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Joel Osteen - The Weight of Glory

December 31, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Weight of Glory | December 31, 2025

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> joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to come into
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It's great to come into your homes today.
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Your homes today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week.
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With us throughout the week. you can download our daily
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You can download our daily podcast, go to our youtube
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Podcast, go to our youtube channel, watch the messages
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Channel, watch the messages anytime; or, of course,
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Anytime; or, of course, you can follow us on
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You can follow us on social media. we want
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Social media. we want to keep you encouraged
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To keep you encouraged and inspired, but thanks
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And inspired, but thanks for tuning in today.
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For tuning in today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this
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I heard about this archeologist in new york.
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Archeologist in new york. he dug down ten feet and
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He dug down ten feet and found traces of copper
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Found traces of copper wiring dating back 100
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Wiring dating back 100 years. he concluded new
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Years. he concluded new yorkers had a telephone
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Yorkers had a telephone network over a hundred
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Network over a hundred years ago.
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Years ago. not to be outdone, an
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Not to be outdone, an archeologist from
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Archeologist from california dug down twenty
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California dug down twenty feet and found copper
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Feet and found copper wiring dating back 200
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Wiring dating back 200 years. he concluded
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Years. he concluded californians had a massive
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Californians had a massive communication network
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Communication network a hundred years earlier
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A hundred years earlier than new yorkers.
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Than new yorkers. upon hearing this, bubba
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Upon hearing this, bubba from texas dug down thirty
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From texas dug down thirty feet on his farm and found
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Feet on his farm and found absolutely nothing.
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Absolutely nothing. he concluded, 300 years ago,
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He concluded, 300 years ago, texans had already gone
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Texans had already gone wireless.
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Come on, say it like you
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Come on, say it like you mean it.
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Mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the weight of glory.
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About the weight of glory. glory means honor, favor,
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Glory means honor, favor, influence.
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Influence. we like those things, but we
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We like those things, but we don't always realize there's
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Don't always realize there's a weight that comes with
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A weight that comes with favor, a weight that comes
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Favor, a weight that comes with influence.
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With influence. if you're not prepared for
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If you're not prepared for it, the favor won't be a
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It, the favor won't be a blessing, it will be a
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Blessing, it will be a burden.
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Burden. we have to pass some tests
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We have to pass some tests before god will trust us
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Before god will trust us with the weight of glory.
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With the weight of glory. nothing happens by accident.
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Nothing happens by accident. your steps are being ordered
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Your steps are being ordered by the lord.
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By the lord. the delays, the
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The delays, the disappointments, the bad
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Disappointments, the bad breaks, those are tests.
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Breaks, those are tests. will you be good to people
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Will you be good to people that are not being good to
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That are not being good to you?
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You? will you stay in faith when
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Will you stay in faith when things happen that you don't
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Things happen that you don't understand?
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Understand? you come down with an
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You come down with an illness, you're overlooked
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Illness, you're overlooked for a promotion, the
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For a promotion, the pandemic slows your dreams?
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Pandemic slows your dreams? these are all opportunities
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These are all opportunities to prove to god that you can
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To prove to god that you can handle the weight of glory.
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Handle the weight of glory. when you understand that god
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When you understand that god uses difficulties, things we
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Uses difficulties, things we don't like, to get us
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Don't like, to get us prepared, then you don't
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Prepared, then you don't complain when things don't
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Complain when things don't go your way; you realize
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Go your way; you realize it's serving a purpose.
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It's serving a purpose. when you do the right thing
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When you do the right thing when the wrong thing is
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When the wrong thing is happening, you're getting
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Happening, you're getting stronger, your roots are
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Stronger, your roots are going down deeper.
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Going down deeper. that's why god doesn't
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That's why god doesn't remove everything instantly.
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Remove everything instantly. we pray, "god take away this
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We pray, "god take away this trouble, change this person,
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Trouble, change this person, make me comfortable."
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Make me comfortable." but if you're always
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But if you're always comfortable, you won't be
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Comfortable, you won't be prepared.
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Prepared. we grow in the difficult
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We grow in the difficult times.
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Times. we grow when we have to
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We grow when we have to stretch our faith, believe
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Stretch our faith, believe when we don't see things
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When we don't see things changing, stay in faith when
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Changing, stay in faith when we didn't get the contract.
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We didn't get the contract. those are very important
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Those are very important times.
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Times. if what you're praying about
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If what you're praying about isn't changing, then god is
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Isn't changing, then god is using that situation to
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Using that situation to change you.
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Change you. i'm not saying to accept
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I'm not saying to accept everything and live with
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Everything and live with defeat, i'm saying god has
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Defeat, i'm saying god has a purpose for it.
