Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - You Are Fully Loaded

April 15, 2025 | S25:E105

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Are Fully Loaded | April 15, 2025

>> joel osteen: well,
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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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
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by, be
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Our area, please stop by, be part of one of our services.
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Part of one of our services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start
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I like to start with something funny.
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With something funny. one day adam said to god,
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One day adam said to god, "why did you make eve
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"why did you make eve so beautiful?"
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So beautiful?" god said, "so you would
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God said, "so you would love her."
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Love her." he said, "well, why did you
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He said, "well, why did you give her such long
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Give her such long flowing hair?"
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Flowing hair?" god said it again,
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God said it again, "so you would love her."
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"so you would love her." "so, well, god,
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"so, well, god, why'd you give her such
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Why'd you give her such a great figure?"
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A great figure?" god said the same thing,
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God said the same thing, "so you would love her."
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"so you would love her." adam said, "all right,
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Adam said, "all right, god, you made her
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God, you made her so beautiful, so attractive,
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So beautiful, so attractive, why'd you make her
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Why'd you make her so dumb?"
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So dumb?" god said, "that's easy, adam,
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God said, "that's easy, adam, so she would love you!"
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So she would love you!" and all the ladies said amen!
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And all the ladies said amen! say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today i will be taught
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i'll boldly confess my mind
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I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is
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Is alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be
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Receptive, i will never be the same, in jesus' name.
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The same, in jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "you are
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About "you are fully loaded."
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Fully loaded." when god created you, he put
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When god created you, he put in you everything you need
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In you everything you need to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. god is a strategic god.
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God is a strategic god. he's not random.
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He's not random. he didn't just create you
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He didn't just create you and say, "let's see what
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And say, "let's see what they can do.
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They can do. let's see what happens."
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Let's see what happens." god is precise.
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God is precise. he's intentional,
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He's intentional, down to the smallest
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Down to the smallest detail, and when he laid out
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Detail, and when he laid out the plan for your life,
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The plan for your life, he carefully studied it.
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He carefully studied it. he thought about what you
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He thought about what you would need, what it would
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Would need, what it would take to get you there,
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Take to get you there, then he matched you
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Then he matched you with your world.
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With your world. he gave you the talent you
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He gave you the talent you need, the creativity,
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Need, the creativity, the strength.
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The strength. you're the right size,
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You're the right size, you have the right looks,
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You have the right looks, the right personality,
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The right personality, the right family.
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The right family. you didn't get shortchanged.
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You didn't get shortchanged. you are fully loaded and
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You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the
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Completely equipped for the race that's been designed
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Race that's been designed for you.
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For you. now quit wishing you were
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Now quit wishing you were something different: "if i
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Something different: "if i had a better personality,
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Had a better personality, then i could do something
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Then i could do something great," "if i came from
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Great," "if i came from a different family,"
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A different family," "if i wasn't so small, joel..."
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"if i wasn't so small, joel..." have a new perspective.
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Have a new perspective. if you needed to be taller,
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If you needed to be taller, god would've made you taller.
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God would've made you taller. if you needed a different
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If you needed a different personality, he would've
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Personality, he would've given you one.
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Given you one. if you needed to be another
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If you needed to be another nationality, you would be
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Nationality, you would be another nationality.
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Another nationality. god doesn't make mistakes.
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God doesn't make mistakes. you're not faulty.
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You're not faulty. you have been fearfully
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You have been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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And wonderfully made. when god created the
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When god created the universe, when he flung stars
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Universe, when he flung stars into space, he said,
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Into space, he said, "that was good."
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"that was good." when he created mountains,
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When he created mountains, oceans, sunsets, he said,
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Oceans, sunsets, he said, "that was good."
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"that was good." when he made animals, lions,
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When he made animals, lions, eagles, butterflies,
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Eagles, butterflies, he said, "that was good."
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He said, "that was good." but when god created you,
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But when god created you, when he saw how magnificent
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When he saw how magnificent you are, how strong,
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You are, how strong, how attractive, how talented,
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How attractive, how talented, god looked at you and said,
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God looked at you and said, "that was very good."
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"that was very good." he didn't say the solar
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He didn't say the solar system was very good.
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System was very good. he didn't say the rocky
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He didn't say the rocky mountains were very good.
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Mountains were very good. the only time he used "very
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The only time he used "very good" is when he created you.
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Good" is when he created you. in ephesians, he calls you
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In ephesians, he calls you "a masterpiece."
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"a masterpiece." when the creator of the
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When the creator of the universe says, "you are very
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Universe says, "you are very good," that means you are
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Good," that means you are bad to the bone!
