Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Write Your Vision

August 29, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Write Your Vision | August 29, 2025

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today. i
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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Hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this elderly woman. she
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About this elderly woman. she came to church one sunday
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Came to church one sunday morning, a friendly usher met
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Morning, a friendly usher met her at the back door and
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Her at the back door and asked where she would like to
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Asked where she would like to sit. she said, “i want to sit
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Sit. she said, “i want to sit on the very front row.” he
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On the very front row.” he said, “oh, no ma'am. you
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Said, “oh, no ma'am. you don't want to sit there. our
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Don't want to sit there. our pastor is very boring. he'll
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Pastor is very boring. he'll put you to sleep. let me seat
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Put you to sleep. let me seat you somewhere else.” she
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You somewhere else.” she looked appalled. she said,
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Looked appalled. she said, “sir, do you know who i am?”
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“sir, do you know who i am?” he said, “no ma'am.” she
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He said, “no ma'am.” she said, “i am the pastor's
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Said, “i am the pastor's mother.” he hung his head in
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Mother.” he hung his head in embarrassment and shame. he
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Embarrassment and shame. he finally looked up and said,
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Finally looked up and said, “ma'am, do you know who i
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“ma'am, do you know who i am?” she said, “no.” he said,
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Am?” she said, “no.” he said, “thank god.” (laughter)
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“thank god.” (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about write your vision. we
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About write your vision. we all have dreams we want to
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All have dreams we want to accomplish, promises god has
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Accomplish, promises god has put in our hearts. we're
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Put in our hearts. we're praying, believing, standing
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Praying, believing, standing in faith, that's good. but
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In faith, that's good. but there's another important
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There's another important step. the scripture says in
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Step. the scripture says in habakkuk, “write the vision.
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Habakkuk, “write the vision. make it clear so it can be
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Make it clear so it can be read on the run.” one version
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Read on the run.” one version says, “write what you see.”
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Says, “write what you see.” when you close your eyes,
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When you close your eyes, what do you see? what has god
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What do you see? what has god whispered in your spirit?
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Whispered in your spirit? maybe it's to start a
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Maybe it's to start a business, to have a baby, to
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Business, to have a baby, to see your health turn around,
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See your health turn around, to move into that new
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To move into that new neighborhood, to be free from
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Neighborhood, to be free from that addiction. it's not
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That addiction. it's not enough to just think about
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Enough to just think about it, hope that it happens,
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It, hope that it happens, imagine it. when you write it
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Imagine it. when you write it down, you give it permission
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Down, you give it permission to come to pass. the
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To come to pass. the scripture says make it clear
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Scripture says make it clear so you can read it on the
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So you can read it on the run. that means you need to
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Run. that means you need to have it in front of you. all
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Have it in front of you. all through the day, you should
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Through the day, you should see it. put it up on your
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See it. put it up on your bathroom mirror, on your
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Bathroom mirror, on your phone, your computer at work,
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Phone, your computer at work, your refrigerator, in your
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Your refrigerator, in your bible.
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Bible. if you're dealing with an
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If you're dealing with an illness, you need to put up,
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Illness, you need to put up, “i am healthy and whole. i am
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“i am healthy and whole. i am strong and energetic.” put
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Strong and energetic.” put scriptures to back it up.
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Scriptures to back it up. “god is restoring health unto
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“god is restoring health unto me. the number of my days he
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Me. the number of my days he will fulfill.” if you're
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Will fulfill.” if you're believing to pay your house
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Believing to pay your house off. you need to see, “i am
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Off. you need to see, “i am debt free. i have abundance.
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Debt free. i have abundance. i am blessed so i can be a
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I am blessed so i can be a blessing.” put scriptures
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Blessing.” put scriptures underneath it. “because i
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Underneath it. “because i honor god, i will lend and
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Honor god, i will lend and not borrow. what i touch
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Not borrow. what i touch prospers and succeeds. my cup
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Prospers and succeeds. my cup runs over.” every time you
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Runs over.” every time you walk by and see it, it's
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Walk by and see it, it's going to inspire you to keep
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Going to inspire you to keep believing. as you see it
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Believing. as you see it again and again, you're
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Again and again, you're drawing it closer and closer.
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Drawing it closer and closer. every service here at
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Every service here at lakewood, you know how we
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Lakewood, you know how we make these declarations of
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Make these declarations of faith. you see them on the
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Faith. you see them on the screens. i'm blessed, i'm
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Screens. i'm blessed, i'm strong, i'm healthy, i'm
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Strong, i'm healthy, i'm valuable. we've written down
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Valuable. we've written down what god says about us. we
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What god says about us. we keep it in front of us. we
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Keep it in front of us. we read it. we declare it. it's
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Read it. we declare it. it's getting down on the inside.
