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Joel Osteen - You Will Defy The Odds

June 5, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - You Will Defy The Odds | June 5, 2026

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I 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,
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can
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Social media. and you can come visit us in person.
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Come visit us in person. we'd love to have you be
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We'd love to have you be a part of one of our
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A part of one of our services.
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Services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this lady that died.
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About this lady that died. she was standing at the
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She was standing at the pearly gates. saint peter
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Pearly gates. saint peter said, “you can't come in yet;
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Said, “you can't come in yet; you have to correctly spell a
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You have to correctly spell a word.” she said, “what word?”
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Word.” she said, “what word?” he said, “any word.” so, she
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He said, “any word.” so, she spelled the word love,
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Spelled the word love, l-o-v-e. peter said, “welcome
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L-o-v-e. peter said, “welcome to heaven.” then peter asked
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To heaven.” then peter asked if she would take his place
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If she would take his place for a moment. he instructed
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For a moment. he instructed her that if anyone came, to
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Her that if anyone came, to just follow the same
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Just follow the same procedure. in a few moments,
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Procedure. in a few moments, she sees her ex-husband
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She sees her ex-husband walking up. she can't believe
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Walking up. she can't believe it. she said, “what are you
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It. she said, “what are you doing here?” he said, “i just
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Doing here?” he said, “i just had a heart attack. did i
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Had a heart attack. did i really make it to heaven?”
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Really make it to heaven?” she said, “not yet, you have
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She said, “not yet, you have to correctly spell a word.”
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To correctly spell a word.” he said, “what word?” there
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He said, “what word?” there was a long pause, and she
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Was a long pause, and she said “czechoslovakia.”
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Said “czechoslovakia.” (laughter)
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(laughter) here we go y'all. this is my
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Here we go y'all. 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 will defy the odds.
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About you will defy the odds. we all face situations where
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We all face situations where we don't see how they can
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We don't see how they can work out. we don't have the
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Work out. we don't have the funds to accomplish our
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Funds to accomplish our dreams, a sickness looks like
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Dreams, a sickness looks like we'll never get well, our
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We'll never get well, our child is off course. a
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Child is off course. a student told me how he wants
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Student told me how he wants to go to medical school. he's
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To go to medical school. he's finished his undergraduate
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Finished his undergraduate work and done well. he needs
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Work and done well. he needs a scholarship, but he's been
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A scholarship, but he's been turned down by over forty
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Turned down by over forty schools. he was so
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Schools. he was so discouraged, thinking it
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Discouraged, thinking it could never happen. but god
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Could never happen. but god loves to take people who are
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Loves to take people who are the underdogs, where there
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The underdogs, where there are no good options, and do
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Are no good options, and do something supernatural in
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Something supernatural in their lives. the odds may be
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Their lives. the odds may be against you, but the most
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Against you, but the most high god is for you. you and
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High god is for you. you and god are a majority. what
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God are a majority. what you're up against may seem
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You're up against may seem bigger, the opposition
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Bigger, the opposition stronger. god will put you in
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Stronger. god will put you in situations on purpose where
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Situations on purpose where the odds are against you so
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The odds are against you so he can show out in your life.
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He can show out in your life. it's not there to stop you,
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It's not there to stop you, it's a setup for god to make
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It's a setup for god to make you an example of his
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You an example of his goodness.
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Goodness. voices will whisper, “you're
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Voices will whisper, “you're outnumbered. you'll never
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Outnumbered. you'll never defeat this giant. it's too
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Defeat this giant. it's too big. never get out of this
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Big. never get out of this trouble, never overcome this
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Trouble, never overcome this illness.” no, you were
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Illness.” no, you were created to defy the odds. you
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Created to defy the odds. you have the most powerful force
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Have the most powerful force in the universe breathing in
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In the universe breathing in your direction. god is not
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Your direction. god is not limited by what you don't
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Limited by what you don't have. by what family you come
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Have. by what family you come from, by your connections,
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From, by your connections, your education, your talent.
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Your education, your talent. “i can't accomplish my dream,
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“i can't accomplish my dream, joel. i don't know the right
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Joel. i don't know the right people.” that's okay. you
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People.” that's okay. you have friends in high places.
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Have friends in high places. god controls the universe. “i
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God controls the universe. “i can't get out of debt.
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Can't get out of debt. everyone in my family
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Everyone in my family struggles.” you're the
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Struggles.” you're the exception. you're the
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Exception. you're the difference maker. god raised
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Difference maker. god raised you up to defy the odds, to
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You up to defy the odds, to set a new standard. now get
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Set a new standard. now get in agreement with him. not an
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In agreement with him. not an underdog mentality, “look
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Underdog mentality, “look what i'm up against. i don't
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What i'm up against. i don't have a chance. i'm at a
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Have a chance. i'm at a disadvantage.” no turn it
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Disadvantage.” no turn it around. “the odds may be
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Around. “the odds may be against me, but god, i know
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Against me, but god, i know you being for me is more than
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You being for me is more than anything trying to stop me.”
