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Joel Osteen - Win The War Within

July 21, 2025 | 30:0

Joel Osteen - Win The War Within
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Win The War Within | July 21, 2025
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  • . > joel: god bless you.
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  • > joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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  • It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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  • Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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  • Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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  • The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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  • Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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  • Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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  • We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • And inspired. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. i heard
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  • Something funny. i heard about this baptist man
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  • About this baptist man named bill. he liked to
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  • Named bill. he liked to sneak off to the horse
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  • Sneak off to the horse races and bet. one day,
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  • Races and bet. one day, he saw a catholic priest
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  • He saw a catholic priest step on to the track and
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  • Step on to the track and bless a horse. sure enough,
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  • Bless a horse. sure enough, the horse won first place.
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  • The horse won first place. he blessed another horse,
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  • He blessed another horse, that horse won again. bill
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  • That horse won again. bill went to the atm and took
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  • Went to the atm and took out all of his money.
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  • Out all of his money. this time, he saw the
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  • This time, he saw the priest not only touch the
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  • Priest not only touch the horses' forehead but touch
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  • Horses' forehead but touch his eyes, his ears and all
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  • His eyes, his ears and all of his legs. feeling
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  • Of his legs. feeling confident, he bet all of
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  • Confident, he bet all of his money. but in the
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  • His money. but in the middle of the race, the
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  • Middle of the race, the horse fell over dead.
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  • Horse fell over dead. bill went to the priest and
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  • Bill went to the priest and said, “what in the world
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  • Said, “what in the world happened?” the priest said,
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  • Happened?” the priest said, “that's the problem with
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  • “that's the problem with you protestants, you don't
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  • You protestants, you don't know the difference between
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  • Know the difference between the blessing and the last
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  • The blessing and the last rites.”
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  • Rites.” 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
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  • I have what it says i have. i can do what
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  • I have. i can do what it says i can do.
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  • It says i can do. today, i will be taught
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  • Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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  • The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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  • Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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  • Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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  • Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about winning the war
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  • About winning the war within. there's a battle
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  • Within. there's a battle taking place on the inside
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  • Taking place on the inside of each one of us.
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  • Of each one of us. it's a battle between the
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  • It's a battle between the flesh and the spirit.
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  • Flesh and the spirit. the flesh represents our
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  • The flesh represents our carnal nature.
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  • Carnal nature. it's things like jealousy,
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  • It's things like jealousy, pride, compromise.
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  • Pride, compromise. it's the easy way to live.
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  • It's the easy way to live. you don't have to be
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  • You don't have to be disciplined; you just
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  • Disciplined; you just do whatever you feel.
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  • Do whatever you feel. if someone is rude to you,
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  • If someone is rude to you, you're rude back to them.
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  • You're rude back to them. if you don't feel like
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  • If you don't feel like having a good attitude, you
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  • Having a good attitude, you go through the day sour.
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  • Go through the day sour. when you see that coconut
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  • When you see that coconut cream pie, you don't think
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  • Cream pie, you don't think twice.
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  • Twice. you eat your fourth piece.
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  • You eat your fourth piece. the flesh wants to rule, it
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  • The flesh wants to rule, it wants to have control.
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  • Wants to have control. the scripture says, “those
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  • The scripture says, “those who live by the dictates
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  • Who live by the dictates of the flesh.” notice the
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  • Of the flesh.” notice the flesh is described as a
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  • Flesh is described as a dictator. what does a
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  • Dictator. what does a dictator do? they make
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  • Dictator do? they make all the decisions for
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  • All the decisions for you. they tell you what
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  • You. they tell you what to do, when to do it.
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  • To do, when to do it. you just follow orders.
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  • You just follow orders. you get stuck in traffic,
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  • You get stuck in traffic, the flesh will tell you,
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  • The flesh will tell you, “get upset, this is ruining
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  • “get upset, this is ruining your day.” many people
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  • Your day.” many people follow the dictates of the
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  • Follow the dictates of the flesh.
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  • Flesh. like a good soldier, “yes
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  • Like a good soldier, “yes sir, right away.” they get
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  • Sir, right away.” they get upset.
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  • Upset. it sours their day.
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  • It sours their day. or at the office, someone
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  • Or at the office, someone leaves you out, doesn't
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  • Leaves you out, doesn't invite you to the meeting.
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  • Invite you to the meeting. the flesh says, “get
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  • The flesh says, “get offended, this is not
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  • Offended, this is not right.” they go around
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  • Right.” they go around offended, with a chip on
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  • Offended, with a chip on their shoulder.
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  • Their shoulder. the problem is if you keep
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  • The problem is if you keep giving in to the flesh,
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  • Giving in to the flesh, that verse goes on to say,
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  • That verse goes on to say, “you will die.” that
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  • “you will die.” that doesn't mean physically,
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  • Doesn't mean physically, but your dreams will die,
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  • But your dreams will die, your relationships won't
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  • Your relationships won't flourish, your gifts won't
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  • Flourish, your gifts won't come out like they should.
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  • Come out like they should. what's the problem, you're
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  • What's the problem, you're letting the flesh win the
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  • Letting the flesh win the war.
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  • War. any time you're tempted to
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  • Any time you're tempted to compromise, be lazy, give
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  • Compromise, be lazy, give in to temptation, there's
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  • In to temptation, there's another option, that is to
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  • Another option, that is to walk in the spirit.
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  • Walk in the spirit. that means you do the right
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  • That means you do the right thing when it's hard. you
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  • Thing when it's hard. you bite your tongue when
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  • Bite your tongue when someone is rude.
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  • Someone is rude. you stay faithful in your
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  • You stay faithful in your relationship when someone
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  • Relationship when someone is trying to lure you away.
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  • Is trying to lure you away. what's limiting some people
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  • What's limiting some people is not that they're not
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  • Is not that they're not talented, it's not that
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  • Talented, it's not that they don't have god's
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  • They don't have god's favor, it's that they keep
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  • Favor, it's that they keep sowing to the flesh.
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  • Sowing to the flesh. don't keep giving in to the
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  • Don't keep giving in to the same things that you know
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  • Same things that you know are holding you back.
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  • Are holding you back. next time you're tempted to
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  • Next time you're tempted to be jealous, find fault, say
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  • Be jealous, find fault, say something critical, tell
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  • Something critical, tell your flesh, “no, i'm not
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  • Your flesh, “no, i'm not going there.
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  • Going there. i'm going to be happy for
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  • I'm going to be happy for them. i'm going to see the
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  • Them. i'm going to see the best in people.” when you
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  • Best in people.” when you feel like staying up all
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  • Feel like staying up all night, playing on the
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  • Night, playing on the computer, tell your flesh,
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  • Computer, tell your flesh, “not tonight.
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  • “not tonight. i'm going to bed.
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  • I'm going to bed. i'm going to take care of
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  • I'm going to take care of myself.” next time those
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  • Myself.” next time those friends call that are
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  • Friends call that are pulling you down, causing
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  • Pulling you down, causing you to compromise, tell
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  • You to compromise, tell them, “sorry, something has
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  • Them, “sorry, something has come up.
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  • Come up. i can't hang out tonight.”
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  • I can't hang out tonight.” quit letting the flesh be
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  • Quit letting the flesh be the dictator.
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  • The dictator. you have to take charge of
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  • You have to take charge of your life.
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  • Your life. the flesh is not leading
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  • The flesh is not leading you anywhere productive.
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  • You anywhere productive. paul said in galatians 5,
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  • Paul said in galatians 5, “these two forces are
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  • “these two forces are constantly fighting each
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  • Constantly fighting each other.
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  • Other. your choices will never be
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  • Your choices will never be free from this conflict.” i
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  • Free from this conflict.” i don't want to depress you,
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  • Don't want to depress you, but this is a battle that
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  • But this is a battle that will never go away.