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Getting down on the inside. that's writing the vision.
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That's writing the vision. those are generic things that
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Those are generic things that belong to all of us, but god
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Belong to all of us, but god has spoken specific things to
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Has spoken specific things to you that you need to write
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You that you need to write down. maybe a child is off
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Down. maybe a child is off course. it's good to pray,
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Course. it's good to pray, it's good to believe but you
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It's good to believe but you need to write down. “my
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Need to write down. “my child, put his name in there,
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Child, put his name in there, john is making great
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John is making great decisions. he's a leader.
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Decisions. he's a leader. he's honoring god.” put the
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He's honoring god.” put the scriptures underneath. “as
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Scriptures underneath. “as for me and my house we will
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For me and my house we will serve the lord. my children
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Serve the lord. my children are mighty in the land. my
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Are mighty in the land. my seed is blessed.” every time
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Seed is blessed.” every time you see it throughout the
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You see it throughout the day, let it be a reminder to
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Day, let it be a reminder to thank god that it's on the
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Thank god that it's on the way.
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Way. i met a lady after the
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I met a lady after the service in the visitor's
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Service in the visitor's reception. she handed me her
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Reception. she handed me her business card. it was this
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Business card. it was this financial company. it had her
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Financial company. it had her name on it, underneath it
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Name on it, underneath it said, president and owner.
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Said, president and owner. she told me something
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She told me something interesting. she had that
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Interesting. she had that card made four years before
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Card made four years before she ever started her
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She ever started her business. god put that dream
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Business. god put that dream in her heart while she was
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In her heart while she was working for another company.
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Working for another company. she wasn't even in
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She wasn't even in management. she didn't have
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Management. she didn't have any backing. in the natural,
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Any backing. in the natural, there was no way she could
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There was no way she could start her own business. but
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Start her own business. but she took this step of faith
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She took this step of faith and had the card printed. she
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And had the card printed. she couldn't even hand it out,
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Couldn't even hand it out, because the company didn't
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Because the company didn't exist, but she kept it in her
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Exist, but she kept it in her wallet, on her shelf in the
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Wallet, on her shelf in the closet, in her bathroom, the
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Closet, in her bathroom, the kitchen, the computer, in her
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Kitchen, the computer, in her car. everywhere she looked,
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Car. everywhere she looked, she saw that card. one day
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She saw that card. one day god caused things to fall
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God caused things to fall into place. doors opened she
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Into place. doors opened she couldn't open, the right
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Couldn't open, the right people showed up, clients
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People showed up, clients came to her, this landlord
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Came to her, this landlord offered her space in his
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Offered her space in his building. today she has over
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Building. today she has over three hundred employees, very
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Three hundred employees, very successful. she smiled and
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Successful. she smiled and said, “joel, now i can hand
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Said, “joel, now i can hand out my card. it's no longer a
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Out my card. it's no longer a vision. it's a reality.” i
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Vision. it's a reality.” i wonder if she would have that
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Wonder if she would have that business, would she be seeing
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Business, would she be seeing god's blessing and favor, if
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God's blessing and favor, if she had just hoped for it, if
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She had just hoped for it, if she'd just thought that would
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She'd just thought that would be nice to have a business.
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Be nice to have a business. she took this step to write
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She took this step to write the vision. when god births a
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The vision. when god births a dream in your spirit, don't
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Dream in your spirit, don't dismiss it. when he speaks
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Dismiss it. when he speaks something that ignites your
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Something that ignites your faith, that you get excited
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Faith, that you get excited about don't take it lightly,
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About don't take it lightly, “that would be great.” let it
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“that would be great.” let it be a passing thought. write
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Be a passing thought. write that vision down. get in
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That vision down. get in agreement with god. you need
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Agreement with god. you need to see it again and again so
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To see it again and again so it will take root.
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It will take root. “joel there are a lot of
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“joel there are a lot of things in the past i didn't
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Things in the past i didn't write down. i think i missed
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Write down. i think i missed my chance.” no, god's about
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My chance.” no, god's about to give you fresh vision.
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To give you fresh vision. he's about to speak things to
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He's about to speak things to your spirit that you've never
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Your spirit that you've never heard. you'll be tempted to
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Heard. you'll be tempted to dismiss it, think, “that
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Dismiss it, think, “that couldn't be for me. no one in
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Couldn't be for me. no one in my family has done that.”
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My family has done that.” it's going to be far out.
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It's going to be far out. it's going to seem unlikely.
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It's going to seem unlikely. this time, write it down.
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This time, write it down. keep it in front of you.
