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Joel Osteen - You Have A Defender

March 17, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Have A Defender | March 17, 2026

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[music] >> joel osteen: well,
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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God bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by, be
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Our area, please stop by, be a part of one of our
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A part of one of our services.
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Services. i'll promise you, we'll make
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I'll promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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You feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. and, heard about this man
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And, heard about this man named, "bubba."
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Named, "bubba." he lived way out in the
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He lived way out in the country, and there was a
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Country, and there was a stray dog that kept showing
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Stray dog that kept showing up at his house.
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Up at his house. his wife said, "bubba, you
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His wife said, "bubba, you have to put the dog in the
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Have to put the dog in the truck and take him out to the
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Truck and take him out to the woods and drop him off.
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Woods and drop him off. that's where he lives."
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That's where he lives." bubba drove him a mile down
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Bubba drove him a mile down the road, dropped him off.
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The road, dropped him off. when he came back home, the
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When he came back home, the dog was walking up the drive
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Dog was walking up the drive way, practically beat him
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Way, practically beat him back.
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Back. he did the same thing.
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He did the same thing. it happened again.
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It happened again. his wife said, "bubba, you
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His wife said, "bubba, you have to take him way out,
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Have to take him way out, drive him around in circles,
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Drive him around in circles, get him all mixed up."
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Get him all mixed up." bubba drove him an hour away,
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Bubba drove him an hour away, crisscrossed country roads
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Crisscrossed country roads he'd never driven down
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He'd never driven down before, dropped the dog off.
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Before, dropped the dog off. two hours later, bubba called
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Two hours later, bubba called his wife from the truck,
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His wife from the truck, said, "did that dog make it
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Said, "did that dog make it back home?"
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Back home?" she said, "yeah, here he
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She said, "yeah, here he comes walking up."
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Comes walking up." he said, "do me a favor, put
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He said, "do me a favor, put him on the line.
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Him on the line. i need directions."
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Say it like you mean it.
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This is my bible.
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I am what it says i am .
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I have what it says i have.
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Today i will be taught the word
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Of god.
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I boldly confess,
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My mind is alert.
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My heart is receptive.
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I will never be the same.
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In jesus name.
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God bless you.
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I wanna talk to you today
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I wanna talk to you today about, you have a defender.
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About, you have a defender. we all have people that come
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We all have people that come against us, make negative
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Against us, make negative comments, trying to discredit
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Us, or belittle us.
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Us, or belittle us. human nature is to get in
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Human nature is to get in there and try to straighten
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There and try to straighten them out, prove to them how
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Them out, prove to them how they're wrong.
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They're wrong. we think, we have to defend
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We think, we have to defend ourselves.
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Ourselves. after all, that's our
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After all, that's our reputation.
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Reputation. but the problem with this
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But the problem with this approach is, as soon as you
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Approach is, as soon as you get one person straightened
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Get one person straightened out, three more will pop up.
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Out, three more will pop up. there will always be somebody
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There will always be somebody that's against you, somebody
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That's against you, somebody that's trying to make you
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That's trying to make you look bad.
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Look bad. and if you're constantly
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And if you're constantly trying to defend yourself,
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Trying to defend yourself, you'll get distracted
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You'll get distracted fighting battles that you
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Fighting battles that you were never supposed to fight.
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Were never supposed to fight. it's easy to get baited into
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It's easy to get baited into conflict, thinking, "did you
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Conflict, thinking, "did you see what they said about me
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See what they said about me on social media?
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On social media? i'm gonna show them who
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I'm gonna show them who they're messin' with."
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They're messin' with." do you know how much energy
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Do you know how much energy it takes to try to pay
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It takes to try to pay somebody back, to try to
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Somebody back, to try to prove to them, that you
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Prove to them, that you really are a nice person?
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Really are a nice person? you are spending emotional
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You are spending emotional energy that you need for your
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Energy that you need for your dreams, for your goals.
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Dreams, for your goals. here's the key, you don't
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Here's the key, you don't have to defend yourself.
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Have to defend yourself. god said, "he will defend
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God said, "he will defend you."
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You." he will protect your
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He will protect your reputation.
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Reputation. quit worryin' about the
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Quit worryin' about the chatter, the negative
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Chatter, the negative comments, those are all
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Comments, those are all distractions.
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Distractions. that's the enemy trying to
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That's the enemy trying to bait you off course so you
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Bait you off course so you waste your time and energy
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Waste your time and energy involved in battles that
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Involved in battles that don't matter.
