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Joel Osteen - Trusting God's Ways

February 8, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Trusting God's Ways | February 8, 2026

>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
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd
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Visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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Love to have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this couple that had
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About this couple that had been married for over 60
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Been married for over 60 years and never had an
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Years and never had an argument, never had a cross
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Argument, never had a cross word. they were at a church
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Word. they were at a church function. someone asked them
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Function. someone asked them the secret of their success.
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The secret of their success. the man told how he always
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The man told how he always treated his wife with respect
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Treated his wife with respect and how he took her on trips
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And how he took her on trips around the world. he said,
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Around the world. he said, “in fact, for our 25th
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“in fact, for our 25th wedding anniversary i took
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Wedding anniversary i took her to beijing, china.”
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Her to beijing, china.” everyone politely applauded.
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Everyone politely applauded. someone asked, “what did you
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Someone asked, “what did you do for your 50th
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Do for your 50th anniversary?” he said, “i
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Anniversary?” he said, “i went back and picked her up.”
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Went back and picked her up.” (laughter)
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(laughter) all right, y'all. say it like
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All right, y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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Can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about trusting god's ways.
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About trusting god's ways. we're not going to understand
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We're not going to understand everything that happens in
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Everything that happens in life. there will be detours,
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Life. there will be detours, delays, even dead ends, times
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Delays, even dead ends, times where it looks like we're
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Where it looks like we're stuck. it's easy to get
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Stuck. it's easy to get discouraged when our plans
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Discouraged when our plans don't work out, frustrated
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Don't work out, frustrated when a door closes, upset
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When a door closes, upset over that person that did us
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Over that person that did us wrong. it's like we went one
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Wrong. it's like we went one step forward, then two steps
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Step forward, then two steps backwards. but god doesn't
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Backwards. but god doesn't always take us in a straight
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Always take us in a straight line. the scripture says,
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Line. the scripture says, “everything serves his plan.”
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“everything serves his plan.” not just the good breaks, the
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Not just the good breaks, the times you're promoted and
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Times you're promoted and seeing favor, but even the
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Seeing favor, but even the closed doors, the person that
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Closed doors, the person that walked away, the promotion
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Walked away, the promotion you didn't get. it doesn't
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You didn't get. it doesn't make sense to us, but god has
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Make sense to us, but god has a master plan. he can see
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A master plan. he can see things we can't see.
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Things we can't see. sometimes he'll take you
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Sometimes he'll take you backwards, so he can move you
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Backwards, so he can move you forward. he'll close a door
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Forward. he'll close a door to force us to change. we
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To force us to change. we were comfortable where we
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Were comfortable where we were. we were satisfied, but
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Were. we were satisfied, but god wasn't satisfied. he has
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God wasn't satisfied. he has something greater, something
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Something greater, something that we've never imagined. he
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That we've never imagined. he uses trouble as
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Uses trouble as transportation. we don't like
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Transportation. we don't like the trouble, it feels like a
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The trouble, it feels like a setback, the truth is it's a
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Setback, the truth is it's a setup. the trouble is not
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Setup. the trouble is not there to stop you, it's there
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There to stop you, it's there to propel you. on the other
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To propel you. on the other side of that challenge is a
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Side of that challenge is a new level of your destiny.
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New level of your destiny. the question is will you
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The question is will you trust him in the trouble.
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Trust him in the trouble. will you stay in peace when
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Will you stay in peace when things are happening you
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Things are happening you don't understand. you worked
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Don't understand. you worked hard but you didn't get the
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Hard but you didn't get the promotion. you were good to
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Promotion. you were good to that person, but they walked
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That person, but they walked away. it's tempting to get
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Away. it's tempting to get bitter, complain, “god where
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Bitter, complain, “god where were you? this is not fair.”
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Were you? this is not fair.” no, the right attitude is,
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No, the right attitude is, “god i don't like it, but i
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“god i don't like it, but i trust you. i know you're in
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Trust you. i know you're in control. you wouldn't have
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Control. you wouldn't have allowed this storm if you
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Allowed this storm if you weren't going to use it to my
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Weren't going to use it to my advantage. so, i'm going to
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Advantage. so, i'm going to stay in faith. i'm going to
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Stay in faith. i'm going to keep a good attitude knowing
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Keep a good attitude knowing that something greater is
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That something greater is coming.”
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Coming.” in mark 6, jesus had been
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In mark 6, jesus had been teaching the people. it was
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Teaching the people. it was late in the day. he told his
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Late in the day. he told his disciples to get them
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Disciples to get them something to eat. they were
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Something to eat. they were out in a remote area. there
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Out in a remote area. there weren't any grocery stores.
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Weren't any grocery stores. even if there were, they
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Even if there were, they didn't have the funds to feed
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Didn't have the funds to feed thousands of people. they
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Thousands of people. they said, “jesus, that's
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Said, “jesus, that's impossible. we can't feed
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Impossible. we can't feed everyone.” he asked them what
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Everyone.” he asked them what they had. they came back and
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They had. they came back and said, “all we could find were
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Said, “all we could find were five loaves of bread and two
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Five loaves of bread and two fish.” jesus prayed over it,
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Fish.” jesus prayed over it, and it multiplied. they fed
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And it multiplied. they fed the first group of fifty,
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The first group of fifty, then the second group and on
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Then the second group and on and on. after five thousand
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And on. after five thousand men, plus the women and
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Men, plus the women and children all had plenty to
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Children all had plenty to eat, they gathered up twelve
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Eat, they gathered up twelve baskets full left over. the
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Baskets full left over. the disciples couldn't believe
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Disciples couldn't believe it. they were so excited.