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A purpose for it. if you'll keep the right
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If you'll keep the right attitude, then it's
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Attitude, then it's preparing you for new
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Preparing you for new levels.
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Levels. it's getting you ready to
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It's getting you ready to carry the weight of glory,
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Carry the weight of glory, to go where you've never
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To go where you've never gone, to see things that
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Gone, to see things that you've never seen.
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You've never seen. the reason it's taking so
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The reason it's taking so long is because what god has
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Long is because what god has in store is much bigger than
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In store is much bigger than you can imagine.
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You can imagine. now don't fight the seasons
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Now don't fight the seasons where you're uncomfortable.
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Where you're uncomfortable. "why isn't this changing,
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"why isn't this changing, i've been doing the right
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I've been doing the right things.
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Things. it seems like more i pray,
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It seems like more i pray, the worse it gets."
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The worse it gets." god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. everything serves his plan.
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Everything serves his plan. you can't see it but every
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You can't see it but every day you stay in faith, every
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Day you stay in faith, every day you do your best at
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Day you do your best at work, you have a smile on
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Work, you have a smile on your face, a song of praise
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Your face, a song of praise in your heart, you are
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In your heart, you are passing the test.
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Passing the test. you can't see it, but your
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You can't see it, but your spiritual muscles are
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Spiritual muscles are getting stronger.
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Getting stronger. your character is being
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Your character is being developed.
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Developed. you're showing god he can
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You're showing god he can trust you.
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Trust you. i like to lift weights, but
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I like to lift weights, but the weights don't do me any
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The weights don't do me any good if they're always easy.
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Good if they're always easy. if i get a ten-pound
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If i get a ten-pound dumbbell, i can lift that
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Dumbbell, i can lift that for three days.
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For three days. it's only when the weight is
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It's only when the weight is heavy enough to where
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Heavy enough to where there's resistance, it's
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There's resistance, it's uncomfortable.
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Uncomfortable. i don't like it.
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I don't like it. i prefer to not have to
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I prefer to not have to strain, but that's the only
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Strain, but that's the only way the muscle grows.
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Way the muscle grows. you may be in a situation
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You may be in a situation now where you're
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Now where you're uncomfortable, "god, why
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Uncomfortable, "god, why won't these people treat me
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Won't these people treat me right?
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Right? why won't my business
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Why won't my business increase?
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Increase? why haven't i met anyone?"
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Why haven't i met anyone?" you're in training.
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You're in training. this is an opportunity to
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This is an opportunity to get stronger.
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Get stronger. if god changed it overnight,
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If god changed it overnight, you wouldn't be prepared to
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You wouldn't be prepared to carry the weight of glory.
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Carry the weight of glory. god has something awesome in
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God has something awesome in your future.
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Your future. don't get discouraged by
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Don't get discouraged by what's not working out, by
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What's not working out, by how long it's taking, by
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How long it's taking, by who's not changing.
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Who's not changing. it seems like it's all
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It seems like it's all negative, but what you can't
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Negative, but what you can't see is you're growing.
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See is you're growing. you're getting stronger.
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You're getting stronger. you're developing a greater
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You're developing a greater trust, greater confidence,
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Trust, greater confidence, greater endurance.
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Greater endurance. these challenges are all
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These challenges are all opportunities to come up
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Opportunities to come up higher.
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Higher. there will be people in your
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There will be people in your life, you're treating them
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Life, you're treating them right but they're doing you
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Right but they're doing you wrong, leaving you out,
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Wrong, leaving you out, they're jealous.
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They're jealous. the time will come when you
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The time will come when you can get even, you can pay
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Can get even, you can pay them back, you can leave
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Them back, you can leave them out.
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Them out. that's a test.
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That's a test. will you do to them, what
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Will you do to them, what they did to you?
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They did to you? or will you be the bigger
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Or will you be the bigger person, take the high road
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Person, take the high road and be good to them despite
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And be good to them despite what they did?
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What they did? that's not just being nice,
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That's not just being nice, that's passing the test.
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That's passing the test. that's showing god that you
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That's showing god that you can carry the weight of
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Can carry the weight of glory, the weight of
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Glory, the weight of influence, the weight of
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Influence, the weight of leadership.
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Leadership. god will not put you in a
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God will not put you in a higher position if you're
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Higher position if you're going to use the influence
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Going to use the influence to mistreat people.
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To mistreat people. he will test you with small
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He will test you with small things.
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Things. how do you treat that clerk
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How do you treat that clerk that's hard to get along
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That's hard to get along with, how do you respond to
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With, how do you respond to that lady on the phone that
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That lady on the phone that doesn't give you the time
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Doesn't give you the time of day?
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Of day? "joel, she was rude to me,
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"joel, she was rude to me, that's why i was rude back
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That's why i was rude back to her.