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Anything trying to stop me.” our son, jonathan, got me
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Our son, jonathan, got me playing fantasy football this
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Playing fantasy football this year. you choose players from
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Year. you choose players from different nfl teams to make
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Different nfl teams to make up your team. depending on
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Up your team. depending on how they do each week, that
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How they do each week, that determines your score. there
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Determines your score. there are ten different teams in
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Are ten different teams in our league, friends of ours.
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Our league, friends of ours. each week you play against
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Each week you play against one team. on the app, it
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One team. on the app, it gives you the percentage of
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Gives you the percentage of winning and the percentage of
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Winning and the percentage of losing. it calculates all
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Losing. it calculates all your players, their
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Your players, their statistics and how they've
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Statistics and how they've been performin. the other
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Been performin. the other saturday, i checked my game.
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Saturday, i checked my game. i had a sixty percent chance
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I had a sixty percent chance of winning, forty percent of
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Of winning, forty percent of losing. i felt pretty good.
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Losing. i felt pretty good. sunday after church, i get
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Sunday after church, i get home around four, i checked
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Home around four, i checked my phone. about half of the
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My phone. about half of the football games were finished.
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Some of my players hadn't
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Some of my players hadn't done well. i went down to a
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Done well. i went down to a twenty percent chance of
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Twenty percent chance of winning, eighty percent of
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Winning, eighty percent of losing. we watched the sunday
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Losing. we watched the sunday evening games. you can see it
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Evening games. you can see it in real time on your phone,
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In real time on your phone, what your players are doing.
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What your players are doing. the percentages are
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The percentages are constantly changing. the last
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Constantly changing. the last game of the week is on monday
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Game of the week is on monday night. i went to bed sunday
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Night. i went to bed sunday with a ninety nine percent
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With a ninety nine percent chance of losing. one percent
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Chance of losing. one percent chance of winning. it was
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Chance of winning. it was basically saying you're a
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Basically saying you're a loser, but we can't say it
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Loser, but we can't say it until the official last game
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Until the official last game is played.
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Is played. well, i watched monday night.
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Well, i watched monday night. i had one player in that
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I had one player in that game. he wasn't doing
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Game. he wasn't doing anything. i had already given
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Anything. i had already given up, figured i'd lost that
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Up, figured i'd lost that week. but with thirty seconds
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Week. but with thirty seconds left, he got the ball on a
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Left, he got the ball on a fluke play and scored a
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Fluke play and scored a touchdown. i grabbed my
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Touchdown. i grabbed my phone. it went from
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Phone. it went from ninety-nine percent chance of
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Ninety-nine percent chance of losing to ninety-nine percent
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Losing to ninety-nine percent chance of winning. in a split
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Chance of winning. in a split second, all the odds changed
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Second, all the odds changed in my favor. i won that game.
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In my favor. i won that game. but for days, all the stats
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But for days, all the stats said no way. the analytics,
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Said no way. the analytics, the computers, the
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The computers, the oddsmakers, all said i would
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Oddsmakers, all said i would lose. but then this
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Lose. but then this unforeseen good break and i
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Unforeseen good break and i defied the odds.
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Defied the odds. that's the way it is with
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That's the way it is with god. all the facts can say,
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God. all the facts can say, “you'll never get well, never
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“you'll never get well, never get out of debt, never break
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Get out of debt, never break the addiction.” it's
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The addiction.” it's ninety-nine to one. “you took
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Ninety-nine to one. “you took the fertility treatments. you
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The fertility treatments. you can't have the baby. you
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Can't have the baby. you don't have the resources for
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Don't have the resources for that business. you'll never
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That business. you'll never be free from this depression.
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Be free from this depression. that's just who you are.” can
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That's just who you are.” can i encourage you; one touch of
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I encourage you; one touch of god's favor and you will defy
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God's favor and you will defy the odds. one good break, one
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The odds. one good break, one healing, one phone call, and
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Healing, one phone call, and you'll go from ninety nine
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You'll go from ninety nine percent no way, to here it
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Percent no way, to here it is. nobody saw it coming. the
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Is. nobody saw it coming. the baby you dreamed of, the
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Baby you dreamed of, the healing, the business, the
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Healing, the business, the breakthrough. what am i
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Breakthrough. what am i saying? don't let the odds
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Saying? don't let the odds discourage you.
