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Joel Osteen - This Is Your Best Age

May 31, 2026 | 27:29

Joel Osteen - This Is Your Best Age
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - This Is Your Best Age | May 31, 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, social
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  • Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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  • Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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  • Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • Have you be a part of one of our services.
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  • 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 husband and wife.
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  • About this husband and wife. they'd been arguing and
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  • They'd been arguing and fussing for years. the wife
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  • Fussing for years. the wife finally got so fed up, she
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  • Finally got so fed up, she packed up her husband's
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  • Packed up her husband's belongings and sent him out
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  • Belongings and sent him out the front door. as he was
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  • The front door. as he was leaving, she said, “i hope
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  • Leaving, she said, “i hope you have a miserable,
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  • You have a miserable, depressing, frustrating
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  • Depressing, frustrating life.” the husband turned
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  • Life.” the husband turned around, his face brightened
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  • Around, his face brightened up, he said, “you mean you
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  • Up, he said, “you mean you want me to stay?” (laughter)
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  • Want me to stay?” (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be 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 this is your best age.
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  • About this is your best age. it's easy to discount
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  • It's easy to discount ourselves because we're too
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  • Ourselves because we're too young or too old. we don't
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  • Young or too old. we don't have enough experience or
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  • Have enough experience or we're past our prime. we make
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  • We're past our prime. we make excuses as to why we can't
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  • Excuses as to why we can't excel. “joel, i'm over the
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  • Excel. “joel, i'm over the hill now. i'm not as sharp as
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  • Hill now. i'm not as sharp as i used to be, not as agile.”
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  • I used to be, not as agile.” you have to recognize; there
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  • You have to recognize; there are great things on the other
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  • Are great things on the other side of the hill. you never
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  • Side of the hill. you never age out with god; you age
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  • Age out with god; you age into your purpose. abraham
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  • Into your purpose. abraham became a father at a hundred
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  • Became a father at a hundred years old. john wrote the
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  • Years old. john wrote the book of revelation in his
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  • Book of revelation in his nineties. noah built the ark
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  • Nineties. noah built the ark when he was over five hundred
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  • When he was over five hundred years old. and you think
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  • Years old. and you think you're done at sixty, at
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  • You're done at sixty, at seventy, at eighty. you're
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  • Seventy, at eighty. you're just getting started. the
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  • Just getting started. the scripture says, “your latter
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  • Scripture says, “your latter days will be better than your
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  • Days will be better than your former days.”
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  • Former days.” moses was eighty years old,
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  • Moses was eighty years old, living in the desert,
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  • Living in the desert, thinking he was washed up. he
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  • Thinking he was washed up. he had made mistakes and had to
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  • Had made mistakes and had to hide from his enemies. he'd
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  • Hide from his enemies. he'd been out there forty years,
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  • Been out there forty years, in what we would call the
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  • In what we would call the prime of his life. forties,
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  • Prime of his life. forties, fifties, when he had all this
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  • Fifties, when he had all this passion, strength, endurance.
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  • Passion, strength, endurance. but now he's past his prime.
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  • But now he's past his prime. he's coasting, thinking he
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  • He's coasting, thinking he missed his chance. that's
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  • Missed his chance. that's when god came to him in a
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  • When god came to him in a burning bush and said, “now
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  • Burning bush and said, “now is the time to go deliver my
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  • Is the time to go deliver my people.” you would think god
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  • People.” you would think god would want someone younger.
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  • Would want someone younger. “god, get joshua. he's in his
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  • “god, get joshua. he's in his thirties. he has more
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  • Thirties. he has more endurance, more followers on
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  • Endurance, more followers on social media. he's in the in
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  • Social media. he's in the in crowd. god moses is washed
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  • Crowd. god moses is washed up.” no, god has an
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  • Up.” no, god has an assignment for you at every
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  • Assignment for you at every age. you are not too old.
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  • Age. you are not too old. this world needs what you
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  • This world needs what you have. we need your wisdom. we
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  • Have. we need your wisdom. we need your talent, your
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  • Need your talent, your experience, we need your love.
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  • Experience, we need your love. at eighty years old, after
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  • At eighty years old, after moses thought he was done, he
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  • Moses thought he was done, he went to the pharaoh and
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  • Went to the pharaoh and delivered the israelites. he
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  • Delivered the israelites. he saw the red sea part, water
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  • Saw the red sea part, water come out of a rock, manna in
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  • Come out of a rock, manna in the desert. he received the
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  • The desert. he received the ten commandments and became
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  • Ten commandments and became one of the most influential
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  • One of the most influential leaders in history. his
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  • Leaders in history. his greatest impact came as a
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  • Greatest impact came as a senior citizen. after he had
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  • Senior citizen. after he had quote “past his prime”. don't
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  • Quote “past his prime”. don't believe those lies that
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  • Believe those lies that you're too old. you don't
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  • You're too old. you don't have much to offer. you're
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  • Have much to offer. you're not valuable. god doesn't
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  • Not valuable. god doesn't look at your age; he looks at
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  • Look at your age; he looks at your availability. his
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  • Your availability. his purpose didn't stop when you
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  • Purpose didn't stop when you turned sixty. your assignment
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  • Turned sixty. your assignment didn't go away at seventy.
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  • Didn't go away at seventy. your value didn't decrease at
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  • Your value didn't decrease at eighty. if anything, it
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  • Eighty. if anything, it increased. you have wisdom.
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  • Increased. you have wisdom. you have experience. you've
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  • You have experience. you've gone through highs and lows.
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  • Gone through highs and lows. you've seen the faithfulness
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  • You've seen the faithfulness of god. age hasn't lessened
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  • Of god. age hasn't lessened you; it's prepared you.
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  • You; it's prepared you. now here's the key, quit
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  • Now here's the key, quit telling yourself that you're
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  • Telling yourself that you're old. “i can't move like i
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  • Old. “i can't move like i used to. i can't remember
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  • Used to. i can't remember things very good. my knees
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  • Things very good. my knees are about to give out.”
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  • Are about to give out.” you're talking yourself into
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  • You're talking yourself into being old. you're prophesying
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  • Being old. you're prophesying aches, pains and going
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  • Aches, pains and going downhill. i know our body
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  • Downhill. i know our body ages. i'm not saying to deny
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  • Ages. i'm not saying to deny reality, but how about saying
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  • Reality, but how about saying what god says about you. “my
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  • What god says about you. “my youth is being renewed like
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  • Youth is being renewed like the eagles. i will run and
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  • The eagles. i will run and not be weary. i will walk and
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  • Not be weary. i will walk and not faint.” the more you talk
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  • Not faint.” the more you talk about getting old, the older
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  • About getting old, the older you're going to get. the more
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  • You're going to get. the more you think about your
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  • You think about your stiffness, your memory not as
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  • Stiffness, your memory not as good, your tiredness, the
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  • Good, your tiredness, the more it's going to increase.
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  • More it's going to increase. do yourself a favor, think
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  • Do yourself a favor, think young thoughts. think
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  • Young thoughts. think freshness. think vitality,
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  • Freshness. think vitality, energetic, strong and
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  • Energetic, strong and creative. another important
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  • Creative. another important thing is you need to have
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  • Thing is you need to have some friends that are younger
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  • Some friends that are younger than you. don't hang around
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  • Than you. don't hang around everyone your age. especially
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  • Everyone your age. especially if they're talking about
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  • If they're talking about their ailments, what they
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  • Their ailments, what they can't do, how they couldn't
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  • Can't do, how they couldn't hear the announcer at bingo
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  • Hear the announcer at bingo last week. i know they're
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  • Last week. i know they're good people, but you need to
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  • Good people, but you need to be around people that are
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  • Be around people that are moving, dreaming,
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  • Moving, dreaming, accomplishing, living a
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  • Accomplishing, living a vibrant life.
