Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - You Are Enough

May 14, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Are Enough | May 14, 2025

>> joel osteen: god bless you.
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>> joel osteen: god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever in our
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Homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be
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Area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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A part of one of our services. these are the finest people
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These are the finest people in all of houston right here
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In all of houston right here at lakewood.
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At lakewood. we'd love to have you sometime.
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We'd love to have you sometime. i like to start with something
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I like to start with something funny and i heard about this
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Funny and i heard about this burglar that broke into a house
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Burglar that broke into a house one evening.
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One evening. just as he was stealing
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Just as he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice
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The stereo, he heard a voice saying, "jesus is watching you."
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Saying, "jesus is watching you." he froze in his tracks, shined
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He froze in his tracks, shined his flashlight in the corner,
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His flashlight in the corner, and saw a parrot.
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And saw a parrot. he said, "did you say that
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He said, "did you say that to me?"
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To me?" the parrot said, "yes, i'm just
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The parrot said, "yes, i'm just trying to warn you."
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Trying to warn you." the burglar said, "warn me?
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The burglar said, "warn me? what are you talking about?
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What are you talking about? who are you?"
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Who are you?" the parrot said, "my name
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The parrot said, "my name is moses."
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Is moses." the burglar laughs, said, "what
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The burglar laughs, said, "what kind of crazy people would name
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Kind of crazy people would name a parrot moses?"
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A parrot moses?" the parrot said, "the same kind
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The parrot said, "the same kind of people that would name a 150
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Of people that would name a 150 pound rottweiler 'jesus.'"
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Pound rottweiler 'jesus.'" alright, come on, say it
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Alright, come on, say it like you mean it: this is my
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Like you mean it: this is my bible.
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Bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess, my mind is
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I 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
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I will never be the same in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "you are enough."
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About "you are enough." it's easy to go through life
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It's easy to go through life thinking that we're lacking
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Thinking that we're lacking in some area.
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In some area. if we had more talent then we
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If we had more talent then we could do something great.
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Could do something great. we had a better personality, we
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We had a better personality, we were more confident, more
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Were more confident, more attractive, then we could reach
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Attractive, then we could reach our dreams, but as long as
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Our dreams, but as long as you're discounting yourself
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You're discounting yourself thinking you're
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Thinking you're at a disadvantage, it will keep
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At a disadvantage, it will keep you from rising higher.
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You from rising higher. and when god laid out the plan
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And when god laid out the plan for your life, he carefully
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For your life, he carefully studied it.
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Studied it. he thought about what you would
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He thought about what you would need and what it would take
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Need and what it would take to get you there.
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To get you there. then he matched you with
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Then he matched you with your world.
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Your world. he gave you the talent you need,
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He gave you the talent you need, the strength, the confidence.
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The strength, the confidence. you are the right size, you have
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You are the right size, you have the right looks, you have
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The right looks, you have the right personality, you come
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The right personality, you come from the right family.
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From the right family. you are not lacking; you didn't
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You are not lacking; you didn't get shortchanged.
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Get shortchanged. you are good enough.
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You are good enough. you are talented enough.
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You are talented enough. you are smart enough.
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You are smart enough. you are attractive enough.
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You are attractive enough. you have been fearfully
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You have been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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And wonderfully made. but life will try to push
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But life will try to push us down.
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Us down. thoughts will whisper everything
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Thoughts will whisper everything that we're not: you're not as
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That we're not: you're not as talented as your friend, you're
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Talented as your friend, you're not as attractive as your
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Not as attractive as your co-worker, you're not as smart
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Co-worker, you're not as smart as your cousin.
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As your cousin. that's okay.
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That's okay. you're not running their race.
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You're not running their race. you don't need what they have;
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You don't need what they have; if you needed it god would've
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If you needed it god would've given it to you.
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Given it to you. if you needed to be taller, you
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If you needed to be taller, you would be taller.
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Would be taller. if you needed a different
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If you needed a different personality, you would have one.
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Personality, you would have one. if you needed to come
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If you needed to come from another family, that
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From another family, that would've happened.
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Would've happened. god doesn't make mistakes.
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God doesn't make mistakes. when he created you he wasn't
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When he created you he wasn't having a bad day.
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Having a bad day. he didn't accidentally leave
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He didn't accidentally leave something out--now you're
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Something out--now you're at a disadvantage.
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At a disadvantage. he calls you a masterpiece.
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He calls you a masterpiece. you have royal blood flowing
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You have royal blood flowing through your veins.
