Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - You Are Worthy

December 5, 2025 | 29:55

Pastor Joel teaches that no matter where you are, or what challenges you’re facing, God wants you to live an extraordinary life. You can break out of your current circumstance and experience Your Best Life Now.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Are Worthy | December 5, 2025

> joel: god bless you. it's
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today. i
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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Hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this burglar that broke
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About this burglar that broke into a house one night. just
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Into a house one night. just as he was stealing the
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As he was stealing the stereo, he heard a voice
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Stereo, he heard a voice saying, “jesus is watching
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Saying, “jesus is watching you.” he froze in his tracks,
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You.” he froze in his tracks, shined his flashlight over in
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Shined his flashlight over in the corner and saw a parrot.
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The corner and saw a parrot. he said, “did you say that to
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He said, “did you say that to me?” the parrot said, “yes,
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Me?” the parrot said, “yes, i'm just trying to warn you.”
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I'm just trying to warn you.” the burglar said, “warn me?
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The burglar said, “warn me? what are you talking about?
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What are you talking about? who are you?” the parrot
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Who are you?” the parrot said, “my name is moses.” the
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Said, “my name is moses.” the burglar laughed, said, “what
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Burglar laughed, said, “what kind of crazy people would
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Kind of crazy people would name a parrot moses?” the
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Name a parrot moses?” the parrot said, “the same kind
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Parrot said, “the same kind of people that would name a
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Of people that would name a 150-pound rottweiler jesus.”
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150-pound rottweiler jesus.” (laughter)
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(laughter) all right, y'all. say it like
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All right, y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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Can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about you are worthy. it's
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About you are worthy. it's easy to go through life
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Easy to go through life feeling like we don't measure
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Feeling like we don't measure up. we focus on our flaws and
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Up. we focus on our flaws and weaknesses, how we should be
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Weaknesses, how we should be further along. we let guilt
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Further along. we let guilt and condemnation weigh us
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And condemnation weigh us down. we've been through
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Down. we've been through disappointments, dreams
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Disappointments, dreams haven't worked out, people
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Haven't worked out, people have done us wrong, it's
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Have done us wrong, it's opened the door to
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Opened the door to insecurity, low self-esteem.
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Insecurity, low self-esteem. the enemy uses these things
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The enemy uses these things to try to steal our sense of
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To try to steal our sense of value. he'll whisper, “you
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Value. he'll whisper, “you don't deserve to be blessed,
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Don't deserve to be blessed, look at the mistakes you've
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Look at the mistakes you've made. you're not valuable,
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Made. you're not valuable, look at the family you come
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Look at the family you come from. you're not attractive,
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From. you're not attractive, look at how beautiful your
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Look at how beautiful your coworker is.” he'd love for
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Coworker is.” he'd love for you to believe the lie that
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You to believe the lie that you're not worthy. but here's
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You're not worthy. but here's the key, your worth is not
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The key, your worth is not based on what you have, what
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Based on what you have, what family you come from, or how
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Family you come from, or how perfectly you live. your
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Perfectly you live. your worth is based on the fact
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Worth is based on the fact that you're a child of the
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That you're a child of the most high god. you are worthy
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Most high god. you are worthy not because of what you did,
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Not because of what you did, but because of what jesus
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But because of what jesus did. he made you worthy.
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Did. he made you worthy. god created you in his own
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God created you in his own image. you have royal blood
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Image. you have royal blood flowing through your veins.
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Flowing through your veins. sometimes we let our
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Sometimes we let our weaknesses, areas we need to
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Weaknesses, areas we need to improve in, cause us to feel
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Improve in, cause us to feel unworthy. we go around down
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Unworthy. we go around down on ourselves, thinking once
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On ourselves, thinking once we get it together, then we
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We get it together, then we can feel good about who we
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Can feel good about who we are. but your worth is not
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Are. but your worth is not based on your performance.
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Based on your performance. there's nothing you can do to
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There's nothing you can do to make you more valuable. “if i
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Make you more valuable. “if i work harder, be more
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Work harder, be more disciplined, pray longer,
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Disciplined, pray longer, spend more time with my
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Spend more time with my children, then i'll deserve
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Children, then i'll deserve to be blessed.” that's all
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To be blessed.” that's all good. that's developing
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Good. that's developing character, but that's not
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Character, but that's not affecting your worth. it's
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Affecting your worth. it's not making you more valuable.
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Not making you more valuable. your value comes from your
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Your value comes from your creator. don't go through
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Creator. don't go through life living performance
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Life living performance based, trying to earn your
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Based, trying to earn your worth, earn your value. the
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Worth, earn your value. the problem is you'll never
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Problem is you'll never measure up. we all make
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Measure up. we all make mistakes. we all have
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Mistakes. we all have shortcomings. take the
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Shortcomings. take the pressure off. you don't have
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Pressure off. you don't have to work for it, just receive
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To work for it, just receive it. “i am worthy. i am
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It. “i am worthy. i am valuable. i've been approved
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Valuable. i've been approved by almighty god.”