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  • Vibrant life. because getting old starts in
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  • Because getting old starts in our mind. your spirit never
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  • Our mind. your spirit never ages. this body does, the
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  • Ages. this body does, the house we live in, but the
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  • House we live in, but the real you, the one god made in
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  • Real you, the one god made in his image, is eternal, it's
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  • His image, is eternal, it's timeless. it's not aging. i
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  • Timeless. it's not aging. i don't feel any different
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  • Don't feel any different today at thirty-nine, than i
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  • Today at thirty-nine, than i did when i was a teenager. i
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  • Did when i was a teenager. i can't believe i'm this age. i
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  • Can't believe i'm this age. i feel just like i did when i
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  • Feel just like i did when i was in high school. now my
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  • Was in high school. now my body has aged. when i go to
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  • Body has aged. when i go to jump, playing basketball, my
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  • Jump, playing basketball, my mind says to jump, but my
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  • Mind says to jump, but my body doesn't do what it used
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  • Body doesn't do what it used to. i jump like a white man
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  • To. i jump like a white man now. i used to be able to
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  • Now. i used to be able to jump. but what's always funny
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  • Jump. but what's always funny to me is in my mind i can do
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  • To me is in my mind i can do it. in my mind, i can run
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  • It. in my mind, i can run just as fast, jump just as
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  • Just as fast, jump just as high. your body may age, but
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  • High. your body may age, but your spirit is ageless. the
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  • Your spirit is ageless. the real you that lives on the
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  • Real you that lives on the inside doesn't have to get
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  • Inside doesn't have to get old. aging is inevitable, but
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  • Old. aging is inevitable, but getting old is optional.
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  • Getting old is optional. paul said it this way,
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  • Paul said it this way, “outwardly this house that i
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  • “outwardly this house that i live in is perishing, but
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  • Live in is perishing, but inwardly i'm being renewed
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  • Inwardly i'm being renewed day by day.” he was saying,
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  • Day by day.” he was saying, “things may be aging on the
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  • “things may be aging on the outside, but inwardly i'm
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  • Outside, but inwardly i'm refreshed. i'm renewed.”
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  • Refreshed. i'm renewed.” that's talking about your
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  • That's talking about your thoughts. if you go around
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  • Thoughts. if you go around thinking old thoughts, “my
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  • Thinking old thoughts, “my knees are so stiff. my
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  • Knees are so stiff. my hearing's going. i can't
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  • Hearing's going. i can't concentrate anymore. at my
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  • Concentrate anymore. at my age, it's to be expected.”
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  • Age, it's to be expected.” the problem with that mindset
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  • The problem with that mindset is you're letting yourself
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  • Is you're letting yourself get old. your attitude
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  • Get old. your attitude determines your age more than
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  • Determines your age more than your birthday. i've seen
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  • Your birthday. i've seen eighty-year-old people with a
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  • Eighty-year-old people with a twenty-year-old attitude.
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  • Twenty-year-old attitude. they're fun, sharp, positive,
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  • They're fun, sharp, positive, a joy to be around. i've seen
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  • A joy to be around. i've seen thirty-year-old people with
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  • Thirty-year-old people with an eighty-year-old attitude.
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  • An eighty-year-old attitude. we're all going to age. you
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  • We're all going to age. you can't stop the clock from
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  • Can't stop the clock from ticking. but you don't have
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  • Ticking. but you don't have to get old. it's in our mind.
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  • To get old. it's in our mind. i love that phrase i heard,
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  • I love that phrase i heard, don't let the old man in.
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  • Don't let the old man in. that old man, that old woman
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  • That old man, that old woman is going to come knocking at
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  • Is going to come knocking at your door. “you're tired. you
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  • Your door. “you're tired. you can't do what you used to.
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  • Can't do what you used to. look at those wrinkles.
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  • Look at those wrinkles. nobody needs you anymore.”
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  • Nobody needs you anymore.” some people answer the door,
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  • Some people answer the door, “come on in and get a cup of
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  • “come on in and get a cup of coffee. tell me more.” no
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  • Coffee. tell me more.” no keep that door closed. tell
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  • Keep that door closed. tell the old man, “no thanks.”
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  • The old man, “no thanks.” tell the old woman, “you're
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  • Tell the old woman, “you're not welcome here.” you stay
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  • Not welcome here.” you stay young by being renewed in the
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  • Young by being renewed in the spirit of your mind.
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  • Spirit of your mind. the scripture says, “moses
  • 00:07:16.692 --> 00:07:17.860
  • The scripture says, “moses was a hundred and twenty
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  • Was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet
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  • Years old when he died, yet his eyesight was perfectly
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  • His eyesight was perfectly clear, and he was as strong
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  • Clear, and he was as strong as ever.” i know our bodies
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  • As ever.” i know our bodies are aging, there's a natural
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  • Are aging, there's a natural progression, but why don't we
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  • Progression, but why don't we believe for that moses
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  • Believe for that moses anointing. that we will pass
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  • Anointing. that we will pass at an old age. and when we
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  • At an old age. and when we go, we won't be weak, frail,
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  • Go, we won't be weak, frail, spending years immobile,
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  • Spending years immobile, can't function, but we go
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  • Can't function, but we go still strong, sound mind,
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  • Still strong, sound mind, clear vision, joy in our
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  • Clear vision, joy in our heart, walking, moving, being
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  • Heart, walking, moving, being a blessing.
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  • A blessing. i think about my mother, she
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  • I think about my mother, she lived till she was almost
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  • Lived till she was almost ninety-two. she'd had polio
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  • Ninety-two. she'd had polio as a child. she went through
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  • As a child. she went through cancer and broken her hip,
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  • Cancer and broken her hip, but she came through all of
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  • But she came through all of that strong, healthy,
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  • That strong, healthy, energetic. her body had
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  • Energetic. her body had gotten weaker, but in her
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  • Gotten weaker, but in her mind, she was still young and
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  • Mind, she was still young and sharp and funny. after she
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  • Sharp and funny. after she broke her hip, in her late
  • 00:08:07.810 --> 00:08:09.679
  • Broke her hip, in her late eighties, she needed a walker
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  • Eighties, she needed a walker to help her walk. so, us kids
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  • To help her walk. so, us kids met, and we decided paul and
  • 00:08:14.250 --> 00:08:16.285
  • Met, and we decided paul and lisa would tell her that she
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  • Lisa would tell her that she shouldn't drive anymore.
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  • Shouldn't drive anymore. because she couldn't get the
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  • Because she couldn't get the walker in and out of the car.
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  • Walker in and out of the car. that was like world war
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  • That was like world war three. she did not like that.
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  • Three. she did not like that. she said, “joel, i am not
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  • She said, “joel, i am not impaired. i am strong. i'm
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  • Impaired. i am strong. i'm ninety years old. i can do
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  • Ninety years old. i can do what i want to.” i'd tell
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  • What i want to.” i'd tell her, “yeah, i don't know
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  • Her, “yeah, i don't know what's wrong with paul and
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  • What's wrong with paul and lisa. they don't have any
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  • Lisa. they don't have any faith.” (laughter)
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  • I took my mother to dinner
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  • I took my mother to dinner every monday night after my
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  • Every monday night after my sirius xm radio program for
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  • Sirius xm radio program for the last five years of her
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  • The last five years of her life. we were walking in the
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  • Life. we were walking in the cafeteria one day, she was
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  • Cafeteria one day, she was ninety; this man walked by a
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  • Ninety; this man walked by a little bent over, a little
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  • Little bent over, a little frail, probably in his early
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  • Frail, probably in his early eighties. my mother leaned
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  • Eighties. my mother leaned over and said, “joel, look at
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  • Over and said, “joel, look at that old man.” she didn't see
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  • That old man.” she didn't see herself as old. don't get old
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  • In your mind. stay active.
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  • In your mind. stay active. stay connected. stay curious.
  • 00:09:02.331 --> 00:09:04.634
  • Stay connected. stay curious. as long as you're alive, god
  • 00:09:04.700 --> 00:09:06.702
  • As long as you're alive, god has something for you to do.