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Discourage you. one time the prophet elijah
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One time the prophet elijah came up against 450 false
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Came up against 450 false prophets that worshipped the
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Prophets that worshipped the god baal. you would think
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God baal. you would think elijah would have 450 of his
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Elijah would have 450 of his followers to go up against
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Followers to go up against the opposition. so, it would
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The opposition. so, it would be equal, a fair fight. that
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Be equal, a fair fight. that makes more sense. but god
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Makes more sense. but god will let you be the underdog
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Will let you be the underdog on purpose so he can show his
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On purpose so he can show his favor in a greater way. don't
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Favor in a greater way. don't be surprised when the odds
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Be surprised when the odds are against you. elijah could
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Are against you. elijah could have checked his phone.
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Have checked his phone. “ninety-nine percent chance
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“ninety-nine percent chance you're going to lose dude. go
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You're going to lose dude. go home. turn around. you're
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Home. turn around. you're outnumbered.” all the facts
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Outnumbered.” all the facts said he didn't have a chance.
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Said he didn't have a chance. he could have panicked, “god
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He could have panicked, “god please, send me some people.”
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Please, send me some people.” he could have complained,
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He could have complained, “this is not fair.” but he
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“this is not fair.” but he understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. that he was created to defy
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That he was created to defy the odds. that the god we
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The odds. that the god we serve has power, favor,
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Serve has power, favor, breakthroughs, healing, that
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Breakthroughs, healing, that cannot be calculated. that
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Cannot be calculated. that supersedes the natural, the
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Supersedes the natural, the logical, the predictable.
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Logical, the predictable. after the 450 false prophets
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After the 450 false prophets couldn't get their god to
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Couldn't get their god to work, elijah called out to
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Work, elijah called out to yahweh, to jehovah. suddenly
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Yahweh, to jehovah. suddenly fire came down from heaven
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Fire came down from heaven and destroyed those 450 false
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And destroyed those 450 false prophets. he went from a
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Prophets. he went from a ninety-nine percent chance of
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Ninety-nine percent chance of losing, to immediately
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Losing, to immediately winning. god is going to do
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Winning. god is going to do some things in your life that
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Some things in your life that defy the odds. you can't
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Defy the odds. you can't explain it. you didn't have
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Explain it. you didn't have the training, but you got
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The training, but you got promoted. you're supposed to
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Promoted. you're supposed to live with that sickness, but
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Live with that sickness, but you're healthier than ever.
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You're healthier than ever. you came from a dysfunctional
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You came from a dysfunctional family, that should be you,
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Family, that should be you, but you're blessed, happy,
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But you're blessed, happy, strong, beautiful. what
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Strong, beautiful. what happened? you defied the
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Happened? you defied the odds. god breathed on your
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Odds. god breathed on your life, opened doors you
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Life, opened doors you couldn't open, gave you
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Couldn't open, gave you ability, influence, favor
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Ability, influence, favor that catapulted you ahead.
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That catapulted you ahead. you may be in a situation now
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You may be in a situation now where the odds are against
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Where the odds are against you. when you look at the
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You. when you look at the facts, every voice says,
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Facts, every voice says, “there's no way. you're
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“there's no way. you're outnumbered. it's too late.”
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Outnumbered. it's too late.” don't believe those lies. god
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Don't believe those lies. god is about to show out in your
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Is about to show out in your life. that difficulty is
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Life. that difficulty is setting you up for god to do
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Setting you up for god to do something you've never seen.
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Something you've never seen. it's going to happen quickly.
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It's going to happen quickly. you couldn't plan it. you
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You couldn't plan it. you didn't have the experience,
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Didn't have the experience, but like that fire came down
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But like that fire came down from heaven, suddenly the
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From heaven, suddenly the problem is going to turn
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Problem is going to turn around, the right people will
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Around, the right people will show up, your business takes
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Show up, your business takes off, your child comes back
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Off, your child comes back home. you'll be able to say
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Home. you'll be able to say with elijah, the odds were
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With elijah, the odds were against me, but the most high
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Against me, but the most high god was for me.” that's what
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God was for me.” that's what matters.
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Matters. in exodus 14, god had
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In exodus 14, god had delivered the israelites out
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Delivered the israelites out of four hundred years of
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Of four hundred years of slavery. he sent plague after
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Slavery. he sent plague after plague on the pharaoh, and he
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Plague on the pharaoh, and he finally let the people go.