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To her. besides she doesn't even
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Besides she doesn't even know who i am."
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Know who i am." she may not, but god does.
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She may not, but god does. he's the one keeping
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He's the one keeping records.
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Records. "well, everyone at work
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"well, everyone at work slacks off, everyone comes
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Slacks off, everyone comes in late, everyone wastes
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In late, everyone wastes time."
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Time." here's the difference,
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Here's the difference, you're not everyone.
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You're not everyone. you're called to set a new
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You're called to set a new standard.
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Standard. god wants you to go to
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God wants you to go to levels that others can't go.
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Levels that others can't go. they don't have the
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They don't have the character, the integrity,
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Character, the integrity, they don't want to live
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They don't want to live disciplined, focused.
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Disciplined, focused. that's fine for them but
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That's fine for them but that's not who you are.
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That's not who you are. you are exceptional.
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You are exceptional. you have a calling on your
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You have a calling on your life, there is an assignment
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Life, there is an assignment for you to fulfill.
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For you to fulfill. you weren't created to just
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You weren't created to just get by like others, you have
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Get by like others, you have greatness in you.
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Greatness in you. you were created to stand
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You were created to stand out, to rise higher, to
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Out, to rise higher, to leave your mark.
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Leave your mark. what you do in these
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What you do in these seemingly small areas, where
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Seemingly small areas, where nobody will know, will
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Nobody will know, will determine whether god can
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Determine whether god can trust you with big things.
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Trust you with big things. this is more relevant today
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This is more relevant today than ever because you can
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Than ever because you can get on social media and be
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Get on social media and be negative toward people,
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Negative toward people, condescending, say hurtful
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Condescending, say hurtful things, all under a
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Things, all under a different name.
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Different name. "nobody knew it was me."
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"nobody knew it was me." god is the one that matters.
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God is the one that matters. promotion doesn't come from
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Promotion doesn't come from people; it comes from lord.
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People; it comes from lord. the scripture says, "he
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The scripture says, "he lifts up one and sets down
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Lifts up one and sets down another."
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Another." can you handle the weight of
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Can you handle the weight of glory?
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Glory? can god trust you with more
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Can god trust you with more favor, with more resources?
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Favor, with more resources? are you passing these tests?
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Are you passing these tests? i have some lemon trees in
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I have some lemon trees in our backyard.
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Our backyard. one of them had so many
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One of them had so many lemons on it, that a couple
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Lemons on it, that a couple of the branches started to
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Of the branches started to touch the ground.
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Touch the ground. there were five or six big
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There were five or six big lemons on the end of this
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Lemons on the end of this small branch, about a half
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Small branch, about a half an inch in diameter.
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An inch in diameter. because the branches
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Because the branches couldn't handle the weight,
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Couldn't handle the weight, the lemons didn't develop
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The lemons didn't develop properly.
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Properly. sometimes we're wondering
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Sometimes we're wondering why we're not seeing more
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Why we're not seeing more fruit.
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Fruit. "god, why won't you give me
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"god, why won't you give me more influence, more favor,
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More influence, more favor, more opportunity?"
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More opportunity?" it may be because our
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It may be because our branches can't handle the
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Branches can't handle the weight right now.
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Weight right now. if god gives you ten lemons
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If god gives you ten lemons but your branch can only
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But your branch can only sustain three, it's not a
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Sustain three, it's not a blessing, it's a burden.
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Blessing, it's a burden. instead of focusing on the
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Instead of focusing on the fruit, if you'll focus on
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Fruit, if you'll focus on developing your branches.
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Developing your branches. getting stronger, being a
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Getting stronger, being a person of excellence and
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Person of excellence and integrity, doing the right
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Integrity, doing the right thing when nobody is
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Thing when nobody is watching, treating people
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Watching, treating people with respect, giving god
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With respect, giving god praise when you could be
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Praise when you could be complaining, because your
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Complaining, because your character is getting
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Character is getting stronger, your roots are
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Stronger, your roots are going down deeper, you'll
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Going down deeper, you'll be able to carry the weight
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Be able to carry the weight of that fruit.
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Of that fruit. david said in psalm 1,
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David said in psalm 1, when you keep god first
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When you keep god first place, "you will be like
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Place, "you will be like a tree planted by the
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A tree planted by the waters, that brings forth
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Waters, that brings forth fruit in its season."
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Fruit in its season." it doesn't say it's going
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It doesn't say it's going to bring forth fruit
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To bring forth fruit year-round.
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Year-round. it's not healthy for that
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It's not healthy for that lemon tree to bear fruit all
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Lemon tree to bear fruit all the time.
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The time. it can't sustain that.
