Joel Osteen - Trust While You're Waiting

February 16, 2025 | S25:E47

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Trust While You're Waiting | February 16, 2025
  • Joel: god bless you. it's
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  • Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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  • Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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  • I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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  • With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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  • Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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  • Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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  • Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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  • Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • Have you be a part of one of our services.
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  • Our services. i like to start with
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  • Something funny. i heard
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  • Something funny. i heard about this minister that was
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  • About this minister that was driving down the road when he
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  • Driving down the road when he was pulled over by a
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  • Was pulled over by a policeman. the officer came
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  • Policeman. the officer came up to the window and smelled
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  • Up to the window and smelled alcohol. he saw a thermos
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  • Alcohol. he saw a thermos and said, "sir, what are you
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  • And said, "sir, what are you drinking?" the minister said,
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  • Drinking?" the minister said, "just water, officer." he
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  • "just water, officer." he asked to see the thermos. he
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  • Asked to see the thermos. he took one sniff and said,
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  • Took one sniff and said, "smells like wine to me." the
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  • "smells like wine to me." the minister said, "what do you
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  • Minister said, "what do you know, jesus did it again."
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  • Say it like you mean it. this
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about trusting while you're
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  • About trusting while you're waiting. we all have times
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  • Waiting. we all have times where we feel stuck. not
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  • Where we feel stuck. not making progress in our
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  • Making progress in our career, haven't met the right
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  • Career, haven't met the right person, a problem is not
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  • Person, a problem is not turning around. it's easy to
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  • Turning around. it's easy to live frustrated, wondering
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  • Live frustrated, wondering why we can't move forward.
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  • Why we can't move forward. stressed because we're
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  • Stressed because we're stagnate. but there are
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  • Stagnate. but there are seasons where god will on
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  • Seasons where god will on purpose put you on hold.
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  • Purpose put you on hold. where you feel restricted. no
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  • Where you feel restricted. no matter how hard you try, it's
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  • Matter how hard you try, it's like there are forces that
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  • Like there are forces that have you tied up. we don't
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  • Have you tied up. we don't understand it, but it's all a
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  • Understand it, but it's all a part of god's plan. he's
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  • Part of god's plan. he's getting everything lined up
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  • Getting everything lined up for your destiny. the right
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  • For your destiny. the right people, the good breaks,
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  • People, the good breaks, amazing relationships. some
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  • Amazing relationships. some things, if they happened
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  • Things, if they happened right now, it would keep us
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  • Right now, it would keep us from his best. god has a
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  • From his best. god has a perfect time, where
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  • Perfect time, where everything will come into
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  • Everything will come into alignment. he's already
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  • Alignment. he's already written every day of your
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  • Written every day of your life in his book. he knows
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  • Life in his book. he knows exactly what you need, when
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  • Exactly what you need, when you need it and where you
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  • You need it and where you need to be. if you get there
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  • Need to be. if you get there too soon, or too late, it's
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  • Too soon, or too late, it's not going to work. the good
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  • Not going to work. the good news is god is ordering your
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  • News is god is ordering your steps. he's not going to let
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  • Steps. he's not going to let you miss your purpose.
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  • You miss your purpose. when we're in a growing
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  • When we're in a growing season, seeing good breaks
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  • Season, seeing good breaks and new relationships, it's
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  • And new relationships, it's easy to trust him. that
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  • Easy to trust him. that doesn't take much faith. but
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  • Doesn't take much faith. but when you're in a holding
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  • When you're in a holding season, where you're
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  • Season, where you're restricted, it's tempting to
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  • Restricted, it's tempting to feel forgotten, overlooked,
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  • Feel forgotten, overlooked, like god went on vacation.
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  • Like god went on vacation. “joel, i've been stuck at
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  • “joel, i've been stuck at this same level.” god is
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  • This same level.” god is getting you in position for
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  • Getting you in position for blessings, opportunities,
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  • Blessings, opportunities, divine connections that
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  • Divine connections that you've never seen. you have
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  • You've never seen. you have to trust him while you're
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  • To trust him while you're waiting. trust him when you
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  • Waiting. trust him when you feel stagnate. if you'll keep
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  • Feel stagnate. if you'll keep the right attitude in the
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  • The right attitude in the restricted times, you'll come
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  • Restricted times, you'll come to a point where god will
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  • To a point where god will loose you from what's holding
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  • Loose you from what's holding you back. the reason he has
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  • You back. the reason he has you restricted is because
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  • You restricted is because what he has planned is much
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  • What he has planned is much better than you've imagined.
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  • Better than you've imagined. instead of resisting the
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  • Instead of resisting the restriction, living sour,
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  • Restriction, living sour, rest in the restriction. say
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  • Rest in the restriction. say like david, “god, my times
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  • Like david, “god, my times are in your hands. i'm going
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  • Are in your hands. i'm going to be my best each day and
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  • To be my best each day and trust you to get me to where
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  • Trust you to get me to where i'm supposed to be.”
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  • I'm supposed to be.” i've learned, you can't open
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  • I've learned, you can't open a door that god has shut. you
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  • A door that god has shut. you can't move forward when god
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  • Can't move forward when god has put you on hold. he loves
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  • Has put you on hold. he loves you too much to let you get
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  • You too much to let you get ahead of his plan or behind
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  • Ahead of his plan or behind his plan. if you don't
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  • His plan. if you don't understand that god has
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  • Understand that god has holding seasons, that it's a
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  • Holding seasons, that it's a part of what he's ordained,
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  • Part of what he's ordained, then you'll live frustrated,
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  • Then you'll live frustrated, trying to force things to
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  • Trying to force things to happen, when in fact, god is
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  • Happen, when in fact, god is the one not letting you move
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  • The one not letting you move forward because it would keep
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  • Forward because it would keep you from the greater things
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  • You from the greater things he has in store. in mark 11,
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  • He has in store. in mark 11, jesus was returning to
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  • Jesus was returning to jerusalem with his disciples.
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  • Jerusalem with his disciples. he said to two of them in
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  • He said to two of them in verse 2, “go into that
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  • Verse 2, “go into that village ahead of us. and as
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  • Village ahead of us. and as soon as you enter it, you
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  • Soon as you enter it, you will see a colt tied up that
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  • Will see a colt tied up that has never been ridden. untie
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  • Has never been ridden. untie it and bring it here. if
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  • It and bring it here. if anyone asks what you're
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  • Anyone asks what you're doing, tell them the lord has
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  • Doing, tell them the lord has need of it.” the disciples
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  • Need of it.” the disciples went to the village. just
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  • Went to the village. just like jesus said, they saw
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  • Like jesus said, they saw this baby donkey, a colt that
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  • This baby donkey, a colt that was tied up. they went to
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  • Was tied up. they went to untie it, someone came over
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  • Untie it, someone came over and said, “what are you
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  • And said, “what are you doing? that's not your colt.
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  • Doing? that's not your colt. you can't take it.” they
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  • You can't take it.” they said, “the lord has need of
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  • Said, “the lord has need of it.” these people had never
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  • It.” these people had never seen the disciples, complete
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  • Seen the disciples, complete strangers. suddenly they
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  • Strangers. suddenly they changed their mind. they took
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  • Changed their mind. they took it back. this was the colt
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  • It back. this was the colt that jesus came riding on
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  • That jesus came riding on into the city of jerusalem on
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  • Into the city of jerusalem on palm sunday. this triumphant
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  • Palm sunday. this triumphant event where people put
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  • Event where people put branches down and celebrated
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  • Branches down and celebrated jesus as their king.
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  • Jesus as their king. think about this colt. it's
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  • Think about this colt. it's been tied up its whole life.
