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Joel Osteen - You Are Very Powerful

March 2, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Are Very Powerful | March 2, 2026

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube channel,
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and you can
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Social media. and you can come visit us in person.
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Come visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a
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We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services.
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Part of one of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this lady. every day,
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About this lady. every day, she saw this old man sitting
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She saw this old man sitting on his front porch rocking
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On his front porch rocking in his rocking chair.
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In his rocking chair. he always seemed to be so
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He always seemed to be so happy. one day, she got her
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Happy. one day, she got her nerve up and went over to
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Nerve up and went over to him and said, “sir, i can't
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Him and said, “sir, i can't help but notice, you're
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Help but notice, you're always smiling, always in
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Always smiling, always in a good mood. tell me, what
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A good mood. tell me, what is your secret for such a
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Is your secret for such a long, happy life.” he said,
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Long, happy life.” he said, “that's easy. i smoke three
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“that's easy. i smoke three packs of cigarettes a day.
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Packs of cigarettes a day. i eat nothing but junk food
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I eat nothing but junk food and i never exercise.” she
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And i never exercise.” she said, “that's amazing!
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Said, “that's amazing! how old are you?” he said,
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How old are you?” he said, “twenty-six.”
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“twenty-six.” don't live like that.
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Don't live like that. here we go ya'll.
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Here we go ya'll. 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. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about you are very powerful.
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About you are very powerful. we all face situations that
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We all face situations that look too big. the opposition
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Look too big. the opposition too strong, the dream too
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Too strong, the dream too great, the sickness too bad.
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Great, the sickness too bad. it's easy to live with a weak
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It's easy to live with a weak mentality, intimidated, like
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Mentality, intimidated, like we're at a disadvantage.
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We're at a disadvantage. this is the way solomon
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This is the way solomon probably felt. his father,
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Probably felt. his father, david had just passed.
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David had just passed. david was an amazing leader;
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David was an amazing leader; he had done great things.
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He had done great things. now solomon was in charge.
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Now solomon was in charge. he wasn't a warrior like his
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He wasn't a warrior like his father. he didn't go around
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Father. he didn't go around defeating giants, conquering
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Defeating giants, conquering armies. he was suddenly
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Armies. he was suddenly thrust into this position.
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Thrust into this position. what he was up against seemed
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What he was up against seemed daunting, overwhelming.
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Daunting, overwhelming. i'm sure he was tempted to
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I'm sure he was tempted to shrink back, think, “this is
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Shrink back, think, “this is too much. i can't lead these
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Too much. i can't lead these people.” but the scripture
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People.” but the scripture says, “solomon took firm
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Says, “solomon took firm control of the kingdom, for
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Control of the kingdom, for the lord his god was with
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The lord his god was with him and made him very
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Him and made him very powerful.” sometimes we see
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Powerful.” sometimes we see ourselves as limited, not
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Ourselves as limited, not enough, less than. but like
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Enough, less than. but like with solomon, the lord your
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With solomon, the lord your god is with you, and he has
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God is with you, and he has not just made you powerful
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Not just made you powerful but very powerful. what
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But very powerful. what you're up against may be
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You're up against may be big but it's no match for you.
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Big but it's no match for you. the same power that raised
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The same power that raised christ from the dead lives
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Christ from the dead lives in you. it's a power so
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In you. it's a power so strong that it couldn't keep
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Strong that it couldn't keep jesus in the grave. a power
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Jesus in the grave. a power so strong that a teenage
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So strong that a teenage shepherd boy defeated a giant.
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Shepherd boy defeated a giant. a power so strong that prison
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A power so strong that prison doors opened for paul and
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Doors opened for paul and silas. a power so strong
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Silas. a power so strong that a fiery furnace couldn't
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That a fiery furnace couldn't burn three hebrew teenagers.
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Burn three hebrew teenagers. a power so strong that the
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A power so strong that the red sea parted for moses.
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Red sea parted for moses. that's the power that's in
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That's the power that's in you. you're not ordinary.
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You. you're not ordinary. you're not common, you are
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You're not common, you are very powerful. now here's
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Very powerful. now here's the key, how you see yourself
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The key, how you see yourself will determine whether you
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Will determine whether you see this great power.
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See this great power. if you think weak thoughts,
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If you think weak thoughts, insecure, intimidated, “this
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Insecure, intimidated, “this problem is too big. i can't
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Problem is too big. i can't accomplish my dreams, i'll
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Accomplish my dreams, i'll never break this addiction,”
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Never break this addiction,” then you are cancelling out
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Then you are cancelling out the power. you have to get
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The power. you have to get in agreement with god.
