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Joel Osteen - Trouble Is Temporary

April 8, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Trouble Is Temporary | April 8, 2026

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us
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Connected with us throughout the week.
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Throughout the week. we have a daily podcast
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We have a daily podcast that you can download.
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Channel and listen to the messages anytime;
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Messages anytime; or you can follow us
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On social media. i promise you we'll keep
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I promise you we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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You encouraged and inspired. thanks for tuning in.
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Thanks for tuning in. thanks again for coming
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Thanks again for coming out today.
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Out today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about these three
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I heard about these three men that were traveling
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Men that were traveling together: a hindu priest,
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Together: a hindu priest, a jewish rabbi and a
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A jewish rabbi and a televangelist. they
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Televangelist. they stopped at a farmhouse
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Stopped at a farmhouse for lodging. the farmer
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For lodging. the farmer said, "i only have room
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Said, "i only have room for two of you in the
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For two of you in the house. somebody will have
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House. somebody will have to stay in the barn."
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To stay in the barn." the hindu priest said,
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The hindu priest said, "i'll do it."
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"i'll do it." in a few minutes, there
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In a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.
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Was a knock on the door. he said, "i can't stay
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He said, "i can't stay out there. there's a cow
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Out there. there's a cow and cows are sacred in
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And cows are sacred in our religion."
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Our religion." the jewish rabbi said,
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The jewish rabbi said, "i'll do it." a few
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"i'll do it." a few minutes later, a knock
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Minutes later, a knock on the door. he said,
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On the door. he said, "i can't stay out there.
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"i can't stay out there. there's a pig and that
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There's a pig and that wouldn't be kosher."
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Wouldn't be kosher." the televangelist finally
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The televangelist finally said, "all right i'll do
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Said, "all right i'll do it." in a few minutes,
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It." in a few minutes, there was a knock on
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There was a knock on the door. it was
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The door. it was the cow and the pig.
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The cow and the pig. (laughter)
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(laughter) i'm the only one that
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I'm the only one that got it. here we go. ready?
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Got it. here we go. ready? this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says
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I have what it says i have.
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I have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about trouble is temporary.
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About trouble is temporary. we all face difficulties
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We all face difficulties that don't look like
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That don't look like they'll ever change.
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They'll ever change. it seems like the more
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It seems like the more we pray the worse it gets.
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We pray the worse it gets. we don't see any sign
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We don't see any sign of things improving.
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Of things improving. it's easy to live
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It's easy to live discouraged and accept
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Discouraged and accept that it's not meant to be.
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That it's not meant to be. but paul said in
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But paul said in 2 corinthians, "our present
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2 corinthians, "our present troubles are small and
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Troubles are small and won't last very long.
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Won't last very long. these troubles will soon
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These troubles will soon be over, but the joy to
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Be over, but the joy to come will last forever."
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Come will last forever." what you're up against
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What you're up against may look permanent.
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May look permanent. it seems like it's going
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It seems like it's going to take years to get well,
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To take years to get well, years to get out of debt,
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Years to get out of debt, years to meet the right
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Years to meet the right person. don't be fooled
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Person. don't be fooled by what you see.
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By what you see. god is saying the trouble
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God is saying the trouble is only temporary.
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Is only temporary. it's not going to last
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It's not going to last very long.
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Very long. soon it's going to be over.
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Soon it's going to be over. soon you're going to see the
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Soon you're going to see the breakthrough, soon your
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Breakthrough, soon your health is going to turn
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Health is going to turn around, soon you're going
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Around, soon you're going to meet the person of
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To meet the person of your dreams.
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Your dreams. you may not see how this
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You may not see how this can happen, everything
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Can happen, everything in your reasoning says
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In your reasoning says it's not possible.
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It's not possible. you're looking at it in the
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You're looking at it in the natural, we serve a
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Natural, we serve a supernatural god.
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Supernatural god. he can make things happen
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He can make things happen that you can't make happen.
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That you can't make happen. instead of thinking of all
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Instead of thinking of all the reasons why it's not
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The reasons why it's not going to work out, how it's
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Going to work out, how it's going to take forever, try a
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Going to take forever, try a different approach,
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Different approach, "father thank you that
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"father thank you that this difficulty will soon
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This difficulty will soon be over. thank you that
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Be over. thank you that this sickness, this
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This sickness, this depression, this family
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Depression, this family problem, will not last
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Problem, will not last very long."
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Very long." "joel it's already been
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"joel it's already been a long time."
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A long time." that means you are very
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That means you are very close to seeing it turn
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Close to seeing it turn around.
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Around. you're on the verge of
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You're on the verge of a breakthrough.
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A breakthrough. you're about to see freedom,
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You're about to see freedom, promotion, problems suddenly
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Promotion, problems suddenly resolve, dreams suddenly
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Resolve, dreams suddenly come to pass.