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Finally let the people go. they were so excited. it was
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They were so excited. it was a moment they had been
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A moment they had been dreaming of. as they were
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Dreaming of. as they were leaving, god said in verse 2,
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Leaving, god said in verse 2, “tell the people to march
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“tell the people to march toward the red sea. then
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Toward the red sea. then pharaoh will think they're
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Pharaoh will think they're trapped between the red sea
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Trapped between the red sea and the wilderness.” god sent
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And the wilderness.” god sent them into a situation where
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Them into a situation where there was no way out. it
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There was no way out. it wasn't like moses made a
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Wasn't like moses made a mistake and went the wrong
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Mistake and went the wrong way. god told them to go this
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Way. god told them to go this way. you would think after
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Way. you would think after the years of slavery, and
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The years of slavery, and mistreatment, god would take
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Mistreatment, god would take them an easy way with no
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Them an easy way with no obstacles, no opposition. but
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Obstacles, no opposition. but god on purpose sent them down
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God on purpose sent them down a path where the odds would
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A path where the odds would be against them. god knew
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Be against them. god knew pharaoh would change his
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Pharaoh would change his mind. he knew the army would
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Mind. he knew the army would come chasing the israelites.
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Come chasing the israelites. god said in verse 4, “i have
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God said in verse 4, “i have planned all this so i will
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Planned all this so i will receive great glory at the
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Receive great glory at the expense of pharaoh.” the odds
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Expense of pharaoh.” the odds being against them wasn't
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Being against them wasn't random, wasn't just a bad
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Random, wasn't just a bad break, it was a setup, so god
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Break, it was a setup, so god could demonstrate his power
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Could demonstrate his power on the israelites.
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On the israelites. but when they saw that army
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But when they saw that army coming in the distance,
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Coming in the distance, pharoah's fastest chariots
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Pharoah's fastest chariots and most skilled warriors,
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And most skilled warriors, they began to panic,
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They began to panic, complain. “moses why did you
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Complain. “moses why did you bring us out here to die. we
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Bring us out here to die. we would have rather stayed as
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Would have rather stayed as slaves in egypt.” but moses
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Slaves in egypt.” but moses understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. when the odds are against
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When the odds are against you, god is up to something.
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You, god is up to something. he's positioning you to see
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He's positioning you to see his favor in a greater way.
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His favor in a greater way. moses said to the people, “do
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Moses said to the people, “do not be afraid. stand still
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Not be afraid. stand still and you will see the lord
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And you will see the lord rescue you.” i can imagine
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Rescue you.” i can imagine the people trying to stay in
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The people trying to stay in faith, but the chariots were
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Faith, but the chariots were getting closer. they could
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Getting closer. they could see the dust in the air
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See the dust in the air thirty miles away. now
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Thirty miles away. now they're twenty miles. another
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They're twenty miles. another few hours, they're going to
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Few hours, they're going to be here. but god kept letting
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Be here. but god kept letting them get closer and closer.
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Them get closer and closer. the odds getting more and
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The odds getting more and more against them. it went
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More against them. it went from sixty percent chance to
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From sixty percent chance to lose, to eighty percent. now
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Lose, to eighty percent. now they're at ninety-nine. the
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They're at ninety-nine. the army a few miles. just when
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Army a few miles. just when it looked like it was too
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It looked like it was too late, god sent a dark cloud,
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Late, god sent a dark cloud, like a thick fog that came on
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Like a thick fog that came on pharaoh and his army. they
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Pharaoh and his army. they couldn't see; they had to
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Couldn't see; they had to stop. god has ways to deliver
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Stop. god has ways to deliver you that you've never thought
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You that you've never thought of.
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Of. god told moses to lift up his
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God told moses to lift up his rod. when he did, a strong
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Rod. when he did, a strong east wind blew back the red
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East wind blew back the red sea. it cleared a path for
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Sea. it cleared a path for the people to walk through,
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The people to walk through, with these huge walls of
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With these huge walls of water on each side. they
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Water on each side. they didn't see that coming. they
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Didn't see that coming. they never dreamed the sea would
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Never dreamed the sea would open up, but god is
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Open up, but god is supernatural. he's going to
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Supernatural. he's going to do things in your life that
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Do things in your life that you can't calculate. you
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You can't calculate. you can't explain. you can't
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Can't explain. you can't plan. his ways are not our
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Plan. his ways are not our ways. when the odds are
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Ways. when the odds are against you, it's easy to
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Against you, it's easy to panic, worry, can't sleep at
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Panic, worry, can't sleep at night, but you have to remind
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Night, but you have to remind yourself that god is still in
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Yourself that god is still in control. you may not see a
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Control. you may not see a way, but that doesn't mean
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Way, but that doesn't mean god doesn't have a way. he
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God doesn't have a way. he created you to defy the odds.
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Created you to defy the odds. now be still and see that he
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Now be still and see that he is god.
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Is god. after the last israelites
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After the last israelites made it through to dry land,
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Made it through to dry land, right on cue, the cloud
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Right on cue, the cloud lifted off of pharoah's army.
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Lifted off of pharoah's army. now they could see again.