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Through your veins. he's crowned you with his favor.
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He's crowned you with his favor. you're not lacking, you didn't
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You're not lacking, you didn't get shortchanged.
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Get shortchanged. you have everything you need
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You have everything you need to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. now quit comparing your looks,
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Now quit comparing your looks, your gifts, your success
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Your gifts, your success with somebody else and be you.
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With somebody else and be you. you are powerful.
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You are powerful. you are amazing.
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You are amazing. you are gifted.
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You are gifted. nobody can do you like you can
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Nobody can do you like you can do you.
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Do you. "well, i wish i had her looks.
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"well, i wish i had her looks. i wish i had his talent.
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I wish i had his talent. i wish i came from their
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I wish i came from their family."
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Family." if you had what they have it
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If you had what they have it wouldn't help you, it would
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Wouldn't help you, it would hinder you.
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Hinder you. it wouldn't be a blessing, it
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It wouldn't be a blessing, it would be a burden.
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Would be a burden. it wasn't designed for you.
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It wasn't designed for you. the reason it works for them is
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The reason it works for them is because it fits them.
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Because it fits them. you don't want what doesn't
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You don't want what doesn't fit you.
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Fit you. what fits you is what you have.
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What fits you is what you have. now quit wishing you were them,
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Now quit wishing you were them, and recognize you are enough.
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And recognize you are enough. and yes, it's good to admire
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And yes, it's good to admire people, it's good to celebrate
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People, it's good to celebrate their gifts, but don't get
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Their gifts, but don't get so caught up in who they are
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So caught up in who they are that you forget who you are.
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That you forget who you are. you are gifted; you are
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You are gifted; you are talented; you are one of a kind.
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Talented; you are one of a kind. and if you don't recognize that
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And if you don't recognize that you are enough then you'll
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You are enough then you'll always be dependent on other
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Always be dependent on other people to make you feel good
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People to make you feel good about who you are.
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About who you are. if you live thinking you're
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If you live thinking you're at a deficit you'll undersell
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At a deficit you'll undersell yourself.
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Yourself. you'll play up to people, you'll
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You'll play up to people, you'll let them control you, that's
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Let them control you, that's where you're getting
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Where you're getting your validation.
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Your validation. but when you know you are enough
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But when you know you are enough by yourself you won't rely
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By yourself you won't rely on people to approve you, you'll
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On people to approve you, you'll get your approval from your
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Get your approval from your heavenly father.
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Heavenly father. and the problem with relying
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And the problem with relying on people is people can change.
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On people is people can change. one minute people were saying
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One minute people were saying to jesus, "hosanna, blessed is
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To jesus, "hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the name
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He that comes in the name of the lord."
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Of the lord." they were laying down palm
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They were laying down palm branches, celebrating his
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Branches, celebrating his arrival.
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Arrival. three days later those same
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Three days later those same people were saying,
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People were saying, "crucify him."
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"crucify him." if you only feel good
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If you only feel good about yourself when people are
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About yourself when people are telling you that you're great,
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Telling you that you're great, then if they leave, you'll
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Then if they leave, you'll forget who you are.
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Forget who you are. if you're relying on them
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If you're relying on them to make you feel talented,
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To make you feel talented, valuable, attractive, you're
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Valuable, attractive, you're letting them control your
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Letting them control your self-worth.
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Self-worth. but when you know you are enough
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But when you know you are enough all by yourself, when you don't
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All by yourself, when you don't live from a deficit mentality
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Live from a deficit mentality then it doesn't matter what
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Then it doesn't matter what people do or don't do, you know
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People do or don't do, you know you're a masterpiece.
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You're a masterpiece. you know you're made
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You know you're made in the image of almighty god.
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In the image of almighty god. david said in psalm 23, "the
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David said in psalm 23, "the lord is my shepherd; i have
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Lord is my shepherd; i have everything i need."
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Everything i need." it's very powerful when you can
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It's very powerful when you can say, "i have the talent i need.
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Say, "i have the talent i need. i have the looks i need.
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I have the looks i need. i have the family i need.
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I have the family i need. i have the personality
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I have the personality that i need."
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That i need." david had plenty
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David had plenty of opportunities to have this
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Of opportunities to have this deficit mentality.
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Deficit mentality. we know him as the greatest king
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We know him as the greatest king that ever lived but before that
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That ever lived but before that he was discounted by his father.
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He was discounted by his father. left out in the shepherd's
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Left out in the shepherd's fields when the prophet was
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Fields when the prophet was choosing the next king
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Choosing the next king of israel.
