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Joel Osteen - Your Move When Life's Unfair

July 7, 2025 | 30:0

Joel Osteen - Your Move When Life's Unfair
Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.
#WordofGod #Faith #TrustGod #Patience #Timing #Prayer #Blessing #Destiny #Responsibility #Injustice

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Your Move When Life's Unfair | July 7, 2025
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  • . > 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. we'll keep you encouraged
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  • We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • And inspired. 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 man; he
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  • I heard about this man; he was the only protestant in
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  • Was the only protestant in a large catholic
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  • A large catholic neighborhood. every friday
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  • Neighborhood. every friday during lent, while his
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  • During lent, while his neighbors were eating
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  • Neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling
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  • Cold fish, he was grilling a steak in his backyard.
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  • A steak in his backyard. they couldn't stand the
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  • They couldn't stand the temptation and decided to
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  • Temptation and decided to try to convert him to
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  • Try to convert him to catholicism. he finally
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  • Catholicism. he finally agreed. a priest came
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  • Agreed. a priest came over, sprinkled water on
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  • Over, sprinkled water on him, said “you were born
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  • Him, said “you were born a baptist, you were raised
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  • A baptist, you were raised a baptist, but now you're
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  • A baptist, but now you're a catholic.” the next year
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  • A catholic.” the next year on the first friday of
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  • On the first friday of lent, they smelled the
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  • Lent, they smelled the same smell. they rushed
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  • Same smell. they rushed to his house. he was in
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  • To his house. he was in his backyard sprinkling
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  • His backyard sprinkling water over his steak,
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  • Water over his steak, saying, “you were born a
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  • Saying, “you were born a cow, you were raised a cow,
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  • Cow, you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish.”
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  • But now you're a fish.” 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 i have.
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  • I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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  • I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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  • Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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  • Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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  • Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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  • Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about your move when life's
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  • About your move when life's unfair.
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  • Unfair. we all go through
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  • We all go through disappointments, things
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  • Disappointments, things that don't make sense.
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  • That don't make sense. a friend walked out on you,
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  • A friend walked out on you, you were overlooked for the
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  • You were overlooked for the promotion, you came down
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  • Promotion, you came down with an illness.
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  • With an illness. i talked to a young lady
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  • I talked to a young lady that grew up in a home
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  • That grew up in a home filled with abuse.
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  • Filled with abuse. nobody was there to guide
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  • Nobody was there to guide her.
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  • Her. the people that should have
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  • The people that should have been helping her were doing
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  • Been helping her were doing just the opposite.
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  • Just the opposite. she didn't understand why
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  • She didn't understand why she was raised in such hurt
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  • She was raised in such hurt and dysfunction.
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  • And dysfunction. it's easy to let what's
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  • It's easy to let what's unfair be an excuse to not
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  • Unfair be an excuse to not pursue our destiny.
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  • Pursue our destiny. “i can't be successful, i
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  • “i can't be successful, i had a rough childhood.
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  • Had a rough childhood. i'll never be happy, i lost
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  • I'll never be happy, i lost a loved one.
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  • A loved one. i can't accomplish my dream
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  • I can't accomplish my dream joel, the pandemic slowed
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  • Joel, the pandemic slowed me down, this company let
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  • Me down, this company let me go, i didn't get the
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  • Me go, i didn't get the scholarship.” here's the
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  • Scholarship.” here's the key.
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  • Key. it's not your fault that
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  • It's not your fault that you got knocked down, but
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  • You got knocked down, but it is your responsibility
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  • It is your responsibility to get back up.
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  • To get back up. that was wrong that they
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  • That was wrong that they hurt you.
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  • Hurt you. that wasn't fair that you
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  • That wasn't fair that you went through the injustice.
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  • Went through the injustice. that wasn't right that they
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  • That wasn't right that they walked away.
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  • Walked away. i'm not lessening what
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  • I'm not lessening what you've been through, i'm
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  • You've been through, i'm not excusing their behavior.
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  • Not excusing their behavior. but i am telling you, you
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  • But i am telling you, you have to get back up.
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  • Have to get back up. your move when unfair
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  • Your move when unfair things happen, is to go
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  • Things happen, is to go forward in faith, trusting
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  • Forward in faith, trusting that god will make it up to
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  • That god will make it up to you.