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Keep it in front of you. several times a day, thank
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Several times a day, thank god that it's coming. make
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God that it's coming. make plans like it's going to
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Plans like it's going to happen. the scripture talks
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Happen. the scripture talks about the secret petitions
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About the secret petitions god puts in your heart. those
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God puts in your heart. those are things that seem so big,
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Are things that seem so big, so rewarding. it doesn't seem
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So rewarding. it doesn't seem possible. write that vision.
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Possible. write that vision. god's going to do things that
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God's going to do things that make your head spin, things
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Make your head spin, things you could have never imagined
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You could have never imagined would have happened. he's
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Would have happened. he's getting you prepared right
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Getting you prepared right now. when he speaks, what he
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Now. when he speaks, what he shows you in the night, that
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Shows you in the night, that idea he drops in your spirit,
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Idea he drops in your spirit, don't dismiss it. the
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Don't dismiss it. the scripture talks about having
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Scripture talks about having a pen like a ready writer.
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A pen like a ready writer. that should be our attitude.
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That should be our attitude. “god, when you show me, i'm
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“god, when you show me, i'm ready, i'm standing by. i'm
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Ready, i'm standing by. i'm going to write the vision.”
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Going to write the vision.” are you missing blessings,
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Are you missing blessings, favor, healing, breakthroughs
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Favor, healing, breakthroughs because your pen is not
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Because your pen is not ready? you're thinking about
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Ready? you're thinking about it, imagining it, maybe it
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It, imagining it, maybe it will happen. no, start
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Will happen. no, start writing it down. here's a
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Writing it down. here's a good one: “i'm going to have
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Good one: “i'm going to have an abundant year, a bountiful
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An abundant year, a bountiful year, a flourishing year.” as
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Year, a flourishing year.” as you see that over and over,
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You see that over and over, that's what's fueling your
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That's what's fueling your faith.
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Faith. i found god will always put
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I found god will always put bigger things in your spirit
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Bigger things in your spirit than you can accomplish on
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Than you can accomplish on your own. one way you know
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Your own. one way you know the vision is from god is you
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The vision is from god is you don't have the resources. you
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Don't have the resources. you don't have the training, the
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Don't have the training, the odds are against you, the
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Odds are against you, the experts say there's no way.
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Experts say there's no way. that's a god sized dream. if
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That's a god sized dream. if you can do it on your own,
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You can do it on your own, you don't necessarily need
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You don't necessarily need god's help. it's supposed to
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God's help. it's supposed to be over your head. it's
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Be over your head. it's supposed to feel impossible.
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Supposed to feel impossible. don't make the mistake of
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Don't make the mistake of dismissing it. write it down.
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Dismissing it. write it down. that's god getting you
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That's god getting you prepared for something you've
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Prepared for something you've never seen.
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Never seen. when i heard that the compaq
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When i heard that the compaq center was coming available,
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Center was coming available, that was far more than i
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That was far more than i could ever imagine. the
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Could ever imagine. the houston rockets had won two
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Houston rockets had won two world championships here.
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World championships here. practically every major
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Practically every major entertainer had played
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Entertainer had played concerts here, elvis, michael
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Concerts here, elvis, michael jackson, the rolling stones.
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Jackson, the rolling stones. two million houstonians a
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Two million houstonians a year came into this building,
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Year came into this building, the premier facility in our
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The premier facility in our city. in my mind, i thought,
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City. in my mind, i thought, “there's no way we can get
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“there's no way we can get it. that's too good to be
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It. that's too good to be true.” i had to do what i'm
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True.” i had to do what i'm asking you to do; make the
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Asking you to do; make the decision, was i going to
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Decision, was i going to water down that dream, think
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Water down that dream, think of all the reasons i couldn't
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Of all the reasons i couldn't do it, talk myself out of it?
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Do it, talk myself out of it? or was i going to do like god
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Or was i going to do like god said and write the vision?
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Said and write the vision? one of the first things i did
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One of the first things i did is i had our team get a
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Is i had our team get a picture of the compaq center,
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Picture of the compaq center, the exterior, but i had them
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The exterior, but i had them take off the compaq center
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Take off the compaq center name and instead put lakewood
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Name and instead put lakewood church there. i had them take
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Church there. i had them take off the compaq center logo
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Off the compaq center logo and replace it with our logo.