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Now they could see again. they came chasing through the
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They came chasing through the red sea, thinking they were
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Red sea, thinking they were about to capture them, then
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About to capture them, then the winds stopped, the walls
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The winds stopped, the walls of water came crashing down,
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Of water came crashing down, they were all drowned. god
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They were all drowned. god had to let the enemy get that
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Had to let the enemy get that close so he could get rid of
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Close so he could get rid of them. looking back now, we
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Them. looking back now, we can see, coming to a dead end
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Can see, coming to a dead end wasn't a bad break. pharaoh
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Wasn't a bad break. pharaoh changing his mind, his army
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Changing his mind, his army quickly closing in, wasn't a
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Quickly closing in, wasn't a coincidence. the odds being
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Coincidence. the odds being against them was a setup. it
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Against them was a setup. it was all a part of a strategic
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Was all a part of a strategic plan to deliver the
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Plan to deliver the israelites from their
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Israelites from their enemies. what if you knew the
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Enemies. what if you knew the odds being against you was
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Odds being against you was all a part of god's plan.
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All a part of god's plan. what you could be worried
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What you could be worried about, the enemy closing in,
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About, the enemy closing in, people at work trying to
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People at work trying to discredit you, not feeling
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Discredit you, not feeling qualified, that god allowed
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Qualified, that god allowed all that to happen. not to
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All that to happen. not to just make you miserable, but
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Just make you miserable, but so he can show his power in
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So he can show his power in your life. trust him when the
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Your life. trust him when the odds are against you. things
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Odds are against you. things happen you don't understand.
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Happen you don't understand. you were doing the right
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You were doing the right thing, but you come to a dead
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Thing, but you come to a dead end. a health problem, a
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End. a health problem, a financial setback, a friend
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Financial setback, a friend turned on you. god wouldn't
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Turned on you. god wouldn't have allowed it, if he wasn't
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Have allowed it, if he wasn't going to use it for your
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Going to use it for your good. sure, you'll be tempted
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Good. sure, you'll be tempted to worry, “why did this
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To worry, “why did this happen.” god is saying to you
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Happen.” god is saying to you what he said to the
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What he said to the israelites, “stand still and
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Israelites, “stand still and you will see my deliverance.
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You will see my deliverance. you will see my favor. you
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You will see my favor. you will see my healing. you will
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Will see my healing. you will see the victory.”
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See the victory.” when i look back over my
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When i look back over my life, i see these times where
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Life, i see these times where the odds were against me;
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The odds were against me; times where i was
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Times where i was outnumbered, but that's what
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Outnumbered, but that's what god used to get me to where i
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God used to get me to where i am. when my father passed, i
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Am. when my father passed, i knew i was supposed to step
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Knew i was supposed to step up and pastor the church, but
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Up and pastor the church, but i didn't feel qualified. i
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I didn't feel qualified. i didn't have the training. i
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Didn't have the training. i had never been to seminary.
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Had never been to seminary. my father had pastored here
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My father had pastored here for forty years. he'd been in
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For forty years. he'd been in the ministry for over fifty
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The ministry for over fifty years. well, i had been in
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Years. well, i had been in the ministry zero years. i
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The ministry zero years. i had spoken a message the week
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Had spoken a message the week before my dad passed. all the
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Before my dad passed. all the odds were against me. but
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Odds were against me. but when you're weak, god will
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When you're weak, god will show himself strong. when you
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Show himself strong. when you don't feel qualified, god
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Don't feel qualified, god will breathe on your life and
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Will breathe on your life and give you ability, wisdom,
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Give you ability, wisdom, favor. i discovered things in
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Favor. i discovered things in me i didn't know i had. but
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Me i didn't know i had. but if you let the odds being
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If you let the odds being against you talk you out of
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Against you talk you out of your dreams, cause you to get
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Your dreams, cause you to get discouraged, where you never
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Discouraged, where you never take steps of faith, then
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Take steps of faith, then you'll miss the greatness god
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You'll miss the greatness god put in you. you're not always
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Put in you. you're not always going to feel confident, feel
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Going to feel confident, feel strong, feel passion. you may
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Strong, feel passion. you may feel weak, feel doubt, feel
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Feel weak, feel doubt, feel uncertainty, but you have to
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Uncertainty, but you have to override that and say, “god,
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Override that and say, “god, i know you being for me is
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I know you being for me is more than what's trying to
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More than what's trying to stop me.”
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Stop me.” this is what david did. he
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This is what david did. he was seventeen years old when
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Was seventeen years old when he heard goliath taunting the
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He heard goliath taunting the israelites. the other men in
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Israelites. the other men in the army they were afraid.
