Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - The True You

September 15, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The True You | September 15, 2025

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this minister that
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About this minister that died. he was standing in
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Died. he was standing in line at the pearly gates.
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Line at the pearly gates. the man in front of him was
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The man in front of him was dressed in a loud t-shirt,
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Dressed in a loud t-shirt, sunglasses and blue jeans.
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Sunglasses and blue jeans. saint peter asked his name.
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Saint peter asked his name. he said, “i'm joe cohen,
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He said, “i'm joe cohen, taxicab driver, new york
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Taxicab driver, new york city.” peter checked his
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City.” peter checked his list, handed him a gold
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List, handed him a gold staff and silk robe and
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Staff and silk robe and said, “welcome to heaven.”
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Said, “welcome to heaven.” the minister stepped up and
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The minister stepped up and said, “i'm reverend joseph
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Said, “i'm reverend joseph snow, pastor of st. mary's
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Snow, pastor of st. mary's cathedral.” peter checked
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Cathedral.” peter checked his list and handed him a
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His list and handed him a wooden staff and cotton
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Wooden staff and cotton robe. he said, “wait a
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Robe. he said, “wait a minute, that couldn't be
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Minute, that couldn't be right. the taxi cab driver
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Right. the taxi cab driver got a gold staff, and this
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Got a gold staff, and this is all i get?” peter said,
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Is all i get?” peter said, “sir, up here we work by
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“sir, up here we work by results. when you preached,
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Results. when you preached, people slept, but when he
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People slept, but when he drove, people prayed.”
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Drove, people prayed.” say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. 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 i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the true you.
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About the true you. on the inside of every one
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On the inside of every one of us is a blessed person.
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Of us is a blessed person. someone confident,
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Someone confident, valuable, talented.
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Valuable, talented. the scripture says, “you
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The scripture says, “you have been fearfully and
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Have been fearfully and wonderfully made.” the word
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Wonderfully made.” the word fearful in the original
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Fearful in the original language means, to stand in
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Language means, to stand in awe, to reverence.
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Awe, to reverence. it implies honor, respect.
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It implies honor, respect. when god created you, he
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When god created you, he stood back in reverence.
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Stood back in reverence. he looked at you in awe.
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He looked at you in awe. he calls you a masterpiece.
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He calls you a masterpiece. god didn't make any one
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God didn't make any one average.
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Average. he didn't say, “i didn't do
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He didn't say, “i didn't do very good on that one.
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Very good on that one. they have a bunch of flaws.
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They have a bunch of flaws. they're going to be angry,
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They're going to be angry, insecure, jealous.” you've
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Insecure, jealous.” you've been exceptionally made.
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Been exceptionally made. but what happens is we go
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But what happens is we go through life and we make
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Through life and we make mistakes, we develop bad
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Mistakes, we develop bad habits, people do us wrong.
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Habits, people do us wrong. shame comes, guilt comes,
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Shame comes, guilt comes, insecurity.
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Insecurity. we don't feel like a
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We don't feel like a masterpiece.
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Masterpiece. we feel condemned.
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We feel condemned. “how can i be successful?
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“how can i be successful? look what i've been through.
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Look what i've been through. or i'm struggling with an
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Or i'm struggling with an addiction, i'm not that
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Addiction, i'm not that talented.” but underneath
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Talented.” but underneath the insecurity, the bad
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The insecurity, the bad breaks, the failures,
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Breaks, the failures, there's the true you, the
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There's the true you, the one that god created.
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One that god created. the true you is the blessed
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The true you is the blessed you, the happy you, the
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You, the happy you, the successful you, the
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Successful you, the forgiven you.
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Forgiven you. it's still in you.
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It's still in you. the beauty of our god is he
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The beauty of our god is he never loses the vision of
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Never loses the vision of the true you.
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The true you. he still remembers the
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He still remembers the reverence he felt when he
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Reverence he felt when he created you.
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Created you. despite all the flaws,
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Despite all the flaws, weaknesses,
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Weaknesses, disappointments, he still
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Disappointments, he still sees the masterpiece.
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Sees the masterpiece. he still knows who you
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He still knows who you really are.
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Really are. life tries to put all these
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Life tries to put all these things on us to keep the
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Things on us to keep the true you from coming out,
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True you from coming out, impatience, jealousy, bad
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Impatience, jealousy, bad breaks, the good news is
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Breaks, the good news is god is not going to leave
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God is not going to leave us like that.
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Us like that. he's going to keep working
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He's going to keep working on us, making us, molding
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On us, making us, molding us, until the true you
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Us, until the true you comes out, the free you,
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Comes out, the free you, the blessed you, the
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The blessed you, the patient you, the victorious
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Patient you, the victorious you.
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You. god specializes in removing
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God specializes in removing everything that's not the
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Everything that's not the true you.