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  • Been tied up its whole life. it wants to run, play, go
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  • It wants to run, play, go have fun. it sees other
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  • Have fun. it sees other animals out free, going
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  • Animals out free, going places, carrying things. but
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  • Places, carrying things. but this colt is restricted. it's
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  • Never been ridden. i'm sure's
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  • Never been ridden. i'm sure's the colt thought, “why did i
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  • The colt thought, “why did i get tied up? why can't i go
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  • Get tied up? why can't i go to different villages? why
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  • To different villages? why won't anyone ride me?” it
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  • Won't anyone ride me?” it looked like it was forgotten.
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  • But what the colt could have
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  • But what the colt could have never known is he was tied up
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  • Never known is he was tied up for a divine purpose.
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  • For a divine purpose. zechariah prophesied hundreds
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  • Zechariah prophesied hundreds of years before jesus' birth,
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  • Of years before jesus' birth, that “the messiah would come
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  • That “the messiah would come riding into jerusalem on a
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  • Riding into jerusalem on a colt.” this colt thought he
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  • Colt.” this colt thought he was restricted, but really,
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  • Was restricted, but really, he was reserved. god had set
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  • He was reserved. god had set him apart, kept anyone from
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  • Him apart, kept anyone from riding on him, so at the
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  • Riding on him, so at the right time god could use him
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  • Right time god could use him for a purpose greater than he
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  • For a purpose greater than he ever imagined.
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  • Ever imagined. it's the same principle with
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  • It's the same principle with us. there are times god has
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  • Us. there are times god has us tied up. we don't
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  • Understand it. friends are
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  • Understand it. friends are being promoted, coworkers
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  • Being promoted, coworkers seeing dreams come to pass,
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  • Seeing dreams come to pass, that relative moved into a
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  • That relative moved into a nice house. we're working
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  • Nice house. we're working hard, keeping god first
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  • Hard, keeping god first place, but doors aren't
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  • Place, but doors aren't opening. things aren't
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  • Opening. things aren't falling into place. every
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  • Falling into place. every time we try to move forward,
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  • Time we try to move forward, it's like there are forces
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  • Pulling us back. we always
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  • Pulling us back. we always think that's the enemy, but
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  • Think that's the enemy, but sometimes god has us in a
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  • Sometimes god has us in a holding season. he's keeping
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  • Holding season. he's keeping us from what we want, only
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  • Us from what we want, only because he has something so
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  • Because he has something so much better. you think you're
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  • Much better. you think you're restricted, have a new
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  • Restricted, have a new perspective, you're reserved.
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  • Perspective, you're reserved. god has set you apart for a
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  • God has set you apart for a higher purpose. something you
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  • Higher purpose. something you can't see; that you've never
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  • Can't see; that you've never planned. now trust him in the
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  • Planned. now trust him in the waiting seasons. don't live
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  • Waiting seasons. don't live frustrated when you feel
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  • Frustrated when you feel stagnate, upset because the
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  • Stagnate, upset because the door hasn't opened. what if
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  • Door hasn't opened. what if you knew god was holding you
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  • You knew god was holding you back because his plan is so
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  • Back because his plan is so much better. you would stay
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  • Much better. you would stay in peace. you would go
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  • In peace. you would go through the waiting seasons,
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  • Through the waiting seasons, not sour, “why am i stuck?”
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  • Not sour, “why am i stuck?” but in faith. “god, i trust
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  • But in faith. “god, i trust your timing. i know i'm not
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  • Your timing. i know i'm not restricted; i'm reserved.
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  • Restricted; i'm reserved. that you've set me apart for
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  • That you've set me apart for something amazing, for your
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  • Something amazing, for your divine purpose.”
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  • Divine purpose.” it's interesting that jesus
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  • It's interesting that jesus told the disciples where the
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  • Told the disciples where the colt was, how it was tied up,
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  • Colt was, how it was tied up, and what the people were
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  • And what the people were going to say, and how to
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  • Going to say, and how to respond. the whole time the
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  • Respond. the whole time the colt felt forgotten, but god
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  • Colt felt forgotten, but god knew every detail about the
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  • Knew every detail about the colt. god had already lined
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  • Colt. god had already lined up the right people to untie
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  • Up the right people to untie it. he'd already arranged for
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  • It. he'd already arranged for the owners to let him go,
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  • The owners to let him go, made sure it was tied up at
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  • Made sure it was tied up at the right house, that it had
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  • The right house, that it had never been ridden. all these
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  • Never been ridden. all these details had to come into
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  • Details had to come into alignment. when we're in a
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  • Alignment. when we're in a stagnate season, it's easy to
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  • Stagnate season, it's easy to feel forgotten, “joel, i'm at
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  • Feel forgotten, “joel, i'm at a disadvantage. i can't get a
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  • A disadvantage. i can't get a good break. i take one step
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  • Good break. i take one step forward and two steps
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  • Forward and two steps backwards.” but like this
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  • Backwards.” but like this colt, god knows exactly where
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  • Colt, god knows exactly where you are. he knows what's tied
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  • You are. he knows what's tied you up, the doors that have
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  • You up, the doors that have closed, the people that have
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  • Closed, the people that have overlooked you. don't believe
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  • Overlooked you. don't believe the lies that you're
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  • The lies that you're forgotten. god knows every
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  • Forgotten. god knows every detail of your life. the good
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  • Detail of your life. the good news is your story doesn't
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  • News is your story doesn't end in restriction, being
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  • End in restriction, being held back, tied up. there's a
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  • Held back, tied up. there's a time coming where god will
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  • Time coming where god will say, “loose him. untie him. i
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  • Say, “loose him. untie him. i have need of him.” notice
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  • Have need of him.” notice these owners didn't say, “no,
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  • These owners didn't say, “no, no, this is our colt.” they
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  • No, this is our colt.” they didn't fight. they didn't
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  • Didn't fight. they didn't debate. they didn't call
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  • Debate. they didn't call 9-1-1. because what god has
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  • 9-1-1. because what god has for you, no person can stop.
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  • For you, no person can stop. no bad break, no sickness, no
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  • No bad break, no sickness, no force of darkness. you may be
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  • Force of darkness. you may be tied up now, but it's only
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  • Tied up now, but it's only temporary. when you come into
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  • Temporary. when you come into your appointed time, god will
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  • Your appointed time, god will release every restriction.
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  • Release every restriction. he'll loose you from what's
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  • He'll loose you from what's held you back.
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  • When the owners asked what
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  • When the owners asked what the disciples were doing,
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  • The disciples were doing, jesus told them to say, “the
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  • Jesus told them to say, “the lord has need of him.” it's
  • 00:08:33.836 --> 00:08:36.305
  • Lord has need of him.” it's significant that this colt
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  • Significant that this colt was needed. it had a specific
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  • Was needed. it had a specific role to play in the plan of
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  • Role to play in the plan of god. it was already
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  • Prophesied hundreds of years
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  • Prophesied hundreds of years earlier. before you were
  • 00:08:44.947 --> 00:08:46.849
  • Earlier. before you were formed in your mother's womb,
  • 00:08:46.916 --> 00:08:48.884
  • Formed in your mother's womb, god lined up specific things
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  • God lined up specific things for you to accomplish. he's
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  • For you to accomplish. he's already planned out these
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  • Already planned out these times where you will step
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  • Times where you will step into favor, opportunity,
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  • Into favor, opportunity, talent that you didn't see
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  • Talent that you didn't see coming. sure, you may go
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  • Coming. sure, you may go through some holding seasons,
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  • Through some holding seasons, times where you feel
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  • Times where you feel stagnate. but like jesus with
  • 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:06.535
  • Stagnate. but like jesus with this colt, there will be a
  • 00:09:06.602 --> 00:09:08.204
  • This colt, there will be a time where god says, “i have
  • 00:09:08.270 --> 00:09:10.106
  • Time where god says, “i have need of you. i need that colt
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  • Need of you. i need that colt to carry me into the city. i
  • 00:09:12.808 --> 00:09:14.844
  • To carry me into the city. i need you for this promotion
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  • Need you for this promotion to take your family to a new
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  • To take your family to a new level. i need you for this
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  • Level. i need you for this spouse i have lined up. i
  • 00:09:20.249 --> 00:09:22.284
  • Spouse i have lined up. i need you for this healing
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  • Need you for this healing that i've ordained for you. i
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  • That i've ordained for you. i need you to pastor the
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  • Need you to pastor the church, joel, when your
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  • Church, joel, when your father passed, to come out of
  • 00:09:27.623 --> 00:09:29.125
  • Father passed, to come out of obscurity into influence.”
