah says, “i will repay two blessings for each
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Repay two blessings for each of your troubles.” when
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Of your troubles.” when you're at the department
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You're at the department store, sometimes there's a
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Store, sometimes there's a two for one sale. you buy one
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Two for one sale. you buy one and get two. god says here,
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And get two. god says here, when you have one
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When you have one disappointment, i'm going to
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Disappointment, i'm going to pay you back with two
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Pay you back with two blessings. when you face one
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Blessings. when you face one setback, i'm going to give
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Setback, i'm going to give you two promotions. when one
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You two promotions. when one friend walks away, i'm going
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Friend walks away, i'm going to bring you two new friends,
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To bring you two new friends, better friends. when you face
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Better friends. when you face a sickness, i'm not only
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A sickness, i'm not only going to restore your health,
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Going to restore your health, but i'm going to give you
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But i'm going to give you greater peace. a double
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Greater peace. a double blessing. the fact that god
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Blessing. the fact that god allowed the trouble is a sign
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Allowed the trouble is a sign that he wants to increase
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That he wants to increase you. that he has something
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You. that he has something greater in store. if you'll
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Greater in store. if you'll pass the test, on the other
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Pass the test, on the other side of that difficulty is
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Side of that difficulty is double honor, double favor,
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Double honor, double favor, double resources. no, we
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Double resources. no, we don't like the trouble. none
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Don't like the trouble. none of us like the
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Of us like the disappointments, the
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Disappointments, the injustice, but without it, we
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Injustice, but without it, we wouldn't see the fullness of
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Wouldn't see the fullness of our destiny. don't let the
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Our destiny. don't let the difficulty cause you to give
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Difficulty cause you to give up, get sour. have a new
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Up, get sour. have a new perspective. the trouble
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Perspective. the trouble means double is in your
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Means double is in your future.
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This is what happened with
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This is what happened with job. everything was going
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Job. everything was going great. life was good, then
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Great. life was good, then the bottom fell out. he lost
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The bottom fell out. he lost his health, his business, his
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His health, his business, his family. he had boils all over
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Family. he had boils all over his body. it was very
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His body. it was very painful. job was a good man.
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Painful. job was a good man. the scripture says, he
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The scripture says, he honored god and lived with
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Honored god and lived with integrity. having faith
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Doesn't exempt us from
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Doesn't exempt us from difficulties. just because
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Difficulties. just because you're having trouble doesn't
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You're having trouble doesn't mean you've done something
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Mean you've done something wrong. the storms of life
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Wrong. the storms of life come to us all. the good news
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Come to us all. the good news is nothing can happen to you
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Is nothing can happen to you without god's permission.
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Without god's permission. he's in control in the good
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He's in control in the good times and in the tough times.
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Times and in the tough times. he doesn't stop every
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He doesn't stop every difficulty. he doesn't
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Difficulty. he doesn't prevent every attack, but he
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Prevent every attack, but he wouldn't have allowed it, if
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Wouldn't have allowed it, if it was going to keep you from
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It was going to keep you from your purpose. with job, it
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Your purpose. with job, it seemed like everything was
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Seemed like everything was out of control. but the fact
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Out of control. but the fact is, satan had to ask god if
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Is, satan had to ask god if he could test job. god set a
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He could test job. god set a limit as to what he could do.
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Limit as to what he could do. what i'm saying is god is not
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What i'm saying is god is not just in control of your life,
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Just in control of your life, he's in control of your
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He's in control of your enemies. he has a hedge of
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Enemies. he has a hedge of protection around you that
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Protection around you that the enemy cannot cross
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The enemy cannot cross without permission. if he's
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Without permission. if he's allowing a difficulty, you
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Allowing a difficulty, you have to remind yourself, it's
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Have to remind yourself, it's not there to defeat you, it's
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Not there to defeat you, it's there to promote you. on the
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There to promote you. on the other side of that trouble,
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Other side of that trouble, is the double portion,
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Is the double portion, greater joy, greater courage,
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Greater joy, greater courage, greater influence.
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Greater influence. the challenge is we want the
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The challenge is we want the double without the trouble.