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True you. “joel, i'll always struggle
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“joel, i'll always struggle with this addiction, i've
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With this addiction, i've had it since high school.
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Had it since high school. it's just who i am.” that
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It's just who i am.” that is not who you are.
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Is not who you are. that's something the enemy
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That's something the enemy put on you to try to keep
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Put on you to try to keep the true you from ever
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The true you from ever coming out.
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Coming out. the true you is free, the
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The true you is free, the true you is whole.
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True you is whole. that addiction is not how
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That addiction is not how your story ends.
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Your story ends. god is working right now,
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God is working right now, freedom is coming, chains
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Freedom is coming, chains are breaking, strongholds
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Are breaking, strongholds are coming down.
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Are coming down. you're about to see the
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You're about to see the free you.
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Free you. you're about to step up to
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You're about to step up to who you were created to be.
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Who you were created to be. the forces that are for you
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The forces that are for you are greater than any force
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Are greater than any force that is trying to stop you.
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That is trying to stop you. i'm calling out the free
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I'm calling out the free you, the blessed you, the
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You, the blessed you, the happy you, the favored you.
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Happy you, the favored you. now get in agreement with
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Now get in agreement with god.
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God. not, “i'll always struggle
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Not, “i'll always struggle with this.” but i am free,
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With this.” but i am free, i'm whole.” you need to see
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I'm whole.” you need to see the free you.
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The free you. not the defeated you, not
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Not the defeated you, not the depressed you, the hurt
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The depressed you, the hurt you.
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You. see the happy you, see the
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See the happy you, see the successful you, the married
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Successful you, the married you, the valuable you.
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You, the valuable you. you may have gone through
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You may have gone through bad breaks, someone walked
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Bad breaks, someone walked out on you, you weren't
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Out on you, you weren't raised in a good
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Raised in a good environment.
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Environment. it's easy to carry the
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It's easy to carry the hurts, let it limit your
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Hurts, let it limit your vision.
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Vision. carry the shame, go around
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Carry the shame, go around feeling unworthy, like you
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Feeling unworthy, like you don't deserve to be blessed.
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Don't deserve to be blessed. do not believe those lies.
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Do not believe those lies. the enemy would love for
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The enemy would love for you to live discouraged,
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You to live discouraged, thinking nothing good is in
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Thinking nothing good is in your future.
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Your future. no, the true you is still
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No, the true you is still in you.
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In you. the happy you, the restored
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The happy you, the restored you, the valuable you.
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You, the valuable you. what people did to you,
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What people did to you, didn't stop the true you.
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Didn't stop the true you. what wasn't fair, didn't
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What wasn't fair, didn't change who god created you
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Change who god created you to be.
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To be. he's in the process right
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He's in the process right now of removing everything
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Now of removing everything that's not the true you.
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That's not the true you. the anger is not the true
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The anger is not the true you, “i'm just hot
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You, “i'm just hot tempered, i can't help it.
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Tempered, i can't help it. my father was this way, my
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My father was this way, my grandfather too.” that's
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Grandfather too.” that's not who you really are.
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Not who you really are. it may be the way you are
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It may be the way you are now but you're the one to
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Now but you're the one to break the cycle.
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Break the cycle. you're the one to see it
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You're the one to see it come to an end.
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Come to an end. the true you is calm, cool
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The true you is calm, cool and collected.
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And collected. god knows what's in you.
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God knows what's in you. you may have made mistakes,
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You may have made mistakes, done things you're not
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Done things you're not proud of.
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Proud of. god sees the redeemed you,
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God sees the redeemed you, the restored you, the
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The restored you, the honored you.
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Honored you. you may be intimidated,
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You may be intimidated, thinking you're not that
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Thinking you're not that talented.
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Talented. god sees the giant killer.
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God sees the giant killer. he sees the history maker
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He sees the history maker in you.
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In you. maybe life has thrown you
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Maybe life has thrown you curves, you've been hurt,
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Curves, you've been hurt, abandoned, betrayed.
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Abandoned, betrayed. god sees the valuable you,
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God sees the valuable you, the blessed you, the
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The blessed you, the favored you.
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Favored you. nothing that's happened to
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Nothing that's happened to you has changed the true
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You has changed the true you.
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You. god looks beyond our
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God looks beyond our mistakes, the hurts, the
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Mistakes, the hurts, the bad breaks and he sees who
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Bad breaks and he sees who he created you to be.
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He created you to be. he hasn't lost the vision
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He hasn't lost the vision of who you are.
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Of who you are. the good news is he still
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The good news is he still has the chisel.
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Has the chisel. he still knows what to
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He still knows what to remove so the best you will
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Remove so the best you will come out, the talented you,
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Come out, the talented you, the confident you, the
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The confident you, the loving you, the free you.
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Loving you, the free you. now sometimes when god
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Now sometimes when god chisels, it's uncomfortable.