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  • Obscurity into influence.” god has these destiny moments
  • 00:09:31.727 --> 00:09:34.196
  • God has these destiny moments where he needs you to fulfill
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  • Where he needs you to fulfill the divine purpose that he's
  • 00:09:36.232 --> 00:09:37.933
  • The divine purpose that he's already established. you're
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  • Already established. you're not here by accident. you're
  • 00:09:39.935 --> 00:09:41.737
  • Not here by accident. you're here on assignment. the
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  • Here on assignment. the creator of the universe has
  • 00:09:43.739 --> 00:09:45.408
  • Creator of the universe has plans for you.
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  • Plans for you. when you feel restricted,
  • 00:09:47.109 --> 00:09:48.844
  • When you feel restricted, like you're in a holding
  • 00:09:48.911 --> 00:09:49.879
  • Like you're in a holding season, lies will whisper,
  • 00:09:49.945 --> 00:09:51.814
  • Season, lies will whisper, “you're not important. you
  • 00:09:51.881 --> 00:09:53.349
  • “you're not important. you don't have anything to
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  • Don't have anything to offer.” that's what this colt
  • 00:09:54.183 --> 00:09:56.118
  • Offer.” that's what this colt represents. tied up, never
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  • Represents. tied up, never been ridden. your time is
  • 00:09:58.788 --> 00:10:00.723
  • Been ridden. your time is coming. keep reminding
  • 00:10:00.790 --> 00:10:02.358
  • Coming. keep reminding yourself, you're not
  • 00:10:02.425 --> 00:10:03.459
  • Yourself, you're not restricted, you're reserved.
  • 00:10:03.526 --> 00:10:05.628
  • Restricted, you're reserved. god has set you part. there
  • 00:10:05.695 --> 00:10:07.697
  • God has set you part. there are destiny moments where he
  • 00:10:07.763 --> 00:10:09.565
  • Are destiny moments where he will call your name and say,
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  • Will call your name and say, “i have need of robert, i
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  • “i have need of robert, i have need of linda. i have
  • 00:10:13.502 --> 00:10:15.071
  • Have need of linda. i have need of jose.” your name has
  • 00:10:15.137 --> 00:10:17.373
  • Need of jose.” your name has been written into the story
  • 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.241
  • Been written into the story that almighty god penned
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  • That almighty god penned before you got here. when the
  • 00:10:21.010 --> 00:10:23.245
  • Before you got here. when the enemy tries to make you feel
  • 00:10:23.312 --> 00:10:24.580
  • Enemy tries to make you feel insignificant, not worthy,
  • 00:10:24.647 --> 00:10:26.882
  • Insignificant, not worthy, nothing to offer. just answer
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  • Nothing to offer. just answer back, “no, no. the lord has
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  • Back, “no, no. the lord has need of me. the most high god
  • 00:10:30.753 --> 00:10:32.855
  • Need of me. the most high god has an assignment for me to
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  • Has an assignment for me to accomplish. i'm on his radar.
  • 00:10:34.223 --> 00:10:36.859
  • Accomplish. i'm on his radar. he's already planned my days.”
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  • This colt was hidden in aays.”
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  • This colt was hidden in aays.” small village. tied up in
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  • Small village. tied up in this little neighborhood. not
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  • This little neighborhood. not in the big city, where there
  • 00:10:44.467 --> 00:10:46.135
  • In the big city, where there was opportunity, many people,
  • 00:10:46.202 --> 00:10:48.037
  • Was opportunity, many people, surely someone will notice.
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  • Surely someone will notice. it was tied up in an obscure
  • 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:51.741
  • It was tied up in an obscure place, out of the way. all
  • 00:10:51.807 --> 00:10:54.343
  • Place, out of the way. all the circumstances said it was
  • 00:10:54.410 --> 00:10:55.678
  • The circumstances said it was stuck. that it would never be
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  • Stuck. that it would never be ridden, never reach its
  • 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.814
  • Ridden, never reach its potential. but one day, these
  • 00:10:58.881 --> 00:11:00.950
  • Potential. but one day, these two disciples showed up to
  • 00:11:01.016 --> 00:11:02.785
  • Two disciples showed up to this little village, this out
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  • This little village, this out of the way place. came right
  • 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:06.322
  • To the colt and untied it.
  • 00:11:06.422 --> 00:11:08.224
  • To the colt and untied it. you may feel overlooked, you
  • 00:11:08.290 --> 00:11:10.659
  • You may feel overlooked, you don't see how you could get
  • 00:11:10.726 --> 00:11:11.694
  • Don't see how you could get free, how you could get
  • 00:11:11.761 --> 00:11:13.496
  • Free, how you could get ahead, how you will meet the
  • 00:11:13.562 --> 00:11:14.864
  • Ahead, how you will meet the right person, you're in an
  • 00:11:14.930 --> 00:11:16.532
  • Right person, you're in an obscure place, not a lot of
  • 00:11:16.599 --> 00:11:18.601
  • Obscure place, not a lot of recognition. god has the
  • 00:11:18.667 --> 00:11:20.770
  • Recognition. god has the right people already lined up
  • 00:11:20.836 --> 00:11:22.905
  • Right people already lined up to come to you. you don't
  • 00:11:22.972 --> 00:11:24.840
  • To come to you. you don't have to go after it. the
  • 00:11:24.907 --> 00:11:26.242
  • Have to go after it. the blessing will come to you.
  • 00:11:26.308 --> 00:11:27.676
  • Blessing will come to you. the freedom, the spouse, the
  • 00:11:27.743 --> 00:11:29.812
  • The freedom, the spouse, the healing, it's going to show
  • 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.347
  • Healing, it's going to show up unexpectedly. a divine
  • 00:11:31.413 --> 00:11:33.716
  • Up unexpectedly. a divine connection, a supernatural
  • 00:11:33.783 --> 00:11:35.551
  • Connection, a supernatural breakthrough, where suddenly
  • 00:11:35.618 --> 00:11:37.486
  • Breakthrough, where suddenly you're untied. god does what
  • 00:11:37.553 --> 00:11:39.922
  • You're untied. god does what you couldn't do. he releases
  • 00:11:39.989 --> 00:11:41.857
  • You couldn't do. he releases the restriction.
