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Joel Osteen - Upstream Blessings

June 1, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Upstream Blessings | June 1, 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
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Daily podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and
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Channel, social media. and you can come visit us in
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You can come visit us in person. we'd love to have
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Person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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You be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. 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 man, he was
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About this man, he was quietly reading the
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Quietly reading the newspaper, when his wife
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Newspaper, when his wife snuck up behind him and hit
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Snuck up behind him and hit him on the head with a frying
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Him on the head with a frying pan. he said, “what was that
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Pan. he said, “what was that for?” she said, “that was for
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For?” she said, “that was for the piece of paper i found in
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The piece of paper i found in your pocket with the name
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Your pocket with the name mary lou on it.” he said, “oh
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Mary lou on it.” he said, “oh honey, that's just one of the
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Honey, that's just one of the horses that i bet on at the
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Horses that i bet on at the racetrack last week.” she
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Racetrack last week.” she apologized and went about her
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Apologized and went about her business. two days later, she
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Business. two days later, she hit him on the head with a
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Hit him on the head with a bigger frying pan. after he
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Bigger frying pan. after he woke up, he said, “what in
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Woke up, he said, “what in the world was that for?” she
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The world was that for?” she said, “your horse just
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Said, “your horse just called.”
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Called.” all right y'all, there's no
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All right y'all, there's no spiritual value. but anyway,
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Spiritual value. but anyway, here we go. ready? this is my
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Here we go. ready? 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 upstream blessings. we
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About upstream blessings. we all have situations where
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All have situations where we're praying and believing
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We're praying and believing but we don't see anything
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But we don't see anything happening. our health isn't
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Happening. our health isn't improving, our child isn't
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Improving, our child isn't turning around, we haven't
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Turning around, we haven't met the right person. it's
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Met the right person. it's easy to get discouraged and
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Easy to get discouraged and think god didn't hear us.
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Think god didn't hear us. maybe it's not meant to be.
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Maybe it's not meant to be. but what you can't see is god
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But what you can't see is god is working upstream. he said
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Is working upstream. he said in isaiah, “i will go ahead
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In isaiah, “i will go ahead of you and make crooked
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Of you and make crooked places straight.” there are
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Places straight.” there are things he's already done. the
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Things he's already done. the moment you prayed he set the
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Moment you prayed he set the miracle into motion. he lined
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Miracle into motion. he lined up the healing, the right
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Up the healing, the right people, the breaks you need.
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People, the breaks you need. now the key is you have to
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Now the key is you have to stay in faith until those
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Stay in faith until those upstream blessings make it
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Upstream blessings make it down to you. thoughts will
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Down to you. thoughts will tell you, “it's never going
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Tell you, “it's never going to happen, nothings changing,
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To happen, nothings changing, don't get your hopes up.”
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Don't get your hopes up.” don't get talked out of it.
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Don't get talked out of it. if you're going to see
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If you're going to see upstream blessings, you have
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Upstream blessings, you have to have upstream faith. “i'm
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To have upstream faith. “i'm not moved by what i see. i
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Not moved by what i see. i know god is working.
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Know god is working. this is what joshua had to
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This is what joshua had to do. moses had just died, now
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Do. moses had just died, now joshua was leading the
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Joshua was leading the israelites toward the
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Israelites toward the promised land. they were
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Promised land. they were camped at the jordan river.
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Camped at the jordan river. they needed to cross but it
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They needed to cross but it was harvest season, the
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Was harvest season, the jordan was overflowing its
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Jordan was overflowing its banks. it was nearly a mile
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Banks. it was nearly a mile across. the current was so
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Across. the current was so strong and so forceful, there
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Strong and so forceful, there was no way. god told joshua
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Was no way. god told joshua to tell the priests to take
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To tell the priests to take the ark of the covenant, that
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The ark of the covenant, that represented the presence of
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Represented the presence of god, and to walk into the
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God, and to walk into the jordan river. this was the
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Jordan river. this was the first test of joshua's
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First test of joshua's leadership. two million
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Leadership. two million israelites were watching with
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Israelites were watching with great anticipation, believing
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Great anticipation, believing that the waters were going to
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That the waters were going to part like the red sea. the
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Part like the red sea. the priests were slowly walking
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Priests were slowly walking toward the banks, people
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Toward the banks, people praying, believing. “god, let
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Praying, believing. “god, let it happen.” as they got
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It happen.” as they got closer and closer, it was
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Closer and closer, it was more and more intense. this
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More and more intense. this incredible drama. finally,
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Incredible drama. finally, their feet touched the water,
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Their feet touched the water, this big moment, and nothing
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This big moment, and nothing happened. everything looked
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Happened. everything looked just the same. they went in
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Just the same. they went in ankle deep, nothing, knee
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Ankle deep, nothing, knee deep still nothing.