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Don't matter. "well, joel, i'm upset 'cause
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"well, joel, i'm upset 'cause i'm a good person.
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I'm a good person. what they're sayin' about me
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What they're sayin' about me is not true."
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Is not true." doesn't matter how good you
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Doesn't matter how good you are, how loving, kind,
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Are, how loving, kind, upstanding, somebody is not
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Upstanding, somebody is not going to like you.
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Going to like you. somebody is going to try to
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Somebody is going to try to discredit you.
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Discredit you. it happened with jesus.
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It happened with jesus. when he was on this earth, he
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When he was on this earth, he went around healing the sick,
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Went around healing the sick, lifting the fallen,
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Lifting the fallen, encouraging those that were
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Encouraging those that were down.
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Down. he did nothing but good, but
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He did nothing but good, but he was falsely accused, he
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He was falsely accused, he was misunderstood.
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Was misunderstood. how did he defend himself?
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How did he defend himself? how did he protect his
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How did he protect his reputation?
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Reputation? it says in 1 peter, "even
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It says in 1 peter, "even though he had never sinned,
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Though he had never sinned, or done any wrong, he did not
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Or done any wrong, he did not retaliate when he was
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Retaliate when he was insulted."
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Insulted." when he suffered, he didn't
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When he suffered, he didn't threaten to get even.
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Threaten to get even. he left his case
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He left his case in the hands of god.
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In the hands of god. i wonder how much more peace
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I wonder how much more peace you would have, how much more
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You would have, how much more you would enjoy your life if
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You would enjoy your life if you would start leaving your
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You would start leaving your cases in the hands of god?
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Cases in the hands of god? we spend too much time trying
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We spend too much time trying to defend ourselves, trying
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To defend ourselves, trying to prove to people who we
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To prove to people who we are, worried about what they
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Are, worried about what they think.
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Think. why don't you put your
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Why don't you put your reputation in god's hands?
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Reputation in god's hands? i can assure you, god can
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I can assure you, god can vindicate you better than you
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Vindicate you better than you can vindicate yourself.
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Can vindicate yourself. you don't have to retaliate.
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You don't have to retaliate. you don't have to try to pay
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You don't have to try to pay people back, convince them to
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People back, convince them to change their mind.
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Change their mind. the truth is, some people are
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The truth is, some people are never going to be for you.
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Never going to be for you. no matter what you do,
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No matter what you do, they're not going to like
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They're not going to like you.
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You. they intend on
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They intend on misunderstanding you.
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Misunderstanding you. they don't want to see your
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They don't want to see your point of view.
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Point of view. they don't want to give you
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They don't want to give you the benefit of the doubt.
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The benefit of the doubt. now, don't go the next 5
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Now, don't go the next 5 years frustrated because
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Years frustrated because they're negative towards you,
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They're negative towards you, engaged in a battle that
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Engaged in a battle that you're not supposed to be
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You're not supposed to be engaged in.
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Engaged in. it's time to leave that case
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It's time to leave that case in the hands of god.
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In the hands of god. quit worrying about what
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Quit worrying about what they think.
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They think. quit reading what they say
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Quit reading what they say about you on social media.
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About you on social media. quit getting all riled up
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Quit getting all riled up thinking about how you can
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Thinking about how you can retaliate, how you can pay
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Retaliate, how you can pay them back.
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Them back. well, as long as you're
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Well, as long as you're defending yourself, then the
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Defending yourself, then the true defender, the most high
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True defender, the most high god, will step back.
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God, will step back. he'll let you do it your way.
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He'll let you do it your way. but when we make this
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But when we make this decision, "god, i'm turning
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Decision, "god, i'm turning this over to you, i'm not
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This over to you, i'm not gonna spend my life worried
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Gonna spend my life worried about what somebody is
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About what somebody is sayin', wastin' my energy
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Sayin', wastin' my energy tryin' to change their mind,
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Tryin' to change their mind, upset because they don't like
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Upset because they don't like me.
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Me. god i know you're my
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God i know you're my defender.
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Defender. i know you're fighting my
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I know you're fighting my battles."
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Battles." that's when the creator of
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That's when the creator of the universe will go to work.
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The universe will go to work. when people try to push you
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When people try to push you down, god will lift you up.
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Down, god will lift you up. when they try to make you
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When they try to make you look bad, he'll turn it
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Look bad, he'll turn it around and cause you to look
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Around and cause you to look good, he'll cause you to
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Good, he'll cause you to shine.