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Bad to the bone! now, don't go around
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Now, don't go around feeling shortchanged, like
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Feeling shortchanged, like somehow you're lacking,
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Somehow you're lacking, you didn't get enough,
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You didn't get enough, you can't do
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You can't do what they can do.
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What they can do. if you didn't get what
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If you didn't get what somebody else has,
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Somebody else has, that means you don't need it.
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That means you don't need it. quit comparing yourself
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Quit comparing yourself and run your race.
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And run your race. be who god created you to be.
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Be who god created you to be. you are an original.
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You are an original. you have something to offer
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You have something to offer the world that nobody
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The world that nobody else has.
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Else has. let your gifts shine.
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Let your gifts shine. show your talent, your
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Show your talent, your personality, your style.
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Personality, your style. we don't need an imitation.
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We don't need an imitation. we don't need a copy.
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We don't need a copy. we need the original you,
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We need the original you, when my father went
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When my father went to be with the lord,
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To be with the lord, he had pastored lakewood
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He had pastored lakewood for 40 years.
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For 40 years. i had been behind the scenes,
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I had been behind the scenes, doing the television
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Doing the television production, and when he died,
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Production, and when he died, i'd only ministered one time,
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I'd only ministered one time, but i knew i was supposed
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But i knew i was supposed to step up and pastor
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To step up and pastor the church, but i thought
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The church, but i thought i needed to be like my dad.
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I needed to be like my dad. after all, people had come
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After all, people had come to hear him for years,
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To hear him for years, and i knew that's what
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And i knew that's what they were expecting.
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They were expecting. the first few months, i tried
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The first few months, i tried to preach like my dad
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To preach like my dad and lead like my dad,
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And lead like my dad, but it was a struggle.
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But it was a struggle. i had good intentions.
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I had good intentions. i wanted to honor my father,
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I wanted to honor my father, but there's no grace on your
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But there's no grace on your life to be somebody else.
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Life to be somebody else. one day, i read a scripture.
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One day, i read a scripture. it says in acts, "david
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It says in acts, "david fulfilled his purpose
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Fulfilled his purpose for his generation."
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For his generation." i heard something down in
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I heard something down in here say, "joel, your father
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Here say, "joel, your father fulfilled his purpose.
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Fulfilled his purpose. now quit trying to be like
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Now quit trying to be like him, and go out and fulfill
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Him, and go out and fulfill your purpose."
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Your purpose." it was like a stronghold
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It was like a stronghold was broken in my mind.
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Was broken in my mind. i realized i'm free to be me.
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I realized i'm free to be me. i quit trying to imitate my
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I quit trying to imitate my father, and i stepped
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Father, and i stepped into my own anointing.
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Into my own anointing. that's when the ministry
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That's when the ministry began to grow.
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Began to grow. see, i've learned it's easy
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See, i've learned it's easy to be me.
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To be me. i don't have to pretend.
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I don't have to pretend. i don't have to perform.
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I don't have to perform. takes all the pressure off.
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Takes all the pressure off. i can relax
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I can relax and just be myself.
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And just be myself. when you're comfortable with
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When you're comfortable with who you are, when you're not
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Who you are, when you're not trying to impress people,
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Trying to impress people, you're not trying to be
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You're not trying to be something that you're not,
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Something that you're not, then your own uniqueness
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Then your own uniqueness will come out.
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Will come out. you'll be more creative.
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You'll be more creative. your talent will come out
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Your talent will come out in greater ways.
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In greater ways. the right people
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The right people will show up.
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Will show up. why?
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Why? because you've stepped into
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Because you've stepped into the anointing on your life.
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The anointing on your life. be you.
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Be you. you are powerful
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You are powerful when you're you.
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When you're you. when i minister,
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When i minister, i'm more conversational,
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I'm more conversational, and i don't get real loud
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And i don't get real loud and real excited.
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And real excited. but growing up, i used to
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But growing up, i used to think to be an effective
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Think to be an effective minister, you had to be loud
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Minister, you had to be loud and forceful and dynamic, and
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And forceful and dynamic, and i have minister friends that
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I have minister friends that are that way, and they are
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Are that way, and they are very powerful.
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Very powerful. that's who they are.
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That's who they are. but i've learned when you're
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But i've learned when you're who you are, you can be quiet
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Who you are, you can be quiet and be powerful.
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And be powerful. you can be small
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You can be small and be powerful.
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And be powerful. you can be behind the scenes
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You can be behind the scenes and be powerful.
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And be powerful. the whole key is to be you
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The whole key is to be you because when you're you,
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Because when you're you, you activate your anointing.