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By almighty god.” every time you say that
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Every time you say that something powerful happens.
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Something powerful happens. you're getting stronger, more
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You're getting stronger, more confident. your self-esteem
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Confident. your self-esteem is increasing. forces of
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Is increasing. forces of darkness cannot stay when you
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Darkness cannot stay when you know you are worthy. not
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Know you are worthy. not you're going to be, “joel,
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You're going to be, “joel, when i control my temper
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When i control my temper better, when i quit saying
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Better, when i quit saying things i shouldn't, when i
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Things i shouldn't, when i get in shape, when my boss
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Get in shape, when my boss starts \ respecting me. then
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Starts \ respecting me. then i'll feel good about myself.”
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I'll feel good about myself.” no how about right now
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No how about right now believing that you're worthy,
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Believing that you're worthy, that you're forgiven,
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That you're forgiven, redeemed, restored, one of a
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Redeemed, restored, one of a kind. those are the thoughts
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Kind. those are the thoughts that need to be playing in
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That need to be playing in your mind throughout the day.
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Your mind throughout the day. not guilt, shame. “i'm not up
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Not guilt, shame. “i'm not up to par, why can't i perform
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To par, why can't i perform better, these people at work
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Better, these people at work look down on me.” you can't
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Look down on me.” you can't stop all that, but you can
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Stop all that, but you can decide what you're going to
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Decide what you're going to dwell on. tune all that out
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Dwell on. tune all that out and get in agreement with
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And get in agreement with god. you are worthy. you are
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God. you are worthy. you are valuable. you deserve to be
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Valuable. you deserve to be blessed. you deserve to live
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Blessed. you deserve to live an abundant, victorious,
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An abundant, victorious, healthy, productive, favor
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Healthy, productive, favor filled life.
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Filled life. a friend of mine was raised
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A friend of mine was raised in a very dysfunctional home.
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In a very dysfunctional home. his father was an alcoholic
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His father was an alcoholic and would become very
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And would become very violent. they lived in
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Violent. they lived in government housing. his
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Government housing. his mother was on drugs. there
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Mother was on drugs. there was always fighting and
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Was always fighting and conflict in the house. he was
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Conflict in the house. he was told he would never amount to
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Told he would never amount to anything. he didn't know any
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Anything. he didn't know any better. he believed it. he
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Better. he believed it. he grew up with this sense of
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Grew up with this sense of shame and unworthiness, “i'm
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Shame and unworthiness, “i'm not good enough. i don't
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Not good enough. i don't deserve anything.” he thought
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Deserve anything.” he thought it was his fault, that he was
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It was his fault, that he was to blame. the enemy loves to
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To blame. the enemy loves to twist things. he'll use other
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Twist things. he'll use other people's dysfunction, to try
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People's dysfunction, to try to convince you that you're
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To convince you that you're the problem, you're not up to
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The problem, you're not up to par. if you were better this
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Par. if you were better this wouldn't have happened. don't
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Wouldn't have happened. don't believe those lies. you are
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Believe those lies. you are not responsible for their
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Not responsible for their dysfunction. don't start
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Dysfunction. don't start taking the blame for
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Taking the blame for something that doesn't have
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Something that doesn't have anything to do with you.
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Anything to do with you. in his twenties, this young
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In his twenties, this young man left home and was living
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Man left home and was living in his car. he had a great
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In his car. he had a great imagination, an amazing
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Imagination, an amazing ability to tell stories, very
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Ability to tell stories, very creative. he knew that god
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Creative. he knew that god had given him that gift, but
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Had given him that gift, but everything said, “you don't
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Everything said, “you don't deserve to be blessed. you
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Deserve to be blessed. you come from dysfunction,
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Come from dysfunction, abuse.” he was working at a
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Abuse.” he was working at a fast-food restaurant, barely
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Fast-food restaurant, barely making it, thinking that's
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Making it, thinking that's all he deserved. one day, he
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All he deserved. one day, he flipped on the television and
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Flipped on the television and he heard me talking about how
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He heard me talking about how our value is not based on
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Our value is not based on what we do, it's not based on
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What we do, it's not based on how people treat us; it's not
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How people treat us; it's not even based on how perfectly
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Even based on how perfectly we perform. it comes from
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We perform. it comes from god. it was like a light went
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God. it was like a light went off on the inside, a
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Off on the inside, a stronghold was broken.