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  • Will never go away. you can be a believer for
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  • You can be a believer for fifty years, you've grown,
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  • Fifty years, you've grown, you've matured but you will
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  • You've matured but you will still have to deal with the
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  • Still have to deal with the flesh.
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  • Flesh. you don't overcome it one
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  • You don't overcome it one time and it's defeated.
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  • Time and it's defeated. it will come back again.
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  • It will come back again. this is something we have
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  • This is something we have to get skilled at.
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  • To get skilled at. “no, i'm not going to let
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  • “no, i'm not going to let my flesh say everything it
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  • My flesh say everything it wants.
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  • Wants. no, i'm not going to take
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  • No, i'm not going to take the bait and get offended
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  • The bait and get offended by that person that did me
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  • By that person that did me wrong.
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  • Wrong. i'm not going to let my
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  • I'm not going to let my guard down and be dishonest
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  • Guard down and be dishonest in this business deal.” are
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  • In this business deal.” are you winning the war within?
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  • You winning the war within? are you living by the
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  • Are you living by the spirit, making decisions
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  • Spirit, making decisions that honor god, or are you
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  • That honor god, or are you letting the flesh win,
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  • Letting the flesh win, doing whatever you feel?
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  • Doing whatever you feel? you need to take the flesh
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  • You need to take the flesh off the throne.
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  • Off the throne. quit letting it determine
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  • Quit letting it determine your decisions.
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  • Your decisions. we've seen in foreign
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  • We've seen in foreign countries where they have a
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  • Countries where they have a dictator.
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  • Dictator. the person in charge is
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  • The person in charge is oppressing the people,
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  • Oppressing the people, pushing them down.
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  • Pushing them down. there's no democracy.
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  • There's no democracy. they can't vote him out, so
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  • They can't vote him out, so they have to take drastic
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  • They have to take drastic measures.
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  • Measures. the people rise up and
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  • The people rise up and overthrow the dictator.
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  • Overthrow the dictator. they have to forcefully
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  • They have to forcefully remove him. that's the only
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  • Remove him. that's the only way they can be free.
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  • Way they can be free. it's the same way with the
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  • It's the same way with the flesh.
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  • Flesh. it wants to stay in control
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  • It wants to stay in control of your life, telling you
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  • Of your life, telling you what to do, where to go.
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  • What to do, where to go. the only way it's going to
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  • The only way it's going to come off that throne is if
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  • Come off that throne is if you forcefully remove it.
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  • You forcefully remove it. it's not going to go easily.
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  • It's not going to go easily. when someone does you wrong
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  • When someone does you wrong and you choose to forgive,
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  • And you choose to forgive, the flesh will have a fit.
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  • The flesh will have a fit. “come on, man, get even,
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  • “come on, man, get even, pay them back, this is not
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  • Pay them back, this is not right.” you have to put
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  • Right.” you have to put your foot down and say,
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  • Your foot down and say, “sorry, you don't control
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  • “sorry, you don't control me anymore.
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  • Me anymore. i've taken you off the
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  • I've taken you off the throne.
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  • Throne. you've lost your authority;
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  • You've lost your authority; i walk by the spirit and
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  • I walk by the spirit and not by the flesh.” it's
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  • Not by the flesh.” it's time to dethrone the flesh.
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  • Time to dethrone the flesh. quit letting it dictate how
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  • Quit letting it dictate how you live, how you respond,
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  • You live, how you respond, how you handle adversity.
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  • How you handle adversity. start sowing to the spirit.
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  • Start sowing to the spirit. start taking the high road,
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  • Start taking the high road, doing the right thing when
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  • Doing the right thing when it's hard. that's when you
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  • It's hard. that's when you grow.
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  • Grow. that's when god can trust
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  • That's when god can trust you with more.
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  • You with more. it's very shallow to live
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  • It's very shallow to live by how you feel, giving in
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  • By how you feel, giving in to carnal desires.
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  • To carnal desires. that's going to keep you
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  • That's going to keep you from the greatness god put
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  • From the greatness god put in you.
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  • In you. the scripture says, “no
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  • The scripture says, “no discipline at the time
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  • Discipline at the time seems pleasant, but later
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  • Seems pleasant, but later on you will reap a harvest
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  • On you will reap a harvest of good things.” being
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  • Of good things.” being disciplined is not easy.
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  • Disciplined is not easy. walking away when someone
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  • Walking away when someone is rude, not giving in to
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  • Is rude, not giving in to the temptation, getting up
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  • The temptation, getting up early to excel at work;
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  • Early to excel at work; that's difficult. your
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  • That's difficult. your flesh wants to be
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  • Flesh wants to be comfortable.
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  • Comfortable. your flesh wants the easy
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  • Your flesh wants the easy way out, but you can't be
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  • Way out, but you can't be comfortable all the time
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  • Comfortable all the time and reach your destiny.
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  • And reach your destiny. if you'll do the hard thing
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  • If you'll do the hard thing now, later on you'll see
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  • Now, later on you'll see blessings and favor that
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  • Blessings and favor that you've never seen.
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  • You've never seen. but the flesh always wants
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  • But the flesh always wants instant gratification.
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  • Instant gratification. “if i tell this person off,
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  • “if i tell this person off, it will make me feel good
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  • It will make me feel good right now.
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  • Right now. if i buy this item i can't
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  • If i buy this item i can't afford, if i sleep in and
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  • Afford, if i sleep in and skip work, i'll feel good
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  • Skip work, i'll feel good right now.” but it's
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  • Right now.” but it's important to think about
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  • Important to think about later on.
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  • Later on. we should be growing.
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  • We should be growing. we should be further now
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  • We should be further now than we were five years ago.
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  • Than we were five years ago. if i'm still dealing with
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  • If i'm still dealing with my temper the same way as
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  • My temper the same way as years ago, then i'm leaving
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  • Years ago, then i'm leaving my flesh on the throne.
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  • My flesh on the throne. if i'm still getting
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  • If i'm still getting offended, upset, jealous,
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  • Offended, upset, jealous, the same way as years back,
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  • The same way as years back, then i'm letting the flesh
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  • Then i'm letting the flesh dictate my life.
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  • Dictate my life. i'm not saying we have to
  • 00:08:09.779 --> 00:08:10.713
  • I'm not saying we have to be perfect, but we should
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  • Be perfect, but we should be growing.
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  • Be growing. when victoria and i were
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  • When victoria and i were first married, and we were
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  • First married, and we were about to go somewhere, i
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  • About to go somewhere, i would ask her if she was
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  • Would ask her if she was ready.
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  • Ready. she'd say, “yes i'm ready.”
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  • She'd say, “yes i'm ready.” so, i would go get in the
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  • So, i would go get in the car and wait.
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  • Car and wait. i'd wait and wait and wait.
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  • I'd wait and wait and wait. she wold never come.
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  • She wold never come. i would get so stressed.
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  • I would get so stressed. i'd go back in, “i thought
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  • I'd go back in, “i thought you said you're ready.” she
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  • You said you're ready.” she said, “i am ready.” i said,
  • 00:08:32.201 --> 00:08:33.970
  • Said, “i am ready.” i said, “well would you mind, like
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  • “well would you mind, like coming to the car.” i
  • 00:08:35.104 --> 00:08:36.872
  • Coming to the car.” i didn't like to wait.
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  • Didn't like to wait. i used to pray, “god, you
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  • I used to pray, “god, you have to change her.
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  • Have to change her. help her to go faster.” but
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  • Help her to go faster.” but what's funny is god never
  • 00:08:42.778 --> 00:08:44.480
  • What's funny is god never changed her, but he used
  • 00:08:44.547 --> 00:08:46.415
  • Changed her, but he used her to change me.
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  • Her to change me. god doesn't remove
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  • God doesn't remove everything that's
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  • Everything that's uncomfortable.