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Chisels, it's uncomfortable. we don't like it.
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We don't like it. “i don't want to bite my
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“i don't want to bite my tongue, i don't want to
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Tongue, i don't want to overlook the offense, i
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Overlook the offense, i want to tell them off.” be
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Want to tell them off.” be pliable.
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Pliable. work with god.
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Work with god. let him remove the hardness.
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Let him remove the hardness. that's keeping you from
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That's keeping you from going to new levels.
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Going to new levels. driving to work, you get
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Driving to work, you get caught in traffic,
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Caught in traffic, construction on the freeway.
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Construction on the freeway. some jerk, i mean some
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Some jerk, i mean some person cuts you off.
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Person cuts you off. you'll be tempted to get
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You'll be tempted to get upset, offended, let it
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Upset, offended, let it sour your day.
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Sour your day. recognize what's happening.
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Recognize what's happening. god's chiseling away the
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God's chiseling away the impatience.
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Impatience. he's giving you an
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He's giving you an opportunity to grow.
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Opportunity to grow. the impatient you will try
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The impatient you will try to keep the true you from
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To keep the true you from coming out.
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Coming out. at the office, you're not
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At the office, you're not getting the credit you
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Getting the credit you deserve.
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Deserve. people are taking your
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People are taking your ideas.
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Ideas. you could live offended,
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You could live offended, trying to get revenge, pay
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Trying to get revenge, pay them back.
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Them back. no let god be your
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No let god be your vindicator.
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Vindicator. let him fight your battles.
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Let him fight your battles. he sees what's happening.
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He sees what's happening. he knows what's not fair.
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He knows what's not fair. he has the chisel out.
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He has the chisel out. you think it's about them,
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You think it's about them, but really, it's about you.
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But really, it's about you. that's an opportunity to
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That's an opportunity to show god that you trust
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Show god that you trust him, that you'll stay in
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Him, that you'll stay in peace, not let people steal
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Peace, not let people steal your joy.
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Your joy. sometimes god will remove
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Sometimes god will remove things we don't understand.
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Things we don't understand. remove a friendship,
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Remove a friendship, someone that's pulling us
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Someone that's pulling us down, causing us to
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Down, causing us to compromise.
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Compromise. we don't like change.
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We don't like change. we were comfortable.
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We were comfortable. now we're going to have to
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Now we're going to have to stretch, grow.
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Stretch, grow. don't fight the chisel.
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Don't fight the chisel. god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. he's not going to leave
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He's not going to leave something on you that will
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Something on you that will keep you from your purpose.
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Keep you from your purpose. he'll never ask you to do
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He'll never ask you to do something and then not give
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Something and then not give you the ability to do it.
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You the ability to do it. if he's asking you to walk
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If he's asking you to walk away, you know a season is
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Away, you know a season is coming to an end, that's
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Coming to an end, that's the chisel at work.
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The chisel at work. if you're stubborn, you
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If you're stubborn, you fight it, you're going to
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Fight it, you're going to miss the greater things god
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Miss the greater things god has in store.
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Has in store. he's not trying to take
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He's not trying to take something from you, he's
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Something from you, he's trying to get something
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Trying to get something better to you.
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Better to you. he wants to bring out the
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He wants to bring out the true you.
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True you. the true you is more
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The true you is more blessed, more successful,
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Blessed, more successful, more peaceful than you can
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More peaceful than you can imagine.
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Imagine. a friend of mine worked for
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A friend of mine worked for this company for over
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This company for over twenty years.
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Twenty years. he's the nicest person in
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He's the nicest person in the world, always kind,
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The world, always kind, respectful, going the extra
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Respectful, going the extra mile.
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Mile. he called one day and said,
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He called one day and said, “joel, i just got fired
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“joel, i just got fired from my job.
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From my job. they said i didn't have a
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They said i didn't have a good attitude; they were
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Good attitude; they were letting me go.” i almost
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Letting me go.” i almost fell out of my chair.
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Fell out of my chair. this would be like mother
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This would be like mother theresa getting fired.
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Theresa getting fired. i couldn't believe it.
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I couldn't believe it. but sometimes god will
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But sometimes god will close a door because we're
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Close a door because we're stagnate.
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Stagnate. if he didn't push us into
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If he didn't push us into our destiny, then the true
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Our destiny, then the true you would never come out.
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You would never come out. we don't realize, there's
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We don't realize, there's so much more in us, gifts,
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So much more in us, gifts, talents, potential.
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Talents, potential. god will chisel away things
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God will chisel away things that are keeping you from
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That are keeping you from your greatness.
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Your greatness. sometimes they're good, but
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Sometimes they're good, but they're not the best. trust
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They're not the best. trust him when you don't
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Him when you don't understand.
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Understand. he won't remove something
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He won't remove something unless he has something
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Unless he has something better coming.