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It. they were so excited. they had just seen this
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They had just seen this amazing miracle. i can see
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Amazing miracle. i can see them giving high fives,
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Them giving high fives, hugging each other. there was
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Hugging each other. there was all this joy and victory.
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All this joy and victory. while they were still
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While they were still celebrating, jesus came over
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Celebrating, jesus came over and said, “i want you to get
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And said, “i want you to get in the boat, leave here and
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In the boat, leave here and go across the lake to
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Go across the lake to bethsaida.”
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Bethsaida.” i can imagine them thinking,
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I can imagine them thinking, “we don't want to leave. this
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“we don't want to leave. this is a place of favor and
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Is a place of favor and blessing. we've just seen you
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Blessing. we've just seen you perform a great miracle.” but
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Perform a great miracle.” but the scripture says,
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The scripture says, “immediately after they
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“immediately after they gathered the twelve baskets,
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Gathered the twelve baskets, jesus made the disciples get
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Jesus made the disciples get in the boat and head toward
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In the boat and head toward bethsaida.” one translation
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Bethsaida.” one translation says, “he constrained them to
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Says, “he constrained them to get in the boat.” that
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Get in the boat.” that implies they didn't want to.
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Implies they didn't want to. they wanted to stay in that
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They wanted to stay in that place of blessing, but jesus
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Place of blessing, but jesus forced them to leave. he went
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Forced them to leave. he went up to the mountains to pray.
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Up to the mountains to pray. that night as the disciples
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That night as the disciples were traveling across the sea
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Were traveling across the sea of galilee, there was a great
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Of galilee, there was a great storm. winds and waves so
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Storm. winds and waves so strong, verse 48 says, “they
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Strong, verse 48 says, “they were in serious trouble.”
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Were in serious trouble.” some of them were experienced
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Some of them were experienced fisherman. they knew how to
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Fisherman. they knew how to navigate on the sea. they had
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Navigate on the sea. they had dealt with storms, but this
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Dealt with storms, but this situation was very dangerous.
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Situation was very dangerous. they didn't know if they were
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They didn't know if they were going to make it through.
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Going to make it through. what's significant is jesus
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What's significant is jesus sent them into this storm. he
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Sent them into this storm. he knew there was going to be
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Knew there was going to be trouble. he knew they would
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Trouble. he knew they would have to deal with fear,
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Have to deal with fear, uncertainty and doubt. but he
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Uncertainty and doubt. but he wouldn't have sent them if he
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Wouldn't have sent them if he didn't know they were going
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Didn't know they were going to make it. sometimes god
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To make it. sometimes god will take you out of a
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Will take you out of a comfortable situation, out of
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Comfortable situation, out of a place of blessing, where
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A place of blessing, where you're seeing favor, he'll
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You're seeing favor, he'll force you into your boat so
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Force you into your boat so to speak. it doesn't make
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To speak. it doesn't make sense. you know god's
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Sense. you know god's ordering your steps, you've
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Ordering your steps, you've seen his blessing, but now
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Seen his blessing, but now the winds, the waves. “god, i
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The winds, the waves. “god, i never thought i'd be dealing
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Never thought i'd be dealing with this trouble, this
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With this trouble, this medical issue, this child
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Medical issue, this child that's off course.” you find
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That's off course.” you find yourself in a storm. can i
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Yourself in a storm. can i encourage you; god wouldn't
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Encourage you; god wouldn't have allowed the storm if you
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Have allowed the storm if you weren't going to make to the
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Weren't going to make to the other side. if that storm was
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Other side. if that storm was going to stop your purpose,
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Going to stop your purpose, he would have never forced
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He would have never forced you to get in the boat. if
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You to get in the boat. if that trouble was going to
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That trouble was going to take you out, he would have
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Take you out, he would have never had you leave that
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Never had you leave that place of blessing. the reason
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Place of blessing. the reason god sent you across the lake
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God sent you across the lake is because he has greater
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Is because he has greater things in your future. yes,
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Things in your future. yes, you saw a miracle like the
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You saw a miracle like the feeding of the five thousand.
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Feeding of the five thousand. god's been good to you. he's
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God's been good to you. he's provided. he's protected.
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Provided. he's protected. he's made ways. you could be
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He's made ways. you could be satisfied, but you haven't
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Satisfied, but you haven't seen anything yet. god loves
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Seen anything yet. god loves you too much to let you miss
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You too much to let you miss the fullness of what he has
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The fullness of what he has in store.
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In store. the disciples were out there
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The disciples were out there in the middle of the storm,
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In the middle of the storm, trying to keep the boat
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Trying to keep the boat afloat. here a few hours
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Afloat. here a few hours earlier, they were
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Earlier, they were celebrating a great victory,
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Celebrating a great victory, having the time of their
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Having the time of their lives. now they were fighting
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Lives. now they were fighting for their lives. i can hear
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For their lives. i can hear them saying, “what was jesus
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Them saying, “what was jesus thinking? why did he tell us
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Thinking? why did he tell us to get in the boat and cross
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To get in the boat and cross the lake? he knew there was
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The lake? he knew there was going to be a storm.” they
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Going to be a storm.” they were confused and frustrated.