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Deep still nothing. what do you do, when you've
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What do you do, when you've done the right thing, but it
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Done the right thing, but it doesn't work out. you took
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Doesn't work out. you took steps of faith, you prayed,
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Steps of faith, you prayed, you went the extra mile, but
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You went the extra mile, but the waters didn't part. you
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The waters didn't part. you didn't get the contract, your
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Didn't get the contract, your health didn't improve, the
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Health didn't improve, the problem hasn't resolved.
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Problem hasn't resolved. that's right where joshua
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That's right where joshua was. he could have thought,
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Was. he could have thought, “god, where are you? why
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“god, where are you? why isn't it parting. i did what
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Isn't it parting. i did what you told me to. i put the
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You told me to. i put the priests out front.” i can
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Priests out front.” i can hear people whispering,
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Hear people whispering, “we're never going to cross
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“we're never going to cross this river. joshua is sure
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This river. joshua is sure not like moses. he doesn't
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Not like moses. he doesn't have it.” they didn't see any
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Have it.” they didn't see any sign of things changing.
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Sign of things changing. nothing looked any different,
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Nothing looked any different, river still swollen, current
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River still swollen, current just as strong. but the
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Just as strong. but the scripture says, “the moment
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Scripture says, “the moment the feet of the priests
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The feet of the priests touched the water at the
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Touched the water at the river's edge, the water began
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River's edge, the water began piling up at a town upstream
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Piling up at a town upstream called adam.” adam was twenty
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Called adam.” adam was twenty miles from where they were.
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Miles from where they were. the miracle had happened,
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The miracle had happened, they just couldn't see it
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They just couldn't see it yet. twenty miles upstream
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Yet. twenty miles upstream god had dammed up the waters.
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God had dammed up the waters. he stopped the flow. it was
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He stopped the flow. it was just a matter of time before
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Just a matter of time before the israelites would see the
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The israelites would see the effects of what god had
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Effects of what god had already done upstream.
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Already done upstream. the priests stood in the
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The priests stood in the water and waited and waited.
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Water and waited and waited. i can imagine in a couple of
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I can imagine in a couple of hours, as all the israelites
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Hours, as all the israelites were standing there, kind of
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Were standing there, kind of disappointed, thinking they
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Disappointed, thinking they were stuck, one of them said,
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Were stuck, one of them said, “is it my imagination or is
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“is it my imagination or is the current not as strong? it
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The current not as strong? it doesn't look like it's
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Doesn't look like it's flowing as fast.” another
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Flowing as fast.” another spoke up and said, “i think
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Spoke up and said, “i think you're right. it doesn't look
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You're right. it doesn't look like it's as swollen as it
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Like it's as swollen as it was. i think it's gone down a
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Was. i think it's gone down a little.” it kept getting
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Little.” it kept getting slower and slower, less and
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Slower and slower, less and less water until finally the
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Less water until finally the whole riverbed was dry. the
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Whole riverbed was dry. the israelites were able to walk
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Israelites were able to walk across.
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Across. like with them, there are
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Like with them, there are things god has done in your
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Things god has done in your life upstream. he's already
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Life upstream. he's already taken care of what you're
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Taken care of what you're worried about. he's already
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Worried about. he's already dammed up those waters,
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Dammed up those waters, stopped the sickness, broken
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Stopped the sickness, broken the addiction, lined up the
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The addiction, lined up the right person. now you may not
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Right person. now you may not be able to see it yet. all
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Be able to see it yet. all the circumstances look just
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The circumstances look just the same. the river's still
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The same. the river's still swollen. your business is
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Swollen. your business is still struggling, the medical
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Still struggling, the medical report hasn't changed, your
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Report hasn't changed, your loved one is still off
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Loved one is still off course. don't let what's
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Course. don't let what's happening downstream, talk
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Happening downstream, talk you out of what god has done
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You out of what god has done upstream. if you're going to
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Upstream. if you're going to see that upstream blessing,
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See that upstream blessing, you have to keep believing,
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You have to keep believing, keep praising, keep
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Keep praising, keep expecting. walk by faith and
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Expecting. walk by faith and not by sight. “i don't see
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Not by sight. “i don't see any sign of it, nothing's
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Any sign of it, nothing's improving, but god i know
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Improving, but god i know you're working. i know you're
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You're working. i know you're faithful. i know what you
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Faithful. i know what you promised me is already on the
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Promised me is already on the way.”
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Way.” what's significant is the
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What's significant is the priests stayed in the water,
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Priests stayed in the water, with the ark of the covenant,
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With the ark of the covenant, until the waters receded.