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Stronghold was broken. instead of having this
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Instead of having this defeated mindset, “i'm
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Defeated mindset, “i'm lacking, i'm limited, i'm at
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Lacking, i'm limited, i'm at a disadvantage.” he started
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A disadvantage.” he started reprogramming his mind. all
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Reprogramming his mind. all through the day, “i am
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Through the day, “i am worthy. i am valuable. i am
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Worthy. i am valuable. i am one of a kind. i deserve to
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One of a kind. i deserve to be successful. i am a child
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Be successful. i am a child of the most high god.” you
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Of the most high god.” you have to give yourself
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Have to give yourself permission to be blessed. he
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Permission to be blessed. he put his shoulders back,
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Put his shoulders back, started carrying himself
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Started carrying himself differently. he began to pray
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Differently. he began to pray bold prayers and expect god's
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Bold prayers and expect god's favor. today he's incredibly
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Favor. today he's incredibly successful in the
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Successful in the entertainment industry. god
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Entertainment industry. god has done more than he ever
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Has done more than he ever imagined.
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Imagined. maybe like him, you've been
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Maybe like him, you've been in environments that you've
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In environments that you've let lessen your sense of
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Let lessen your sense of value. now there's shame,
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Value. now there's shame, guilt, inferiority. you don't
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Guilt, inferiority. you don't feel like you deserve to be
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Feel like you deserve to be blessed, you have negative
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Blessed, you have negative baggage in your family line.
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Baggage in your family line. none of that has changed your
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None of that has changed your value. no matter what people
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Value. no matter what people have done, you are still a
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Have done, you are still a masterpiece. no matter who
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Masterpiece. no matter who walked away, you are still a
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Walked away, you are still a prized possession. no matter
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Prized possession. no matter how far off course you've
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How far off course you've gotten, you still have the
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Gotten, you still have the fingerprints of god all over
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Fingerprints of god all over you. don't go through life
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You. don't go through life with the wrong recording
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With the wrong recording playing in your mind. “i'm
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Playing in your mind. “i'm damaged, i'm not good enough,
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Damaged, i'm not good enough, i'm lacking.” no, change that
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I'm lacking.” no, change that recording. you are worthy.
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Recording. you are worthy. you are valuable. god
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You are valuable. god handpicked you. he breathed
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Handpicked you. he breathed his life into you. now it's
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His life into you. now it's up to you to receive your
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Up to you to receive your worth. receive your value.
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Worth. receive your value. you don't have to work for
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You don't have to work for it. you don't have to earn
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It. you don't have to earn it, just receive it. this is
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It, just receive it. this is what faith is all about.
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What faith is all about. i was in someone's home a few
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I was in someone's home a few years ago, they had all these
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Years ago, they had all these paintings on the wall. i
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Paintings on the wall. i don't know a lot about art,
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Don't know a lot about art, but they didn't look very
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But they didn't look very impressive to me. in fact,
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Impressive to me. in fact, some of them looked like they
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Some of them looked like they were drawn by children. real
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Were drawn by children. real modern and abstract, paint
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Modern and abstract, paint thrown here and there. later
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Thrown here and there. later that evening, the man told
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That evening, the man told how for just one of those
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How for just one of those paintings, he had paid over a
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Paintings, he had paid over a million dollars. i looked at
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Million dollars. i looked at it again and thought, “wow,
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It again and thought, “wow, that is beautiful isn't it?”
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That is beautiful isn't it?” it was an original picasso,
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It was an original picasso, painted by the famous artist,
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Painted by the famous artist, pablo picasso. what dawned on
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Pablo picasso. what dawned on me was it's not so much what
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Me was it's not so much what the painting looks like, it's
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The painting looks like, it's who the painter is. the
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Who the painter is. the picture gets its value from
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Picture gets its value from its creator. someone could
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Its creator. someone could have copied that painting,
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Have copied that painting, tried to sell it, they
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Tried to sell it, they wouldn't have gotten a
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Wouldn't have gotten a fraction of the price. it was
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Fraction of the price. it was valuable because pablo
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Valuable because pablo picasso put his fingerprints
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Picasso put his fingerprints on it. it's the same way with
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On it. it's the same way with us. our value doesn't come
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Us. our value doesn't come from what we look like, what
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From what we look like, what we do, how successful we are
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We do, how successful we are or aren't, our value comes
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Or aren't, our value comes from the fact almighty god is
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From the fact almighty god is our painter.
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Our painter. ephesians 2 says, “you are
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Ephesians 2 says, “you are god's masterpiece.” you
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God's masterpiece.” you didn't come off an assembly
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Didn't come off an assembly line. you weren't mass
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Line. you weren't mass produced. when god made you,
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Produced. when god made you, he threw away the mold. eight
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He threw away the mold. eight billion people on the planet
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Billion people on the planet and no one has your
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And no one has your fingerprints. you are one of
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Fingerprints. you are one of a kind, a designer's
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A kind, a designer's original. it would be great
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Original. it would be great to have a picasso, a
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To have a picasso, a rembrandt, a michelangelo
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Rembrandt, a michelangelo painting. that would be
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Painting. that would be impressive. but imagine
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Impressive. but imagine having the artist that flung
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Having the artist that flung stars into space, that spoke
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Stars into space, that spoke worlds into existence, that
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Worlds into existence, that created the universe. that's
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Created the universe. that's who designed you. that's why
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Who designed you. that's why you're worthy. that's why you
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You're worthy. that's why you can put your shoulders back
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Can put your shoulders back and expect good things.