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Better coming. he won't use the chisel if
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He won't use the chisel if it's not going to make you
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It's not going to make you better.
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Better. it may hurt at the time, it
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It may hurt at the time, it may be uncomfortable, but
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May be uncomfortable, but god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. about six months later, my
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About six months later, my friend called so excited.
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Friend called so excited. he just got this dream job.
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He just got this dream job. this position running a
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This position running a large company, managing all
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Large company, managing all these people.
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These people. he said, “i never knew this
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He said, “i never knew this was in me.
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Was in me. i never dreamed i would be
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I never dreamed i would be this successful, this
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This successful, this fulfilled.”
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Fulfilled.” let god remove what he
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Let god remove what he knows is keeping you from
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Knows is keeping you from the true you.
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The true you. unforgiveness is keeping
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Unforgiveness is keeping you from shining.
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You from shining. insecurity, compromise,
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Insecurity, compromise, anger, that's blocking the
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Anger, that's blocking the best you from coming out.
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Best you from coming out. be willing to change.
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Be willing to change. you don't have to be
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You don't have to be perfect, but we should be
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Perfect, but we should be growing.
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Growing. we should be better now
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We should be better now than we were five years ago.
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Than we were five years ago. we should be kinder, more
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We should be kinder, more respectful, a better
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Respectful, a better attitude.
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Attitude. we should be more
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We should be more confident, more secure.
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Confident, more secure. we should forgive quicker,
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We should forgive quicker, overlook offenses easier.
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Overlook offenses easier. we should compromise less,
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We should compromise less, resist the temptation more
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Resist the temptation more often.
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Often. that means we're letting
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That means we're letting the chisel chip away things
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The chisel chip away things that are hindering our
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That are hindering our growth.
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Growth. we're seeing more of the
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We're seeing more of the true you coming out.
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True you coming out. what's interesting is that
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What's interesting is that large rock that
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Large rock that michelangelo carved the
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Michelangelo carved the statue of david out of,
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Statue of david out of, fifty years earlier two of
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Fifty years earlier two of the most accomplished
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The most accomplished artists of that time, these
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Artists of that time, these very well-known sculptors,
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Very well-known sculptors, looked at the rock and said
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Looked at the rock and said there was no way they could
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There was no way they could work with it.
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Work with it. it had too many flaws, too
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It had too many flaws, too many imperfections.
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Many imperfections. they were given the chance
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They were given the chance first, but they turned it
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First, but they turned it down because the marble had
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Down because the marble had too many blemishes, too
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Too many blemishes, too many defects.
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Many defects. fifty years later, young
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Fifty years later, young michelangelo came along.
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Michelangelo came along. he saw the same block of
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He saw the same block of marble, the same defects,
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Marble, the same defects, same flaws, but he looked
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Same flaws, but he looked beyond the imperfections.
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Beyond the imperfections. he said, “i see a
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He said, “i see a masterpiece in this rock.
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Masterpiece in this rock. i see king david in this
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I see king david in this stone.”
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Stone.” like those first two
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Like those first two artists, other people may
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Artists, other people may look at you and think,
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Look at you and think, “they'll never amount to
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“they'll never amount to much, look at their
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Much, look at their failures, their weaknesses.
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Failures, their weaknesses. they struggle with an
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They struggle with an addiction.
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Addiction. or look at what they've
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Or look at what they've been through, look at all
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Been through, look at all the bad breaks, the
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The bad breaks, the disappointments.” all they
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Disappointments.” all they see is your flaws, your
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See is your flaws, your blemishes, what hasn't
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Blemishes, what hasn't worked out.
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Worked out. they may discount you,
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They may discount you, write you off.
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Write you off. then like michelangelo did,
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Then like michelangelo did, god comes along.
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God comes along. he says, “hey, wait a
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He says, “hey, wait a minute.
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Minute. don't abandoned that piece
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Don't abandoned that piece of rock.
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Of rock. yes, i see flaws, i see
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Yes, i see flaws, i see weaknesses, but i see
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Weaknesses, but i see something else, i see a
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Something else, i see a masterpiece.
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Masterpiece. i see a blessed, strong,
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I see a blessed, strong, forgiven, favored, child of
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Forgiven, favored, child of the most high god.” it's
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The most high god.” it's not that god doesn't see
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Not that god doesn't see the flaws, but he knows how
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The flaws, but he knows how to remove the flaws.
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To remove the flaws. he knows how to make you
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He knows how to make you and mold you to where the
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And mold you to where the best you comes out.
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Best you comes out. quit believing those lies
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Quit believing those lies that you've made too many
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That you've made too many mistakes, you're too far
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Mistakes, you're too far off course.
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Off course. you see yourself as the
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You see yourself as the failed you, the broken you,
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Failed you, the broken you, the guilty you.
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The guilty you. no, nothing you've done has
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No, nothing you've done has stopped your destiny.
