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Joel Osteen - Who Do You Say You Are

November 5, 2025 | 29:56

Joel Osteen - Who Do You Say You Are
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Who Do You Say You Are | November 5, 2025
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  • > (music playing) .
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  • . god bless you, it's great to
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  • God bless you, it's great to be with you today.
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  • Be with you today. we are believing for god's
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  • We are believing for god's best for you and your
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  • Best for you and your family.
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  • Family. 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. we have a daily podcast; you
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  • We have a daily podcast; you can listen to the messages
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  • Can listen to the messages all the time.
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  • All the time. or go to our youtube
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  • Or go to our youtube channel, instagram, lots of
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  • Channel, instagram, lots of ways we can keep you
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  • Ways we can keep you inspired and encouraged.
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  • Inspired and encouraged. but thanks for tuning in
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  • But thanks for tuning in today.
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  • 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 husband
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  • I heard about this husband and wife; they'd been
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  • And wife; they'd been arguing for a long time
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  • Arguing for a long time about who should make the
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  • About who should make the coffee in the morning.
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  • Coffee in the morning. the husband thought it was
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  • The husband thought it was the wife's job, but she just
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  • The wife's job, but she just didn't agree.
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  • Didn't agree. after several heated
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  • After several heated debates, she finally told
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  • Debates, she finally told him, "i can prove it to you
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  • Him, "i can prove it to you from the bible that it's the
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  • From the bible that it's the man's job to make the
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  • Man's job to make the coffee."
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  • Coffee." he said, "what are you
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  • He said, "what are you talking about?
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  • Talking about? there's nothing in the bible
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  • There's nothing in the bible about the man making the
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  • About the man making the coffee."
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  • Coffee." she said, "sure there is."
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  • She said, "sure there is." she opened the bible and
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  • She opened the bible and turned to the book of
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  • Turned to the book of he-brews.
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  • He-brews. say it like you mean it.
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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  • This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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  • I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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  • I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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  • I can do what it says i can do.
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  • 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: my mind is
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • My heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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  • 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 "who do you say you
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  • About "who do you say you are?"
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  • Are?" there are a lot of voices in
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  • There are a lot of voices in life trying to define us,
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  • Life trying to define us, tell us who we are.
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  • Tell us who we are. sometimes they're uplifting,
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  • Sometimes they're uplifting, a parent telling us that
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  • A parent telling us that we're talented and we can do
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  • We're talented and we can do great things.
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  • Great things. other times they're
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  • Other times they're negative, "you're not
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  • Negative, "you're not attractive, there's nothing
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  • Attractive, there's nothing special about you."
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  • Special about you." our own thoughts will try to
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  • Our own thoughts will try to label us, "you've made too
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  • Label us, "you've made too many mistakes, you missed
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  • Many mistakes, you missed your chance."
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  • Your chance." when you listen to all these
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  • When you listen to all these voices it's easy to think,
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  • Voices it's easy to think, "who's telling the truth,
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  • "who's telling the truth, who am i?
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  • Who am i? am i talented or am i
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  • Am i talented or am i ordinary?
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  • Ordinary? am i strong and confident or
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  • Am i strong and confident or am i weak and insecure?
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  • Am i weak and insecure? do i have a bright future,
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  • Do i have a bright future, or have i blown it?"
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  • Or have i blown it?" here's the key.
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  • Here's the key. the only voice that matters
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  • The only voice that matters is your voice.
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  • Is your voice. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? what you choose is what you
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  • What you choose is what you will become.
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  • Will become. instead of letting people
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  • Instead of letting people define you, instead of
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  • Define you, instead of letting circumstances label
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  • Letting circumstances label you, you need to go back to
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  • You, you need to go back to what god said about you.
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  • What god said about you. god says, "you can do all
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  • God says, "you can do all things through christ.
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  • Things through christ. you're equipped and
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  • You're equipped and empowered."
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  • Empowered." other voices will tell you,
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  • Other voices will tell you, "the problem is too big, you
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  • "the problem is too big, you don't have what it takes."
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  • Don't have what it takes." who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? god says, "you have seeds of
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  • God says, "you have seeds of greatness, you are destined
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  • Greatness, you are destined to leave your mark."
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  • To leave your mark." other voices will tell you,
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  • Other voices will tell you, "you're just ordinary,
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  • "you're just ordinary, you'll never do anything
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  • You'll never do anything significant."
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  • Significant." you have the final choice.
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  • You have the final choice. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? the problem with some people
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  • The problem with some people is they've chosen the wrong
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  • Is they've chosen the wrong voice so long that they
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  • Voice so long that they don't know who they really
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  • Don't know who they really are.
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  • Are. they've let people label
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  • They've let people label them, tell them what they're
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  • Them, tell them what they're not and what they can't do.
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  • Not and what they can't do. they've allowed
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  • They've allowed circumstances to define
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  • Circumstances to define them, mistakes,
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  • Them, mistakes, disappointments, now they've
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  • Disappointments, now they've lost their passion.
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  • Lost their passion. if you let these other
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  • If you let these other voices play, it will keep
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  • Voices play, it will keep you from your destiny.
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  • You from your destiny. the only one that knows who
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  • The only one that knows who you really are is your
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  • You really are is your creator.
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  • Creator. he calls you a masterpiece.
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  • He calls you a masterpiece. he said you've been
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  • He said you've been fearfully and wonderfully
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  • Fearfully and wonderfully made.
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  • Made. he said you will be mighty
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  • He said you will be mighty in the land.
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  • In the land. that you are more than a
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  • That you are more than a conqueror, strong,
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  • Conqueror, strong, confident, approved,
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  • Confident, approved, valuable.
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  • Valuable. that's who you were created
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  • That's who you were created to be.
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  • To be. you can't say i'm weak and
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  • You can't say i'm weak and tap into the power.
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  • Tap into the power. you can't say i'll never get
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  • You can't say i'll never get ahead and tap into the
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  • Ahead and tap into the abundance.
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  • Abundance. you can't say i'm not that
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  • You can't say i'm not that talented and tap into your
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  • Talented and tap into your greatness.
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  • Greatness. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? not who do other people say
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  • Not who do other people say you are, who does your
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  • You are, who does your family say you are, who does
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  • Family say you are, who does your coworkers say you are?
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  • Your coworkers say you are? no disrespect, but you are
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  • No disrespect, but you are not who people say you are,
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  • Not who people say you are, you are who god says you
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  • You are who god says you are.
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  • Are. people can't always see what
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  • People can't always see what god put in you, they can't
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  • God put in you, they can't see the potential, the
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  • See the potential, the gifts, the greatness.
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  • Gifts, the greatness. if you let them put their
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  • If you let them put their limitations on you, convince
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  • Limitations on you, convince you that you can't
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  • You that you can't accomplish your dream,
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  • Accomplish your dream, you'll never get out of
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  • You'll never get out of debt, you can't overcome
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  • Debt, you can't overcome that sickness.
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  • That sickness. then because you're letting
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  • Then because you're letting them define you, what
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  • Them define you, what they're saying is going to
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  • They're saying is going to come to pass.
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  • Come to pass. they may speak negative
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  • They may speak negative things, but it has no power
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  • Things, but it has no power if you don't let it get in
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  • If you don't let it get in you.
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  • You. don't repeat the negative
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  • Don't repeat the negative people have spoken over you.
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  • People have spoken over you. in john 1, the jewish
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  • In john 1, the jewish leaders sent men out into
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  • Leaders sent men out into the desert to find out who
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  • The desert to find out who john the baptist was.
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  • John the baptist was. they had heard so much about
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  • They had heard so much about him, he had a large
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  • Him, he had a large following.