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Come to pass. not in the sweet by and
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Not in the sweet by and by but soon things are
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By but soon things are going to change.
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Going to change. soon that child is going
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Soon that child is going to get back on course,
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To get back on course, soon that new door is going
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Soon that new door is going to open, soon the right
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To open, soon the right person is going to show up,
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Person is going to show up, soon you're going to come
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Soon you're going to come in to overflow.
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In to overflow. job went through a great
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Job went through a great difficulty.
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Difficulty. he was doing the right
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He was doing the right thing, honoring god, and
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Thing, honoring god, and the bottom fell out.
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The bottom fell out. he lost his business,
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He lost his business, lost his children,
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Lost his children, lost his health.
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Lost his health. he had boils all over
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He had boils all over his body.
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His body. just because we're people
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Just because we're people of faith doesn't mean we
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Of faith doesn't mean we won't have difficulties.
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Won't have difficulties. you can be doing the right
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You can be doing the right thing and come into trouble.
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Thing and come into trouble. the scripture says rain
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The scripture says rain falls on the just and the
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Falls on the just and the unjust.
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Unjust. when it rains at my house,
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When it rains at my house, my property gets wet, my
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My property gets wet, my next-door neighbors, the
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Next-door neighbors, the people across the street,
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People across the street, everyone in the
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Everyone in the neighborhood. the rain
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Neighborhood. the rain doesn't discriminate.
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Doesn't discriminate. don't get discouraged by
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Don't get discouraged by difficulties, it's just
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Difficulties, it's just life.
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Life. the promise we have is not
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The promise we have is not that trouble won't come
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That trouble won't come but the trouble is not
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But the trouble is not going to last.
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Going to last. soon the trouble will
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Soon the trouble will be over.
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Be over. when you're in difficulties,
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When you're in difficulties, things happen like with job
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Things happen like with job that you don't understand,
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That you don't understand, you came down with an
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You came down with an illness, people at work
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Illness, people at work turned on you, you had a
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Turned on you, you had a setback in your business,
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Setback in your business, it's easy to live worried,
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It's easy to live worried, thinking that it's never
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Thinking that it's never going to work out.
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Going to work out. you have to remind yourself
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You have to remind yourself it is not permanent, it is
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It is not permanent, it is not going to last long, soon
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Not going to last long, soon it will resolve.
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It will resolve. all through the day, you
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All through the day, you need to keep this in your
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Need to keep this in your heart.
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Heart. "father, thank you that this
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"father, thank you that this trouble is only temporary.
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Trouble is only temporary. it didn't come to stay; it
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It didn't come to stay; it came to pass.
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Came to pass. thank you that it will soon
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Thank you that it will soon be over."
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Be over." when job looked at all his
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When job looked at all his circumstances, everything
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Circumstances, everything that went wrong, all that
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That went wrong, all that he'd lost, he got depressed.
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He'd lost, he got depressed. he sat down in the ashes and
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He sat down in the ashes and wanted to die.
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Wanted to die. one reason he was so
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One reason he was so discouraged is he saw the
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Discouraged is he saw the trouble as permanent;
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Trouble as permanent; he didn't see any way he
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He didn't see any way he could get out.
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Could get out. as long as he had this
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As long as he had this forever mentality, this is
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Forever mentality, this is how my life is always going
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How my life is always going to be, he felt overwhelmed.
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To be, he felt overwhelmed. when you have a setback,
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When you have a setback, thoughts will tell you,
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Thoughts will tell you, "it's permanent. you'll
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"it's permanent. you'll never get well, you'll never
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Never get well, you'll never be happy again, you'll never
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Be happy again, you'll never meet someone."
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Meet someone." if you believe those forever
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If you believe those forever lies, you'll get discouraged
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Lies, you'll get discouraged and lose your passion.
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And lose your passion. god won't let you get in a
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God won't let you get in a situation that he can't
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Situation that he can't bring you out of.
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Bring you out of. if the trouble was too much,
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If the trouble was too much, the sickness too great, the
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The sickness too great, the opposition too strong, he
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Opposition too strong, he wouldn't have allowed it.
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Wouldn't have allowed it. it's a test.
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It's a test. what are you going to do?
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What are you going to do? get discouraged, give up on
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Get discouraged, give up on your dreams, live defeated
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Your dreams, live defeated or are you going to believe
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Or are you going to believe god is on the throne, that
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God is on the throne, that he's bigger than what you're
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He's bigger than what you're facing, that the trouble is
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Facing, that the trouble is temporary, that it's not
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Temporary, that it's not going to last long?
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Going to last long? do you know what that does
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Do you know what that does to the enemy?
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To the enemy? when he hits you with his
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When he hits you with his best shot, but you don't
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Best shot, but you don't start complaining, you don't
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Start complaining, you don't stay in the ashes.