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  • Uncomfortable. if he did, we would never
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  • If he did, we would never grow.
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  • Grow. instead of praying god
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  • Instead of praying god change the other person,
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  • Change the other person, i've learned to pray, “god
  • 00:08:58.628 --> 00:09:00.029
  • I've learned to pray, “god change me.
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  • Change me. help me to come up higher.
  • 00:09:01.430 --> 00:09:03.032
  • Help me to come up higher. help me to be more patient.
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  • Help me to be more patient. help me to stay in peace.”
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  • Help me to stay in peace.” even now, when i get stuck
  • 00:09:06.702 --> 00:09:08.037
  • Even now, when i get stuck in traffic, or a long line
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  • In traffic, or a long line at the airport, that
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  • At the airport, that impatience still tries to
  • 00:09:11.507 --> 00:09:13.309
  • Impatience still tries to get back on the throne.
  • 00:09:13.376 --> 00:09:14.443
  • Get back on the throne. it still tries to dictate
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  • It still tries to dictate my life.
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  • My life. you won't win the war
  • 00:09:17.713 --> 00:09:18.881
  • You won't win the war within one time, and you're
  • 00:09:18.948 --> 00:09:20.716
  • Within one time, and you're done.
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  • Done. these forces are constantly
  • 00:09:21.917 --> 00:09:23.686
  • These forces are constantly opposing each other.
  • 00:09:23.753 --> 00:09:25.388
  • Opposing each other. that's why the apostle paul
  • 00:09:25.454 --> 00:09:26.856
  • That's why the apostle paul said, “i die daily.” now
  • 00:09:26.922 --> 00:09:29.725
  • Said, “i die daily.” now paul wrote half of the
  • 00:09:29.792 --> 00:09:31.093
  • Paul wrote half of the books in the new testament.
  • 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:32.228
  • Books in the new testament. he's one of the heroes of
  • 00:09:32.294 --> 00:09:33.796
  • He's one of the heroes of faith.
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  • Faith. you would think he was so
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  • You would think he was so powerful, so mature, he
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  • Powerful, so mature, he wouldn't have to deal with
  • 00:09:38.534 --> 00:09:39.335
  • Wouldn't have to deal with these issues, yet he said,
  • 00:09:39.402 --> 00:09:41.570
  • These issues, yet he said, “every day i have to take
  • 00:09:41.637 --> 00:09:43.639
  • “every day i have to take my flesh off the throne.
  • 00:09:43.706 --> 00:09:45.474
  • My flesh off the throne. every day, i have to put
  • 00:09:45.541 --> 00:09:46.842
  • Every day, i have to put down carnal desires.”
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  • Down carnal desires.” after a couple of years of
  • 00:09:48.110 --> 00:09:50.880
  • After a couple of years of being impatient, letting
  • 00:09:50.946 --> 00:09:52.715
  • Being impatient, letting things frustrate me, i
  • 00:09:52.782 --> 00:09:54.483
  • Things frustrate me, i tried a different tactic.
  • 00:09:54.550 --> 00:09:56.719
  • Tried a different tactic. when victoria says she's
  • 00:09:56.786 --> 00:09:57.920
  • When victoria says she's ready, it's like the
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  • Ready, it's like the two-minute warning in
  • 00:09:59.388 --> 00:10:00.356
  • Two-minute warning in football.
  • 00:10:00.423 --> 00:10:01.557
  • Football. the clock says two minutes,
  • 00:10:01.624 --> 00:10:03.092
  • The clock says two minutes, but you know it's going to
  • 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:04.160
  • But you know it's going to be twenty minutes.
  • 00:10:04.226 --> 00:10:04.827
  • Be twenty minutes. with the time outs, the
  • 00:10:04.894 --> 00:10:06.796
  • With the time outs, the replays, the commercials.
  • 00:10:06.862 --> 00:10:08.798
  • Replays, the commercials. now when she says she's
  • 00:10:08.864 --> 00:10:09.899
  • Now when she says she's ready, i go sit down, make
  • 00:10:09.965 --> 00:10:12.001
  • Ready, i go sit down, make a sandwich, work out, go to
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  • A sandwich, work out, go to the grocery store, mow the
  • 00:10:14.103 --> 00:10:15.438
  • The grocery store, mow the lawn.
  • 00:10:15.504 --> 00:10:17.339
  • Lawn. and i'm not looking at her
  • 00:10:17.406 --> 00:10:18.240
  • And i'm not looking at her right now.
  • 00:10:18.307 --> 00:10:20.643
  • Right now. many of the things that
  • 00:10:20.710 --> 00:10:22.211
  • Many of the things that frustrate us are really
  • 00:10:22.278 --> 00:10:24.213
  • Frustrate us are really opportunities to grow.
  • 00:10:24.280 --> 00:10:26.449
  • Opportunities to grow. take the flesh off the
  • 00:10:26.515 --> 00:10:27.650
  • Take the flesh off the throne.
  • 00:10:27.717 --> 00:10:28.818
  • Throne. don't respond the same way
  • 00:10:28.884 --> 00:10:30.319
  • Don't respond the same way you've been responding the
  • 00:10:30.386 --> 00:10:31.921
  • You've been responding the last twenty years.
  • 00:10:31.987 --> 00:10:33.355
  • Last twenty years. being impatient,
  • 00:10:33.422 --> 00:10:34.724
  • Being impatient, frustrated, arguing with
  • 00:10:34.790 --> 00:10:36.525
  • Frustrated, arguing with your spouse.
  • 00:10:36.592 --> 00:10:37.727
  • Your spouse. start dying daily.
  • 00:10:37.793 --> 00:10:39.995
  • Start dying daily. like with paul, we all have
  • 00:10:40.062 --> 00:10:41.363
  • Like with paul, we all have areas where we're letting
  • 00:10:41.430 --> 00:10:42.565
  • Areas where we're letting the flesh dictate.
  • 00:10:42.631 --> 00:10:44.266
  • The flesh dictate. if we would start walking
  • 00:10:44.333 --> 00:10:45.334
  • If we would start walking by the spirit, being
  • 00:10:45.401 --> 00:10:47.136
  • By the spirit, being willing to be
  • 00:10:47.203 --> 00:10:47.803
  • Willing to be uncomfortable, keeping our
  • 00:10:47.870 --> 00:10:49.438
  • Uncomfortable, keeping our mouth closed, waiting with
  • 00:10:49.505 --> 00:10:51.373
  • Mouth closed, waiting with a good attitude.
  • 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:52.808
  • A good attitude. that's when you're growing.
  • 00:10:52.875 --> 00:10:54.643
  • That's when you're growing. that's when god can trust
  • 00:10:54.710 --> 00:10:56.011
  • That's when god can trust you with more influence,
  • 00:10:56.078 --> 00:10:57.446
  • You with more influence, more favor, more resources.
  • 00:10:57.513 --> 00:10:59.949
  • More favor, more resources. i still deal with being
  • 00:11:00.015 --> 00:11:01.283
  • I still deal with being impatient.
  • 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:02.485
  • Impatient. that old man has been
  • 00:11:02.551 --> 00:11:03.419
  • That old man has been trying to get back up for
  • 00:11:03.486 --> 00:11:04.353
  • Trying to get back up for thirty years.
  • 00:11:04.420 --> 00:11:05.755
  • Thirty years. i buried him, had a
  • 00:11:05.821 --> 00:11:07.056
  • I buried him, had a funeral, thought he was
  • 00:11:07.123 --> 00:11:08.357
  • Funeral, thought he was finished, but you've heard
  • 00:11:08.424 --> 00:11:09.692
  • Finished, but you've heard of the walking dead.
  • 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:10.760
  • Of the walking dead. sometimes he gets back up.
  • 00:11:10.826 --> 00:11:13.496
  • Sometimes he gets back up. here's what i've learned.