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It can't sustain that. yes, we love harvest season.
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Yes, we love harvest season. we love when we're seeing
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We love when we're seeing favor, prayers answered,
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Favor, prayers answered, new opportunities.
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New opportunities. that's great.
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That's great. but every season is not
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But every season is not harvest.
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Harvest. we may not like it, but
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We may not like it, but winter is a blessing.
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Winter is a blessing. winter is necessary.
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Winter is necessary. without the leaves coming
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Without the leaves coming off, the tree would never
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Off, the tree would never develop new buds.
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Develop new buds. in the winter season, it
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In the winter season, it looks like the tree is dead,
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Looks like the tree is dead, no fruit, no leaves,
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No fruit, no leaves, branches are bare.
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Branches are bare. you could think, "this
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You could think, "this tree is done, it's over."
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Tree is done, it's over." but the truth is in the
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But the truth is in the winter, something is
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Winter, something is happening that you can't
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Happening that you can't see.
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See. the tree is gathering up
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The tree is gathering up sap. the roots are going
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Sap. the roots are going down deeper.
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Down deeper. it's being prepared to
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It's being prepared to handle more fruit in the
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Handle more fruit in the spring.
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Spring. if there weren't these
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If there weren't these different seasons, the tree
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Different seasons, the tree wouldn't reach its full
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Wouldn't reach its full potential.
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Potential. don't complain about the
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Don't complain about the winter seasons in life.
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Winter seasons in life. the times you don't see any
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The times you don't see any growth, you're stuck at the
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Growth, you're stuck at the same level at work, nothing
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Same level at work, nothing changing in your
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Changing in your relationship, still single,
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Relationship, still single, your health is not
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Your health is not improving.
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Improving. you're wondering, "what's
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You're wondering, "what's wrong, where is all the
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Wrong, where is all the fruit?"
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Fruit?" nothing is wrong,
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Nothing is wrong, you're in winter.
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You're in winter. you can't see it, but your
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You can't see it, but your branches are getting bigger.
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Branches are getting bigger. the fruit you've seen in
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The fruit you've seen in the past, the success,
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The past, the success, the favor, the influence,
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The favor, the influence, if that's all there was
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If that's all there was then you would have kept
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Then you would have kept producing at that same
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Producing at that same level.
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Level. the fact that you're in
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The fact that you're in winter is a sign that god
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Winter is a sign that god has more in store.
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Has more in store. he has bigger opportunities,
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He has bigger opportunities, more favor, greater honor.
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More favor, greater honor. now keep a good attitude in
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Now keep a good attitude in winter.
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Winter. when you're not being
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When you're not being recognized, not getting the
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Recognized, not getting the credit, not seeing growth.
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Credit, not seeing growth. something is happening on
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Something is happening on the inside.
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The inside. god is getting you prepared.
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God is getting you prepared. david said you're going to
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David said you're going to bear fruit in your season.
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Bear fruit in your season. it may be winter in your
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It may be winter in your life, but i sense in my
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Life, but i sense in my spirit, you're on the verge
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Spirit, you're on the verge of a new season.
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Of a new season. you've passed that test.
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You've passed that test. you've done the right thing
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You've done the right thing when it was hard, you've
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When it was hard, you've stayed in faith when life
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Stayed in faith when life didn't make sense.
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Didn't make sense. now you're ready to carry
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Now you're ready to carry the weight of glory.
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The weight of glory. god is about to do a new
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God is about to do a new thing.
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Thing. this next season is going to
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This next season is going to be something you've never
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Be something you've never seen.
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Seen. favor, opportunity,
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Favor, opportunity, influence greater than you
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Influence greater than you could imagine.
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Could imagine. none of us like to go
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None of us like to go through difficulties, but
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Through difficulties, but when you understand that
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When you understand that without the winter you can't
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Without the winter you can't see greater growth, greater
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See greater growth, greater fruit, then you don't
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Fruit, then you don't complain.
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Complain. you realize god is getting
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You realize god is getting you prepared to handle
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You prepared to handle greater weight.
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Greater weight. thoughts will tell you
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Thoughts will tell you winter is permanent.
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Winter is permanent. "you'll never meet the right
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"you'll never meet the right person, it's been too long,
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Person, it's been too long, you'll never get well, never
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You'll never get well, never come out of debt."
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Come out of debt." don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. winter always gives way
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Winter always gives way to spring.
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To spring. your harvest season is
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Your harvest season is coming.
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Coming. god is watching you.
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God is watching you. he sees you going the
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He sees you going the extra mile.
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Extra mile. he sees you working hard,
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He sees you working hard, making sacrifices and nobody
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Making sacrifices and nobody thanking you.