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In agreement with god. i'm not looking at weak
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I'm not looking at weak people. i'm not looking at
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People. i'm not looking at average people, i'm looking
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Average people, i'm looking at sons and daughters of
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At sons and daughters of the most high god. strong,
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The most high god. strong, confident, anointed, favored.
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Confident, anointed, favored. resurrection power is in you.
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Resurrection power is in you. power to bring dead things
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Power to bring dead things back to life. you can
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Back to life. you can accomplish your dreams.
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Accomplish your dreams. you can set new standards
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You can set new standards for your family. you can
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For your family. you can defeat that cancer. you can
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Defeat that cancer. you can break that addiction. you can
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Break that addiction. you can end that dysfunction. it may
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End that dysfunction. it may stop some people, but not
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Stop some people, but not you. you are very powerful.
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You. you are very powerful. in the scripture, the syrian
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In the scripture, the syrian army was trying to overtake
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Army was trying to overtake the israelites. but every time
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The israelites. but every time the syrians made a move, the
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The syrians made a move, the israelites knew exactly where
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Israelites knew exactly where they were going. they stayed
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They were going. they stayed one step ahead. this happened
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One step ahead. this happened again and again. the syrian
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Again and again. the syrian commander was so frustrated.
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Commander was so frustrated. he was convinced there was a
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He was convinced there was a spy in the camp, leaking all
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Spy in the camp, leaking all this inside information.
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This inside information. he called his men together
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He called his men together and questioned them. one of
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And questioned them. one of the leaders spoke up and
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The leaders spoke up and said, “sir, it's none of us.
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Said, “sir, it's none of us. there's a prophet in israel
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There's a prophet in israel named elisha. whatever you
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Named elisha. whatever you whisper in secret, he tells
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Whisper in secret, he tells the israelites.” the commander
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The israelites.” the commander was so furious. he decided to
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Was so furious. he decided to go get elisha. you would think
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Go get elisha. you would think he would take four or five
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He would take four or five men, maybe a dozen at the most.
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Men, maybe a dozen at the most. elisha wasn't any threat.
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Elisha wasn't any threat. he wasn't in the military.
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He wasn't in the military. he didn't have any weapons.
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He didn't have any weapons. but the commander was so
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But the commander was so afraid of elisha that he got
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Afraid of elisha that he got his whole army, thousands of
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His whole army, thousands of troops, thousands of
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Troops, thousands of chariots, all to capture one
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Chariots, all to capture one man filled with the spirit of
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Man filled with the spirit of god. what am i saying? even
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God. what am i saying? even the enemy knows how powerful
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The enemy knows how powerful you are.
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You are. when the enemy comes against
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When the enemy comes against us one way, god said he would
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Us one way, god said he would defeat them and cause them to
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Defeat them and cause them to flee seven different ways.
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Flee seven different ways. he said he holds victory in
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He said he holds victory in store for the upright. there
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Store for the upright. there is a power working in you
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Is a power working in you that's not of your own
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That's not of your own ability. it's resurrection
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Ability. it's resurrection power. now get rid of any
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Power. now get rid of any weak thoughts, defeating
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Weak thoughts, defeating thoughts, “it's too much,
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Thoughts, “it's too much, i don't have the connections,
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I don't have the connections, i'll never meet the right
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I'll never meet the right person, this dream is out
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Person, this dream is out of reach.” have a new
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Of reach.” have a new perspective. “this problem
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Perspective. “this problem may be big but it's no match
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May be big but it's no match for me, i am well able. i am
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For me, i am well able. i am strong in the lord; i can do
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Strong in the lord; i can do all things through christ.
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All things through christ. though i am surrounded by
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Though i am surrounded by trouble, i will not fear.
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Trouble, i will not fear. though i am attacked on every
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Though i am attacked on every side, i will not be afraid.
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Side, i will not be afraid. for the lord is my light and
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For the lord is my light and my salvation, the lord is the
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My salvation, the lord is the strength of my life.” if
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Strength of my life.” if you're going to tap into this
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You're going to tap into this power you have to think power
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Power you have to think power thoughts. inflation may be
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Thoughts. inflation may be high, the stock market shaky,
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High, the stock market shaky, banks having trouble. you
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Banks having trouble. you could be worried, instead,
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Could be worried, instead, “god, i thank you that you're
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“god, i thank you that you're jehovah jireh, the lord my
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Jehovah jireh, the lord my provider. you said even in
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Provider. you said even in famine i would have more
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Famine i would have more than enough. you said i
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Than enough. you said i would lend and not borrow,
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Would lend and not borrow, that my cup would run over.”
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That my cup would run over.” the medical report may
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The medical report may not look good. experts say
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Not look good. experts say you're not going to get well.