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Shine. this is what happened in the
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This is what happened in the scripture to mordecai.
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He was a good man, doing the
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He was a good man, doing the right thing, honoring god,
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Right thing, honoring god, but a man named haman didn't
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But a man named haman didn't like him.
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Like him. mordecai was a jew.
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Mordecai was a jew. he wouldn't bow down to haman
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He wouldn't bow down to haman and followed the traditions
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And followed the traditions of his people.
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Of his people. so, haman was constantly
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So, haman was constantly trying to discredit mordecai,
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Trying to discredit mordecai, push him down, make him look
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Push him down, make him look bad.
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Bad. mordecai didn't get upset.
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Mordecai didn't get upset. he didn't try to pay him
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He didn't try to pay him back.
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Back. he understood this principle
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He understood this principle that he had a defender.
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That he had a defender. he left that case in the
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He left that case in the hands of god.
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Hands of god. in the natural, haman had an
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In the natural, haman had an advantage.
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Advantage. he worked for the king, in
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He worked for the king, in the palace, had a
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The palace, had a prestigious, influential
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Prestigious, influential position.
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Position. what could mordecai ever do?
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What could mordecai ever do? but one night, this king
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But one night, this king couldn't sleep.
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Couldn't sleep. he asked his assistant to
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He asked his assistant to bring him one of the books
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Bring him one of the books that had the city's history
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That had the city's history recorded in it.
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Recorded in it. it just so happened, the king
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It just so happened, the king read about a good deed that
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Read about a good deed that mordecai had done.
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Mordecai had done. the king was so impressed.
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The king was so impressed. the next morning, he called
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The next morning, he called haman in, said, "haman, what
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Haman in, said, "haman, what do you think we should do to
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Do you think we should do to honor a man that's done a
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Honor a man that's done a good deed and served the king
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Good deed and served the king with excellence?"
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With excellence?" why, haman was so
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Why, haman was so self-centered, he thought the
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Self-centered, he thought the king was talking about
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King was talking about himself, so he played it up
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Himself, so he played it up big.
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Big. he said, "king, i think we
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He said, "king, i think we should put a royal robe on
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Should put a royal robe on this man, have a big parade,
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This man, have a big parade, march him up and down the
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March him up and down the streets announcing what a
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Streets announcing what a great man he is."
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Great man he is." the king said, "haman, i love
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The king said, "haman, i love that idea, no go find
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That idea, no go find mordecai and do just what you
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Mordecai and do just what you said.
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Said. you march him up and down the
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You march him up and down the streets and you announce how
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Streets and you announce how great he is."
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Great he is." what am i sayin'?
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What am i sayin'? god knows how to protect your
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God knows how to protect your reputation.
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Reputation. why don't you put that case
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Why don't you put that case in his hands?
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In his hands? quit spending all your time
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Quit spending all your time trying to defend yourself.
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Trying to defend yourself. you have a defender.
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You have a defender. god can do it better than
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God can do it better than you.
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You. he knows how to bring
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He knows how to bring justice.
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Justice. he knows how to vindicate
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He knows how to vindicate you.
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You. this is what jesus did.
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This is what jesus did. he was disrespected, they
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He was disrespected, they called him a fraud, a cheat,
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Called him a fraud, a cheat, an imposter, but the
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An imposter, but the scripture says, "he made
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Scripture says, "he made himself of no reputation."
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Himself of no reputation." that means, he didn't worry
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That means, he didn't worry about his reputation.
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About his reputation. he knew he would be
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He knew he would be misunderstood.
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Misunderstood. he knew people would be
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He knew people would be negative, critical, finding
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Negative, critical, finding fault.
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Fault. he didn't waste his time
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He didn't waste his time trying to prove to his
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Trying to prove to his critics that he was the son
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Critics that he was the son of god.
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Of god. he didn't go around upset
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He didn't go around upset because religious leaders
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Because religious leaders didn't believe in him.
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Didn't believe in him. he just kept runnin' his
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He just kept runnin' his race, bein' his best,
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Race, bein' his best, trusting his father to settle
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Trusting his father to settle his cases.
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His cases. if you're consumed with what
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If you're consumed with what other people think, "why
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Other people think, "why won't they respect me?
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Won't they respect me? i've got to convince them to
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I've got to convince them to believe in me."
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Believe in me." then you'll get distracted
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Then you'll get distracted and miss your destiny.
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And miss your destiny. why don't you let your
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Why don't you let your defender go to work?