  • 00:11:41.924 --> 00:11:43.559
  • The restriction. this colt would have been
  • 00:11:43.626 --> 00:11:44.960
  • This colt would have been happy just to be free, not
  • 00:11:45.027 --> 00:11:47.363
  • Happy just to be free, not tied up anymore. but watch
  • 00:11:47.429 --> 00:11:49.231
  • Tied up anymore. but watch how god works. it went from
  • 00:11:49.298 --> 00:11:50.933
  • How god works. it went from the little village, never
  • 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:52.568
  • The little village, never been ridden, now it has
  • 00:11:52.635 --> 00:11:54.236
  • Been ridden, now it has jesus, the messiah on its
  • 00:11:54.303 --> 00:11:56.405
  • Jesus, the messiah on its back, walking through
  • 00:11:56.472 --> 00:11:57.807
  • Back, walking through jerusalem, with thousands of
  • 00:11:57.873 --> 00:11:59.708
  • Jerusalem, with thousands of people all around. from
  • 00:11:59.775 --> 00:12:01.610
  • People all around. from obscurity to notoriety, from
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  • Obscurity to notoriety, from the background to the
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  • The background to the foreground, from no one
  • 00:12:05.347 --> 00:12:07.082
  • Foreground, from no one paying attention, to all eyes
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  • Paying attention, to all eyes on it. god knows how to not
  • 00:12:08.918 --> 00:12:11.120
  • On it. god knows how to not only untie you, but to
  • 00:12:11.187 --> 00:12:12.888
  • Only untie you, but to release you into favor,
  • 00:12:12.955 --> 00:12:14.924
  • Release you into favor, opportunity, influence that
  • 00:12:14.990 --> 00:12:16.859
  • Opportunity, influence that you've never seen.
  • 00:12:16.926 --> 00:12:18.828
  • You've never seen. when you're in these holding
  • 00:12:18.894 --> 00:12:19.995
  • When you're in these holding seasons, you feel restricted,
  • 00:12:20.062 --> 00:12:22.531
  • Seasons, you feel restricted, the key is to keep being your
  • 00:12:22.598 --> 00:12:24.266
  • The key is to keep being your best where you are. it's not
  • 00:12:24.333 --> 00:12:26.335
  • Best where you are. it's not up to you to bring yourself
  • 00:12:26.402 --> 00:12:27.870
  • Up to you to bring yourself out, force doors to open.
  • 00:12:27.937 --> 00:12:30.506
  • Out, force doors to open. that's going to cause you to
  • 00:12:30.573 --> 00:12:31.340
  • That's going to cause you to get frustrated. at the right
  • 00:12:31.407 --> 00:12:33.309
  • Get frustrated. at the right time god will make it happen.
  • 00:12:33.375 --> 00:12:35.511
  • Time god will make it happen. he'll bring the right people.
  • 00:12:35.578 --> 00:12:36.979
  • He'll bring the right people. he'll open the doors. in the
  • 00:12:37.046 --> 00:12:38.814
  • He'll open the doors. in the meantime, stay faithful where
  • 00:12:38.881 --> 00:12:40.683
  • Meantime, stay faithful where you are. maybe it's doing a
  • 00:12:40.749 --> 00:12:42.885
  • You are. maybe it's doing a small thing, when you know
  • 00:12:42.952 --> 00:12:44.386
  • Small thing, when you know you have so much more in you.
  • 00:12:44.453 --> 00:12:46.188
  • You have so much more in you. working in a position where
  • 00:12:46.255 --> 00:12:47.823
  • Working in a position where you're way overqualified, but
  • 00:12:47.890 --> 00:12:49.825
  • You're way overqualified, but the doors haven't opened. you
  • 00:12:49.892 --> 00:12:51.627
  • The doors haven't opened. you don't know what god is up to.
  • 00:12:51.694 --> 00:12:53.596
  • Don't know what god is up to. pass the test where you are.
  • 00:12:53.662 --> 00:12:55.998
  • Pass the test where you are. maybe it's believing for a
  • 00:12:56.065 --> 00:12:57.266
  • Maybe it's believing for a child that's not improving.
  • 00:12:57.333 --> 00:12:59.401
  • Child that's not improving. you're praying, standing in
  • 00:12:59.468 --> 00:13:01.003
  • You're praying, standing in faith, but it seems like
  • 00:13:01.070 --> 00:13:02.404
  • Faith, but it seems like they're getting worse. can i
  • 00:13:02.471 --> 00:13:04.139
  • They're getting worse. can i encourage you, god has need
  • 00:13:04.206 --> 00:13:06.141
  • Encourage you, god has need of your child. you're in a
  • 00:13:06.208 --> 00:13:07.843
  • Of your child. you're in a holding season now, but god
  • 00:13:07.910 --> 00:13:09.712
  • Holding season now, but god has already lined up the time
  • 00:13:09.778 --> 00:13:11.247
  • Has already lined up the time to untie him, to release him
  • 00:13:11.313 --> 00:13:13.549
  • To untie him, to release him into his purpose. in the
  • 00:13:13.616 --> 00:13:15.384
  • Into his purpose. in the meantime, keep honoring god,
  • 00:13:15.451 --> 00:13:17.553
  • Meantime, keep honoring god, keep being your best each day
  • 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.021
  • Keep being your best each day and you're going to come into
  • 00:13:19.088 --> 00:13:20.155
  • And you're going to come into these destiny moments where
  • 00:13:20.222 --> 00:13:21.991
  • These destiny moments where things suddenly change in
  • 00:13:22.057 --> 00:13:23.592
  • Things suddenly change in your favor.
  • 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:24.226
  • A friend of mine had a dream
  • 00:13:24.326 --> 00:13:26.362
  • A friend of mine had a dream to play professional
  • 00:13:26.428 --> 00:13:27.429
  • To play professional football. he was a
  • 00:13:27.496 --> 00:13:28.697
  • Football. he was a quarterback in high school,
  • 00:13:28.764 --> 00:13:30.432
  • Quarterback in high school, but he didn't start. there
  • 00:13:30.499 --> 00:13:31.934
  • But he didn't start. there were other players better
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  • Were other players better than him. his senior year, he
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  • Than him. his senior year, he finally got to play. he did
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  • Finally got to play. he did okay, but not good enough to
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  • Okay, but not good enough to receive any offers from major
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  • Receive any offers from major colleges. the only one that
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  • Was interested was a smaller
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  • Was interested was a smaller school. he played there, and
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  • School. he played there, and again, he was the backup
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  • Again, he was the backup until his senior year. he
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  • Until his senior year. he finished college and was
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  • Finished college and was hoping to get to the nfl, but
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  • Hoping to get to the nfl, but nobody drafted him. later he
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  • Nobody drafted him. later he was given a chance to try out
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  • Was given a chance to try out for the green bay packers,
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  • For the green bay packers, hoping he would make the
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  • Hoping he would make the team. this door opened, but
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  • Team. this door opened, but three weeks later he was cut.
  • 00:14:02.564 --> 00:14:03.899
  • Three weeks later he was cut. he went back home and got a
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  • He went back home and got a job at the local grocery
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  • Job at the local grocery store, stocking shelves,
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  • Store, stocking shelves, making $5.50 cents an hour.
  • 00:14:09.772 --> 00:14:12.708
  • Making $5.50 cents an hour. he could have slacked off,
  • 00:14:12.775 --> 00:14:14.243
  • He could have slacked off, been bitter, but he stocked
  • 00:14:14.310 --> 00:14:16.178
  • Been bitter, but he stocked those shelves with
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  • Those shelves with excellence, making sure all
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  • Excellence, making sure all the product was perfectly
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  • The product was perfectly placed, everything lined up.
  • 00:14:20.549 --> 00:14:22.952
  • Placed, everything lined up. week after week, month after
  • 00:14:23.018 --> 00:14:24.586
  • Week after week, month after month. he had bigger dreams
  • 00:14:24.653 --> 00:14:26.588
  • Month. he had bigger dreams in his heart. he believed he
  • 00:14:26.655 --> 00:14:28.290
  • In his heart. he believed he could play in the nfl, but
  • 00:14:28.357 --> 00:14:30.192
  • Could play in the nfl, but he's restricted. every time
  • 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:32.127
  • He's restricted. every time he tried, the door closed.