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Double without the trouble. ha, ha, at least i do. but
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Ha, ha, at least i do. but most of the time, they're
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Most of the time, they're connected. you have to go
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Connected. you have to go through it, to get to it. the
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Through it, to get to it. the longer i live the more i've
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Longer i live the more i've learned to trust god in the
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Learned to trust god in the trouble, not fight what
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Trouble, not fight what doesn't go my way, stay in
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Doesn't go my way, stay in peace when things happen that
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Peace when things happen that i don't understand. i
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I don't understand. i recognize, god is up to
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Recognize, god is up to something. he doesn't allow
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Something. he doesn't allow anything that's not
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Anything that's not ultimately going to work for
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Ultimately going to work for your good. one way to stay in
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Your good. one way to stay in faith in the trouble, is to
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Faith in the trouble, is to keep reminding yourself that
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Keep reminding yourself that setback is really a setup,
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Setback is really a setup, double is coming.
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Double is coming. things got so bad for job,
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Things got so bad for job, his wife told him to just
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His wife told him to just curse god and die. his
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Curse god and die. his friends said it was his own
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Friends said it was his own fault. that he was getting
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Fault. that he was getting what he deserved. in
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What he deserved. in difficulties, you have to be
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Difficulties, you have to be careful who you listen to.
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Careful who you listen to. don't give just anyone your
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Don't give just anyone your ear. some people don't have
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Ear. some people don't have your best interest at heart.
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Your best interest at heart. they'll judge you and condemn
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They'll judge you and condemn you, try to straighten you
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You, try to straighten you out, tell you everything
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Out, tell you everything you've done wrong. they can't
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You've done wrong. they can't even run their own life, but
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Even run their own life, but they're telling you how to
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They're telling you how to run your life. you need to be
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Run your life. you need to be around people that speak
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Around people that speak faith into you. people that
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Faith into you. people that tell you that you're coming
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Tell you that you're coming out, that healing is on the
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Out, that healing is on the way, that god has beauty for
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Way, that god has beauty for those ashes. and that even if
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Those ashes. and that even if it is your fault, even if you
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It is your fault, even if you made the mess, god's mercy is
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Made the mess, god's mercy is bigger than your mistakes. he
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Bigger than your mistakes. he never gives up on you. he's
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Never gives up on you. he's the god of another chance.
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The god of another chance. his arms are still open wide.
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His arms are still open wide. he can still get you to your
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He can still get you to your destiny, but you have to tune
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Destiny, but you have to tune out all the accusing,
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Out all the accusing, condemning voices and get
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Condemning voices and get back in the game. the enemy
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Back in the game. the enemy would love for you to be a
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Would love for you to be a prisoner of guilt, prisoner
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Prisoner of guilt, prisoner of shame, prisoner of
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Of shame, prisoner of regrets. “i'm washed up.”
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Regrets. “i'm washed up.” come out of that prison.
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Come out of that prison. you're locked up with the
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You're locked up with the wrong thoughts. try a new
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Wrong thoughts. try a new approach, a prisoner of hope.
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Approach, a prisoner of hope. you're redeemed. you're
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You're redeemed. you're forgiven. you're restored.
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Forgiven. you're restored. your future is bright. the
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Your future is bright. the enemy wouldn't be trying to
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Enemy wouldn't be trying to keep you in that negative
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Keep you in that negative prison, if he didn't know
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Prison, if he didn't know double was coming.
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Yes, you may have made a mess
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Yes, you may have made a mess of things in your life, god
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Of things in your life, god knows how to not only clean
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Knows how to not only clean up the mess but to bring you
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Up the mess but to bring you out where nobody knows what
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Out where nobody knows what you've been through. your
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You've been through. your mistakes are not going to be
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Mistakes are not going to be your identity. those negative
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Your identity. those negative labels people have tried to
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Labels people have tried to stick on you are coming off
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Stick on you are coming off today. your own thoughts that
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Today. your own thoughts that have tried to convince you
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Have tried to convince you that you've missed your
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That you've missed your chance, just sit on the
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Chance, just sit on the sidelines. those strongholds
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Are coming down. this is your
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Are coming down. this is your time to break free from that
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Time to break free from that negative mentality and become
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Negative mentality and become a prisoner of hope. god said
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A prisoner of hope. god said there's one thing i want to
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There's one thing i want to hold you captive, not fear,
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Hold you captive, not fear, not guilt, not doubt, not
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Not guilt, not doubt, not discouragement. no get locked
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Discouragement. no get locked up with hope. believe the
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Up with hope. believe the trouble will give way to
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Trouble will give way to double. believe that your
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Double. believe that your past is forgiven. believe
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Past is forgiven. believe that your future is bright.