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Defender go to work? god said, "he will fight your
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God said, "he will fight your battles."
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Battles." he will take care of your
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He will take care of your critics.
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Critics. god will deal with those
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God will deal with those coworkers that are spreading
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Coworkers that are spreading rumors about you.
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Rumors about you. he'll take care of that
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He'll take care of that friend that's trying to make
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Friend that's trying to make you look bad.
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You look bad. god knows how to settle your
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God knows how to settle your case.
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Case. david put it this way, psalm
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David put it this way, psalm 69, "those who hate me
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69, "those who hate me without a cause are too many
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Without a cause are too many to count.
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To count. they attack me with lies,
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They attack me with lies, they make fun of me.
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They make fun of me. i am the favorite
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I am the favorite town gossip."
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It's the same way today.
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It's the same way today. people can dislike you
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People can dislike you without a cause.
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Without a cause. they don't even know you.
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They don't even know you. they just pass you by at the
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They just pass you by at the office.
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Office. they've never been to lunch
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They've never been to lunch with you, never heard your
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With you, never heard your story.
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Story. it'd be one thing if they
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It'd be one thing if they knew you and didn't like you,
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Knew you and didn't like you, but they judge you from a
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But they judge you from a distance.
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Distance. they don't like you because
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They don't like you because you're happy, because you're
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You're happy, because you're successful, because you're
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Successful, because you're talented, because you're a
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Talented, because you're a different nationality.
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Different nationality. like with david, they'll
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Like with david, they'll attack you behind your back
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Attack you behind your back and trying to belittle,
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And trying to belittle, discredit you.
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Discredit you. these are tests that we all
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These are tests that we all must pass.
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Must pass. are you going to get offended
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Are you going to get offended and try to straighten them
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And try to straighten them out?
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Out? are you going to take that
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Are you going to take that bait and get involved in a
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Bait and get involved in a battle that you're not
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Battle that you're not supposed to fight?
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Supposed to fight? stay on the high road.
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Stay on the high road. they don't control your
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They don't control your destiny.
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Destiny. they're a distraction trying
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They're a distraction trying to lure you off course, to
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To lure you off course, to get involved in something
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Get involved in something that's not between you and
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That's not between you and your destiny.
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Your destiny. one of the best things we can
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One of the best things we can learn to do is ignore it.
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Learn to do is ignore it. don't pay it any attention.
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Don't pay it any attention. that's how you leave it in
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That's how you leave it in the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and this is what david did.
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And this is what david did. he went on to say, "they hate
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He went on to say, "they hate me, they attack me, they make
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Me, they attack me, they make fun of me, but i keep right
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Fun of me, but i keep right on prayin' to you."
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On prayin' to you." he was sayin', "i don't give
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He was sayin', "i don't give it the time of day.
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It the time of day. i just keep on praising."
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I just keep on praising." "well, joel, what they're
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"well, joel, what they're sayin' is not true.
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Sayin' is not true. what if they tarnish my
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What if they tarnish my reputation?"
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Reputation?" i'm askin' you to put your
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I'm askin' you to put your reputation in god's hands.
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Reputation in god's hands. he said that he would protect
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He said that he would protect it.
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It. the more successful you are,
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The more successful you are, the higher you go, more
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The higher you go, more people will come against you,
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People will come against you, like with david, talk about
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Like with david, talk about you without a cause.
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You without a cause. everybody loved you until you
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Everybody loved you until you got that promotion, till you
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Got that promotion, till you moved into that new house,
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Moved into that new house, till you married that
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Till you married that beautiful girl.
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Beautiful girl. now the critics have come out
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Now the critics have come out of the woodwork.
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Of the woodwork. you have to let your defender
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You have to let your defender go to work.
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Go to work. you have to be still and know
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You have to be still and know that he is god.
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That he is god. it's easy to get all stirred
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It's easy to get all stirred up, thinking about how you
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Up, thinking about how you can pay them back, what the
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Can pay them back, what the best strategy is to get even.
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Best strategy is to get even. can i tell you what it is?
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Can i tell you what it is? be still.
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Be still. leave that case in god's
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Leave that case in god's hands.
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Hands. god said in jeremiah, "i will
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God said in jeremiah, "i will defend you.
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Defend you. i will be your lawyer.
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I will be your lawyer. i will take on your case."
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I will take on your case." numbers, chapter 12, moses's
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Numbers, chapter 12, moses's sister and brother started
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Sister and brother started speaking against moses.