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Were confused and frustrated. you're not going to
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You're not going to understand everything god
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Understand everything god does. the scripture says his
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Does. the scripture says his ways are not our ways. this
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Ways are not our ways. this is what faith is all about.
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Is what faith is all about. trusting when it doesn't make
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Trusting when it doesn't make sense. trusting when god
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Sense. trusting when god takes you out of a blessed
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Takes you out of a blessed place, and you come into a
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Place, and you come into a storm that looks like it's
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Storm that looks like it's going to defeat you.
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As the disciples were out
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As the disciples were out there struggling to survive,
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There struggling to survive, hour after hour went by,
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Hour after hour went by, worried. at three o'clock in
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Worried. at three o'clock in the morning, jesus came
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The morning, jesus came walking on the water about to
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Walking on the water about to pass them by. they thought he
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Pass them by. they thought he was a ghost. they screamed in
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Was a ghost. they screamed in terror. he said, “don't be
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Terror. he said, “don't be afraid. i am here. it's going
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Afraid. i am here. it's going to be alright.” you may be in
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A storm today. things have
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A storm today. things have come against you in your
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Come against you in your health, finances, maybe a
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Health, finances, maybe a relationship. you could live
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Relationship. you could live worried, upset. no god is
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Worried, upset. no god is saying, “it's going to be
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Saying, “it's going to be alright. i'm right there with
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Alright. i'm right there with you in that storm. i wouldn't
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You in that storm. i wouldn't have let you get in it if you
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Have let you get in it if you weren't going to make it
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Weren't going to make it through.” now, be still and
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Through.” now, be still and know that he is god. he has
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Know that he is god. he has not failed you in the past.
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Not failed you in the past. he's not going to start now.
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He's not going to start now. when you're in peace, that's
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When you're in peace, that's a place of power. when you
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A place of power. when you trust in the trouble, you're
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Trust in the trouble, you're going to feel a strength and
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Going to feel a strength and a resilience to outlast the
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A resilience to outlast the opposition, to overcome
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Opposition, to overcome what's trying to stop you.
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What's trying to stop you. jesus walked over and got in
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Jesus walked over and got in the boat with the disciples.
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The boat with the disciples. it's interesting that he
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It's interesting that he didn't stop this storm. he
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Didn't stop this storm. he didn't speak to the winds and
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Didn't speak to the winds and waves like he did another
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Waves like he did another time. he didn't say, “peace
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Time. he didn't say, “peace be still,” and everything
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Be still,” and everything calmed down. this storm had
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Calmed down. this storm had to run its course. the
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To run its course. the disciples were headed toward
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Disciples were headed toward bethsaida, but the winds were
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Bethsaida, but the winds were so strong, it blew them to
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So strong, it blew them to another city. verse 53 says,
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Another city. verse 53 says, “when they arrived at
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“when they arrived at gennesaret on the other side
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Gennesaret on the other side of the lake.” it wasn't a
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Of the lake.” it wasn't a mistake that the winds blew
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Mistake that the winds blew them somewhere else.
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Them somewhere else. bethsaida was called a desert
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Bethsaida was called a desert place. it was barren land
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Place. it was barren land that wasn't desirable, wasn't
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That wasn't desirable, wasn't fertile. but the storm blew
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Fertile. but the storm blew them to gennesaret. it was
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Them to gennesaret. it was called a garden of abundance.
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Called a garden of abundance. it was flourishing place, a
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It was flourishing place, a paradise, the most beautiful
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Paradise, the most beautiful area in galilee.
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Area in galilee. when they arrived, people, of
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When they arrived, people, of course, recognized jesus.
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Course, recognized jesus. they began to bring the sick
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They began to bring the sick from all over the villages
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From all over the villages and surrounding cities. they
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And surrounding cities. they laid them on the sidewalks
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Laid them on the sidewalks and in the marketplace. jesus
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And in the marketplace. jesus went through and healed them
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Went through and healed them all. the disciples were
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All. the disciples were disappointed, they had to
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Disappointed, they had to leave the place where they
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Leave the place where they saw jesus multiply the food.
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Saw jesus multiply the food. they saw that great miracle.
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They saw that great miracle. they didn't realize, the
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They didn't realize, the reason jesus forced them into
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Reason jesus forced them into the boat, had them cross the
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The boat, had them cross the lake, even go through a
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Lake, even go through a storm, was so they could come
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Storm, was so they could come to the land of miracles. not
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To the land of miracles. not just one blessing but an
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Just one blessing but an abundance of blessings. they
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Abundance of blessings. they thought they were going to
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Thought they were going to bethsaida, a barren place,
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Bethsaida, a barren place, but notice what the storm
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But notice what the storm did. it blew them to a place
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Did. it blew them to a place of abundance.
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Of abundance. if the storm is not stopping
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If the storm is not stopping in your life, then it hasn't
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In your life, then it hasn't fulfilled its purpose. you
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Fulfilled its purpose. you have to trust that god is in
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Have to trust that god is in control. that he has your
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Control. that he has your best interest at heart. that
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Best interest at heart. that those winds are not going to
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Those winds are not going to blow you to bethsaida, to a
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Blow you to bethsaida, to a barren place, they're going
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Barren place, they're going to blow you to gennesaret, an
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To blow you to gennesaret, an abundant place. the storm is
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Abundant place. the storm is a setup. the closed door, the
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A setup. the closed door, the delay, the person that walked
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Delay, the person that walked away, it's moving you into
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Away, it's moving you into something greater. the enemy
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Will whisper, “no, man, youy
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Will whisper, “no, man, youy were blessed but look at you
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Were blessed but look at you now. you got forced into this
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Now. you got forced into this storm. you're headed to a
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Storm. you're headed to a barren place, defeated,
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Barren place, defeated, broke, lonely, overwhelmed.”