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Stopped your destiny. the mercy of god is bigger
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The mercy of god is bigger than any mistake you've
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Than any mistake you've made.
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Made. the true you is still in
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The true you is still in you.
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You. the blessed you, the
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The blessed you, the faithful you, the honored
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Faithful you, the honored you, the righteous you.
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You, the righteous you. in the scripture, peter was
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In the scripture, peter was out fishing one morning,
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Out fishing one morning, bringing his boat close to
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Bringing his boat close to the shore.
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The shore. jesus came walking by and
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Jesus came walking by and said, “peter, come and
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Said, “peter, come and follow me, i'm going to
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Follow me, i'm going to make you a fisher of men.”
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Make you a fisher of men.” peter had never met jesus,
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Peter had never met jesus, never had a conversation
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Never had a conversation with him, yet jesus called
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With him, yet jesus called him by name.
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Him by name. can you imagine how
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Can you imagine how surprised peter was?
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Surprised peter was? “how does this man know my
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“how does this man know my name.
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Name. i know who he is.
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I know who he is. he's that teacher everyone
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He's that teacher everyone is talking about, yet he
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Is talking about, yet he called me peter.” god knows
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Called me peter.” god knows your name.
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Your name. he's the one that created
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He's the one that created you.
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You. he's the one that calls you
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He's the one that calls you a masterpiece.
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A masterpiece. “not me joel.
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“not me joel. i'm not a religious
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I'm not a religious person.” neither was peter.
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Person.” neither was peter. he didn't have any kind of
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He didn't have any kind of faith.
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Faith. he wasn't refined,
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He wasn't refined, respected.
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Respected. he was a fisherman.
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He was a fisherman. he used bad language.
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He used bad language. he was hot tempered,
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He was hot tempered, impulsive.
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Impulsive. he would tell you what he
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He would tell you what he thought.
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Thought. yet god chose him to be his
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Yet god chose him to be his disciple, one of the twelve
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Disciple, one of the twelve that would change the world.
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That would change the world. out of all the people jesus
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Out of all the people jesus could have chosen, he
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Could have chosen, he didn't choose a religious
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Didn't choose a religious leader, he didn't choose
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Leader, he didn't choose the priest in the
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The priest in the synagogue, he didn't choose
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Synagogue, he didn't choose the mayor of the city, he
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The mayor of the city, he chose peter.
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Chose peter. he already knew that peter
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He already knew that peter would deny him three times.
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Would deny him three times. he already knew peter would
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He already knew peter would fall asleep in the garden
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Fall asleep in the garden of gethsemane when jesus
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Of gethsemane when jesus needed him the most. he
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Needed him the most. he already knew peter was hot
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Already knew peter was hot tempered, that he would
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Tempered, that he would curse, that he would cut
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Curse, that he would cut off the soldier's ear.
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Off the soldier's ear. why would jesus choose
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Why would jesus choose someone like this?
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Someone like this? because god looks beyond
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Because god looks beyond the flaws, the mistakes,
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The flaws, the mistakes, the weaknesses and he sees
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The weaknesses and he sees the masterpiece in the rock.
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The masterpiece in the rock. he sees what we can become.
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He sees what we can become. he hasn't lost the vision
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He hasn't lost the vision of the true you, how he
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Of the true you, how he made you before you were
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Made you before you were formed in your mother's
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Formed in your mother's womb.
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Womb. jesus looked at peter and
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Jesus looked at peter and said, “you are simon, but
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Said, “you are simon, but you shall be called peter.”
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You shall be called peter.” simon represents shifting
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Simon represents shifting sand, being unstable,
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Sand, being unstable, inconsistent, but peter
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Inconsistent, but peter means rock.
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Means rock. jesus was telling him who
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Jesus was telling him who the true you was.
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The true you was. at one point jesus said,
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At one point jesus said, “you are peter and upon
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“you are peter and upon this rock i will build my
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This rock i will build my church.” when jesus said
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Church.” when jesus said that peter was anything but
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That peter was anything but a rock.
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A rock. he was unreliable, hot
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He was unreliable, hot tempered.
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Tempered. yet god called out the true
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Yet god called out the true you, the faithful you.
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You, the faithful you. it didn't happen overnight,
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It didn't happen overnight, but god kept chiseling away
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But god kept chiseling away peter's weaknesses,
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Peter's weaknesses, chiseling away the hot
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Chiseling away the hot temper, chiseling away the
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Temper, chiseling away the inconsistency.
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Inconsistency. when the church was
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When the church was starting in the book of
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Starting in the book of acts, they needed someone
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Acts, they needed someone to give the inaugural
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To give the inaugural address.
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Address. this prominent position.
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This prominent position. who did they choose?
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Who did they choose? peter.