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You're not going to get well. “god, you said you would
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“god, you said you would restore health back unto me.
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Restore health back unto me. you said i would live and not
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You said i would live and not die, that with long life you
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Die, that with long life you would satisfy me.” maybe you
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Would satisfy me.” maybe you have children that are off
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Have children that are off course. it doesn't look like
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Course. it doesn't look like they'll ever change.
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They'll ever change. “god, you said as for me and
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“god, you said as for me and my house we will serve the
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My house we will serve the lord. you said my children
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Lord. you said my children will be mighty in the land.
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Will be mighty in the land. that from generation to
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That from generation to generation we will tell of
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Generation we will tell of your goodness.” learn to
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Your goodness.” learn to think power thoughts.
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Think power thoughts. that's how you activate the
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That's how you activate the power. when david went out
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Power. when david went out to face goliath, he didn't
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To face goliath, he didn't have a chance in the natural.
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Have a chance in the natural. but david understood this
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But david understood this principle. that there was
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Principle. that there was a force working for him that
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A force working for him that other people couldn't see.
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Other people couldn't see. he knew that the lord his god
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He knew that the lord his god had made him very powerful.
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Had made him very powerful. our strength doesn't come
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Our strength doesn't come from just our own ability,
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From just our own ability, our own will power, our own
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Our own will power, our own determination. that's all
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Determination. that's all good, but you will face
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Good, but you will face times where on your own,
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Times where on your own, it's not enough. the giant
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It's not enough. the giant is too big, the sickness
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Is too big, the sickness too strong, the trouble too
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Too strong, the trouble too great. that's when you're
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Great. that's when you're going to see the lord your
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Going to see the lord your god empowering you.
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God empowering you. a supernatural force enabling
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A supernatural force enabling you, causing you to go
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You, causing you to go further, to defeat giants, to
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Further, to defeat giants, to accomplish dreams that seem
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Accomplish dreams that seem impossible. when david saw
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Impossible. when david saw goliath, he could have
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Goliath, he could have thought. “oh man, what was
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Thought. “oh man, what was i thinking? he's twice my
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I thinking? he's twice my size. he has a full set of
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Size. he has a full set of armor. all i have is this
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Armor. all i have is this sling shot.” no, david
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Sling shot.” no, david looked at goliath and said,
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Looked at goliath and said, “you come against me with a
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“you come against me with a sword and shield, but i come
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Sword and shield, but i come against you in the name of
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Against you in the name of the lord god of israel.”
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The lord god of israel.” he was saying. “goliath,
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He was saying. “goliath, i may look small but i'm not
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I may look small but i'm not on my own. there's a force
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On my own. there's a force that you can't see, a power
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That you can't see, a power that's beyond my own ability.
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That's beyond my own ability. the lord my god has breathed
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The lord my god has breathed his power, his favor, his
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His power, his favor, his anointing on my life.”
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Anointing on my life.” victory starts in our mind.
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Victory starts in our mind. you can't think weak and be
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You can't think weak and be powerful. you can't think
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Powerful. you can't think limited and be strong.
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Limited and be strong. you can't think fear and have
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You can't think fear and have courage. is your thinking
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Courage. is your thinking keeping you from being very
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Keeping you from being very powerful? are wrong mindsets
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Powerful? are wrong mindsets stopping the strength, the
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Stopping the strength, the favor, the victory that
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Favor, the victory that belongs to you? start
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Belongs to you? start thinking power thoughts.
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Thinking power thoughts. “i am strong. i am well
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“i am strong. i am well able. i am confident. this
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Able. i am confident. this challenge cannot hold me
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Challenge cannot hold me back. i am full of
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Back. i am full of resurrection power. i can
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Resurrection power. i can run through a troop and
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Run through a troop and leap over a wall. if god be
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Leap over a wall. if god be for me, who dare be against
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For me, who dare be against me.” david went on to say,
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Me.” david went on to say, “goliath, this day i will
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“goliath, this day i will defeat you and feed your
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Defeat you and feed your head to the birds of the
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Head to the birds of the air.” that's how you activate
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Air.” that's how you activate the power. not by talking
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The power. not by talking about how you feel, but by
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About how you feel, but by talking about what god says
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Talking about what god says about you. not by thinking
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About you. not by thinking weak, defeated, can't do it
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Weak, defeated, can't do it thoughts, but by thinking
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Thoughts, but by thinking power thoughts. we hear these
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Power thoughts. we hear these stories about david, stories
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Stories about david, stories about elisha, and think,
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About elisha, and think, “yes, they were powerful.