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Broke, lonely, overwhelmed.” don't believe those lies. he
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Don't believe those lies. he wouldn't be telling you that
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Wouldn't be telling you that if he didn't know you were
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If he didn't know you were headed to gennesaret. you
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Headed to gennesaret. you wouldn't be in that storm if
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Wouldn't be in that storm if you weren't headed to
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You weren't headed to something greater. you're
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Something greater. you're going to come out to an
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Going to come out to an abundant place. great favor,
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Abundant place. great favor, great health, great
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Great health, great resources. not just blessed
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But an abundance of
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But an abundance of blessings. something you
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Blessings. something you could have never seen without
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Could have never seen without being forced into the boat,
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Being forced into the boat, leaving the comfortable
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Leaving the comfortable place, going through the
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Place, going through the storm.
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Storm. the psalmist said, “we went
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The psalmist said, “we went through the fire, through the
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Through the fire, through the flood, to a place of great
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Flood, to a place of great abundance.” you won't see the
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Abundance.” you won't see the great abundance without going
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Great abundance without going through some fires, through
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Through some fires, through some floods, through some
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Some floods, through some storms. it's tempting to get
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Storms. it's tempting to get discouraged. a man said to me
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Discouraged. a man said to me last week, “joel, i was loyal
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Last week, “joel, i was loyal to my company. for over
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To my company. for over thirty years, i gave them my
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Thirty years, i gave them my best. but they weren't loyal
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Best. but they weren't loyal to me. when times got tough,
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To me. when times got tough, they let me go.” that's not a
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They let me go.” that's not a surprise to god. that's a
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Surprise to god. that's a sign that he's up to
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Sign that he's up to something. you got pushed out
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Something. you got pushed out into the boat. it looks like
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Into the boat. it looks like your boss is in control. the
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Your boss is in control. the truth is he's a pawn in the
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Truth is he's a pawn in the hands of god. nothing happens
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Hands of god. nothing happens without god's permission. it
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Without god's permission. it takes maturity to not get
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Takes maturity to not get bitter. “why did they treat
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Bitter. “why did they treat me badly? why did i come down
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Me badly? why did i come down with this illness/ why did i
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With this illness/ why did i lose that contract?” what if
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Lose that contract?” what if you knew that had to happen
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You knew that had to happen so you could get to
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So you could get to gennesaret, a place of
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Gennesaret, a place of abundance. that the storm
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Abundance. that the storm wasn't random, it was
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Wasn't random, it was necessary. that the trouble
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Necessary. that the trouble was transportation. that it
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Was transportation. that it was moving you into the
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Was moving you into the fullness of what god has in
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Fullness of what god has in store. sure, you may go
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Store. sure, you may go through the fire, through the
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Through the fire, through the flood, through the famine,
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Flood, through the famine, but there's one more f that's
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But there's one more f that's coming, and that's favor. the
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Coming, and that's favor. the favor of god is going to
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Favor of god is going to defeat enemies you couldn't
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Defeat enemies you couldn't defeat. the favor of god is
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Defeat. the favor of god is going to open doors you
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Going to open doors you couldn't open. the favor of
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Couldn't open. the favor of god is going to cause you to
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God is going to cause you to come through the storm to a
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Come through the storm to a place of great abundance.
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Place of great abundance. my friend, coach tony dungy,
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My friend, coach tony dungy, played professional football
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Played professional football for many years. after a
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For many years. after a successful career, in 1996,
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Successful career, in 1996, he landed his first job as a
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He landed his first job as a head coach with the tampa bay
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Head coach with the tampa bay buccaneers. he knew it was
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Buccaneers. he knew it was the hand of god opening the
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The hand of god opening the door, a dream come true. for
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Door, a dream come true. for six years everything was
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Six years everything was going great. they were
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Going great. they were winning more games, making
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Winning more games, making more progress. he was feeling
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More progress. he was feeling good about the future, when
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Good about the future, when out of nowhere, he was let
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Out of nowhere, he was let go. they fired him. he
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Go. they fired him. he thought, “god, i know you
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Thought, “god, i know you gave me this job. i know you
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Gave me this job. i know you opened this door. i was doing
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Opened this door. i was doing my best. i don't understand
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My best. i don't understand why this happened.” god never
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Why this happened.” god never closes a door, unless he's
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Closes a door, unless he's going to open a bigger and
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Going to open a bigger and better door. it may not make
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Better door. it may not make sense at the time. we can't
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Sense at the time. we can't see what god is up to. this
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See what god is up to. this is when you have to trust
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Is when you have to trust him. like the disciples, we
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Him. like the disciples, we think, “god, we don't want to
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Think, “god, we don't want to get in the boat and cross the
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Get in the boat and cross the lake. we want to stay here
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Lake. we want to stay here where you've blessed us.”
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Where you've blessed us.” what god has in store is
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What god has in store is something greater than you
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Something greater than you have in mind. you may have
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Have in mind. you may have seen a blessing, but he's
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Seen a blessing, but he's taking you to gennesaret, a
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Taking you to gennesaret, a place of abundant blessings.