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Stay in the ashes. you start declaring, "soon
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You start declaring, "soon it's going to turn around,
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It's going to turn around, soon i'm going to get well,
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Soon i'm going to get well, soon i'm going to meet
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Soon i'm going to meet someone new, soon my
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Someone new, soon my business is going to take
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Business is going to take off, soon i'm going to laugh
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Off, soon i'm going to laugh again, love again, lead
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Again, love again, lead again, run again."
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Again, run again." when you live with this soon
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When you live with this soon mentality, all the forces of
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Mentality, all the forces of darkness cannot keep you
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Darkness cannot keep you down.
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Down. job's situation looked
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Job's situation looked permanent, it looked like he
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Permanent, it looked like he had seen his best days.
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Had seen his best days. but god not only turned it
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But god not only turned it around, but job came out
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Around, but job came out with twice what he had
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With twice what he had before.
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Before. the scripture says he had
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The scripture says he had twice the cattle, twice the
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Twice the cattle, twice the sheep.
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Sheep. he got his business back.
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He got his business back. god never brings you out the
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God never brings you out the same.
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Same. he makes the enemy pay for
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He makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble.
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Bringing the trouble. we hear a lot about the
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We hear a lot about the suffering of job and all he
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Suffering of job and all he went through; it seems like
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Went through; it seems like that was his whole life.
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That was his whole life. the entire book of job is
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The entire book of job is about his struggle.
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About his struggle. you would think it went on
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You would think it went on for forty years, trouble,
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For forty years, trouble, heartache, pain.
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Heartache, pain. but some commentaries
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But some commentaries believe the whole struggle
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Believe the whole struggle was only nine months.
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Was only nine months. all the sickness, all the
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All the sickness, all the trouble, didn't last years,
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Trouble, didn't last years, it was months.
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It was months. what you think is going to
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What you think is going to take years, what looks like
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Take years, what looks like it's going to be a long time
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It's going to be a long time to resolve, like with job
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To resolve, like with job it's going to happen sooner
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It's going to happen sooner than you think.
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Than you think. that trouble looks
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That trouble looks permanent, but god is saying
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Permanent, but god is saying it's not going to last very
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It's not going to last very long.
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Long. you're about to see his hand
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You're about to see his hand bring healing, restoration,
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Bring healing, restoration, divine connections,
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Divine connections, promotion.
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Promotion. it's not by your might, not
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It's not by your might, not by your power, but by the
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By your power, but by the spirit of the living god.
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Spirit of the living god. in 2003, the houston city
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In 2003, the houston city council voted for us to have
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Council voted for us to have the compaq center.
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The compaq center. this was a city owned
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This was a city owned building.
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Building. we had worked for two years
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We had worked for two years presenting our case and
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Presenting our case and trying to convince council
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Trying to convince council members.
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Members. when we won the vote, we
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When we won the vote, we were so excited.
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Were so excited. it was like god opened a
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It was like god opened a door that we never dreamed
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Door that we never dreamed would open.
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Would open. the next day a company that
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The next day a company that owns all the high rises
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Owns all the high rises around this property, filed
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Around this property, filed a federal lawsuit to try to
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A federal lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in.
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Keep us from moving in. they were the largest
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They were the largest taxpayer in texas, a huge
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Taxpayer in texas, a huge real estate company, with
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Real estate company, with property all over the state.
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Property all over the state. it was like david verse
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It was like david verse goliath.
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Goliath. our attorneys told us that
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Our attorneys told us that it could be tied up in the
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It could be tied up in the courts for ten years, how
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Courts for ten years, how these kinds of legal
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These kinds of legal proceedings can be extremely
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Proceedings can be extremely slow.
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Slow. that meant we couldn't move
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That meant we couldn't move in; we couldn't start our
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In; we couldn't start our renovations.
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Renovations. our future concerning this
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Our future concerning this building was on hold.
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Building was on hold. the problem was i had
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The problem was i had already presented the compaq
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Already presented the compaq center to the church.
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Center to the church. people had already given to
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People had already given to support it.
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Support it. everyone was excited, asking
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Everyone was excited, asking when are we moving in?
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When are we moving in? i would wake up in the
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I would wake up in the middle of the night in a
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Middle of the night in a cold sweat.
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Cold sweat. thoughts telling me, "you're
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Thoughts telling me, "you're going to look like a fool.
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Going to look like a fool. what are you going to do if
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What are you going to do if you don't win the lawsuit?"
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You don't win the lawsuit?" i was tempted to live
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I was tempted to live worried, stressed, but i
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Worried, stressed, but i did what i'm asking you to
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Did what i'm asking you to do.
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Do. despite what the experts
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Despite what the experts were saying, despite how
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Were saying, despite how permanent it looked, i said,
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Permanent it looked, i said, "father, i want to thank you
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"father, i want to thank you that this trouble is only
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That this trouble is only temporary, that it won't
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Temporary, that it won't last very long.
