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Joel Osteen - Your Future Is Set

February 9, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Your Future Is Set | February 9, 2026

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. and you can come visit
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And you can come visit us in person. we'd love
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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To have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this young
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I heard about this young man. one day he was
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Man. one day he was talking to god. he said,
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Talking to god. he said, “god what's a million
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“god what's a million years like to you?”
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Years like to you?” god said, “a million years
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God said, “a million years to me is like one second
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To me is like one second to you.”
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To you.” he said, “well god,
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He said, “well god, what's a million dollars
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What's a million dollars like to you?” god said,
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Like to you?” god said, “a million dollars to me
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“a million dollars to me is like one penny to you.”
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Is like one penny to you.” he thought about it a
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He thought about it a moment and said, “god,
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Moment and said, “god, will you give me a
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Will you give me a penny?” god said, “sure,
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Penny?” god said, “sure, just a second.”
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Say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says
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I have what it says i have. i can do what
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I have. i can do what it says i can do.
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It says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about your future is set.
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About your future is set. it's easy to worry about
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It's easy to worry about tomorrow. how is
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Tomorrow. how is everything going to
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Everything going to work out?
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Work out? “i'm concerned about my
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“i'm concerned about my children; i have this
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Children; i have this problem at work.”
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Problem at work.” the uncertainty can
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The uncertainty can bring anxiety, where we
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Bring anxiety, where we live stressed and uptight.
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Live stressed and uptight. we look at things on the
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We look at things on the short term, but god's
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Short term, but god's been working on you for
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Been working on you for generations. he didn't
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Generations. he didn't just start when you got
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Just start when you got here. long before you
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Here. long before you were born, he was
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Were born, he was lining up what you need,
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Lining up what you need, arranging things to
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Arranging things to fall into place so you
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Fall into place so you can fulfill your purpose.
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Can fulfill your purpose. god told abraham, your
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God told abraham, your children will be in egypt
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Children will be in egypt for four hundred years,
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For four hundred years, then i will bring them out
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Then i will bring them out with great abundance.
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With great abundance. god had a four-hundred-year
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God had a four-hundred-year strategy.
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Strategy. we're praying about
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We're praying about tomorrow, believing for
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Tomorrow, believing for this week, hoping for
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This week, hoping for next month. god's way
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Next month. god's way ahead of you. he was
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Ahead of you. he was thinking about you
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Thinking about you hundreds of years ago.
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Hundreds of years ago. before your father and
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Before your father and mother even knew each
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Mother even knew each other, god was working
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Other, god was working on your behalf.
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On your behalf. generations back, bringing
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Generations back, bringing everything into alignment.
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Everything into alignment. the right people, good
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The right people, good breaks, solutions to
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Breaks, solutions to problems, mercy for
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Problems, mercy for mistakes. it's already
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Mistakes. it's already planned out. when the
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Planned out. when the israelites came out
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Israelites came out of slavery, loaded down
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Of slavery, loaded down with treasure, just like
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With treasure, just like god promised, it looked
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God promised, it looked like that just suddenly
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Like that just suddenly happened. god just
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Happened. god just decided to bless them.
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Decided to bless them. the truth is that
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The truth is that blessing had been lined
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Blessing had been lined up for four hundred
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Up for four hundred years. god had planned
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Years. god had planned to let pharaoh capture
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To let pharaoh capture them. he'd already
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Them. he'd already planned they would go
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Planned they would go through things that
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Through things that weren't fair, have to
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Weren't fair, have to endure that suffering.
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Endure that suffering. but the plan didn't stop
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But the plan didn't stop there. there was a plan
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There. there was a plan to bring them out,
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To bring them out, a plan to make the
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A plan to make the enemy pay, a plan to
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Enemy pay, a plan to turn around the injustice,
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Turn around the injustice, a plan to thrust them
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A plan to thrust them into their purpose.
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Into their purpose. yes, we all go through
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Yes, we all go through disappointments, things
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Disappointments, things we don't understand.
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We don't understand. we make mistakes, bring
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We make mistakes, bring trouble on ourselves.
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Trouble on ourselves. we don't see how we could
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We don't see how we could accomplish our dreams now.
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Accomplish our dreams now. we feel like we're in
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We feel like we're in captivity, we've had these
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Captivity, we've had these bad breaks. that's not
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Bad breaks. that's not the end of the story.
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The end of the story. like with the israelites,
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Like with the israelites, generations back god was
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Generations back god was working on your behalf.
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Working on your behalf. that bad break can't stop
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That bad break can't stop you, how you were raised,
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You, how you were raised, even the mistake you made,
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Even the mistake you made, that didn't catch god off
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That didn't catch god off guard. he knew about it.
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Guard. he knew about it. he's already taken it
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He's already taken it into account. that's
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Into account. that's why we can stay in
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Why we can stay in peace. that's why we
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Peace. that's why we can sleep well at night.
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Can sleep well at night. you're not doing life on
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You're not doing life on your own. you're a part
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Your own. you're a part of a much bigger plan.