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  • Following. these leaders traveled from
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  • These leaders traveled from jerusalem and asked john if
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  • Jerusalem and asked john if he was the christ.
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  • He was the christ. he told them no.
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  • He told them no. they asked if he was elijah.
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  • They asked if he was elijah. he said it again, "i'm not."
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  • He said it again, "i'm not." they said in verse 22, "then
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  • They said in verse 22, "then tell us who you are, so we
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  • Tell us who you are, so we can give an answer to those
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  • Can give an answer to those who sent us.
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  • Who sent us. what do you say about
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  • What do you say about yourself?"
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  • Yourself?" john could have answered
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  • John could have answered many different ways.
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  • Many different ways. he could have told them
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  • He could have told them about his background, his
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  • About his background, his education, his philosophy.
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  • Education, his philosophy. but verse 23 says, "john
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  • But verse 23 says, "john replied in the words of
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  • Replied in the words of isaiah, i am a voice
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  • Isaiah, i am a voice shouting in the wilderness,
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  • Shouting in the wilderness, prepare the way for the
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  • Prepare the way for the lord."
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  • Lord." he went back to what the
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  • He went back to what the scripture said about him.
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  • Scripture said about him. he didn't say what he felt,
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  • He didn't say what he felt, he didn't say how he was
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  • He didn't say how he was raised, what he was dealing
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  • Raised, what he was dealing with.
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  • With. he said what god said about
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  • He said what god said about him.
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  • Him. imagine someone asks you,
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  • Imagine someone asks you, "who do you say you are so
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  • "who do you say you are so we can tell others?"
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  • We can tell others?" what kind of answer would
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  • What kind of answer would you have?
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  • You have? "this pandemic has me
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  • "this pandemic has me worried, my back's been
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  • Worried, my back's been hurting, my business is
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  • Hurting, my business is slow, these kids are getting
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  • Slow, these kids are getting on my nerves.
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  • On my nerves. i'm really discouraged."
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  • I'm really discouraged." zip that up.
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  • Zip that up. that is not who you are.
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  • That is not who you are. go back to the scripture and
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  • Go back to the scripture and say what god says about you.
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  • Say what god says about you. your answer should be, "tell
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  • Your answer should be, "tell them i'm strong, anointed,
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  • Them i'm strong, anointed, talented, favored, healthy,
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  • Talented, favored, healthy, blessed, forgiven, fearfully
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  • Blessed, forgiven, fearfully and wonderfully made."
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  • And wonderfully made." we start off every service
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  • We start off every service saying, "i am what god says
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  • Saying, "i am what god says i am."
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  • I am." i am not what i feel.
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  • I am not what i feel. i may feel weak, but god
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  • I may feel weak, but god says i'm strong, so my
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  • Says i'm strong, so my report is i am strong.
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  • Report is i am strong. when you say that, strength
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  • When you say that, strength starts heading your way.
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  • Starts heading your way. you may not feel up to par.
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  • You may not feel up to par. you're dealing with an
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  • You're dealing with an illness, struggling with
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  • Illness, struggling with anxiety, fighting that
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  • Anxiety, fighting that depression.
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  • Depression. it's easy to wear the
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  • It's easy to wear the labels: sick, depressed,
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  • Labels: sick, depressed, anxious, defeated.
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  • Anxious, defeated. "that's just who i am."
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  • "that's just who i am." that's not who you are.
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  • That's not who you are. that's what you're dealing
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  • That's what you're dealing with.
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  • With. you're not a sick person
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  • You're not a sick person trying to get well.
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  • Trying to get well. you're a well person
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  • You're a well person fighting off sickness.
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  • Fighting off sickness. don't let that difficulty
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  • Don't let that difficulty become your identity.
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  • Become your identity. don't get in agreement with
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  • Don't get in agreement with the negative.
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  • The negative. go back to what your creator
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  • Go back to what your creator said.
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  • Said. god said he's restoring
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  • God said he's restoring health back unto you.
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  • Health back unto you. he said you will run and not
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  • He said you will run and not be weary.
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  • Be weary. he said weeping endures for
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  • He said weeping endures for a night, but joy is coming
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  • A night, but joy is coming in the morning.
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  • In the morning. what do you say about
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  • What do you say about yourself, "i'm sick, i'm
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  • Yourself, "i'm sick, i'm depressed?"
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  • Depressed?" no, i'm healthy, i'm whole,
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  • No, i'm healthy, i'm whole, i'm energetic, i'm free, i'm
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  • I'm energetic, i'm free, i'm happy, i'm victorious."
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  • Happy, i'm victorious." if you'll start saying what
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  • If you'll start saying what god says about you instead
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  • God says about you instead of what you feel, you'll see
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  • Of what you feel, you'll see things begin to turn around.
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  • Things begin to turn around. don't go through life
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  • Don't go through life wearing these negative
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  • Wearing these negative labels.
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  • Labels. i talked to a man that was
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  • I talked to a man that was so down on himself.
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  • So down on himself. he told me how he had made
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  • He told me how he had made mistakes and didn't raise
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  • Mistakes and didn't raise his children right.
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  • His children right. he was struggling with an
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  • He was struggling with an addiction.
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  • Addiction. he said, "i feel so
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  • He said, "i feel so unworthy, i don't deserve to
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  • Unworthy, i don't deserve to be blessed."
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  • Be blessed." when you're down on yourself
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  • When you're down on yourself it's not doing anything
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  • It's not doing anything productive.
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  • Productive. being against yourself is
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  • Being against yourself is not going to help you move
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  • Not going to help you move forward.
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  • Forward. the enemy is called the
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  • The enemy is called the accuser.
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  • Accuser. he'll remind you of every
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  • He'll remind you of every mistake you've made, every
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  • Mistake you've made, every time you've failed.
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  • Time you've failed. he'd love for you to wear
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  • He'd love for you to wear these labels: unworthy,
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  • These labels: unworthy, washed up, no future.
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  • Washed up, no future. i told him what i'm telling
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  • I told him what i'm telling you, as long as you see
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  • You, as long as you see yourself unworthy, not
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  • Yourself unworthy, not deserving, it's going to
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  • Deserving, it's going to keep you where you are.
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  • Keep you where you are. instead of wearing those
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  • Instead of wearing those labels, why don't you say
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  • Labels, why don't you say what god says about you.
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  • What god says about you. "i'm forgiven, i'm redeemed,
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  • "i'm forgiven, i'm redeemed, i'm restored.
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  • I'm restored. my past is over, and my
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  • My past is over, and my future is bright.
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  • Future is bright. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? not who do your mistakes say
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  • Not who do your mistakes say you are, who do your friends
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  • You are, who do your friends say you are, who do the
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  • Say you are, who do the negative thoughts say you
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  • Negative thoughts say you are?
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  • Are? what you say overrides all
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  • What you say overrides all the others.
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  • The others. what you say gives it the
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  • What you say gives it the right to come to pass.
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  • Right to come to pass. now quit saying negative
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  • Now quit saying negative things about yourself.
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  • Things about yourself. "i'm so overweight.
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  • "i'm so overweight. i'm so undisciplined.
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  • I'm so undisciplined. i'll never get out of this
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  • I'll never get out of this neighborhood; i'll never
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  • Neighborhood; i'll never break this addiction."
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  • Break this addiction." you're going to become what
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  • You're going to become what you believe.
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  • You believe. why don't you start saying
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  • Why don't you start saying what god says about you?
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  • What god says about you? "i'm talented, i'm
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  • "i'm talented, i'm successful, i'm prosperous,
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  • Successful, i'm prosperous, i'm free, i'm valuable, i'm
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  • I'm free, i'm valuable, i'm a masterpiece."