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Place of abundant blessings. coach dungy was disappointed,
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Coach dungy was disappointed, but he didn't go around
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But he didn't go around discouraged, sour. he knew
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Discouraged, sour. he knew the same god that opened the
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The same god that opened the door, closed the door. the
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Door, closed the door. the scripture talks about how
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Scripture talks about how “god is our doorkeeper.” he's
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“god is our doorkeeper.” he's in control of the doors in
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In control of the doors in our life. we celebrate when
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Our life. we celebrate when he opens doors, brings
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He opens doors, brings opportunity, but in order to
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Opportunity, but in order to move us into something
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Move us into something greater, sometimes he has to
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Greater, sometimes he has to close a door. if you don't
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Close a door. if you don't realize that god is your
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Realize that god is your doorkeeper, if you don't
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Doorkeeper, if you don't trust him with your open and
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Trust him with your open and closed doors, then you'll be
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Closed doors, then you'll be frustrated when your plans
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Frustrated when your plans don't work out; upset when he
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Don't work out; upset when he tells you to get in the boat,
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Tells you to get in the boat, or bitter over that person
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Or bitter over that person that walked away. i used to
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That walked away. i used to just thank god for my open
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Just thank god for my open doors, but now i've learned
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Doors, but now i've learned to thank him for my closed
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To thank him for my closed doors. god closing a door is
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Doors. god closing a door is not only protecting you, but
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Not only protecting you, but it's setting you up for
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It's setting you up for something greater.
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Something greater. not long after coach dungy
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Not long after coach dungy was let go, he received a
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Was let go, he received a call from the indianapolis
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Call from the indianapolis colts football team asking if
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Colts football team asking if he would be interested in
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He would be interested in their head coaching job. he
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Their head coaching job. he got the position and three
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Got the position and three years later, they won the
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Years later, they won the superbowl. he told me, “if i
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Superbowl. he told me, “if i had not gotten fired, i would
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Had not gotten fired, i would have never won it.” what you
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Have never won it.” what you could be upset about, the
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Could be upset about, the door that closed, the person
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Door that closed, the person that did you wrong, the
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That did you wrong, the trouble in your family, it's
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Trouble in your family, it's a setup. god wouldn't have
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A setup. god wouldn't have allowed it, if it wasn't
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Allowed it, if it wasn't taking you to a new level of
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Taking you to a new level of your destiny. that storm is
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Your destiny. that storm is blowing you from a place of
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Blowing you from a place of blessing to an abundance of
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Blessing to an abundance of blessings. the disciples were
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Blessings. the disciples were excited over jesus
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Excited over jesus multiplying the food, that
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Multiplying the food, that one miracle, but the storm
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One miracle, but the storm took them to where they saw
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Took them to where they saw many miracles. don't fight
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Many miracles. don't fight the closed doors, the delays,
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The closed doors, the delays, the detours. the storm feels
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The detours. the storm feels like it's taking you to
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Like it's taking you to bethsaida, a barren place, a
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Bethsaida, a barren place, a dry place, a lonely place.
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Dry place, a lonely place. but god controls the winds.
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But god controls the winds. you can't see it right now,
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You can't see it right now, but they're blowing you to an
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But they're blowing you to an abundant place, a land of
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Abundant place, a land of healing, a land of miracles,
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Healing, a land of miracles, a land of favor.
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A land of favor. i worked seventeen years
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I worked seventeen years behind the scenes here at
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Behind the scenes here at lakewood doing the television
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Lakewood doing the television production. i was blessed. i
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Production. i was blessed. i had a beautiful wife, two
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Had a beautiful wife, two beautiful children. i got to
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Beautiful children. i got to work with my father every
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Work with my father every day. we were the best of
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Day. we were the best of friends. we traveled the
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Friends. we traveled the world together. life was
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World together. life was good, then my father
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Good, then my father unexpectedly went to be with
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Unexpectedly went to be with the lord. seventy-seven years
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The lord. seventy-seven years old, died from a heart
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Old, died from a heart attack. i didn't see that
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Attack. i didn't see that coming. suddenly i found
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Coming. suddenly i found myself in a storm. like the
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Myself in a storm. like the disciples, i didn't choose to
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Disciples, i didn't choose to get on this boat, i was
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Get on this boat, i was forced on it. sometimes god
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Forced on it. sometimes god will close a door and you
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Will close a door and you don't have a choice. i was
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Don't have a choice. i was comfortable where i was. i
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Comfortable where i was. i didn't want to get up in
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Didn't want to get up in front of people. i didn't
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Front of people. i didn't know this was in me. i
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Know this was in me. i thought i'd do television
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Thought i'd do television production the rest of my
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Production the rest of my life. i was satisfied, but
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Life. i was satisfied, but god knows what he put in you.
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God knows what he put in you. there are gifts and talents
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There are gifts and talents that you haven't discovered
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That you haven't discovered yet, potential that's lying
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Yet, potential that's lying dormant. the scripture says,
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Dormant. the scripture says, as an eagle stirs her nest
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As an eagle stirs her nest and gets the baby eaglets
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And gets the baby eaglets out, at times god will stir
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Out, at times god will stir your nest to get you out of a
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Your nest to get you out of a comfortable place, a place
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Comfortable place, a place where you're familiar, where
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Where you're familiar, where you don't have to stretch and
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You don't have to stretch and believe and take steps of
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Believe and take steps of faith. he's not going to let
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Faith. he's not going to let you get stagnate.