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And replace it with our logo. i made about a dozen of those
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I made about a dozen of those pictures and i put them in
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Pictures and i put them in our house. on my desk, as i
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Our house. on my desk, as i was writing my sermon each
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Was writing my sermon each week, there was the building
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Week, there was the building with our name on it. in my
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With our name on it. in my closet, where i got dressed,
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Closet, where i got dressed, in my bathroom, in the
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In my bathroom, in the kitchen. every time i saw
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Kitchen. every time i saw that building, under my
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That building, under my breath, “lord, thank you that
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Breath, “lord, thank you that it's ours. thank you that
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It's ours. thank you that you're making ways where we
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You're making ways where we don't see a way.”
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Don't see a way.” for two and a half years, we
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For two and a half years, we were trying to convince the
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Were trying to convince the city council members to vote
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City council members to vote for us and going through a
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For us and going through a legal battle with a company
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Legal battle with a company much bigger than us. there
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Much bigger than us. there were plenty of times i was
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Were plenty of times i was tempted to get discouraged,
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Tempted to get discouraged, didn't seem like it was going
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Didn't seem like it was going to work out, but i'd go back
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To work out, but i'd go back and look at that picture,
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And look at that picture, that fueled my faith. “lord,
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That fueled my faith. “lord, i know what you started you
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I know what you started you will finish. i know nothing
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Will finish. i know nothing can stand against you.” god
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Can stand against you.” god knew we would be tempted to
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Knew we would be tempted to be talked out of it. that's
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Be talked out of it. that's why he said write the vision
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Why he said write the vision and keep it in front of you.
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And keep it in front of you. every time you see it, it's
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Every time you see it, it's fueling your faith, it's
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Fueling your faith, it's helping you to stand strong
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Helping you to stand strong and believe.
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And believe. now twenty years later, that
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Now twenty years later, that picture i had with the
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Picture i had with the lakewood name photoshopped on
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Lakewood name photoshopped on it, i don't need it anymore.
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It, i don't need it anymore. i have the real picture. god
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I have the real picture. god is faithful. many of you have
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Is faithful. many of you have done this. you've written
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Done this. you've written your vision. you've kept it
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Your vision. you've kept it in front of you. the
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In front of you. the scripture goes on to say,
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Scripture goes on to say, “though the vision tarries,
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“though the vision tarries, wait on it. for it is for an
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Wait on it. for it is for an appointed time and it will
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Appointed time and it will not be late.” like god did
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Not be late.” like god did for us, you're going to come
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For us, you're going to come into an appointed time.
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Into an appointed time. you're going to see god bring
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You're going to see god bring dreams to pass, turn that
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Dreams to pass, turn that medical situation around, get
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Medical situation around, get that child back on course,
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That child back on course, catapult you to a new level.
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Catapult you to a new level. the vision may be tarrying,
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The vision may be tarrying, but wait in faith, wait with
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But wait in faith, wait with expectancy, knowing that god
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Expectancy, knowing that god is working. keep thanking him
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Is working. keep thanking him that it's on the way. keep
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That it's on the way. keep talking like it's going to
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Talking like it's going to happen. you are closer than
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Happen. you are closer than you think. you're on the
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You think. you're on the verge of seeing something
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Verge of seeing something you've never seen.
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You've never seen. when god told habakkuk to
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When god told habakkuk to write the vision, the
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Write the vision, the israelites were being
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Israelites were being persecuted by the
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Persecuted by the babylonians. the israelites
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Babylonians. the israelites had made poor choices that
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Had made poor choices that opened the door to these
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Opened the door to these enemies. the whole first
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Enemies. the whole first chapter, habakkuk was
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Chapter, habakkuk was complaining and telling god
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Complaining and telling god how bad it was. “why are you
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How bad it was. “why are you going to let them wipe us
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Going to let them wipe us out, god? aren't you going to
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Out, god? aren't you going to have mercy and help us?” on
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Have mercy and help us?” on and on, telling all of his
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And on, telling all of his woes. god answered him back
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Woes. god answered him back by saying in effect,
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By saying in effect, “habakkuk if you want to see
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“habakkuk if you want to see change, there's something you
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Change, there's something you have to do. it's not just up
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Have to do. it's not just up to me. you have to write the
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To me. you have to write the vision that i've given you so
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Vision that i've given you so everyone can see it.” some
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Everyone can see it.” some scholars say that vision
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Scholars say that vision refers back to what god
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Refers back to what god promised the israelites
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Promised the israelites though moses in deuteronomy
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Though moses in deuteronomy 28. god told them, if you'll
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28. god told them, if you'll obey my commands, you will be
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Obey my commands, you will be blessed in the city and
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Blessed in the city and blessed in the country. the
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Blessed in the country. the fruit of your womb will be
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Fruit of your womb will be blessed. your storehouses
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Blessed. your storehouses will overflow with an
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Will overflow with an abundance of good. when the
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Abundance of good. when the enemy comes against you one
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Enemy comes against you one way, god will defeat them and
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Way, god will defeat them and cause them to flee seven
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Cause them to flee seven ways.” all these promises god
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Ways.” all these promises god had spoken to them. god was
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Had spoken to them. god was saying, “habakkuk don't write
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Saying, “habakkuk don't write your complaints. don't write
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Your complaints. don't write how bad it is. write who i
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How bad it is. write who i say you are. write what i say
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Say you are. write what i say you can do. write what i've
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You can do. write what i've declared over your life.”