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Speaking against moses. mariam and aaron, they didn't
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Mariam and aaron, they didn't like the wife that moses had
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Like the wife that moses had chosen.
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Chosen. he married somebody from a
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He married somebody from a different nationality.
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Different nationality. i can hear them tellin'
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I can hear them tellin' people, "why did he marry
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People, "why did he marry her?
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Her? that wasn't right.
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That wasn't right. he should've know better."
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He should've know better." on and on, stirrin' up
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On and on, stirrin' up trouble, trying to make moses
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Trouble, trying to make moses look bad.
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Look bad. verse 2 says, "the lord heard
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Verse 2 says, "the lord heard what they were sayin'."
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What they were sayin'." when people are talking about
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When people are talking about you, don't worry, god hears
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You, don't worry, god hears it.
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It. you may not even know it's
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You may not even know it's happening, but god knows it's
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Happening, but god knows it's happening.
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Happening. he's your defender.
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It goes on to say, "the anger
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It goes on to say, "the anger of the lord blazed against
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Of the lord blazed against mariam and aaron."
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Mariam and aaron." why was god so mad?
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Why was god so mad? had they killed someone,
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Had they killed someone, lied, cheated, committed
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Lied, cheated, committed adultery?
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Adultery? no, it was because they had
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Spoken against the reputation
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Spoken against the reputation of one of his children.
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Of one of his children. instantly, mariam's skin was
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Instantly, mariam's skin was white with leprosy.
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White with leprosy. god takes it seriously when
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God takes it seriously when somebody tries to discredit
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Somebody tries to discredit you, belittle you.
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You, belittle you. you don't have to get upset.
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You don't have to get upset. god sees what's happening.
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God sees what's happening. he doesn't sit idly by and
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He doesn't sit idly by and think, "oh, too bad.
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Think, "oh, too bad. they're just ruinin' their
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They're just ruinin' their reputation."
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Reputation." no, god goes to work.
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No, god goes to work. he knows how to get people's
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He knows how to get people's attention.
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Attention. and sometimes he'll cause
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And sometimes he'll cause them to be quiet, change
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Them to be quiet, change their mind.
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Their mind. other times, he'll let them
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Other times, he'll let them keep talking and just keep
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Keep talking and just keep promoting you.
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Promoting you. the more they talk, the
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The more they talk, the higher you'll go.
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Higher you'll go. they think, they're hurting
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They think, they're hurting you.
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You. the truth is, they're helping
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The truth is, they're helping you.
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You. god is paying you back for
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God is paying you back for what they're sayin' by taking
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What they're sayin' by taking you to new levels.
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You to new levels. it's what the scripture says.
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It's what the scripture says. "god will prepare a table
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"god will prepare a table before you in the presence of
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Before you in the presence of your enemies."
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Your enemies." the very ones that try to
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The very ones that try to disrespect you, hold you
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Disrespect you, hold you down, they will see you in a
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Down, they will see you in a position of honor, promoted,
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Position of honor, promoted, respected, with greater
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Respected, with greater influence.
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Influence. that's your defender at work.
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That's your defender at work. i talked to a gentleman here
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I talked to a gentleman here in the lobby a while back,
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In the lobby a while back, and he was very upset because
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And he was very upset because his boss was against him, was
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His boss was against him, was always trying to hold him
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Always trying to hold him down.
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Down. i told this man what i'm
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I told this man what i'm tellin' you, that god is your
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Tellin' you, that god is your defender.
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Defender. people can't keep you from
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People can't keep you from your destiny.
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Your destiny. don't live frustrated tryin'
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Don't live frustrated tryin' to straighten your boss out.
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To straighten your boss out. just keep bein' your best.
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Just keep bein' your best. you're not workin' unto
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You're not workin' unto people, you're workin' unto
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People, you're workin' unto god.
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God. leave that case in his hands.
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Leave that case in his hands. this man went back to the
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This man went back to the office with a new attitude.
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Office with a new attitude. on several occasions, he
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On several occasions, he should've been promoted, but
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Should've been promoted, but because of this unfair boss,
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Because of this unfair boss, he got passed over.
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He got passed over. one day, the ceo of the whole
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One day, the ceo of the whole company was in town.
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Company was in town. this man had to make a
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This man had to make a presentation.
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Presentation. the ceo was very impressed
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The ceo was very impressed with his work.
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About a year later, a
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About a year later, a position came available that
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Position came available that should have gone to his boss,
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Should have gone to his boss, but the ceo bypassed the boss
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But the ceo bypassed the boss and offered the position to
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And offered the position to this man.