  • 00:09:06.769 --> 00:09:08.204
  • Has something for you to do. it's not just to take up
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  • It's not just to take up space, watch others. you're
  • 00:09:09.905 --> 00:09:12.008
  • Space, watch others. you're secondary. man, you're past
  • 00:09:12.074 --> 00:09:13.743
  • Secondary. man, you're past your prime. every age is your
  • 00:09:13.809 --> 00:09:15.911
  • Your prime. every age is your prime. every age you have a
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  • Purpose.
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  • Two days before my mother
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  • Two days before my mother passed, she was right here at
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  • Passed, she was right here at this altar praying for
  • 00:09:22.218 --> 00:09:23.352
  • This altar praying for people. like moses, her eye
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  • People. like moses, her eye was not dim, her strength was
  • 00:09:25.521 --> 00:09:27.390
  • Was not dim, her strength was not abated. she went to
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  • Not abated. she went to heaven strong, healthy, still
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  • Heaven strong, healthy, still fulfilling her purpose. we
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  • Fulfilling her purpose. we may not make it to a hundred
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  • May not make it to a hundred and twenty like moses, but
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  • And twenty like moses, but let's believe we're not going
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  • Let's believe we're not going to go frail, washed up, “i
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  • To go frail, washed up, “i have nothing to offer.” quit
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  • Have nothing to offer.” quit believing those lies. your
  • 00:09:42.672 --> 00:09:44.340
  • Believing those lies. your body may age, but you don't
  • 00:09:44.407 --> 00:09:46.142
  • Body may age, but you don't have to get old. your spirit
  • 00:09:46.208 --> 00:09:48.010
  • Have to get old. your spirit is alive and fresh and
  • 00:09:48.077 --> 00:09:49.812
  • Is alive and fresh and energetic. keep declaring
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  • Energetic. keep declaring what god promised. “my youth
  • 00:09:51.881 --> 00:09:53.482
  • What god promised. “my youth is being renewed. lord, i
  • 00:09:53.549 --> 00:09:55.284
  • Is being renewed. lord, i thank you like moses, i will
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  • Thank you like moses, i will stay strong and healthy. i
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  • Stay strong and healthy. i will shine at every age of my
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  • Will shine at every age of my life.”
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  • This is what caleb did. he
  • 00:10:01.757 --> 00:10:03.459
  • This is what caleb did. he was one of the twelve men
  • 00:10:03.526 --> 00:10:05.227
  • Was one of the twelve men that moses sent to spy out
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  • That moses sent to spy out the promised land. ten of
  • 00:10:06.595 --> 00:10:08.297
  • The promised land. ten of them came back with a
  • 00:10:08.364 --> 00:10:09.198
  • Them came back with a negative report, said the
  • 00:10:09.265 --> 00:10:10.733
  • Negative report, said the people were too big. but
  • 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:12.601
  • People were too big. but caleb came back with joshua
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  • And said, “we are well able.
  • 00:10:14.470 --> 00:10:16.038
  • And said, “we are well able. the giants are big, but our
  • 00:10:16.105 --> 00:10:17.273
  • The giants are big, but our god is bigger.” he had this
  • 00:10:17.339 --> 00:10:19.275
  • God is bigger.” he had this report of faith. but the
  • 00:10:19.341 --> 00:10:21.043
  • Report of faith. but the negative report spread
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  • Negative report spread throughout the camp. the
  • 00:10:22.511 --> 00:10:23.846
  • Throughout the camp. the people became discouraged and
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  • People became discouraged and never did go into the
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  • Never did go into the promised land. caleb was
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  • Promised land. caleb was forty-five years old at that
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  • Forty-five years old at that time. we'd call that the
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  • Time. we'd call that the prime of life. he had
  • 00:10:32.855 --> 00:10:34.323
  • Prime of life. he had strength, experience,
  • 00:10:34.390 --> 00:10:35.758
  • Strength, experience, courage. this was the perfect
  • 00:10:35.825 --> 00:10:38.094
  • Courage. this was the perfect age to do something
  • 00:10:38.160 --> 00:10:39.161
  • Age to do something significant. but other
  • 00:10:39.228 --> 00:10:40.796
  • Significant. but other people's doubt, their lack of
  • 00:10:40.863 --> 00:10:42.498
  • People's doubt, their lack of vision closed the door. fast
  • 00:10:42.565 --> 00:10:44.934
  • Vision closed the door. fast forward, forty years. now
  • 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.069
  • Forward, forty years. now caleb is eighty-five years
  • 00:10:47.136 --> 00:10:49.004
  • Caleb is eighty-five years old. he should be in
  • 00:10:49.071 --> 00:10:50.639
  • Old. he should be in retirement. talking about the
  • 00:10:50.706 --> 00:10:52.541
  • Retirement. talking about the good old days. what could
  • 00:10:52.608 --> 00:10:54.243
  • Good old days. what could have happened. if only those
  • 00:10:54.310 --> 00:10:55.778
  • Have happened. if only those people had believed. but now
  • 00:10:55.845 --> 00:10:57.513
  • People had believed. but now he's aged out. he's over the
  • 00:10:57.580 --> 00:10:59.081
  • He's aged out. he's over the hill. but caleb didn't let
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  • Hill. but caleb didn't let the old man in. he knew what
  • 00:11:01.283 --> 00:11:03.385
  • The old man in. he knew what god started he would finish.
  • 00:11:03.452 --> 00:11:06.155
  • God started he would finish. the israelites had come into
  • 00:11:06.222 --> 00:11:07.323
  • The israelites had come into the promised land; the new
  • 00:11:07.389 --> 00:11:08.357
  • The promised land; the new generation. joshua was
  • 00:11:08.424 --> 00:11:10.326
  • Generation. joshua was dividing up the territory.
  • 00:11:10.392 --> 00:11:12.428
  • Dividing up the territory. giving different sections for
  • 00:11:12.495 --> 00:11:13.729
  • Giving different sections for people to conquer. caleb went
  • 00:11:13.796 --> 00:11:15.731
  • People to conquer. caleb went to him and said, “joshua, i
  • 00:11:15.798 --> 00:11:17.233
  • To him and said, “joshua, i want that mountain.” it was a
  • 00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:19.435
  • Want that mountain.” it was a mountain that had three
  • 00:11:19.502 --> 00:11:20.603
  • Mountain that had three giants on it. they were
  • 00:11:20.669 --> 00:11:22.138
  • Giants on it. they were descendants of goliath. it
  • 00:11:22.204 --> 00:11:23.906
  • Descendants of goliath. it was the same mountain he had
  • 00:11:23.973 --> 00:11:25.274
  • Was the same mountain he had seen four decades earlier.
  • 00:11:25.341 --> 00:11:27.877
  • Seen four decades earlier. caleb could have picked an
  • 00:11:27.943 --> 00:11:28.978
  • Caleb could have picked an easy place, somewhere that
  • 00:11:29.044 --> 00:11:30.679
  • Easy place, somewhere that had no opposition. he could
  • 00:11:30.746 --> 00:11:32.815
  • Had no opposition. he could have said, “joshua, i'm an
  • 00:11:32.882 --> 00:11:34.083
  • Have said, “joshua, i'm an old man. have someone else do
  • 00:11:34.150 --> 00:11:36.252
  • Old man. have someone else do it and just give me what's
  • 00:11:36.318 --> 00:11:37.219
  • It and just give me what's left over.” but caleb still
  • 00:11:37.286 --> 00:11:39.288
  • Left over.” but caleb still had this fire in his spirit,
  • 00:11:39.355 --> 00:11:41.257
  • Had this fire in his spirit, this passion for his purpose.
  • 00:11:41.323 --> 00:11:43.492
  • This passion for his purpose. he said in joshua 14, “i am
  • 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:45.694
  • He said in joshua 14, “i am as strong today at
  • 00:11:45.761 --> 00:11:47.263
  • As strong today at eighty-five, as i was when
  • 00:11:47.329 --> 00:11:49.165
  • Eighty-five, as i was when moses first sent me out.”