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Declared over your life.” habakkuk changed his
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Habakkuk changed his perspective. instead of
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Perspective. instead of writing about the problem, he
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Writing about the problem, he started writing about the
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Started writing about the promises. the next chapter he
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Promises. the next chapter he had a new attitude. he said,
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Had a new attitude. he said, “though the fig tree does not
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“though the fig tree does not blossom and there be no fruit
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Blossom and there be no fruit on the vine. yet will i
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On the vine. yet will i rejoice in the lord, and joy
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Rejoice in the lord, and joy in the god of my salvation.”
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In the god of my salvation.” he was saying, “yes, things
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He was saying, “yes, things have come against me, but i
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Have come against me, but i have a new vision. god's
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Have a new vision. god's going to deliver us. he's our
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Going to deliver us. he's our way maker, he's our promise
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Way maker, he's our promise keeper. breakthroughs are
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Keeper. breakthroughs are headed my way.”
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Headed my way.” are you writing the right
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Are you writing the right things down? it's easy to
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Things down? it's easy to write complaints, what didn't
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Write complaints, what didn't work out, who hurt us. that's
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Work out, who hurt us. that's going to limit you. the
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Going to limit you. the scripture says, “where there
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Scripture says, “where there is no vision, the people
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Is no vision, the people perish.” if you're lacking
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Perish.” if you're lacking vision, if you think you've
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Vision, if you think you've reached your limits, you're
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Reached your limits, you're focused on what you can't do,
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Focused on what you can't do, how big the obstacles are,
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How big the obstacles are, that wrong vision is going to
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That wrong vision is going to limit you. what would happen
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Limit you. what would happen if you would do like habakkuk
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If you would do like habakkuk and start writing some new
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And start writing some new things? write what god says
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Things? write what god says about you. you may have some
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About you. you may have some difficulties. god said, “many
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Difficulties. god said, “many are the afflictions of the
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Are the afflictions of the righteous, but the lord
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Righteous, but the lord delivers us out of them all.”
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Delivers us out of them all.” write that vision. “i'm
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Write that vision. “i'm coming out. this too shall
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Coming out. this too shall pass. i'm healthy. i'm
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Pass. i'm healthy. i'm strong. good breaks are
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Strong. good breaks are chasing me down. i will have
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Chasing me down. i will have a bountiful, productive,
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A bountiful, productive, favor filled year.” keep that
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Favor filled year.” keep that in front of you. that's what
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In front of you. that's what you're giving permission to
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You're giving permission to come to pass.
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Come to pass. i've heard it said, if your
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I've heard it said, if your vision is small, if it's
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Vision is small, if it's limited, god will reduce his
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Limited, god will reduce his plan to fit your vision. what
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Plan to fit your vision. what if the vision you're writing
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If the vision you're writing is what god is going to do?
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Is what god is going to do? are you writing any big
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Are you writing any big things? do you have any god
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Things? do you have any god sized dreams? i don't think
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Sized dreams? i don't think we would have the compaq
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We would have the compaq center, if i had not let that
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Center, if i had not let that seed take root. if i had not
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Seed take root. if i had not made that picture and kept
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Made that picture and kept that vision in front of me, i
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That vision in front of me, i would have talked myself out
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Would have talked myself out of it. “well, i don't know
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Of it. “well, i don't know joel. god's god. he's going
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Joel. god's god. he's going to do whatever he wants to
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To do whatever he wants to do.” yes, god has a sovereign
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Do.” yes, god has a sovereign will where he will override
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Will where he will override what we want to do and bring
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What we want to do and bring about his plan. but he also
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About his plan. but he also has a conditional will that's
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Has a conditional will that's based on what we choose.