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  • A masterpiece." what you say about yourself
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  • What you say about yourself is going to become a
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  • Is going to become a reality.
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  • Reality. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? "i'm just average."
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  • "i'm just average." you're going to be average.
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  • You're going to be average. when the truth is god didn't
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  • When the truth is god didn't make anyone average.
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  • Make anyone average. nobody has your
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  • Nobody has your fingerprints; nobody can do
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  • Fingerprints; nobody can do what you can do.
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  • What you can do. but as long as you believe
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  • But as long as you believe you're ordinary, you won't
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  • You're ordinary, you won't shine like you're supposed
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  • Shine like you're supposed to shine.
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  • To shine. when moses was born, the
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  • When moses was born, the scripture says, "he was no
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  • Scripture says, "he was no ordinary child."
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  • Ordinary child." there was something special
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  • There was something special about him.
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  • About him. as he grew up, he could
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  • As he grew up, he could sense his destiny was to
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  • Sense his destiny was to deliver the israelites out
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  • Deliver the israelites out of slavery.
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  • Of slavery. he had good intentions, but
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  • He had good intentions, but he made a mistake, he ended
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  • He made a mistake, he ended up having to flee to the
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  • Up having to flee to the desert.
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  • Desert. he spent forty years in
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  • He spent forty years in hiding.
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  • Hiding. i can imagine voices told
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  • I can imagine voices told him how he blew it, that he
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  • Him how he blew it, that he missed his chance.
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  • Missed his chance. he could have worn the
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  • He could have worn the labels: failure, washed up,
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  • Labels: failure, washed up, too late.
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  • Too late. but deep down he could hear
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  • But deep down he could hear that still small voice
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  • That still small voice telling him, "you are no
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  • Telling him, "you are no ordinary child.
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  • Ordinary child. this is not how your story
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  • This is not how your story ends.
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  • Ends. there is greatness in you."
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  • There is greatness in you." just because you've made
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  • Just because you've made mistakes doesn't mean that
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  • Mistakes doesn't mean that stopped your destiny.
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  • Stopped your destiny. what god started he's going
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  • What god started he's going to finish.
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  • To finish. what stops us is when we
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  • What stops us is when we start wearing the negative
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  • Start wearing the negative labels, when we start
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  • Labels, when we start believing that we're washed
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  • Believing that we're washed up, we quit pursuing our
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  • Up, we quit pursuing our dreams.
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  • Dreams. after forty years in the
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  • After forty years in the desert, god appeared to
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  • Desert, god appeared to moses and said, "now it's
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  • Moses and said, "now it's your time to fulfill your
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  • Your time to fulfill your destiny."
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  • Destiny." he went on to deliver the
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  • He went on to deliver the israelites, part the red
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  • Israelites, part the red sea, and do great things.
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  • Sea, and do great things. i don't believe this would
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  • I don't believe this would have happened if moses would
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  • Have happened if moses would have seen himself as a
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  • Have seen himself as a failure.
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  • Failure. "i've made too many
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  • "i've made too many mistakes."
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  • Mistakes." instead he saw himself as no
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  • Instead he saw himself as no ordinary child.
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  • Ordinary child. he kept the right image on
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  • He kept the right image on the inside.
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  • The inside. when you were born, god said
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  • When you were born, god said the same thing about you as
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  • The same thing about you as he did moses, this is no
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  • He did moses, this is no ordinary child.
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  • Ordinary child. god put greatness in you.
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  • God put greatness in you. he's destined you to leave
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  • He's destined you to leave your mark.
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  • Your mark. you may have made mistakes,
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  • You may have made mistakes, you may have obstacles, it's
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  • You may have obstacles, it's taking longer than you
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  • Taking longer than you thought, but that doesn't
  • 00:11:19.535 --> 00:11:21.003
  • Thought, but that doesn't change what's in you.
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  • Change what's in you. now the enemy will work
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  • Now the enemy will work overtime to try to steal
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  • Overtime to try to steal your sense of value, your
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  • Your sense of value, your sense of worth.
  • 00:11:28.077 --> 00:11:29.378
  • Sense of worth. he knows if he can distort
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  • He knows if he can distort your identity, who you are,
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  • Your identity, who you are, and convince you that you're
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  • And convince you that you're just average, nothing
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  • Just average, nothing special about you, then he
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  • Special about you, then he can keep you from your
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  • Can keep you from your greatness.
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  • Greatness. i wonder what you could
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  • I wonder what you could accomplish, i wonder how far
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  • Accomplish, i wonder how far god will take you if you
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  • God will take you if you will just live like you are
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  • Will just live like you are no ordinary child.
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  • No ordinary child. not arrogantly but knowing
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  • Not arrogantly but knowing god has placed greatness in
  • 00:11:54.069 --> 00:11:56.338
  • God has placed greatness in you.
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  • You. that there's a favor on your
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  • That there's a favor on your life that will take you
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  • Life that will take you where you can't go on your
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  • Where you can't go on your own, an anointing that will
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  • Own, an anointing that will break every chain that's
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  • Break every chain that's trying to hold you back, a
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  • Trying to hold you back, a blessing that will cause you
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  • Blessing that will cause you to stand out.
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  • To stand out. who do you say you are?
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  • Who do you say you are? not ordinary, not average,
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  • Not ordinary, not average, you are a child of the most
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  • You are a child of the most high god.
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  • High god. you have royal blood flowing
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  • You have royal blood flowing through your veins.
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  • Through your veins. you've been crowned with
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  • You've been crowned with favor.
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  • Favor. what's trying to stop you
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  • What's trying to stop you doesn't have a chance.
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  • Doesn't have a chance. god being for you is more
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  • God being for you is more than the world being against
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  • Than the world being against you.
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  • You. that dream may seem too big,
  • 00:12:30.239 --> 00:12:32.508
  • That dream may seem too big, for some people it is, but
  • 00:12:32.575 --> 00:12:34.109
  • For some people it is, but not for you, you're no
  • 00:12:34.176 --> 00:12:35.711
  • Not for you, you're no ordinary child.
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  • Ordinary child. that sickness should be the
  • 00:12:37.580 --> 00:12:38.814
  • That sickness should be the end, the medical report says
  • 00:12:38.881 --> 00:12:40.716
  • End, the medical report says you're done, but not for
  • 00:12:40.783 --> 00:12:42.084
  • You're done, but not for you, you're no ordinary
  • 00:12:42.151 --> 00:12:44.053
  • You, you're no ordinary child.
  • 00:12:44.119 --> 00:12:45.287
  • Child. that mistake you made should
  • 00:12:45.354 --> 00:12:47.256
  • That mistake you made should have stopped your destiny,
  • 00:12:47.323 --> 00:12:48.757
  • Have stopped your destiny, it should have limited your
  • 00:12:48.824 --> 00:12:50.426
  • It should have limited your future, but not for you.
  • 00:12:50.492 --> 00:12:52.661
  • Future, but not for you. you are no ordinary child.
  • 00:12:52.728 --> 00:12:55.231
  • You are no ordinary child. god handpicked you.
  • 00:12:55.297 --> 00:12:57.700
  • God handpicked you. before you could choose him,
  • 00:12:57.766 --> 00:12:59.468
  • Before you could choose him, he chose you.
  • 00:12:59.535 --> 00:13:00.936
  • He chose you. when he created you, god
  • 00:13:01.003 --> 00:13:02.838
  • When he created you, god stepped back and said, "that
  • 00:13:02.905 --> 00:13:04.974
  • Stepped back and said, "that was very good."