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That your future is bright. believe that are beauty for
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Believe that are beauty for those ashes. believe that
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Those ashes. believe that god's favor surrounds you
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God's favor surrounds you like a shield.
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Like a shield. after job listened to his
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After job listened to his wife and looked around and
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Wife and looked around and saw all the troubles, he sat
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Saw all the troubles, he sat down among the ashes. he
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Down among the ashes. he didn't think he'd ever be
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Didn't think he'd ever be happy again. he said in
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Happy again. he said in chapter 7, “i will never
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Chapter 7, “i will never experience pleasure anymore.”
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Experience pleasure anymore.” in difficult times, the enemy
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In difficult times, the enemy loves to whisper the never
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Loves to whisper the never lies. “you'll never be happy
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Lies. “you'll never be happy either. you'll never get
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Either. you'll never get well, never meet someone,
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Well, never meet someone, never get out of this
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Never get out of this problem.” don't believe those
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Problem.” don't believe those lies. he wouldn't be telling
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Lies. he wouldn't be telling you that, if he didn't know
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You that, if he didn't know there was something great in
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There was something great in front of you. a few verses
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Front of you. a few verses later, job said, “i hate my
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Later, job said, “i hate my life.” he was so discouraged;
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Life.” he was so discouraged; he didn't want to live. he
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He didn't want to live. he thought he was done. what's
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Thought he was done. what's interesting is even though he
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Interesting is even though he had given up, god had not
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Had given up, god had not given up on him. god knows
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Given up on him. god knows that we're human; that
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That we're human; that sometimes our emotions get
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Sometimes our emotions get the best of us, we feel
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The best of us, we feel things. we get discouraged,
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Things. we get discouraged, and we let doubt in; we think
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And we let doubt in; we think that we're stuck. but some of
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That we're stuck. but some of the greatest people in the
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The greatest people in the bible doubted.
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Bible doubted. thomas was close to jesus,
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Thomas was close to jesus, one of the disciples. he
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One of the disciples. he traveled with jesus and ate
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Traveled with jesus and ate dinner and did life together.
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Dinner and did life together. yet when jesus rose from the
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Yet when jesus rose from the dead, thomas said, “i'm not
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Dead, thomas said, “i'm not going to believe, unless i
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Going to believe, unless i see him with my own eyes.”
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See him with my own eyes.” jesus didn't hold that
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Jesus didn't hold that against him. thomas went on
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Against him. thomas went on to share the good news
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To share the good news throughout all of india.
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Throughout all of india. you may have doubts. at times
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You may have doubts. at times you feel discouragement
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You feel discouragement trying to come on. that
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Trying to come on. that happens to us all. i'm
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Happens to us all. i'm saying, don't stay there.
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Saying, don't stay there. don't get locked up in that
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Don't get locked up in that mindset. let that pass. come
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Mindset. let that pass. come back to that prisoner of
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Back to that prisoner of hope. our attitude should be,
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Hope. our attitude should be, “i'm not changing my mind. i
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“i'm not changing my mind. i know god is faithful. he's
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Know god is faithful. he's been too good to me not to
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Been too good to me not to believe. he's opened too many
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Believe. he's opened too many doors i never dreamed would
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Doors i never dreamed would open. he's brought too many
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Open. he's brought too many divine connections. he's made
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Divine connections. he's made too many ways when i didn't
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Too many ways when i didn't see a way. he's protected me
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See a way. he's protected me too many times, pushed back
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Too many times, pushed back forces of darkness, poured
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Forces of darkness, poured out blessings that i cannot
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Out blessings that i cannot contain. i've been too
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Contain. i've been too blessed to not believe.”
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Blessed to not believe.” sure, doubt may come, times
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Sure, doubt may come, times where we could feel
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Where we could feel discouraged, worried, “how's
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Discouraged, worried, “how's this going to work out?” i've
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This going to work out?” i've learned to say, “no thanks.
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Learned to say, “no thanks. i'm going to be a prisoner of
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I'm going to be a prisoner of hope. i've seen god do it
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Hope. i've seen god do it before and i know he'll do it
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Before and i know he'll do it again.” that's what sets you
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Again.” that's what sets you up to see the double, the
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Up to see the double, the abundance, the greatness of
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Abundance, the greatness of our god.