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The army they were afraid. they would run and hide, but
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They would run and hide, but something rose up in david, a
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Something rose up in david, a fire, a passion. he knew he
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Fire, a passion. he knew he was supposed to fight him.
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Was supposed to fight him. but if someone was
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But if someone was calculating the odds, this
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Calculating the odds, this would have been ten thousand
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Would have been ten thousand to one. goliath was the
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To one. goliath was the champion of the philistine
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Champion of the philistine army. he was their most
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Army. he was their most experienced, skilled,
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Experienced, skilled, warrior, stood over nine feet
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Warrior, stood over nine feet tall. he had the latest
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Tall. he had the latest armor, the sharpest sword.
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Armor, the sharpest sword. david was a shepherd. he had
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David was a shepherd. he had no training, no military
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No training, no military experience. he was small,
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Experience. he was small, young; he looked like a kid.
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Young; he looked like a kid. when goliath first saw him,
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When goliath first saw him, he laughed, said, “am i a dog
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He laughed, said, “am i a dog that you would come at me
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That you would come at me with a stick?” he was saying,
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With a stick?” he was saying, “you mean you've got this
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“you mean you've got this little twig to fight me?”
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Little twig to fight me?” even king saul tried to talk
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Even king saul tried to talk david out of it. he said,
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David out of it. he said, “david, you're just a boy.
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“david, you're just a boy. you don't have a chance.”
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You don't have a chance.” it's interesting, god could
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It's interesting, god could have chosen someone that
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Have chosen someone that matched up much better with
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Matched up much better with goliath. the soldier that was
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Goliath. the soldier that was the most skilled, most
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The most skilled, most trained, biggest, strongest.
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Trained, biggest, strongest. that would have been a much
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That would have been a much fairer fight. two champions
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Fairer fight. two champions competing. but notice how god
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Competing. but notice how god works. david had all the odds
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Works. david had all the odds against him. it didn't make
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Against him. it didn't make sense. if david would have
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Sense. if david would have only looked at it from a
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Only looked at it from a logical point of view, we
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Logical point of view, we wouldn't be talking about it.
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Wouldn't be talking about it. but david understood that he
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But david understood that he was created to defy the odds.
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Was created to defy the odds. there are levels of your
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There are levels of your destiny that you cannot reach
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Destiny that you cannot reach without being outnumbered,
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Without being outnumbered, over your head. the odds
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Over your head. the odds being against you is a sign
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Being against you is a sign that god is up to something.
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That god is up to something. he's positioned you there for
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He's positioned you there for a purpose. it's not a
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A purpose. it's not a coincidence that there's a
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Coincidence that there's a giant between you and your
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Giant between you and your destiny. it's easy to shrink
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Destiny. it's easy to shrink back, “i can't fight this
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Back, “i can't fight this giant, joel. i can't lead my
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Giant, joel. i can't lead my department, i'm not
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Department, i'm not qualified. i can't write my
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Qualified. i can't write my book. i can't break this
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Book. i can't break this addiction. all i have is a
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Addiction. all i have is a slingshot and a few stones.”
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Slingshot and a few stones.” that's all you need. your
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That's all you need. your slingshot with the favor of
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Slingshot with the favor of god will bring down the
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God will bring down the goliath's in your life.
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Goliath's in your life. the scripture says. “david
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The scripture says. “david ran quickly toward goliath.”
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Ran quickly toward goliath.” the other men ran quickly
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The other men ran quickly away from goliath. look at
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Away from goliath. look at how david was defying the
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How david was defying the odds. he was saying, “god,
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Odds. he was saying, “god, i'm not moved by what it
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I'm not moved by what it looks like in the natural, i
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Looks like in the natural, i know you're supernatural.” he
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Know you're supernatural.” he picked up a stone, put it in
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Picked up a stone, put it in his sling. the whole time,
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His sling. the whole time, goliath was laughing. david
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Goliath was laughing. david slung that rock, and the
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Slung that rock, and the laughter stopped. goliath
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Laughter stopped. goliath tumbled to the ground. david,
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Tumbled to the ground. david, a shepherd boy, defeated this
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A shepherd boy, defeated this philistine giant. are there
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Philistine giant. are there giants in your life waiting
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Giants in your life waiting to be defeated? you're
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To be defeated? you're thinking about how big it is
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Thinking about how big it is and, “i don't have the
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And, “i don't have the experience. they said this
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Experience. they said this sickness is permanent.” have
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Sickness is permanent.” have a new perspective. the odds
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A new perspective. the odds being against you is a setup.