  • 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:07.076
  • Was very good." we would have never gotten
  • 00:13:07.142 --> 00:13:08.177
  • We would have never gotten the compaq center if i
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  • The compaq center if i didn't believe that i was no
  • 00:13:10.045 --> 00:13:11.914
  • Didn't believe that i was no ordinary child.
  • 00:13:11.981 --> 00:13:13.849
  • Ordinary child. now everything in me said i
  • 00:13:13.916 --> 00:13:15.684
  • Now everything in me said i was ordinary.
  • 00:13:15.751 --> 00:13:17.019
  • Was ordinary. when i stepped up to pastor
  • 00:13:17.086 --> 00:13:18.320
  • When i stepped up to pastor the church, i felt
  • 00:13:18.387 --> 00:13:19.555
  • The church, i felt unqualified.
  • 00:13:19.622 --> 00:13:20.956
  • Unqualified. but you can't go by your
  • 00:13:21.023 --> 00:13:22.091
  • But you can't go by your feelings.
  • 00:13:22.157 --> 00:13:23.058
  • Feelings. i chose to believe what god
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  • I chose to believe what god said, that i was equipped
  • 00:13:24.894 --> 00:13:26.395
  • Said, that i was equipped and empowered.
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  • And empowered. i had never ministered, i
  • 00:13:27.963 --> 00:13:29.465
  • I had never ministered, i didn't have the training,
  • 00:13:29.531 --> 00:13:30.699
  • Didn't have the training, the experience.
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  • The experience. all the circumstances said i
  • 00:13:31.934 --> 00:13:33.736
  • All the circumstances said i was average, there was
  • 00:13:33.802 --> 00:13:35.137
  • Was average, there was nothing special about me.
  • 00:13:35.204 --> 00:13:37.239
  • Nothing special about me. but deep down i was bold
  • 00:13:37.306 --> 00:13:39.074
  • But deep down i was bold enough to believe that i was
  • 00:13:39.141 --> 00:13:40.976
  • Enough to believe that i was no ordinary child.
  • 00:13:41.043 --> 00:13:43.178
  • No ordinary child. i didn't tell anyone, but i
  • 00:13:43.245 --> 00:13:44.747
  • I didn't tell anyone, but i could feel the seeds of
  • 00:13:44.813 --> 00:13:46.315
  • Could feel the seeds of greatness.
  • 00:13:46.382 --> 00:13:47.416
  • Greatness. i could hear god whispering
  • 00:13:47.483 --> 00:13:48.817
  • I could hear god whispering in the night that big doors
  • 00:13:48.884 --> 00:13:50.619
  • In the night that big doors were going to open.
  • 00:13:50.686 --> 00:13:52.254
  • Were going to open. victoria told me ten years
  • 00:13:52.321 --> 00:13:54.123
  • Victoria told me ten years before my father passed that
  • 00:13:54.189 --> 00:13:56.025
  • Before my father passed that one day, i would pastor the
  • 00:13:56.091 --> 00:13:57.393
  • One day, i would pastor the church.
  • 00:13:57.459 --> 00:13:58.227
  • Church. that seemed so odd to me.
  • 00:13:58.294 --> 00:14:00.296
  • That seemed so odd to me. i thought, "boy, i've got
  • 00:14:00.362 --> 00:14:01.230
  • I thought, "boy, i've got her fooled.
  • 00:14:01.297 --> 00:14:02.264
  • Her fooled. i can't get up in front of
  • 00:14:02.331 --> 00:14:03.365
  • I can't get up in front of people."
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  • People." i felt ordinary but the
  • 00:14:04.366 --> 00:14:06.201
  • I felt ordinary but the scripture says, "there is
  • 00:14:06.268 --> 00:14:07.736
  • Scripture says, "there is fire shut up in your bones."
  • 00:14:07.803 --> 00:14:10.539
  • Fire shut up in your bones." there is greatness shut up
  • 00:14:10.606 --> 00:14:12.174
  • There is greatness shut up on the inside.
  • 00:14:12.241 --> 00:14:13.809
  • On the inside. as i stepped up, i
  • 00:14:13.876 --> 00:14:15.311
  • As i stepped up, i discovered talent that i
  • 00:14:15.377 --> 00:14:16.612
  • Discovered talent that i didn't know was in me.
  • 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.147
  • Didn't know was in me. there was a boldness and
  • 00:14:18.213 --> 00:14:19.381
  • There was a boldness and confidence that i'd never
  • 00:14:19.448 --> 00:14:20.849
  • Confidence that i'd never had before.
  • 00:14:20.916 --> 00:14:22.484
  • Had before. when i heard the compaq
  • 00:14:22.551 --> 00:14:24.019
  • When i heard the compaq center was coming available,
  • 00:14:24.086 --> 00:14:26.255
  • Center was coming available, i didn't think twice.
  • 00:14:26.322 --> 00:14:27.990
  • I didn't think twice. i never thought about where
  • 00:14:28.057 --> 00:14:29.124
  • I never thought about where we would get the funds or
  • 00:14:29.191 --> 00:14:30.326
  • We would get the funds or how it could happen, i just
  • 00:14:30.392 --> 00:14:32.361
  • How it could happen, i just knew we were supposed to
  • 00:14:32.428 --> 00:14:33.562
  • Knew we were supposed to pursue it.
  • 00:14:33.629 --> 00:14:34.964
  • Pursue it. when you know that you're no
  • 00:14:35.030 --> 00:14:36.598
  • When you know that you're no ordinary child, you'll go
  • 00:14:36.665 --> 00:14:38.467
  • Ordinary child, you'll go after dreams that seem too
  • 00:14:38.534 --> 00:14:39.902
  • After dreams that seem too big.
  • 00:14:39.969 --> 00:14:40.703
  • Big. you'll pray bold prayers.
  • 00:14:40.769 --> 00:14:42.571
  • You'll pray bold prayers. you'll believe for things
  • 00:14:42.638 --> 00:14:43.572
  • You'll believe for things that most people think are
  • 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:45.107
  • That most people think are impossible.
  • 00:14:45.174 --> 00:14:46.809
  • Impossible. there are compaq center's
  • 00:14:46.875 --> 00:14:48.410
  • There are compaq center's that have your name on them,
  • 00:14:48.477 --> 00:14:50.212
  • That have your name on them, dreams much bigger than you
  • 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.780
  • Dreams much bigger than you thought, businesses,
  • 00:14:51.847 --> 00:14:53.215
  • Thought, businesses, ministries.
  • 00:14:53.282 --> 00:14:54.116
  • Ministries. how can it happen?
  • 00:14:54.183 --> 00:14:55.651
  • How can it happen? you don't have the
  • 00:14:55.718 --> 00:14:56.318
  • You don't have the experience, the funding, the
  • 00:14:56.385 --> 00:14:57.886
  • Experience, the funding, the connections.
  • 00:14:57.953 --> 00:14:59.021
  • Connections. you are no ordinary child.
  • 00:14:59.088 --> 00:15:01.357
  • You are no ordinary child. there is a favor on your
  • 00:15:01.423 --> 00:15:02.891
  • There is a favor on your life that will catapult you
  • 00:15:02.958 --> 00:15:04.626
  • Life that will catapult you ahead, a blessing that will
  • 00:15:04.693 --> 00:15:06.528
  • Ahead, a blessing that will cause people to help you.
  • 00:15:06.595 --> 00:15:08.831
  • Cause people to help you. god is not asking you to
  • 00:15:08.897 --> 00:15:10.232
  • God is not asking you to figure it out, he's just
  • 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.667
  • Figure it out, he's just asking you to believe.