  • 00:11:49.231 --> 00:11:51.200
  • Moses first sent me out.” this was forty years later.
  • 00:11:51.267 --> 00:11:53.369
  • This was forty years later. when you stay young in your
  • 00:11:53.435 --> 00:11:54.470
  • When you stay young in your mind, fresh in your attitude,
  • 00:11:54.537 --> 00:11:56.906
  • Mind, fresh in your attitude, you're going to accomplish
  • 00:11:56.972 --> 00:11:57.773
  • You're going to accomplish great things.
  • 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.974
  • Great things. caleb went out at eighty-five
  • 00:11:59.041 --> 00:12:00.576
  • Caleb went out at eighty-five and defeated those giants and
  • 00:12:00.643 --> 00:12:02.444
  • And defeated those giants and took the land. it wasn't just
  • 00:12:02.511 --> 00:12:04.313
  • Took the land. it wasn't just a victory for him, but his
  • 00:12:04.380 --> 00:12:05.981
  • A victory for him, but his family inherited that land.
  • 00:12:06.048 --> 00:12:08.350
  • Family inherited that land. generations later, they lived
  • 00:12:08.417 --> 00:12:10.085
  • Generations later, they lived in abundance because of his
  • 00:12:10.152 --> 00:12:11.687
  • In abundance because of his faith. that's what happens
  • 00:12:11.754 --> 00:12:13.789
  • Faith. that's what happens when you stay young in your
  • 00:12:13.856 --> 00:12:14.957
  • When you stay young in your spirit. when you don't let
  • 00:12:15.024 --> 00:12:16.792
  • Spirit. when you don't let those old thoughts in. “i
  • 00:12:16.859 --> 00:12:18.961
  • Those old thoughts in. “i think i'm passed my prime. i
  • 00:12:19.028 --> 00:12:20.262
  • Think i'm passed my prime. i missed a good opportunity. it
  • 00:12:20.329 --> 00:12:22.064
  • Missed a good opportunity. it wasn't my fault; they closed
  • 00:12:22.131 --> 00:12:24.366
  • Wasn't my fault; they closed the door.” how do you know
  • 00:12:24.433 --> 00:12:26.202
  • The door.” how do you know like with caleb, that it's
  • 00:12:26.268 --> 00:12:27.937
  • Like with caleb, that it's not coming back again? how do
  • 00:12:28.003 --> 00:12:30.105
  • Not coming back again? how do you know that what god
  • 00:12:30.172 --> 00:12:31.073
  • You know that what god promised you is not still on
  • 00:12:31.140 --> 00:12:32.875
  • Promised you is not still on the schedule? get your
  • 00:12:32.942 --> 00:12:34.443
  • The schedule? get your passion back. get your vision
  • 00:12:34.510 --> 00:12:36.478
  • Passion back. get your vision back. start thinking young
  • 00:12:36.545 --> 00:12:37.880
  • Back. start thinking young thoughts, fresh thoughts. i
  • 00:12:37.947 --> 00:12:40.349
  • Thoughts, fresh thoughts. i love how caleb didn't retire,
  • 00:12:40.416 --> 00:12:42.484
  • Love how caleb didn't retire, he re-fired. he said in
  • 00:12:42.551 --> 00:12:44.520
  • He re-fired. he said in effect, “i don't want a
  • 00:12:44.587 --> 00:12:45.354
  • Effect, “i don't want a rocking chair, give me that
  • 00:12:45.421 --> 00:12:46.755
  • Rocking chair, give me that mountain.” you haven't aged
  • 00:12:46.822 --> 00:12:49.158
  • Mountain.” you haven't aged out of your purpose; you're
  • 00:12:49.225 --> 00:12:50.659
  • Out of your purpose; you're aging into your purpose. this
  • 00:12:50.726 --> 00:12:52.728
  • Aging into your purpose. this is your best age right now.
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  • “well joel this all sounds.
  • 00:12:56.065 --> 00:12:57.700
  • “well joel this all sounds. good, but i think i'm too
  • 00:12:57.766 --> 00:12:59.401
  • Good, but i think i'm too young. when i get more
  • 00:12:59.468 --> 00:13:01.036
  • Young. when i get more training, more experience,
  • 00:13:01.103 --> 00:13:02.872
  • Training, more experience, then i'll feel valuable. then
  • 00:13:02.938 --> 00:13:04.373
  • Then i'll feel valuable. then i'll take steps of faith.”
  • 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:06.175
  • I'll take steps of faith.” god used a little boy with
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  • God used a little boy with five loaves and two fish. he
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  • Five loaves and two fish. he was willing to give what he
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  • Was willing to give what he had, and god multiplied the
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  • Had, and god multiplied the food, fed thousands. samuel
  • 00:13:12.915 --> 00:13:15.551
  • Food, fed thousands. samuel anointed david king as a
  • 00:13:15.618 --> 00:13:17.286
  • Anointed david king as a teenager. imagine what
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  • Teenager. imagine what everyone thought. “he doesn't
  • 00:13:19.421 --> 00:13:20.456
  • Everyone thought. “he doesn't have experience. no military
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  • Training. he's never proven
  • 00:13:22.791 --> 00:13:24.526
  • Training. he's never proven himself.” god doesn't judge
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  • Himself.” god doesn't judge the way we judge. esther was
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  • The way we judge. esther was a teenager when she went
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  • A teenager when she went before the king and saved the
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  • Before the king and saved the jewish people. timothy led
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  • Jewish people. timothy led great churches in his youth.
  • 00:13:35.104 --> 00:13:37.106
  • Great churches in his youth. he had all this influence and
  • 00:13:37.172 --> 00:13:38.641
  • He had all this influence and favor as a young man. some
  • 00:13:38.707 --> 00:13:40.676
  • Favor as a young man. some people didn't understand and
  • 00:13:40.743 --> 00:13:42.311
  • People didn't understand and began to question his
  • 00:13:42.378 --> 00:13:43.379
  • Began to question his leadership. paul said to him,
  • 00:13:43.445 --> 00:13:45.314
  • Leadership. paul said to him, “timothy, don't let anyone
  • 00:13:45.381 --> 00:13:47.383
  • “timothy, don't let anyone look down on you because
  • 00:13:47.449 --> 00:13:49.018
  • Look down on you because you're young.” every age is
  • 00:13:49.084 --> 00:13:51.420
  • You're young.” every age is your best age.
  • 00:13:51.487 --> 00:13:52.187
  • Your best age. but too often we're
  • 00:13:52.254 --> 00:13:54.356
  • But too often we're discounting ourselves,
  • 00:13:54.423 --> 00:13:55.824
  • Discounting ourselves, waiting to get older or
  • 00:13:55.891 --> 00:13:57.393
  • Waiting to get older or wishing we were younger. “i
  • 00:13:57.459 --> 00:13:59.295
  • Wishing we were younger. “i wish i could be twenty again.
  • 00:13:59.361 --> 00:14:00.996
  • Wish i could be twenty again. that was so much fun. i wish
  • 00:14:01.063 --> 00:14:03.165
  • That was so much fun. i wish i could be in my forties. i
  • 00:14:03.232 --> 00:14:04.667
  • I could be in my forties. i had so much opportunity.” you
  • 00:14:04.733 --> 00:14:06.902
  • Had so much opportunity.” you know what you're going to say
  • 00:14:06.969 --> 00:14:07.736
  • Know what you're going to say twenty years from now. that
  • 00:14:07.803 --> 00:14:09.571
  • Twenty years from now. that you wish you could be at the
  • 00:14:09.638 --> 00:14:11.040
  • You wish you could be at the age you are right now. step
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  • Age you are right now. step into who you are today. in
  • 00:14:13.676 --> 00:14:16.712
  • Into who you are today. in junior high, we look at the
  • 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:18.147
  • Junior high, we look at the high schoolers and think,
  • 00:14:18.213 --> 00:14:19.114
  • High schoolers and think, “man, those are the cool
  • 00:14:19.181 --> 00:14:20.082
  • “man, those are the cool kids, can't wait to get
  • 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:21.717
  • Kids, can't wait to get there.” in high school, we
  • 00:14:21.784 --> 00:14:23.319
  • There.” in high school, we see the college students and
  • 00:14:23.385 --> 00:14:24.920
  • See the college students and think, “that's going to be so
  • 00:14:24.987 --> 00:14:25.688
  • Think, “that's going to be so fun. that's when i'll excel.”