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“yes, they were powerful. they did amazing things, but
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They did amazing things, but man, joel, they were in the
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Man, joel, they were in the bible. they were called, they
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Bible. they were called, they were chosen, they were
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Were chosen, they were anointed.” can i tell you?
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Anointed.” can i tell you? you are called, you are
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You are called, you are chosen, you are anointed.
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Chosen, you are anointed. we see them as superheroes.
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We see them as superheroes. and yes, we honor them. we
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And yes, we honor them. we respect who they are, but the
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Respect who they are, but the truth is they were people
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Truth is they were people just like you and me.
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Just like you and me. they seemed ordinary.
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They seemed ordinary. they looked average, yet they
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They looked average, yet they left their mark. they were
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Left their mark. they were chosen to live in their day,
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Chosen to live in their day, you've been chosen to live
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You've been chosen to live in this day. i am looking at
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In this day. i am looking at modern day david's, elisha's,
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Modern day david's, elisha's, ruth's, sarah's. why don't
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Ruth's, sarah's. why don't you believe that you are
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You believe that you are very powerful? that you
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Very powerful? that you are a giant killer, that
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Are a giant killer, that you are a barrier breaker,
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You are a barrier breaker, that you are a history maker.
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That you are a history maker. too often we see ourselves as
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Too often we see ourselves as average, limited. “joel, i'm
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Average, limited. “joel, i'm not powerful. i'm just
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Not powerful. i'm just ordinary.” the truth is some
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Ordinary.” the truth is some of the things that you've
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Of the things that you've been through should have
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Been through should have defeated you. if you were
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Defeated you. if you were average the dysfunction,
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Average the dysfunction, the trauma, the loss, would
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The trauma, the loss, would have taken you out. the fact
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Have taken you out. the fact that you're still here tells
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That you're still here tells me that you are very
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Me that you are very powerful. that sickness
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Powerful. that sickness couldn't defeat you. why?
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Couldn't defeat you. why? because you are so powerful.
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Because you are so powerful. that bad break, the person
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That bad break, the person that walked away, the
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That walked away, the disappointment should have
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Disappointment should have soured your life, but look at
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Soured your life, but look at you, you're still standing.
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You, you're still standing. you're not bitter, you're
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You're not bitter, you're blessed. you're moving
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Blessed. you're moving forward. you're taking new
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Forward. you're taking new ground. that didn't happen
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Ground. that didn't happen on your own. the lord your
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On your own. the lord your god strengthened you when
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God strengthened you when you were weak. he lifted you
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You were weak. he lifted you when you fell. he protected
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When you fell. he protected you in danger. he favored you
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You in danger. he favored you when it didn't look good.
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When it didn't look good. he delivered you from greater
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He delivered you from greater enemies. if you weren't very
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Enemies. if you weren't very powerful you wouldn't still
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Powerful you wouldn't still be here. it wasn't just your
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Be here. it wasn't just your own might, your own strength,
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Own might, your own strength, it was the lord your god
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It was the lord your god breathing on your life.
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Breathing on your life. if you're going to reach your
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If you're going to reach your highest potential, you have
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Highest potential, you have to live with this mindset,
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To live with this mindset, “i am very powerful. i have
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“i am very powerful. i have the favor of god. i can
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The favor of god. i can accomplish my dreams. i can
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Accomplish my dreams. i can overcome this bad break.
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Overcome this bad break. i can raise my children to
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I can raise my children to serve the lord. i can leave
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Serve the lord. i can leave my mark.”
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My mark.” there was a lady in the
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There was a lady in the scripture named deborah.
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Scripture named deborah. she was living in a city that
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She was living in a city that was overcome with violence
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Was overcome with violence and all kinds of wrongdoing.
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And all kinds of wrongdoing. it had gotten so bad that you
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It had gotten so bad that you couldn't even travel on the
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Couldn't even travel on the main roads. there was no
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Main roads. there was no order. but god put a dream
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Order. but god put a dream in deborah's heart to do
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In deborah's heart to do something about it.
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Something about it. the scripture describes
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The scripture describes deborah as a mother in israel.
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Deborah as a mother in israel. this is significant. it's
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This is significant. it's telling us that she didn't
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Telling us that she didn't have the influence, the
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Have the influence, the resources. she wasn't in
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Resources. she wasn't in the corporate world. she
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The corporate world. she didn't have an impressive
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Didn't have an impressive title, wasn't highly educated.
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Title, wasn't highly educated. back in those days, women
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Back in those days, women weren't in leadership like
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Weren't in leadership like they are today. they were
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They are today. they were pushed down and seen as
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Pushed down and seen as secondary. god could have
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Secondary. god could have chosen the king to do
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Chosen the king to do something about it, or the
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Something about it, or the governor, a city leader,
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Governor, a city leader, a wealthy businessman,
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A wealthy businessman, instead he chose this
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Instead he chose this mother. sometimes god will
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Mother. sometimes god will ask you to do things that
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Ask you to do things that seem over your head.