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This man. now, instead of having to
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Now, instead of having to work for this boss that's
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Work for this boss that's hard to get along with,
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Hard to get along with, unfair, the tables had
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Unfair, the tables had turned, the boss is working
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Turned, the boss is working for him.
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For him. god knows how to settle your
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God knows how to settle your case.
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Case. he knows how to protect your
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He knows how to protect your reputation.
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Reputation. it says in psalms, "touch not
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It says in psalms, "touch not my anointed."
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My anointed." you are his anointed.
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You are his anointed. you may be in a situation
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You may be in a situation where there's disrespect,
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Where there's disrespect, people pushin' you down,
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People pushin' you down, trying to hold you back, and
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Trying to hold you back, and it's been that way a long
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It's been that way a long time.
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Time. you don't think it's ever
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You don't think it's ever going to change.
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Going to change. get ready, your time is
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Get ready, your time is coming.
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Coming. god has heard every negative
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God has heard every negative word spoken against you.
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Word spoken against you. he's seen every person that's
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He's seen every person that's tried to hold you back.
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Tried to hold you back. like with this man,
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Like with this man, vindication is on the way.
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Vindication is on the way. promotion is comin'.
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Promotion is comin'. new levels are coming.
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New levels are coming. god is going to make things
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God is going to make things happen that you could never
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Happen that you could never make happen.
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Make happen. he's preparing that table
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He's preparing that table right now in the presence of
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Right now in the presence of your enemies.
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Your enemies. he's gonna settle that case.
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He's gonna settle that case. now, quit living frustrated
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Now, quit living frustrated trying to win somebody over
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Trying to win somebody over that's never going to be for
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That's never going to be for you.
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You. your goal shouldn't be to try
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Your goal shouldn't be to try to change somebody's mind,
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To change somebody's mind, convince them to like you.
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Convince them to like you. take this in the right sense,
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Take this in the right sense, some people are sent to
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Some people are sent to dislike you.
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Dislike you. see sometimes we think, "ah,
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See sometimes we think, "ah, joel, if i can just get this
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Joel, if i can just get this person to stop talking about
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Person to stop talking about me, then i could be happy
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Me, then i could be happy again, then i could enjoy my
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Again, then i could enjoy my life again."
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Life again." i don't mean to be negative,
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I don't mean to be negative, but somebody's always going
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But somebody's always going to be talking about you.
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To be talking about you. somebody's always going to be
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Somebody's always going to be jealous trying to discredit
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Jealous trying to discredit you.
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You. the good news is, that's not
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The good news is, that's not your battle.
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Your battle. you don't have to defend
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You don't have to defend yourself, you have a
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Yourself, you have a defender.
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Defender. how much freer could you live
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How much freer could you live if you would start leaving
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If you would start leaving those cases in the hands of
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Those cases in the hands of god?
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God? not fighting battles that
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Not fighting battles that you're not supposed to fight,
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You're not supposed to fight, not worried about your
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Not worried about your reputation all the time,
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Reputation all the time, instead trusting god to
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Instead trusting god to protect your reputation.
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Protect your reputation. i can tell you this first
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I can tell you this first hand because, bein' in the
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Hand because, bein' in the public eye, you have a lot of
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Public eye, you have a lot of critics.
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Critics. the more influence you have,
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The more influence you have, the more exposure, the more
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The more exposure, the more of the negative that comes as
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Of the negative that comes as well.
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Well. but the truth is, i never
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But the truth is, i never think about the critics.
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Think about the critics. i'm happy, i enjoy my life,
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I'm happy, i enjoy my life, i'm grateful to be alive.
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I'm grateful to be alive. see, i've learned this
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See, i've learned this principle, that i have a
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Principle, that i have a defender.
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Defender. as long as you're honoring
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As long as you're honoring god, being your best, no
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God, being your best, no person can stop you, no
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Person can stop you, no group, no organization.
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Group, no organization. promotion doesn't come from
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Promotion doesn't come from people, it comes from
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People, it comes from the lord.
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The lord. it's interesting, when jesus
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It's interesting, when jesus was here, the people who were
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Was here, the people who were the most against him were the
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The most against him were the religious people.
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Religious people. but jesus didn't try to
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But jesus didn't try to convince them, to change
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Convince them, to change their minds.
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Their minds. he didn't spend hours arguing
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He didn't spend hours arguing doctrine.