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You get stagnate. i thought losing my father
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I thought losing my father would be the darkest time of
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Would be the darkest time of my life. yes, i miss my
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My life. yes, i miss my father, but it was that
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Father, but it was that difficulty that launched me
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Difficulty that launched me into the brightest time of my
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Into the brightest time of my life, into what i'm doing
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Life, into what i'm doing now. if my father were still
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Now. if my father were still here, i wouldn't be up here.
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Here, i wouldn't be up here. sometimes god has to push us
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Sometimes god has to push us into our purpose. but i
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Into our purpose. but i thought that storm would take
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Thought that storm would take me to bethsaida, to a barren
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Me to bethsaida, to a barren place, discouraged, “oh man,
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Place, discouraged, “oh man, my father's gone.” but god
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My father's gone.” but god directed the winds of that
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Directed the winds of that storm, they blew me to
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Storm, they blew me to gennesaret. a place of
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Gennesaret. a place of abundance, favor,
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Abundance, favor, opportunity, influence. this
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Opportunity, influence. this would have never happened if
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Would have never happened if i had stayed on the shore, in
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I had stayed on the shore, in the comfortable place,
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The comfortable place, rejoicing over the multiplied
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Rejoicing over the multiplied food. that's good, but that's
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Food. that's good, but that's just a season. where god is
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Just a season. where god is taking you, you're going to
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Taking you, you're going to have to get in the boat and
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Have to get in the boat and cross to the other side. yes,
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Cross to the other side. yes, there will be winds and
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There will be winds and waves, thoughts telling you,
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Waves, thoughts telling you, “you're not going to make it.
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“you're not going to make it. it will never be like it used
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It will never be like it used to. losing that loved one,
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To. losing that loved one, it's all downhill from here.”
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It's all downhill from here.” no, you're not going to
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No, you're not going to bethsaida. there's been a
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Bethsaida. there's been a change in your itinerary. you
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Change in your itinerary. you can't see it yet, but you're
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Can't see it yet, but you're headed to gennesaret. those
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Headed to gennesaret. those winds you thought would stop
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Winds you thought would stop you, they're going to blow
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You, they're going to blow you to a place of abundance.
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You to a place of abundance. where you see beauty for
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Where you see beauty for ashes. talent coming out that
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Ashes. talent coming out that you didn't know you had,
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You didn't know you had, influence, opportunity, favor.
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Sure, at times, it feels like.
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Sure, at times, it feels like. the winds are too strong. the
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The winds are too strong. the loss too painful. the
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Loss too painful. the sickness too great. the child
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Sickness too great. the child that's breaking your heart.
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That's breaking your heart. you don't think you can make
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You don't think you can make it. god is saying to you what
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It. god is saying to you what he said to them. “i'm right
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He said to them. “i'm right here with you in this storm.
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Here with you in this storm. it's going to be okay.” you
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It's going to be okay.” you can relax. you're in good
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Can relax. you're in good hands. god is in control of
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Hands. god is in control of the winds of that storm.
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The winds of that storm. those winds blew coach dungy
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Those winds blew coach dungy from being fired to winning
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From being fired to winning the superbowl. they blew me
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From behind the scenes,
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From behind the scenes, quiet, reserved, to speaking
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Quiet, reserved, to speaking in front of people all over
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In front of people all over the world. they blew the
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The world. they blew the disciples from celebrating
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Disciples from celebrating one miracle, to seeing an
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One miracle, to seeing an abundance of miracles. you
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Abundance of miracles. you don't know where those winds
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Don't know where those winds are blowing you. the enemy
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Are blowing you. the enemy will whisper, “you're going
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Will whisper, “you're going to bethsaida, a barren place.
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To bethsaida, a barren place. you'll never meet the right
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You'll never meet the right person, never get well, never
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Person, never get well, never see your business blessed.
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See your business blessed. look what all you've been
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Look what all you've been through.” just say, “no
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Through.” just say, “no thanks. i've had a change in
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Thanks. i've had a change in my destination. there's been
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My destination. there's been a been a route update. we are
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A been a route update. we are no longer going to bethsaida,
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No longer going to bethsaida, our new arrival is
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Our new arrival is gennesaret, a place of
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Gennesaret, a place of abundance, a place of
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Abundance, a place of victory.”
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Victory.” someone walked out of your
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Someone walked out of your life, broke your heart. the
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Life, broke your heart. the good news is, in gennesaret
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Good news is, in gennesaret someone awesome is already
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Someone awesome is already waiting for you. god has
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Waiting for you. god has already lined up your divine
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Already lined up your divine connection. you lost that
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Connection. you lost that loved one. that's painful,
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Loved one. that's painful, but when you get to
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But when you get to gennesaret, there are new
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Gennesaret, there are new beginnings, new doors that
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Beginnings, new doors that are going to open, fresh
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Are going to open, fresh vision. that sickness, the
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Vision. that sickness, the depression, seems like it's
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Depression, seems like it's going to hinder you your
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Going to hinder you your whole life. you've been in
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Whole life. you've been in this storm for a long time,
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This storm for a long time, struggling, wondering how
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Struggling, wondering how it's going to work out. your
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It's going to work out. your time is coming. that's not
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Time is coming. that's not how your story ends. the
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How your story ends. the storm looks like it's going
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Storm looks like it's going to stop you, but god is
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To stop you, but god is shifting the winds. no more
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Shifting the winds. no more bethsaida, no more that
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Bethsaida, no more that barren place. you're about to
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Barren place. you're about to come into victory, to
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Come into victory, to abundance, to joy
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Abundance, to joy unspeakable, to favor you've
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Unspeakable, to favor you've never seen. you're going to
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Never seen. you're going to come out of that storm and
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Come out of that storm and say like me, “look what the
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Say like me, “look what the lord has done. who would have
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Lord has done. who would have ever thought i would be where
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I am?” i believe even nowhere
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I am?” i believe even nowhere dreams are coming back to
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Dreams are coming back to life. hope is rising. you're
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Life. hope is rising. you're going to feel a fresh wind in
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Going to feel a fresh wind in your spirit. that's the most
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Your spirit. that's the most high god breathing on your
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High god breathing on your life.