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  • You. it's tempting to stay down,
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  • It's tempting to stay down, live bitter, give up on
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  • Live bitter, give up on your dreams. after all you
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  • Your dreams. after all you have a good excuse.
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  • Have a good excuse. you may have a reason, but
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  • You may have a reason, but you don't have a right.
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  • You don't have a right. god still has a great
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  • God still has a great purpose in front of you.
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  • Purpose in front of you. he saw what happened.
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  • He saw what happened. he saw what they did, who
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  • He saw what they did, who left you out, what you
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  • Left you out, what you lost. he said, “he would
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  • Lost. he said, “he would pay you back double for the
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  • Pay you back double for the unfair things.” he said,
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  • Unfair things.” he said, “he has beauty for those
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  • “he has beauty for those ashes.” but there's
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  • Ashes.” but there's something you have to do
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  • Something you have to do though.
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  • Though. you can't sit around in
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  • You can't sit around in defeat, nursing your
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  • Defeat, nursing your wounds, “why did this
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  • Wounds, “why did this happen to me?” don't put a
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  • Happen to me?” don't put a question mark where god has
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  • Question mark where god has put a period.
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  • Put a period. part of faith is trusting
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  • Part of faith is trusting when life doesn't make
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  • When life doesn't make sense.
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  • Sense. we're never going to
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  • We're never going to understand everything that
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  • Understand everything that happens.
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  • Happens. you can't let one betrayal,
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  • You can't let one betrayal, one divorce, one bad season
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  • One divorce, one bad season sour the rest of your life.
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  • Sour the rest of your life. i know it wasn't fair, i
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  • I know it wasn't fair, i know it was painful.
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  • Know it was painful. it wasn't your fault, but
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  • It wasn't your fault, but you can't stop there.
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  • You can't stop there. you have a responsibility
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  • You have a responsibility to get back up.
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  • To get back up. that means quit reliving
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  • That means quit reliving the hurts, quit thinking
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  • The hurts, quit thinking about what they did, quit
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  • About what they did, quit believing the lies that
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  • Believing the lies that you've seen your best days.
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  • You've seen your best days. god knows how to make it up
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  • God knows how to make it up to you.
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  • To you. when he sees you moving
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  • When he sees you moving forward, when you could be
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  • Forward, when you could be sitting in defeat, you're
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  • Sitting in defeat, you're praising when you could be
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  • Praising when you could be complaining, you have a
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  • Complaining, you have a smile when you could be
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  • Smile when you could be depressed, you're being
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  • Depressed, you're being good to someone even though
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  • Good to someone even though you've been through hurts.
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  • You've been through hurts. you better get ready; god
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  • You better get ready; god is going to show out in
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  • Is going to show out in your life.
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  • Your life. you will see greater favor
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  • You will see greater favor because of the unfair
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  • Because of the unfair things.
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  • Things. the enemy meant it for
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  • The enemy meant it for harm, but god is going to
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  • Harm, but god is going to turn it to your advantage.
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  • Turn it to your advantage. nothing that's
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  • Nothing that's happened to you is a
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  • Happened to you is a surprise to god.
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  • Surprise to god. he wouldn't have allowed it
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  • He wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to stop
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  • If it was going to stop your purpose.
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  • Your purpose. in 1 samuel 30, david and
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  • In 1 samuel 30, david and his men were living in the
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  • His men were living in the city of ziklag.
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  • City of ziklag. they had been on a mission
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  • They had been on a mission for several days.
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  • For several days. when they were returning
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  • When they were returning home, they noticed smoke
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  • Home, they noticed smoke billowing in the air in the
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  • Billowing in the air in the direction of ziklag.
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  • Direction of ziklag. they picked up the pace,
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  • They picked up the pace, worried that something was
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  • Worried that something was wrong.
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  • Wrong. as they got closer, their
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  • As they got closer, their worst fears came true.
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  • Worst fears came true. amalekite bandits had come
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  • Amalekite bandits had come in and raided the city.
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  • In and raided the city. they kidnapped all their
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  • They kidnapped all their wives and children, stole
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  • Wives and children, stole all their possessions and
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  • All their possessions and burned down their houses.
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  • Burned down their houses. it was the worst defeat
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  • It was the worst defeat david had ever suffered.