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Peter. but now it wasn't the
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But now it wasn't the impulsive peter, the
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Impulsive peter, the inconsistent peter, the
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Inconsistent peter, the deny jesus peter.
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Deny jesus peter. this was the rock.
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This was the rock. it was the true peter, the
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It was the true peter, the faithful peter, the strong
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Faithful peter, the strong peter, the anointed peter,
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Peter, the anointed peter, the powerful peter.
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The powerful peter. here's what i'm saying:
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Here's what i'm saying: don't get discouraged
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Don't get discouraged because of who you are
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Because of who you are right now, god still has
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Right now, god still has his chisel.
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His chisel. he's still removing things
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He's still removing things that are limiting your
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That are limiting your destiny.
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Destiny. you haven't seen your best
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You haven't seen your best days.
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Days. the rock in you is still
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The rock in you is still going to come out.
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Going to come out. the successful you, the
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The successful you, the holy you, the favored you.
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Holy you, the favored you. like those two artists that
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Like those two artists that saw the slab of marble but
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Saw the slab of marble but said it's got too many
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Said it's got too many flaws, there will always be
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Flaws, there will always be people that try to discount
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People that try to discount you, tell you what you
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You, tell you what you can't become, how you're
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Can't become, how you're not talented enough, you've
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Not talented enough, you've made too many mistakes.
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Made too many mistakes. don't let them talk you out
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Don't let them talk you out of becoming the true you.
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Of becoming the true you. the good news is they're
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The good news is they're not your artist. they don't
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Not your artist. they don't have the chisel.
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Have the chisel. you're not dependent on
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You're not dependent on what they think, what they
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What they think, what they can do.
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Can do. your sculptor is the most
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Your sculptor is the most high god.
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High god. he has not lost the vision
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He has not lost the vision of who he created you to be.
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Of who he created you to be. my dad was raised very poor.
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My dad was raised very poor. his family were cotton
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His family were cotton farmers and they lost
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Farmers and they lost everything in the great
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Everything in the great depression.
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Depression. his mother made ten cents
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His mother made ten cents an hour washing people's
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An hour washing people's clothes.
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Clothes. there were times they
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There were times they didn't have enough money
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Didn't have enough money for food.
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For food. he had to drop out of high
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He had to drop out of high school to work on the farm.
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School to work on the farm. at seventeen years old, he
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At seventeen years old, he gave his life to christ,
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Gave his life to christ, the first one in his family.
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The first one in his family. he felt this calling to
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He felt this calling to become a minister.
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Become a minister. he had no money, no
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He had no money, no education, no training.
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Education, no training. but he told his parents he
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But he told his parents he was going to leave the farm
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Was going to leave the farm and go out and start
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And go out and start ministering.
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Ministering. they said, “john you don't
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They said, “john you don't know how to minister.
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Know how to minister. you're going to get out
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You're going to get out there and fail.
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There and fail. you better stay on the farm
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You better stay on the farm and work with us.” they
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And work with us.” they loved their son, but they
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Loved their son, but they could only see the limited
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Could only see the limited john, the poor john, the
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John, the poor john, the not talented john, the
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Not talented john, the defeated john.
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Defeated john. they looked at that marble
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They looked at that marble so to speak, “nothing good
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So to speak, “nothing good can come out of that, look
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Can come out of that, look at all the flaws, the
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At all the flaws, the deficiencies, the
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Deficiencies, the imperfections.” if daddy
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Imperfections.” if daddy would have believed who
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Would have believed who they said he was, he would
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They said he was, he would have never fulfilled his
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Have never fulfilled his destiny.
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Destiny. people can't see what god
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People can't see what god put in you.
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Put in you. don't let their negative
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Don't let their negative words limit your life.
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Words limit your life. tune it out.
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Tune it out. you're not who people say
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You're not who people say you are, you are who god
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You are, you are who god says you are.
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Says you are. he says you're a
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He says you're a masterpiece.
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Masterpiece. he says you have greatness
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He says you have greatness in you.
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In you. he says you are destined to
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He says you are destined to leave your mark.
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Leave your mark. but my father grew up with
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But my father grew up with this limited mindset, this
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This limited mindset, this poverty mentality.
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Poverty mentality. all he had known was
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All he had known was struggle, lack, mediocrity.
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Struggle, lack, mediocrity. but we serve a god that has
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But we serve a god that has a chisel.
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A chisel. he doesn't let how you were
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He doesn't let how you were raised, what you didn't
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Raised, what you didn't get, the odds being against
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Get, the odds being against you, keep you from your
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You, keep you from your purpose.
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Purpose. little by little, god
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Little by little, god removed the poverty mindset.
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Removed the poverty mindset. he chiseled away the
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He chiseled away the mediocrity, not good enough.
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Mediocrity, not good enough. my father rose up, against
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My father rose up, against all odds, he did great
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All odds, he did great things.