  • 00:14:32.194 --> 00:14:34.263
  • He tried, the door closed. but the scripture says, “god
  • 00:14:34.330 --> 00:14:35.564
  • But the scripture says, “god has an appointed time to
  • 00:14:35.631 --> 00:14:37.433
  • Has an appointed time to bring the dream to pass.”
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  • Bring the dream to pass.” when things aren't going your
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  • When things aren't going your way and you're in one of
  • 00:14:40.602 --> 00:14:41.804
  • Way and you're in one of these holding seasons, you
  • 00:14:41.870 --> 00:14:43.739
  • These holding seasons, you have to trust that god knows
  • 00:14:43.806 --> 00:14:45.541
  • Have to trust that god knows what he's doing. trust him
  • 00:14:45.607 --> 00:14:47.309
  • What he's doing. trust him while you're waiting. you
  • 00:14:47.376 --> 00:14:48.944
  • While you're waiting. you don't have to force doors to
  • 00:14:49.011 --> 00:14:50.212
  • Don't have to force doors to open, manipulate, strive and
  • 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.748
  • Open, manipulate, strive and strain. just keep being your
  • 00:14:52.815 --> 00:14:54.616
  • Strain. just keep being your best where you are. god is
  • 00:14:54.683 --> 00:14:56.485
  • Best where you are. god is ordering your steps. sure,
  • 00:14:56.552 --> 00:14:58.454
  • Ordering your steps. sure, there will be things we don't
  • 00:14:58.520 --> 00:14:59.488
  • There will be things we don't understand, that don't seem
  • 00:14:59.555 --> 00:15:01.090
  • Understand, that don't seem fair. “joel if my steps are
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  • Fair. “joel if my steps are ordered, why am i still tied
  • 00:15:03.192 --> 00:15:04.860
  • Ordered, why am i still tied up? why am i in this holding
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  • Up? why am i in this holding season? why can't i make any
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  • Season? why can't i make any progress?” maybe it's
  • 00:15:08.497 --> 00:15:10.399
  • Progress?” maybe it's because, like that colt, god
  • 00:15:10.466 --> 00:15:12.601
  • Because, like that colt, god has something planned for you
  • 00:15:12.668 --> 00:15:14.670
  • Has something planned for you that you don't see coming.
  • 00:15:14.737 --> 00:15:16.305
  • That you don't see coming. you're thinking ordinary but
  • 00:15:16.372 --> 00:15:18.073
  • You're thinking ordinary but god is thinking
  • 00:15:18.140 --> 00:15:18.774
  • God is thinking extraordinary. you think
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  • Extraordinary. you think you're restricted, when in
  • 00:15:20.676 --> 00:15:21.877
  • You're restricted, when in fact, you're reserved. god
  • 00:15:21.944 --> 00:15:24.213
  • Fact, you're reserved. god has closed doors, and stopped
  • 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.315
  • Has closed doors, and stopped relationships, and not let
  • 00:15:26.382 --> 00:15:27.950
  • Relationships, and not let things work out because what
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  • Things work out because what he has planned is exceeding,
  • 00:15:30.052 --> 00:15:32.054
  • He has planned is exceeding, abundantly above and beyond
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  • Abundantly above and beyond what you can imagine. don't
  • 00:15:34.390 --> 00:15:36.458
  • What you can imagine. don't get sour over the stagnate
  • 00:15:36.525 --> 00:15:38.594
  • Get sour over the stagnate seasons. trust him while
  • 00:15:38.660 --> 00:15:40.329
  • Seasons. trust him while you're waiting. stay in peace
  • 00:15:40.396 --> 00:15:42.765
  • You're waiting. stay in peace when you're not making
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  • When you're not making progress.
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  • Progress. i'm not saying to accept
  • 00:15:44.967 --> 00:15:46.535
  • I'm not saying to accept mediocrity, settle there, but
  • 00:15:46.602 --> 00:15:48.971
  • Mediocrity, settle there, but every closed door is not the
  • 00:15:49.038 --> 00:15:50.706
  • Every closed door is not the enemy. every delay is not the
  • 00:15:50.773 --> 00:15:53.208
  • Enemy. every delay is not the opposition. god has holding
  • 00:15:53.275 --> 00:15:55.477
  • Opposition. god has holding seasons, times where we feel
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  • Seasons, times where we feel restricted but it's all
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  • Restricted but it's all serving his plan. if you
  • 00:15:59.415 --> 00:16:01.483
  • Serving his plan. if you don't understand this, you'll
  • 00:16:01.550 --> 00:16:02.851
  • Don't understand this, you'll fight everything that doesn't
  • 00:16:02.918 --> 00:16:03.986
  • Fight everything that doesn't go your way, get discouraged
  • 00:16:04.053 --> 00:16:06.088
  • Go your way, get discouraged because you're stagnate, sour
  • 00:16:06.155 --> 00:16:08.424
  • Because you're stagnate, sour because things aren't
  • 00:16:08.490 --> 00:16:09.291
  • Because things aren't changing. come back to a
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  • Changing. come back to a place of peace. god knows
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  • Place of peace. god knows what he's doing. his plans
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  • What he's doing. his plans for you are for good. but
  • 00:16:14.930 --> 00:16:16.632
  • For you are for good. but some of those plans will feel
  • 00:16:16.698 --> 00:16:18.267
  • Some of those plans will feel like delays, holding seasons,
  • 00:16:18.333 --> 00:16:21.236
  • Like delays, holding seasons, times where you're doing the
  • 00:16:21.303 --> 00:16:22.237
  • Times where you're doing the right thing but not making
  • 00:16:22.304 --> 00:16:23.806
  • Right thing but not making progress.