  • 00:11:13.562 --> 00:11:14.964
  • Here's what i've learned. anything you defeat quickly
  • 00:11:15.030 --> 00:11:17.199
  • Anything you defeat quickly is not your real enemy.
  • 00:11:17.266 --> 00:11:19.535
  • Is not your real enemy. what you overcome in a
  • 00:11:19.602 --> 00:11:20.603
  • What you overcome in a short time; you don't have
  • 00:11:20.669 --> 00:11:22.171
  • Short time; you don't have to be concerned with that.
  • 00:11:22.238 --> 00:11:24.106
  • To be concerned with that. your real enemy doesn't go
  • 00:11:24.173 --> 00:11:25.841
  • Your real enemy doesn't go away overnight.
  • 00:11:25.908 --> 00:11:27.843
  • Away overnight. i'm not tempted to be
  • 00:11:27.910 --> 00:11:28.844
  • I'm not tempted to be dishonest, curse, do drugs,
  • 00:11:28.911 --> 00:11:31.347
  • Dishonest, curse, do drugs, by the grace of god those
  • 00:11:31.413 --> 00:11:32.748
  • By the grace of god those things are not a struggle
  • 00:11:32.815 --> 00:11:33.716
  • Things are not a struggle for me.
  • 00:11:33.783 --> 00:11:34.683
  • For me. but being impatient is a
  • 00:11:34.750 --> 00:11:36.152
  • But being impatient is a different story.
  • 00:11:36.218 --> 00:11:37.920
  • Different story. david defeated goliath in a
  • 00:11:37.987 --> 00:11:39.655
  • David defeated goliath in a few minutes.
  • 00:11:39.722 --> 00:11:40.923
  • Few minutes. that wasn't his real enemy.
  • 00:11:40.990 --> 00:11:42.691
  • That wasn't his real enemy. king saul pestered david
  • 00:11:42.758 --> 00:11:44.426
  • King saul pestered david for years.
  • 00:11:44.493 --> 00:11:45.761
  • For years. threw spears at him in the
  • 00:11:45.828 --> 00:11:46.896
  • Threw spears at him in the palace, chased him through
  • 00:11:46.962 --> 00:11:48.330
  • Palace, chased him through the desert. god could have
  • 00:11:48.397 --> 00:11:50.499
  • The desert. god could have delivered david from saul
  • 00:11:50.566 --> 00:11:52.635
  • Delivered david from saul in a moment, like he did
  • 00:11:52.701 --> 00:11:53.836
  • In a moment, like he did with goliath.
  • 00:11:53.903 --> 00:11:55.070
  • With goliath. he could have taken care of
  • 00:11:55.137 --> 00:11:56.205
  • He could have taken care of him in an afternoon.
  • 00:11:56.272 --> 00:11:57.606
  • Him in an afternoon. no big deal.
  • 00:11:57.673 --> 00:11:59.241
  • No big deal. but some enemies god
  • 00:11:59.308 --> 00:12:00.843
  • But some enemies god doesn't remove, some
  • 00:12:00.910 --> 00:12:02.444
  • Doesn't remove, some temptations, some desires
  • 00:12:02.511 --> 00:12:04.446
  • Temptations, some desires may not go away.
  • 00:12:04.513 --> 00:12:06.282
  • May not go away. if god doesn't remove it,
  • 00:12:06.348 --> 00:12:08.117
  • If god doesn't remove it, that means the grace is
  • 00:12:08.184 --> 00:12:09.418
  • That means the grace is there to stand strong and
  • 00:12:09.485 --> 00:12:11.487
  • There to stand strong and deal with it.
  • 00:12:11.554 --> 00:12:12.855
  • Deal with it. god wouldn't have allowed
  • 00:12:12.922 --> 00:12:14.256
  • God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep
  • 00:12:14.323 --> 00:12:15.524
  • It if it was going to keep you from your destiny.
  • 00:12:15.591 --> 00:12:17.560
  • You from your destiny. ask him to help you.
  • 00:12:17.626 --> 00:12:19.528
  • Ask him to help you. ask for his strength.
  • 00:12:19.595 --> 00:12:21.363
  • Ask for his strength. when you admit your
  • 00:12:21.430 --> 00:12:22.198
  • When you admit your dependence on him, you
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  • Dependence on him, you humble yourself and say,
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  • Humble yourself and say, “god, i can't do this on my
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  • “god, i can't do this on my own.
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  • Own. i can't defeat this giant;
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  • I can't defeat this giant; it's not going away.” god
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  • It's not going away.” god will step in and help you
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  • Will step in and help you conquer what's holding you
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  • Conquer what's holding you back.
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  • Back. you have the power to keep
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  • You have the power to keep the old man down.
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  • The old man down. don't let him keep you from
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  • Don't let him keep you from your greatness.
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  • Your greatness. don't let the flesh stay on
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  • Don't let the flesh stay on the throne.
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  • The throne. the force in you is greater
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  • The force in you is greater than any force that's
  • 00:12:47.122 --> 00:12:48.057
  • Than any force that's trying to stop you.
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  • Trying to stop you. start putting on the new
  • 00:12:49.758 --> 00:12:50.726
  • Start putting on the new man.
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  • Man. “father, thank you that i
  • 00:12:51.627 --> 00:12:52.494
  • “father, thank you that i am strong, i am
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  • Am strong, i am disciplined, i am anointed,
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  • Disciplined, i am anointed, i am favored, that i make
  • 00:12:55.831 --> 00:12:57.499
  • I am favored, that i make decisions that honor you.”
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  • Decisions that honor you.” in 1 samuel 25, david and
  • 00:12:59.335 --> 00:13:02.738
  • In 1 samuel 25, david and his men had been out
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  • His men had been out protecting the property of
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  • Protecting the property of a man named nabal.
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  • A man named nabal. he was a wealthy man that
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  • He was a wealthy man that owned a lot of sheep.
  • 00:13:09.078 --> 00:13:10.012
  • Owned a lot of sheep. it was the time of year
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  • It was the time of year where they were shearing
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  • Where they were shearing the sheep, they had all
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  • The sheep, they had all this wool, a great harvest.
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  • This wool, a great harvest. they were having a big
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  • They were having a big celebration.
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  • Celebration. david sent a few men to ask
  • 00:13:17.786 --> 00:13:19.388
  • David sent a few men to ask nabal, since they had been
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  • Nabal, since they had been watching over his property
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  • Watching over his property if he would give them some
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  • If he would give them some food and water.
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  • Food and water. it seemed like nabal would
  • 00:13:24.493 --> 00:13:26.095
  • It seemed like nabal would be grateful, glad to do it,
  • 00:13:26.161 --> 00:13:28.330
  • Be grateful, glad to do it, but he was just the
  • 00:13:28.397 --> 00:13:29.164
  • But he was just the opposite.
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  • Opposite. he was very rude and
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  • He was very rude and disrespectful to david's
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  • Disrespectful to david's men.
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  • Men. commentaries say that nabal
  • 00:13:34.136 --> 00:13:35.604
  • Commentaries say that nabal was a harsh man, stubborn
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  • Was a harsh man, stubborn and hot tempered, that he
  • 00:13:37.706 --> 00:13:39.208
  • And hot tempered, that he spent most of his life
  • 00:13:39.275 --> 00:13:40.476
  • Spent most of his life drunk.
  • 00:13:40.542 --> 00:13:41.644
  • Drunk. he said to david's men, “i
  • 00:13:41.710 --> 00:13:43.078
  • He said to david's men, “i don't owe you anything.
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  • Don't owe you anything. i didn't ask you to protect
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  • I didn't ask you to protect me.
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  • Me. what are you doing on my
  • 00:13:46.548 --> 00:13:47.116
  • What are you doing on my property?” he sent them
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  • Property?” he sent them away empty handed.