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Of israel. his father made him feel like he
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His father made him feel like he was unqualified, not good
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Was unqualified, not good enough, too small.
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Enough, too small. when david took lunch to his
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When david took lunch to his brothers that were
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Brothers that were out on the battlefield, one
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Out on the battlefield, one of the brothers made fun of him,
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Of the brothers made fun of him, said, "what did you do
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Said, "what did you do with those few sheep you're
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With those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of?"
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Supposed to be taking care of?" he was saying, "david, you're
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He was saying, "david, you're not talented.
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Not talented. you didn't get what we got."
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You didn't get what we got." if david would've relied
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If david would've relied on people to get his approval he
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On people to get his approval he would've never stepped into his
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Would've never stepped into his destiny.
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Destiny. now maybe someone is trying
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Now maybe someone is trying to discount, you make you feel
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To discount, you make you feel like you're not talented enough,
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Like you're not talented enough, attractive enough, not
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Attractive enough, not up to par--let that go in one
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Up to par--let that go in one ear and out the other.
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Ear and out the other. they didn't breathe life
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They didn't breathe life into you.
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Into you. they didn't know you before you
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They didn't know you before you were formed in your mother's
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Were formed in your mother's womb.
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Womb. they don't determine
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They don't determine your destiny.
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Your destiny. do like david: father, thank you
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Do like david: father, thank you that i have everything i need.
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That i have everything i need. thank you that i am enough all
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Thank you that i am enough all by myself.
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By myself. you don't need people's
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You don't need people's approval, you don't need their
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Approval, you don't need their validation.
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Validation. the most high god has
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The most high god has approved you.
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Approved you. now get rid of that deficit
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Now get rid of that deficit mentality and step up to who you
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Mentality and step up to who you were created to be.
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Were created to be. a while back one afternoon, i
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A while back one afternoon, i was at home riding my stationery
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Was at home riding my stationery bike exercising.
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Bike exercising. i had my earphones in
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I had my earphones in hooked up to my cell phone
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Hooked up to my cell phone and i was listening
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And i was listening to a podcast.
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To a podcast. i put my phone on the front
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I put my phone on the front of the bike by the handlebars.
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Of the bike by the handlebars. at one point, i started riding
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At one point, i started riding really fast and the bike began
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Really fast and the bike began to shake and my phone fell off.
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To shake and my phone fell off. and when it did it jerked
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And when it did it jerked my earphones out.
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My earphones out. i stopped to pick them
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I stopped to pick them up but the little white rubber
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Up but the little white rubber tip came off of one
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Tip came off of one of the earphones.
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Of the earphones. i looked all around, couldn't
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I looked all around, couldn't find it anywhere.
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Find it anywhere. it was the strangest thing.
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It was the strangest thing. i looked under the treadmill, i
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I looked under the treadmill, i moved other equipment, i checked
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Moved other equipment, i checked up on the window sill--maybe
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Up on the window sill--maybe at popped up there, looked all
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At popped up there, looked all over the bike, on and on.
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Over the bike, on and on. it was nowhere to be found.
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It was nowhere to be found. later that evening, i was
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Later that evening, i was watching television, i reached
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Watching television, i reached up to scratch my ear felt
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Up to scratch my ear felt something odd and it was
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Something odd and it was the white rubber tip.
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The white rubber tip. i had it the whole time, but i
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I had it the whole time, but i didn't realize it.
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Didn't realize it. and i'm wondering if you're
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And i'm wondering if you're looking for something that you
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Looking for something that you already have?
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Already have? you're looking around you.
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You're looking around you. god is saying, "look in you."
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God is saying, "look in you." you have the talent, you have
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You have the talent, you have the creativity, you have
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The creativity, you have the confidence.
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The confidence. psalm 34 says, "those who trust
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Psalm 34 says, "those who trust in the lord will never lack any
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In the lord will never lack any good thing."
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Good thing." you need to see yourself as
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You need to see yourself as a "no lack person."
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A "no lack person." you're not lacking the strength
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You're not lacking the strength you need.
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You need. you're not lacking the favor.
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You're not lacking the favor. "well, joel i never get any
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"well, joel i never get any good breaks.
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Good breaks. i don't see how i can accomplish
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I don't see how i can accomplish my dreams.
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My dreams. i don't think i'll ever meet
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I don't think i'll ever meet the right person."
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The right person." that's a deficit mentality.