  • 00:14:25.754 --> 00:14:27.756
  • Fun. that's when i'll excel.” in our twenties, it turns. we
  • 00:14:27.823 --> 00:14:29.892
  • In our twenties, it turns. we look at people in their
  • 00:14:29.959 --> 00:14:30.726
  • Look at people in their forties and think, “they're
  • 00:14:30.793 --> 00:14:31.593
  • Forties and think, “they're old.”
  • 00:14:31.660 --> 00:14:32.361
  • Old.” we get to forties, we look
  • 00:14:32.428 --> 00:14:33.862
  • We get to forties, we look people
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  • People sixty and see people in their
  • 00:14:34.563 --> 00:14:36.699
  • Sixty and see people in their eighties and think, “they're
  • 00:14:36.765 --> 00:14:37.633
  • Eighties and think, “they're old.” the definition of old
  • 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:39.835
  • Old.” the definition of old keeps changing. the enemy
  • 00:14:39.902 --> 00:14:42.004
  • Keeps changing. the enemy would love for us to always
  • 00:14:42.071 --> 00:14:43.472
  • Would love for us to always have reason to feel too old,
  • 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:45.774
  • Have reason to feel too old, too young. not the right
  • 00:14:45.841 --> 00:14:47.576
  • Too young. not the right time. missed my chance. need
  • 00:14:47.643 --> 00:14:49.611
  • Time. missed my chance. need more experience. don't
  • 00:14:49.678 --> 00:14:51.080
  • More experience. don't believe those lies. you're at
  • 00:14:51.146 --> 00:14:53.015
  • Believe those lies. you're at the right age, right now, for
  • 00:14:53.082 --> 00:14:55.284
  • The right age, right now, for the season you're in. you
  • 00:14:55.351 --> 00:14:57.019
  • The season you're in. you don't have to wait to get in
  • 00:14:57.086 --> 00:14:58.153
  • Don't have to wait to get in your prime. this is your
  • 00:14:58.220 --> 00:14:59.822
  • Your prime. this is your prime. god has graced you at
  • 00:14:59.888 --> 00:15:02.992
  • Prime. god has graced you at this age with his wisdom,
  • 00:15:03.058 --> 00:15:04.994
  • This age with his wisdom, protection, favor so you can
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  • Protection, favor so you can shine where you are.
  • 00:15:07.062 --> 00:15:09.064
  • Shine where you are. one time the apostle paul was
  • 00:15:09.131 --> 00:15:10.432
  • One time the apostle paul was in prison. he had been
  • 00:15:10.499 --> 00:15:11.834
  • In prison. he had been arrested for sharing his
  • 00:15:11.900 --> 00:15:13.035
  • Arrested for sharing his faith. a group of forty men
  • 00:15:13.102 --> 00:15:15.337
  • Faith. a group of forty men made a vow that they wouldn't
  • 00:15:15.404 --> 00:15:16.939
  • Made a vow that they wouldn't eat or drink until they had
  • 00:15:17.006 --> 00:15:18.507
  • Eat or drink until they had killed paul. they went to the
  • 00:15:18.574 --> 00:15:20.542
  • Killed paul. they went to the leading priest and said, “you
  • 00:15:20.609 --> 00:15:22.111
  • Leading priest and said, “you need to bring paul back to
  • 00:15:22.177 --> 00:15:23.345
  • Need to bring paul back to council. pretend like you
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  • Council. pretend like you want to ask him more
  • 00:15:25.147 --> 00:15:25.714
  • Want to ask him more questions. and on the way,
  • 00:15:25.781 --> 00:15:27.216
  • Questions. and on the way, we'll ambush him.” well
  • 00:15:27.282 --> 00:15:29.084
  • We'll ambush him.” well paul's nephew, a teenager
  • 00:15:29.151 --> 00:15:31.320
  • Paul's nephew, a teenager happened to overhear this
  • 00:15:31.387 --> 00:15:32.721
  • Happened to overhear this secret plan. he rushed to
  • 00:15:32.788 --> 00:15:34.490
  • Secret plan. he rushed to paul and told him what he'd
  • 00:15:34.556 --> 00:15:35.791
  • Paul and told him what he'd heard. paul told the main
  • 00:15:35.858 --> 00:15:37.526
  • Heard. paul told the main officer, “take this young man
  • 00:15:37.593 --> 00:15:39.061
  • Officer, “take this young man to the commander.” he
  • 00:15:39.128 --> 00:15:40.729
  • To the commander.” he explained to the commander
  • 00:15:40.796 --> 00:15:42.698
  • Explained to the commander how there was this secret
  • 00:15:42.765 --> 00:15:44.166
  • How there was this secret plan. the commander ordered
  • 00:15:44.233 --> 00:15:45.334
  • Plan. the commander ordered two hundred soldiers to get
  • 00:15:45.401 --> 00:15:46.568
  • Two hundred soldiers to get ready to leave at nine
  • 00:15:46.635 --> 00:15:47.669
  • Ready to leave at nine o'clock that night. they
  • 00:15:47.736 --> 00:15:49.405
  • O'clock that night. they snuck paul out of the city
  • 00:15:49.471 --> 00:15:51.206
  • Snuck paul out of the city with seventy horses, and two
  • 00:15:51.273 --> 00:15:53.175
  • With seventy horses, and two hundred officers guarding
  • 00:15:53.242 --> 00:15:54.443
  • Hundred officers guarding him. this huge escort. his
  • 00:15:54.510 --> 00:15:56.512
  • Him. this huge escort. his life was spared.
  • 00:15:56.578 --> 00:15:58.247
  • Life was spared. had that nephew, that
  • 00:15:58.313 --> 00:16:00.082
  • Had that nephew, that teenager not have this
  • 00:16:00.149 --> 00:16:01.550
  • Teenager not have this boldness, this courage to say
  • 00:16:01.617 --> 00:16:03.752
  • Boldness, this courage to say something, paul would have
  • 00:16:03.819 --> 00:16:05.120
  • Something, paul would have been killed. god didn't use
  • 00:16:05.187 --> 00:16:07.189
  • Been killed. god didn't use an angel. he didn't use
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  • An angel. he didn't use another disciple, or a city
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  • Another disciple, or a city leader. he used this
  • 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.061
  • Leader. he used this teenager. he set in motion
  • 00:16:12.127 --> 00:16:14.730
  • Teenager. he set in motion the largest military escort
  • 00:16:14.797 --> 00:16:16.598
  • The largest military escort in the new testament. if it
  • 00:16:16.665 --> 00:16:18.600
  • In the new testament. if it wasn't for paul's nephew,
  • 00:16:18.667 --> 00:16:20.636
  • Wasn't for paul's nephew, believing that he was
  • 00:16:20.702 --> 00:16:21.503
  • Believing that he was empowered to make a
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  • Empowered to make a difference, even though he
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  • Difference, even though he was young, we wouldn't have
  • 00:16:24.006 --> 00:16:25.541
  • Was young, we wouldn't have the books of corinthians,
  • 00:16:25.607 --> 00:16:26.675
  • The books of corinthians, galatians, ephesians. those
  • 00:16:26.742 --> 00:16:28.610
  • Galatians, ephesians. those were all written after this
  • 00:16:28.677 --> 00:16:30.045
  • Were all written after this event. don't ever say you're
  • 00:16:30.112 --> 00:16:31.880
  • Event. don't ever say you're too young. too inexperienced.