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  • David had ever suffered. he was out doing the right
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  • He was out doing the right thing, protecting god's
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  • Thing, protecting god's people, and his whole world
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  • People, and his whole world fell apart. the scripture
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  • Fell apart. the scripture says, “he and his men wept
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  • Says, “he and his men wept until they could not weep
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  • Until they could not weep anymore.” if that wasn't
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  • Anymore.” if that wasn't bad enough, david's men
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  • Bad enough, david's men were so upset, they started
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  • Were so upset, they started blaming david.
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  • Blaming david. they talked about stoning
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  • They talked about stoning him. it wasn't fair that
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  • Him. it wasn't fair that david was doing the right
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  • David was doing the right thing, but the wrong thing
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  • Thing, but the wrong thing happened.
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  • Happened. it wasn't fair that his
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  • It wasn't fair that his possessions were stolen,
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  • Possessions were stolen, his family was taken, his
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  • His family was taken, his men were turning on him.
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  • Men were turning on him. but god doesn't promise us
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  • But god doesn't promise us that life will always be
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  • That life will always be fair.
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  • Fair. he doesn't say if you do
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  • He doesn't say if you do the right thing then the
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  • The right thing then the wrong thing will never
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  • Wrong thing will never happen.
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  • Happen. life happens to us all.
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  • Life happens to us all. it's what we do in these
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  • It's what we do in these unfair times that determine
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  • Unfair times that determine whether we get stuck and
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  • Whether we get stuck and let it sour the rest of our
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  • Let it sour the rest of our lives or whether we move
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  • Lives or whether we move forward and see god make it
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  • Forward and see god make it up to us.
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  • Up to us. david was at a critical
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  • David was at a critical point.
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  • Point. he could have been bitter,
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  • He could have been bitter, “god i don't understand it,
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  • “god i don't understand it, how could you let this
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  • How could you let this happen?” if he would have
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  • Happen?” if he would have stayed in a defeated
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  • Stayed in a defeated mindset, this would be the
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  • Mindset, this would be the last we'd hear of david.
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  • Last we'd hear of david. but he understood this
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  • But he understood this principle.
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  • Principle. it wasn't his fault that he
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  • It wasn't his fault that he got knocked down.
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  • Got knocked down. he had no control over
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  • He had no control over that, but it was his
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  • That, but it was his responsibility to get back
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  • Responsibility to get back up.
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  • Up. he knew if he stayed in the
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  • He knew if he stayed in the ashes, reliving his defeat,
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  • Ashes, reliving his defeat, feeling sorry for himself,
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  • Feeling sorry for himself, it would keep him from his
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  • It would keep him from his destiny.
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  • Destiny. yes, he had a good
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  • Yes, he had a good explanation for why he was
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  • Explanation for why he was down.
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  • Down. nobody would have disagreed
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  • Nobody would have disagreed if he would have given up
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  • If he would have given up on his dreams, faded off
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  • On his dreams, faded off into the sunset, but he
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  • Into the sunset, but he didn't let his explanation
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  • Didn't let his explanation become his excuse.
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  • Become his excuse. “i would have been a great
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  • “i would have been a great king, but we got attacked
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  • King, but we got attacked at ziklag.
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  • At ziklag. i would have left my mark,
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  • I would have left my mark, but these people did me
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  • But these people did me wrong.
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  • Wrong. i would have been a hero of
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  • I would have been a hero of faith, but all these unfair
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  • Faith, but all these unfair things happen to me.” on
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  • Things happen to me.” on the other side of that
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  • The other side of that excuse is expansion.
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  • Excuse is expansion. there's a new level of your
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  • There's a new level of your destiny.
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  • Destiny. are you going to stick with
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  • Are you going to stick with the excuse or are you going
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  • The excuse or are you going to see the expansion?
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  • To see the expansion? it depends on if you take
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  • It depends on if you take responsibility and get back
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  • Responsibility and get back up when you get knocked
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  • Up when you get knocked down.
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  • Down. i know it wasn't fair, i
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  • I know it wasn't fair, i know they did you wrong,
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  • Know they did you wrong, you don't understand it.
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  • You don't understand it. leave that all in god's
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  • Leave that all in god's hands.
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  • Hands. just do your part and get
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  • Just do your part and get your passion back, get your
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  • Your passion back, get your faith back, get your dreams
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  • Faith back, get your dreams back.