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That's a deficit mentality. that thinking will keep you
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That thinking will keep you from your destiny.
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From your destiny. you have to turn it around:
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You have to turn it around: father, thank you that your
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Father, thank you that your favor surrounds me
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Favor surrounds me like a shield.
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Like a shield. thank you that goodness
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Thank you that goodness and mercy are chasing me down.
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And mercy are chasing me down. thank you that divine
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Thank you that divine connections, the right people
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Connections, the right people are headed my way.
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Are headed my way. what you need is in you, but you
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What you need is in you, but you have to stir it up.
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Have to stir it up. as long as you think you're
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As long as you think you're at a disadvantage, you've been
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At a disadvantage, you've been shortchanged, it will keep you
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Shortchanged, it will keep you from rising higher.
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From rising higher. 2 kings, chapter 4.
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2 kings, chapter 4. there was a widow, her husband
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There was a widow, her husband was friends with the
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Was friends with the prophet elisha.
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Prophet elisha. she came up to elisha very
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She came up to elisha very discouraged, told him how her
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Discouraged, told him how her husband had died and how now she
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Husband had died and how now she was in such debt the creditors
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Was in such debt the creditors were coming to take her two sons
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Were coming to take her two sons as payment.
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As payment. elisha asked her, "what do you
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Elisha asked her, "what do you have in your house?"
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Have in your house?" she didn't have to think twice.
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She didn't have to think twice. she said, "elisha, i have
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She said, "elisha, i have nothing at all except a small
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Nothing at all except a small jar of oil."
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Jar of oil." she was saying i'm at a deficit.
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She was saying i'm at a deficit. i don't have enough.
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I don't have enough. i'm limited.
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I'm limited. sometimes like this woman,
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Sometimes like this woman, we are discounting what god
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We are discounting what god has given us.
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Has given us. we have some talent, but joel,
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We have some talent, but joel, it's not enough.
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It's not enough. "i have my degree, but i don't
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"i have my degree, but i don't have enough education."
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Have enough education." this woman was about to miss her
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This woman was about to miss her miracle because she didn't
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Miracle because she didn't recognize what she had.
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Recognize what she had. she was looking outside
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She was looking outside the house, but elisha said,
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The house, but elisha said, "what's in the house?"
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"what's in the house?" god will always have what you
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God will always have what you need within reach.
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Need within reach. it's not something far off,
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It's not something far off, it will be close to you.
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It will be close to you. one time samson was surrounded
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One time samson was surrounded by the philistine army.
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By the philistine army. he didn't have any weapons,
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He didn't have any weapons, looked like he would be
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Looked like he would be captured, he looked down and saw
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Captured, he looked down and saw the jawbone of a donkey--just
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The jawbone of a donkey--just so happened to be right there.
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So happened to be right there. he picked it up and defeated
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He picked it up and defeated a thousand men with it.
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A thousand men with it. it wasn't a coincidence, it was
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It wasn't a coincidence, it was the hand of god.
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The hand of god. what you need will be close
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What you need will be close to you.
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To you. elisha told this widow to go
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Elisha told this widow to go out and borrow as many large,
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Out and borrow as many large, empty containers as she
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Empty containers as she could find.
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Could find. she went from neighbor
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She went from neighbor to neighbor asking for them.
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To neighbor asking for them. she came back to the house.
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She came back to the house. elisha said now i want you
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Elisha said now i want you to pour that little bit of oil
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To pour that little bit of oil into one of those larger
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Into one of those larger containers.
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Containers. that doesn't make sense.
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That doesn't make sense. what good was it going to do
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What good was it going to do to transfer oil from one
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To transfer oil from one container to the other?
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Container to the other? the widow started pouring
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The widow started pouring the oil and the oil kept
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The oil and the oil kept flowing, it kept coming out.
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Flowing, it kept coming out. she filled the first container,
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She filled the first container, then another and another,
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Then another and another, the oil never ran out until all
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The oil never ran out until all of the containers were full.
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Of the containers were full. and she took that oil and sold
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And she took that oil and sold it and had plenty to pay
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It and had plenty to pay her debt.
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Her debt. is god asking you to do
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Is god asking you to do something that you don't want
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Something that you don't want to do?
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To do? to forgive that person that did
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To forgive that person that did you wrong?
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You wrong? you think, "god, that's
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You think, "god, that's not fair.
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Not fair. they don't deserve it,
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They don't deserve it, they hurt me."