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Until the waters receded. they could have waited five
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They could have waited five minutes and thought, “well,
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Minutes and thought, “well, we did what we were told to
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We did what we were told to do; nothing happened. let's
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Do; nothing happened. let's go back home.” after ten
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Go back home.” after ten minutes, they could have
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Minutes, they could have thought, “we're wasting our
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Thought, “we're wasting our time.” thirty minutes, “come
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Time.” thirty minutes, “come on man, we look like fools
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On man, we look like fools out here. joshua didn't hear
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Out here. joshua didn't hear from god. he had too much
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From god. he had too much pizza last night.” after an
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Pizza last night.” after an hour, “i'm tired. my feet are
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Hour, “i'm tired. my feet are freezing. it's not meant to
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Freezing. it's not meant to be.” no, these priests stayed
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Be.” no, these priests stayed there in faith. as they were
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There in faith. as they were standing in these waters that
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Standing in these waters that didn't part, in circumstances
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Didn't part, in circumstances that weren't changing, every
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That weren't changing, every thought saying, “it's not
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Thought saying, “it's not going to happen,” i can hear
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Going to happen,” i can hear them declaring, “the lord is
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Them declaring, “the lord is good, and his mercy endures
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Good, and his mercy endures for generations.” i can hear
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For generations.” i can hear them singing, “way maker,
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Them singing, “way maker, promise keeper, you're the
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Promise keeper, you're the light in the darkness.” i can
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Light in the darkness.” i can hear one of them saying,
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Hear one of them saying, “god, you've done it in the
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“god, you've done it in the past, we know you're doing it
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Past, we know you're doing it this time. you being for us
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This time. you being for us is more than what's against
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Is more than what's against us. we will make it into our
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Us. we will make it into our promised land.” they stood
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Promised land.” they stood there in faith. they stood
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There in faith. they stood there knowing god was
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There knowing god was working. they stood there
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Working. they stood there expecting things to change.
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Expecting things to change. they didn't see how. they
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They didn't see how. they didn't know when, but one
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Didn't know when, but one thing they knew was that god
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Thing they knew was that god was faithful. that he was in
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Was faithful. that he was in control. that what he
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Control. that what he purposed would come to pass.
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Purposed would come to pass. when you're standing in those
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When you're standing in those waters, believing for things
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Waters, believing for things to change, waiting for what
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To change, waiting for what god promised, the way you're
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God promised, the way you're going to stay in the water
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Going to stay in the water and not give up, is by
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And not give up, is by keeping the presence of god
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Keeping the presence of god on your life. by praising him
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On your life. by praising him when you don't see anything
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When you don't see anything changing, by thanking him
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Changing, by thanking him that it's on the way when
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That it's on the way when there's no sign of it, by
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There's no sign of it, by declaring his promises in the
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Declaring his promises in the middle of water that's not
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Middle of water that's not moving. “this medical report
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Moving. “this medical report says i'm not going to get
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Says i'm not going to get well but god i believe you're
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Well but god i believe you're restoring health back unto
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Restoring health back unto me. my child is off course
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Me. my child is off course but lord, i thank you that as
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But lord, i thank you that as for me and my house we will
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For me and my house we will serve the lord. business is
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Serve the lord. business is slow, i lost that contract,
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Slow, i lost that contract, but god you said even in
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But god you said even in famine the righteous would
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Famine the righteous would have more than enough. lord,
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Have more than enough. lord, i thank you i will lend and
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I thank you i will lend and not borrow, that i will have
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Not borrow, that i will have a bountiful year.”
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A bountiful year.” don't come out of that water.
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Don't come out of that water. your obedience, stepping into
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Your obedience, stepping into the water is what activated
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The water is what activated the miracle. and it's going
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The miracle. and it's going to be your obedience of
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To be your obedience of staying in the water that
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Staying in the water that will cause you to see what
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Will cause you to see what god's done upstream. the
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God's done upstream. the miracle was set in motion
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Miracle was set in motion when you prayed. god
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When you prayed. god dispatched the angels with
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Dispatched the angels with the healing, the favor, the
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The healing, the favor, the freedom, but you may not see
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Freedom, but you may not see it right away. the waters may
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It right away. the waters may not part immediately. this is
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Not part immediately. this is a test of your faith. a lot
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A test of your faith. a lot of people get out of the
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Of people get out of the water. “joel, nothing
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Water. “joel, nothing happened. this doesn't work
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Happened. this doesn't work for me.” no, the upstream
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For me.” no, the upstream blessing is there but you
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Blessing is there but you have to have upstream faith,
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Have to have upstream faith, knowing that it's coming, for
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Knowing that it's coming, for it to get to you.