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Thanking you. he sees you fighting the
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He sees you fighting the illness, the lonely nights,
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Illness, the lonely nights, praising when you could be
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Praising when you could be complaining, giving when
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Complaining, giving when you're not seeing increase.
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You're not seeing increase. you're about to come out of
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You're about to come out of that lonely season, that
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That lonely season, that unfair season, that barren
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Unfair season, that barren season into a season of
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Season into a season of great joy, great favor,
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Great joy, great favor, great health, great
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Great health, great relationships, great
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Relationships, great opportunity.
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Opportunity. because you've passed the
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Because you've passed the test, you've proved to god
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Test, you've proved to god that you can handle the
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That you can handle the weight of glory, you're
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Weight of glory, you're going to see him show out
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Going to see him show out in your life.
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In your life. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with david.
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David. at seventeen he was anointed
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At seventeen he was anointed by the prophet samuel to be
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By the prophet samuel to be the next king of israel, but
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The next king of israel, but he didn't go to the palace,
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He didn't go to the palace, he went back to the
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He went back to the shepherd's fields to take
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Shepherd's fields to take care of sheep.
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Care of sheep. he was hidden.
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He was hidden. nobody paid attention to
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Nobody paid attention to him.
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Him. it was lonely, boring,
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It was lonely, boring, taking care of sheep when he
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Taking care of sheep when he knew he had big things in
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Knew he had big things in him.
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Him. he could have slacked off,
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He could have slacked off, taken the easy way out,
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Taken the easy way out, thought, "nobody's watching.
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Thought, "nobody's watching. if i lose a few sheep, big
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If i lose a few sheep, big deal, nobody's going to know
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Deal, nobody's going to know about it."
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About it." no, david was a person of
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No, david was a person of excellence.
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Excellence. he did the right thing when
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He did the right thing when no one was watching.
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No one was watching. after years in the
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After years in the shepherd's fields, david
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Shepherd's fields, david defeated goliath and became
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Defeated goliath and became an overnight hero.
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An overnight hero. when god can trust you,
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When god can trust you, he'll do things suddenly.
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He'll do things suddenly. it may look like you're
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It may look like you're falling behind, you've been
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Falling behind, you've been doing the right thing a long
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Doing the right thing a long time.
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Time. it seems like it's going to
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It seems like it's going to take years to get to where
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Take years to get to where you need to be.
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You need to be. one touch of god's favor
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One touch of god's favor will put you fifty years
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Will put you fifty years down the road.
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Down the road. when you come into your
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When you come into your season, when winter changes
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Season, when winter changes to spring, god can suddenly
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To spring, god can suddenly thrust you to a new level.
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Thrust you to a new level. david was working for king
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David was working for king saul, but saul was jealous.
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Saul, but saul was jealous. he tried to kill david.
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He tried to kill david. david had to flee for his
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David had to flee for his life.
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Life. he lived on the run in the
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He lived on the run in the desert, hiding in caves.
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Desert, hiding in caves. saul was making his life
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Saul was making his life miserable.
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Miserable. at one point, david saw saul
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At one point, david saw saul and his men sleeping.
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And his men sleeping. this was his big chance to
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This was his big chance to get even.
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Get even. he could finally pay saul
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He could finally pay saul back for doing him wrong,
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Back for doing him wrong, put an end to all this
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Put an end to all this trouble, but david wouldn't
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Trouble, but david wouldn't do it.
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Do it. he knew saul was the king
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He knew saul was the king and you were to touch not
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And you were to touch not god's anointed.
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God's anointed. even though saul was doing
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Even though saul was doing wrong, david had so much
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Wrong, david had so much integrity, such great
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Integrity, such great character that he wouldn't
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Character that he wouldn't harm saul.
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Harm saul. when saul found out about
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When saul found out about it, he wept.
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It, he wept. he said, "david you are a
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He said, "david you are a much better man than i am."
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Much better man than i am." not long after that, saul
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Not long after that, saul was killed in a battle and
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Was killed in a battle and david took the throne.
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David took the throne. i wonder if this would have
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I wonder if this would have happened if david had not
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Happened if david had not passed these tests all along
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Passed these tests all along the way.
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The way. not just big things, but
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Not just big things, but small things.
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Small things. doing the right thing in the
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Doing the right thing in the lonely shepherd's fields,
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Lonely shepherd's fields, keeping a good attitude when
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Keeping a good attitude when his family did him wrong,
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His family did him wrong, being kind to king saul, not
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Being kind to king saul, not trying to get revenge.
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Trying to get revenge. he didn't like it, but these
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He didn't like it, but these things prepared him to carry
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Things prepared him to carry the weight of glory, the
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The weight of glory, the weight of influence, the
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Weight of influence, the weight of favor.