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And expect good things. but i wonder how god must
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But i wonder how god must feel, after creating us a
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Feel, after creating us a masterpiece, when we go
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Masterpiece, when we go around thinking we're
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Around thinking we're unworthy, “i'm just average,
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Unworthy, “i'm just average, joel. i've got these flaws.
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Joel. i've got these flaws. that's why i'm down on
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That's why i'm down on myself. or i've had some
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Myself. or i've had some setbacks, people didn't keep
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Setbacks, people didn't keep their word. i'm damaged, i'm
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Their word. i'm damaged, i'm inferior.” none of that
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Inferior.” none of that changed your value. that
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Changed your value. that picasso painting is valuable
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Picasso painting is valuable in that nice home and it's
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In that nice home and it's valuable in a rundown
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Valuable in a rundown apartment. the environment
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Apartment. the environment doesn't change its value.
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Doesn't change its value. people may not recognize it,
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People may not recognize it, i didn't, but that didn't
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I didn't, but that didn't change its worth. other
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Change its worth. other people may not see your
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People may not see your value. they may discount you,
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Value. they may discount you, try to make you feel less
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Try to make you feel less than. the only way that will
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Than. the only way that will stop you is if you let them
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Stop you is if you let them convince you that you're not
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Convince you that you're not valuable. tune all that out.
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Valuable. tune all that out. here's what god says about
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Here's what god says about you. you are wonderfully
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You. you are wonderfully made. you are talented. you
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Made. you are talented. you are attractive. you are
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Are attractive. you are confident. you are blessed.
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Confident. you are blessed. you are victorious. now
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You are victorious. now that's good for me to speak
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That's good for me to speak it over you, it builds your
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It over you, it builds your faith. but something more
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Faith. but something more powerful happens when you
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Powerful happens when you speak it. when you say it
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Speak it. when you say it long enough, it will get down
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Long enough, it will get down in your spirit and become a
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In your spirit and become a reality. all through the day,
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Reality. all through the day, even if it's under your
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Even if it's under your breath, “i am worthy. i am
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Breath, “i am worthy. i am valuable. i am a masterpiece.
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Valuable. i am a masterpiece. i am a child of the most high
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I am a child of the most high god.”
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God.” there's a young man in the
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There's a young man in the scripture named mephibosheth.
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Scripture named mephibosheth. he was the grandson of king
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He was the grandson of king saul. his father was
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Saul. his father was jonathan, david's best
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Jonathan, david's best friend. mephibosheth had been
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Friend. mephibosheth had been born into royalty, destined
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Born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne.
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To one day take the throne. but when he was five years
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But when he was five years old, his father and
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Old, his father and grandfather were killed in a
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Grandfather were killed in a battle on the same day. the
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Battle on the same day. the opposing army headed into
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Opposing army headed into town to try to finish off all
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Town to try to finish off all of saul's family.
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Of saul's family. mephibosheth's maid grabbed
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Mephibosheth's maid grabbed him and took off running as
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Him and took off running as fast as she could to try to
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Fast as she could to try to hide him. as she was going
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Hide him. as she was going down the stairs, she tripped
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Down the stairs, she tripped and fell. mephibosheth hit
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And fell. mephibosheth hit the ground so hard that he
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The ground so hard that he broke both of his legs and
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Broke both of his legs and became crippled. he never
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Became crippled. he never walked again. sometimes
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Walked again. sometimes well-meaning people can drop
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Well-meaning people can drop us. this maid was trying to
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Us. this maid was trying to do the right thing. she had
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Do the right thing. she had good intentions, but her
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Good intentions, but her mistake cost him his
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Mistake cost him his mobility. like mephibosheth,
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Mobility. like mephibosheth, someone may have dropped you.
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Someone may have dropped you. they put you at a
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They put you at a disadvantage. they didn't
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Disadvantage. they didn't mean to. they would take it
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Mean to. they would take it back if they could, but they
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Back if they could, but they tripped and now you struggle
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Tripped and now you struggle with an addiction. they
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With an addiction. they tripped, they didn't protect
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Tripped, they didn't protect you, nurture you, keep their
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You, nurture you, keep their word. now you struggle with
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Word. now you struggle with low self-esteem, or with
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Low self-esteem, or with your sense of worth.
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Your sense of worth. mephibosheth ended up living
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Mephibosheth ended up living in exile in a place called
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In exile in a place called lodebar. it was one of the
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Lodebar. it was one of the poorest, most rundown cities
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Poorest, most rundown cities of that day. here he was the
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Of that day. here he was the grandson of the king. he had
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Grandson of the king. he had grown up in the palace, now
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Grown up in the palace, now he was living in the slums,
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He was living in the slums, barely surviving. here's a
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Barely surviving. here's a key: your location doesn't
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Key: your location doesn't change your value. he was
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Change your value. he was living in lodebar but he was
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Living in lodebar but he was still royalty. you may feel
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Still royalty. you may feel like you're in lodebar.