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Of a much bigger plan. god has purposed things
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God has purposed things for you that he started
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For you that he started generations ago.
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Generations ago. think about zacchaeus.
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Think about zacchaeus. he was a tax collector.
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He was a tax collector. they were known for being
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They were known for being dishonest, cheating people.
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Dishonest, cheating people. he was the chief tax
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He was the chief tax collector, the worst one.
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Collector, the worst one. everyone looked down on
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Everyone looked down on him, saw him as a fraud.
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Him, saw him as a fraud. seems like god wouldn't
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Seems like god wouldn't have anything to do with
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Have anything to do with him. “zacchaeus, you're
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Him. “zacchaeus, you're making poor choices.
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Making poor choices. if you would live better,
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If you would live better, quit cheating everyone,
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Quit cheating everyone, have a little integrity
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Have a little integrity then i'd help you.” but god
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Then i'd help you.” but god doesn't judge the way we
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Doesn't judge the way we judge. we look at people
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Judge. we look at people how they are, but god
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How they are, but god sees what they can
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Sees what they can become. we see the dirt,
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Become. we see the dirt, god sees the treasure.
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God sees the treasure. we see the mess, god sees
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We see the mess, god sees the miracle. jesus was
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The miracle. jesus was passing through the town.
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Passing through the town. when zacchaeus heard about
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When zacchaeus heard about it, something came alive
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It, something came alive on the inside.
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On the inside. this desire to see jesus.
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This desire to see jesus. even though zacchaeus knew
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Even though zacchaeus knew he was doing wrong, even
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He was doing wrong, even though he knew he was off
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Though he knew he was off course, god in his great
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Course, god in his great mercy began to draw
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Mercy began to draw zacchaeus. he felt this
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Zacchaeus. he felt this longing. “i've got to
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Longing. “i've got to see this man.” god never
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See this man.” god never writes anyone off.
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Writes anyone off. no matter how many mistakes
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No matter how many mistakes you've made, how many
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You've made, how many failures, how many times
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Failures, how many times we've blown it, god is full
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We've blown it, god is full of mercy. he still has a
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Of mercy. he still has a purpose for your life.
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Purpose for your life. what i love about god is he
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What i love about god is he never consults your past to
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Never consults your past to determine your future.
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Determine your future. what you've done in the
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What you've done in the past does not stop what
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Past does not stop what god has planned for you.
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God has planned for you. sometimes religion will try
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Sometimes religion will try to beat you down, make you
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To beat you down, make you feel like you're not worthy.
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Feel like you're not worthy. the enemy is called the
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The enemy is called the accuser, he'll try to
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Accuser, he'll try to convince you that nothing
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Convince you that nothing good is in your future.
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Good is in your future. don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. god's calling is still on
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God's calling is still on your life. you can still
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Your life. you can still become who you were
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Become who you were created to be. when
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Created to be. when zacchaeus arrived, it
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Zacchaeus arrived, it was so crowded. people
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Was so crowded. people had lined the street
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Had lined the street waiting to see jesus,
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Waiting to see jesus, zacchaeus was short. there
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Zacchaeus was short. there were hundreds of people in
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Were hundreds of people in front of him. he could have
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Front of him. he could have gone back home, thought,
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Gone back home, thought, “too bad, it didn't work
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“too bad, it didn't work out.” but he looked over
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Out.” but he looked over and saw this sycamore tree.
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And saw this sycamore tree. he had an idea, “if i get
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He had an idea, “if i get up in that tree, i'll be
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Up in that tree, i'll be able to see jesus.” he went
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Able to see jesus.” he went and climbed the tree.
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And climbed the tree. grabbed this branch,
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Grabbed this branch, another branch, crawled
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Another branch, crawled up higher, then higher.
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Up higher, then higher. now he had a perfect view.
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Now he had a perfect view. he could see everything so
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He could see everything so clearly. in a few minutes
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Clearly. in a few minutes jesus came walking by.
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Jesus came walking by. this was what everyone
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This was what everyone was waiting for. they
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Was waiting for. they were all trying to get
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Were all trying to get jesus' attention, waving,
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Jesus' attention, waving, shouting. zacchaeus was
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Shouting. zacchaeus was taking it all in. about
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Taking it all in. about that time jesus stopped.
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That time jesus stopped. he turned and looked up
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He turned and looked up in the tree. i'm sure
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In the tree. i'm sure zacchaeus nearly passed
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Zacchaeus nearly passed out. now all the eyes
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Out. now all the eyes were on him. you could
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Were on him. you could hear a pin drop.
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Hear a pin drop. zacchaeus thought,
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Zacchaeus thought, “oh man, great he's going
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“oh man, great he's going to let me have it. he
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To let me have it. he knows i'm a sinner. he
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Knows i'm a sinner. he knows i cheat people.”
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Knows i cheat people.” he was feeling so guilty.
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He was feeling so guilty. but jesus said, “zacchaeus,
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But jesus said, “zacchaeus, come down out of that tree.