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Weight of favor. i learned much of this from
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I learned much of this from my father.
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My father. he was a man of great
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He was a man of great character and great
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Character and great integrity.
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Integrity. in the late 1950's the
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In the late 1950's the church he was pastoring was
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Church he was pastoring was going along fine, growing,
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Going along fine, growing, seeing increase.
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Seeing increase. but when my sister lisa was
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But when my sister lisa was born with a birth injury, he
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Born with a birth injury, he began to search the
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Began to search the scriptures in a new way.
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Scriptures in a new way. he saw god as a healer and a
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He saw god as a healer and a god that wanted us to live
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God that wanted us to live an abundant, victorious
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An abundant, victorious life.
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Life. unfortunately, his
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Unfortunately, his congregation didn't like his
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Congregation didn't like his new message of faith and
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New message of faith and victory.
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Victory. it didn't fit into their
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It didn't fit into their tradition and they ended up
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Tradition and they ended up asking my father to leave.
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Asking my father to leave. he was devastated.
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He was devastated. he had seen great success
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He had seen great success there.
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There. they had just built a new
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They had just built a new sanctuary.
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Sanctuary. he was on the state board
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He was on the state board for his denomination.
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For his denomination. in that season, he saw great
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In that season, he saw great fruit but now it was winter.
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Fruit but now it was winter. no fruit, no church, no
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No fruit, no church, no favor.
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Favor. he could have been bitter,
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He could have been bitter, given up on his dream but he
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Given up on his dream but he and my mother went out and
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And my mother went out and started lakewood with ninety
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Started lakewood with ninety people in an old rundown
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People in an old rundown feed store.
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Feed store. here my father had just come
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Here my father had just come from a beautiful new
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From a beautiful new building, stained glass.
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Building, stained glass. this feed store had holes in
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This feed store had holes in the floor, it was dirty, no
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The floor, it was dirty, no windows.
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Windows. they cleaned it up, put
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They cleaned it up, put folding chairs in it and had
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Folding chairs in it and had church.
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Church. my father preached to those
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My father preached to those ninety people just as
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Ninety people just as strongly and passionately as
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Strongly and passionately as he did to the thousand at
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He did to the thousand at his previous church.
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His previous church. for thirteen years, lakewood
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For thirteen years, lakewood didn't grow.
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Didn't grow. he was giving it his all,
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He was giving it his all, but nothing was improving,
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But nothing was improving, still had less than two
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Still had less than two hundred people.
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Hundred people. he could have been
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He could have been discouraged, "god, i don't
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Discouraged, "god, i don't understand it."
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Understand it." but he just kept doing the
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But he just kept doing the right thing year after year.
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Right thing year after year. in 1972, suddenly there was
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In 1972, suddenly there was a shift, people started
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A shift, people started coming from all over the
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Coming from all over the city and lakewood grew to a
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City and lakewood grew to a church of thousands that
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Church of thousands that would impact the world.
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Would impact the world. but those years where he
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But those years where he wasn't seeing growth, years
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Wasn't seeing growth, years where there was no fruit, he
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Where there was no fruit, he was doing the right thing,
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Was doing the right thing, but the wrong thing was
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But the wrong thing was happening, they were very
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Happening, they were very important years.
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Important years. without the winter season,
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Without the winter season, where he proved to god that
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Where he proved to god that he would be faithful, he
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He would be faithful, he proved he would do the right
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Proved he would do the right thing when it was hard, he
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Thing when it was hard, he proved he wouldn't get
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Proved he wouldn't get bitter and try to get
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Bitter and try to get revenge.
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Revenge. that's what prepared him to
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That's what prepared him to carry the weight of glory.
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Carry the weight of glory. everything that happens in
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Everything that happens in life, the difficulties, the
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Life, the difficulties, the delays, the things that are
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Delays, the things that are not fair, they're not
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Not fair, they're not random.
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Random. god is giving you an
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God is giving you an opportunity to grow, to come
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Opportunity to grow, to come up higher.
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Up higher. he's getting you prepared to
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He's getting you prepared to handle the weight of favor,
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Handle the weight of favor, the weight of influence.
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The weight of influence. quit telling yourself, "it's
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Quit telling yourself, "it's too hard, they did me wrong,
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Too hard, they did me wrong, it's been so long."
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It's been so long." turn it around.
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Turn it around. "i can handle every season
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"i can handle every season through christ.
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Through christ. it's winter, i don't like
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It's winter, i don't like it, i'm uncomfortable, but i
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It, i'm uncomfortable, but i can handle winter.
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Can handle winter. i know god is still on the
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I know god is still on the throne.
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Throne. i know i've been armed with
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I know i've been armed with strength for this battle.