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Being against you is a setup. god allowed that so he can
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God allowed that so he can show out in your life. don't
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Show out in your life. don't be intimidated, thinking
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Be intimidated, thinking you're lacking. you don't
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You're lacking. you don't have the experience. you have
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Have the experience. you have everything you need. when you
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Everything you need. when you make a move, god will breathe
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Make a move, god will breathe on what you have and you'll
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On what you have and you'll discover ability, favor,
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Discover ability, favor, healing that will cause you
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Healing that will cause you to defy the odds.
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To defy the odds. in john 11, lazarus had
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In john 11, lazarus had become very sick. his sisters
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Become very sick. his sisters were close friends with
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Were close friends with jesus. they were in another
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Jesus. they were in another city. they sent word asking
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City. they sent word asking jesus to come and pray for
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Jesus to come and pray for lazarus. jesus heard their
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Lazarus. jesus heard their request, but he waited two
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Request, but he waited two days and lazarus died. when
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Days and lazarus died. when he arrived, he was already in
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He arrived, he was already in the tomb, wrapped up in
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The tomb, wrapped up in burial clothes. jesus said to
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Burial clothes. jesus said to his disciples, “this sickness
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His disciples, “this sickness is not going to end in death.
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Is not going to end in death. it is so the son of god will
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It is so the son of god will be glorified.” jesus knew he
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Be glorified.” jesus knew he was going to heal lazarus,
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Was going to heal lazarus, but he waited on purpose. he
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But he waited on purpose. he could have spoken to him from
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Could have spoken to him from another city, when the
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Another city, when the messengers first arrived and
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Messengers first arrived and healed him. he could have
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Healed him. he could have traveled the next day and
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Traveled the next day and touched him while he was
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Touched him while he was alive and made him well. but
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Alive and made him well. but this delay wasn't random. he
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This delay wasn't random. he was saying in effect, “i'm
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Was saying in effect, “i'm going to let the odds be
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Going to let the odds be against him in a greater way,
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Against him in a greater way, so i can show my power in
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So i can show my power in ways you've never seen.” same
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Ways you've never seen.” same thing with david, he chose a
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Thing with david, he chose a giant for him to face.
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Giant for him to face. elijah, outnumbered 450 to 1.
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Elijah, outnumbered 450 to 1. it's because god loves to
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It's because god loves to defy the odds, to do things
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Defy the odds, to do things that seem impossible. jesus
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That seem impossible. jesus spoke to lazarus. he came
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Spoke to lazarus. he came back to life; out of that
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Back to life; out of that tomb. from then on,
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Tomb. from then on, everywhere he went, he was a
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Everywhere he went, he was a testimony of the favor of
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Testimony of the favor of god. it's one thing to have a
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God. it's one thing to have a healing, but god wanted
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Healing, but god wanted something better, a
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Something better, a resurrection. sometimes god
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Resurrection. sometimes god will let the odds be against
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Will let the odds be against you in a greater way. it
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You in a greater way. it doesn't make sense, but god
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Doesn't make sense, but god is up to something. trust him
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Is up to something. trust him when you don't understand.
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When you don't understand. stay in faith when he doesn't
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Stay in faith when he doesn't show up in time. he has
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Show up in time. he has something coming better than
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Something coming better than you've imagined.
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You've imagined. a friend of mine was born
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A friend of mine was born with no ears. his parents had
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With no ears. his parents had other healthy children. they
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Other healthy children. they were, of course, hoping for
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Were, of course, hoping for the same, but they were told
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The same, but they were told this child would never be
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This child would never be able to hear and therefore
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Able to hear and therefore never be able to speak. they
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Never be able to speak. they were devastated. there was no
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Were devastated. there was no explanation. the father and
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Explanation. the father and mother were weeping, holding
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Mother were weeping, holding their baby son. the
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Their baby son. the grandmother came. she said to
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Grandmother came. she said to her son and daughter in law,
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Her son and daughter in law, “i know why you're crying,
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“i know why you're crying, and how disappointed you are,
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And how disappointed you are, but god is going to use your
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But god is going to use your son to do amazing things.
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Son to do amazing things. this is not going to stop his
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This is not going to stop his destiny. he's going to impact
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Destiny. he's going to impact people all over the world.”
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People all over the world.” that didn't make any sense.
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That didn't make any sense. he had this limitation, this
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He had this limitation, this disadvantage. but this
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Disadvantage. but this grandmother knew that god
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Grandmother knew that god specializes in defying the
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Specializes in defying the odds. that what looks
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Odds. that what looks impossible for us, is
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Impossible for us, is possible with god. they
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Possible with god. they didn't see any sign of it. no
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Didn't see any sign of it. no way in the natural but they
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Way in the natural but they just kept staying in faith,
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Just kept staying in faith, declaring what god promised,
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Declaring what god promised, that their son would fulfill
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That their son would fulfill his purpose. at two years
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His purpose. at two years old, he was in his crib. a
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Old, he was in his crib. a door slammed, and he turned
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Door slammed, and he turned to look. they thought if he
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To look. they thought if he can't hear, how did he know
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Can't hear, how did he know the door slammed? they took
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The door slammed? they took him to the doctor and
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Him to the doctor and discovered that portions of
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Discovered that portions of his inner ear were forming.