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Come down out of that tree. i want to go to your house
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I want to go to your house and have dinner.” first
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And have dinner.” first thing zacchaeus thought
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Thing zacchaeus thought was, “how does he know
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Was, “how does he know my name? i've never met
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My name? i've never met him. i don't run in his
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Him. i don't run in his circles. i'm not a
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Circles. i'm not a religious person.”
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Religious person.” can i tell you; god
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Can i tell you; god knows your name. you
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Knows your name. you may have never spoken
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May have never spoken to him, but he'll speak
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To him, but he'll speak to you. he doesn't hold
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To you. he doesn't hold your faults against you.
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Your faults against you. he doesn't say, “you
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He doesn't say, “you haven't performed well
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Haven't performed well enough, i'm not going to
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Enough, i'm not going to have anything to do with
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Have anything to do with you.” no, he's calling
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You.” no, he's calling your name. what's
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Your name. what's significant is the name
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Significant is the name zacchaeus means, “pure
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Zacchaeus means, “pure one.” jesus could have
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One.” jesus could have said, “hey mister up in
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Said, “hey mister up in the tree, hey sir.” but on
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The tree, hey sir.” but on purpose he called is name,
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Purpose he called is name, “hey zacchaeus.” he was
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“hey zacchaeus.” he was saying, “hey, pure one.”
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Saying, “hey, pure one.” he was calling him not
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He was calling him not who he was but who he
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Who he was but who he could become.
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Could become. the religious leaders they
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The religious leaders they were offended. they said,
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Were offended. they said, “why would jesus go eat
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“why would jesus go eat with such scum?” notice
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With such scum?” notice the people called him
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The people called him scum, but jesus called
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Scum, but jesus called him pure one.
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Him pure one. don't go by what people
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Don't go by what people call you, go by what god
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Call you, go by what god calls you. zacchaeus came
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Calls you. zacchaeus came down out of the tree;
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Down out of the tree; went to dinner. that
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Went to dinner. that was the turning point
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Was the turning point in his life. he repented.
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In his life. he repented. repent means to change
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Repent means to change your ways. he quit being
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Your ways. he quit being dishonest. he quit
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Dishonest. he quit cheating people and he
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Cheating people and he started making decisions
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Started making decisions that honored god. but
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That honored god. but none of this would have
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None of this would have happened if zacchaeus
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Happened if zacchaeus hadn't climbed that tree.
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Hadn't climbed that tree. there are sycamore trees
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There are sycamore trees that have lived over two
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That have lived over two thousand years. here's
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Thousand years. here's how strategic god is.
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How strategic god is. way before zacchaeus was
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Way before zacchaeus was born, god knew, “i have
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Born, god knew, “i have to plant a tree here.
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To plant a tree here. because in a few hundred
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Because in a few hundred years, a man's going to
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Years, a man's going to come along named zacchaeus,
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Come along named zacchaeus, that's off course, that
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That's off course, that needs my mercy. this tree
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Needs my mercy. this tree is going to be necessary
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Is going to be necessary to bring him into his
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To bring him into his purpose.” that tree
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Purpose.” that tree didn't happen overnight.
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Didn't happen overnight. generations back, god was
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Generations back, god was thinking about zacchaeus.
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Thinking about zacchaeus. there are blessings you're
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There are blessings you're going to come into, mercy,
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Going to come into, mercy, favor, opportunity, that
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Favor, opportunity, that god has been working on for
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God has been working on for you for generations.
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You for generations. you don't have to worry
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You don't have to worry about the right doors
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About the right doors opening, the right people
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Opening, the right people showing up, how is it going
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Showing up, how is it going to work out.
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To work out. god has already planted
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God has already planted your trees.
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Your trees. he's already lined up what
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He's already lined up what you need for your purpose.
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You need for your purpose. there may be things that
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There may be things that look impossible.
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Look impossible. how you could accomplish
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How you could accomplish that dream, how your child
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That dream, how your child will get back on course,
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Will get back on course, how you'll overcome that
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How you'll overcome that heartache. god's already
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Heartache. god's already been working on it.
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Been working on it. you're going to come into
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You're going to come into a tree. something that
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A tree. something that you couldn't make happen,
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You couldn't make happen, it's the hand of god
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It's the hand of god moving you into your
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Moving you into your purpose. when you
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Purpose. when you understand this, it
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Understand this, it takes the pressure off.
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Takes the pressure off. you can live in peace.
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You can live in peace. knowing that as long as you
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Knowing that as long as you keep god first place, your
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Keep god first place, your future is set. god has
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Future is set. god has it all lined up. back
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It all lined up. back in the eighteen hundreds,
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In the eighteen hundreds, a seventeen-year-old
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A seventeen-year-old girl was sent from
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Girl was sent from norway to america by
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Norway to america by her family. they were
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Her family. they were very poor and could only
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Very poor and could only afford to send one person.
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Afford to send one person. they sent her with high
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They sent her with high hopes, that she would
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Hopes, that she would somehow get a good
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Somehow get a good education and be able to
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Education and be able to support the family, so
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Support the family, so they could all come over.