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Based on what we choose. think about the twelve men
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Think about the twelve men that moses sent to spy out
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That moses sent to spy out the promised land. god had
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The promised land. god had already promised them that
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Already promised them that the land was theirs, that he
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The land was theirs, that he would help them defeat the
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Would help them defeat the opposition. they would live
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Opposition. they would live in houses that they didn't
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In houses that they didn't build and reap from vineyards
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Build and reap from vineyards they didn't plant. but ten
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They didn't plant. but ten spies came back and said, “we
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Spies came back and said, “we don't have a chance. the
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Don't have a chance. the people are huge. there are
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People are huge. there are giants in the land. we'll
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Giants in the land. we'll never defeat them.” notice
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Never defeat them.” notice what they wrote, “can't do
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What they wrote, “can't do it, not able, never going to
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It, not able, never going to happen.” that negative report
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Happen.” that negative report spread throughout the two
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Spread throughout the two million people. before long,
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Million people. before long, they were all discouraged,
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They were all discouraged, complaining, saying, “let's
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Complaining, saying, “let's go back to egypt.” god
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Go back to egypt.” god promised them the land, but
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Promised them the land, but they never did go in. what
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They never did go in. what happened? god reduced his
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Happened? god reduced his plan to fit their vision.
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Plan to fit their vision. this should inspire us to get
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This should inspire us to get in agreement with god. don't
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In agreement with god. don't let the wrong vision take
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Let the wrong vision take root. keep in front of you,
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Root. keep in front of you, what he's promised. there
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What he's promised. there should be some things that
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Should be some things that you can't accomplish on your
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You can't accomplish on your own, where there are giants
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Own, where there are giants on your land, people that are
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On your land, people that are not for you. you don't have
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Not for you. you don't have the experience. you need the
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The experience. you need the favor of god. that's how
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Favor of god. that's how you're going to see the
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You're going to see the fullness of your destiny.
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Fullness of your destiny. maybe today, you need to
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Maybe today, you need to enlarge your vision. you're
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Enlarge your vision. you're stuck in neutral, not
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Stuck in neutral, not stretching, living with
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Stretching, living with things that are limiting you.
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Things that are limiting you. get quiet and listen to what
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Get quiet and listen to what god is saying to you. you may
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God is saying to you. you may have missed some
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Have missed some opportunities in the past,
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Opportunities in the past, the good news is, god is
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The good news is, god is going to give you another
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Going to give you another chance. you can still go into
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Chance. you can still go into your promised land. you can
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Your promised land. you can still get your compaq center.
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Still get your compaq center. you can still meet someone
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You can still meet someone awesome, still write that
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Awesome, still write that book, still lose that weight,
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Book, still lose that weight, still move into that nicer
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Still move into that nicer house. write that vision.
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House. write that vision. keep it in front of you.
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Keep it in front of you. my sister lisa and
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My sister lisa and brother-in-law kevin tried
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Brother-in-law kevin tried for many years to have a baby
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For many years to have a baby with no success. lisa took
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With no success. lisa took all the fertility treatments,
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All the fertility treatments, she had a couple surgeries;
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She had a couple surgeries; still nothing. finally, the
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Still nothing. finally, the doctors told them that they
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Doctors told them that they couldn't have children. that
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Couldn't have children. that was one report, but they had
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Was one report, but they had another report. they found in
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Another report. they found in the scripture all these
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The scripture all these promises about children. they
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Promises about children. they put them up. “the fruit of
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Put them up. “the fruit of our womb is blessed. children
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Our womb is blessed. children are a gift from god.” it says
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Are a gift from god.” it says in psalms, “you will make the
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In psalms, “you will make the barren woman a happy mother
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Barren woman a happy mother of children.” one day kevin
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Of children.” one day kevin received a package in the
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Received a package in the mail. he opened it up and
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Mail. he opened it up and there were two diapers in it.
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There were two diapers in it. it was a promotional piece
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It was a promotional piece this company was doing. he
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This company was doing. he didn't have any need for
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Didn't have any need for diapers, but kevin took it as
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Diapers, but kevin took it as a sign from god. instead of
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A sign from god. instead of throwing them away, he went
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Throwing them away, he went to lisa and said, “look, here
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To lisa and said, “look, here are two diapers we can use
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Are two diapers we can use for our baby.” he wrote the
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For our baby.” he wrote the date on them and kept them on
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Date on them and kept them on his desk at home. for months,
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His desk at home. for months, and even years they would see
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And even years they would see those diapers and thank god
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Those diapers and thank god that their baby was coming.