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It to get to you. in daniel chapter 10, daniel
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In daniel chapter 10, daniel had been praying and fasting,
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Had been praying and fasting, asking god to help him. it
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Asking god to help him. it didn't seem like anything was
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Didn't seem like anything was happening, nothing was
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Happening, nothing was changing. he was tempted to
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Changing. he was tempted to come out of the water, get
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Come out of the water, get discouraged and give up on
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Discouraged and give up on what he was believing for.
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What he was believing for. one morning, he was out by
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One morning, he was out by the river, and he had a
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The river, and he had a vision. an angel appeared to
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Vision. an angel appeared to him and said in verse 12,
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Him and said in verse 12, “daniel, from the first day
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“daniel, from the first day you prayed, your request was
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You prayed, your request was heard in heaven.” when we
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Heard in heaven.” when we don't see anything happening,
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Don't see anything happening, we can think god must not
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We can think god must not have heard us. nothing is
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Have heard us. nothing is changing. no, the moment you
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Changing. no, the moment you prayed god heard your
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Prayed god heard your request. the angel went on to
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Request. the angel went on to say, “god sent me with the
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Say, “god sent me with the answer but for twenty-one
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Answer but for twenty-one days the prince of persia
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Days the prince of persia blocked me. then michael the
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Blocked me. then michael the archangel came and helped me
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Archangel came and helped me break through the
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Break through the opposition.” notice the first
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Opposition.” notice the first day he prayed something
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Day he prayed something happened upstream. god set
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Happened upstream. god set the miracle into motion. but
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The miracle into motion. but for twenty-one days the
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For twenty-one days the waters didn't recede so to
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Waters didn't recede so to speak. for twenty-one days,
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Speak. for twenty-one days, every thought told daniel,
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Every thought told daniel, “it would have happened by
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“it would have happened by now. it's not meant to be.”
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Now. it's not meant to be.” daniel could have been talked
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Daniel could have been talked out of it, but he had
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Out of it, but he had upstream faith. his attitude
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Upstream faith. his attitude was, “i know there are things
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Was, “i know there are things god has already done that i
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God has already done that i can't see right now. i'm
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Can't see right now. i'm going to keep believing,
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Going to keep believing, expecting, praying, knowing
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Expecting, praying, knowing that it's on the way.”
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That it's on the way.” like with daniel, the moment
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Like with daniel, the moment you prayed according to god's
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You prayed according to god's word, he did something
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Word, he did something upstream. he dispatched the
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Upstream. he dispatched the angel. he set things into
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Angel. he set things into motion. you can't see it
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Motion. you can't see it right now, but upstream
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Right now, but upstream things have changed in your
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Things have changed in your favor, upstream healing has
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Favor, upstream healing has been released, upstream the
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Been released, upstream the right people have been lined
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Right people have been lined up, upstream the breaks you
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Up, upstream the breaks you need, the restoration, the
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Need, the restoration, the vindication has been put in
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Vindication has been put in place. it's in your future.
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Place. it's in your future. don't let what's happening
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Don't let what's happening downstream talk you out of
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Downstream talk you out of the blessings that are
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The blessings that are upstream. angels have been
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Upstream. angels have been dispatched with your name on
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Dispatched with your name on them, bringing healing,
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Them, bringing healing, favor, abundance. now do your
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Favor, abundance. now do your part and have upstream faith.
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Part and have upstream faith. “god, i believe the moment i
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“god, i believe the moment i prayed, you not only heard
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Prayed, you not only heard me, but you answered my
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Me, but you answered my prayer. i'm not moved by what
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Prayer. i'm not moved by what i don't see. i'm moved by
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I don't see. i'm moved by what i know. i know you are
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What i know. i know you are faithful. i know i am healed.
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Faithful. i know i am healed. i know i am blessed. i know
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I know i am blessed. i know my children are mighty in the
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My children are mighty in the land. i know my latter days
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Land. i know my latter days will be better than my former
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Will be better than my former days.”
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Days.” downstream faith says, “i'll
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Downstream faith says, “i'll believe when i see things
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Believe when i see things changing. when my health
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Changing. when my health starts to improve, when i get
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Starts to improve, when i get that promotion, when my boss
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That promotion, when my boss begins to treat me better
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Begins to treat me better then i'll thank god, then
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Then i'll thank god, then i'll have a good attitude.”
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I'll have a good attitude.” but here's the problem. you
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But here's the problem. you won't see upstream blessings
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Won't see upstream blessings if you only have downstream
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If you only have downstream faith. yes, god is good.