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They could all come over. after the long boat ride,
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After the long boat ride, she got off the bus in
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She got off the bus in downtown chicago.
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Downtown chicago. you can imagine how she
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You can imagine how she felt, not able to speak
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Felt, not able to speak the language. “why did i
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The language. “why did i have to leave my family?
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Have to leave my family? now i'm here all alone.”
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Now i'm here all alone.” she had no money, no place
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She had no money, no place to stay. she walked around
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To stay. she walked around the block and saw this
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The block and saw this home with the porch
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Home with the porch light on. she knocked
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Light on. she knocked on the door and asked
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On the door and asked if she could stay for
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If she could stay for a night or two. the
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A night or two. the family graciously took
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Family graciously took her in. the next day she
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Her in. the next day she saw this charity that took
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Saw this charity that took care of babies with no
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Care of babies with no mothers. she was so
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Mothers. she was so drawn to it. she went
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Drawn to it. she went in and they hired her.
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In and they hired her. she worked there for years.
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She worked there for years. eventually she got married,
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Eventually she got married, had a daughter. that
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Had a daughter. that daughter would come to
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Daughter would come to the charity and take care
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The charity and take care of the babies. fast forward
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Of the babies. fast forward a hundred and fifty years.
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A hundred and fifty years. a friend of mine pastors
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A friend of mine pastors a successful church in
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A successful church in downtown chicago.
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Downtown chicago. they'd been growing and
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They'd been growing and seeing god's favor; they
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Seeing god's favor; they needed a larger auditorium.
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Needed a larger auditorium. he didn't want to leave
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He didn't want to leave downtown, but finding
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Downtown, but finding property there, seemed
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Property there, seemed impossible. he kept
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Impossible. he kept looking and looking.
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Looking and looking. he finally found a one-acre
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He finally found a one-acre tract of land right next
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Tract of land right next to the united center,
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To the united center, the basketball arena.
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The basketball arena. he inquired about it;
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He inquired about it; things started falling
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Things started falling into place. the land is
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Into place. the land is incredibly valuable, but
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Incredibly valuable, but he had favor with the
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He had favor with the mayor, city officials.
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Mayor, city officials. against all odds, they sold
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Against all odds, they sold him the property to build
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Him the property to build a sanctuary. the first
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A sanctuary. the first new church to be built
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New church to be built in downtown chicago in
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In downtown chicago in over fifty years.
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Over fifty years. he was so excited.
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He was so excited. before he announced it to
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Before he announced it to the church, he wanted to
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The church, he wanted to take his grandmother by.
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Take his grandmother by. when they pulled up to
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When they pulled up to the property, she started
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The property, she started weeping and weeping.
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Weeping and weeping. she said, “this is the same
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She said, “this is the same property where your great,
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Property where your great, great grandmother worked
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Great grandmother worked in the babies home. this
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In the babies home. this is where i came as her
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Is where i came as her granddaughter to take care
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Granddaughter to take care of the children.”
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Of the children.” that seventeen-year-old
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That seventeen-year-old girl from norway, she
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Girl from norway, she wondered why she had to
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Wondered why she had to come, why she had to leave
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Come, why she had to leave her family. it didn't
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Her family. it didn't make sense, but she was
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Make sense, but she was a tree. she was
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A tree. she was fulfilling a divine
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Fulfilling a divine purpose. now my friend
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Purpose. now my friend stepped into blessings
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Stepped into blessings that started four
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That started four generations back.
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Generations back. a hundred and fifty years
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A hundred and fifty years earlier, god was
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Earlier, god was orchestrating things that
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Orchestrating things that would propel him into his
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Would propel him into his purpose. you don't know
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Purpose. you don't know what god is up to. you
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What god is up to. you don't know what you're
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Don't know what you're about to step in to.
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About to step in to. the doors that will open,
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The doors that will open, the opportunity that will
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The opportunity that will come, the favor that will
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Come, the favor that will find you. god's been
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Find you. god's been working for generations
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Working for generations to move you into your
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To move you into your purpose. you haven't
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Purpose. you haven't seen, heard, or imagined
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Seen, heard, or imagined what he has in store.
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What he has in store. he told
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He told abraham, “after four
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Abraham, “after four hundred years, i'm going
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Hundred years, i'm going to bring your descendants
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To bring your descendants out with great abundance.”
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Out with great abundance.” his descendants were
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His descendants were slaves. they had no
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Slaves. they had no money, no resources.
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Money, no resources. nothing looked like they
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Nothing looked like they would leave with abundance.
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Would leave with abundance. but on their way out, god
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But on their way out, god caused them to have favor
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Caused them to have favor with their oppressors.
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With their oppressors. they gave the israelites
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They gave the israelites their gold, their jewelry,
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Their gold, their jewelry, their clothing.
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Their clothing. it didn't make sense.
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It didn't make sense. “you're giving us your
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“you're giving us your valuables. we're the
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Valuables. we're the slaves.” god has some
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Slaves.” god has some things in your future
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Things in your future that are not going to
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That are not going to make sense. things that
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Make sense. things that are going to boggle
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Are going to boggle your mind. he knows how
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Your mind. he knows how to give you property
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To give you property that seems impossible.