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That their baby was coming. one day out of the blue, a
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One day out of the blue, a friend of ours named nancy
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Friend of ours named nancy that runs mercy ministries;
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That runs mercy ministries; it's a ministry to help
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It's a ministry to help teenage girls that are in
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Teenage girls that are in crises. she called
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Crises. she called unexpectedly and said, “lisa
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Unexpectedly and said, “lisa i know we haven't talked
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I know we haven't talked about this, but we have a
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About this, but we have a young woman that's about to
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Young woman that's about to give birth to twins, i was
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Give birth to twins, i was wondering if you and kevin
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Wondering if you and kevin would be interested in
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Would be interested in adopting them.” what nancy
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Adopting them.” what nancy didn't know was that kevin is
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Didn't know was that kevin is a twin. his dream was always
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A twin. his dream was always to have twins. you think
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To have twins. you think about how god sent them two
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About how god sent them two diapers in the mail. could
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Diapers in the mail. could have been just one. but
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Have been just one. but here's what i've learned,
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Here's what i've learned, when you stretch, when you
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When you stretch, when you believe, instead of reducing
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Believe, instead of reducing your vision, god will exceed
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Your vision, god will exceed your vision. he'll do more
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Your vision. he'll do more than you saw coming. they
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Than you saw coming. they adopted those babies at
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Adopted those babies at birth. today those twins are
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Birth. today those twins are beautiful girls in their
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Beautiful girls in their twenties; my nieces. god will
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Twenties; my nieces. god will do amazing things if you'll
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Do amazing things if you'll simply write the vision.
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Simply write the vision. ten of those spies had their
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Ten of those spies had their destinies reduced because of
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Destinies reduced because of a lack of vision, but there
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A lack of vision, but there were two other spies, joshua
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Were two other spies, joshua and caleb. they came back
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And caleb. they came back after seeing the same giants,
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After seeing the same giants, the same people, same land.
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The same people, same land. but they said, “moses we are
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But they said, “moses we are well able. yes, the people
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Well able. yes, the people are big, but we know our god
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Are big, but we know our god is bigger. let us go in at
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Is bigger. let us go in at once.” they had a different
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Once.” they had a different vision. they were bold enough
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Vision. they were bold enough to write what god promised.
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To write what god promised. “well able, victorious, this
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“well able, victorious, this is our land.” out of those
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Is our land.” out of those two million people, they were
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Two million people, they were the only ones that went into
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The only ones that went into the promised land. you may
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The promised land. you may have friends, family,
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Have friends, family, coworkers that complain, see
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Coworkers that complain, see the problem, talk about how
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The problem, talk about how big the giants are, the
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Big the giants are, the economy, the traffic, the
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Economy, the traffic, the boss, the bad breaks. you
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Boss, the bad breaks. you can't stop them from writing
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Can't stop them from writing whatever they want, but don't
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Whatever they want, but don't let them talk you out of
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Let them talk you out of writing what god put in your
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Writing what god put in your heart. if you're going to
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Heart. if you're going to reach the fullness of your
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Reach the fullness of your destiny, sometimes you have
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Destiny, sometimes you have to do it alone. everyone
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To do it alone. everyone can't see what you see. they
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Can't see what you see. they can't hear what you hear.
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Can't hear what you hear. they may try to discourage
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They may try to discourage you, convince you that you
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You, convince you that you can't go in. there are some
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Can't go in. there are some things you need to keep to
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Things you need to keep to yourself. don't tell them
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Yourself. don't tell them what's in your heart. just
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What's in your heart. just keep it between you and god.
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Keep it between you and god. all through the day, keep
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All through the day, keep seeing it, keep declaring it,
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Seeing it, keep declaring it, keep thanking god that it's
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Keep thanking god that it's on the way. and you're going
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On the way. and you're going to come into your appointed
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To come into your appointed time. because you dared to
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Time. because you dared to believe, because you
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Believe, because you stretched, you took steps of
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Stretched, you took steps of faith, instead of reducing
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Faith, instead of reducing your vision, like the ten
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Your vision, like the ten spies, god's going to enlarge
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Spies, god's going to enlarge your vision. he's going to
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Your vision. he's going to exceed your expectations.
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Exceed your expectations. my father was raised in a
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My father was raised in a very poor family. they were
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Very poor family. they were farmers. they lost everything
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Farmers. they lost everything during the great depression.
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During the great depression. he had to drop out of high
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He had to drop out of high school to help on the farm.
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School to help on the farm. it didn't look like he had
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It didn't look like he had any kind of future to speak
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Any kind of future to speak of, but at seventeen years
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Of, but at seventeen years old he gave his life to
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Old he gave his life to christ. the first one in the
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Christ. the first one in the family. they knew nothing
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Family. they knew nothing about god. he didn't have any
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About god. he didn't have any kind of faith background, but
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Kind of faith background, but he felt god calling him to
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He felt god calling him to become a minister. god put a
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Become a minister. god put a dream in his heart, that one
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Dream in his heart, that one day he would pastor a church
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Day he would pastor a church with thousands of people.