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Life. but a key to all this is
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But a key to all this is trusting when you don't
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Trusting when you don't understand. we prayed for god
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Understand. we prayed for god to heal my father just as
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To heal my father just as much as we did to heal my
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Much as we did to heal my mother. she's still here at
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Mother. she's still here at ninety years young, but my
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Ninety years young, but my father didn't get healed that
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Father didn't get healed that way. this is when you have to
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Say, “god i trust your ways.
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Say, “god i trust your ways. i may not like it, but i know
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I may not like it, but i know you're good. i know you're
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You're good. i know you're for me. you wouldn't have
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For me. you wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to
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Allowed it if it was going to stop my destiny.”
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Stop my destiny.” in the book of acts, the
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In the book of acts, the disciples were seeing great
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Disciples were seeing great favor. in the upper room, the
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Favor. in the upper room, the holy spirit came like a
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Holy spirit came like a rushing, mighty wind. they
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Rushing, mighty wind. they were all filled with the
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Were all filled with the spirit. they went throughout
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Spirit. they went throughout jerusalem praying for people.
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Jerusalem praying for people. the sick were healed. the
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The sick were healed. the lame walked. they spoke to
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Lame walked. they spoke to great crowds and many people
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Great crowds and many people became believers. it was an
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Became believers. it was an amazing time of blessing and
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Amazing time of blessing and favor. but in acts chapter 8
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Favor. but in acts chapter 8 it says, “a great wave of
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It says, “a great wave of persecution arose and all the
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Persecution arose and all the disciples in jerusalem fled
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Disciples in jerusalem fled to judea and samaria.” it
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To judea and samaria.” it doesn't say they decided to
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Doesn't say they decided to leave. they all agreed it was
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Leave. they all agreed it was a good time to go somewhere
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A good time to go somewhere else; they didn't have a
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Else; they didn't have a choice. they were forced out.
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Choice. they were forced out. the opposition was so strong,
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The opposition was so strong, they had to flee for their
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They had to flee for their lives. saul and his group had
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Lives. saul and his group had already killed stephen. now
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Already killed stephen. now they were looking for the
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They were looking for the other believers. it's
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Other believers. it's significant that god could
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Significant that god could have stopped the persecution.
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Have stopped the persecution. he could have shut down saul.
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He could have shut down saul. god parted the red sea. he
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God parted the red sea. he shut the mouths of hungry
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Shut the mouths of hungry lions. he protected teenagers
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Lions. he protected teenagers in a fiery furnace. but
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In a fiery furnace. but sometimes god is using the
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Sometimes god is using the storm as transportation, to
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Storm as transportation, to move you to a new level of
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Move you to a new level of your destiny.
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Your destiny. i'm sure some of them
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I'm sure some of them thought, “god what did we do
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Thought, “god what did we do wrong? we felt the mighty
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Wrong? we felt the mighty rushing wind. we saw the
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Rushing wind. we saw the tongues of fire. now we're on
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Tongues of fire. now we're on the run.” they felt forsaken,
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The run.” they felt forsaken, like they had been forgotten.
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Like they had been forgotten. but if god is closing a door,
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But if god is closing a door, if he's allowing you to be
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If he's allowing you to be pushed out, that means, he's
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Pushed out, that means, he's up to something. trust him in
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Up to something. trust him in the trouble. don't fight the
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The trouble. don't fight the winds of the storm. you can't
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Winds of the storm. you can't override what god has
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Override what god has purposed. let those winds
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Purposed. let those winds blow you to where god is
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Blow you to where god is taking you.
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Taking you. the disciples didn't like
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The disciples didn't like this storm, but it was a
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This storm, but it was a setup. they were forced out
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Setup. they were forced out of jerusalem, so they went to
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Of jerusalem, so they went to judea and samaria and began
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Judea and samaria and began to share their faith. had
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To share their faith. had they not left jerusalem,
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They not left jerusalem, christianity wouldn't have
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Christianity wouldn't have spread. they would have just
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Spread. they would have just kept it to the jewish people.
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Kept it to the jewish people. god had to get them out of
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God had to get them out of their nest. they were
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Their nest. they were satisfied in jerusalem, but
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Satisfied in jerusalem, but what god had in mind was much
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What god had in mind was much bigger. because of that
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Bigger. because of that storm, that opposition, you
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Storm, that opposition, you and i are people of faith
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And i are people of faith today. we're believers
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Today. we're believers because they got pushed out
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Because they got pushed out and it spread all over the
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And it spread all over the world. you don't know what
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World. you don't know what god is up to. in real time,
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God is up to. in real time, we can't see it. all we know
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We can't see it. all we know is we're in storm that we
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Is we're in storm that we didn't choose. persecution
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Didn't choose. persecution pushed us out. a friend
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Pushed us out. a friend walked away; the medical
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Walked away; the medical report hasn't improved. god
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Report hasn't improved. god is saying, “i'm still in
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Is saying, “i'm still in control. i'm still ordering
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Control. i'm still ordering your steps. it's all going to
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Your steps. it's all going to turn out fine for you.”