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That seems impossible. he knows how to turn
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He knows how to turn that child around, how
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That child around, how to restore your health,
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To restore your health, how to cause people to
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How to cause people to favor you, open doors
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Favor you, open doors you couldn't open.
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You couldn't open. what i want us to see is
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What i want us to see is he's been working for
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He's been working for generations, getting us
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Generations, getting us ready for this moment.
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Ready for this moment. when
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When you know your future is
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You know your future is set, it's easy to stay
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Set, it's easy to stay in faith. when you know
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In faith. when you know that god works
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That god works generationally and not
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Generationally and not just situationally, then
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Just situationally, then you won't get upset
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You won't get upset when things happen that
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When things happen that you don't understand,
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You don't understand, disappointments, closed
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Disappointments, closed doors. like that young
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Doors. like that young woman from norway,
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Woman from norway, you're a part of the
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You're a part of the bigger plan. god is
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Bigger plan. god is using you to not only
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Using you to not only fulfill your purpose,
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Fulfill your purpose, but to bring about his
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But to bring about his purpose in others. that's
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Purpose in others. that's why you shouldn't fight
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Why you shouldn't fight everything you don't
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Everything you don't like. live upset over
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Like. live upset over the betrayal, bitter
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The betrayal, bitter over the door that
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Over the door that closed, frustrated
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Closed, frustrated because the dream
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Because the dream hasn't come to pass.
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Hasn't come to pass. god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. we're not going to
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We're not going to understand it all right
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Understand it all right now. we can only see a
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Now. we can only see a small part of his plan.
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Small part of his plan. god's looking back four
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God's looking back four hundred years, he's
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Hundred years, he's looking ahead four
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Looking ahead four hundred years. you can
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Hundred years. you can be confident that his
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Be confident that his plans for you are for
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Plans for you are for good. they may not
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Good. they may not look good at the time,
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Look good at the time, but if you'll stay in
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But if you'll stay in faith, you'll see what
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Faith, you'll see what god is up to. you'll
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God is up to. you'll come into these moments
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Come into these moments of favor that catapult
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Of favor that catapult you ahead.
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You ahead. this is what happened
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This is what happened with ruth in the
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With ruth in the scripture. life was
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Scripture. life was good. she was going
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Good. she was going along fine, then her
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Along fine, then her husband suddenly passed.
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Husband suddenly passed. she never dreamed she
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She never dreamed she would become a widow at
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Would become a widow at a young age. you can
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A young age. you can imagine how heartbroken
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Imagine how heartbroken she was. sometimes life
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She was. sometimes life doesn't seem fair.
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Doesn't seem fair. if you'll keep moving
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If you'll keep moving forward, god said he has
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Forward, god said he has beauty for the ashes.
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Beauty for the ashes. in these difficult times,
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In these difficult times, god is up to something.
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God is up to something. he's doing things that
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He's doing things that we can't see right now.
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We can't see right now. ruth's mother-in-law,
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Ruth's mother-in-law, naomi, was a widow as well.
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Naomi, was a widow as well. now both of her sons had
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Now both of her sons had died.
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Died. she decided to move back to
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She decided to move back to her hometown of bethlehem.
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Her hometown of bethlehem. she told ruth and the other
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She told ruth and the other daughter-in-law, orpah, to
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Daughter-in-law, orpah, to go back to their hometowns.
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Go back to their hometowns. orpah left but ruth said,
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Orpah left but ruth said, “no, naomi, i'm going with
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“no, naomi, i'm going with you. your god will be
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You. your god will be my god. your home will
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My god. your home will be my home.” ruth was
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Be my home.” ruth was from moab. she wasn't
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From moab. she wasn't the same nationality as
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The same nationality as naomi, or the same faith,
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Naomi, or the same faith, but she wouldn't leave
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But she wouldn't leave naomi. the people that
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Naomi. the people that are supposed to stay
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Are supposed to stay with you, you won't be
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With you, you won't be able to get rid of.
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Able to get rid of. if they walked away, they
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If they walked away, they weren't supposed to stay.
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Weren't supposed to stay. quit trying to hold on
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Quit trying to hold on to people, that don't
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To people, that don't want to be there.
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Want to be there. if you needed them to
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If you needed them to fulfill your destiny,
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Fulfill your destiny, they couldn't walk away.
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They couldn't walk away. you can imagine ruth and
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You can imagine ruth and naomi traveling back to
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Naomi traveling back to bethlehem, so discouraged.
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Bethlehem, so discouraged. naomi got bitter. she said,
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Naomi got bitter. she said, “i went out full, with my
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“i went out full, with my husband and two sons;
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Husband and two sons; now i'm coming home
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Now i'm coming home empty.” she was saying,
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Empty.” she was saying, “this is not how i thought
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“this is not how i thought things would turn out.
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Things would turn out. this is not what i had
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This is not what i had planned for my life.”
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Planned for my life.” but all this time, god
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But all this time, god was up to something.