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You activate your anointing. there's a favor, a blessing,
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There's a favor, a blessing, a grace that is unique
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A grace that is unique to your life.
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To your life. but too often, when we see
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But too often, when we see someone that's more talented,
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Someone that's more talented, more successful,
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More successful, more blessed,
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More blessed, there's a tendency to be
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There's a tendency to be envious and think,
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Envious and think, "why can't i do that?
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"why can't i do that? i want what they have."
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I want what they have." if we're not careful, before
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If we're not careful, before long, we'll be competing with
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Long, we'll be competing with them, trying to outperform
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Them, trying to outperform them, out-dress them,
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Them, out-dress them, outdrive them, out-work them.
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Outdrive them, out-work them. the problem is you're
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The problem is you're competing with someone
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Competing with someone that's not in your race.
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That's not in your race. your race is specifically
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Your race is specifically for you.
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For you. you're not in competition
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You're not in competition with your friends,
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With your friends, your neighbors,
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Your neighbors, your co-workers,
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Your co-workers, your siblings.
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Your siblings. the only competition you have
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The only competition you have is with yourself,
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Is with yourself, to be the best
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To be the best that you can be.
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That you can be. i realize i can't preach like
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I realize i can't preach like bishop jakes, i can't sing
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Bishop jakes, i can't sing like steve crawford, i can't
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Like steve crawford, i can't do surgery like my brother
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Do surgery like my brother paul, but i can
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Paul, but i can encourage someone.
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Encourage someone. i can inspire a few people.
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I can inspire a few people. i can smile.
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I can smile. i'm good at that!
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I'm good at that! don't get distracted trying
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Don't get distracted trying to keep up with someone
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To keep up with someone you were never supposed
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You were never supposed to keep up with.
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To keep up with. when you understand you are
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When you understand you are fully loaded for the race
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Fully loaded for the race that's been designed for you,
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That's been designed for you, instead of competing
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Instead of competing with people,
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With people, you'll celebrate them.
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You'll celebrate them. the right attitude is "they
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The right attitude is "they may have something that
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May have something that i don't, but that's okay.
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I don't, but that's okay. i'm not running their race.
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I'm not running their race. i'm equipped
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I'm equipped for my destiny."
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For my destiny." this is why king saul
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This is why king saul lost the throne.
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Lost the throne. when he saw david
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When he saw david rising higher than him,
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Rising higher than him, gaining more influence,
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Gaining more influence, instead of celebrating david,
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Instead of celebrating david, he became jealous.
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He became jealous. people started singing, "saul
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People started singing, "saul has defeated thousands..."
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Has defeated thousands..." he was happy.
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He was happy. "people are celebrating me.
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"people are celebrating me. i've done something great!"
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I've done something great!" but then the song continued,
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But then the song continued, "and david has defeated
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"and david has defeated tens of thousands."
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Tens of thousands." saul couldn't handle anybody
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Saul couldn't handle anybody being in front of him.
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Being in front of him. he didn't realize they
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He didn't realize they weren't in the same race.
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Weren't in the same race. he wasn't competing
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He wasn't competing with david.
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With david. if he would've been happy for
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If he would've been happy for him, he wouldn't have missed
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Him, he wouldn't have missed his destiny.
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His destiny. when we start competing with
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When we start competing with people, we get distracted, we
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People, we get distracted, we lose focus, and before long,
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Lose focus, and before long, we're wasting time on things
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We're wasting time on things that are not moving us
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That are not moving us toward our purpose.
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Toward our purpose. i heard a quote: "successful
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I heard a quote: "successful people are so focused on
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People are so focused on their own goals, they don't
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Their own goals, they don't have time to look around to
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Have time to look around to see what everybody else
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See what everybody else is doing."
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Is doing." run your race, and when
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Run your race, and when somebody passes you by,
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Somebody passes you by, don't be intimidated.
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Don't be intimidated. be inspired.
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Be inspired. if god did it for them, he
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If god did it for them, he can do it for you, but if you
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Can do it for you, but if you can't celebrate people that
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Can't celebrate people that are further along than you,
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Are further along than you, then you'll never get
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Then you'll never get to where they are.
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To where they are. you have to pass the test of
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You have to pass the test of being happy for people that
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Being happy for people that have passed you up because
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Have passed you up because there will be the tendency
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There will be the tendency to be jealous, start finding
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To be jealous, start finding fault, being critical:
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Fault, being critical: "well, they don't deserve it.
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"well, they don't deserve it. they're not that
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They're not that talented anyway.
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Talented anyway. let me tell you some bad
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Let me tell you some bad things i heard about them."