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They hurt me." is he asking you to take care
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Is he asking you to take care of that elderly neighbor
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Of that elderly neighbor or to give that friend a ride
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Or to give that friend a ride to work each day?
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To work each day? you think, "god, i'm busy.
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You think, "god, i'm busy. that's out of my way."
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That's out of my way." the blessing is
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The blessing is in the obedience.
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In the obedience. when we come to the end of our
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When we come to the end of our ability that's when god
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Ability that's when god steps in.
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Steps in. if you can accomplish your
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If you can accomplish your dreams all on your own, you
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Dreams all on your own, you don't really need god's help.
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Don't really need god's help. if you can overcome that
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If you can overcome that obstacle by yourself, it doesn't
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Obstacle by yourself, it doesn't take any faith.
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Take any faith. don't be discouraged when what
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Don't be discouraged when what you're up against looks too big,
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You're up against looks too big, you don't have the resources,
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You don't have the resources, the obstacle, the opposition is
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The obstacle, the opposition is too strong--you're in perfect
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Too strong--you're in perfect position for god to show
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Position for god to show out in your life.
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Out in your life. it looks like a setback, really,
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It looks like a setback, really, it is a setup.
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It is a setup. god is about to make things
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God is about to make things happen that you couldn't make
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord back in 1999,
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With the lord back in 1999, i knew i was supposed to step
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I knew i was supposed to step up and pastor the church,
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Up and pastor the church, but i didn't think i was enough.
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But i didn't think i was enough. i didn't have the training.
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I didn't have the training. i'd never been to seminary.
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I'd never been to seminary. i'm more quiet and reserved; i
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I'm more quiet and reserved; i didn't want to get up in front
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Didn't want to get up in front of people.
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Of people. i told god all the things i
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I told god all the things i couldn't do, all the things that
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Couldn't do, all the things that i didn't have.
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I didn't have. it was like god said, "joel,
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It was like god said, "joel, what else do you have
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What else do you have in the house?"
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In the house?" i said, "god, i don't have
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I said, "god, i don't have anything except a little faith,
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Anything except a little faith, a little training, a little
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A little training, a little confidence," just this small
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Confidence," just this small jar of oil.
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Jar of oil. god said, "that's all i need.
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God said, "that's all i need. just use what you have and watch
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Just use what you have and watch what i will do."
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What i will do." i stepped up and god took that
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I stepped up and god took that little bit of oil and turned it
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Little bit of oil and turned it into something more than
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Into something more than i ever imagined.
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I ever imagined. what am saying?
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What am saying? quit discounting yourself.
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Quit discounting yourself. quit talking yourself
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Quit talking yourself out of your greatness.
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Out of your greatness. god is not limited by what
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God is not limited by what family you come from, by your
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Family you come from, by your education, by what you think you
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Education, by what you think you don't have.
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Don't have. all he's asking you to do is use
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All he's asking you to do is use what's after the "except."
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What's after the "except." i don't have anything
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I don't have anything except this high school diploma,
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Except this high school diploma, how can i do something great?
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How can i do something great? i don't have an extensive
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I don't have an extensive education.
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Education. neither did bill gates, neither
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Neither did bill gates, neither did steve jobs.
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Did steve jobs. they did okay.
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They did okay. all i have is a little talent,
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All i have is a little talent, a little confidence.
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A little confidence. if you'll start using it,
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If you'll start using it, god will show up and do
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God will show up and do something extraordinary.
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Something extraordinary. in the scripture, jesus had been
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In the scripture, jesus had been out teaching the people all day
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Out teaching the people all day long and he told his disciples
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Long and he told his disciples he wanted them to feed the 5,000
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He wanted them to feed the 5,000 people that had gathered.
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People that had gathered. they said, "jesus, we can't
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They said, "jesus, we can't do that.
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Do that. we're in the desert; we have no
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We're in the desert; we have no food except five loaves of bread
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Food except five loaves of bread and two fish."
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And two fish." god will never ask you
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God will never ask you for something that you
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For something that you don't have.
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Don't have. if he asks you and you don't
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If he asks you and you don't think you can do it, it's
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Think you can do it, it's because you have it and don't
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Because you have it and don't know it.
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Know it. go back and see what's in your
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Go back and see what's in your house, what do you have
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House, what do you have after the "except?"
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After the "except?" jesus prayed over the fish,
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Jesus prayed over the fish, over the loaves and it
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Over the loaves and it multiplied.
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Multiplied. they were able to feed the 5,000
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They were able to feed the 5,000 people, had 12 baskets full
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People, had 12 baskets full of food left over.