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Things. he pastored churches,
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He pastored churches, founded lakewood and
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Founded lakewood and impacted the world.
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Impacted the world. in that poor,
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In that poor, disadvantaged, not
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Disadvantaged, not educated,
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Educated, seventeen-year-old man, was
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Seventeen-year-old man, was a world changer, a history
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A world changer, a history maker.
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Maker. if you only knew what was
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If you only knew what was in you.
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In you. the true you is not limited
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The true you is not limited by your environment.
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By your environment. the true you is not
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The true you is not dependent on what other
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Dependent on what other people think about you.
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People think about you. the true you is not at a
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The true you is not at a disadvantage because you
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Disadvantage because you have flaws and weaknesses.
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Have flaws and weaknesses. but the enemy would love
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But the enemy would love for us to go through life
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For us to go through life feeling inferior, focused
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Feeling inferior, focused on our weaknesses, weighed
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On our weaknesses, weighed down with regrets, guilty
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Down with regrets, guilty from past mistakes,
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From past mistakes, condemned, ashamed.
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Condemned, ashamed. but what the enemy put on
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But what the enemy put on you, god is about to take
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You, god is about to take off of you.
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Off of you. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. the chisel is at work.
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The chisel is at work. he's chiseling away wrong
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He's chiseling away wrong mindsets, chiseling away
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Mindsets, chiseling away negative words that have
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Negative words that have been spoken, chiseling away
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Been spoken, chiseling away guilt and shame, chiseling
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Guilt and shame, chiseling away hurts, brokenness,
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Away hurts, brokenness, offense.
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Offense. you're about to step into a
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You're about to step into a new level of your destiny.
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New level of your destiny. the true you is about to
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The true you is about to come out.
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Come out. the blessed you, the free
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The blessed you, the free you, the healthiest you,
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You, the healthiest you, the victorious you.
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The victorious you. i know a young woman she
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I know a young woman she was raised in a very
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Was raised in a very dysfunctional home.
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Dysfunctional home. at seven years old, the
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At seven years old, the police showed up at her
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Police showed up at her house and told her to put
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House and told her to put her belongings in a trash
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Her belongings in a trash bag, she was going to spend
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Bag, she was going to spend the night somewhere else.
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The night somewhere else. she grabbed her pajamas,
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She grabbed her pajamas, toothbrush, and rushed out.
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Toothbrush, and rushed out. she was taken to a shelter.
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She was taken to a shelter. her mother and stepfather
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Her mother and stepfather were arrested for child
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Were arrested for child abuse.
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Abuse. she had never met her
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She had never met her biological father,
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Biological father, eventually she was turned
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Eventually she was turned over to him but that wasn't
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Over to him but that wasn't any better.
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Any better. he was on drugs, in and out
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He was on drugs, in and out of jail.
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Of jail. she became very angry.
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She became very angry. she couldn't understand why
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She couldn't understand why no one would love her.
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No one would love her. she got to the point where
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She got to the point where she built up walls, so she
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She built up walls, so she didn't have to feel.
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Didn't have to feel. she became numb to the
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She became numb to the pain. she didn't feel
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Pain. she didn't feel happy, sad, depressed.
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Happy, sad, depressed. she felt nothing.
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She felt nothing. at sixteen she moved out on
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At sixteen she moved out on her own, hurting, broken,
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Her own, hurting, broken, lonely.
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Lonely. by the grace of god, she
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By the grace of god, she showed up at lakewood.
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Showed up at lakewood. she heard us talking about
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She heard us talking about how god is our heavenly
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How god is our heavenly father, how he has good
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Father, how he has good things in store for us, how
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Things in store for us, how he will give beauty for the
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He will give beauty for the ashes.
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Ashes. she had never felt that
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She had never felt that love before.
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Love before. she had never had anyone
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She had never had anyone speak faith and victory
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Speak faith and victory into her and tell her who
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Into her and tell her who she really was.
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She really was. one day, she gave her life
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One day, she gave her life to christ. she said, “i
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To christ. she said, “i realized i was no longer an
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Realized i was no longer an orphan; i was adopted by my
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Orphan; i was adopted by my heavenly father.” the right
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Heavenly father.” the right people began to show up,
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People began to show up, doors began to open.
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Doors began to open. today that young woman,
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Today that young woman, desiree, right here on the
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Desiree, right here on the front row, is on staff with
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Front row, is on staff with us, a beautiful girl.
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Us, a beautiful girl. she has the joy, the smile,
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She has the joy, the smile, the victory.
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The victory. here's what i've learned.
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Here's what i've learned. god will not leave you at a
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God will not leave you at a deficit.
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Deficit. what you didn't get, what
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What you didn't get, what wasn't fair, what you feel
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Wasn't fair, what you feel robbed of, god is going to
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Robbed of, god is going to make it up to you.