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  • Back. this is what made david a
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  • This is what made david a champion.
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  • Champion. not that he didn't have
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  • Not that he didn't have injustice, not that he
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  • Injustice, not that he never had bad breaks,
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  • Never had bad breaks, things that weren't fair,
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  • Things that weren't fair, people that did him wrong,
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  • People that did him wrong, he knew how to get back up.
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  • He knew how to get back up. he dried his tears,
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  • He dried his tears, he shook off the defeated
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  • He shook off the defeated mindset and told his men,
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  • Mindset and told his men, “get up, we're going to go
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  • “get up, we're going to go attack the enemy.” he
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  • Attack the enemy.” he didn't stay on the
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  • Didn't stay on the defensive, thinking he'd
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  • Defensive, thinking he'd seen his best days.
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  • Seen his best days. his attitude was, “i have a
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  • His attitude was, “i have a destiny to fulfill.
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  • Destiny to fulfill. this bad break didn't stop
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  • This bad break didn't stop my purpose.
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  • My purpose. i know that god will make
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  • I know that god will make it up to me.” that's how
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  • It up to me.” that's how you move forward when it's
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  • You move forward when it's unfair.
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  • Unfair. not looking to people, not
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  • Not looking to people, not hoping that your boss will
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  • Hoping that your boss will feel sorry for you, not
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  • Feel sorry for you, not counting on your friend to
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  • Counting on your friend to make it up to you.
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  • Make it up to you. look up to your creator.
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  • Look up to your creator. look up to the most high.
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  • Look up to the most high. he's the one that has
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  • He's the one that has beauty for the ashes.
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  • Beauty for the ashes. he's the one that can bring
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  • He's the one that can bring out better than you were
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  • Out better than you were before.
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  • Before. david and his men headed
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  • David and his men headed out.
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  • Out. they didn't know where the
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  • They didn't know where the amalekites were.
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  • Amalekites were. but along the way, they
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  • But along the way, they found a man that was very
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  • Found a man that was very sick.
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  • Sick. they gave him food and
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  • They gave him food and water and asked who he was.
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  • Water and asked who he was. he said he was a slave of
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  • He said he was a slave of the amalekites.
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  • The amalekites. they had left him behind
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  • They had left him behind because he was too weak to
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  • Because he was too weak to travel.
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  • Travel. david said, “tell me where
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  • David said, “tell me where they are and i'll spare
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  • They are and i'll spare your life.” he led them
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  • Your life.” he led them straight to the amalekite's
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  • Straight to the amalekite's camp.
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  • Camp. god knows how to put the
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  • God knows how to put the right people in your path.
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  • Right people in your path. he knows how to get you to
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  • He knows how to get you to where you're supposed to be.
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  • Where you're supposed to be. the amalekites were having
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  • The amalekites were having a big party, celebrating
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  • A big party, celebrating their victory.
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  • Their victory. sometimes the enemy
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  • Sometimes the enemy celebrates too soon.
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  • Celebrates too soon. don't worry if you see them
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  • Don't worry if you see them celebrating, god is not
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  • Celebrating, god is not finished.
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  • Finished. david and his men attacked
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  • David and his men attacked them. the scripture says,
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  • Them. the scripture says, “they recovered everything
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  • “they recovered everything they lost.” all their wives
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  • They lost.” all their wives and children were unharmed.
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  • And children were unharmed. they got all their
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  • They got all their possessions back.
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  • Possessions back. not only that, they
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  • Not only that, they gathered up all the spoils
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  • Gathered up all the spoils from the amalekites.
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  • From the amalekites. that's what happens when
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  • That's what happens when you don't let an injustice,
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  • You don't let an injustice, a bad break, a loss cause
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  • A bad break, a loss cause you to get discouraged and
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  • You to get discouraged and settle where you are.
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  • Settle where you are. what stops us many times is
  • 00:09:44.674 --> 00:09:46.575
  • What stops us many times is we have a good reason to be
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  • We have a good reason to be sour, a good reason to give
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  • Sour, a good reason to give up on our dreams. we had a
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  • Up on our dreams. we had a bad childhood, a person
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  • Bad childhood, a person walked away, the company
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  • Walked away, the company let us go.