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  • Away empty handed. when david heard how nabal
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  • When david heard how nabal insulted them, he was
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  • Insulted them, he was furious.
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  • Furious. he told his men to get
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  • He told his men to get their swords, they were
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  • Their swords, they were going to attack.
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  • Going to attack. nabal's wife, a young lady
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  • Nabal's wife, a young lady named abigail, was not only
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  • Named abigail, was not only beautiful but she was very
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  • Beautiful but she was very wise.
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  • Wise. she loaded up animals with
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  • She loaded up animals with food and water and headed
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  • Food and water and headed out toward david.
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  • Out toward david. they met on the road.
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  • They met on the road. abigail bowed down in
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  • Abigail bowed down in humility.
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  • Humility. she said, “david, my
  • 00:14:14.710 --> 00:14:16.078
  • She said, “david, my husband is a fool.
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  • Husband is a fool. i'm sorry for how he
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  • I'm sorry for how he treated you.
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  • Treated you. i brought you all these
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  • I brought you all these gifts for you and your
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  • Gifts for you and your men.” she calmed david down
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  • Men.” she calmed david down and kept him from wiping
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  • And kept him from wiping out her town.
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  • Out her town. david thanked her and
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  • David thanked her and turned around and went back
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  • Turned around and went back home.
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  • Home. ten days later, nabal had a
  • 00:14:30.592 --> 00:14:32.394
  • Ten days later, nabal had a stroke and died.
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  • Stroke and died. david sent word and asked
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  • David sent word and asked abigail to become his wife.
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  • Abigail to become his wife. now that the old man was
  • 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.935
  • Now that the old man was dead, she could meet the
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  • Dead, she could meet the new man.
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  • New man. nabal is symbolic of our
  • 00:14:43.839 --> 00:14:45.708
  • Nabal is symbolic of our old nature, hot tempered,
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  • Old nature, hot tempered, rude, ungrateful,
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  • Rude, ungrateful, addictions.
  • 00:14:49.945 --> 00:14:50.813
  • Addictions. the name nabal even means
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  • The name nabal even means fool.
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  • Fool. as long as the old man is
  • 00:14:53.615 --> 00:14:55.284
  • As long as the old man is alive, you'll never meet
  • 00:14:55.351 --> 00:14:56.952
  • Alive, you'll never meet the new man.
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  • The new man. i'm not talking about your
  • 00:14:58.354 --> 00:14:59.154
  • I'm not talking about your husband.
  • 00:14:59.221 --> 00:14:59.922
  • Husband. somebody thought they got a
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  • Somebody thought they got a word from the lord, i'm
  • 00:15:00.923 --> 00:15:02.658
  • Word from the lord, i'm talking about the old man
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  • Talking about the old man that lives in us.
  • 00:15:04.426 --> 00:15:05.961
  • That lives in us. the bitterness, the bad
  • 00:15:06.028 --> 00:15:07.596
  • The bitterness, the bad attitude, the compromise.
  • 00:15:07.663 --> 00:15:09.732
  • Attitude, the compromise. start starving the old man.
  • 00:15:09.798 --> 00:15:12.234
  • Start starving the old man. your destiny is too great,
  • 00:15:12.301 --> 00:15:14.269
  • Your destiny is too great, your assignment too
  • 00:15:14.336 --> 00:15:15.204
  • Your assignment too important to let the same
  • 00:15:15.270 --> 00:15:16.972
  • Important to let the same issues keep you from seeing
  • 00:15:17.039 --> 00:15:18.841
  • Issues keep you from seeing the new man.
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  • The new man. it's interesting that nabal
  • 00:15:20.776 --> 00:15:22.378
  • It's interesting that nabal died ten days after abigail
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  • Died ten days after abigail did the right thing.
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  • Did the right thing. there will be these times
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  • There will be these times when you dig down deep and
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  • When you dig down deep and do the right thing when
  • 00:15:29.952 --> 00:15:30.886
  • Do the right thing when it's hard, that you will
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  • It's hard, that you will come in to your tenth day.
  • 00:15:32.454 --> 00:15:34.723
  • Come in to your tenth day. something will suddenly
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  • Something will suddenly break, that addiction won't
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  • Break, that addiction won't have the power over you,
  • 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:39.561
  • Have the power over you, that bad attitude, that
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  • That bad attitude, that temper, it may not totally
  • 00:15:40.996 --> 00:15:42.364
  • Temper, it may not totally go away but it doesn't
  • 00:15:42.431 --> 00:15:43.766
  • Go away but it doesn't control you anymore.
  • 00:15:43.832 --> 00:15:46.001
  • Control you anymore. i wonder how much higher we
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  • I wonder how much higher we would go, how much more of
  • 00:15:47.636 --> 00:15:49.371
  • Would go, how much more of god's favor we would see if
  • 00:15:49.438 --> 00:15:51.173
  • God's favor we would see if we would start putting off
  • 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.574
  • We would start putting off the old man.
  • 00:15:52.641 --> 00:15:53.909
  • The old man. if we would start saying no
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  • If we would start saying no to the things that are
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  • To the things that are holding us back.
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  • Holding us back. sometimes a little thing is
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  • Sometimes a little thing is keeping us from big
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  • Keeping us from big blessings.
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  • Blessings. a little pride, a little
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  • A little pride, a little compromise.
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  • Compromise. “just this one friend i
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  • “just this one friend i party with.
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  • Party with. just this one temptation i
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  • Just this one temptation i give in to.
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  • Give in to. just this one person i
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  • Just this one person i won't forgive.” no, it's
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  • Won't forgive.” no, it's time to get rid of nabal.
  • 00:16:12.227 --> 00:16:14.530
  • Time to get rid of nabal. nobody likes him. nobody
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  • Nobody likes him. nobody wants to be around him. put
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  • Wants to be around him. put the old man down and put on
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  • The old man down and put on the new you.
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  • The new you. the free you, the blessed
  • 00:16:21.503 --> 00:16:23.038
  • The free you, the blessed you, the happy you, the
  • 00:16:23.105 --> 00:16:24.440
  • You, the happy you, the victorious you.
  • 00:16:24.506 --> 00:16:26.842
  • Victorious you. in the scripture, jacob was
  • 00:16:26.909 --> 00:16:28.477
  • In the scripture, jacob was known for being dishonest,
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  • Known for being dishonest, cheating people.
  • 00:16:30.446 --> 00:16:31.680
  • Cheating people. his name means trickster,
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  • His name means trickster, con man.
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  • Con man. he lived up to it.
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  • He lived up to it. he tricked his brother out
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  • He tricked his brother out of his birthright, went
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  • Of his birthright, went around deceiving people.
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  • Around deceiving people. after living this way for
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  • After living this way for years, he went to the brook
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  • Years, he went to the brook to be alone.
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  • To be alone. i'm sure he was reflecting
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  • I'm sure he was reflecting on his life.
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  • On his life. he had an encounter with
  • 00:16:47.229 --> 00:16:48.297
  • He had an encounter with god.
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  • God. he wrestled with the angel.
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  • He wrestled with the angel. it was there that god
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  • It was there that god changed his name from jacob
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  • Changed his name from jacob to israel.
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  • To israel. his new name means prince
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  • His new name means prince with god.
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  • With god. his old name meant deceiver.
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  • His old name meant deceiver. he spent the rest of his
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  • He spent the rest of his life dealing with these two
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  • Life dealing with these two names.
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  • Names. you would think the
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  • You would think the scripture would now refer
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  • Scripture would now refer to him only by his new
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  • To him only by his new name, israel.
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  • Name, israel. after all god changed his
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  • After all god changed his name.
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  • Name. it was a significant moment.
  • 00:17:12.754 --> 00:17:14.323
  • It was a significant moment. he had a new beginning.