  • 00:15:11.734 --> 00:15:13.802
  • Asking you to believe. not only believe in him but
  • 00:15:13.869 --> 00:15:16.005
  • Not only believe in him but believe in who he created
  • 00:15:16.071 --> 00:15:18.040
  • Believe in who he created you to be.
  • 00:15:18.107 --> 00:15:19.508
  • You to be. who do you say you are?
  • 00:15:19.575 --> 00:15:21.310
  • Who do you say you are? if you're going to reach
  • 00:15:21.377 --> 00:15:22.144
  • If you're going to reach your destiny, if you're
  • 00:15:22.211 --> 00:15:23.479
  • Your destiny, if you're going to see your compaq
  • 00:15:23.545 --> 00:15:24.780
  • Going to see your compaq centers, your dreams, your
  • 00:15:24.847 --> 00:15:26.682
  • Centers, your dreams, your healing, you have to know
  • 00:15:26.749 --> 00:15:28.417
  • Healing, you have to know that you're not ordinary.
  • 00:15:28.484 --> 00:15:30.119
  • That you're not ordinary. there's something special
  • 00:15:30.185 --> 00:15:31.353
  • There's something special about you.
  • 00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.521
  • About you. not because of who you are
  • 00:15:32.588 --> 00:15:34.690
  • Not because of who you are but because of whose you
  • 00:15:34.757 --> 00:15:36.258
  • But because of whose you are.
  • 00:15:36.325 --> 00:15:37.026
  • Are. the most high god breathed
  • 00:15:37.092 --> 00:15:39.228
  • The most high god breathed life into you.
  • 00:15:39.294 --> 00:15:40.996
  • Life into you. "joel, i don't feel
  • 00:15:41.063 --> 00:15:41.897
  • "joel, i don't feel special."
  • 00:15:41.964 --> 00:15:42.865
  • Special." you don't have to feel it,
  • 00:15:42.931 --> 00:15:44.366
  • You don't have to feel it, you just have to believe it.
  • 00:15:44.433 --> 00:15:46.001
  • You just have to believe it. if you'll believe it long
  • 00:15:46.068 --> 00:15:47.269
  • If you'll believe it long enough, then you'll not only
  • 00:15:47.336 --> 00:15:48.771
  • Enough, then you'll not only feel it, but you'll see it.
  • 00:15:48.837 --> 00:15:51.273
  • Feel it, but you'll see it. i didn't feel special, i
  • 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.908
  • I didn't feel special, i felt ordinary, but i chose
  • 00:15:52.975 --> 00:15:54.910
  • Felt ordinary, but i chose to believe it by faith.
  • 00:15:54.977 --> 00:15:56.979
  • To believe it by faith. now every time i walk into
  • 00:15:57.046 --> 00:15:58.447
  • Now every time i walk into this stadium, i know i am no
  • 00:15:58.514 --> 00:16:01.016
  • This stadium, i know i am no ordinary child.
  • 00:16:01.083 --> 00:16:02.584
  • Ordinary child. i know i couldn't have done
  • 00:16:02.651 --> 00:16:03.852
  • I know i couldn't have done this on my own, but the
  • 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.454
  • This on my own, but the creator of the universe
  • 00:16:05.521 --> 00:16:07.489
  • Creator of the universe favored me.
  • 00:16:07.556 --> 00:16:09.224
  • Favored me. i didn't think i could speak
  • 00:16:09.291 --> 00:16:10.592
  • I didn't think i could speak in front of people; i was
  • 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.161
  • In front of people; i was too quiet, too reserved.
  • 00:16:12.227 --> 00:16:14.530
  • Too quiet, too reserved. every time i flip through
  • 00:16:14.596 --> 00:16:15.697
  • Every time i flip through the channels and see myself
  • 00:16:15.764 --> 00:16:17.533
  • The channels and see myself on television, i do a double
  • 00:16:17.599 --> 00:16:19.268
  • On television, i do a double take.
  • 00:16:19.334 --> 00:16:20.102
  • Take. i'm amazed at where god has
  • 00:16:20.169 --> 00:16:21.637
  • I'm amazed at where god has taken me.
  • 00:16:21.703 --> 00:16:22.638
  • Taken me. i realize i am no ordinary
  • 00:16:22.704 --> 00:16:25.374
  • I realize i am no ordinary child.
  • 00:16:25.441 --> 00:16:26.442
  • Child. no, i'm not bragging on me,
  • 00:16:26.508 --> 00:16:28.177
  • No, i'm not bragging on me, i'm bragging on the
  • 00:16:28.243 --> 00:16:29.144
  • I'm bragging on the greatness of our god.
  • 00:16:29.211 --> 00:16:31.213
  • Greatness of our god. he wants to take you places
  • 00:16:31.280 --> 00:16:33.082
  • He wants to take you places that you've never dreamed.
  • 00:16:33.148 --> 00:16:34.716
  • That you've never dreamed. what he has planned for your
  • 00:16:34.783 --> 00:16:36.285
  • What he has planned for your future is bigger and more
  • 00:16:36.351 --> 00:16:38.554
  • Future is bigger and more rewarding than you've ever
  • 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:40.255
  • Rewarding than you've ever imagined.
  • 00:16:40.322 --> 00:16:40.923
  • Imagined. in judges 6, the midianites
  • 00:16:40.989 --> 00:16:44.126
  • In judges 6, the midianites had overtaken the people of
  • 00:16:44.193 --> 00:16:45.661
  • Had overtaken the people of israel and were making their
  • 00:16:45.727 --> 00:16:47.529
  • Israel and were making their lives miserable.
  • 00:16:47.596 --> 00:16:49.098
  • Lives miserable. there was a man named gideon
  • 00:16:49.164 --> 00:16:50.833
  • There was a man named gideon that was hiding the
  • 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.067
  • That was hiding the winepress, afraid of the
  • 00:16:52.134 --> 00:16:53.902
  • Winepress, afraid of the midianites.
  • 00:16:53.969 --> 00:16:55.137
  • Midianites. an angel appeared to him and
  • 00:16:55.204 --> 00:16:56.772
  • An angel appeared to him and said, "mighty hero, the lord
  • 00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:59.641
  • Said, "mighty hero, the lord is with you."
  • 00:16:59.708 --> 00:17:01.110
  • Is with you." i can imagine gideon looked
  • 00:17:01.176 --> 00:17:02.511
  • I can imagine gideon looked around and thought, "who's
  • 00:17:02.578 --> 00:17:03.679
  • Around and thought, "who's he talking about?
  • 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:04.446
  • He talking about? i'm not a mighty hero, i'm
  • 00:17:04.513 --> 00:17:06.548
  • I'm not a mighty hero, i'm hiding.
  • 00:17:06.615 --> 00:17:07.416
  • Hiding. i'm afraid."
  • 00:17:07.483 --> 00:17:08.984
  • I'm afraid." the angel went on to tell
  • 00:17:09.051 --> 00:17:10.319
  • The angel went on to tell him that he was to rescue
  • 00:17:10.385 --> 00:17:12.154
  • Him that he was to rescue the people of israel from
  • 00:17:12.221 --> 00:17:13.789
  • The people of israel from the midianites.
  • 00:17:13.856 --> 00:17:14.857
  • The midianites. he was to lead the charge.
  • 00:17:14.923 --> 00:17:16.959
  • He was to lead the charge. gideon was so taken aback.
  • 00:17:17.025 --> 00:17:19.094
  • Gideon was so taken aback. he said to the angel, "how
  • 00:17:19.161 --> 00:17:20.829
  • He said to the angel, "how can i deliver the
  • 00:17:20.896 --> 00:17:21.897
  • Can i deliver the israelites?