  • 00:16:31.947 --> 00:16:34.316
  • Too young. too inexperienced. think that your opinion
  • 00:16:34.383 --> 00:16:35.250
  • Think that your opinion doesn't matter. god uses
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  • Every age.
  • 00:16:37.352 --> 00:16:37.853
  • He said in the book of joel,
  • 00:16:37.953 --> 00:16:40.255
  • He said in the book of joel, “i will pour out my spirit
  • 00:16:40.322 --> 00:16:41.824
  • “i will pour out my spirit upon all flesh.” not just the
  • 00:16:41.890 --> 00:16:43.959
  • Upon all flesh.” not just the young, the old, the middle
  • 00:16:44.026 --> 00:16:45.828
  • Young, the old, the middle aged. the boomers, but not
  • 00:16:45.894 --> 00:16:47.863
  • Aged. the boomers, but not the millennials. not gen z,
  • 00:16:47.930 --> 00:16:49.665
  • The millennials. not gen z, they've got issues. god's
  • 00:16:49.731 --> 00:16:51.366
  • They've got issues. god's spirit is poured out on every
  • 00:16:51.433 --> 00:16:53.001
  • Spirit is poured out on every age. he went on to say, “your
  • 00:16:53.068 --> 00:16:55.637
  • Age. he went on to say, “your old men will dream dreams,
  • 00:16:55.704 --> 00:16:58.207
  • Old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see
  • 00:16:58.273 --> 00:16:59.541
  • And your young men will see visions.” i'm seeing visions.
  • 00:16:59.608 --> 00:17:02.177
  • Visions.” i'm seeing visions. my brother paul is dreaming
  • 00:17:02.244 --> 00:17:03.345
  • My brother paul is dreaming dreams. god was showing us
  • 00:17:03.412 --> 00:17:06.448
  • Dreams. god was showing us how the young and the old are
  • 00:17:06.515 --> 00:17:08.750
  • How the young and the old are not competing. trying to
  • 00:17:08.817 --> 00:17:11.053
  • Not competing. trying to outdo each other. the old's
  • 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:12.488
  • Outdo each other. the old's more important. the young's
  • 00:17:12.554 --> 00:17:13.722
  • More important. the young's more with it. no, we need
  • 00:17:13.789 --> 00:17:15.390
  • More with it. no, we need each other. we will
  • 00:17:15.457 --> 00:17:16.758
  • Each other. we will accomplish more together,
  • 00:17:16.825 --> 00:17:18.360
  • Accomplish more together, than we will apart.
  • 00:17:18.427 --> 00:17:20.629
  • There was a lady in the
  • 00:17:20.729 --> 00:17:21.497
  • There was a lady in the scripture named hannah. she
  • 00:17:21.563 --> 00:17:23.465
  • Scripture named hannah. she had been barren for many
  • 00:17:23.532 --> 00:17:24.566
  • Had been barren for many years. she told god, if he
  • 00:17:24.633 --> 00:17:26.602
  • Years. she told god, if he would give her a son, she
  • 00:17:26.668 --> 00:17:28.170
  • Would give her a son, she would give him back to him.
  • 00:17:28.237 --> 00:17:29.872
  • Would give him back to him. she finally conceived and had
  • 00:17:29.938 --> 00:17:31.840
  • She finally conceived and had a son named samuel. as a
  • 00:17:31.907 --> 00:17:33.642
  • A son named samuel. as a little boy, she took him to
  • 00:17:33.709 --> 00:17:34.776
  • Little boy, she took him to the temple, kept her promise.
  • 00:17:34.843 --> 00:17:36.712
  • The temple, kept her promise. he lived there and served the
  • 00:17:36.778 --> 00:17:38.447
  • He lived there and served the prophet eli. he was an older
  • 00:17:38.514 --> 00:17:40.916
  • Prophet eli. he was an older man in his senior years. one
  • 00:17:40.983 --> 00:17:43.418
  • Man in his senior years. one night, samuel was in bed,
  • 00:17:43.485 --> 00:17:45.187
  • Night, samuel was in bed, about eight years old, he
  • 00:17:45.254 --> 00:17:47.022
  • Heard this voice calling his
  • 00:17:47.122 --> 00:17:48.657
  • Heard this voice calling his name, “samuel. samuel.” he
  • 00:17:48.724 --> 00:17:50.792
  • Name, “samuel. samuel.” he jumped out of bed and ran to
  • 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:52.294
  • Jumped out of bed and ran to eli's room. said, “yes sir,
  • 00:17:52.361 --> 00:17:53.762
  • Eli's room. said, “yes sir, what do you want?” eli said,
  • 00:17:53.829 --> 00:17:55.531
  • What do you want?” eli said, “i didn't call you. i don't
  • 00:17:55.597 --> 00:17:56.965
  • “i didn't call you. i don't need anything. go back to
  • 00:17:57.032 --> 00:17:57.866
  • Need anything. go back to bed.” he went back and laid
  • 00:17:57.933 --> 00:17:59.701
  • Bed.” he went back and laid down. he heard the voice
  • 00:17:59.768 --> 00:18:00.769
  • Down. he heard the voice again. “samuel.” he ran back
  • 00:18:00.836 --> 00:18:02.905
  • Again. “samuel.” he ran back in. “here i am, sir. what do
  • 00:18:02.971 --> 00:18:04.373
  • In. “here i am, sir. what do you need?” eli was a little
  • 00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:06.074
  • You need?” eli was a little confused and thought. “i told
  • 00:18:06.141 --> 00:18:07.743
  • Confused and thought. “i told you, i didn't call you. you
  • 00:18:07.809 --> 00:18:08.644
  • You, i didn't call you. you can go back to bed.” he went
  • 00:18:08.710 --> 00:18:10.479
  • Can go back to bed.” he went back a third time and heard
  • 00:18:10.546 --> 00:18:12.080
  • Back a third time and heard it again, came to eli. this
  • 00:18:12.147 --> 00:18:14.082
  • It again, came to eli. this time eli realized what was
  • 00:18:14.149 --> 00:18:15.484
  • Time eli realized what was happening. he said, “samuel,
  • 00:18:15.551 --> 00:18:17.352
  • Happening. he said, “samuel, next time you hear that
  • 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:18.854
  • Next time you hear that voice. just lay there in bed
  • 00:18:18.921 --> 00:18:20.556
  • Voice. just lay there in bed and say this, “speak lord,
  • 00:18:20.622 --> 00:18:22.624
  • And say this, “speak lord, for your servant is
  • 00:18:22.691 --> 00:18:23.492
  • For your servant is listening.” samuel did that.
  • 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:26.028
  • Listening.” samuel did that. and god spoke to him as a boy
  • 00:18:26.094 --> 00:18:27.763
  • And god spoke to him as a boy and told him he was about to
  • 00:18:27.829 --> 00:18:29.665
  • And told him he was about to do a new thing and to get
  • 00:18:29.731 --> 00:18:31.300
  • Do a new thing and to get ready for the changes.
  • 00:18:31.366 --> 00:18:33.101
  • Ready for the changes. this story shows us how
  • 00:18:33.168 --> 00:18:34.803
  • This story shows us how different generations are
  • 00:18:34.870 --> 00:18:36.305
  • Different generations are designed to work together.
  • 00:18:36.371 --> 00:18:38.540
  • Designed to work together. we're not supposed to be
  • 00:18:38.607 --> 00:18:39.508
  • We're not supposed to be independent. all the young
  • 00:18:39.575 --> 00:18:41.176
  • Independent. all the young people do your thing. middle
  • 00:18:41.243 --> 00:18:42.711
  • People do your thing. middle aged you're over here.
  • 00:18:42.778 --> 00:18:43.579
  • Aged you're over here. seniors you've got this area.