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Sitting in those ashes, job
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Sitting in those ashes, job suddenly had a change of
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Suddenly had a change of heart. he must have turned on
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Heart. he must have turned on lakewood. he looked up to the
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Lakewood. he looked up to the heavens and said, “i know my
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Heavens and said, “i know my redeemer lives.” he was
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Redeemer lives.” he was saying, “god i know you're
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Saying, “god i know you're still in control. i may not
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Still in control. i may not understand all this, but i
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Understand all this, but i trust you with my life.” when
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Trust you with my life.” when we hear about job, most of
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We hear about job, most of the time we think of all the
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The time we think of all the suffering, the hardship. yes,
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Suffering, the hardship. yes, it was rough, but that's not
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It was rough, but that's not how his story ended. the
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Scripture says, “god restored
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Scripture says, “god restored job's fortunes and gave him
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Job's fortunes and gave him twice what he had before.”
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Twice what he had before.” god could have just restored
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God could have just restored him back to normal, brought
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Him back to normal, brought him back to the way he was,
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Him back to the way he was, he would have been grateful.
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He would have been grateful. but look at how god works.
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But look at how god works. job came out with twice the
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Job came out with twice the cattle, twice the sheep,
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Cattle, twice the sheep, twice the joy, twice the
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Twice the joy, twice the influence. he got a double
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Influence. he got a double dose of trouble. that set him
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Dose of trouble. that set him up for a double dose of
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Up for a double dose of blessing.
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Blessing. could it be the trouble
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Could it be the trouble you're going through, is
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You're going through, is really god getting you in
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Really god getting you in position so he can give you
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Position so he can give you double. what if job would
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Double. what if job would have known early on that this
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Have known early on that this was all a setup for god to do
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Was all a setup for god to do something amazing in his
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Something amazing in his life. he would have probably
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Life. he would have probably handled it differently. he
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Handled it differently. he would have trusted god in the
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Would have trusted god in the trouble, stayed in peace,
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Trouble, stayed in peace, kept that attitude of faith,
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Kept that attitude of faith, knowing that it was all going
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Knowing that it was all going to work to his advantage. it
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To work to his advantage. it would be easier if god would
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Would be easier if god would promise double without the
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Promise double without the trouble, but usually there
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Trouble, but usually there are some tests that we have
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Are some tests that we have to go through. difficulties,
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To go through. difficulties, things we don't understand.
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Things we don't understand. that's when we prove to god
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That's when we prove to god what we're made of. that
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What we're made of. that we're faithful in the fire,
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We're faithful in the fire, that we're calm in the chaos,
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That we're calm in the chaos, that we trust in the trouble,
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That we trust in the trouble, that we praise in the
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That we praise in the problem. that we're
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Problem. that we're unshakable. we're immovable.
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Unshakable. we're immovable. we are prisoners of hope. we
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We are prisoners of hope. we know god wouldn't have
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Know god wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going
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Allowed it if it wasn't going to work for our good. so,
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To work for our good. so, when trouble hits, instead of
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When trouble hits, instead of having a defeated mentality,
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Having a defeated mentality, we have a double mentality.
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We have a double mentality. the enemy meant it for harm,
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The enemy meant it for harm, but “god we believe we're
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But “god we believe we're coming out with twice.
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Coming out with twice. increased, promoted, better
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Increased, promoted, better than we were before.”
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Than we were before.” i met a young woman at the
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I met a young woman at the altar one sunday. she and her
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Altar one sunday. she and her husband came down for prayer.
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Husband came down for prayer. she told how she'd had seven
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She told how she'd had seven miscarriages, and now the
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Miscarriages, and now the experts said they would never
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Experts said they would never be able to have children. all
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Be able to have children. all the fertility treatments
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The fertility treatments hadn't worked. i'll never
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Hadn't worked. i'll never forget the tears running down
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Forget the tears running down her beautiful face, the
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Her beautiful face, the sadness in her voice, the
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Sadness in her voice, the pain and heartache, they were
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Pain and heartache, they were feeling. she'd always dreamed
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Feeling. she'd always dreamed of being a mother. now it
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Of being a mother. now it didn't seem possible.