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Was up to something. she couldn't see it
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She couldn't see it right then, but god was
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Right then, but god was positioning her and ruth.
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Positioning her and ruth. he had to get them back
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He had to get them back to bethlehem. that's
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To bethlehem. that's where ruth would meet
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Where ruth would meet a man named boaz.
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A man named boaz. he owned all the fields,
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He owned all the fields, very influential, very
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Very influential, very wealthy. this caused
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Wealthy. this caused naomi to come back to
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Naomi to come back to life. instead of sitting
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Life. instead of sitting around bitter, she
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Around bitter, she started giving ruth
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Started giving ruth relationship advice.
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Relationship advice. telling her how to get
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Telling her how to get this man. “put on this
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This man. “put on this perfume, wear this dress,
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Perfume, wear this dress, when you see him, talk
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When you see him, talk to him this way.”
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To him this way.” telling her how to flirt.
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Telling her how to flirt. why was she so passionate
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Why was she so passionate about helping ruth win this
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About helping ruth win this man over? she wasn't just
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Man over? she wasn't just doing a girl thing; this
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Doing a girl thing; this was a part of god's
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Was a part of god's divine plan. ruth ended
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Divine plan. ruth ended up marrying boaz.
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Up marrying boaz. they had a son named obed;
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They had a son named obed; obed had a son named jesse.
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Obed had a son named jesse. jesse had a son named david.
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Jesse had a son named david. ruth became the great,
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Ruth became the great, great grandmother of david.
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Great grandmother of david. without ruth, we wouldn't
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Without ruth, we wouldn't have david. without david,
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Have david. without david, we wouldn't have jesus.
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We wouldn't have jesus. he came through the
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He came through the lineage of david.
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Lineage of david. the loss, the
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The loss, the disappointment, the
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Disappointment, the setback, it was all a setup.
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Setback, it was all a setup. ruth had to get to
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Ruth had to get to bethlehem, she had to meet
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Bethlehem, she had to meet boaz, she had to give birth
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Boaz, she had to give birth to obed.
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To obed. god was working
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God was working generationally.
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Generationally. sometimes we can't see it.
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Sometimes we can't see it. it doesn't seem fair.
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It doesn't seem fair. “why did i go through that
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“why did i go through that loss, why did this door
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Loss, why did this door close, why did this person
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Close, why did this person walk away?”
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Walk away?” we get discouraged when
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We get discouraged when we only look at things
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We only look at things situationally. when we
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Situationally. when we isolate it; by itself,
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Isolate it; by itself, it's not fair. but when
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It's not fair. but when we understand that god
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We understand that god works generationally.
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Works generationally. at times, we step into
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At times, we step into generational blessings.
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Generational blessings. we see things that started
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We see things that started long before us, that
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Long before us, that catapult us into our
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Catapult us into our destiny.
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Destiny. other times, god is
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Other times, god is positioning us for other
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Positioning us for other people to be blessed.
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People to be blessed. but you have to know,
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But you have to know, your life matters.
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Your life matters. you are important to god.
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You are important to god. he thought you are so
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He thought you are so valuable that he took time
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Valuable that he took time to plan all of your days
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To plan all of your days before you were born.
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Before you were born. you have a divine
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You have a divine assignment. the scripture
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Assignment. the scripture says, “he's working all
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Says, “he's working all things according to the
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Things according to the counsel of his will.”
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Counsel of his will.” that means he has the
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That means he has the final say. he said his
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Final say. he said his plans for you are for
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Plans for you are for good. he said he will
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Good. he said he will do exceedingly,
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Do exceedingly, abundantly above all
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Abundantly above all you can imagine. now
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You can imagine. now keep him first place.
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Keep him first place. keep honoring him with
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Keep honoring him with your life. do the right
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Your life. do the right thing when it's hard.
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Thing when it's hard. don't try to figure
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Don't try to figure everything out. he's
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Everything out. he's doing things that you
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Doing things that you can't understand right
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Can't understand right now. it won't make sense.
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Now. it won't make sense. if you have to know
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If you have to know everything, you're going
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Everything, you're going to be frustrated.
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To be frustrated. leave it in god's hands.
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Leave it in god's hands. “god, i don't know what
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“god, i don't know what you're doing, but i trust
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You're doing, but i trust you. i know you're in
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You. i know you're in control. that you're
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Control. that you're moving me into my divine
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Moving me into my divine purpose.”
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Purpose.” there was a family that
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There was a family that did missionary work in
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Did missionary work in mexico back in the 1950's.
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Mexico back in the 1950's. they had young children
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They had young children that would go around with
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That would go around with them singing and
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Them singing and ministering.
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Ministering. these children were very
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These children were very talented, great musicians.
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Talented, great musicians. one of the sons, in his
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One of the sons, in his teens left the church and
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Teens left the church and started singing in clubs
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Started singing in clubs and bars.
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And bars. he struggled with
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He struggled with addictions. he knew
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Addictions. he knew he was off course;
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He was off course; he could feel the call of
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He could feel the call of god on his life, but he
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God on his life, but he kept being pulled away.