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Things i heard about them." don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. god showing them favor
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God showing them favor doesn't mean he's not going
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Doesn't mean he's not going to show you favor.
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To show you favor. be happy for them, and when
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Be happy for them, and when you see someone that's
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You see someone that's blessed, they're rising
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Blessed, they're rising higher, it's easy to think,
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Higher, it's easy to think, "well, they've just had
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"well, they've just had a lot of good breaks."
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A lot of good breaks." what you may not realize is
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What you may not realize is the favor on their life
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The favor on their life didn't come without pain.
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Didn't come without pain. the promotion didn't come
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The promotion didn't come without struggles,
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Without struggles, without them fighting off
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Without them fighting off discouragement, without them
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Discouragement, without them pressing forward when
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Pressing forward when they felt like giving up.
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They felt like giving up. you don't know what it took
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You don't know what it took for them to get where
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For them to get where they are.
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They are. god didn't use up all
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God didn't use up all of his favor on them.
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Of his favor on them. it's a test.
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It's a test. are you going to compete with
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Are you going to compete with them and spend all your
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Them and spend all your energy, trying to keep up, or
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Energy, trying to keep up, or are you going to celebrate
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Are you going to celebrate what god has done?
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What god has done? you can tell who your true
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You can tell who your true friends are, not by who
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Friends are, not by who comes when you fall,
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Comes when you fall, when you make a mistake.
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When you make a mistake. people will feel sorry.
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People will feel sorry. they'll show up to help you.
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They'll show up to help you. your true friends are
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Your true friends are the ones that show up
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The ones that show up when you succeed.
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When you succeed. they celebrate when
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They celebrate when you're promoted.
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You're promoted. they're happy when
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They're happy when god blesses you.
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God blesses you. they're high-fiving you when
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They're high-fiving you when you move into that new house.
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You move into that new house. you've heard the saying:
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You've heard the saying: "it's lonely at the top."
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"it's lonely at the top." it's because not everybody
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It's because not everybody can handle your success, and
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Can handle your success, and too often people get envious,
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Too often people get envious, jealous, critical.
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Jealous, critical. let's pass this test.
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Let's pass this test. when somebody passes you by,
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When somebody passes you by, give them a high five and
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Give them a high five and keeping running your race.
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Keeping running your race. don't look to the left
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Don't look to the left nor to the right.
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Nor to the right. keep being who god's made
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Keep being who god's made you to be.
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You to be. one time i was out running
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One time i was out running through my neighborhood, and
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Through my neighborhood, and i saw this man in front of me
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I saw this man in front of me about a quarter of a mile,
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About a quarter of a mile, and he was running too.
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And he was running too. i thought, "i'm going
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I thought, "i'm going to catch him."
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To catch him." i had about a mile to go
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I had about a mile to go before i needed to turn off
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Before i needed to turn off and go down my path.
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And go down my path. i picked up the pace
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I picked up the pace and started gaining on him
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And started gaining on him and gaining on him,
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And gaining on him, and i was feeling better,
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And i was feeling better, "look what i'm doing!"
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"look what i'm doing!" getting closer and closer,
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Getting closer and closer, and i finally passed him up.
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And i finally passed him up. i beat him!
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I beat him! he didn't know we were
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He didn't know we were racing, but i felt good
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Racing, but i felt good about it!
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About it! about that time, i realized i
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About that time, i realized i was so focused on catching
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Was so focused on catching him, i missed my turn.
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Him, i missed my turn. i had to turn around and go
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I had to turn around and go back about six blocks to
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Back about six blocks to where i was supposed to turn.
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Where i was supposed to turn. that's what happens when we
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That's what happens when we start competing with people.
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Start competing with people. it's a distraction.
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It's a distraction. we're running in a race we're
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We're running in a race we're not supposed to be in,
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Not supposed to be in, competing with people that,
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Competing with people that, many times,
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Many times, don't even know it.
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Don't even know it. if that man knew we were
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If that man knew we were racing, i'd probably still be
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Racing, i'd probably still be trying to catch him.
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Trying to catch him. he would've sped up!
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He would've sped up! don't get distracted.
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Don't get distracted. run your race.
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Run your race. in the scripture, john the
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In the scripture, john the baptist was baptizing people
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Baptist was baptizing people and gaining a lot
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And gaining a lot of attention.
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Of attention. one point, the jewish leaders
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One point, the jewish leaders came and wondered
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Came and wondered if he was the christ.
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If he was the christ. without missing a beat,
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Without missing a beat, john said, "i am not
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John said, "i am not the messiah."