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His inner ear were forming. there was more there, than
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There was more there, than they ever knew. after several
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They ever knew. after several surgeries, his hearing was
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Surgeries, his hearing was perfectly normal. he can not
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Perfectly normal. he can not only hear, not only talk, but
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Only hear, not only talk, but now he can sing. you all hear
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Now he can sing. you all hear ramiro, he's usually up here
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Ramiro, he's usually up here every week on our worship
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Every week on our worship team. just like his
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Team. just like his grandmother said, impacting
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Grandmother said, impacting people all over the world. is
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People all over the world. is there anything too hard for
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There anything too hard for our god?
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Our god? the scripture says, “against
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The scripture says, “against all odds, abraham believed,”
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All odds, abraham believed,” and his wife sarah had a baby
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And his wife sarah had a baby at ninety years old. are the
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At ninety years old. are the odds against you? all the
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Odds against you? all the facts, the experts say it's
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Facts, the experts say it's not going to happen. can i
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Not going to happen. can i remind you? god is for you.
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Remind you? god is for you. his power is greater than
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His power is greater than anything trying to stop you.
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Anything trying to stop you. one touch of his favor, like
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One touch of his favor, like ramiro, you'll go from
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Ramiro, you'll go from ninety-nine percent chance of
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Ninety-nine percent chance of losing to winning. friends,
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Losing to winning. friends, you were created to defy the
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You were created to defy the odds. that giant is in your
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Odds. that giant is in your path on purpose so god can
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Path on purpose so god can display his power through
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Display his power through you. it's a setup for him to
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You. it's a setup for him to do something you've never
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Do something you've never seen. don't be intimidated,
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Seen. don't be intimidated, “why me? this is impossible.”
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“why me? this is impossible.” you and god are a majority.
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You and god are a majority. he has not brought you this
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He has not brought you this far to leave you. it may feel
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Far to leave you. it may feel like you're outnumbered, but
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Like you're outnumbered, but if you could see into the
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If you could see into the unseen realm, you would
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Unseen realm, you would realize, the enemy is
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Realize, the enemy is outnumbered. there are more
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Outnumbered. there are more for you than there are
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For you than there are against you. now stand still
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Against you. now stand still and you will see the
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And you will see the salvation of the lord. if
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Salvation of the lord. if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, like david, you will
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Declare, like david, you will defy the odds in your life
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Defy the odds in your life and defeat every giant. like
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And defeat every giant. like elijah, you will overcome
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Elijah, you will overcome when outnumbered. like the
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When outnumbered. like the israelites, those dead ends
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Israelites, those dead ends will turn into doorways that
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Will turn into doorways that thrust you into your destiny,
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Thrust you into your destiny, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What's in front of us. i've written
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A devotional called today
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A devotional called today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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For a better life. it's designed to help
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It's designed to help you make those choices
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You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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On purpose, to choose faith over fear
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Faith over fear and peace
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And peace over frustration
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Over frustration and kindness over offense.
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And kindness over offense. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with scripture
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With scripture and practical encouragement
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And practical encouragement to help you live
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To help you live with confidence and victory.
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With confidence and victory. you can't wait to see
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You can't wait to see what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. you have to decide
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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A more blessed, fulfilled life. i'd love to send you a copy.
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I'd love to send you a copy. 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, we would like to
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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Every day begins with a choice,
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Every day begins with a choice, and this inspiring book
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And this inspiring book is packed
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Is packed with powerful devotional truths
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With powerful devotional truths that will help you
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That will help you in the specific challenges
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In the specific challenges you face in life,
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You face in life, including: today,
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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To trust god's timing. they will transform
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They will transform your attitude, your outlook,
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Your attitude, your outlook, your entire day.
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Your entire day. as you embrace
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As you embrace these biblical principles,
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These biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve,
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You'll see problems dissolve, hope restored, mountains move.
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Choose the joy and happiness
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Choose the joy and happiness god has chosen for you.
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God has chosen for you. be sure to request
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For a better life, available this month
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When you make choices based on what
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Based on what god says about you,
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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To people around the world. and a special
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And a special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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This is the day the lord has made.
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The lord has made. we will rejoice
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We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And be glad in it. choose every morning
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Choose every morning to begin
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To begin with a declaration of god's
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With a declaration of god's eternal promise.
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Joel Osteen - You Will Defy The Odds

June 5, 2026 | 27:29

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