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Like you're in lodebar. things have come against you,
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Things have come against you, circumstances you don't
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Circumstances you don't understand. but nothing has
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Understand. but nothing has lessened your value. no
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Lessened your value. no person that did you wrong, no
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Person that did you wrong, no bad break, no mistake you
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Bad break, no mistake you made. you are still a child
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Made. you are still a child of the most high. you are
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Of the most high. you are still worthy. you still have
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Still worthy. you still have a purpose to fulfill. yes,
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A purpose to fulfill. yes, they dropped you but they
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They dropped you but they didn't stop your destiny. you
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Didn't stop your destiny. you may be in lodebar, but don't
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May be in lodebar, but don't let lodebar get in you.
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Let lodebar get in you. that's where you are, it is
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That's where you are, it is not who you are.
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Not who you are. god sees these times you were
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God sees these times you were put at a disadvantage, the
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Put at a disadvantage, the times you were left out, the
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Times you were left out, the times people manipulated
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Times people manipulated things at work, to get their
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Things at work, to get their way. the enemy loves to use
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Way. the enemy loves to use those things to make you feel
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Those things to make you feel unworthy, like you don't
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Unworthy, like you don't deserve to be blessed. this
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Deserve to be blessed. this is when you have to take
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Is when you have to take control of your thought life.
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Control of your thought life. you can't be passive and let
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You can't be passive and let the negative play. you have
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The negative play. you have to remind yourself who you
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To remind yourself who you are. if you don't tell
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Are. if you don't tell yourself who you are, the
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Yourself who you are, the enemy will tell you who you
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Enemy will tell you who you are. all through the day, “i
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Are. all through the day, “i am worthy. i am valuable. i
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Am worthy. i am valuable. i have royal blood in my veins.
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Have royal blood in my veins. my location didn't change my
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My location didn't change my identity. i'm still a child
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Identity. i'm still a child of the most high. his plans
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Of the most high. his plans for me are still good, to
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For me are still good, to give me a future, to prosper
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Give me a future, to prosper me.”
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Me.” years went by, i'm sure
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Years went by, i'm sure mephibosheth thought god had
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Mephibosheth thought god had forgotten about him. he was
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Forgotten about him. he was satisfied living in lodebar,
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Satisfied living in lodebar, thought that was his destiny,
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Thought that was his destiny, but god wasn't satisfied. god
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But god wasn't satisfied. god loves you too much to let you
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Loves you too much to let you live below who you were
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Live below who you were created to be. one day out of
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Created to be. one day out of the blue, king david said to
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The blue, king david said to his men, “is there anyone
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His men, “is there anyone from the house of saul still
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From the house of saul still alive so i can show kindness
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Alive so i can show kindness to them?” this is how amazing
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To them?” this is how amazing god is. saul spent years
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God is. saul spent years trying to kill david. he made
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Trying to kill david. he made david's life miserable, where
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David's life miserable, where he had to live on the run.
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He had to live on the run. you would think the last
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You would think the last person david would think
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Person david would think about doing good for would be
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About doing good for would be saul's family. but god is not
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Saul's family. but god is not going to leave you in
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Going to leave you in lodebar. lodebar is
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Lodebar. lodebar is temporary. that injustice,
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Temporary. that injustice, the sickness, the trouble is
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The sickness, the trouble is not how your story ends.
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Not how your story ends. you're coming out of lodebar.
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You're coming out of lodebar. you don't belong there. you
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You don't belong there. you have royal blood. you have a
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Have royal blood. you have a crown of favor. you are
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Crown of favor. you are worthy. you are valuable and
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Worthy. you are valuable and you are destined to overcome.
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You are destined to overcome. david's men told him that
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David's men told him that jonathan had a son that was
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Jonathan had a son that was still alive, but he was
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Still alive, but he was crippled, living in the slums
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Crippled, living in the slums of lodebar. david didn't
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Of lodebar. david didn't think twice. he said, “go
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Think twice. he said, “go find him and bring him to the
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Find him and bring him to the palace.” when the king's men
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Palace.” when the king's men came into the slums, everyone
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Came into the slums, everyone was talking. there was this
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Was talking. there was this buzz, “what's going on. what
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Buzz, “what's going on. what are they doing here.”
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Are they doing here.” mephibosheth heard the knock
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Mephibosheth heard the knock on his little makeshift hut.
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On his little makeshift hut. he scooted to the door to
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He scooted to the door to open it. they asked, “are you
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Open it. they asked, “are you mephibosheth?” he said in
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Mephibosheth?” he said in weak voice, “i am.” they
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Weak voice, “i am.” they said, “the king is looking
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Said, “the king is looking for you. you're coming to the
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For you. you're coming to the palace with us.” here this
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Palace with us.” here this crippled man, feeling
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Crippled man, feeling unworthy, washed up, been
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Unworthy, washed up, been dropped, but now he's headed
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Dropped, but now he's headed to the palace. you may have
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To the palace. you may have been through things that
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Been through things that weren't fair. thoughts
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Weren't fair. thoughts whisper, “you're not worthy
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Whisper, “you're not worthy either. nobody even cares
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Either. nobody even cares about you.” can i tell you?