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The messiah." it's important to know not
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It's important to know not only who you are but to know
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Only who you are but to know who you're not.
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Who you're not. if you don't know this, you
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If you don't know this, you can spend your life trying to
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Can spend your life trying to be something that you're not.
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Be something that you're not. john had no problem saying,
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John had no problem saying, "i am not the messiah."
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"i am not the messiah." he was saying, "i don't have
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He was saying, "i don't have to be the messiah to feel
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To be the messiah to feel good about myself.
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Good about myself. i'm content with who god
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I'm content with who god made me to be."
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Made me to be." if you're trying to be
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If you're trying to be something you're not,
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Something you're not, you'll be frustrated.
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You'll be frustrated. there's no grace for it.
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There's no grace for it. it'll be a constant struggle,
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It'll be a constant struggle, always like it's uphill.
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Always like it's uphill. the saul would've understood
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The saul would've understood this, he could've kept
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This, he could've kept the throne.
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The throne. if he would've accepted,
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If he would've accepted, "i am not david,"
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"i am not david," "he's defeated
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"he's defeated tens of thousands,"
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Tens of thousands," "he's done great things,"
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"he's done great things," "i've defeated a thousand,"
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"i've defeated a thousand," "god, you've blessed me,"
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"god, you've blessed me," it would've been
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It would've been a different story.
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A different story. most of the time we're happy
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Most of the time we're happy until we start comparing.
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Until we start comparing. when saul heard the numbers,
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When saul heard the numbers, "david, tens of thousands,"
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"david, tens of thousands," i can imagine him asking
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I can imagine him asking someone, "how many did they
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Someone, "how many did they say david has defeated?"
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Say david has defeated?" when they answered,
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When they answered, "tens of thousands,"
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"tens of thousands," saul's whole
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Saul's whole perspective changed.
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Perspective changed. he was no longer content
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He was no longer content with his success.
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With his success. now he was envious, jealous.
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Now he was envious, jealous. he basically spent the rest
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He basically spent the rest of his life trying
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Of his life trying to be david.
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To be david. all he had to do was realize
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All he had to do was realize "i am not david.
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"i am not david. god has blessed him
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God has blessed him in a different way."
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In a different way." we have to understand
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We have to understand the sovereignty of god.
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The sovereignty of god. may not seem fair to us,
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May not seem fair to us, doesn't always make sense,
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Doesn't always make sense, but god's ways are not our
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But god's ways are not our ways, and the scripture talks
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Ways, and the scripture talks about how god has given to
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About how god has given to every person different gifts,
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Every person different gifts, different talents, according
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Different talents, according to our own ability.
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To our own ability. everyone doesn't get the
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Everyone doesn't get the same, but what he gave you is
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Same, but what he gave you is what you need to fulfill your
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What you need to fulfill your destiny, and whether you're
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Destiny, and whether you're a saul and you can defeat
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A saul and you can defeat a thousand, or you're a david
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A thousand, or you're a david and you can defeat ten
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And you can defeat ten thousand, the right attitude
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Thousand, the right attitude is "i'm going to take what
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Is "i'm going to take what god's given me and make
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God's given me and make the most of it."
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The most of it." don't compete, don't compare,
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Don't compete, don't compare, just run your race.
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Just run your race. when i first started
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When i first started ministering, i was young and
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Ministering, i was young and didn't have much experience,
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Didn't have much experience, and i had a lot of people
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And i had a lot of people giving me opinions.
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Giving me opinions. they told me how to lead
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They told me how to lead the church, how to minister,
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The church, how to minister, what i should speak on,
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What i should speak on, and sometimes it wasn't
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And sometimes it wasn't what they said,
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What they said, just what they inferred.
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Just what they inferred. i could feel the pressure to
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I could feel the pressure to be who they wanted me to be,
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Be who they wanted me to be, and they were good people,
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And they were good people, but people didn't
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But people didn't breathe life into you.
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Breathe life into you. people didn't lay out your
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People didn't lay out your plan and purpose.
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Plan and purpose. people didn't put gifts and
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People didn't put gifts and talents on the inside.
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Talents on the inside. i was always respectful,
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I was always respectful, but i was firm.
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But i was firm. a lot of their advice, when i
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A lot of their advice, when i heard it, i knew it wasn't
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Heard it, i knew it wasn't what god put in my heart,
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What god put in my heart, and i had to be bold and say,
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And i had to be bold and say, "i am not that.
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"i am not that. i am not that.
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I am not that. i am not that.
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I am not that. this is who i am."
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This is who i am." you have to be strong.
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You have to be strong. it's your destiny.