  • 00:17:14.389 --> 00:17:16.125
  • He had a new beginning. but the scripture goes back
  • 00:17:16.191 --> 00:17:17.559
  • But the scripture goes back and forth between jacob and
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  • And forth between jacob and israel.
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  • Israel. one moment he's jacob, in
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  • One moment he's jacob, in the same passage, the next
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  • The same passage, the next moment he's israel.
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  • Moment he's israel. god was showing us that the
  • 00:17:26.068 --> 00:17:27.836
  • God was showing us that the old man, the carnal
  • 00:17:27.903 --> 00:17:29.605
  • Old man, the carnal desires, won't totally go
  • 00:17:29.671 --> 00:17:31.440
  • Desires, won't totally go away.
  • 00:17:31.507 --> 00:17:32.774
  • Away. the key to living in
  • 00:17:32.841 --> 00:17:33.809
  • The key to living in victory is to respond like
  • 00:17:33.876 --> 00:17:35.911
  • Victory is to respond like israel, not like jacob.
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  • Israel, not like jacob. there's a jacob in all of
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  • There's a jacob in all of us.
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  • Us. there are things that can
  • 00:17:40.983 --> 00:17:41.683
  • There are things that can hold us back.
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  • Hold us back. the good news is there's an
  • 00:17:43.118 --> 00:17:44.720
  • The good news is there's an israel is in all of us.
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  • Israel is in all of us. there's a prince in you,
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  • There's a prince in you, there's a holy, righteous,
  • 00:17:48.423 --> 00:17:50.325
  • There's a holy, righteous, favored, world changer in
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  • Favored, world changer in you.
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  • You. let me warn you, even
  • 00:17:53.562 --> 00:17:55.197
  • Let me warn you, even though israel is in there,
  • 00:17:55.264 --> 00:17:57.166
  • Though israel is in there, even though god has changed
  • 00:17:57.232 --> 00:17:58.400
  • Even though god has changed your name, jacob will try
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  • Your name, jacob will try to come out.
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  • To come out. those carnal desires may be
  • 00:18:01.270 --> 00:18:02.738
  • Those carnal desires may be dead, but people will do
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  • Dead, but people will do things that wake up the
  • 00:18:04.473 --> 00:18:05.841
  • Things that wake up the jacob in you.
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  • Jacob in you. you were driving to work,
  • 00:18:07.709 --> 00:18:09.111
  • You were driving to work, singing praises, enjoying
  • 00:18:09.178 --> 00:18:10.846
  • Singing praises, enjoying the day, israel was feeling
  • 00:18:10.913 --> 00:18:12.347
  • The day, israel was feeling good.
  • 00:18:12.414 --> 00:18:13.348
  • Good. then someone cut you off in
  • 00:18:13.415 --> 00:18:14.683
  • Then someone cut you off in traffic.
  • 00:18:14.750 --> 00:18:15.651
  • Traffic. out of nowhere jacob showed
  • 00:18:15.717 --> 00:18:17.085
  • Out of nowhere jacob showed up.
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  • Up. you quit praising and you
  • 00:18:18.320 --> 00:18:19.721
  • You quit praising and you started saying some other
  • 00:18:19.788 --> 00:18:20.756
  • Started saying some other things.
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  • Things. you think, “where did you
  • 00:18:22.191 --> 00:18:22.858
  • You think, “where did you come from?” jacob smiles
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  • Come from?” jacob smiles and says, “i'm in here too.
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  • And says, “i'm in here too. i may be dead, but i can be
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  • I may be dead, but i can be woken up.” jacob wants to
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  • Woken up.” jacob wants to complain, israel wants to
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  • Complain, israel wants to praise.
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  • Praise. who's going to win that war?
  • 00:18:33.735 --> 00:18:35.470
  • Who's going to win that war? jacob wants to hold a
  • 00:18:35.537 --> 00:18:36.605
  • Jacob wants to hold a grudge.
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  • Grudge. they hurt you, don't speak
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  • They hurt you, don't speak to them. israel wants to
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  • To them. israel wants to forgive, let it go, move
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  • Forgive, let it go, move forward in faith.
  • 00:18:42.644 --> 00:18:44.379
  • Forward in faith. jacob wants to argue, be
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  • Jacob wants to argue, be condescending, say hurtful
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  • Condescending, say hurtful things.
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  • Things. israel wants to be kind,
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  • Israel wants to be kind, overlook the offense, keep
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  • Overlook the offense, keep peace in the relationship.
  • 00:18:52.387 --> 00:18:54.656
  • Peace in the relationship. jacob wants another crispy
  • 00:18:54.723 --> 00:18:56.124
  • Jacob wants another crispy cream donut, with chocolate
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  • Cream donut, with chocolate icing, sprinkles on top.
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  • Icing, sprinkles on top. israel says, “no twelve was
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  • Israel says, “no twelve was enough” i'm asking you to
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  • Enough” i'm asking you to be the israel not the jacob.
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  • Be the israel not the jacob. they're both in us.
  • 00:19:07.336 --> 00:19:08.770
  • They're both in us. god changed your name, but
  • 00:19:08.837 --> 00:19:10.439
  • God changed your name, but he didn't get rid of jacob.
  • 00:19:10.505 --> 00:19:12.841
  • He didn't get rid of jacob. when jacob was about to
  • 00:19:12.908 --> 00:19:13.842
  • When jacob was about to pass, at the end of his
  • 00:19:13.909 --> 00:19:15.811
  • Pass, at the end of his life, genesis 48 says,
  • 00:19:15.877 --> 00:19:18.680
  • Life, genesis 48 says, “when jacob was told that
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  • “when jacob was told that his son joseph was there to
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  • His son joseph was there to see him, israel gathered up
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  • See him, israel gathered up his strength and sat up in
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  • His strength and sat up in the bed.” he started off as
  • 00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:28.523
  • The bed.” he started off as jacob, tired, weary,
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  • Jacob, tired, weary, thinking he was done, but
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  • Thinking he was done, but then something kicked in.
  • 00:19:32.294 --> 00:19:33.996
  • Then something kicked in. he thought, “my son is
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  • He thought, “my son is here, the one i thought was
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  • Here, the one i thought was dead, the one i waited for.
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  • Dead, the one i waited for. i'm not going to die yet.”
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  • I'm not going to die yet.” israel sat up.
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  • Israel sat up. the prince in him came back
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  • The prince in him came back to life.
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  • To life. when you wake up in the
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  • When you wake up in the morning you get to choose,
  • 00:19:46.642 --> 00:19:48.844
  • Morning you get to choose, “am i going to be jacob
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  • “am i going to be jacob today, am i going to
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  • Today, am i going to complain, i don't want to
  • 00:19:51.613 --> 00:19:52.881
  • Complain, i don't want to go to work.
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  • Go to work. i can't stand this traffic;
  • 00:19:53.582 --> 00:19:55.450
  • I can't stand this traffic; these people get on my
  • 00:19:55.517 --> 00:19:56.285
  • These people get on my nerves.” or are you going
  • 00:19:56.351 --> 00:19:57.853
  • Nerves.” or are you going to be israel.
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  • To be israel. “lord, thank you for
  • 00:19:59.187 --> 00:19:59.955
  • “lord, thank you for another day you have made.
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  • Another day you have made. i'm grateful to be alive.
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  • I'm grateful to be alive. thank you for the gift of
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  • Thank you for the gift of this day.” when things
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  • This day.” when things don't go your way, you have
  • 00:20:06.361 --> 00:20:07.963
  • Don't go your way, you have delays, disappointments,
  • 00:20:08.030 --> 00:20:10.098
  • Delays, disappointments, people that do you wrong,
  • 00:20:10.165 --> 00:20:11.600
  • People that do you wrong, are you going to be jacob?