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About you.” can i tell you? the king is looking for you.
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The king is looking for you. god sent me to knock on your
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God sent me to knock on your door, to let you know, he's
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Door, to let you know, he's not going to leave you there.
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Not going to leave you there. that environment did not
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That environment did not change your value. you are
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Change your value. you are still royalty. they dropped
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Still royalty. they dropped you but it didn't lessen your
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You but it didn't lessen your worth. you are still a
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Worth. you are still a masterpiece. you are still
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Masterpiece. you are still destined to do great things.
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Destined to do great things. they carried mephibosheth to
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They carried mephibosheth to the palace. he was afraid,
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The palace. he was afraid, thinking maybe david was
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Thinking maybe david was going to pay him back for how
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Going to pay him back for how his grandfather treated him.
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His grandfather treated him. the big moment finally came.
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The big moment finally came. david walked in the room.
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David walked in the room. mephibosheth fell to the
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Mephibosheth fell to the ground. he looked up and said
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Ground. he looked up and said to david, “what do you want
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To david, “what do you want with a dead dog like me?”
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With a dead dog like me?” notice how he saw himself.
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Notice how he saw himself. not valuable. “i don't
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Not valuable. “i don't deserve anything good. i'm
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Deserve anything good. i'm crippled. i live in the
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Crippled. i live in the slums. my grandfather
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Slums. my grandfather mistreated you.” right when
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Mistreated you.” right when he thought david was going to
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He thought david was going to let him have it, pay him back
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Let him have it, pay him back for all the wrongs. david
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For all the wrongs. david said, “no, no, mephibosheth,
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Said, “no, no, mephibosheth, i didn't bring you here to
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I didn't bring you here to harm you, i brought you here
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Harm you, i brought you here to bless you. i didn't have
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To bless you. i didn't have my men search you out so i
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My men search you out so i could get revenge, i had them
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Could get revenge, i had them carry you to the palace
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Carry you to the palace because i know something
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Because i know something about you that others may not
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About you that others may not know. you are royalty. you
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Know. you are royalty. you are the grandson of the king.
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Are the grandson of the king. you belong here.” he went on
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You belong here.” he went on to say, “from now on, you
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To say, “from now on, you will live here with me. every
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Will live here with me. every night, you will eat dinner at
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Night, you will eat dinner at my table. not at the staff's
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My table. not at the staff's table, but with me. and all
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Table, but with me. and all the land that belonged to
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The land that belonged to your grandfather, i'm giving
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Your grandfather, i'm giving it back to you.”
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It back to you.” how many of us feel like
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How many of us feel like mephibosheth? we're not
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Mephibosheth? we're not worthy. we don't deserve to
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Worthy. we don't deserve to be blessed. we got dropped.
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Be blessed. we got dropped. people put us at a
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People put us at a disadvantage. or we made
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Disadvantage. or we made mistakes. now we're in
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Mistakes. now we're in lodebar. none of that lessens
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Lodebar. none of that lessens your value. mephibosheth felt
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Your value. mephibosheth felt like a dead dog. you can't
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Like a dead dog. you can't get much lower than that.
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Get much lower than that. what did god do? put him in
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What did god do? put him in the palace. gave him a seat
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The palace. gave him a seat at the king's table. restored
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At the king's table. restored all that belonged to his
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All that belonged to his family. god is going to do
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Family. god is going to do the same thing for you. he is
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The same thing for you. he is not going to leave you at a
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Not going to leave you at a deficit, at a disadvantage,
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Deficit, at a disadvantage, at a broken place. you're
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At a broken place. you're coming out of lodebar. now
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Coming out of lodebar. now get rid of that dead dog
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Get rid of that dead dog mentality. the shame, the
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Mentality. the shame, the guilt. the voices whispering,
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Guilt. the voices whispering, “you're not good enough. you
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“you're not good enough. you don't measure up. you don't
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Don't measure up. you don't deserve to be blessed.”
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Deserve to be blessed.” that's the enemy trying to
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That's the enemy trying to keep you in lodebar. god sent
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Keep you in lodebar. god sent me with a message, you don't
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Me with a message, you don't belong there. you are
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Belong there. you are royalty. what's happened in
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Royalty. what's happened in your past has not stopped
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Your past has not stopped your future. what god
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Your future. what god promised you early on, he's
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Promised you early on, he's still going to do. you may
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Still going to do. you may have gotten dropped but he
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Have gotten dropped but he knows how to pick you up and
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Knows how to pick you up and carry you to the palace. you
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Carry you to the palace. you got stuck in lodebar. he's
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Got stuck in lodebar. he's looking for you right now.