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Last very long. lord, i know you're working
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Lord, i know you're working behind the scenes, fighting
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Behind the scenes, fighting our battles, making our
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Our battles, making our crooked places straight,
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Crooked places straight, shining down your favor on
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Shining down your favor on us."
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Us." i would check with the
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I would check with the attorneys every week,
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Attorneys every week, looking for some sign of
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Looking for some sign of hope.
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Hope. "is there anything new?"
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"is there anything new?" "nothing, we haven't heard
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"nothing, we haven't heard from them."
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From them." they didn't want to
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They didn't want to negotiate.
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Negotiate. they were going to sit back
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They were going to sit back and wait, drag it out for
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And wait, drag it out for years, until we had to do
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Years, until we had to do something else.
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Something else. i could hear that promise,
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I could hear that promise, that still small voice
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That still small voice saying, "joel, trust me,
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Saying, "joel, trust me, this trouble is only
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This trouble is only temporary, soon it will be
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Temporary, soon it will be over."
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Over." but my mind would say, "are
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But my mind would say, "are you kidding, nothing is
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You kidding, nothing is improving; you're years away
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Improving; you're years away from even finding out if
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From even finding out if it's going to be yours."
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It's going to be yours." the battle is taking place
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The battle is taking place in our thinking.
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In our thinking. don't accept the lies that
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Don't accept the lies that it's permanent and it's
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It's permanent and it's going to take a long, long
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Going to take a long, long time.
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Time. you have to turn it around
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You have to turn it around and say, "father, thank you
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And say, "father, thank you that this will resolve
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That this will resolve sooner than it looks."
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Sooner than it looks." about eight months after the
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About eight months after the lawsuit was filed, we
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Lawsuit was filed, we received a call from the
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Received a call from the other side saying they
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Other side saying they wanted to meet.
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Wanted to meet. i was excited, i believed it
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I was excited, i believed it was the hand of god, our
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Was the hand of god, our attorneys were more
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Attorneys were more skeptical.
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Skeptical. they said it was a ploy,
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They said it was a ploy, they were just trying to
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They were just trying to complicate things.
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Complicate things. we met with them and not
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We met with them and not only did they agree to let
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Only did they agree to let us have this building, but
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Us have this building, but to lease us nine thousand
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To lease us nine thousand covered parking spaces.
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Covered parking spaces. they dropped the lawsuit,
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They dropped the lawsuit, and the facility was ours
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And the facility was ours free and clear.
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Free and clear. what looked like it would
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What looked like it would take years to happen, took
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Take years to happen, took place in a few months.
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Place in a few months. god is saying to you, what
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God is saying to you, what you're up against is going
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You're up against is going to resolve much sooner than
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To resolve much sooner than it looks.
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It looks. that trouble is not going to
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That trouble is not going to last long, that addiction is
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Last long, that addiction is not going to hinder you your
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Not going to hinder you your whole life, the sickness,
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Whole life, the sickness, depression, anxiety is not
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Depression, anxiety is not going to stop your destiny.
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Going to stop your destiny. soon it's going to be over,
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Soon it's going to be over, not years, but months.
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Not years, but months. why don't you get in
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Why don't you get in agreement with god?
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Agreement with god? you may not see how, the
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You may not see how, the giant looks too big, the
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Giant looks too big, the sickness too great, the
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Sickness too great, the opposition too strong.
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Opposition too strong. you're not in this by
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You're not in this by yourself.
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Yourself. the most high god is
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The most high god is fighting for you.
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Fighting for you. he knows how to move people
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He knows how to move people out of the way.
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Out of the way. he can do what medicine
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He can do what medicine cannot do.
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Cannot do. he can restore what's been
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He can restore what's been stolen.
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Stolen. sooner than later, you're
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Sooner than later, you're going to see the hand of
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Going to see the hand of god, making things happen
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God, making things happen that you couldn't make
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That you couldn't make happen, opening doors that
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Happen, opening doors that no person can shut, turning
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No person can shut, turning situations around that look
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Situations around that look impossible.
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Impossible. it's easy to live with this
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It's easy to live with this forever mindset.
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Forever mindset. "it's never going to work
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"it's never going to work out.
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Out. or maybe years down the
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Or maybe years down the road, maybe one day, joel,
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Road, maybe one day, joel, i'll get a good break."
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I'll get a good break." switch over to a soon
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Switch over to a soon mentality.
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Mentality. i know some things take
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I know some things take time, but god promises us in
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Time, but god promises us in this verse soon the trouble
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This verse soon the trouble will be over.
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Will be over. he's about to do something
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He's about to do something out of a normal time frame,
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Out of a normal time frame, something unusual, sooner
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Something unusual, sooner than you think.