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Strength for this battle. i don't like this
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I don't like this loneliness, but i'm not
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Loneliness, but i'm not going to fall apart.
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Going to fall apart. i can handle a lonely
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I can handle a lonely season, i can handle this
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Season, i can handle this season of fighting an
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Season of fighting an illness, i can handle this
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Illness, i can handle this season where i'm not seeing
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Season where i'm not seeing any fruit.
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Any fruit. i'm not going to just drag
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I'm not going to just drag through it, complaining, i'm
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Through it, complaining, i'm going to keep a song of
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Going to keep a song of praise, i'm going to keep
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Praise, i'm going to keep being my best, i know all
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Being my best, i know all seasons are working for my
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Seasons are working for my good."
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Good." you do that and you're not
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You do that and you're not just passing the test,
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Just passing the test, you're getting prepared,
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You're getting prepared, your character is coming up
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Your character is coming up higher, your spiritual
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Higher, your spiritual muscles are getting
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Muscles are getting stronger.
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Stronger. at the right time, you will
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At the right time, you will come out of winter into your
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Come out of winter into your harvest season.
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Harvest season. you'll see greater favor,
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You'll see greater favor, greater influence, greater
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Greater influence, greater opportunities.
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Opportunities. it's because you can handle
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It's because you can handle the weight of glory.
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The weight of glory. some of the difficulties we
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Some of the difficulties we complain about, the
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Complain about, the challenges we don't like,
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Challenges we don't like, without them we wouldn't be
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Without them we wouldn't be prepared.
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Prepared. instead of trying to pray
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Instead of trying to pray away all the things that
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Away all the things that make you uncomfortable, pray
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Make you uncomfortable, pray away the people that get on
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Away the people that get on your nerves, pray away the
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Your nerves, pray away the delays.
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Delays. why don't you try a
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Why don't you try a different approach and say,
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Different approach and say, "god help me to keep a good
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"god help me to keep a good attitude in the midst of
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Attitude in the midst of these challenges, help me to
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These challenges, help me to stay in faith when people
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Stay in faith when people aren't treating me right,
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Aren't treating me right, help me to resist the
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Help me to resist the temptation to compromise, to
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Temptation to compromise, to take the easy way out so my
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Take the easy way out so my character can develop, so my
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Character can develop, so my branches can get stronger,
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Branches can get stronger, so i can handle what you
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So i can handle what you have in store."
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Have in store." if god is not removing the
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If god is not removing the difficulty, if he's not
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Difficulty, if he's not changing what you don't
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Changing what you don't like, then he's getting you
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Like, then he's getting you prepared to carry a lot of
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Prepared to carry a lot of weight.
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Weight. the longer it's taking, the
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The longer it's taking, the greater the harvest.
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Greater the harvest. the glory that's coming, the
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The glory that's coming, the favor, the influence, the
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Favor, the influence, the resources, it's going to be
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Resources, it's going to be something that you've never
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Something that you've never seen.
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Seen. the scripture says, "until
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The scripture says, "until the time came to bring
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The time came to bring joseph's dream to pass, god
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Joseph's dream to pass, god tested joseph's character."
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Tested joseph's character." before your dream comes to
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Before your dream comes to pass, god will test your
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Pass, god will test your character.
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Character. you have to prove that you
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You have to prove that you can handle what he's
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Can handle what he's entrusted you with.
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Entrusted you with. god gave joseph a dream as a
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God gave joseph a dream as a teenager that he would be in
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Teenager that he would be in leadership, but he was
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Leadership, but he was betrayed by his brothers.
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Betrayed by his brothers. they took his coat of many
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They took his coat of many colors, that his father had
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Colors, that his father had given him, it represented
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Given him, it represented favor, they threw him into a
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Favor, they threw him into a pit, sold him into slavery.
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Pit, sold him into slavery. he was falsely accused, put
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He was falsely accused, put in prison.
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In prison. these weren't just random
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These weren't just random bad breaks; god was testing
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Bad breaks; god was testing his character.
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His character. it wasn't fair but joseph
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It wasn't fair but joseph didn't get bitter, he kept
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Didn't get bitter, he kept passing the test.
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Passing the test. his brothers took his robe,
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His brothers took his robe, but they couldn't take his
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But they couldn't take his favor.
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Favor. they took his freedom, but
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They took his freedom, but they couldn't take his
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They couldn't take his anointing.
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Anointing. they took him from his home,
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They took him from his home, but they couldn't take his
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But they couldn't take his dream.
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Dream. all these steps were
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All these steps were necessary, they were
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Necessary, they were preparing him for the weight
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Preparing him for the weight of glory.
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Of glory. if you had a small destiny,
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If you had a small destiny, you would have small
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You would have small challenges.