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Didn't seem possible. sometimes life can throw us a
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Sometimes life can throw us a curve. our dreams get
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Curve. our dreams get shattered. there's heartache,
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Shattered. there's heartache, things that can squeeze the
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Things that can squeeze the life and joy out of us. i
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Life and joy out of us. i love how god came to heal the
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Love how god came to heal the brokenhearted, to restore
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Brokenhearted, to restore what was stolen. i told them
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What was stolen. i told them what i'm telling you. that
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What i'm telling you. that god sees what you're going
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God sees what you're going through, and when you
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Through, and when you believe, he can do amazing
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Believe, he can do amazing things. this couple made the
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Things. this couple made the decision to be prisoners of
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Decision to be prisoners of hope. despite what the
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Hope. despite what the medical report said, they
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Medical report said, they believed that their baby was
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Believed that their baby was on the way. every day they
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On the way. every day they thanked god that he was
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Thanked god that he was bringing them this child. two
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Bringing them this child. two years later, i saw them after
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Years later, i saw them after the service in the lobby. the
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The service in the lobby. the woman was carrying a
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Woman was carrying a beautiful baby girl, the
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Beautiful baby girl, the husband was carrying a baby
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Husband was carrying a baby boy. they had twins. i saw
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Boy. they had twins. i saw the same tears running down
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The same tears running down her cheeks, but this time
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Her cheeks, but this time they weren't tears of
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They weren't tears of sadness. they were tears of
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Sadness. they were tears of joy. when you have a double
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Joy. when you have a double dose of trouble, get ready, a
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Dose of trouble, get ready, a double dose of blessing is
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Double dose of blessing is coming.
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You may be in a difficult
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You may be in a difficult time today. keep the right
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Time today. keep the right perspective. that trouble has
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Perspective. that trouble has qualified you for double.
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Qualified you for double. it's not there to set you
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It's not there to set you back, it's setting you up for
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Back, it's setting you up for increase, for favor, for new
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Increase, for favor, for new levels. this is not the time
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Levels. this is not the time to get discouraged, this is
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To get discouraged, this is the time to be a prisoner of
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The time to be a prisoner of hope. god has not brought you
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Hope. god has not brought you this far to leave you. he
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This far to leave you. he sees you doing the right
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Sees you doing the right thing when it's hard. like
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Thing when it's hard. like that young couple, praising
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That young couple, praising through the pain, keeping a
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Through the pain, keeping a good attitude when it's not
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Good attitude when it's not fair, believing when there's
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Fair, believing when there's no sign of things changing.
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No sign of things changing. because you're locked in to
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Because you're locked in to hope, you're passing the
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Hope, you're passing the test. i believe and declare
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Test. i believe and declare what god promised you, that
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What god promised you, that double is coming, something
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Double is coming, something you've never seen. twice the
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You've never seen. twice the joy, twice the resources,
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Joy, twice the resources, twice the influence, the
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Twice the influence, the double blessing, in jesus'
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Double blessing, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Fear can be a powerful force
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Fear can be a powerful force and will try to make you feel
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And will try to make you feel alone, stuck, without hope.
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Alone, stuck, without hope. but fear doesn't
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But fear doesn't have to get the final say.
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Have to get the final say. there is a way out.
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There is a way out. fear is a powerful force,
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Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
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But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
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What we focus on shapes our reality.
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In my new book, no more fear:
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In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
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You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
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To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
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In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
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Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
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I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
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I will not fear," you too can walk through
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You too can walk through life's challenges
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Life's challenges without being paralyzed
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Without being paralyzed by fear.
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By fear. i can't promise you
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I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
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You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
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But i can teach you how to rise above it
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How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
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By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
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Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
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The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
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With faith-filled ones. you can live
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You can live from a place of peace,
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From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
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Power, and purpose. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. this powerful
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This powerful and practical book
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And practical book will help you silence doubt,
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Will help you silence doubt, overcome anxiety,
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Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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Overcoming power. when fear
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When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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Whispers, "you can't," this devotional will stir
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This devotional will stir your faith
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Your faith to declare, "god will."
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To declare, "god will." each page
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Each page reminds you
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Reminds you that you weren't
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That you weren't created to live in fear
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Created to live in fear or despair.
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Or despair. you were created to live
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You were created to live with passion,
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With passion, purpose, and confidence
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Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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In god's plans for your life. fear doesn't have
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Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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The final say, god does. be bold,
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Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we're praying for
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We're praying for you and your family,
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You and your family, believing for god's very best.
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Believing for god's very best. thank you so much
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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. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end
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Making a special year-end gift; helps
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Gift; helps to keep the ministry strong.
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To keep the ministry strong. i always want to thank our
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I always want to thank 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
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. and until we see you next time,
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of joel's new book,
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Your copy of joel's new book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. visit joelosteen.com
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Joel Osteen - From Trouble To Double

November 2, 2025 | 29:0

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