  • 00:17:21.964 --> 00:17:22.898
  • Israelites? i come from the weakest
  • 00:17:22.965 --> 00:17:24.233
  • I come from the weakest tribe and i'm the youngest
  • 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:26.001
  • Tribe and i'm the youngest one in my family."
  • 00:17:26.068 --> 00:17:27.769
  • One in my family." he was saying, "god, you
  • 00:17:27.836 --> 00:17:28.871
  • He was saying, "god, you have the wrong person.
  • 00:17:28.937 --> 00:17:30.239
  • Have the wrong person. i'm young, i'm weak, i'm
  • 00:17:30.305 --> 00:17:32.207
  • I'm young, i'm weak, i'm intimidated."
  • 00:17:32.274 --> 00:17:33.542
  • Intimidated." he started making all these
  • 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:34.843
  • He started making all these excuses telling god what he
  • 00:17:34.910 --> 00:17:37.045
  • Excuses telling god what he wasn't.
  • 00:17:37.112 --> 00:17:38.147
  • Wasn't. but i've learned, god won't
  • 00:17:38.213 --> 00:17:39.815
  • But i've learned, god won't ask you to do something if
  • 00:17:39.882 --> 00:17:41.583
  • Ask you to do something if he hasn't already given you
  • 00:17:41.650 --> 00:17:43.285
  • He hasn't already given you what you need.
  • 00:17:43.352 --> 00:17:44.586
  • What you need. you may not have tapped into
  • 00:17:44.653 --> 00:17:46.088
  • You may not have tapped into it yet but it's in you.
  • 00:17:46.155 --> 00:17:48.524
  • It yet but it's in you. like with gideon, god is
  • 00:17:48.590 --> 00:17:50.359
  • Like with gideon, god is calling you a mighty hero.
  • 00:17:50.425 --> 00:17:52.995
  • Calling you a mighty hero. other voices will call you
  • 00:17:53.061 --> 00:17:54.296
  • Other voices will call you ordinary, not talented,
  • 00:17:54.363 --> 00:17:56.398
  • Ordinary, not talented, weak, afraid.
  • 00:17:56.465 --> 00:17:58.066
  • Weak, afraid. someone is wrong.
  • 00:17:58.133 --> 00:17:59.668
  • Someone is wrong. these are two conflicting
  • 00:17:59.735 --> 00:18:01.170
  • These are two conflicting reports.
  • 00:18:01.236 --> 00:18:02.104
  • Reports. you're either a mighty hero
  • 00:18:02.171 --> 00:18:03.939
  • You're either a mighty hero or you're weak and unable.
  • 00:18:04.006 --> 00:18:06.074
  • Or you're weak and unable. here's the key, you get to
  • 00:18:06.141 --> 00:18:07.809
  • Here's the key, you get to choose.
  • 00:18:07.876 --> 00:18:08.911
  • Choose. who do you say you are?
  • 00:18:08.977 --> 00:18:10.879
  • Who do you say you are? either voice can come to
  • 00:18:10.946 --> 00:18:12.114
  • Either voice can come to pass, it's all dependent on
  • 00:18:12.181 --> 00:18:14.449
  • Pass, it's all dependent on who you agree with.
  • 00:18:14.516 --> 00:18:16.151
  • Who you agree with. are you going to agree with
  • 00:18:16.218 --> 00:18:17.219
  • Are you going to agree with god and say, "yes, i believe
  • 00:18:17.286 --> 00:18:19.788
  • God and say, "yes, i believe i'm a mighty hero.
  • 00:18:19.855 --> 00:18:21.523
  • I'm a mighty hero. i'm equipped and empowered.
  • 00:18:21.590 --> 00:18:23.458
  • I'm equipped and empowered. i'm well able to fulfill my
  • 00:18:23.525 --> 00:18:25.427
  • I'm well able to fulfill my destiny."
  • 00:18:25.494 --> 00:18:26.862
  • Destiny." or are you going to do like
  • 00:18:26.929 --> 00:18:28.230
  • Or are you going to do like gideon and start making
  • 00:18:28.297 --> 00:18:29.498
  • Gideon and start making excuses to stay where you
  • 00:18:29.565 --> 00:18:31.166
  • Excuses to stay where you are.
  • 00:18:31.233 --> 00:18:32.367
  • Are. "i wasn't raised in a good
  • 00:18:32.434 --> 00:18:33.602
  • "i wasn't raised in a good environment, joel.
  • 00:18:33.669 --> 00:18:35.070
  • Environment, joel. i've had some bad breaks;
  • 00:18:35.137 --> 00:18:36.772
  • I've had some bad breaks; this company did me wrong,
  • 00:18:36.838 --> 00:18:38.473
  • This company did me wrong, this person walked out on
  • 00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:39.708
  • This person walked out on me, nobody would help me
  • 00:18:39.775 --> 00:18:41.076
  • Me, nobody would help me with my dream."
  • 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:42.244
  • With my dream." respectfully, none of that
  • 00:18:42.311 --> 00:18:44.313
  • Respectfully, none of that matters.
  • 00:18:44.379 --> 00:18:45.214
  • Matters. what god has ordained for
  • 00:18:45.280 --> 00:18:46.982
  • What god has ordained for you cannot be stopped by
  • 00:18:47.049 --> 00:18:49.184
  • You cannot be stopped by people, by bad breaks, by
  • 00:18:49.251 --> 00:18:51.486
  • People, by bad breaks, by disappointments.
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  • Disappointments. god already knew it was
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  • God already knew it was going to happen.
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  • Going to happen. he's already lined up what
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  • He's already lined up what you need.
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  • You need. now, he's calling you a
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  • Now, he's calling you a mighty hero.
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  • Mighty hero. he's calling you to set new
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  • He's calling you to set new standards, to take your
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  • Standards, to take your family to a new level.
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  • Family to a new level. a mighty hero to break
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  • A mighty hero to break generational curses that
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  • Generational curses that keep getting passed down,
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  • Keep getting passed down, he's calling you to put an
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  • He's calling you to put an end to that dysfunction.
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  • End to that dysfunction. a mighty hero to stop the
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  • A mighty hero to stop the poverty and lack, and step
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  • Poverty and lack, and step into abundance and overflow.
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  • Into abundance and overflow. what's interesting is when
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  • What's interesting is when god called gideon a mighty
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  • God called gideon a mighty hero, he hadn't done
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  • Hero, he hadn't done anything significant.
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  • Anything significant. he hadn't defeated a giant
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  • He hadn't defeated a giant like david, hadn't parted
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  • Like david, hadn't parted the red sea like moses,
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  • The red sea like moses, hadn't brought a dead person
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  • Hadn't brought a dead person back to life like elijah.
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  • Back to life like elijah. it seemed like he was just
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  • It seemed like he was just ordinary, just working on
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  • Ordinary, just working on the farm every day,
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  • The farm every day, gathering up the wheat.
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  • Gathering up the wheat. but god calls us what we are
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  • But god calls us what we are before it happens.
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  • Before it happens. he knows what's in us.
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  • He knows what's in us. he's the one that put the
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  • He's the one that put the potential, the gifts, the
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  • Potential, the gifts, the talents.
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  • Talents. gideon finally did what i'm
  • 00:19:54.383 --> 00:19:55.851
  • Gideon finally did what i'm asking us to do.
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  • Asking us to do. instead of seeing himself as
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  • Instead of seeing himself as ordinary, not able to,
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  • Ordinary, not able to, something rose up on the
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  • Something rose up on the inside.
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  • Inside. he said in effect, "if god
  • 00:20:03.725 --> 00:20:05.460
  • He said in effect, "if god says i'm a mighty hero, then
  • 00:20:05.527 --> 00:20:07.229
  • Says i'm a mighty hero, then i believe i'm a mighty
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  • I believe i'm a mighty hero."