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Challenges. if you were going to have
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If you were going to have little influence, little
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Little influence, little resources then you would
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Resources then you would have little opposition.
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Have little opposition. the reason you have big
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The reason you have big giants is you have a big
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Giants is you have a big destiny.
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Destiny. the reason the winter so
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The reason the winter so long is because your harvest
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Long is because your harvest is so big.
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Is so big. thirteen years later, joseph
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Thirteen years later, joseph was brought out of prison
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Was brought out of prison and made the prime minister
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And made the prime minister of egypt.
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Of egypt. his brothers, the same ones
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His brothers, the same ones that sold him into slavery,
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That sold him into slavery, traveled to the palace
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Traveled to the palace looking for food.
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Looking for food. there was a famine in
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There was a famine in the land.
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The land. they didn't know joseph
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They didn't know joseph was still alive.
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Was still alive. they pulled up to the
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They pulled up to the palace, joseph was in charge
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Palace, joseph was in charge of the food supply.
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Of the food supply. when he saw his brothers,
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When he saw his brothers, he could have thought,
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He could have thought, "okay great, it's
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"okay great, it's payback time."
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Payback time." this was his big chance to
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This was his big chance to get even, but he wouldn't
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Get even, but he wouldn't do it.
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Do it. he treated them with
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He treated them with kindness.
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Kindness. he had them go get their
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He had them go get their father and come back and
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Father and come back and live at the palace with him.
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Live at the palace with him. god is not going to give you
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God is not going to give you influence so you can get
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Influence so you can get even.
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Even. if you're waiting to get the
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If you're waiting to get the promotion, the favor so you
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Promotion, the favor so you can show your enemies who
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Can show your enemies who you are and let them have
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You are and let them have it, you're not going to
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It, you're not going to see the increase that you
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See the increase that you should.
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Should. there's a responsibility
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There's a responsibility that comes with favor.
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That comes with favor. you have to have the
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You have to have the character that will handle
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Character that will handle the influence the right way.
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The influence the right way. you have to bless your
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You have to bless your enemies, not talk badly
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Enemies, not talk badly about them.
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About them. "they're criticizing me,
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"they're criticizing me, i'm going to criticize
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I'm going to criticize them."
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Them." you'll get stuck where
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You'll get stuck where you are.
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You are. god is testing your
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God is testing your character.
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Character. are you going to complain
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Are you going to complain in the winter seasons,
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In the winter seasons, live discouraged?
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Live discouraged? i'm asking you to be a
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I'm asking you to be a joseph, do the right thing
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Joseph, do the right thing when it's hard.
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When it's hard. that difficulty is not there
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That difficulty is not there to stop you, it's there to
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To stop you, it's there to prepare you.
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Prepare you. god is about to release a
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God is about to release a new level of favor,
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New level of favor, influence, resources but
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Influence, resources but he's looking for people he
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He's looking for people he can trust to carry the
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Can trust to carry the weight of glory.
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Weight of glory. i believe you are one of
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I believe you are one of those people.
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Those people. you wouldn't be hearing this
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You wouldn't be hearing this if god wasn't about to do
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If god wasn't about to do something new.
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Something new. don't be discouraged by how
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Don't be discouraged by how long winter is taking,
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Long winter is taking, that's a sign something
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That's a sign something bigger than you've imagined
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Bigger than you've imagined is on the way.
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Is on the way. now, god is getting you
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Now, god is getting you prepared.
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Prepared. keep passing the test.
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Keep passing the test. every morning remind
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Every morning remind yourself; you can do all
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Yourself; you can do all seasons through christ.
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Seasons through christ. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare a shift is
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And declare a shift is coming.
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Coming. winter is ending, you're
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Winter is ending, you're about to suddenly come
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About to suddenly come into spring.
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Into spring. suddenly see opportunity,
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Suddenly see opportunity, healing, promotion,
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Healing, promotion, breakthroughs, a harvest
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Breakthroughs, a harvest like you've never seen,
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Like you've never seen, in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray it with me?
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Would you pray it with me? just say, lord jesus,
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Just say, lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior.
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Savior. if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. we'd love to give you some
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We'd love to give you some free information on your
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Free information on your new walk with the lord.
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New walk with the lord. just text the number on the
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Just text the number on the screen or go to the website.
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Screen or go to the website. i hope you'll get into a
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I hope you'll get into a good bible-based church
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Good bible-based church and keep god first place.
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And keep god first place. victoria and i will
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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Activities and reminders. it's important
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It's important to feed your faith
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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On a daily basis. this planner, it's
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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For your monthly support. we wish you and your family
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We wish you and your family a very merry christmas.
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - The Weight of Glory

December 31, 2025 | 29:55

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