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Seem over your head. he'll put dreams in your
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He'll put dreams in your heart that you can't
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Heart that you can't accomplish on your own.
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Accomplish on your own. you don't have the resources,
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You don't have the resources, the training, the connections.
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The training, the connections. but god wouldn't ask you to
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But god wouldn't ask you to do it if you weren't well
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Do it if you weren't well able. this is when you
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Able. this is when you have to have the right
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Have to have the right mindset, not weak, limited,
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Mindset, not weak, limited, “i'm ordinary. i'm just
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“i'm ordinary. i'm just a mother.” no, turn it
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A mother.” no, turn it around. “the lord my god
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Around. “the lord my god has made me very powerful.
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Has made me very powerful. i'm anointed for this
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I'm anointed for this assignment. i'm favored for
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Assignment. i'm favored for this mission. i'm well able
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This mission. i'm well able to accomplish this dream.”
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To accomplish this dream.” a lot of times we discount
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A lot of times we discount ourselves. “i'm just a
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Ourselves. “i'm just a mother, i'm just a student,
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Mother, i'm just a student, just a teacher, a businessman,
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Just a teacher, a businessman, a doctor, a plumber.”
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A doctor, a plumber.” you're not just anything,
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You're not just anything, you're a child of the most
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You're a child of the most high god. he breathed his
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High god. he breathed his life into you. he put his dna
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Life into you. he put his dna on the inside. he's crowned
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On the inside. he's crowned you with his favor. you have
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You with his favor. you have royal blood flowing through
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Royal blood flowing through your veins. resurrection
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Your veins. resurrection power lives in you. keep
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Power lives in you. keep your shoulders back. hold
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Your shoulders back. hold your head up high and step
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Your head up high and step into the greatness that
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Into the greatness that belongs to you. deborah
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Belongs to you. deborah could have thought, “god,
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Could have thought, “god, i can't do it. i'm a mother.
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I can't do it. i'm a mother. i'm not in government,
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I'm not in government, i don't have anybody backing
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I don't have anybody backing me up.” but deep down she
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Me up.” but deep down she understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. “i'm not on my own. the lord
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“i'm not on my own. the lord my god has made me very
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My god has made me very powerful." the scripture
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Powerful." the scripture says, “the highways were
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Says, “the highways were unoccupied, the city was
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Unoccupied, the city was shutting down until deborah,
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Shutting down until deborah, a mother in israel arose.”
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A mother in israel arose.” she stepped out in faith
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She stepped out in faith and god caused things to
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And god caused things to fall into place, everything
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Fall into place, everything turned around. how could this
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Turned around. how could this mother impact the whole city?
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Mother impact the whole city? it started in her thinking.
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It started in her thinking. she knew who she was.
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She knew who she was. she knew the favor of god was
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She knew the favor of god was on her life. she saw herself
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On her life. she saw herself not as limited, but as very
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Not as limited, but as very powerful. what can you change
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Powerful. what can you change if you'll start seeing
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If you'll start seeing yourself as very powerful?
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Yourself as very powerful? what addictions can you break?
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What addictions can you break? what barriers can you
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What barriers can you overcome? what dreams can
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Overcome? what dreams can you accomplish, if you'll
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You accomplish, if you'll get rid of a weak, defeated,
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Get rid of a weak, defeated, i'm ordinary mentality and
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I'm ordinary mentality and start seeing yourself the
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Start seeing yourself the way god made you to be,
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Way god made you to be, as very powerful.
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As very powerful. there was a ten-year old boy tha
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There was a ten-year old boy tha lived down the street from
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Lived down the street from this big bully. the bully
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This big bully. the bully was always bothering him and
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Was always bothering him and making his life miserable.
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Making his life miserable. he was trying to get his
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He was trying to get his courage up to stand up
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Courage up to stand up against the bully, but he
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Against the bully, but he looked so big and so
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Looked so big and so intimidating. he couldn't
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Intimidating. he couldn't do it. that christmas, his
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Do it. that christmas, his father bought him a
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Father bought him a telescope. he was so excited.
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Telescope. he was so excited. one day he was out in the
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One day he was out in the front yard playing with it,
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Front yard playing with it, but he was looking through
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But he was looking through the wrong end. he was
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The wrong end. he was looking through the big side.