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It's your destiny. when you come to the end
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When you come to the end of life, you're not going
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Of life, you're not going to answer to people.
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To answer to people. you're going to answer to
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You're going to answer to god, and people may mean
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God, and people may mean well, they may love you, but
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Well, they may love you, but if it doesn't bear witness in
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If it doesn't bear witness in your spirit, you have to bold
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Your spirit, you have to bold and say like, john,
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And say like, john, "that is not who i am."
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"that is not who i am." here's the key:
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Here's the key: you don't have to have
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You don't have to have a great gift for god
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A great gift for god to use you in a great way.
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To use you in a great way. you know what took david
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You know what took david to the throne?
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To the throne? it wasn't his leadership
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It wasn't his leadership skills, his ability to write
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Skills, his ability to write music, his personality,
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Music, his personality, his size.
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His size. what promoted david was his
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What promoted david was his gift of slinging a rock.
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Gift of slinging a rock. he was good with a slingshot.
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He was good with a slingshot. out in the shepherds' fields,
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Out in the shepherds' fields, he had spent hours practicing
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He had spent hours practicing as a teenager while
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As a teenager while he was taking care
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He was taking care of his father's sheep.
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Of his father's sheep. he could've thought, "god,
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He could've thought, "god, why didn't you give me an
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Why didn't you give me an impressive gift?
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Impressive gift? why did you just give me
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Why did you just give me one talent?
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One talent? i'm an expert with
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I'm an expert with a slingshot.
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A slingshot. big deal.
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Big deal. that's never going to take me
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That's never going to take me any place, but if you'll be
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Any place, but if you'll be faithful with the gifts you
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Faithful with the gifts you have, if you'll develop it,
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Have, if you'll develop it, grow, learn, get better,
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Grow, learn, get better, that gift will open doors to
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That gift will open doors to places you've never dreamed.
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Places you've never dreamed. don't discount your gift.
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Don't discount your gift. it may seem small to you.
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It may seem small to you. compared to others,
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Compared to others, it feels insignificant,
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It feels insignificant, but there is nothing
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But there is nothing ordinary about you.
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Ordinary about you. you have the fingerprints
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You have the fingerprints of god all over you.
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Of god all over you. god made you
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God made you in his own image.
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In his own image. he crowned you with favor.
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He crowned you with favor. you have royal blood flowing
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You have royal blood flowing through your veins.
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Through your veins. don't believe those lies:
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Don't believe those lies: "there's nothing special
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"there's nothing special about you," "you're not as
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About you," "you're not as talented as your brother,"
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Talented as your brother," "you don't have a big
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"you don't have a big personality like your
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Personality like your friend," "you don't have
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Friend," "you don't have the design skills like
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The design skills like your co-worker--"
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Your co-worker--" maybe not, but you do have
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Maybe not, but you do have a slingshot.
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A slingshot. there's something god has
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There's something god has given you, and that slingshot
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Given you, and that slingshot may seem ordinary, but when
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May seem ordinary, but when god breathes on it, you'll
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God breathes on it, you'll defeat a giant twice your
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Defeat a giant twice your size, you'll be promoted
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Size, you'll be promoted beyond your talent, you'll go
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Beyond your talent, you'll go places where you didn't have
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Places where you didn't have the experience.
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The experience. you weren't next in line, but
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You weren't next in line, but suddenly the door opened,
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Suddenly the door opened, suddenly the compaq center is
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Suddenly the compaq center is yours, suddenly people
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Yours, suddenly people are celebrating you.
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Are celebrating you. but too often, we look at
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But too often, we look at others and think about how
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Others and think about how great they are.
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Great they are. we put them on a pedestal,
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We put them on a pedestal, but god has put greatness
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But god has put greatness in you.
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In you. he's given you gifts,
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He's given you gifts, creativity, dreams.
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Creativity, dreams. he created you to leave your
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He created you to leave your mark on this generation.
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Mark on this generation. you're not supposed to live
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You're not supposed to live and die and nobody knew
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And die and nobody knew you were here.
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You were here. there is something
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There is something significant about you,
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Significant about you, something that will cause you
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Something that will cause you to stand out where, years
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To stand out where, years from now, people will look
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From now, people will look back and say, "you made
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Back and say, "you made the world a better place."
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The world a better place." stir up those gifts.
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Stir up those gifts. stir up that faith.
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Stir up that faith. don't get so caught up in
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Don't get so caught up in celebrating others that you
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Celebrating others that you don't recognize there's
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Don't recognize there's something in you
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Something in you to be celebrated.