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Faith. yes, god is good. sometimes you'll see a red
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Sometimes you'll see a red sea part, god does it
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Sea part, god does it instantly. he begins to turn
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Instantly. he begins to turn it around. but there will be
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It around. but there will be times that you come to a
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Times that you come to a jordan river. you prayed. you
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Jordan river. you prayed. you stood in faith. you declared
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Stood in faith. you declared his promises, but the waters
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His promises, but the waters didn't part. the wind didn't
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Didn't part. the wind didn't blow. the angel didn't show
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Blow. the angel didn't show up. are you going to get
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Up. are you going to get discouraged, give up on what
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Discouraged, give up on what you were believing for, only
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You were believing for, only have downstream faith. or are
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Have downstream faith. or are you going to dig your heels
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You going to dig your heels in and say, “i'm not moved by
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In and say, “i'm not moved by what i don't see. god, i know
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What i don't see. god, i know upstream you've already
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Upstream you've already changed things. you've
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Changed things. you've already dammed up the waters,
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Already dammed up the waters, stopped this sickness, lined
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Stopped this sickness, lined up the promotion, set the
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Up the promotion, set the right people. lord, i thank
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Right people. lord, i thank you that it's on the way.”
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You that it's on the way.” god has upstream blessings
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God has upstream blessings for you. things you're
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For you. things you're believing for, he's already
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Believing for, he's already set in motion, but he's
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Set in motion, but he's looking for upstream faith.
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Looking for upstream faith. don't get talked out of it.
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Don't get talked out of it. don't let what hasn't
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Don't let what hasn't happened, how long it's been,
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Happened, how long it's been, how unlikely it looks
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How unlikely it looks convince you to quit
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Convince you to quit believing. stay in those
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Believing. stay in those waters and keep the ark of
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Waters and keep the ark of the covenant with you. keep
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The covenant with you. keep the presence of god. “lord, i
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The presence of god. “lord, i thank you that you're
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Thank you that you're fighting my battles. thank
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Fighting my battles. thank you that what you promised is
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You that what you promised is on the way. i know your favor
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On the way. i know your favor surrounds me, goodness and
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Surrounds me, goodness and mercy are following me, what
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Mercy are following me, what you have purposed for my life
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You have purposed for my life will come to pass.”
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Will come to pass.” when my mother was diagnosed
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When my mother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer
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With terminal liver cancer back in 1981, the doctors
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Back in 1981, the doctors gave her a few weeks to live.
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Gave her a few weeks to live. there was no treatment they
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There was no treatment they could give her. they sent her
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Could give her. they sent her home at forty-six years old
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Home at forty-six years old basically to die. on december
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Basically to die. on december 11, she and my father laid on
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11, she and my father laid on the ground in their bedroom
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The ground in their bedroom and asked god for a miracle.
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And asked god for a miracle. they prayed the prayer of
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They prayed the prayer of faith. not, “god why did this
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Faith. not, “god why did this happen. god just let her die
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Happen. god just let her die in peace. it must be her time
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In peace. it must be her time to go.” no, they said, “god
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To go.” no, they said, “god we know you're the healer. we
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We know you're the healer. we know you can do what medicine
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Know you can do what medicine cannot do. god, we're asking
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Cannot do. god, we're asking you to give her more years,
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You to give her more years, to restore health back unto
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To restore health back unto her. god, you said with long
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Her. god, you said with long life you would satisfy us.”
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Life you would satisfy us.” they prayed a bold prayer.
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They prayed a bold prayer. like moses they held up that
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Like moses they held up that staff, but the waters didn't
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Staff, but the waters didn't part. she wasn't at a red
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Part. she wasn't at a red sea; she was at a jordan
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Sea; she was at a jordan river. nothing happened. she
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River. nothing happened. she didn't feel any better, look
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Didn't feel any better, look any better. the medical
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Any better. the medical report didn't change. my
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Report didn't change. my mother could have been
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Mother could have been depressed. thoughts were
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Depressed. thoughts were telling her, “you're done.
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Telling her, “you're done. you heard what the doctors
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You heard what the doctors said. a few weeks to live.
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Said. a few weeks to live. just accept it.”
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Just accept it.” but my mother believed that
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But my mother believed that when they prayed, god did
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When they prayed, god did something upstream, that the
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Something upstream, that the tide began to turn, that the
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Tide began to turn, that the miracle was set in motion.
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Miracle was set in motion. like those priests, my mother
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Like those priests, my mother never got out of the water.