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Than you think. "what if i believe and this
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"what if i believe and this doesn't happen?"
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Doesn't happen?" what if you believe it and
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What if you believe it and it does happen?
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It does happen? it probably won't happen, if
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It probably won't happen, if you've already accepted,
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You've already accepted, it's going to be a long time
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It's going to be a long time to get out of this trouble,
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To get out of this trouble, a long time to get well, to
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A long time to get well, to meet the right person, to
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Meet the right person, to accomplish that dream.
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Accomplish that dream. that's limiting what god
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That's limiting what god will do.
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Will do. i'm asking you to believe
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I'm asking you to believe for sooner than later.
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For sooner than later. even if it doesn't happen as
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Even if it doesn't happen as soon as you like.
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Soon as you like. yes, we all have to wait,
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Yes, we all have to wait, but i've made up my mind,
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But i've made up my mind, i'm going to live with a
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I'm going to live with a soon mentality.
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Soon mentality. i'm going to keep releasing
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I'm going to keep releasing my faith, reminding god what
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My faith, reminding god what he promised, that this
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He promised, that this difficulty will soon be
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Difficulty will soon be over.
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Over. there are forty-two chapters
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There are forty-two chapters in the book of job, all
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In the book of job, all forty-two talk about what he
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Forty-two talk about what he went through.
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Went through. it seems like this struggle
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It seems like this struggle was his whole life.
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Was his whole life. but the last two verses of
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But the last two verses of the book of job are very
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The book of job are very significant.
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Significant. after describing the
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After describing the trouble, the heartache, the
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Trouble, the heartache, the loss, for forty-two
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Loss, for forty-two chapters, the last thing
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Chapters, the last thing written says, "after this,
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Written says, "after this, job lived a hundred and
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Job lived a hundred and forty years and saw his
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Forty years and saw his children and grandchildren
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Children and grandchildren for four generations.
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For four generations. then he died, an old man,
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Then he died, an old man, having live a long, good
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Having live a long, good life."
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Life." job's struggle was
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Job's struggle was approximately nine months,
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Approximately nine months, but after that struggle, he
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But after that struggle, he lived a hundred and forty
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Lived a hundred and forty good years, happy years,
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Good years, happy years, healthy years, years where
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Healthy years, years where he enjoyed his children,
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He enjoyed his children, years where there was great
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Years where there was great joy and laughter in his
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Joy and laughter in his house.
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House. god was showing us, the
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God was showing us, the trouble is temporary, the
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Trouble is temporary, the trouble is not going to last
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Trouble is not going to last forever.
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Forever. you may be in a difficult
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You may be in a difficult time, but that's not how
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Time, but that's not how your story ends.
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Your story ends. that loss is not going to
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That loss is not going to define you, that sickness is
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Define you, that sickness is not going to ruin the rest
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Not going to ruin the rest of your life, that person
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Of your life, that person that walked away, that bad
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That walked away, that bad break, the unfair situation
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Break, the unfair situation is not going to stop your
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Is not going to stop your purpose.
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Purpose. god has an "after this" for
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God has an "after this" for you.
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You. after the trouble, there's
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After the trouble, there's going to be great joy in
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Going to be great joy in your life.
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Your life. after the loss, after the
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After the loss, after the sickness, after the legal
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Sickness, after the legal battle, you're going to see
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Battle, you're going to see new friendships, new
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New friendships, new opportunities, new growth.
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Opportunities, new growth. don't be discouraged by the
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Don't be discouraged by the trouble.
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Trouble. it's not stopping anything
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It's not stopping anything god has for you.
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God has for you. god is storing up all the
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God is storing up all the joy, all the good breaks,
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Joy, all the good breaks, the favor, the resources
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The favor, the resources that have been put on hold
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That have been put on hold because of this temporary
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Because of this temporary trouble.
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Trouble. you're not losing anything.
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You're not losing anything. what belongs to you is still
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What belongs to you is still coming your way.
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Coming your way. your latter days will be
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Your latter days will be better than your former
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Better than your former days.
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Days. your story doesn't end in
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Your story doesn't end in defeat.
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Defeat. it doesn't end in failure,
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It doesn't end in failure, injustice, sorrow.
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Injustice, sorrow. those are temporary seasons.
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Those are temporary seasons. you story ends in victory.
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You story ends in victory. god has already lined up an
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God has already lined up an "after this" for you.
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"after this" for you. he said what was meant for
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He said what was meant for harm he's turning to your
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Harm he's turning to your advantage.
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Advantage. even now, god is turning
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Even now, god is turning some things.
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Some things. he's turning the trouble,
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He's turning the trouble, turning the sickness,
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Turning the sickness, turning the people that are
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Turning the people that are against you.
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Against you. you're about to step into an
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You're about to step into an advantage.
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Advantage. step into favor that god has
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Step into favor that god has already lined up for you.