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To be celebrated. jeremiah said, "your word,
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Jeremiah said, "your word, o lord, is like fire shut up
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O lord, is like fire shut up in my bones."
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In my bones." there is something shut up
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There is something shut up in you, something big that's
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In you, something big that's about to be released: dreams,
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About to be released: dreams, books, movies, inventions,
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Books, movies, inventions, businesses, ministries,
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Businesses, ministries, potential that you haven't
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Potential that you haven't tapped into, gifts
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Tapped into, gifts and talents that you didn't
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And talents that you didn't know were there.
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Know were there. you haven't seen them yet
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You haven't seen them yet because it hasn't been the
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Because it hasn't been the right time, but your season
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Right time, but your season is coming: the good break,
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Is coming: the good break, the promotion, the
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The promotion, the opportunity, it's on the way.
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Opportunity, it's on the way. now, don't be surprised
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Now, don't be surprised if there's opposition.
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If there's opposition. that promotion may be
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That promotion may be disguised as goliath.
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Disguised as goliath. that giant looks like
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That giant looks like it's there to stop you,
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It's there to stop you, but it's a setup.
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But it's a setup. it's going to thrust you to
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It's going to thrust you to a new level.
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A new level. you're going to discover what
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You're going to discover what the slingshot was all about.
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The slingshot was all about. it was a test.
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It was a test. you proved your faithfulness:
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You proved your faithfulness: you did the right thing when
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You did the right thing when nobody was watching, you kept
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Nobody was watching, you kept a good attitude when it
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A good attitude when it wasn't fair, you celebrated
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Wasn't fair, you celebrated others when you could've
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Others when you could've been jealous.
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Been jealous. now your time is coming.
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Now your time is coming. what's been shut up
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What's been shut up in your spirit is about
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In your spirit is about to be released.
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To be released. it's going to be bigger, more
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It's going to be bigger, more rewarding, more fulfilling
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Rewarding, more fulfilling than you ever imagined.
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Than you ever imagined. it's not going to come
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It's not going to come through your neighbor,
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Through your neighbor, through your cousin,
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Through your cousin, through your boss,
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Through your boss, through your pastor.
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Through your pastor. it's going to come
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It's going to come through you.
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Through you. it's your baby.
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It's your baby. it's your time to be
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It's your time to be celebrated.
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Celebrated. this is what happened in
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This is what happened in the scripture with sarah.
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The scripture with sarah. she and her husband abraham
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She and her husband abraham were very old.
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Were very old. sarah had been barren her
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Sarah had been barren her whole life and not able to
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Whole life and not able to have children, but in genesis
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Have children, but in genesis 17, god said to abraham,
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17, god said to abraham, "i will give sarah a son.
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"i will give sarah a son. she will be the mother
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She will be the mother of nations.
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Of nations. kings of people will come
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Kings of people will come out of her."
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Out of her." every circumstance said it
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Every circumstance said it was impossible: she was out
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Was impossible: she was out in the desert, no fertility
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In the desert, no fertility treatments, no medical
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Treatments, no medical procedures, 80 years old,
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Procedures, 80 years old, yet god said, "you have kings
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Yet god said, "you have kings in you."
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In you." he was saying, "sarah,
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He was saying, "sarah, what i put in you is more
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What i put in you is more than you can imagine."
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Than you can imagine." god is saying the same thing
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God is saying the same thing to you: "there are kings in
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To you: "there are kings in you," "there is greatness in
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You," "there is greatness in you," "it's much bigger than
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You," "it's much bigger than what you think."
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What you think." don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances talk you out of it.
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Talk you out of it. you may not see how
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You may not see how it could work out.
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It could work out. god has ways to do it that
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God has ways to do it that you've never thought of.
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You've never thought of. one touch of god's favor
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One touch of god's favor will catapult you
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Will catapult you to the next level.
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To the next level. when sarah heard this, it was
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When sarah heard this, it was so unbelievable, she laughed.
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So unbelievable, she laughed. she said, "me, have a baby?
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She said, "me, have a baby? i don't think so!"
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I don't think so!" she loved the idea, but since
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She loved the idea, but since she was so old, she thought
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She was so old, she thought the baby would have to come
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The baby would have to come through somebody else,
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Through somebody else, so she tried to help god out.
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So she tried to help god out. she had abraham sleep with
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She had abraham sleep with her maid, and they had a son.
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Her maid, and they had a son. she was so excited.
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She was so excited. she said, "god, you did
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She said, "god, you did what you said!"
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What you said!" god said, "sarah, that is
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God said, "sarah, that is not the promised child.
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Not the promised child. i didn't put the promise
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I didn't put the promise in somebody else.