  • 00:20:11.667 --> 00:20:13.435
  • Are you going to be jacob? get upset, offended, try to
  • 00:20:13.502 --> 00:20:16.004
  • Get upset, offended, try to pay them back or are you
  • 00:20:16.071 --> 00:20:18.006
  • Pay them back or are you going to be israel?
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  • Going to be israel? “father you're my
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  • “father you're my vindicator.
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  • Vindicator. you're on the throne, i'm
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  • You're on the throne, i'm going to stay in peace
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  • Going to stay in peace knowing that you are
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  • Knowing that you are fighting my battles.” with
  • 00:20:24.746 --> 00:20:26.682
  • Fighting my battles.” with your family, are you going
  • 00:20:26.748 --> 00:20:28.283
  • Your family, are you going to be jacob, critical,
  • 00:20:28.350 --> 00:20:30.085
  • To be jacob, critical, harsh, contentious, or are
  • 00:20:30.152 --> 00:20:32.321
  • Harsh, contentious, or are you going to be israel?
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  • You going to be israel? loving, kind, treating them
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  • Loving, kind, treating them with respect and honor.
  • 00:20:36.158 --> 00:20:38.226
  • With respect and honor. both people are in you, the
  • 00:20:38.293 --> 00:20:39.995
  • Both people are in you, the flesh and the spirit, the
  • 00:20:40.062 --> 00:20:42.164
  • Flesh and the spirit, the old man and the new man,
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  • Old man and the new man, jacob and israel.
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  • Jacob and israel. you'll go so much further
  • 00:20:46.068 --> 00:20:47.336
  • You'll go so much further in life if you'll start
  • 00:20:47.402 --> 00:20:48.770
  • In life if you'll start being israel.
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  • Being israel. keep the flesh off the
  • 00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:51.440
  • Keep the flesh off the throne.
  • 00:20:51.506 --> 00:20:52.374
  • Throne. don't let that old man get
  • 00:20:52.441 --> 00:20:53.675
  • Don't let that old man get back up, keep him buried.
  • 00:20:53.742 --> 00:20:56.244
  • Back up, keep him buried. i was at the drive through
  • 00:20:56.311 --> 00:20:57.245
  • I was at the drive through the other day, just minding
  • 00:20:57.312 --> 00:20:59.047
  • The other day, just minding my own business.
  • 00:20:59.114 --> 00:21:00.248
  • My own business. life was good.
  • 00:21:00.315 --> 00:21:01.249
  • Life was good. i had waited about ten
  • 00:21:01.316 --> 00:21:02.718
  • I had waited about ten minutes in line.
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  • Minutes in line. i pulled up to place my
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  • I pulled up to place my order on the microphone.
  • 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:06.888
  • Order on the microphone. the people were in the
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  • The people were in the building.
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  • Building. i rolled down my window and
  • 00:21:08.557 --> 00:21:09.991
  • I rolled down my window and the man was so upset.
  • 00:21:10.058 --> 00:21:11.760
  • The man was so upset. he said, “sir, there are
  • 00:21:11.827 --> 00:21:12.728
  • He said, “sir, there are other people waiting.
  • 00:21:12.794 --> 00:21:14.229
  • Other people waiting. if you don't place your
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  • If you don't place your order, you're going to have
  • 00:21:15.263 --> 00:21:16.164
  • Order, you're going to have to get out of line.” i had
  • 00:21:16.231 --> 00:21:18.200
  • To get out of line.” i had just pulled up.
  • 00:21:18.266 --> 00:21:19.368
  • Just pulled up. i had not been there for
  • 00:21:19.434 --> 00:21:20.202
  • I had not been there for two seconds.
  • 00:21:20.268 --> 00:21:21.370
  • Two seconds. out of nowhere jacob showed.
  • 00:21:21.436 --> 00:21:23.038
  • Out of nowhere jacob showed. i was so surprised.
  • 00:21:23.105 --> 00:21:25.907
  • I was so surprised. i said, “how'd you get here
  • 00:21:25.974 --> 00:21:26.842
  • I said, “how'd you get here so fast?” he said, “i live
  • 00:21:26.908 --> 00:21:28.110
  • So fast?” he said, “i live here, too.” he gave me some
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  • Here, too.” he gave me some great ideas what to tell
  • 00:21:31.113 --> 00:21:32.681
  • Great ideas what to tell this jerk, i mean this man.
  • 00:21:32.748 --> 00:21:33.949
  • This jerk, i mean this man. i said, “jacob, i thought
  • 00:21:34.015 --> 00:21:35.851
  • I said, “jacob, i thought you were dead.” he said, “i
  • 00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:37.352
  • You were dead.” he said, “i was, but i got back up for
  • 00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:38.720
  • Was, but i got back up for this one.” now, i had to
  • 00:21:38.787 --> 00:21:41.156
  • This one.” now, i had to make the choice was i going
  • 00:21:41.223 --> 00:21:43.091
  • Make the choice was i going to be israel, the pastor,
  • 00:21:43.158 --> 00:21:45.360
  • To be israel, the pastor, with a smile, or was i
  • 00:21:45.427 --> 00:21:47.295
  • With a smile, or was i going to be jacob and try
  • 00:21:47.362 --> 00:21:49.131
  • Going to be jacob and try to get even. i did what i'm
  • 00:21:49.197 --> 00:21:51.032
  • To get even. i did what i'm asking you to do.
  • 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.200
  • Asking you to do. i thought, “i'm going to be
  • 00:21:52.267 --> 00:21:52.968
  • I thought, “i'm going to be israel.” i said very
  • 00:21:53.034 --> 00:21:53.869
  • Israel.” i said very politely, “no problem, let
  • 00:21:53.935 --> 00:21:55.737
  • Politely, “no problem, let me give you my order.”
  • 00:21:55.804 --> 00:21:56.638
  • Me give you my order.” after i ordered i thanked
  • 00:21:56.705 --> 00:21:58.507
  • After i ordered i thanked him, said, “god bless you.
  • 00:21:58.573 --> 00:22:00.609
  • Him, said, “god bless you. have a great day, hope your
  • 00:22:00.675 --> 00:22:02.177
  • Have a great day, hope your children are fine, tell
  • 00:22:02.244 --> 00:22:03.278
  • Children are fine, tell your grandparents i said
  • 00:22:03.345 --> 00:22:04.212
  • Your grandparents i said hello.” when i pulled up,
  • 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:06.648
  • Hello.” when i pulled up, he had all of his workers
  • 00:22:06.715 --> 00:22:07.949
  • He had all of his workers gathered around, staring at
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:09.217
  • Gathered around, staring at me.
  • 00:22:09.284 --> 00:22:09.885
  • Me. he said, “i thought that
  • 00:22:09.951 --> 00:22:10.852
  • He said, “i thought that was you, pastor joel.” i
  • 00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:13.655
  • Was you, pastor joel.” i wanted to say, “yes this is
  • 00:22:13.722 --> 00:22:16.525
  • Wanted to say, “yes this is me, israel.”
  • 00:22:16.591 --> 00:22:19.494
  • Me, israel.” every day, you have to make
  • 00:22:19.561 --> 00:22:21.096
  • Every day, you have to make the choice, “am i jacob or
  • 00:22:21.163 --> 00:22:23.365
  • The choice, “am i jacob or am i israel?
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  • Am i israel? am i going to hold on to
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  • Am i going to hold on to this offense, or am i going
  • 00:22:25.901 --> 00:22:27.436
  • This offense, or am i going to let it go?
  • 00:22:27.502 --> 00:22:28.937
  • To let it go? am i going to hang out with
  • 00:22:29.004 --> 00:22:30.038
  • Am i going to hang out with these friends that cause me
  • 00:22:30.105 --> 00:22:31.373
  • These friends that cause me to compromise, or am i
  • 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:33.275
  • To compromise, or am i going to stay on the high
  • 00:22:33.341 --> 00:22:34.242
  • Going to stay on the high road and be a person of
  • 00:22:34.309 --> 00:22:35.677
  • Road and be a person of excellence?