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Already lined up for you. when we walked into that
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When we walked into that meeting, the ceo of the
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Meeting, the ceo of the company had already changed
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Company had already changed his mind.
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His mind. god had already turned his
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God had already turned his heart.
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Heart. he was against us, but no
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He was against us, but no person can stand against our
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Person can stand against our god.
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God. no bad break, no sickness,
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No bad break, no sickness, no trouble.
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No trouble. god controls the universe.
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God controls the universe. he said, "weeping may endure
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He said, "weeping may endure for a night, but joy is
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For a night, but joy is coming in the morning."
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Coming in the morning." you may be in a night
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You may be in a night season, can i encourage you,
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Season, can i encourage you, it's temporary.
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It's temporary. joy is on the way.
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Joy is on the way. god is going to turn your
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God is going to turn your mourning into dancing, your
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Mourning into dancing, your sorrow into joy.
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Sorrow into joy. what's holding you back is
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What's holding you back is not going to last much
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Not going to last much longer.
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Longer. soon it will be over.
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Soon it will be over. one time i was flying to
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One time i was flying to india with my father.
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India with my father. it was a fifteen-hour
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It was a fifteen-hour flight.
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Flight. everything was going fine,
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Everything was going fine, cruising along very smoothly.
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Cruising along very smoothly. but about twelve hours in,
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But about twelve hours in, the plane hit this
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The plane hit this turbulence and started
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Turbulence and started bouncing around like a
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Bouncing around like a roller coaster, up and down.
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Roller coaster, up and down. everything started flying,
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Everything started flying, laptops hitting the ceiling.
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Laptops hitting the ceiling. some of the flight
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Some of the flight attendants had gone up in
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Attendants had gone up in the air and landed on top of
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The air and landed on top of other passengers.
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Other passengers. people were screaming,
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People were screaming, panicking.
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Panicking. for about ten minutes it was
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For about ten minutes it was chaos.
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Chaos. you had to hold on for dear
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You had to hold on for dear life.
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Life. eventually it all calmed
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Eventually it all calmed down.
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Down. thankfully, nobody was
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Thankfully, nobody was injured, went back to smooth
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Injured, went back to smooth sailing.
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Sailing. the last several hours were
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The last several hours were as peaceful as can be.
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As peaceful as can be. this is how it is in life.
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This is how it is in life. we're going along fine,
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We're going along fine, everyone is healthy, we're
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Everyone is healthy, we're getting good breaks, then we
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Getting good breaks, then we hit some turbulence.
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Hit some turbulence. an unexpected challenge, a
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An unexpected challenge, a sickness, a layoff, a friend
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Sickness, a layoff, a friend betrays you.
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Betrays you. you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. it's easy to panic, "god
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It's easy to panic, "god what's happening?"
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What's happening?" can i encourage you?
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Can i encourage you? it's just a part of your ten
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It's just a part of your ten minutes of turbulence.
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Minutes of turbulence. it's not going to last.
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It's not going to last. it may be chaotic, it feels
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It may be chaotic, it feels stressful but it's going to
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Stressful but it's going to calm down.
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Calm down. there's going to be an
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There's going to be an "after this" for you.
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"after this" for you. after the turbulence, you're
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After the turbulence, you're going to come out just fine.
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Going to come out just fine. i've discovered we're all
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I've discovered we're all going to have about ten
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Going to have about ten minutes of turbulence.
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Minutes of turbulence. not at once, but a minute
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Not at once, but a minute here, a minute there.
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Here, a minute there. our mind will tell us, "it's
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Our mind will tell us, "it's permanent, i'll never get
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Permanent, i'll never get through this difficulty.
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Through this difficulty. it's bumpier than i've ever
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It's bumpier than i've ever felt."
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Felt." god is still in control.
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God is still in control. he's not only flying your
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He's not only flying your plane, but he controls the
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Plane, but he controls the weather.
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Weather. he speaks to storms and they
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He speaks to storms and they calm down.
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Calm down. a friend of mine recently
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A friend of mine recently lost his job.
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Lost his job. he'd been there for many
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He'd been there for many years.
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Years. it wasn't about his
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It wasn't about his performance; they just didn't
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Performance; they just didn't have the funds to pay him.
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Have the funds to pay him. he was tempted to panic and
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He was tempted to panic and be upset.
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Be upset. i told him what i'm telling
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I told him what i'm telling you, this is not how your
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You, this is not how your story ends.
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Story ends. the trouble is going to
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The trouble is going to pass, and the rest of your
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Pass, and the rest of your flight is going to be
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Flight is going to be smooth.
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Smooth. god has it already figured
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God has it already figured out.
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Out. there's another position
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There's another position already lined up.
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Already lined up. it has your name on it.
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It has your name on it. if you'll stay in faith,
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If you'll stay in faith, keep being your best, you're
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Keep being your best, you're going to come in to your
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Going to come in to your "after this".