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Kept being pulled away. my mother would see his
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My mother would see his name on the marquees.
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Name on the marquees. bill nash in concert. she
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Bill nash in concert. she knew his background, how
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Knew his background, how his family were
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His family were missionaries, so she would
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Missionaries, so she would always pray for him. she'd
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Always pray for him. she'd never met him, didn't know
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Never met him, didn't know the family but for years
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The family but for years she had this burden.
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She had this burden. “god bring him back to
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“god bring him back to church. let him shine
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Church. let him shine for you.” years later,
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For you.” years later, he was at a very low
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He was at a very low point, so distraught,
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Point, so distraught, he decided to get his
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He decided to get his life turned around. he
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Life turned around. he wanted to go to church
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Wanted to go to church but he thought, “nobody
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But he thought, “nobody would want me. i've made
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Would want me. i've made mistakes. i've lived a
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Mistakes. i've lived a rough life. i don't fit
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Rough life. i don't fit in church.” he turned on
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In church.” he turned on the television, there
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The television, there was my father talking
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Was my father talking about the mercy of god.
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About the mercy of god. how you're never too far
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How you're never too far gone, how god is always
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Gone, how god is always standing with arms open
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Standing with arms open wide ready to receive
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Wide ready to receive you back. that sunday,
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You back. that sunday, he walked into lakewood,
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He walked into lakewood, the first time he'd been
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The first time he'd been to church in years.
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To church in years. someone recognized him in
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Someone recognized him in the very back and took him
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The very back and took him down to see my mother.
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Down to see my mother. she told how she'd been
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She told how she'd been praying for him all those
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Praying for him all those years. big tears were
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Years. big tears were running down his cheeks.
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Running down his cheeks. that day was a turning
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That day was a turning point. a few months
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Point. a few months later, bill gave his
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Later, bill gave his first christian concert
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First christian concert at lakewood. fast forward
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At lakewood. fast forward ten years, i was in the
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Ten years, i was in the front lobby of the old
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Front lobby of the old church. the service was
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Church. the service was about to begin. my father
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About to begin. my father was the pastor. i was
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Was the pastor. i was running up the stairs
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Running up the stairs to the television area,
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To the television area, they're open to the lobby,
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They're open to the lobby, you can see out.
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You can see out. bill came around the corner
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Bill came around the corner at just the right time.
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At just the right time. he said, “hey joel my
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He said, “hey joel my cousin has a construction
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Cousin has a construction permit for the last full
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Permit for the last full power television station
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Power television station in houston. he would like
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In houston. he would like you to be a part of it.”
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You to be a part of it.” we ended up purchasing
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We ended up purchasing the permit, putting the
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The permit, putting the station on the air.
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Station on the air. i thought that's what i
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I thought that's what i would do the rest of my
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Would do the rest of my life, be in production
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Life, be in production and run the station.
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And run the station. but eighteen months later
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But eighteen months later my father suddenly passed,
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My father suddenly passed, and i became the pastor.
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And i became the pastor. three years after that,
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Three years after that, we got the compaq center.
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We got the compaq center. we took out a
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We took out a hundred-million-dollar loan
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Hundred-million-dollar loan to renovate this place.
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To renovate this place. we had a balloon payment
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We had a balloon payment due before we could move
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Due before we could move in. we had been raising
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In. we had been raising the money, doing our best,
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The money, doing our best, but we weren't going to
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But we weren't going to make it. we were
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Make it. we were significantly short.
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Significantly short. we decided to sell the
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We decided to sell the station. we sold it in
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Station. we sold it in sixty days for fifty
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Sixty days for fifty percent more than the
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Percent more than the leading experts told us
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Leading experts told us we could get. it was
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We could get. it was those funds that allowed
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Those funds that allowed us to move into this
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Us to move into this building.
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Building. look at how god was working.
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Look at how god was working. sixty years earlier, a
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Sixty years earlier, a little boy was singing in
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Little boy was singing in a church in mexico. i'm
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A church in mexico. i'm sure his family thought,
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Sure his family thought, “god, we raised him right,
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“god, we raised him right, why did he get off course,
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Why did he get off course, why is he not making good
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Why is he not making good decisions?” but god knows
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Decisions?” but god knows how to use everything,
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How to use everything, even things we don't
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Even things we don't understand. had he not
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Understand. had he not gotten off course, he
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Gotten off course, he wouldn't have seen my
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Wouldn't have seen my father, he wouldn't have
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Father, he wouldn't have ended up at lakewood,
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Ended up at lakewood, i wouldn't have met him in
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I wouldn't have met him in the lobby, we would have
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The lobby, we would have never purchased the
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Never purchased the station, we wouldn't have
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Station, we wouldn't have the funds for this place.
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The funds for this place. god is doing things that
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God is doing things that you can't see right now.
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You can't see right now. we're looking at it
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We're looking at it situationally, he's
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Situationally, he's working generationally.
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Working generationally. he can see the big picture.
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He can see the big picture. there may be things that
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There may be things that don't make sense to you.