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Never got out of the water. she didn't see anything
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She didn't see anything improving but that didn't
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Improving but that didn't change her mindset. i would
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Change her mindset. i would hear her going through the
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Hear her going through the house, “i will live and not
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House, “i will live and not die and declare the works of
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Die and declare the works of the lord. god is restoring
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The lord. god is restoring health back unto me. what he
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Health back unto me. what he started in my life, he will
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Started in my life, he will finish.” she had upstream
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Finish.” she had upstream faith, “i don't see it, feel
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Faith, “i don't see it, feel it. no sign of it, but i
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It. no sign of it, but i believe it's already done. i
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Believe it's already done. i believe upstream, things have
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Believe upstream, things have changed. that the angel has
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Changed. that the angel has been dispatched.”
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Been dispatched.” months went by and nothing
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Months went by and nothing really happened. no sign of
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Really happened. no sign of improvement. but we began to
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Improvement. but we began to realize, she's still here.
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Realize, she's still here. they said a few weeks and
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They said a few weeks and it's been six months. she's
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It's been six months. she's not any worse. it's been nine
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Not any worse. it's been nine months; she hasn't gone
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Months; she hasn't gone downhill. we realized the
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Downhill. we realized the waters were receding. the
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Waters were receding. the healing was coming, little by
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Healing was coming, little by little, she got better and
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Little, she got better and better. until one day, a few
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Better. until one day, a few years later, she was back to
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Years later, she was back to normal. completely healthy.
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Normal. completely healthy. no medical explanation. no
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No medical explanation. no logical solution. it was the
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Logical solution. it was the hand of god. but here's my
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Hand of god. but here's my point, it was upstream. the
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Point, it was upstream. the miracle had taken place, but
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Miracle had taken place, but it hadn't flowed down to her
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It hadn't flowed down to her yet. if you only have
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Yet. if you only have downstream faith, “joel, i'll
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Downstream faith, “joel, i'll believe it when i see it.”
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Believe it when i see it.” that's going to keep you from
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That's going to keep you from upstream blessings. the
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Upstream blessings. the things you're concerned about
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Things you're concerned about now, dreams you want to
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Now, dreams you want to accomplish, situations you
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Accomplish, situations you need to turn around. you'll
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Need to turn around. you'll be tempted to get discouraged
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Be tempted to get discouraged and think god hasn't heard
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And think god hasn't heard you. “why hasn't it
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You. “why hasn't it happened?” can i encourage
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Happened?” can i encourage you? it's upstream. god has
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You? it's upstream. god has already taken care of it. now
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Already taken care of it. now stay in faith while it flows
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Stay in faith while it flows downstream. don't get talked
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Downstream. don't get talked out of it, while you're
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Out of it, while you're waiting for things to change.
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Waiting for things to change. when moses was a hundred and
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When moses was a hundred and twenty years old, he was
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Twenty years old, he was about to die. he told the
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About to die. he told the israelites that he wasn't
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Israelites that he wasn't going to cross the jordan
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Going to cross the jordan river and go into the
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River and go into the promised land. but that
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Promised land. but that joshua was their new leader,
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Joshua was their new leader, and they were to follow him.
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And they were to follow him. he said in deuteronomy 31,
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He said in deuteronomy 31, “the lord himself will cross
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“the lord himself will cross over ahead of you. he will
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Over ahead of you. he will destroy the nations and give
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Destroy the nations and give you the land.” he was saying,
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You the land.” he was saying, “you're going to face
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“you're going to face situations where you don't
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Situations where you don't think you can make it. the
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Think you can make it. the people are too big, the
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People are too big, the opposition too strong. but
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Opposition too strong. but don't worry, god is going
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Don't worry, god is going ahead of you. he's going to
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Ahead of you. he's going to cross over and do what you
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Cross over and do what you can't do.” he was telling
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Can't do.” he was telling them, there are going to be
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Them, there are going to be upstream blessings waiting
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Upstream blessings waiting for you. things that you
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For you. things that you can't see right now. favor,
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Can't see right now. favor, influence, resources. the
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Influence, resources. the lord your god is going ahead
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Lord your god is going ahead of you. he was getting them
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Of you. he was getting them prepared in their thinking to
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Prepared in their thinking to not let the circumstances
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Not let the circumstances talk them out of what god had
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Talk them out of what god had already done.
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Already done. he said in verse 8, “do not
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He said in verse 8, “do not be afraid or discouraged, for
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Be afraid or discouraged, for the lord your god is the one
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The lord your god is the one who goes before you. he will
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Who goes before you. he will never fail you or forsake
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Never fail you or forsake you.” three times, in six
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You.” three times, in six verses, he said, god will go
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Verses, he said, god will go ahead of you. god is saying
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Ahead of you. god is saying to you what he said to the
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To you what he said to the israelites. you're going to
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Israelites. you're going to come into some upstream
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Come into some upstream blessings, things that god
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Blessings, things that god has already made happen,
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Has already made happen, opportunity, healing,
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Opportunity, healing, abundance. god is going
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Abundance. god is going before you right now. but
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Before you right now. but here's the key. don't let
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Here's the key. don't let downstream doubt, keep you
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Downstream doubt, keep you from upstream blessings.