  • 00:16:23.872 --> 00:16:25.174
  • Progress. working at this grocery
  • 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.175
  • Working at this grocery store, my friend got a call
  • 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:28.077
  • Store, my friend got a call to play for a new football
  • 00:16:28.143 --> 00:16:29.511
  • To play for a new football league. not the nfl but a
  • 00:16:29.578 --> 00:16:31.113
  • League. not the nfl but a much smaller league they were
  • 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:32.381
  • Much smaller league they were starting. he played there and
  • 00:16:32.448 --> 00:16:34.650
  • Starting. he played there and did very well. the next
  • 00:16:34.716 --> 00:16:36.418
  • Did very well. the next season, the saint louis rams,
  • 00:16:36.485 --> 00:16:38.654
  • Season, the saint louis rams, an nfl team, invited him to
  • 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.522
  • An nfl team, invited him to play. he made the team but
  • 00:16:40.589 --> 00:16:43.025
  • Play. he made the team but was the third string
  • 00:16:43.092 --> 00:16:43.959
  • Was the third string quarterback. again, two
  • 00:16:44.026 --> 00:16:45.294
  • Quarterback. again, two players in front of him. it
  • 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.829
  • Players in front of him. it didn't look like he would get
  • 00:16:46.895 --> 00:16:47.729
  • Didn't look like he would get to play. but the first-string
  • 00:16:47.796 --> 00:16:49.431
  • To play. but the first-string quarterback got hurt. then
  • 00:16:49.498 --> 00:16:51.133
  • Quarterback got hurt. then the second-string quarterback
  • 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:52.401
  • The second-string quarterback was injured. much to his
  • 00:16:52.468 --> 00:16:54.103
  • Was injured. much to his surprise, he was the starting
  • 00:16:54.169 --> 00:16:55.838
  • Surprise, he was the starting quarterback. his dream had
  • 00:16:55.904 --> 00:16:57.906
  • Quarterback. his dream had come true. he made it to the
  • 00:16:57.973 --> 00:16:59.575
  • Come true. he made it to the nfl. but what god has
  • 00:16:59.641 --> 00:17:01.777
  • Nfl. but what god has planned, will exceed your
  • 00:17:01.844 --> 00:17:03.579
  • Planned, will exceed your expectations. that next
  • 00:17:03.645 --> 00:17:05.514
  • Expectations. that next season, my friend kurt
  • 00:17:05.581 --> 00:17:07.116
  • Season, my friend kurt warner, threw over forty
  • 00:17:07.182 --> 00:17:09.051
  • Warner, threw over forty touchdown passes and led his
  • 00:17:09.118 --> 00:17:11.420
  • Touchdown passes and led his team to the superbowl. in the
  • 00:17:11.487 --> 00:17:13.689
  • Biggest game of the year, ate
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  • Biggest game of the year, ate the last second, he threw
  • 00:17:15.390 --> 00:17:16.692
  • The last second, he threw another touchdown pass, and
  • 00:17:16.758 --> 00:17:18.594
  • Another touchdown pass, and they won the superbowl. he
  • 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.529
  • They won the superbowl. he broke the record for the most
  • 00:17:20.596 --> 00:17:22.164
  • Broke the record for the most passing yards and was awarded
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  • Passing yards and was awarded the most valuable player of
  • 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:26.135
  • The most valuable player of the superbowl. who would have
  • 00:17:26.201 --> 00:17:28.036
  • The superbowl. who would have ever thought, stocking
  • 00:17:28.103 --> 00:17:29.271
  • Ever thought, stocking shelves at a grocery store,
  • 00:17:29.338 --> 00:17:31.140
  • Shelves at a grocery store, that a few years later, he
  • 00:17:31.206 --> 00:17:33.075
  • That a few years later, he would be the mvp of the
  • 00:17:33.142 --> 00:17:34.710
  • Superbowl. that's like that
  • 00:17:34.810 --> 00:17:36.645
  • Superbowl. that's like that colt tied up all those years,
  • 00:17:36.712 --> 00:17:38.614
  • Colt tied up all those years, then all the sudden, it's
  • 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.882
  • Then all the sudden, it's carrying jesus through
  • 00:17:39.948 --> 00:17:41.083
  • Carrying jesus through jerusalem. he went from
  • 00:17:41.150 --> 00:17:42.985
  • Jerusalem. he went from making $5.50 cents an hour to
  • 00:17:43.051 --> 00:17:45.587
  • Making $5.50 cents an hour to making forty million a year
  • 00:17:45.654 --> 00:17:47.222
  • Making forty million a year playing football. some of you
  • 00:17:47.289 --> 00:17:49.825
  • Playing football. some of you are thinking, “god i'll go
  • 00:17:49.892 --> 00:17:51.026
  • Are thinking, “god i'll go stock some shelves.”
  • 00:17:51.093 --> 00:17:52.027
  • All these holding seasons,
  • 00:17:52.127 --> 00:17:54.796
  • All these holding seasons, delays, we feel stuck, “joel,
  • 00:17:54.863 --> 00:17:57.232
  • Delays, we feel stuck, “joel, i'm not making any progress.”
  • 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:59.168
  • I'm not making any progress.” you can't see what god is
  • 00:17:59.234 --> 00:18:00.536
  • You can't see what god is doing. you don't know what
  • 00:18:00.602 --> 00:18:02.204
  • Doing. you don't know what he's already lined up for
  • 00:18:02.271 --> 00:18:03.305
  • He's already lined up for you. sometimes he has to
  • 00:18:03.372 --> 00:18:05.340
  • You. sometimes he has to close doors to keep us in his
  • 00:18:05.407 --> 00:18:07.309
  • Close doors to keep us in his perfect will. he has to hold
  • 00:18:07.376 --> 00:18:09.378
  • Perfect will. he has to hold us back, so we don't miss the
  • 00:18:09.444 --> 00:18:10.979
  • Us back, so we don't miss the greater things he has in
  • 00:18:11.046 --> 00:18:12.181
  • Greater things he has in store. don't fight the
  • 00:18:12.247 --> 00:18:13.916
  • Store. don't fight the stagnate seasons, times where
  • 00:18:13.982 --> 00:18:15.884
  • Stagnate seasons, times where you can't seem to get ahead.
  • 00:18:15.951 --> 00:18:17.786
  • You can't seem to get ahead. others being promoted; you're
  • 00:18:17.853 --> 00:18:19.488
  • Being left out. god has
  • 00:18:19.588 --> 00:18:21.356
  • Being left out. god has already set the time where
  • 00:18:21.423 --> 00:18:22.991
  • Already set the time where he'll say, “untie them. loose
  • 00:18:23.058 --> 00:18:25.527
  • He'll say, “untie them. loose them and let them go.” you're
  • 00:18:25.594 --> 00:18:27.396
  • Them and let them go.” you're coming into a time of
  • 00:18:27.462 --> 00:18:28.897
  • Coming into a time of release, where like kurt, god
  • 00:18:28.964 --> 00:18:31.333
  • Release, where like kurt, god is going to release you into
  • 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.534
  • Is going to release you into uncommon favor, release you
  • 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:34.603
  • Uncommon favor, release you into uncommon abundance.
  • 00:18:34.670 --> 00:18:36.438
  • Into uncommon abundance. uncommon influence. it looked
  • 00:18:36.505 --> 00:18:38.473
  • Uncommon influence. it looked like you were stuck. that
  • 00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:39.975
  • Like you were stuck. that sickness had you tied up.
  • 00:18:40.042 --> 00:18:41.743
  • Sickness had you tied up. god's about to release you
  • 00:18:41.810 --> 00:18:42.945
  • God's about to release you into healing. looked like
  • 00:18:43.011 --> 00:18:44.680
  • Into healing. looked like that child would be always
  • 00:18:44.746 --> 00:18:45.981
  • That child would be always off course. tied up
  • 00:18:46.048 --> 00:18:47.516
  • Off course. tied up compromising. tied up in
  • 00:18:47.583 --> 00:18:48.884
  • Compromising. tied up in addictions. god is about to
  • 00:18:48.951 --> 00:18:50.652
  • Addictions. god is about to untie some things. he's about
  • 00:18:50.719 --> 00:18:52.588
  • Untie some things. he's about to release them into freedom,
  • 00:18:52.654 --> 00:18:54.356
  • To release them into freedom, into purpose, into victory.
  • 00:18:54.423 --> 00:18:57.392
  • This is what happened tory.
  • 00:18:57.492 --> 00:18:58.227
  • This is what happened tory. david in the scripture. he
  • 00:18:58.293 --> 00:19:00.028
  • David in the scripture. he was a teenager, out in the
  • 00:19:00.095 --> 00:19:01.363
  • Was a teenager, out in the shepherd's fields, taking
  • 00:19:01.430 --> 00:19:02.931
  • Shepherd's fields, taking care of his father's sheep.
  • 00:19:02.998 --> 00:19:04.132
  • Care of his father's sheep. it looked like he was stuck.
  • 00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:06.435
  • It looked like he was stuck. no opportunity. alone,
  • 00:19:06.501 --> 00:19:08.904
  • No opportunity. alone, boring. same thing every day.