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Looking through the big side. his father came out and said,
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His father came out and said, “no, son, you're doing it
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“no, son, you're doing it wrong. turn it around and
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Wrong. turn it around and it will make everything
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It will make everything bigger like it was designed
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Bigger like it was designed to do.” the boy said, “i know
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To do.” the boy said, “i know that dad. but right now, i'm
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That dad. but right now, i'm looking at this bully, it
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Looking at this bully, it makes him so small that i'm
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Makes him so small that i'm not afraid of him anymore.”
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Not afraid of him anymore.” maybe you need to turn the
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Maybe you need to turn the telescope around. you've
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Telescope around. you've magnified your problems long
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Magnified your problems long enough. you've magnified the
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Enough. you've magnified the bullies, the giants, the
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Bullies, the giants, the addictions, the debt.
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Addictions, the debt. no wonder you feel weak,
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No wonder you feel weak, intimidated, not able. you
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Intimidated, not able. you have to make the switch.
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Have to make the switch. if you'll change your
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If you'll change your perspective and start seeing
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Perspective and start seeing things from god's point of
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Things from god's point of view, you'll realize what
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View, you'll realize what you're up against is no match
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You're up against is no match for you. it looks like goliath,
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For you. it looks like goliath, it looks daunting, the truth
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It looks daunting, the truth is you're the one that's
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Is you're the one that's very powerful. you're the
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Very powerful. you're the one that has god's favor.
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One that has god's favor. you're the one that can
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You're the one that can defeat giants. you're the one
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Defeat giants. you're the one that can break the addiction.
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That can break the addiction. the forces that are for you
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The forces that are for you are greater than any force
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Are greater than any force that's trying to stop you.
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That's trying to stop you. the way this is going to
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The way this is going to happen is if you keep your
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Happen is if you keep your telescope turned around.
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Telescope turned around. you can't go around
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You can't go around magnifying all the negative.
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Magnifying all the negative. you need to magnify what god
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You need to magnify what god put in you. he didn't just
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Put in you. he didn't just make you powerful, he made
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Make you powerful, he made you very powerful.
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You very powerful. all through the day that
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All through the day that should be playing in our mind.
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Should be playing in our mind. “i am very powerful. i have
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“i am very powerful. i have the favor of god. i can do
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The favor of god. i can do all things through christ.
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All things through christ. i am strong in the lord.
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I am strong in the lord. no weapon formed against
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No weapon formed against me will prosper. i will
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Me will prosper. i will defeat this giant. i will
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Defeat this giant. i will break this addiction.
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Break this addiction. i will leave my family better
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I will leave my family better than they were before.”
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Than they were before.” how many people go around
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How many people go around thinking just the opposite.
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Thinking just the opposite. “this problem is too big.
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“this problem is too big. i'll never get well. i can't
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I'll never get well. i can't get out of this neighborhood.
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Get out of this neighborhood. i'm at a disadvantage.” you
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I'm at a disadvantage.” you can be very powerful and
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Can be very powerful and cancel it out with a wrong
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Cancel it out with a wrong mindset. this is what
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Mindset. this is what gideon almost did.
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Gideon almost did. he was hiding in a winepress,
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He was hiding in a winepress, afraid, intimidated, thinking
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Afraid, intimidated, thinking the opposition was too big.
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The opposition was too big. god sent an angel and said,
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God sent an angel and said, “mighty hero the lord is with
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“mighty hero the lord is with you. you are to deliver the
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You. you are to deliver the people of israel from the
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People of israel from the midianites.” god called him
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Midianites.” god called him a hero while he was hiding.
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A hero while he was hiding. god called him mighty when
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God called him mighty when he felt weak. he called him
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He felt weak. he called him a deliverer, a history maker
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A deliverer, a history maker when he saw himself limited,
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When he saw himself limited, not able. god has made you
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Not able. god has made you very powerful, the question
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Very powerful, the question is how do you see yourself?
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Is how do you see yourself? strong, confident, favored.
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Strong, confident, favored. or do you see yourself like
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Or do you see yourself like gideon? “these giants are
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Gideon? “these giants are too big,” can't do it,
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Too big,” can't do it, at a disadvantage.
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At a disadvantage. you have to turn that
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You have to turn that telescope around. you're
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Telescope around. you're making everything else so
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Making everything else so powerful; you need to start
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Powerful; you need to start seeing yourself as powerful.
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Seeing yourself as powerful. “joel, you don't know how i
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“joel, you don't know how i was raised, what i've been
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Was raised, what i've been through. the medical report
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Through. the medical report doesn't look good. i don't
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Doesn't look good. i don't have the funds to go to
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Have the funds to go to college. this giant is too
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College. this giant is too big.” one touch of god's
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Big.” one touch of god's favor can turn it around.