  • 00:22:35.744 --> 00:22:36.978
  • Excellence? am i going to cut corners
  • 00:22:37.045 --> 00:22:38.280
  • Am i going to cut corners at work, or am i going to
  • 00:22:38.346 --> 00:22:39.915
  • At work, or am i going to have integrity and give it
  • 00:22:39.981 --> 00:22:41.483
  • Have integrity and give it my best?” i'm asking you to
  • 00:22:41.550 --> 00:22:44.286
  • My best?” i'm asking you to be an israel.
  • 00:22:44.352 --> 00:22:45.720
  • Be an israel. put off the old man.
  • 00:22:45.787 --> 00:22:47.255
  • Put off the old man. don't let the flesh dictate
  • 00:22:47.322 --> 00:22:48.790
  • Don't let the flesh dictate your life.
  • 00:22:48.857 --> 00:22:49.724
  • Your life. let the spirit rule.
  • 00:22:49.791 --> 00:22:51.493
  • Let the spirit rule. honor god with your
  • 00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.561
  • Honor god with your decisions.
  • 00:22:52.627 --> 00:22:53.695
  • Decisions. the choices you make don't
  • 00:22:53.762 --> 00:22:55.397
  • The choices you make don't just affect you, they
  • 00:22:55.464 --> 00:22:56.932
  • Just affect you, they affect your children and
  • 00:22:56.998 --> 00:22:58.567
  • Affect your children and even generations to come.
  • 00:22:58.633 --> 00:23:01.002
  • Even generations to come. jacob's brother esau sold
  • 00:23:01.069 --> 00:23:04.005
  • Jacob's brother esau sold his birthright for a pot of
  • 00:23:04.072 --> 00:23:06.241
  • His birthright for a pot of stew.
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  • Stew. he was so hungry, he let
  • 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:08.877
  • He was so hungry, he let his carnal desires dictate
  • 00:23:08.944 --> 00:23:10.979
  • His carnal desires dictate his decisions.
  • 00:23:11.046 --> 00:23:12.314
  • His decisions. he sold something
  • 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.248
  • He sold something incredibly valuable for a
  • 00:23:13.315 --> 00:23:15.083
  • Incredibly valuable for a bowl of stew.
  • 00:23:15.150 --> 00:23:16.685
  • Bowl of stew. he was the first-born son.
  • 00:23:16.751 --> 00:23:18.954
  • He was the first-born son. we should talk about the
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  • We should talk about the god of abraham, isaac and
  • 00:23:20.155 --> 00:23:21.723
  • God of abraham, isaac and esau, not jacob.
  • 00:23:21.790 --> 00:23:24.192
  • Esau, not jacob. but esau let his flesh take
  • 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:26.228
  • But esau let his flesh take the throne.
  • 00:23:26.294 --> 00:23:27.362
  • The throne. don't let that be you.
  • 00:23:27.429 --> 00:23:28.897
  • Don't let that be you. you can win the war within.
  • 00:23:28.964 --> 00:23:31.633
  • You can win the war within. god is calling you up
  • 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:33.001
  • God is calling you up higher.
  • 00:23:33.068 --> 00:23:34.236
  • Higher. whatever you know is
  • 00:23:34.302 --> 00:23:35.237
  • Whatever you know is holding you back, this is
  • 00:23:35.303 --> 00:23:36.938
  • Holding you back, this is the time to make a change.
  • 00:23:37.005 --> 00:23:39.007
  • The time to make a change. this is a moment of grace
  • 00:23:39.074 --> 00:23:40.842
  • This is a moment of grace to do what you couldn't do
  • 00:23:40.909 --> 00:23:42.377
  • To do what you couldn't do before.
  • 00:23:42.444 --> 00:23:43.712
  • Before. your decision can save your
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  • Your decision can save your marriage, it can take you
  • 00:23:45.413 --> 00:23:47.048
  • Marriage, it can take you to a new level in your
  • 00:23:47.115 --> 00:23:48.116
  • To a new level in your career, it can break
  • 00:23:48.183 --> 00:23:49.684
  • Career, it can break mediocrity and launch you
  • 00:23:49.751 --> 00:23:51.353
  • Mediocrity and launch you into abundance.
  • 00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.954
  • Into abundance. if you'll do this, i
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  • If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
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  • Believe and declare, like israel, you're going to
  • 00:23:56.458 --> 00:23:57.726
  • Israel, you're going to become the prince you were
  • 00:23:57.792 --> 00:23:59.127
  • Become the prince you were created to be.
  • 00:23:59.194 --> 00:24:00.495
  • Created to be. you're going to break bad
  • 00:24:00.562 --> 00:24:01.563
  • You're going to break bad habits, resist temptation,
  • 00:24:01.630 --> 00:24:03.598
  • Habits, resist temptation, and see the fullness of
  • 00:24:03.665 --> 00:24:05.467
  • And see the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
  • 00:24:05.534 --> 00:24:07.402
  • Your destiny, in jesus' name.
  • 00:24:07.469 --> 00:24:08.403
  • Name. if you receive it, can you
  • 00:24:08.470 --> 00:24:09.604
  • If you receive it, can you say amen?
  • 00:24:09.671 --> 00:24:10.639
  • Sometimes in life,
  • 00:24:11.573 --> 00:24:12.641
  • Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
  • 00:24:12.707 --> 00:24:14.342
  • People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
  • 00:24:14.409 --> 00:24:15.844
  • We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
  • 00:24:15.911 --> 00:24:17.679
  • And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
  • 00:24:17.746 --> 00:24:19.247
  • It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
  • 00:24:19.314 --> 00:24:21.249
  • Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
  • 00:24:21.316 --> 00:24:22.784
  • People may have left you out. the good news is
  • 00:24:22.851 --> 00:24:23.885
  • The good news is god has chosen you.
  • 00:24:23.952 --> 00:24:25.554
  • God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
  • 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:27.255
  • And in my new book, chosen:
  • 00:24:27.355 --> 00:24:29.124
  • And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
  • 00:24:29.190 --> 00:24:30.225
  • Your life is marked for distinction,
  • 00:24:30.292 --> 00:24:31.493
  • For distinction, you'll discover,
  • 00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.394
  • You'll discover, before you were born,
  • 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.995
  • Before you were born, god not only knew you,
  • 00:24:34.062 --> 00:24:35.397
  • God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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  • But he handpicked you and placed
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  • And placed a calling on your life.
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  • A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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  • You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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  • To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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  • When you understand that you're chosen,
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  • That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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  • Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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  • With the boldness to step into the greatness
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  • To step into the greatness god put in you.
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  • God put in you. i'd love to send you
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  • As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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  • In the scriptures, jesus encouraged us by saying,
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  • Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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  • "you didn't choose me. i chose you."
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  • I chose you." this powerful guide
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  • Will help you discover the abundant life
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  • You discover the abundant life you were designed to live.
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  • You were designed to live. as a child of god,
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  • As a child of god, you have a calling,
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  • You have a calling, a purpose,
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  • A purpose, a destiny still
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  • A destiny still to be fulfilled.
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  • To be fulfilled. when you request your copy,
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  • That will remind you that you've been chosen
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  • That you've been chosen by almighty god
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  • By almighty god every time you wear it.
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  • That god is moving on your behalf.
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  • On your behalf. your next days
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  • Your next days are going to be your best days.
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  • Are going to be your best days. you're not average.
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  • You're not ordinary. you've been chosen
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  • You've been chosen by almighty god.
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  • By almighty god. victoria and i want you to know
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  • Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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  • How much we love you. we pray for
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  • You and your family every day. and thanks so much
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  • For your prayer and support. your generosity
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  • Your generosity is helping people
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  • And a special thank you to our champion
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  • To our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • Becoming one. remember,
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  • Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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