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Make it up to you. he's going to pay you back
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He's going to pay you back for the unfair things.
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For the unfair things. if you would have seen
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If you would have seen desiree years back, you
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Desiree years back, you would have seen the broken
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Would have seen the broken you, the abandoned you, the
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You, the abandoned you, the angry you.
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Angry you. all these things the enemy
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All these things the enemy had put on her to try to
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Had put on her to try to keep her from her destiny.
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Keep her from her destiny. but underneath the shame,
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But underneath the shame, the anger, the rejection
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The anger, the rejection was the masterpiece.
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Was the masterpiece. there was this beautiful,
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There was this beautiful, confident, radiant,
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Confident, radiant, talented young woman.
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Talented young woman. maybe like her, you're
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Maybe like her, you're carrying shame, hurts,
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Carrying shame, hurts, brokenness, life has put
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Brokenness, life has put you at a disadvantage.
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You at a disadvantage. god said in joshua, “this
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God said in joshua, “this day i am removing the shame
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Day i am removing the shame from my people.” this day
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From my people.” this day god is breaking chains.
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God is breaking chains. this day strongholds are
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This day strongholds are coming down.
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Coming down. this day things that have
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This day things that have hindered you are being
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Hindered you are being chiseled away.
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Chiseled away. through my eyes of faith, i
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Through my eyes of faith, i see the true you, the
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See the true you, the blessed you, free you, the
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Blessed you, free you, the restored you, the joyful
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Restored you, the joyful you.
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You. i see the masterpiece god
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I see the masterpiece god created you to be.
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Created you to be. the two years that
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The two years that michelangelo worked on
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Michelangelo worked on sculpting david, he did it
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Sculpting david, he did it all in private, wouldn't
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All in private, wouldn't let anyone come in. when he
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Let anyone come in. when he finished, he revealed it to
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Finished, he revealed it to the public.
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The public. now five hundred million
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Now five hundred million people have seen it in
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People have seen it in person.
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Person. you think about that old
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You think about that old piece of rock, with flaws
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Piece of rock, with flaws and weaknesses, other
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And weaknesses, other artists said it was not
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Artists said it was not useful, yet it's been seen
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Useful, yet it's been seen by a half a billion people.
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By a half a billion people. when god's working on you,
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When god's working on you, chiseling away what's not
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Chiseling away what's not necessary, often, he'll do
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Necessary, often, he'll do it in private.
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It in private. he'll keep you hidden, not
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He'll keep you hidden, not noticed.
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Noticed. but when it's your time,
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But when it's your time, when god says you're ready,
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When god says you're ready, he'll cause you to be seen.
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He'll cause you to be seen. you'll become a trophy of
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You'll become a trophy of his grace, where people
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His grace, where people think, “wasn't that the old
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Think, “wasn't that the old rock that had flaws?
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Rock that had flaws? wasn't that the fisherman,
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Wasn't that the fisherman, now he's up there leading.
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Now he's up there leading. isn't that the young boy
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Isn't that the young boy from the great depression,
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From the great depression, now he's the pastor.
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Now he's the pastor. wasn't she abandoned by her
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Wasn't she abandoned by her parents, and look at her
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Parents, and look at her now?” god's going to cause
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Now?” god's going to cause you to shine, to be an
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You to shine, to be an example of what he can do
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Example of what he can do despite imperfections,
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Despite imperfections, despite what life throws
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Despite what life throws your way.
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Your way. you may have some things
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You may have some things that are limiting you now,
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That are limiting you now, don't worry, god still has
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Don't worry, god still has his chisel, he's still
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His chisel, he's still working on you.
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Working on you. i believe and declare the
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I believe and declare the true you is about to come
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True you is about to come out.
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Out. what's holding you back is
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What's holding you back is being broken, the shame is
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Being broken, the shame is being removed.
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Being removed. you're about to step into
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You're about to step into favor, freedom, wholeness,
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Favor, freedom, wholeness, to become the masterpiece
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To become the masterpiece god created you to be, in
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God created you to be, in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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Say amen? (applause)
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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Happy, healthy, and free. for 31 days,
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For 31 days, i'll take you
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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On a wellness journey for your spirit, body,
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And soul.
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It's filled with daily
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Declarations, scriptures, encouragement.
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Scriptures, encouragement. as you get your mind in tune
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As you get your mind in tune with what god says,
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With what god says, you'll experience a refreshing,
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A revitalization.
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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Ayou were created to be strong, to be passionate,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Healthy, and free. when you contact us today,
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When you contact us today, we'll send you
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We'll send you happy, healthy, and free:
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Happy, healthy, and free: a 31-day wellness journey
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount.
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Promises, and receive the healing he's
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The healing he's already made available to you.
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What the enemy tried to steal. your joy,
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Your joy, your peace, your health.
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Joel Osteen - The True You

September 15, 2025 | 30:0

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