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"after this". you'll say, "after the
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You'll say, "after the layoff, i got a better
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Layoff, i got a better position.
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Position. after they walked away, i
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After they walked away, i met someone better.
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Met someone better. after the sickness, i came
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After the sickness, i came out stronger.
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Out stronger. what's interesting is that
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What's interesting is that ten minutes of turbulence
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Ten minutes of turbulence felt like ten hours to me.
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Felt like ten hours to me. i was sweating, holding on
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I was sweating, holding on for dear life, praying the
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For dear life, praying the sinner's prayer forty-two
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Sinner's prayer forty-two times.
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Times. "god, please forgive me.
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"god, please forgive me. i'm about to come see you."
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I'm about to come see you." i was afraid, stressed out.
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I was afraid, stressed out. if i had known it was
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If i had known it was temporary, i would have
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Temporary, i would have enjoyed the ride.
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Enjoyed the ride. i pay a lot of money to go
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I pay a lot of money to go to disneyland to ride a ride
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To disneyland to ride a ride like that.
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Like that. if i had known it wasn't
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If i had known it wasn't going to last very long, if
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Going to last very long, if i had known everything was
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I had known everything was going to be alright.
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Going to be alright. i would have stayed in
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I would have stayed in peace, said "lord, thank
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Peace, said "lord, thank you.
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You. i know this too shall pass.
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I know this too shall pass. i know this temporary
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I know this temporary problem is not going to stop
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Problem is not going to stop your plan for my life."
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Your plan for my life." i could have relaxed and
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I could have relaxed and saved myself a lot of
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Saved myself a lot of heartache, if i had only
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Heartache, if i had only remembered, the trouble was
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Remembered, the trouble was temporary.
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Temporary. maybe you're in part of your
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Maybe you're in part of your ten minutes of turbulence
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Ten minutes of turbulence now.
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Now. it feels like it's going to
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It feels like it's going to be ten years.
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Be ten years. you're worried, losing
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You're worried, losing sleep, trying to figure it
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Sleep, trying to figure it all out.
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All out. come back to a place of
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Come back to a place of peace.
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Peace. it's not permanent.
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It's not permanent. things are going to work
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Things are going to work out.
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Out. god is going to get you to
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God is going to get you to your destiny.
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Your destiny. you may not see how,
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You may not see how, the winds are strong,
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The winds are strong, the plane is bouncing
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The plane is bouncing around.
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Around. god controls the winds.
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God controls the winds. that cancer is not bigger
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That cancer is not bigger than our god, that breakup
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Than our god, that breakup didn't stop your purpose,
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Didn't stop your purpose, that trouble at work is not
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That trouble at work is not going to last.
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Going to last. god is behind the scenes
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God is behind the scenes right now, working in your
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Right now, working in your life.
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Life. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. it's going to happen sooner
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It's going to happen sooner than you think.
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Than you think. in the book of genesis, god
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In the book of genesis, god told noah there was going to
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Told noah there was going to be a great flood.
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Be a great flood. he was to build an ark, a
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He was to build an ark, a huge boat and take two of
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Huge boat and take two of every kind of animal on it.
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Every kind of animal on it. while he was building,
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While he was building, i'm sure people made
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I'm sure people made fun of him.
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Fun of him. thought, "what's this crazy
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Thought, "what's this crazy man doing?
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Man doing? there's no water around
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There's no water around here."
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Here." at that time, it had never
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At that time, it had never rained.
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Rained. the dew came up from the
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The dew came up from the ground and watered the
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Ground and watered the earth.
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Earth. you can imagine how odd that
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You can imagine how odd that seemed.
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Seemed. but the scripture says,
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But the scripture says, "noah did exactly what god
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"noah did exactly what god asked him to do."
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Asked him to do." he was obedient.
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He was obedient. the rain came for forty
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The rain came for forty days, the whole earth was
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Days, the whole earth was flooded.
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Flooded. noah and his family were on
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Noah and his family were on the boat.
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The boat. months and months went by.
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Months and months went by. noah didn't know if he was
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Noah didn't know if he was going to be like that the
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Going to be like that the rest of his life.
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Rest of his life. he sent a bird out to see if
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He sent a bird out to see if the waters were receding,
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The waters were receding, but the bird came back, it
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But the bird came back, it couldn't land.
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Couldn't land. this happened again and
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This happened again and again.
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Again. it looked like this was
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It looked like this was permanent.
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Permanent. but chapter 8 says, "god
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But chapter 8 says, "god remembered noah.
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Remembered noah. he sent a wind to blow
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He sent a wind to blow across the waters and the
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Across the waters and the floods began to disappear."
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Floods began to disappear." god remembers your
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God remembers your faithfulness.
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Faithfulness. he remembers your obedience.