  • 00:18:43.645 --> 00:18:45.847
  • Seniors you've got this area. to reach your potential, you
  • 00:18:45.914 --> 00:18:47.182
  • To reach your potential, you need different generations.
  • 00:18:47.249 --> 00:18:49.351
  • Samuel was a young boy. he.
  • 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:51.119
  • Samuel was a young boy. he. had passion, energy. he loved
  • 00:18:51.186 --> 00:18:53.589
  • Had passion, energy. he loved god. his heart was pure. but
  • 00:18:53.655 --> 00:18:55.824
  • God. his heart was pure. but he didn't know how to
  • 00:18:55.891 --> 00:18:56.625
  • He didn't know how to recognize god's voice. he had
  • 00:18:56.692 --> 00:18:58.293
  • Recognize god's voice. he had never heard it. the scripture
  • 00:18:58.360 --> 00:18:59.995
  • Says, “the word of the lord
  • 00:19:00.095 --> 00:19:01.663
  • Says, “the word of the lord had not yet been revealed to
  • 00:19:01.730 --> 00:19:03.098
  • Had not yet been revealed to samuel.” he's eight years
  • 00:19:03.165 --> 00:19:04.499
  • Samuel.” he's eight years old. he needs someone in his
  • 00:19:04.566 --> 00:19:06.268
  • Old. he needs someone in his life that has more wisdom,
  • 00:19:06.335 --> 00:19:08.237
  • Life that has more wisdom, more experience, that can
  • 00:19:08.303 --> 00:19:09.571
  • More experience, that can help him discern what's
  • 00:19:09.638 --> 00:19:10.639
  • Help him discern what's happening. eli on the other
  • 00:19:10.706 --> 00:19:12.808
  • Happening. eli on the other hand, he's a senior citizen,
  • 00:19:12.874 --> 00:19:14.977
  • Hand, he's a senior citizen, way up there in years. his
  • 00:19:15.043 --> 00:19:17.012
  • Way up there in years. his life is winding down. he
  • 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.480
  • Life is winding down. he didn't have the strength he
  • 00:19:18.547 --> 00:19:19.381
  • Didn't have the strength he used to have. his eyesight
  • 00:19:19.448 --> 00:19:21.316
  • Used to have. his eyesight was not clear. he could have
  • 00:19:21.383 --> 00:19:23.051
  • Was not clear. he could have thought, “i'm done. i've had
  • 00:19:23.118 --> 00:19:24.653
  • Thought, “i'm done. i've had a good run. god's blessed me,
  • 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:26.955
  • A good run. god's blessed me, but now i've aged out. i have
  • 00:19:27.022 --> 00:19:28.957
  • But now i've aged out. i have nothing more to offer.” no,
  • 00:19:29.024 --> 00:19:30.959
  • Nothing more to offer.” no, eli had something that samuel
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  • Eli had something that samuel didn't have. he had
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  • Didn't have. he had experience, wisdom,
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  • Experience, wisdom, discernment. he couldn't run
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  • Discernment. he couldn't run like samuel. he didn't have
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  • Like samuel. he didn't have the strength, the energy, the
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  • The strength, the energy, the looks, but he knew how to
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  • Looks, but he knew how to hear from god. he was
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  • Hear from god. he was experienced in discerning the
  • 00:19:44.573 --> 00:19:46.008
  • Experienced in discerning the voice of the lord. without
  • 00:19:46.074 --> 00:19:48.076
  • Voice of the lord. without eli, samuel would have missed
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  • Eli, samuel would have missed what god was saying. he
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  • What god was saying. he wouldn't have fulfilled his
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  • Wouldn't have fulfilled his purpose. without samuel, eli
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  • Purpose. without samuel, eli would not have seen his
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  • Would not have seen his legacy continue. generations
  • 00:19:56.551 --> 00:19:59.121
  • Legacy continue. generations are not competing, we need
  • 00:19:59.187 --> 00:20:00.789
  • Are not competing, we need each other. the young bring
  • 00:20:00.856 --> 00:20:02.758
  • Each other. the young bring passion, energy, innovation.
  • 00:20:02.824 --> 00:20:05.460
  • Passion, energy, innovation. the older bring perspective,
  • 00:20:05.527 --> 00:20:07.329
  • The older bring perspective, experience, wisdom.
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  • Experience, wisdom. the mistake we can make is we
  • 00:20:09.765 --> 00:20:11.700
  • The mistake we can make is we discount people based on
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  • Discount people based on their age. “eli is old. he's
  • 00:20:13.168 --> 00:20:15.804
  • Their age. “eli is old. he's outdated. he doesn't
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  • Outdated. he doesn't understand. he has nothing to
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  • Understand. he has nothing to benefit me.” or “samuel, he's
  • 00:20:19.274 --> 00:20:21.476
  • Benefit me.” or “samuel, he's too young. inexperienced, too
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  • Too young. inexperienced, too far out there. look what he's
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  • Far out there. look what he's wearing. his jeans have holes
  • 00:20:25.314 --> 00:20:26.915
  • Wearing. his jeans have holes in them.” when you're older
  • 00:20:26.982 --> 00:20:29.151
  • In them.” when you're older it's easy to discount the
  • 00:20:29.217 --> 00:20:30.419
  • It's easy to discount the young. it's not how you were
  • 00:20:30.485 --> 00:20:32.254
  • Young. it's not how you were raised. they're not doing it
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  • Raised. they're not doing it the way you did. but god is
  • 00:20:34.156 --> 00:20:35.924
  • The way you did. but god is progressive. he does new
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  • Progressive. he does new things. same message, but
  • 00:20:38.060 --> 00:20:40.329
  • Things. same message, but sometimes different methods.
  • 00:20:40.395 --> 00:20:42.764
  • Sometimes different methods. if you're older, there was a
  • 00:20:42.831 --> 00:20:44.232
  • If you're older, there was a time when you were young,
  • 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:45.767
  • Time when you were young, when you were far out. your
  • 00:20:45.834 --> 00:20:47.436
  • When you were far out. your elders were complaining about
  • 00:20:47.502 --> 00:20:48.670
  • Elders were complaining about how you dress, what you
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  • How you dress, what you listen to, why do you have to
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  • Listen to, why do you have to be that way. eli had the
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  • Be that way. eli had the grace to realize, “samuel is
  • 00:20:53.575 --> 00:20:56.044
  • Grace to realize, “samuel is not going to do it just like
  • 00:20:56.111 --> 00:20:57.279
  • Not going to do it just like i did, but that's okay. he's
  • 00:20:57.346 --> 00:20:59.247
  • I did, but that's okay. he's a different generation.” and
  • 00:20:59.314 --> 00:21:01.183
  • A different generation.” and samuel had the insight to
  • 00:21:01.249 --> 00:21:02.684
  • Samuel had the insight to know, “i need eli. he may be
  • 00:21:02.751 --> 00:21:05.454
  • Know, “i need eli. he may be older, but i need his wisdom,
  • 00:21:05.520 --> 00:21:07.456
  • Older, but i need his wisdom, his experience, his insight.”
  • 00:21:07.522 --> 00:21:09.958
  • His experience, his insight.” but we live in a culture that
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  • But we live in a culture that tends to glorify the young
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  • Tends to glorify the young and discount the old. we
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  • And discount the old. we celebrate youth, beauty and
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  • Celebrate youth, beauty and trendiness. it seems like
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  • Trendiness. it seems like it's getting younger and
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  • It's getting younger and younger. you can hit
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  • Younger. you can hit thirty-five and man you're a
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  • Thirty-five and man you're a has been. that's old school.
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  • Has been. that's old school. a friend of mine is
  • 00:21:25.307 --> 00:21:26.641
  • A friend of mine is fifty-five years old; he's a
  • 00:21:26.708 --> 00:21:27.843
  • Fifty-five years old; he's a newscaster but he got bumped
  • 00:21:27.909 --> 00:21:30.045
  • Newscaster but he got bumped out. they're looking for
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  • Out. they're looking for somebody younger, more
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  • Somebody younger, more appealing, more attractive.