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Don't make sense to you. you did the right thing,
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You did the right thing, and the wrong thing
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And the wrong thing happened.
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Happened. god is still in control.
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God is still in control. don't judge your life by
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Don't judge your life by one season. let it unfold.
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One season. let it unfold. you're going to see the
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You're going to see the hand of god doing things
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Hand of god doing things you didn't see coming.
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You didn't see coming. i didn't see that station
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I didn't see that station coming, but god put it in
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Coming, but god put it in motion seventy years before
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Motion seventy years before i got here. he was working
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I got here. he was working on my behalf, orchestrating
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On my behalf, orchestrating things in my future, before
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Things in my future, before i was born. you don't know
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I was born. you don't know what god is up to.
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What god is up to. it looks like a setback but
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It looks like a setback but really, it's setting you up.
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Really, it's setting you up. it's positioning you for
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It's positioning you for new levels of your destiny.
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New levels of your destiny. david said in psalm 31,
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David said in psalm 31, “god, i trust you.
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“god, i trust you. my future is in your
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My future is in your hands.” quit worrying
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Hands.” quit worrying about tomorrow.
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About tomorrow. your future is in god's
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Your future is in god's hands. it's already been
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Hands. it's already been set. what god has purposed
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Set. what god has purposed will come to pass.
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Will come to pass. he's already lined up your
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He's already lined up your good breaks, the right
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Good breaks, the right people, solutions to
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People, solutions to problems. what you're
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Problems. what you're worried about, he's already
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Worried about, he's already worked out. it's a part
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Worked out. it's a part of his divine plan.
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Of his divine plan. why don't you come back
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Why don't you come back to a place of peace, a
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To a place of peace, a place of faith. he didn't
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Place of faith. he didn't bring you this far to
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Bring you this far to leave you now. what he
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Leave you now. what he started he's going to
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Started he's going to finish. i believe and
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Finish. i believe and declare, like zacchaeus,
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Declare, like zacchaeus, you're going to come
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You're going to come into some of these
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Into some of these trees. generational
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Trees. generational blessings, things god
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Blessings, things god has been working on
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Has been working on before you got here.
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Before you got here. doors opening you couldn't
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Doors opening you couldn't open, the right people
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Open, the right people finding you, negative
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Finding you, negative situations turning around,
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Situations turning around, the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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Many people believe
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Many people believe that god can heal.
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That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
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But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
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Our prayers are not being answered,
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Not being answered, it's easy to think:
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It's easy to think: will god heal me?
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Will god heal me? the truth is,
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The truth is, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
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I've witnessed god's healing power
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God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
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Firsthand in my own family. when situations
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When situations seemed impossible,
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Seemed impossible, and medically
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And medically speaking,
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Speaking, there were no options,
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There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you our new devotional,
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God still loves to heal.
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It's filled with scripture
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It's filled with scripture and encouragement
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And encouragement designed to strengthen
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Designed to strengthen your faith
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Your faith and help
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And help you believe for healing.
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You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
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Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
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God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
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As you stand firm and declare his promises,
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His promises, healing is on the way.
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The same god who healed in
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The same god who healed in the bible
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Is still healing today.
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Is still healing today. your generous support
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Your generous support is so important to help us
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Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
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Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Pastor
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Joel would like to send you
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Joel would like to send you a copy of god
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional through a weekly rhythm
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Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
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Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
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By life-changing insight that will strengthen
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That will strengthen and encourage
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And encourage you in your faith.
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You in your faith. jesus cares
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Jesus cares about you physically,
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About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
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He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
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Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
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Us and makes us whole. with this
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With this inspiring devotional resource,
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Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
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You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
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You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
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And restoration, knowing his promises are true
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His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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My mother was
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My mother was miraculously healed
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From terminal cancer.
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My sisterinal cancer.
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Lisa was healed
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From a birth injury
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From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
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Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
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What god did for us, he can do for you.
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Victoria and i
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Are going to be praying for you
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Are going to be praying for you this month,
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This month, especially for healing for
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Especially for healing for you and your family,
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You and your family, not just physically,
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Not just physically, but mentally
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But mentally and emotionally
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And emotionally that you will be
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That you will be completely whole.
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Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
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We appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is impacting people
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Around the world.
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And specialworld.
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And specialworld. thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Be sure to request
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Your copy of godst
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. available this month
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By simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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And you can fill your year
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And you can fill your year with strength, peace,
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With strength, peace, and encouragement
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And encouragement with the healing
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And wholeness collection.
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And wholeness collection. it features god's
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Word for every season,
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Word for every season, a guided four-part
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A guided four-part journal series to help anchor
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Journal series to help anchor your heart to his promises.
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Your heart to his promises. plus, god still loves to heal,
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Plus, god still loves to heal, and the blessing
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And the blessing of taking communion.
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Of taking communion. together,
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Together, they'll strengthen your faith,
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They'll strengthen your faith, renew your hope,
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Renew your hope, and remind you
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That jesus still heals
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And restores today.als
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Joel Osteen - Your Future Is Set

February 9, 2026 | 27:29

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