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He remembers your obedience. the times like noah, you did
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The times like noah, you did the right thing when it was
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The right thing when it was hard.
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Hard. you kept giving, serving,
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You kept giving, serving, being good to people.
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Being good to people. not seeing anything change.
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Not seeing anything change. nothing is getting any
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Nothing is getting any better.
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Better. don't worry, your time is
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Don't worry, your time is coming.
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Coming. god sent a wind and the
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God sent a wind and the waters began to disappear.
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Waters began to disappear. a year later, noah and his
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A year later, noah and his family were able to get off
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Family were able to get off the boat.
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The boat. i believe like with him, god
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I believe like with him, god is about to breathe on your
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Is about to breathe on your life and problems that look
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Life and problems that look permanent are about to
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Permanent are about to disappear.
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Disappear. that sickness you've been
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That sickness you've been dealing with, the child
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Dealing with, the child you're so concerned about,
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You're so concerned about, the trouble at work that's
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The trouble at work that's hindering you, by faith, i
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Hindering you, by faith, i can see the wind of god's
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Can see the wind of god's spirit causing it to
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Spirit causing it to disappear.
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Disappear. addictions disappearing,
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Addictions disappearing, depression disappearing,
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Depression disappearing, lack, not having enough,
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Lack, not having enough, disappearing.
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Disappearing. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. god is breathing his favor,
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God is breathing his favor, his blessing, his healing on
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His blessing, his healing on your life right now.
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Your life right now. the next verse says, "the
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The next verse says, "the underground water sources
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Underground water sources ceased their gushing, the
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Ceased their gushing, the torrential rains stopped
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Torrential rains stopped flowing."
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Flowing." there are things that you
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There are things that you can't see, they're
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Can't see, they're underground so to speak,
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Underground so to speak, they're about to cease in
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They're about to cease in your life.
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Your life. god is going to cut off the
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God is going to cut off the source of what's limiting
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Source of what's limiting you, the source of what's
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You, the source of what's holding you back.
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Holding you back. the sickness is about to
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The sickness is about to cease, the addiction is
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Cease, the addiction is about to cease, the trouble
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About to cease, the trouble is about to cease.
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Is about to cease. when those waters ceased, it
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When those waters ceased, it took a few months before
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Took a few months before noah could come off the
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Noah could come off the boat.
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Boat. you may not see anything
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You may not see anything happening yet, but that
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Happening yet, but that doesn't mean things haven't
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Doesn't mean things haven't changed.
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Changed. it's just a matter of time
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It's just a matter of time before you see what god was
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Before you see what god was up to.
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Up to. now keep the right
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Now keep the right perspective.
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Perspective. the trouble is temporary.
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The trouble is temporary. it's not going to last as
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It's not going to last as long as it looks.
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Long as it looks. live with this soon
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Live with this soon mentality.
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Mentality. not, it's way off in the
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Not, it's way off in the future, soon things are
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Future, soon things are going to change in my favor.
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Going to change in my favor. if you'll do this i believe
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If you'll do this i believe and declare, healing is
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And declare, healing is coming, freedom is coming,
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Coming, freedom is coming, breakthroughs are coming.
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Breakthroughs are coming. soon you're going to get
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Soon you're going to get well, soon you're going to
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Well, soon you're going to meet the right person, soon
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Meet the right person, soon that problem is going to
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That problem is going to turn around, soon you're
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Turn around, soon you're going to see god's favor in
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Going to see god's favor in new ways, in jesus' name.
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New ways, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today? (amen)
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Life throws so much at us.
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Life throws so much at us. disappointments,
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Disappointments, failures, challenges.
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Failures, challenges. we can feel so out of touch
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We can feel so out of touch that we no longer
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That we no longer recognize ourselves.
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Recognize ourselves. life has a way of changing us.
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Life has a way of changing us. at one time
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At one time we were outgoing
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We were outgoing and excited about our dreams.
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And excited about our dreams. but when we go
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But when we go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and people do us
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And people do us wrong, it's easy
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Wrong, it's easy to lose that positive,
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To lose that positive, passionate person
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Passionate person that we used to be.
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In my new book,
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You, i'll help you get back to who you really are.
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Get back to who you really are. the joyful you,
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The joyful you, the confident you,
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The confident you, the talented you.
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The talented you. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't been
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You haven't been through too much.
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Through too much. you may have lost
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You may have lost part of yourself,
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Part of yourself, but you can find yourself.
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But you can find yourself. god is in the business
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God is in the business of restoring what was lost.
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Of restoring what was lost. healing what was broken.
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Healing what was broken. you haven't seen the
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You haven't seen the best version of you yet.
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Best version of you yet. it's still in front of you.
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It's still in front of you. as our way of saying thank you
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Joel Osteen - Trouble Is Temporary

April 8, 2026 | 27:29

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