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Of food left over. and when you look at what you
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And when you look at what you have--your resources, your
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Have--your resources, your training, your experience--
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Training, your experience-- it may not be enough.
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It may not be enough. it's just five loaves.
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It's just five loaves. it's just a little cup of oil.
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It's just a little cup of oil. what good could that do?
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What good could that do? no, get ready.
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No, get ready. god's about to multiply what
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God's about to multiply what you have.
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You have. he's going to do something
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He's going to do something unusual.
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Unusual. you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. doors open that you
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Doors open that you couldn't open.
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Couldn't open. opportunity where you were not
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Opportunity where you were not qualified, the right people
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Qualified, the right people coming to you, he's going
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Coming to you, he's going to take what looks insignificant
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To take what looks insignificant and turn it into something
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And turn it into something extraordinary.
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Extraordinary. he's going to multiply what
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He's going to multiply what comes after the "except."
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Comes after the "except." this is what happened with
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This is what happened with my father.
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My father. he was raised very poor.
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He was raised very poor. his parents were farmers, they
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His parents were farmers, they lost everything during
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Lost everything during the great depression.
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The great depression. as a little boy, barely had
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As a little boy, barely had enough food to eat.
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Enough food to eat. he'd go to school with holes
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He'd go to school with holes in his clothes, had shoes
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In his clothes, had shoes so worn out he had to keep
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So worn out he had to keep putting cardboard
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Putting cardboard in the bottom--didn't look
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In the bottom--didn't look like he had much of a future.
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Like he had much of a future. nobody in their family knew
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Nobody in their family knew anything about god.
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Anything about god. they were good people.
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They were good people. they just didn't have any kind
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They just didn't have any kind of faith.
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Of faith. but at 17, my father went
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But at 17, my father went to church with a friend of his
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To church with a friend of his that had been very persistent.
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That had been very persistent. that day he gave his life
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That day he gave his life to christ, the first one
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To christ, the first one in the family.
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In the family. he felt god calling him
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He felt god calling him to become a pastor.
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To become a pastor. he told his parents he was going
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He told his parents he was going to leave and go out and start
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To leave and go out and start ministering.
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Ministering. they said, "john, you better
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They said, "john, you better stay here with us.
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Stay here with us. all you know how to do his work
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All you know how to do his work on the farm."
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On the farm." he had no training, no funding,
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He had no training, no funding, no experience, but somehow he
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No experience, but somehow he recognized he had a little
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Recognized he had a little cup of oil.
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Cup of oil. he had five loaves, it wasn't
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He had five loaves, it wasn't much but he could feel those
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Much but he could feel those seeds of greatness.
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Seeds of greatness. every circumstance said he was
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Every circumstance said he was unqualified, he was
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Unqualified, he was shortchanged, he was
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Shortchanged, he was at a disadvantage, but god
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At a disadvantage, but god doesn't create anyone
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Doesn't create anyone without putting something
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Without putting something significant on the inside.
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Significant on the inside. that's why the enemy works
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That's why the enemy works overtime to try to make you feel
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Overtime to try to make you feel like you're not enough--you're
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Like you're not enough--you're not good enough, you've made too
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Not good enough, you've made too many mistakes; you're not
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Many mistakes; you're not talented enough, you're not
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Talented enough, you're not important enough--don't let
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Important enough--don't let those lies keep you from
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Those lies keep you from your destiny.
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Your destiny. he wouldn't be trying
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He wouldn't be trying to discourage you if he didn't
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To discourage you if he didn't know there was something
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Know there was something amazing in you.
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Amazing in you. it may not be much yet, but as
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It may not be much yet, but as you keep pouring that oil, as
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You keep pouring that oil, as you keep taking those steps
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You keep taking those steps of faith, god is going to take
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Of faith, god is going to take you where you've never dreamed.
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You where you've never dreamed. now at 17 years old, my father
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Now at 17 years old, my father left the farm.
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Left the farm. he didn't have a car, he had
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He didn't have a car, he had to hitchhike.
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To hitchhike. he went out and started
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He went out and started ministering in the prisons
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Ministering in the prisons in the senior citizens' homes.
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In the senior citizens' homes. god began to open door
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God began to open door after door.
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After door. eventually, he started lakewood
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Eventually, he started lakewood and daddy went on to impact
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And daddy went on to impact the world.
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The world. but i think about where i would
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But i think about where i would be today if my father would've
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Be today if my father would've believed he was not enough.