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From upstream blessings. instead of thinking about how
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Instead of thinking about how big the obstacle is, how
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Big the obstacle is, how you'll never pay your house
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You'll never pay your house off, never meet the right
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Off, never meet the right person. why don't you have
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Person. why don't you have upstream faith? “god, i thank
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Upstream faith? “god, i thank you that you're going ahead
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You that you're going ahead of me opening doors that no
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Of me opening doors that no person can shut, doing what
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Person can shut, doing what medicine cannot do, taking me
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Medicine cannot do, taking me where i cannot go on my own.
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Where i cannot go on my own. father, i thank you for
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Father, i thank you for upstream blessings.”
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Upstream blessings.” a few years ago, my brother
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A few years ago, my brother paul was in haiti, right
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Paul was in haiti, right after a big earthquake. he
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After a big earthquake. he and a team of surgeons were
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And a team of surgeons were operating on all the injured
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Operating on all the injured people. at one point, the
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People. at one point, the main monitor they were using
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Main monitor they were using during surgery to see the
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During surgery to see the patient's blood pressure and
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Patient's blood pressure and vital signs went out. without
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Vital signs went out. without that monitor, they couldn't
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That monitor, they couldn't do anymore surgeries. the man
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Do anymore surgeries. the man in charge started searching
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In charge started searching the hospital. they looked
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The hospital. they looked everywhere but couldn't find
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Everywhere but couldn't find one. paul and his team
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One. paul and his team started making calls, but
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Started making calls, but nothing was available. it
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Nothing was available. it would take several days to
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Would take several days to have one flown in from the
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Have one flown in from the states. it looked like they
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States. it looked like they were at a standstill. a few
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Were at a standstill. a few hours later, the hospital
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Hours later, the hospital administrator, a local
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Administrator, a local haitian man, came in carrying
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Haitian man, came in carrying a brand-new monitor, still in
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A brand-new monitor, still in the box. they opened it and
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The box. they opened it and it was exactly what they
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It was exactly what they needed, had all the right
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Needed, had all the right connections. paul and the
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Connections. paul and the other surgeons were so
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Other surgeons were so surprised that he would have
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Surprised that he would have that exact monitor.
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That exact monitor. he told how two years
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He told how two years earlier; he was at a hospital
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Earlier; he was at a hospital administrator's conference in
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Administrator's conference in the states. everyone that
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The states. everyone that attended was entered into a
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Attended was entered into a contest for a door prize. out
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Contest for a door prize. out of several thousand people,
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Of several thousand people, it just so happened that he
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It just so happened that he won this monitor. he had no
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Won this monitor. he had no need for it at the time. it
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Need for it at the time. it was still in storage. but god
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Was still in storage. but god is going ahead of you. he
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Is going ahead of you. he knows what you're going to
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Knows what you're going to need in the future. that was
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Need in the future. that was an upstream blessing. god had
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An upstream blessing. god had the solution before they had
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The solution before they had the problem. he said in
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The problem. he said in isaiah, “before you call, i
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Isaiah, “before you call, i will answer you.” that's why
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Will answer you.” that's why we can live in peace. not
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We can live in peace. not worried about our children,
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Worried about our children, stressed over our health,
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Stressed over our health, losing sleep over our
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Losing sleep over our finances. god is going ahead
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Finances. god is going ahead of you. there are things he's
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Of you. there are things he's doing right now that you
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Doing right now that you can't see. maybe the waters
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Can't see. maybe the waters are not parting. you don't
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Are not parting. you don't see any sign of things
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See any sign of things changing. that's okay. have
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Changing. that's okay. have upstream faith. god is
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Upstream faith. god is working. he's taking care of
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Working. he's taking care of what you're concerned about.
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What you're concerned about. the angel has already been
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The angel has already been dispatched with the answer.
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Dispatched with the answer. there are upstream blessings
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There are upstream blessings coming your way.
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Coming your way. in genesis 24, abraham was
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In genesis 24, abraham was living in the land of canaan.
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Living in the land of canaan. he told his main assistant to
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He told his main assistant to go back to his original
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Go back to his original hometown, which was four
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Hometown, which was four hundred miles away, and find
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Hundred miles away, and find a wife for his son isaac. you
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A wife for his son isaac. you can imagine the pressure on
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Can imagine the pressure on this man. “you want me to
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This man. “you want me to find a wife for your son?” he
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Find a wife for your son?” he said in verse 5, “what if i
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Said in verse 5, “what if i can't find a young woman that
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Can't find a young woman that will travel that far from
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Will travel that far from home?” abraham said, “the
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Home?” abraham said, “the lord my god will send his
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Lord my god will send his angel ahead of you, and he
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Angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find
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Will see to it that you find the right wife for my son.”