  • 00:21:32.748 --> 00:21:33.815
  • Appealing, more attractive. it's easy to write people off
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  • It's easy to write people off because they're older. “they
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  • Because they're older. “they can't teach me anything.
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  • Can't teach me anything. they're way past their prime.
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  • They're way past their prime. they don't know how to work
  • 00:21:41.523 --> 00:21:42.224
  • They don't know how to work the iphone.” but gray hair is
  • 00:21:42.290 --> 00:21:44.760
  • The iphone.” but gray hair is not a liability, it's an
  • 00:21:44.826 --> 00:21:46.161
  • Not a liability, it's an asset. the scripture says,
  • 00:21:46.228 --> 00:21:48.330
  • Asset. the scripture says, “gray hair is a crown of
  • 00:21:48.397 --> 00:21:50.399
  • “gray hair is a crown of glory.” they may not know
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  • Glory.” they may not know technology or the latest
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  • Technology or the latest trends, but some of the best
  • 00:21:53.935 --> 00:21:55.737
  • Trends, but some of the best advice you'll ever hear will
  • 00:21:55.804 --> 00:21:57.539
  • Advice you'll ever hear will come from senior citizens,
  • 00:21:57.606 --> 00:21:59.341
  • Come from senior citizens, from those who are battle
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  • From those who are battle tested, that have fought life
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  • Tested, that have fought life through, that have kept the
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  • Through, that have kept the faith and raised their
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  • Faith and raised their children and accomplished
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  • Children and accomplished dreams. when we dismiss older
  • 00:22:06.047 --> 00:22:08.617
  • Dreams. when we dismiss older people, we are throwing away
  • 00:22:08.683 --> 00:22:10.218
  • People, we are throwing away treasure. we are ignoring
  • 00:22:10.285 --> 00:22:12.287
  • Treasure. we are ignoring some of the most valuable
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  • Some of the most valuable voices in our lives. make it
  • 00:22:13.688 --> 00:22:15.791
  • Voices in our lives. make it a point to be good to the
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  • A point to be good to the seniors in your life. make
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  • Seniors in your life. make them feel loved. let them
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  • Them feel loved. let them know you see their crown of
  • 00:22:20.262 --> 00:22:21.930
  • Know you see their crown of glory.
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  • In the old testament, when
  • 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.066
  • In the old testament, when the father was getting up
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  • The father was getting up there in years and about to
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  • There in years and about to pass, he would call his
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  • Pass, he would call his children in and speak the
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  • Children in and speak the blessing over them. these
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  • Blessing over them. these words of faith and victory
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  • Words of faith and victory would help set the tone for
  • 00:22:34.242 --> 00:22:35.477
  • Would help set the tone for their lives. children longed
  • 00:22:35.544 --> 00:22:37.579
  • Their lives. children longed for this blessing. they
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  • For this blessing. they understood the power of those
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  • Understood the power of those words and the influence that
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  • Words and the influence that their elders carried. had
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  • Their elders carried. had they discounted it, thought,
  • 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.153
  • They discounted it, thought, “they're old school. they're
  • 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.555
  • “they're old school. they're washed up. i don't need
  • 00:22:46.621 --> 00:22:47.823
  • Washed up. i don't need anything from them.” they
  • 00:22:47.889 --> 00:22:49.558
  • Wouldn't have fulfilled their
  • 00:22:49.658 --> 00:22:50.725
  • Wouldn't have fulfilled their purpose. maybe today you're
  • 00:22:50.792 --> 00:22:53.295
  • Purpose. maybe today you're in your senior years. don't
  • 00:22:53.361 --> 00:22:55.130
  • In your senior years. don't believe those lies you don't
  • 00:22:55.197 --> 00:22:56.631
  • Believe those lies you don't have anything to offer. your
  • 00:22:56.698 --> 00:22:58.333
  • Have anything to offer. your gray hair is a crown of
  • 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.901
  • Gray hair is a crown of glory. you've run further
  • 00:22:59.968 --> 00:23:01.736
  • Glory. you've run further than us. you have wisdom and
  • 00:23:01.803 --> 00:23:03.839
  • Than us. you have wisdom and experience that we need. you
  • 00:23:03.905 --> 00:23:05.607
  • Experience that we need. you carry treasure. you can push
  • 00:23:05.674 --> 00:23:07.876
  • Carry treasure. you can push someone into their destiny.
  • 00:23:07.943 --> 00:23:10.345
  • Someone into their destiny. it doesn't have to be some
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  • It doesn't have to be some great lesson, just your love,
  • 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:13.582
  • Great lesson, just your love, your smile, hugging your
  • 00:23:13.648 --> 00:23:14.916
  • Your smile, hugging your grandchildren, being kind to
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  • Grandchildren, being kind to that young person. that's
  • 00:23:16.818 --> 00:23:18.353
  • That young person. that's bringing vision, hope, and
  • 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:20.222
  • Bringing vision, hope, and healing. generations are not
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  • Healing. generations are not supposed to be independent.
  • 00:23:22.357 --> 00:23:23.992
  • Supposed to be independent. we need each other. it's not
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  • We need each other. it's not is this age better or that
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  • Is this age better or that age. every age is the best
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  • Age.
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  • Whether you're a samuel,
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  • Whether you're a samuel, eight years old, a david at
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  • Eight years old, a david at seventeen. a peter, a james
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  • Seventeen. a peter, a james in their forties and
  • 00:23:35.971 --> 00:23:36.605
  • In their forties and thirties. or a moses at
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  • Thirties. or a moses at eighty, a caleb at
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  • Eighty, a caleb at eighty-five, an abraham at a
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  • Hundred. you're at the best
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  • Hundred. you're at the best age. this is your age to
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  • Age. this is your age to shine. no more waiting, “when
  • 00:23:45.447 --> 00:23:47.682
  • Shine. no more waiting, “when i get older.” no more
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  • I get older.” no more wishing, “if i was younger.”
  • 00:23:49.317 --> 00:23:50.952
  • Wishing, “if i was younger.” you are graced for this age.
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  • You are graced for this age. god's hand of favor and
  • 00:23:53.221 --> 00:23:54.556
  • God's hand of favor and blessing is on your right
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  • Blessing is on your right now. as the years pass, we
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  • Now. as the years pass, we can't stop the clock, but
  • 00:23:58.627 --> 00:24:00.128
  • Can't stop the clock, but don't let the old man in.
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  • Don't let the old man in. don't go around thinking old
  • 00:24:02.030 --> 00:24:03.064
  • Don't go around thinking old thoughts, about how you're
  • 00:24:03.131 --> 00:24:04.499
  • Thoughts, about how you're past your prime. keep that
  • 00:24:04.566 --> 00:24:06.468
  • Past your prime. keep that door closed. you are in your
  • 00:24:06.535 --> 00:24:08.203
  • Door closed. you are in your prime. if you'll do this, i
  • 00:24:08.270 --> 00:24:10.338
  • Prime. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, you're
  • 00:24:10.405 --> 00:24:11.840
  • Believe and declare, you're going to see god's favor at
  • 00:24:11.907 --> 00:24:13.375
  • Going to see god's favor at every stage of your life.
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  • Every stage of your life. even though the outward man
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  • Even though the outward man may be perishing, your inner
  • 00:24:16.611 --> 00:24:18.246
  • May be perishing, your inner man is getting stronger. your
  • 00:24:18.313 --> 00:24:20.215
  • Man is getting stronger. your youth is being renewed. you
  • 00:24:20.282 --> 00:24:21.883
  • Youth is being renewed. you will live a long, productive,
  • 00:24:21.950 --> 00:24:23.985
  • Will live a long, productive, blessed life, in jesus' name.
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  • 00:24:34.796 --> 00:24:36.598
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  • Come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior.” if
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