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Looking for you right now. restoration is coming,
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Restoration is coming, promotion is coming, healing
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Promotion is coming, healing is coming, breakthroughs are
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Is coming, breakthroughs are coming. there's about to be a
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Coming. there's about to be a knock on your door, a shift,
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Knock on your door, a shift, a divine connection, a
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A divine connection, a supernatural turn around. now
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Supernatural turn around. now get your fire back. no more a
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Get your fire back. no more a dead dog mentality. you
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Dead dog mentality. you belong to the king. you are
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Belong to the king. you are worthy. you are valuable. you
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Worthy. you are valuable. you deserve to be blessed. to
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Deserve to be blessed. to live a happy, victorious,
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Live a happy, victorious, fulfilled life.
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Fulfilled life. jesus told a parable about a
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Jesus told a parable about a young man that got his
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Young man that got his inheritance early and left
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Inheritance early and left home. his father knew it
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Home. his father knew it wasn't a good choice, but the
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Wasn't a good choice, but the young man wanted his own way.
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Young man wanted his own way. he went out and wasted all of
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He went out and wasted all of his money, partying and
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His money, partying and making bad choices. he ended
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Making bad choices. he ended up working in a hog pen. he
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Up working in a hog pen. he got so desperate, he had to
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Got so desperate, he had to eat the hog food to survive.
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Eat the hog food to survive. he finally decided to go back
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He finally decided to go back home. but he felt so
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Home. but he felt so unworthy, and so undeserving.
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Unworthy, and so undeserving. he said, “i'm not going to go
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He said, “i'm not going to go back as a son and try to live
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Back as a son and try to live at the house like i used to,
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At the house like i used to, i'm just going to go ask my
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I'm just going to go ask my father if i can be a servant,
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Father if i can be a servant, an employee, and work like
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An employee, and work like the rest of the staff.” he
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The rest of the staff.” he was basing his value on his
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Was basing his value on his performance. he performed
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Performance. he performed poorly, so he didn't think he
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Poorly, so he didn't think he was valuable. he headed home.
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Was valuable. he headed home. “when the father saw him a
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“when the father saw him a long way off, the scripture
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Long way off, the scripture says, the father took off
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Says, the father took off running toward him.” that
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Running toward him.” that means the father was looking
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Means the father was looking for him. every day, “where's
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For him. every day, “where's my son? maybe today he'll
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My son? maybe today he'll come home. maybe today he'll
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Come home. maybe today he'll change his mind.” the whole
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Change his mind.” the whole time, the son was thinking,
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Time, the son was thinking, “he's going to be so upset.
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“he's going to be so upset. he's not going to want to see
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He's not going to want to see me. he's going to let me have
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Me. he's going to let me have it.” those are the two voices
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It.” those are the two voices that come to us all. “god's
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That come to us all. “god's not going to forgive you.
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Not going to forgive you. look what you've done. you
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Look what you've done. you better stay away.” that's the
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Better stay away.” that's the accuser doing what he does
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Accuser doing what he does best, trying to make you feel
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Best, trying to make you feel unworthy. you have to listen
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Unworthy. you have to listen to the still small voice.
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To the still small voice. “come home. you're forgiven.
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“come home. you're forgiven. i'm looking for you.”
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I'm looking for you.” his son was dirty, smelled
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His son was dirty, smelled like hogs, hair not combed.
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Like hogs, hair not combed. but the father ran and
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But the father ran and embraced him. he gave him a
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Embraced him. he gave him a big hug, wouldn't let go,
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Big hug, wouldn't let go, kissed him. the son had this
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Kissed him. the son had this big speech lined up about how
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Big speech lined up about how undeserving he was. he said
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Undeserving he was. he said in verse 21, “father, i am no
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In verse 21, “father, i am no longer worthy to be called
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Longer worthy to be called your son.” the father acted
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Your son.” the father acted like he didn't hear him,
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Like he didn't hear him, didn't pay it any attention.
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Didn't pay it any attention. he said to his staff, “quick,
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He said to his staff, “quick, go get the best robe and put
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Go get the best robe and put it on my son. get some new
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It on my son. get some new shoes for his feet. get the
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Shoes for his feet. get the family ring to make sure
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Family ring to make sure everyone knows he's my son.
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Everyone knows he's my son. and, by the way, kill the
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And, by the way, kill the fatted calf. we're going to
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Fatted calf. we're going to have a party. for my son has
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Have a party. for my son has returned home.”
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Returned home.” but i wonder how many of us
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But i wonder how many of us are not coming home because
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Are not coming home because we feel unworthy. how many
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We feel unworthy. how many blessings are we missing
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Blessings are we missing because we're letting our
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Because we're letting our mistakes hold us back, when
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Mistakes hold us back, when in fact, god is looking for
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In fact, god is looking for us. he's not basing your
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Us. he's not basing your value on your performance; he
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Value on your performance; he knows who you are. but if you
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Knows who you are. but if you don't think you deserve to be
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Don't think you deserve to be blessed, then you'll push
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Blessed, then you'll push blessings away. if you don't
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Blessings away. if you don't think you deserve to be
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Think you deserve to be loved, you'll push love away.