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Turn out fine for you.” everything is serving his
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Everything is serving his plan. now trust him when you
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Plan. now trust him when you don't understand. trust him
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Don't understand. trust him when it doesn't make sense.
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When it doesn't make sense. thoughts will whisper,
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Thoughts will whisper, “you're going to bethsaida, a
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“you're going to bethsaida, a barren place. it's always
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Barren place. it's always going to be a struggle.
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Going to be a struggle. you'll always have to deal
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You'll always have to deal with this sickness, always be
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With this sickness, always be lonely.” no what you can't
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Lonely.” no what you can't see right now are those winds
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See right now are those winds are blowing you to
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Are blowing you to gennesaret. to a garden of
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Gennesaret. to a garden of abundance. to a bountiful
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Abundance. to a bountiful place, a healthy place, a
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Place, a healthy place, a victorious place.
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Victorious place. god didn't bring you this far
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God didn't bring you this far to leave you. get your fire
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To leave you. get your fire back. get your passion back.
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Back. get your passion back. the best part of your life is
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The best part of your life is still in front of you. that
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Still in front of you. that loss didn't stop your
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Loss didn't stop your destiny. what looks like your
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Destiny. what looks like your darkest hour, like god did
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Darkest hour, like god did for me, it's going to launch
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For me, it's going to launch you into your brightest hour.
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You into your brightest hour. the people that walked away,
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The people that walked away, they didn't stop your
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They didn't stop your purpose. they had to leave so
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Purpose. they had to leave so you could meet someone
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You could meet someone better, a divine connection.
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Better, a divine connection. that door that closed, you
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That door that closed, you got pushed out of jerusalem,
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Got pushed out of jerusalem, it had to close so you could
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It had to close so you could step into greater things. the
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Step into greater things. the storm feels like a setback,
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Storm feels like a setback, but really, it's a setup. god
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But really, it's a setup. god is working behind the scenes,
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Is working behind the scenes, getting you in position to go
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Getting you in position to go places you've never dreamed.
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Places you've never dreamed. you haven't seen, heard, or
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You haven't seen, heard, or imagined what god has in
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Imagined what god has in store for you. now trust his
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Store for you. now trust his ways. if you'll do this, i
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Ways. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, those
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Believe and declare, those winds that should have
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Winds that should have defeated you, god is shifting
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Defeated you, god is shifting them right now. they're about
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Them right now. they're about to blow you into favor,
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To blow you into favor, healing, breakthroughs, new
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Healing, breakthroughs, new levels. you're going to come
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Levels. you're going to come into an abundant place, an
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Into an abundant place, an abundance of health, an
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Abundance of health, an abundance of joy, an
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Abundance of joy, an abundance of resources, the
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Abundance of resources, the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It, can you say amen? (applause)
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Many people believe
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Many people believe that god can heal.
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That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
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But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
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Our prayers are not being answered,
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Not being answered, it's easy to think:
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It's easy to think: will god heal me?
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Will god heal me? the truth is,
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The truth is, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
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I've witnessed god's healing power
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God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
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Firsthand in my own family. when situations
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When situations seemed impossible,
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Seemed impossible, and medically
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And medically speaking,
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Speaking, there were no options,
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There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you our new devotional,
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God still loves to heal.
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It's filled with scripture
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It's filled with scripture and encouragement
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And encouragement designed to strengthen
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Designed to strengthen your faith
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Your faith and help
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And help you believe for healing.
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You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
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Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
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God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
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As you stand firm and declare his promises,
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His promises, healing is on the way.
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The same god who healed in
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The same god who healed in the bible
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Is still healing today.
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Is still healing today. your generous support
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Your generous support is so important to help us
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Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
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Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Pastor
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Joel would like to send you
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Joel would like to send you a copy of god
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional through a weekly rhythm
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Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
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Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
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By life-changing insight that will strengthen
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That will strengthen and encourage
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And encourage you in your faith.
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You in your faith. jesus cares
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Jesus cares about you physically,
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About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
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He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
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Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
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Us and makes us whole. with this
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With this inspiring devotional resource,
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Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
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You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
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You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
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And restoration, knowing his promises are true
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His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
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Yesterday, today, and forever. receive your copy
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Receive your copy of this powerful new book
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Of this powerful new book and experience god's goodness
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And experience god's goodness and healing power.
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And healing power. my mother
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My mother was miraculously healed
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From terminal cancer.
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My sisterinal cancer.
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Lisa was healed
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From a birth injury
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From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
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Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
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What god did for us, he can do for you.
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Victoria and i
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Are going to be praying for you
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Are going to be praying for you this month,
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This month, especially for healing for
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Especially for healing for you and your family.
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You and your family. not just physically,
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Not just physically, but mentally
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But mentally and emotionally
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And emotionally that you will be
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That you will be completely whole.
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Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
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We appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is impacting people
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Is impacting people around the world and special
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Around the world and special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. request your copy of god
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. available this month.
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Joel Osteen - Trusting God's Ways

February 8, 2026 | 27:29

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