  • 00:19:08.971 --> 00:19:10.939
  • Boring. same thing every day. feed the sheep, clean up
  • 00:19:11.006 --> 00:19:12.207
  • Feed the sheep, clean up their waste, make sure
  • 00:19:12.274 --> 00:19:13.508
  • Their waste, make sure they're not harmed. what
  • 00:19:13.575 --> 00:19:15.010
  • They're not harmed. what could that lead to? david had
  • 00:19:15.077 --> 00:19:17.012
  • Could that lead to? david had big things in his heart. he
  • 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.547
  • Big things in his heart. he could feel those seeds of
  • 00:19:18.614 --> 00:19:19.715
  • Greatness, but he was in a
  • 00:19:19.815 --> 00:19:21.450
  • Greatness, but he was in a holding season. nothing
  • 00:19:21.516 --> 00:19:23.218
  • Holding season. nothing changing. no sign of doors
  • 00:19:23.285 --> 00:19:25.287
  • Changing. no sign of doors opening. thoughts whispered,
  • 00:19:25.354 --> 00:19:27.189
  • Opening. thoughts whispered, “god's forgotten about you.
  • 00:19:27.256 --> 00:19:28.890
  • “god's forgotten about you. this is as good as it gets.”
  • 00:19:28.957 --> 00:19:30.058
  • This is as good as it gets.” but david didn't get bitter.
  • 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:32.494
  • But david didn't get bitter. he didn't slack off. he
  • 00:19:32.561 --> 00:19:34.062
  • He didn't slack off. he trusted god in the waiting
  • 00:19:34.129 --> 00:19:35.664
  • Trusted god in the waiting seasons. he kept being his
  • 00:19:35.731 --> 00:19:37.499
  • Seasons. he kept being his best even though nothing was
  • 00:19:37.566 --> 00:19:39.101
  • Best even though nothing was changing. one day the prophet
  • 00:19:39.167 --> 00:19:41.270
  • Changing. one day the prophet samuel came to his house and
  • 00:19:41.336 --> 00:19:43.338
  • Samuel came to his house and anointed him as the next king
  • 00:19:43.405 --> 00:19:45.374
  • Anointed him as the next king of israel. david didn't go
  • 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.542
  • Of israel. david didn't go after that; it came to him.
  • 00:19:47.609 --> 00:19:49.911
  • After that; it came to him. it looked like he was
  • 00:19:49.978 --> 00:19:50.912
  • It looked like he was restricted, the truth is he
  • 00:19:50.979 --> 00:19:53.081
  • Restricted, the truth is he was reserved. god had him on
  • 00:19:53.148 --> 00:19:55.250
  • Was reserved. god had him on hold for a purpose. these
  • 00:19:55.317 --> 00:19:57.686
  • Hold for a purpose. these times that you feel stuck, if
  • 00:19:57.753 --> 00:19:59.688
  • Times that you feel stuck, if you'll just keep doing the
  • 00:19:59.755 --> 00:20:00.656
  • You'll just keep doing the right thing, like with david,
  • 00:20:00.722 --> 00:20:03.325
  • Right thing, like with david, like with that colt, at the
  • 00:20:03.392 --> 00:20:04.960
  • Like with that colt, at the appointed time, god will send
  • 00:20:05.027 --> 00:20:06.928
  • Appointed time, god will send someone to untie you.
  • 00:20:06.995 --> 00:20:09.298
  • Someone to untie you. david was anointed but he
  • 00:20:09.364 --> 00:20:10.866
  • David was anointed but he didn't go to the palace. he
  • 00:20:10.932 --> 00:20:12.467
  • Didn't go to the palace. he went back to the shepherd's
  • 00:20:12.534 --> 00:20:13.535
  • Went back to the shepherd's fields. you can be anointed
  • 00:20:13.602 --> 00:20:16.305
  • Fields. you can be anointed but not appointed yet. you
  • 00:20:16.371 --> 00:20:18.407
  • But not appointed yet. you know god gave you the dream
  • 00:20:18.473 --> 00:20:20.042
  • Know god gave you the dream but you're in a holding
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  • But you're in a holding season. david eventually went
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  • Season. david eventually went to the palace, but king saul
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  • To the palace, but king saul was jealous of him and tried
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  • Was jealous of him and tried to kill him. he had to flee
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  • To kill him. he had to flee for his life. he spent years
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  • For his life. he spent years in the desert on the run,
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  • In the desert on the run, hiding from saul, stuck in
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  • Hiding from saul, stuck in the caves. another holding
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  • The caves. another holding season. not making any
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  • Season. not making any progress. the scripture says
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  • Progress. the scripture says in psalms, “the israelites
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  • In psalms, “the israelites did not wait for god's plan
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  • Did not wait for god's plan to unfold.” they were
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  • To unfold.” they were impatient. they complained
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  • Impatient. they complained about the delays, got
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  • About the delays, got discouraged because doors
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  • Discouraged because doors weren't opening. when in
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  • Weren't opening. when in reality god was protecting
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  • Reality god was protecting them. he was keeping them
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  • Them. he was keeping them from opposition that was too
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  • From opposition that was too big for them to handle at the
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  • Big for them to handle at the time. if you're going to see
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  • Time. if you're going to see the fullness of what god has
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  • The fullness of what god has for you, you have to go
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  • For you, you have to go through these waiting
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  • Through these waiting seasons. these times where
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  • Seasons. these times where you feel restricted, it's not
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  • You feel restricted, it's not working out. thoughts telling
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  • Working out. thoughts telling you, “it's always going to be
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  • You, “it's always going to be like this.” no, you're not
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  • Like this.” no, you're not restricted, you're reserved.
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  • Restricted, you're reserved. god is working out his plan
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  • God is working out his plan for your life. at the right
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  • For your life. at the right time, he will say, “i have
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  • Time, he will say, “i have need of you.” he'll release
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  • Need of you.” he'll release you into new levels of your
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  • You into new levels of your purpose.
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  • I look back over my life and
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  • I look back over my life and i can see these holding
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  • I can see these holding seasons. times where i felt
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  • Seasons. times where i felt restricted. i worked behind
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  • Restricted. i worked behind the scenes at lakewood for
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  • The scenes at lakewood for many years doing the
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  • Many years doing the television production. we
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  • Television production. we would put on concerts and
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  • Would put on concerts and conferences, all these live
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  • Conferences, all these live events; i loved doing that.
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  • Events; i loved doing that. but over time, my father
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  • Didn't want to do it anymore.
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  • Didn't want to do it anymore. at one point, i lined up all
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  • At one point, i lined up all these radio stations to carry
  • 00:21:48.230 --> 00:21:49.998
  • These radio stations to carry his messages. i asked my
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  • His messages. i asked my father if he would come down
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  • Father if he would come down to the church once a month,
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  • To the church once a month, just for thirty minutes, and
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  • Just for thirty minutes, and make the openings and
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  • Make the openings and closings for the program. i
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  • Closings for the program. i was so excited. another great
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  • Was so excited. another great outreach. but i'll never
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  • Outreach. but i'll never forget what he told me. he
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  • Forget what he told me. he said, “joel, i'm seventy-five
  • 00:22:04.646 --> 00:22:06.314
  • Said, “joel, i'm seventy-five years old. i don't want to do
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  • Years old. i don't want to do any more work. i just want to
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  • Any more work. i just want to relax and pastor the church.”
  • 00:22:09.684 --> 00:22:12.087
  • Relax and pastor the church.” i was so disappointed. i
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  • I was so disappointed. i thought, “god i'm young. i
  • 00:22:13.922 --> 00:22:15.624
  • Thought, “god i'm young. i don't want to shrink back; i
  • 00:22:15.690 --> 00:22:16.625
  • Want to do more.” i thoughti
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  • Want to do more.” i thoughti maybe it was time to go work
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  • Maybe it was time to go work somewhere else. i had an
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  • Somewhere else. i had an opportunity at a big sports
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  • Opportunity at a big sports network, and another large
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  • Network, and another large ministry wanted me to come.