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Loved, you'll push love away. god is longing to be good to
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God is longing to be good to you. his mercy is bigger than
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You. his mercy is bigger than any mistakes, but you have to
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Any mistakes, but you have to come home. put your shoulders
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Come home. put your shoulders back, come boldly to the
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Back, come boldly to the throne. no more a dead dog
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Throne. no more a dead dog mentality. “i've had bad
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Mentality. “i've had bad breaks, they put me at a
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Breaks, they put me at a disadvantage.” they may have
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Disadvantage.” they may have dropped you, but they didn't
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Dropped you, but they didn't change your value. you are
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Change your value. you are still royalty. now do your
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Still royalty. now do your part and receive your worth.
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Part and receive your worth. don't try to earn it. don't
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Don't try to earn it. don't live performance based. take
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Live performance based. take the pressure off and just
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The pressure off and just receive it. every day, “i am
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Receive it. every day, “i am worthy, i am valuable, i am a
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Worthy, i am valuable, i am a child of the most high.” if
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Child of the most high.” if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, like mephibosheth,
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Declare, like mephibosheth, you're coming out of lodebar,
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You're coming out of lodebar, out of dysfunction into
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Out of dysfunction into favor, promotion, victory.
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Favor, promotion, victory. god is going to make up for
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God is going to make up for who dropped you and give you
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Who dropped you and give you back everything that should
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Back everything that should have been yours. mercy is
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Have been yours. mercy is coming, abundance,
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Coming, abundance, restoration, the fullness of
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Restoration, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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We'd love to send you our 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. you can write down your dreams
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You can write down your dreams and goals,
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And goals, plus use it for your everyday
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Plus use it for your everyday activities and reminders.
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Activities and reminders. it's important
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It's important to feed your faith
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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On a daily basis. this planner, it's
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This planner, it's not just a calendar,
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Not just a calendar, it's filled with scriptures
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It's filled with scriptures and inspiration
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And inspiration to help you stay encouraged
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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And keep believing for what god
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. 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 the 2026
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A copy of the 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. each month features
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Each month features a fresh theme of encouragement,
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A fresh theme of encouragement, a guiding scripture
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A guiding scripture to stand on.
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To stand on. room to write your goals,
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Room to write your goals, prayers, and vision.
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Prayers, and vision. space for faith steps,
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Space for faith steps, because faith isn't passive,
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Because faith isn't passive, it's active.
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It's active. a monthly qr code
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A monthly qr code linking to a message or video
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Linking to a message or video to keep your spirit lifted.
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To keep your spirit lifted. with the 2026
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With the 2026 faith for today planner,
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Faith for today planner, you'll be reminded
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You'll be reminded that living by faith
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That living by faith makes room for god to do
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Makes room for god to do what only he can do.
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What only he can do. breakthrough in your business.
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Breakthrough in your business. god's healing touch.
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God's healing touch. loved ones returning to faith.
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Loved ones returning to faith. request your copy of the planner
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Request your copy of the planner and step into the new year
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And step into the new year with bold faith, fresh hope,
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With bold faith, fresh hope, and daily encouragement
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And daily encouragement to strengthen your spirit
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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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 so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end gift
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Making a special year-end gift to help
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To help keep the ministry strong.
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Keep the ministry strong. we so appreciate
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We so appreciate all the champion
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All the champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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For your monthly support. we wish you and your family
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We wish you and your family a very merry christmas.
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till 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
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Be sure to request your copy of the 2026
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Your copy of the 2026 faith for today planner.
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Faith for today planner. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Or call 888-567-joel. we are also offering the
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We are also offering the faith to share bundle.
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Faith to share bundle. keep one. give one.
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Keep one. give one. give the gift of faith,
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Give the gift of faith, focus, and fresh hope
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Focus, and fresh hope for someone
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For someone special in your life.
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Special in your life. you can also request the god's
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You can also request the god's word work study collection.
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Word work study collection. this empowering collection
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This empowering collection includes the niv
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Includes the niv the message parallel bible,
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The message parallel bible, a beautifully crafted
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A beautifully crafted leather bookmark and pen,
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Leather bookmark and pen, and how to read your bible
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And how to read your bible and enjoy it,
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And enjoy it, along with two planners.
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Along with two planners. for a special year-end gift
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For a special year-end gift this month,
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This month, you can request these
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You can request these inspiring resources
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Inspiring resources by calling 888-567-joel
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By calling 888-567-joel or logging on to
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Or logging on to joelosteen.com today.
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Joelosteen.com today. call or click anytime,
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Joel Osteen - You Are Worthy

December 5, 2025 | 29:55

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