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  • Hero." he went out with thirty-two
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  • He went out with thirty-two thousand men to fight the
  • 00:20:11.867 --> 00:20:13.568
  • Thousand men to fight the midianites, but god told him
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  • Midianites, but god told him that was too many.
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  • That was too many. he kept weeding it down more
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  • He kept weeding it down more and more.
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  • And more. finally, when he just had
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  • Finally, when he just had three hundred men, he went
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  • Three hundred men, he went out to fight this army of
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  • Out to fight this army of thousands and thousands.
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  • Thousands and thousands. sometimes god will let the
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  • Sometimes god will let the odds be against you in a
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  • Odds be against you in a great way, so when he turns
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  • Great way, so when he turns it around, you'll know it's
  • 00:20:33.555 --> 00:20:35.190
  • It around, you'll know it's him and not you.
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  • Him and not you. at midnight, gideon and
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  • At midnight, gideon and those three hundred men
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  • Those three hundred men attacked the midianites.
  • 00:20:40.495 --> 00:20:42.164
  • Attacked the midianites. they rushed to their camp
  • 00:20:42.230 --> 00:20:43.332
  • They rushed to their camp shouting, "a sword for the
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  • Shouting, "a sword for the lord and a sword for
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  • Lord and a sword for gideon."
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  • Gideon." here a few days earlier
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  • Here a few days earlier gideon was hiding from his
  • 00:20:49.871 --> 00:20:51.373
  • Gideon was hiding from his enemies, now he's rushing
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  • Enemies, now he's rushing toward them with all of the
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  • Toward them with all of the men shouting his name.
  • 00:20:55.077 --> 00:20:57.412
  • Men shouting his name. god wanted gideon to hear
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  • God wanted gideon to hear them declaring that he was a
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  • Them declaring that he was a mighty hero.
  • 00:21:01.149 --> 00:21:02.818
  • Mighty hero. the midianites got confused
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  • The midianites got confused and started fighting each
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  • And started fighting each other.
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  • Other. they ended up defeating
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  • They ended up defeating themselves and gideon won
  • 00:21:08.090 --> 00:21:10.225
  • Themselves and gideon won the victory.
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  • The victory. when god calls you a mighty
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  • When god calls you a mighty hero, if you'll get in
  • 00:21:13.328 --> 00:21:14.830
  • Hero, if you'll get in agreement with him, you will
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  • Agreement with him, you will become a mighty hero.
  • 00:21:16.698 --> 00:21:18.834
  • Become a mighty hero. he will make things happen
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  • He will make things happen that you couldn't make
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  • That you couldn't make happen.
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  • Happen. now quit discounting
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  • Now quit discounting yourself.
  • 00:21:23.739 --> 00:21:24.740
  • Yourself. "if i had the training, if i
  • 00:21:24.806 --> 00:21:26.541
  • "if i had the training, if i came from a different
  • 00:21:26.608 --> 00:21:27.476
  • Came from a different family, if this pandemic
  • 00:21:27.542 --> 00:21:29.444
  • Family, if this pandemic hadn't of hit, then i could
  • 00:21:29.511 --> 00:21:30.879
  • Hadn't of hit, then i could do something great."
  • 00:21:30.946 --> 00:21:32.647
  • Do something great." god wants to do something
  • 00:21:32.714 --> 00:21:34.249
  • God wants to do something great in your life despite
  • 00:21:34.316 --> 00:21:36.318
  • Great in your life despite the odds being against you.
  • 00:21:36.385 --> 00:21:38.186
  • The odds being against you. he's not limited by what you
  • 00:21:38.253 --> 00:21:39.588
  • He's not limited by what you don't have, by what the
  • 00:21:39.654 --> 00:21:41.156
  • Don't have, by what the economy is doing, by what
  • 00:21:41.223 --> 00:21:42.891
  • Economy is doing, by what hasn't worked out.
  • 00:21:42.958 --> 00:21:44.493
  • Hasn't worked out. he doesn't need everything
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  • He doesn't need everything you think you need.
  • 00:21:46.161 --> 00:21:47.596
  • You think you need. he's going to cause you to
  • 00:21:47.662 --> 00:21:48.663
  • He's going to cause you to accomplish great things with
  • 00:21:48.730 --> 00:21:50.799
  • Accomplish great things with less resources.
  • 00:21:50.866 --> 00:21:52.434
  • Less resources. just ask david, all he had
  • 00:21:52.501 --> 00:21:54.469
  • Just ask david, all he had was a sling shot and few
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  • Was a sling shot and few stones, but that catapulted
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  • Stones, but that catapulted him into his destiny.
  • 00:21:58.340 --> 00:22:00.709
  • Him into his destiny. god is calling you a giant
  • 00:22:00.776 --> 00:22:02.711
  • God is calling you a giant killer, a history maker, a
  • 00:22:02.778 --> 00:22:05.080
  • Killer, a history maker, a mighty hero.
  • 00:22:05.147 --> 00:22:06.448
  • Mighty hero. why don't you get in
  • 00:22:06.515 --> 00:22:07.249
  • Why don't you get in agreement with him?
  • 00:22:07.315 --> 00:22:09.084
  • Agreement with him? what a shame to live and die
  • 00:22:09.151 --> 00:22:11.119
  • What a shame to live and die and never really know who
  • 00:22:11.186 --> 00:22:13.321
  • And never really know who you are.
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  • You are. what could you become if you
  • 00:22:14.689 --> 00:22:16.625
  • What could you become if you saw yourself the way god
  • 00:22:16.691 --> 00:22:18.293
  • Saw yourself the way god sees you?
  • 00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.394
  • Sees you? what dreams could you
  • 00:22:19.461 --> 00:22:20.529
  • What dreams could you accomplish, what obstacles
  • 00:22:20.595 --> 00:22:22.497
  • Accomplish, what obstacles could you overcome, what
  • 00:22:22.564 --> 00:22:24.433
  • Could you overcome, what businesses could you build,
  • 00:22:24.499 --> 00:22:26.334
  • Businesses could you build, what books could you write,
  • 00:22:26.401 --> 00:22:28.203
  • What books could you write, what influence could you
  • 00:22:28.270 --> 00:22:29.404
  • What influence could you have if you only knew who
  • 00:22:29.471 --> 00:22:32.040
  • Have if you only knew who you are?
  • 00:22:32.107 --> 00:22:33.708
  • You are? gideon never dream one day
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  • Gideon never dream one day he would be in the bible.
  • 00:22:35.544 --> 00:22:36.645
  • He would be in the bible. he never dreamed thousands
  • 00:22:36.711 --> 00:22:38.313
  • He never dreamed thousands of years ago, we'd be
  • 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.514
  • Of years ago, we'd be talking about his story.
  • 00:22:39.581 --> 00:22:40.816
  • Talking about his story. you don't know where god is
  • 00:22:40.882 --> 00:22:43.518
  • You don't know where god is taking you.
  • 00:22:43.585 --> 00:22:44.619
  • Taking you. you don't know the doors
  • 00:22:44.686 --> 00:22:45.720
  • You don't know the doors he's going to open, the
  • 00:22:45.787 --> 00:22:47.055
  • He's going to open, the giants you're going to
  • 00:22:47.122 --> 00:22:47.956
  • Giants you're going to defeat, the influence you're
  • 00:22:48.023 --> 00:22:49.558
  • Defeat, the influence you're going to have.
  • 00:22:49.624 --> 00:22:50.659
  • Going to have. there's an awesome future in
  • 00:22:50.725 --> 00:22:52.360
  • There's an awesome future in front of you but it's
  • 00:22:52.427 --> 00:22:53.762
  • Front of you but it's dependent on how you see
  • 00:22:53.829 --> 00:22:55.630
  • Dependent on how you see yourself.