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Doctrine. he ignored his critics and
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He ignored his critics and just ran his race.
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Just ran his race. one time they criticized
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One time they criticized jesus for healing a man on
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Jesus for healing a man on the sabbath.
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The sabbath. he did the right thing, but
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They said he did it on the
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They said he did it on the wrong day.
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Wrong day. some people, no matter what
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Some people, no matter what you do, are not gonna be for
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You do, are not gonna be for you.
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You. you have to accept the fact
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You have to accept the fact that not everyone is going to
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That not everyone is going to accept you, not everyone is
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Accept you, not everyone is going to like you, or
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Going to like you, or understand you.
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Understand you. if you're going to reach your
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If you're going to reach your highest potential, you have
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Highest potential, you have to be comfortable bein'
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To be comfortable bein' controversial.
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Controversial. if you want everybody to like
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If you want everybody to like you, you'll get stuck.
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You, you'll get stuck. jesus was the most
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Jesus was the most controversial person that's
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Controversial person that's ever lived.
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Ever lived. two thousand years later,
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Two thousand years later, people are still arguing
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People are still arguing about him.
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About him. he had more critics than
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He had more critics than anyone, but the scripture
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Anyone, but the scripture says, "he answered his
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Says, "he answered his critics not a word."
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Critics not a word." he didn't waste his time
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He didn't waste his time trying to convince people who
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Trying to convince people who he was.
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He was. how much time are you
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How much time are you spending worried about what
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Spending worried about what they're sayin', upset because
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They're sayin', upset because what they wrote about you in
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What they wrote about you in social media, trying to pay
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Social media, trying to pay that friend back for making
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That friend back for making you look bad?
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You look bad? you don't have time for all
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You don't have time for all that pettiness.
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That pettiness. it's a distraction, it's not
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It's a distraction, it's not between you and your destiny.
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Between you and your destiny. let it go in one ear and out
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Let it go in one ear and out the other, and use that
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The other, and use that energy to move toward your
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Energy to move toward your god given dreams.
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God given dreams. you don't have enough energy
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You don't have enough energy to answer your critics and
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To answer your critics and fulfill your purpose at the
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Fulfill your purpose at the same time.
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Same time. whatever your spending trying
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Whatever your spending trying to pay people back, trying to
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To pay people back, trying to prove to them, you really are
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Prove to them, you really are a nice person, that's
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A nice person, that's emotional energy you're not
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Emotional energy you're not gonna have for the fullness
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Gonna have for the fullness of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. nehemiah understood this
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Nehemiah understood this principle in the scripture.
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Principle in the scripture. he was up on a hill
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He was up on a hill rebuilding the walls around
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Rebuilding the walls around jerusalem.
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Jerusalem. there were two people at the
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There were two people at the bottom of the mountain,
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Bottom of the mountain, sanballat and tobias.
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Sanballat and tobias. they didn't want the wall
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They didn't want the wall rebuilt, so they were
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Rebuilt, so they were constantly yelling insults at
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Constantly yelling insults at nehemiah, trying to bait him
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Nehemiah, trying to bait him into conflict, making fun of
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Into conflict, making fun of him, sayin' things like,
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Him, sayin' things like, "nehemiah, if a little fox
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"nehemiah, if a little fox walked on that wall, it would
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Walked on that wall, it would fall down.
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Fall down. you don't know what you are
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You don't know what you are doing.
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Doing. you're not a builder."
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You're not a builder." day and night, they kept
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Day and night, they kept pestering him.
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Pestering him. i'm sure, nehemiah was
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I'm sure, nehemiah was tempted to go down there and
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Tempted to go down there and give them a piece of his
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Give them a piece of his mind, but he was smart enough
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Mind, but he was smart enough to realize, they were a
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To realize, they were a distraction.
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Distraction. what they said didn't affect
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What they said didn't affect his destiny.
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His destiny. their critical words didn't
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Their critical words didn't make the wall any weaker.
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Make the wall any weaker. they were tryin' to deceive
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They were tryin' to deceive him into losing focus so he
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Him into losing focus so he would get involved in
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Would get involved in something that wasn't
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Something that wasn't important.
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Important. the truth is, we all have
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The truth is, we all have sanballats and tobiases.
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Sanballats and tobiases. most of the people that come
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Most of the people that come against us are simply
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Against us are simply distractions.
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Distractions. the negative comments, the
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The negative comments, the disrespect, the insult, those
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Disrespect, the insult, those are bait trying to lure us
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Are bait trying to lure us off course.