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With thousands of people. that didn't make sense. he
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That didn't make sense. he didn't have the training, the
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Didn't have the training, the experience, but he was bold
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Experience, but he was bold enough to let that dream take
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Enough to let that dream take root. he wrote it in his
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Root. he wrote it in his bible with the date that he
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Bible with the date that he gave his life to christ. back
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Gave his life to christ. back in the 1930's, there were no
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In the 1930's, there were no churches with thousands. but
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Churches with thousands. but god will put things in your
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God will put things in your spirit that defy the odds. my
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Spirit that defy the odds. my father left the farm at 17.
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Father left the farm at 17. he had to hitchhike. he went
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He had to hitchhike. he went out and started ministering,
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Out and started ministering, in prisons, seniors home. god
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In prisons, seniors home. god began to open doors.
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Began to open doors. in 1959, he and my mother
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In 1959, he and my mother started lakewood, in an
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Started lakewood, in an abandoned feed store, with
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Abandoned feed store, with just ninety people. a few
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Just ninety people. a few years later, my father put up
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Years later, my father put up a big blue sign out front. it
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A big blue sign out front. it said lakewood international
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Said lakewood international outreach center. he called it
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Outreach center. he called it an international church, when
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An international church, when in fact, it was a
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In fact, it was a neighborhood church with less
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Neighborhood church with less than a hundred people. what
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Than a hundred people. what was he doing? writing the
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Was he doing? writing the vision. he had done it since
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Vision. he had done it since he was seventeen. “i'm going
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He was seventeen. “i'm going to pastor a church with
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To pastor a church with thousands.” now he's calling
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Thousands.” now he's calling it an international church.
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It an international church. over time it became just
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Over time it became just that. it went from those
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That. it went from those ninety people, to over ten
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Ninety people, to over ten thousand people.
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Thousand people. who knows where god will take
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Who knows where god will take you, if you will dare write
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You, if you will dare write the vision. it's not enough
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The vision. it's not enough to just think it, just
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To just think it, just imagine it. it takes on a new
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Imagine it. it takes on a new life when you write it down.
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Life when you write it down. keep something in front of
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Keep something in front of you that reminds you what god
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You that reminds you what god promised. a picture, like i
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Promised. a picture, like i did of the compaq center,
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Did of the compaq center, those diapers like kevin did,
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Those diapers like kevin did, or what you've written. “well
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Or what you've written. “well joel, i don't hear god saying
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Joel, i don't hear god saying anything to me. or i used to
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Anything to me. or i used to have big dreams, but it's
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Have big dreams, but it's been so long. i think i
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Been so long. i think i missed my chance.” no, if
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Missed my chance.” no, if you'll get quiet, god's going
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You'll get quiet, god's going to speak to you again. he's
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To speak to you again. he's going to whisper things in
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Going to whisper things in the night that seem too good
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The night that seem too good to be true. don't water it
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To be true. don't water it down. you don't have to
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Down. you don't have to figure it out. he didn't ask
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Figure it out. he didn't ask you to write the how. he just
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You to write the how. he just said, write what i've spoken
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Said, write what i've spoken to you. as you keep that
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To you. as you keep that vision in front of you,
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Vision in front of you, thanking him that it's on the
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Thanking him that it's on the way, declaring that it's
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Way, declaring that it's going to happen, god promises
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Going to happen, god promises that there is an appointed
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That there is an appointed time that it will show up and
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Time that it will show up and it will not be one second
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It will not be one second late. many of you have been
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Late. many of you have been faithful, you've kept that
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Faithful, you've kept that vision. you've believed when
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Vision. you've believed when the odds were against you.
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The odds were against you. get ready. you're about to
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Get ready. you're about to come in to one of your
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Come in to one of your appointed times. god is about
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Appointed times. god is about to show out in your life. i
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To show out in your life. i believe and declare,
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Believe and declare, something you've never seen.
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Something you've never seen. new doors are about to open,
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New doors are about to open, the right people showing up,
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The right people showing up, healing, freedom,
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Healing, freedom, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It's easy to get stuck
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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In life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you back
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What's holding you back and step into new levels
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And step into new levels of your destiny.
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My heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you think.
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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You are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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This month, we'll send you victoria osteen's
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Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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Brand new book, graced to go:
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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This inspiring resource will help
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You break through fear, insecurity,
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Fear, insecurity, or regret
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Or regret and activate the faith
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And activate the faith to move forward.
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To move forward. each chapter will
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Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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Stir your spirit, renew your perspective,
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, we'll send you the
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We'll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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By victoria osteen, and pray bold
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And pray bold by joel osteen.
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By joel osteen. these two powerful books
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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It enables you to take the next step
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To take the next step so you can become
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So you can become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Becoming one. remember,
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Joel Osteen - Write Your Vision

August 29, 2025 | 30:0

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