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Believed he was not enough. you can be the one, like my
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You can be the one, like my father, to affect generations
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Father, to affect generations to come for your family.
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To come for your family. you can be the one to set them
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You can be the one to set them on a new course.
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On a new course. you wouldn't be hearing this if
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You wouldn't be hearing this if there weren't greater things
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There weren't greater things in front of you.
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In front of you. quit looking at what you don't
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Quit looking at what you don't have, what you didn't get, what
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Have, what you didn't get, what you can't do; you have
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You can't do; you have everything you need.
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Everything you need. all david had was a slingshot
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All david had was a slingshot and five smooth stones.
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And five smooth stones. it looked like it was not
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It looked like it was not enough.
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Enough. goliath was nearly twice
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Goliath was nearly twice his size.
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His size. he was a skilled warrior.
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He was a skilled warrior. he'd been trained
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He'd been trained in the military, wearing a full
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In the military, wearing a full set of armor, very powerful.
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Set of armor, very powerful. here david was a shepherd boy,
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Here david was a shepherd boy, a teenager.
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A teenager. he had no formal training,
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He had no formal training, no experience.
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No experience. he could've said, "god, i have
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He could've said, "god, i have nothing except this slingshot."
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Nothing except this slingshot." what you have after the "except"
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What you have after the "except" is what god is going to use.
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Is what god is going to use. when goliath saw how small david
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When goliath saw how small david was he began to laugh.
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Was he began to laugh. he said, "am i a dog that you
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He said, "am i a dog that you would come at me with a stick?"
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Would come at me with a stick?" i'm sure david was tempted
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I'm sure david was tempted to think, "am i crazy?
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To think, "am i crazy? i'm going to fight this giant
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I'm going to fight this giant with only a slingshot?"
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With only a slingshot?" but the scripture says david ran
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But the scripture says david ran toward goliath.
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Toward goliath. you would think he would try
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You would think he would try to sneak up on him, surprise him
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To sneak up on him, surprise him to get the maximum advantage,
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To get the maximum advantage, but when you know who you are,
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But when you know who you are, when you know you're equipped
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When you know you're equipped and empowered, when you know god
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And empowered, when you know god being for you is more than
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Being for you is more than the world being against you, you
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The world being against you, you won't run from your giants,
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Won't run from your giants, you'll run to your giants.
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You'll run to your giants. david slung the rock, hit
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David slung the rock, hit goliath in the forehead, knocked
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Goliath in the forehead, knocked him unconscious.
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Him unconscious. he went over and took goliath's
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He went over and took goliath's own sword and finished him off.
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Own sword and finished him off. what you have may not look
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What you have may not look like it's enough, it's ordinary,
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Like it's enough, it's ordinary, but when god breathes on it,
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But when god breathes on it, it will become more than enough.
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It will become more than enough. a friend of mine's father
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A friend of mine's father pastored a large church and as
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Pastored a large church and as a young boy he always looked
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A young boy he always looked forward to working there.
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Forward to working there. during college, he got a job
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During college, he got a job at this business where he would
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At this business where he would go into the different offices
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Go into the different offices and clean and repair
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And clean and repair the equipment, and so they gave
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The equipment, and so they gave him keys to all the offices
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Him keys to all the offices in the building.
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In the building. he carried around this big key
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He carried around this big key ring, made him feel very
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Ring, made him feel very important--this was years ago.
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Important--this was years ago. after he graduated from college,
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After he graduated from college, he came back to work at his
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He came back to work at his father's church.
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Father's church. he was so excited but as father
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He was so excited but as father only gave him one key: the key
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Only gave him one key: the key to his office.
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To his office. he said, "dad, i want all
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He said, "dad, i want all the keys.
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The keys. i want to be able to get
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I want to be able to get in everywhere."
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In everywhere." his father said, "no, this is
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His father said, "no, this is the key i want you to have."
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The key i want you to have." he was kind of disappointed,
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He was kind of disappointed, thought, "what?
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Thought, "what? my dad doesn't trust me?"
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My dad doesn't trust me?" a few years later his dad became
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A few years later his dad became ill and wasn't expected to make
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Ill and wasn't expected to make it.
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It. this friend would go
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This friend would go up to the church at night
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Up to the church at night and pray for his father.
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And pray for his father. he liked to pray in the main
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He liked to pray in the main sanctuary.
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Sanctuary. since it was after hours,
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Since it was after hours, he would always have to get
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He would always have to get somebody to let him in.