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The right wife for my son.” notice how abraham believed
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Notice how abraham believed in upstream blessings. he
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In upstream blessings. he could have thought, “you're
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Could have thought, “you're right. good luck. just do the
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Right. good luck. just do the best you can.” no, his
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Best you can.” no, his attitude was, “god is going
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Attitude was, “god is going before me. he's already
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Before me. he's already arranged what i need. i know
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Arranged what i need. i know the right person is on the
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The right person is on the way.”
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Way.” this man arrived at abraham's
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This man arrived at abraham's hometown. he was waiting out
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Hometown. he was waiting out at the stream. he prayed,
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At the stream. he prayed, “god, let the right girl for
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“god, let the right girl for isaac, not only give me a
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Isaac, not only give me a drink of water when i ask,
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Drink of water when i ask, but let her ask to water my
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But let her ask to water my camels as well. that way i'll
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Camels as well. that way i'll know she's the one.” this
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Know she's the one.” this beautiful young woman came to
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Beautiful young woman came to the stream. he said, “i'm
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The stream. he said, “i'm traveling through town. would
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Traveling through town. would you mind getting me a drink?”
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You mind getting me a drink?” she said, “sure and let me
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She said, “sure and let me get water for your camels
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Get water for your camels too.” the first girl that
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Too.” the first girl that showed up was a divine
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Showed up was a divine connection. her name was
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Connection. her name was rebecca. she became isaac's
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Rebecca. she became isaac's wife.
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Wife. it's easy to go through life
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It's easy to go through life worried, “how's it going to
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Worried, “how's it going to work out? i don't see
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Work out? i don't see anything happening. what if i
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Anything happening. what if i don't meet the right person.”
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Don't meet the right person.” stay in peace. god has
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Stay in peace. god has upstream blessings waiting
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Upstream blessings waiting for you. he's going before
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For you. he's going before you right now. he's already
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You right now. he's already sent the angel ahead of you,
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Sent the angel ahead of you, lining up the right people,
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Lining up the right people, the good breaks, the healing.
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The good breaks, the healing. now do your part and have
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Now do your part and have upstream faith. the jordan
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Upstream faith. the jordan river may not be parting. you
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River may not be parting. you don't see anything changing,
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Don't see anything changing, but upstream the miracle has
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But upstream the miracle has already taken place. god has
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Already taken place. god has stopped the water. it's just
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Stopped the water. it's just a matter of time before you
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A matter of time before you see things change in your
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See things change in your favor. don't let what you
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Favor. don't let what you can't see talk you out of
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Can't see talk you out of what has already happened.
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What has already happened. walk by faith and not by
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Walk by faith and not by sight. keep believing, keep
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Sight. keep believing, keep expecting, keep praising. if
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Expecting, keep praising. if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, you're about to see
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Declare, you're about to see upstream blessings. like the
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Upstream blessings. like the israelites, those waters are
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Israelites, those waters are about to recede. what you've
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About to recede. what you've been praying about, is on the
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Been praying about, is on the way. like with abraham, the
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Way. like with abraham, the right people are going to be
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Right people are going to be waiting for you.
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Waiting for you. breakthroughs are coming,
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Breakthroughs are coming, promotion, healing, the
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Promotion, healing, 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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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What's in front of us. i've written
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A devotional called today
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A devotional called today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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For a better life. it's designed to help
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It's designed to help you make those choices
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You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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On purpose, to choose faith over fear
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Faith over fear and peace
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And peace over frustration
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Over frustration and kindness over offense.
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And kindness over offense. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with scripture
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With scripture and practical encouragement
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And practical encouragement to help you live
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To help you live with confidence and victory.
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With confidence and victory. you can't wait to see
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You can't wait to see what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. you have to decide
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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A more blessed, fulfilled life. i'd love to send you a copy.
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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To trust god's timing. they will transform
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Your entire day. as you embrace
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As you embrace these biblical principles,
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These biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve,
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You'll see problems dissolve, hope restored, mountains move.
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Choose the joy and happiness
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Choose the joy and happiness god has chosen for you.
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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This is the day the lord has made.
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The lord has made. we will rejoice
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We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And be glad in it. choose every morning
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Choose every morning to begin
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To begin with a declaration of god's
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With a declaration of god's eternal promise.
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Joel Osteen - Upstream Blessings

June 1, 2026 | 27:29

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