  • 00:22:55.697 --> 00:22:57.098
  • Yourself. who do you say you are?
  • 00:22:57.165 --> 00:22:58.867
  • Who do you say you are? average, limited,
  • 00:22:58.934 --> 00:23:00.435
  • Average, limited, disadvantaged, not able to?
  • 00:23:00.502 --> 00:23:02.604
  • Disadvantaged, not able to? that will keep you from your
  • 00:23:02.671 --> 00:23:03.972
  • That will keep you from your destiny.
  • 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.273
  • Destiny. instead of letting people
  • 00:23:05.340 --> 00:23:06.475
  • Instead of letting people define you, instead of
  • 00:23:06.541 --> 00:23:07.976
  • Define you, instead of letting your past label you,
  • 00:23:08.043 --> 00:23:09.911
  • Letting your past label you, why don't you go back to
  • 00:23:09.978 --> 00:23:11.146
  • Why don't you go back to what god says about you.
  • 00:23:11.213 --> 00:23:13.114
  • What god says about you. he's the one the made you.
  • 00:23:13.181 --> 00:23:15.183
  • He's the one the made you. like gideon, you may not
  • 00:23:15.250 --> 00:23:16.852
  • Like gideon, you may not realize who you are.
  • 00:23:16.918 --> 00:23:18.887
  • Realize who you are. god sent an angel to remind
  • 00:23:18.954 --> 00:23:20.589
  • God sent an angel to remind him, he rose up and left his
  • 00:23:20.655 --> 00:23:22.624
  • Him, he rose up and left his mark.
  • 00:23:22.691 --> 00:23:23.692
  • Mark. an angel may not appear to
  • 00:23:23.758 --> 00:23:25.260
  • An angel may not appear to you but maybe god is using
  • 00:23:25.327 --> 00:23:27.462
  • You but maybe god is using me to remind you who you
  • 00:23:27.529 --> 00:23:29.464
  • Me to remind you who you are.
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  • Are. you are a mighty hero, you
  • 00:23:30.332 --> 00:23:32.934
  • You are a mighty hero, you are a masterpiece, you are
  • 00:23:33.001 --> 00:23:34.769
  • Are a masterpiece, you are strong, valuable, talented,
  • 00:23:34.836 --> 00:23:37.772
  • Strong, valuable, talented, confident, healthy,
  • 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:39.274
  • Confident, healthy, anointed, victorious,
  • 00:23:39.341 --> 00:23:41.076
  • Anointed, victorious, forgiven.
  • 00:23:41.142 --> 00:23:42.177
  • Forgiven. you are no ordinary child.
  • 00:23:42.244 --> 00:23:44.880
  • You are no ordinary child. put your shoulders back,
  • 00:23:44.946 --> 00:23:46.314
  • Put your shoulders back, hold your head up high and
  • 00:23:46.381 --> 00:23:47.849
  • Hold your head up high and step up to who you were
  • 00:23:47.916 --> 00:23:49.484
  • Step up to who you were created to be.
  • 00:23:49.551 --> 00:23:50.952
  • Created to be. if you'll do this, i believe
  • 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.721
  • If you'll do this, i believe and declare, you're going to
  • 00:23:52.787 --> 00:23:54.055
  • And declare, you're going to see god show out in your
  • 00:23:54.122 --> 00:23:55.824
  • See god show out in your life.
  • 00:23:55.891 --> 00:23:56.591
  • Life. new doors are about open,
  • 00:23:56.658 --> 00:23:58.560
  • New doors are about open, new opportunities, giants
  • 00:23:58.627 --> 00:24:00.595
  • New opportunities, giants are about to come down,
  • 00:24:00.662 --> 00:24:02.130
  • Are about to come down, healing, favor,
  • 00:24:02.197 --> 00:24:03.331
  • Healing, favor, breakthroughs, the fullness
  • 00:24:03.398 --> 00:24:05.300
  • Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
  • 00:24:05.367 --> 00:24:07.736
  • Of your destiny, in jesus' name.
  • 00:24:07.802 --> 00:24:08.503
  • Fear can be a powerful force
  • 00:24:09.104 --> 00:24:11.439
  • Fear can be a powerful force and will try to make you feel
  • 00:24:11.506 --> 00:24:13.174
  • And will try to make you feel alone, stuck, without hope.
  • 00:24:13.241 --> 00:24:16.077
  • Alone, stuck, without hope. but fear doesn't
  • 00:24:16.144 --> 00:24:17.078
  • But fear doesn't have to get the final say.
  • 00:24:17.145 --> 00:24:18.880
  • Have to get the final say. there is a way out.
  • 00:24:18.947 --> 00:24:20.916
  • There is a way out. fear is a powerful force,
  • 00:24:20.982 --> 00:24:22.517
  • Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
  • 00:24:22.584 --> 00:24:23.852
  • But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
  • 00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:25.353
  • What we focus on shapes our reality.
  • 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.488
  • In my new book, no more fear:
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  • In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
  • 00:24:28.623 --> 00:24:30.325
  • You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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  • I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
  • 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:33.194
  • To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
  • 00:24:33.261 --> 00:24:35.163
  • In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
  • 00:24:35.230 --> 00:24:36.898
  • Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
  • 00:24:36.965 --> 00:24:38.199
  • I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
  • 00:24:38.266 --> 00:24:39.768
  • I will not fear," you too can walk through
  • 00:24:39.834 --> 00:24:41.036
  • You too can walk through life's challenges
  • 00:24:41.102 --> 00:24:42.170
  • Life's challenges without being paralyzed
  • 00:24:42.237 --> 00:24:43.438
  • Without being paralyzed by fear.
  • 00:24:43.505 --> 00:24:44.539
  • By fear. i can't promise you
  • 00:24:44.606 --> 00:24:45.540
  • I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
  • 00:24:45.607 --> 00:24:47.175
  • You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
  • 00:24:47.242 --> 00:24:48.176
  • But i can teach you how to rise above it
  • 00:24:48.243 --> 00:24:49.578
  • How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
  • 00:24:49.644 --> 00:24:51.680
  • By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
  • 00:24:51.746 --> 00:24:52.814
  • Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
  • 00:24:52.881 --> 00:24:54.049
  • The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
  • 00:24:54.115 --> 00:24:55.784
  • With faith-filled ones. you can live
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  • You can live from a place of peace,
  • 00:24:56.651 --> 00:24:57.953
  • From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
  • 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.988
  • Power, and purpose. as our way of saying thank you
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  • As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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  • For your gift of any amount this month,
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  • No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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  • You have the mind of christ. the bible proclaims,
  • 00:25:10.432 --> 00:25:11.733
  • The bible proclaims, "the lord is my light
  • 00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:13.168
  • "the lord is my light and my salvation;
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  • And my salvation; whom shall i fear?"
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  • Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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  • And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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  • Overcoming power. when fear whispers,
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  • When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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  • "you can't," this devotional will stir
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  • This devotional will stir your faith
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  • Your faith to declare, "god will."
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  • To declare, "god will." each page
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  • Each page reminds you
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  • Reminds you that you weren't
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  • That you weren't created to live in fear
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  • Created to live in fear or despair.
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  • Or despair. you were created to live
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  • You were created to live with passion,
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  • With passion, purpose, and confidence
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  • Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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  • In god's plans for your life. let god's word
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  • Let god's word equip you to rise above fear
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  • Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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  • And walk in victory. fear doesn't have
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  • Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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  • The final say, god does. be bold,
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  • Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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  • Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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  • He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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