  • 00:22:24.666 --> 00:22:26.802
  • Ministry wanted me to come. but when i searched my heart,
  • 00:22:26.868 --> 00:22:28.336
  • But when i searched my heart, i could hear that still small
  • 00:22:28.403 --> 00:22:29.671
  • I could hear that still small voice saying, “joel, stay
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  • Voice saying, “joel, stay where you are. this is your
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  • Where you are. this is your father's vision. honor what
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  • Father's vision. honor what he wants to do.”
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  • He wants to do.” i made the decision to not
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  • I made the decision to not just stay, but to stay with a
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  • Just stay, but to stay with a good attitude. it's one thing
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  • To go through a holding
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  • To go through a holding season bitter, sour,
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  • Season bitter, sour, poisoning people. how you go
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  • Poisoning people. how you go through these stagnate times
  • 00:22:47.689 --> 00:22:49.458
  • Through these stagnate times will determine how long you
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  • Will determine how long you stay there. i did my best to
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  • Stay there. i did my best to make my father look good.
  • 00:22:53.228 --> 00:22:54.996
  • Make my father look good. everything i could to cause
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  • Everything i could to cause him to shine. what i didn't
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  • Him to shine. what i didn't know was two years later, my
  • 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.002
  • Know was two years later, my father would have a heart
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  • Father would have a heart attack and go to be with the
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  • Attack and go to be with the lord, and i would become the
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  • Lord, and i would become the pastor. that was never on my
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  • Pastor. that was never on my radar. i never dreamed i
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  • Radar. i never dreamed i would be a minister, that i'd
  • 00:23:09.411 --> 00:23:10.946
  • Would be a minister, that i'd be able to do this. i realize
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  • Be able to do this. i realize now god put those big things
  • 00:23:13.315 --> 00:23:15.484
  • Now god put those big things in my heart, but it wasn't
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  • In my heart, but it wasn't the right time. he had me in
  • 00:23:17.252 --> 00:23:19.087
  • The right time. he had me in a holding season, where i
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  • A holding season, where i felt restricted. i knew there
  • 00:23:21.022 --> 00:23:23.124
  • Felt restricted. i knew there were bigger things in me, but
  • 00:23:23.191 --> 00:23:25.093
  • Were bigger things in me, but god knows the right time. had
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  • God knows the right time. had i gone off to another job i
  • 00:23:27.696 --> 00:23:29.698
  • I gone off to another job i would have missed this. had i
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  • Would have missed this. had i stayed here sour, “this isn't
  • 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:33.468
  • Stayed here sour, “this isn't fair. why can't we do more?”
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  • Fair. why can't we do more?” i don't think i would be up
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  • I don't think i would be up here. you have to trust in
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  • Here. you have to trust in the waiting seasons. you have
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  • The waiting seasons. you have to be still and know he is
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  • To be still and know he is god.
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  • God. you may feel restricted
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  • You may feel restricted today. in some area of your
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  • Today. in some area of your life, you're being held back.
  • 00:23:46.248 --> 00:23:48.283
  • Life, you're being held back. you wonder why things aren't
  • 00:23:48.350 --> 00:23:49.484
  • You wonder why things aren't changing, why aren't doors
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  • Changing, why aren't doors opening. it's easy to get
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  • Opening. it's easy to get frustrated, but god can see
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  • Frustrated, but god can see things we can't see. he has
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  • Things we can't see. he has plans for you that you've
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  • Plans for you that you've never thought of. if you knew
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  • Never thought of. if you knew what he has in store, you
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  • What he has in store, you would wait for his plan to
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  • Would wait for his plan to unfold. i'm asking you to be
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  • Unfold. i'm asking you to be your best when you're not
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  • Your best when you're not getting your way. stay in
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  • Getting your way. stay in faith when you seem stagnate,
  • 00:24:08.703 --> 00:24:10.906
  • Faith when you seem stagnate, things aren't improving. keep
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  • Things aren't improving. keep reminding yourself, you're
  • 00:24:12.807 --> 00:24:14.109
  • Reminding yourself, you're not restricted, you're
  • 00:24:14.175 --> 00:24:15.443
  • Not restricted, you're reserved. god has you set
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  • Reserved. god has you set apart for something greater.
  • 00:24:17.479 --> 00:24:19.247
  • Apart for something greater. where like that colt, he
  • 00:24:19.314 --> 00:24:20.582
  • Where like that colt, he says, “i have need of you.”
  • 00:24:20.649 --> 00:24:22.984
  • Says, “i have need of you.” there are destiny moments
  • 00:24:23.051 --> 00:24:24.586
  • There are destiny moments already lined up for you,
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  • Already lined up for you, from before you were born,
  • 00:24:26.621 --> 00:24:28.456
  • From before you were born, where god is going to release
  • 00:24:28.523 --> 00:24:29.858
  • Where god is going to release you into levels you've never
  • 00:24:29.925 --> 00:24:31.393
  • You into levels you've never imagined. now keep trusting
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  • Imagined. now keep trusting when you don't understand.
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  • When you don't understand. stay faithful in the holding
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  • Stay faithful in the holding seasons. if you'll do this, i
  • 00:24:37.065 --> 00:24:39.267
  • Seasons. if you'll do this, i believe and declare god is
  • 00:24:39.334 --> 00:24:41.503
  • Believe and declare god is about to untie you. you're
  • 00:24:41.570 --> 00:24:43.371
  • About to untie you. you're going to see a supernatural
  • 00:24:43.438 --> 00:24:44.839
  • Going to see a supernatural release into favor, release
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  • Release into favor, release into freedom, release into
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  • Into freedom, release into amazing relationships,
  • 00:24:49.244 --> 00:24:50.779
  • Amazing relationships, abundance, healing, the
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  • Abundance, healing, the fullness of your destiny, in
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  • Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
  • 00:24:55.183 --> 00:24:57.285
  • Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
  • 00:24:57.352 --> 00:24:58.820
  • It, can you say amen? (applause)
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  • When was the
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  • Last time you asked
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  • God to do something
  • 00:25:02.123 --> 00:25:03.291
  • That seemed impossible?
  • 00:25:03.291 --> 00:25:05.060
  • If you only pray small,
  • 00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.561
  • Ordinary prayers,
  • 00:25:06.561 --> 00:25:07.929
  • You'll live a small,
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  • Ordinary life.
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  • I have a new book
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  • Called pray bold.
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  • I'll challenge you
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  • To stretch your faith
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  • And believe
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  • For the big things
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  • God puts in your heart.
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  • Victoria and i used
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  • To have season tickets
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  • To watch the rockets
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  • Play basketball here.
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  • We never dreamed
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  • It could be ours.
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  • But when they moved out,
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  • Somehow
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  • We had the faith to pray
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  • A bold prayer.
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  • God made things happen
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  • That we could
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  • Never make happen.
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  • It's the same for you.
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  • Who knows what
  • 00:25:33.688 --> 00:25:34.389
  • God would do in your life
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  • If you'll dare to pray bold?
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  • Ask him for your dreams.
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  • Ask for your healing.
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  • Ask for your freedom.
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  • That's when god will show up
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  • And do more
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  • Than you could ever imagine.
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  • Pray bold:
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  • Dare to ask and believe big.
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  • Joel shares that when we pray,
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  • We can tap into god's
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  • Creative, awesome power.
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  • Something bigger
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  • Than we have ever imagined.
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  • God doesn't
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  • Want us to just pray
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  • In our comfort zones.
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  • No, god loves when we pray big.
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  • Believe big.
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  • Expect him to do
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  • The unexpected.
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  • God has put dreams
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  • In your heart
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  • And things he's
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  • Whispered in the night
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  • That seem impossible.
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  • But as you pray
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  • These bold prayers,
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  • You're going
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  • To see the goodness
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  • Of god in ways
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  • You've never seen.
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  • Victoria and i
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  • Are believing you're
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