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Favor can turn it around. one sling shot and that
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One sling shot and that giant is defeated. one mother
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Giant is defeated. one mother with the favor of god and
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With the favor of god and the city is changed. you're
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The city is changed. you're looking at how big your
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Looking at how big your problem is, you need to
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Problem is, you need to start looking at how big
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Start looking at how big your god is. he said he's
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Your god is. he said he's with you, and he has made
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With you, and he has made you very powerful. you are
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You very powerful. you are anointed. you are favored.
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Anointed. you are favored. you can defeat giants.
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You can defeat giants. you can change cities.
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You can change cities. you can take your family to
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You can take your family to a new level. even after the
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A new level. even after the angel called gideon a mighty
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Angel called gideon a mighty hero, gideon started making
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Hero, gideon started making excuses. he said, “how could
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Excuses. he said, “how could this happen? i come from the
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This happen? i come from the poorest family. i'm the least
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Poorest family. i'm the least ones in this camp. i don't
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Ones in this camp. i don't have the training. i can't
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Have the training. i can't lead these people.”
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Lead these people.” his weak, defeated mentality
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His weak, defeated mentality almost kept him from his
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Almost kept him from his destiny. he finally did what
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Destiny. he finally did what i'm asking us to do. he made
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I'm asking us to do. he made this switch and saw himself
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This switch and saw himself as powerful. he went out with
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As powerful. he went out with the whole army, thirty-two
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The whole army, thirty-two thousand men. he was feeling
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Thousand men. he was feeling good. but god said, “you
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Good. but god said, “you have too many people.
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Have too many people. tell everyone who's afraid
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Tell everyone who's afraid that they can go home.”
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That they can go home.” twenty-two thousand men left.
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Twenty-two thousand men left. now he only had ten thousand
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Now he only had ten thousand soldiers. he wasn't feeling
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Soldiers. he wasn't feeling quite as confident. god said
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Quite as confident. god said it again, “there's still too
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It again, “there's still too many.” all of them left except
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Many.” all of them left except three hundred men. he was up
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Three hundred men. he was up against an army of thousands.
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Against an army of thousands. it looked impossible. but they
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It looked impossible. but they went out and defeated the
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Went out and defeated the midianites with just three
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Midianites with just three hundred people. god was
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Hundred people. god was showing us, you don't need
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Showing us, you don't need everything you think you
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Everything you think you need. you don't need all
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Need. you don't need all those people to be for you.
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Those people to be for you. you don't need to come from
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You don't need to come from a certain family. you don't
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A certain family. you don't need all that training.
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Need all that training. god has given you everything
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God has given you everything you need. he's breathed his
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You need. he's breathed his favor on your life. he'll
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Favor on your life. he'll cause the stone to hit the
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Cause the stone to hit the giant at the right place.
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Giant at the right place. he'll heal you from the
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He'll heal you from the cancer. he'll break the
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Cancer. he'll break the addiction. he'll send the
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Addiction. he'll send the right people across your
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Right people across your path. i know a man that was
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Path. i know a man that was in a serious accident years
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In a serious accident years ago and wasn't supposed to
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Ago and wasn't supposed to live. by the grace of god,
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Live. by the grace of god, he's alive but he can't see
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He's alive but he can't see very well. he's had to relearn
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Very well. he's had to relearn how to speak and some of his
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How to speak and some of his other motor skills. since he
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Other motor skills. since he couldn't drive, he would take
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Couldn't drive, he would take the bus to lakewood every
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The bus to lakewood every sunday. i'd always see him,
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Sunday. i'd always see him, so faithful. when we moved
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So faithful. when we moved from the other location,
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From the other location, the bus route didn't run
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The bus route didn't run from his house to the compaq
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From his house to the compaq center, where we are now.
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Center, where we are now. he was very concerned. he
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He was very concerned. he loved coming. i said, “don't
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Loved coming. i said, “don't worry, we'll have someone
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Worry, we'll have someone come pick you up. it's no
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Come pick you up. it's no big deal.” he said, “no,
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Big deal.” he said, “no, joel, i'm going to get the
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Joel, i'm going to get the bus route changed. i'm going
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Bus route changed. i'm going to convince them to send
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To convince them to send busses by my house to the
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Busses by my house to the church.” being the great
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Church.” being the great man of faith that i am, i
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Man of faith that i am, i thought to myself, “there's
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Thought to myself, “there's no way. that's like an act
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No way. that's like an act of congress. you need
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Of congress. you need lobbyists, money,
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Lobbyists, money, connections.” he could have
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Connections.” he could have thought like me, “too bad.
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Thought like me, “too bad. what can i do. i don't have
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What can i do. i don't have the influence, the funds.
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The influence, the funds. i'm physically challenged.”