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Off course. the good fight of faith is
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The good fight of faith is not to try to straighten them
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Not to try to straighten them out, the real fight is to
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Out, the real fight is to keep your focus, not get
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Keep your focus, not get distracted, and entangled in
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Distracted, and entangled in things that don't matter.
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Things that don't matter. if nehemiah would've come
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If nehemiah would've come down off the wall, with all
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Down off the wall, with all of his men, spend a few days
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Of his men, spend a few days dealing with sanballat and
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Dealing with sanballat and tobias, all their people, he
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Tobias, all their people, he may have won the battle, but
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May have won the battle, but the wall wouldn't have been
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The wall wouldn't have been any further along.
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Any further along. you have to ask yourself, if
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You have to ask yourself, if i engage in this conflict, if
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I engage in this conflict, if i prove my point, if i win
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I prove my point, if i win them over, am i going to be
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Them over, am i going to be any further toward my
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Any further toward my destiny, or have i just fed
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Destiny, or have i just fed my ego?
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My ego? have i just made my flesh
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Have i just made my flesh feel good?
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Feel good? stay on the high road.
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Stay on the high road. your time is too valuable,
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Your time is too valuable, your destiny too important,
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Your destiny too important, your assignment too great, to
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Your assignment too great, to get involved in battles that
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Get involved in battles that don't matter.
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Don't matter. there will always be
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There will always be sanballats yelling insults,
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Sanballats yelling insults, always be tobiases trying to
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Always be tobiases trying to get under your skin, agitate
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Get under your skin, agitate you.
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You. don't worry, you have a
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Don't worry, you have a defender.
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Defender. "be still and know that he is
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"be still and know that he is god."
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God." let him fight those battles.
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Let him fight those battles. god will take care of your
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God will take care of your critics.
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Critics. it's interesting, when
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It's interesting, when nehemiah was rebuilding the
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Nehemiah was rebuilding the wall, he was up on the
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Wall, he was up on the mountain, the critics were
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Mountain, the critics were down at the bottom.
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Down at the bottom. the principle is, anytime you
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The principle is, anytime you start answering your critics,
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Start answering your critics, you have to go down.
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You have to go down. when you start defending
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When you start defending yourself, trying to prove to
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Yourself, trying to prove to people who you are, you're
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People who you are, you're leaving the high place and
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Leaving the high place and going down to their level.
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Going down to their level. when you realize you have a
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When you realize you have a defender, when you know god
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Defender, when you know god will fight you battles, then
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Will fight you battles, then you'll do like jesus and not
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You'll do like jesus and not answer your critics.
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Answer your critics. you'll do like nehemiah and
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You'll do like nehemiah and stay on the mountain so you
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Stay on the mountain so you can focus on what's really
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Can focus on what's really important.
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Important. maybe today you need to go
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Maybe today you need to go back up on that mountain.
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Back up on that mountain. the critics will always be
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The critics will always be there, people that don't
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There, people that don't understand you, people that
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Understand you, people that are never gonna be for you.
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Are never gonna be for you. i'm askin' you to let god be
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I'm askin' you to let god be your defender.
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Your defender. put your reputation in his
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Put your reputation in his hands.
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Hands. god has already lined up the
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God has already lined up the right people who will be for
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Right people who will be for you, the right people who
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You, the right people who will celebrate you and help
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Will celebrate you and help push you into your purpose.
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Push you into your purpose. here's the whole key, don't
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Here's the whole key, don't waste your time trying to
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Waste your time trying to convince the wrong people.
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Convince the wrong people. just run your race, keep
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Just run your race, keep honoring god, be in your
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Honoring god, be in your best.
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Best. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, god is about to
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And declare, god is about to settle your cases.
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Settle your cases. right now, he's preparing
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Right now, he's preparing that table in the presence of
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That table in the presence of your enemies.
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Your enemies. he's going to vindicate you,
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He's going to vindicate you, promote you, and take you
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Promote you, and take you into the fullness of your
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Into the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say, amen?
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Say, amen? id like to give you
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Id like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you
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I make you my lord and savior."
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My lord and savior." friends if you prayed that
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Friends if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good bible based
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Get in a good bible based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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Over you. joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
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When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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For how we can impact as many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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So thank you in advance for your generosity.
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In advance for your generosity. god sees your heart
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To help others to make a difference
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To make a difference with your life.
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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Joel Osteen - You Have A Defender

March 17, 2026 | 27:29

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