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In somebody else. i put the promise in you."
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I put the promise in you." at 90 years old, against all
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At 90 years old, against all odds, she became pregnant
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Odds, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son
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And gave birth to a son named isaac.
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Named isaac. what god put in you, he's
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What god put in you, he's still going to bring to pass.
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Still going to bring to pass. you are pregnant
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You are pregnant with destiny.
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With destiny. you are pregnant
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You are pregnant with greatness.
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With greatness. it's not going to come
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It's not going to come through others.
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Through others. you're going to shine.
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You're going to shine. you're going to excel.
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You're going to excel. you're going to be promoted.
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You're going to be promoted. you're going
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You're going to be celebrated.
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To be celebrated. friends, you are
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Friends, you are fully loaded.
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Fully loaded. you're not at a deficit.
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You're not at a deficit. you're not lacking.
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You're not lacking. you're full of potential,
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You're full of potential, full of favor.
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Full of favor. like sarah, you may have been
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Like sarah, you may have been barren for a long time.
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Barren for a long time. you don't see how it could
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You don't see how it could happen, but get ready.
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Happen, but get ready. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. things are changing
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Things are changing in your favor.
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In your favor. i believe and declare what's
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I believe and declare what's been shut up in your spirit
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Been shut up in your spirit is being released.
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Is being released. dreams are being released,
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Dreams are being released, potential, promotion,
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Potential, promotion, healing, abundance,
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Healing, abundance, vindication, breakthroughs,
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Vindication, breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny,
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name, and if you
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In jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you say,
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Receive it, can you say, amen today?
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Amen today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." friends, if you prayed
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer,
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That simple prayer, we believe you got
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We believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, and keep god
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Church, and keep god first place.
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First place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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When we
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When we face challenges, it's easy
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Face challenges, it's easy to feel like god
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To feel like god has forgotten about us.
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Has forgotten about us. we don't see
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We don't see anything happening,
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Anything happening, and thoughts tell us
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And thoughts tell us it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. but god is not called the great
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But god is not called the great i was or the great i will be.
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I was or the great i will be. he's called the great i am.
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He's called the great i am. in my new book,
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In my new book, he is i am,
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He is i am, you'll discover
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You'll discover that god is with you
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That god is with you in every area of your life.
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I am is always in the present,
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I am is always in the present, not at a later time.
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Not at a later time. god is working
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God is working in your life right now.
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In your life right now. i am means i am your healer.
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I am means i am your healer. i am your provider.
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I am your provider. i am your waymaker.
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I am your waymaker. whether you're
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Whether you're facing a challenge
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Facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams,
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Or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. the great i am
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The great i am is right there with you.
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Is right there with you. 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 book,
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A copy of joel's book, he is i am:
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He is i am: god is for you here and now.
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God is for you here and now. are you in need of protection
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Are you in need of protection or provision today?
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Or provision today? jesus assures us,
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Jesus assures us, "i am
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"i am the good shepherd."
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The good shepherd." does the path ahead
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Does the path ahead seem uncertain or dark?
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Seem uncertain or dark? jesus declares,
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Jesus declares, "i am the light of the world."
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"i am the light of the world." do you feel like your career,
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Do you feel like your career, calling, or marriage
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Calling, or marriage is beyond hope?
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Is beyond hope? jesus promises,
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Jesus promises, "i am the resurrection
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"i am the resurrection and the life."
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And the life." with every i am statement,
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With every i am statement, you'll discover
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You'll discover more about who god is
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More about who god is and what he has made
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And what he has made available for you.
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Available for you. not someday, but today.
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Not someday, but today. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and watch god's promise
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And watch god's promise come alive.
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Come alive. no matter what you face,
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No matter what you face, he is here and now for you.
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He is here and now for you. be sure to request your copy of
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Be sure to request your copy of he is i am:
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He is i am: god is for you here and now
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God is for you here and now today.
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Today. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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You're never alone.
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You're never alone. the great
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The great i am is behind the scenes
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I am is behind the scenes making ways, opening doors,
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Making ways, opening doors, turning things in your favor.
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Turning things in your favor. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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And i want you to know we love you
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We love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks for your prayer
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Thanks for your prayer and support of the ministry.
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And support of the ministry. your generosity
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Your generosity is making a difference
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Is making a difference in people's lives
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In people's lives around the world.
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Around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request your copy of
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God is for you here and now today.
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Today. visit joelosteen.com
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Yes, be reminded that the power of i am is
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That the power of i am is for you each and every day.
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Joel Osteen - You Are Fully Loaded

April 15, 2025 | S25:E105

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