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I'm physically challenged.” but he had a different
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But he had a different mindset. he wasn't a
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Mindset. he wasn't a gideon, looking at what
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Gideon, looking at what he didn't have. he was like
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He didn't have. he was like deborah, a mother, thinking
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Deborah, a mother, thinking “i can make a difference.”
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“i can make a difference.” he was like david, “this
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He was like david, “this giant is huge, but i will
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Giant is huge, but i will defeat it.” deep down he
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Defeat it.” deep down he knew that the lord his
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Knew that the lord his god had made him very
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God had made him very powerful. he went down
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Powerful. he went down week after week to the
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Week after week to the public transportation
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Public transportation meetings and told them how
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Meetings and told them how he needed the busses to run
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He needed the busses to run by lakewood. it just so
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By lakewood. it just so happened someone that loved
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Happened someone that loved lakewood was on the committee.
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Lakewood was on the committee. god will always have the
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God will always have the right people at the right
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Right people at the right place if you'll just have the
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Place if you'll just have the boldness to take the step of
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Boldness to take the step of faith. two months later, he
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Faith. two months later, he came in one sunday morning
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Came in one sunday morning smiling so big. i'll never
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Smiling so big. i'll never forget it. he said, “joel,
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Forget it. he said, “joel, i just got off the bus.
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I just got off the bus. they changed the route and
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They changed the route and brought me this morning.”
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Brought me this morning.” i nearly passed out. so often,
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I nearly passed out. so often, we don't realize who we are.
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We don't realize who we are. we see ourselves as limited,
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We see ourselves as limited, ordinary, when in fact we are
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Ordinary, when in fact we are powerful. one of the staff
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Powerful. one of the staff members at the transportation
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Members at the transportation office, told me that in the
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Office, told me that in the twenty years that she worked
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Twenty years that she worked there she'd never seen
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There she'd never seen anything change like that.
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Anything change like that. if you were to see this
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If you were to see this gentleman, in the natural,
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Gentleman, in the natural, you would think he doesn't
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You would think he doesn't have any influence. he doesn't
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Have any influence. he doesn't have the funds. he's physically
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Have the funds. he's physically challenged. but god loves to
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Challenged. but god loves to take those who are
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Take those who are underestimated, those who
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Underestimated, those who others discount, and cause
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Others discount, and cause them to shine brightly,
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Them to shine brightly, to make them very powerful.
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To make them very powerful. i'm asking you to get rid of
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I'm asking you to get rid of excuses. quit telling yourself
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Excuses. quit telling yourself why you're limited, at a
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Why you're limited, at a disadvantage, not enough,
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Disadvantage, not enough, been through too much.
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Been through too much. don't go through life not
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Don't go through life not recognizing who you are.
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Recognizing who you are. the lord your god has made
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The lord your god has made you very powerful. you are
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You very powerful. you are strong. you are anointed.
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Strong. you are anointed. you are favored. you can
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You are favored. you can affect change. you can defeat
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Affect change. you can defeat giants. you can accomplish
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Giants. you can accomplish dreams. you can leave your
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Dreams. you can leave your mark. when thoughts come
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Mark. when thoughts come telling you you're weak, not
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Telling you you're weak, not enough, at a disadvantage.
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Enough, at a disadvantage. just say, “no thanks you have
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Just say, “no thanks you have the wrong person. i know who
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The wrong person. i know who i am. i'm a child of the most
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I am. i'm a child of the most high god and i am very
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High god and i am very powerful.” if you'll do
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Powerful.” if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, you're going to see giants
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You're going to see giants fall, you're going to
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Fall, you're going to accomplish dreams that amaze
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Accomplish dreams that amaze you. god's going to breathe
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You. god's going to breathe on your life in a new way,
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On your life in a new way, favor, healing,
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Favor, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it,
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen today?
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We all go
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We all go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and things that are not fair.
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And things that are not fair. but god sees every hurt,
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But god sees every hurt, every injustice,
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Every injustice, and he's promised to pay
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And he's promised to pay you back for the unfair things.
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You back for the unfair things. i'd love to send you
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You stay in faith and not get bitter
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And not get bitter and think, why me?
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And think, why me? now, that setback
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Now, that setback may have been painful,
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But the fact is it set you up for double.
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God will make the enemy pay and bring you out
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With the message of hope, and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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And the abundant life god has promised.
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God has promised. whether you're walking
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Today: grief, loss, uncertainty.
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Loss, uncertainty. it doesn't define your future.
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None of us like difficulties. but if you'll stay in faith,
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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Thank you for your prayers and support.
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we see you again
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Until we see you again next week,
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Joel Osteen - You Are Very Powerful

March 2, 2026 | 27:29

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