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Somebody to let him in. he called the security guard
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He called the security guard or see someone through the glass
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Or see someone through the glass doors and knock but it bothered
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Doors and knock but it bothered him that he didn't have a key.
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Him that he didn't have a key. one night he went up to pray
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One night he went up to pray for his father and it was all
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For his father and it was all locked up and so he called
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Locked up and so he called the security guard and he said
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The security guard and he said he was out and wouldn't be back
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He was out and wouldn't be back for a couple of hours.
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For a couple of hours. so my friend went
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So my friend went around the building checking all
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Around the building checking all the doors to see if anything was
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The doors to see if anything was opened but it's all locked up.
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Opened but it's all locked up. he's so frustrated.
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He's so frustrated. just when he was about to leave,
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Just when he was about to leave, he decided to put his key
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He decided to put his key in the door and see if he could
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In the door and see if he could jiggle it around and somehow get
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Jiggle it around and somehow get it unlocked.
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It unlocked. the key went in so smoothly he
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The key went in so smoothly he turned it and the door open.
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Turned it and the door open. he was puzzled.
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He was puzzled. he walked through the lobby
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He walked through the lobby to the sanctuary door, put
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To the sanctuary door, put the key in, turned it,
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The key in, turned it, and it opened.
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And it opened. went to the choir room,
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Went to the choir room, put the key in, turned it,
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Put the key in, turned it, and it opened.
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And it opened. he didn't realize his father had
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He didn't realize his father had given him the master key.
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Given him the master key. all that time he had what
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All that time he had what he needed.
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He needed. it wasn't that the father didn't
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It wasn't that the father didn't trust him, it was the son didn't
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Trust him, it was the son didn't know what he had.
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Know what he had. do you know what your father
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Do you know what your father has given you?
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Has given you? do you know you have the key
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Do you know you have the key to unlocked every door
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To unlocked every door to your destiny?
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To your destiny? you didn't get shortchanged.
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You didn't get shortchanged. your father didn't say,
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Your father didn't say, "i can't trust you."
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"i can't trust you." no, god has great confidence
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No, god has great confidence in you.
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In you. he believes in you more than you
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He believes in you more than you believe in yourself.
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Believe in yourself. why don't you start using that
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Why don't you start using that key believing that you have what
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Key believing that you have what you need?
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You need? don't go through life thinking
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Don't go through life thinking that you've been locked out.
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That you've been locked out. you can't reach your dreams, you
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You can't reach your dreams, you can't overcome the obstacle, you
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Can't overcome the obstacle, you can't meet the right person--
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Can't meet the right person-- you have the key.
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You have the key. your heavenly father has given
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Your heavenly father has given you everything you need
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You everything you need to fulfill your purpose.
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To fulfill your purpose. now do your part and get rid
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Now do your part and get rid of a deficit mentality.
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Of a deficit mentality. get up every morning and say,
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Get up every morning and say, "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that i am enough.
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I am enough. i am strong enough,
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I am strong enough, i am talented enough,
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I am talented enough, i am attractive enough."
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I am attractive enough." if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like the widow
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And declare, like the widow woman, abundance is
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Woman, abundance is about to flow.
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About to flow. god is about to multiply what
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God is about to multiply what you have.
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You have. your gifts are going to come
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Your gifts are going to come out in greater ways.
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Out in greater ways. new doors are about to open,
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New doors are about to open, breakthroughs, promotion,
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Breakthroughs, promotion, the fullness of your destiny
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The fullness of your destiny in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. and if you receive it today,
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And if you receive it today, can you say amen?
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Can you say amen? i'd like to give you
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins, come into my heart.
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Of my sins, come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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I make you my lord and savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based church
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god first place.
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And keep god first place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, 101 great things
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God says about you. i'll help you discover
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I'll help you discover your true identity.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's brand
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New resource, 101 great things
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101 great things god says about you:
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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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Of god himself and what he says about you.
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And what he says about you. use this resource
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Use this resource to encourage your heart
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To encourage your heart and remind you
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And remind you of who you are in him.
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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And believe it. as an added bonus,
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The beautiful poster at the back of the book to read
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And declare these reminders every day.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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Who god says you are. now is your time
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Now is your time to start believing it.
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What god says about you, you're going to see yourself
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You're going to see yourself for who you really are:
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For who you really are: strong, talented,
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Strong, talented, valuable, a victor,
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Valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Never a victim. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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And i want you to know that we love you
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That we love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Joel Osteen - You Are Enough

May 14, 2025 | 27:29

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