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  • Let us go. it wasn't our fault that we
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  • It wasn't our fault that we got knocked down.
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  • Got knocked down. i understand that but what
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  • I understand that but what i'm saying is it is your
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  • I'm saying is it is your responsibility to get back
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  • Responsibility to get back up.
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  • Up. we wouldn't be talking
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  • We wouldn't be talking about david if he'd used
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  • About david if he'd used that bad break as an excuse.
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  • That bad break as an excuse. he was honoring god.
  • 00:10:11.133 --> 00:10:13.135
  • He was honoring god. he was not taking revenge
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  • He was not taking revenge against king saul.
  • 00:10:14.603 --> 00:10:16.372
  • Against king saul. he didn't get bitter when
  • 00:10:16.439 --> 00:10:17.406
  • He didn't get bitter when his family left him out.
  • 00:10:17.473 --> 00:10:18.674
  • His family left him out. it would have been
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  • It would have been different if he was
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  • Different if he was slacking off, compromising,
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  • Slacking off, compromising, doing whatever he felt
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  • Doing whatever he felt like, but he was being his
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  • Like, but he was being his best, a person of integrity
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  • Best, a person of integrity and yet the bottom fell out.
  • 00:10:27.817 --> 00:10:29.752
  • And yet the bottom fell out. that's a test. are you
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  • That's a test. are you going to let it be an
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  • Going to let it be an excuse that keeps you from
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  • Excuse that keeps you from your greatness?
  • 00:10:34.557 --> 00:10:35.958
  • Your greatness? or are you going to get
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  • Or are you going to get back up, knowing that god
  • 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:38.561
  • Back up, knowing that god is still on the throne,
  • 00:10:38.627 --> 00:10:39.995
  • Is still on the throne, that he has good plans for
  • 00:10:40.062 --> 00:10:41.330
  • That he has good plans for you, that what tried to
  • 00:10:41.397 --> 00:10:42.998
  • You, that what tried to stop you was only setting
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  • Stop you was only setting you up for something
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  • You up for something greater.
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  • Greater. three days after david's
  • 00:10:48.137 --> 00:10:49.605
  • Three days after david's biggest defeat, three days
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  • Biggest defeat, three days after he lost everything,
  • 00:10:51.974 --> 00:10:54.009
  • After he lost everything, he not only recovered it
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  • He not only recovered it all, but king saul was
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  • All, but king saul was killed in a battle and
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  • Killed in a battle and david was made king.
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  • David was made king. when you face your biggest
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  • When you face your biggest battles, the most unfair,
  • 00:11:02.551 --> 00:11:04.920
  • Battles, the most unfair, unjust, that's a sign that
  • 00:11:04.987 --> 00:11:07.189
  • Unjust, that's a sign that you're close to seeing your
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  • You're close to seeing your greatest victories, your
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  • Greatest victories, your biggest accomplishments,
  • 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:12.094
  • Biggest accomplishments, your most rewarding
  • 00:11:12.161 --> 00:11:13.195
  • Your most rewarding relationships.
  • 00:11:13.262 --> 00:11:14.797
  • Relationships. the enemy always fights you
  • 00:11:14.864 --> 00:11:16.365
  • The enemy always fights you the hardest when he knows
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  • The hardest when he knows you're close to a new level
  • 00:11:18.400 --> 00:11:20.069
  • You're close to a new level of your destiny.
  • 00:11:20.136 --> 00:11:22.004
  • Of your destiny. don't settle where you are,
  • 00:11:22.071 --> 00:11:24.006
  • Don't settle where you are, reliving the hurt, thinking
  • 00:11:24.073 --> 00:11:25.841
  • Reliving the hurt, thinking about what didn't work out,
  • 00:11:25.908 --> 00:11:27.777
  • About what didn't work out, “god where were you?” god
  • 00:11:27.843 --> 00:11:29.812
  • “god where were you?” god never left you.
  • 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.347
  • Never left you. he's been right by your
  • 00:11:31.413 --> 00:11:32.448
  • He's been right by your side.
  • 00:11:32.515 --> 00:11:33.215
  • Side. that's how you made it
  • 00:11:33.282 --> 00:11:34.083
  • That's how you made it through.
  • 00:11:34.150 --> 00:11:35.484
  • Through. my question is not was it
  • 00:11:35.551 --> 00:11:37.219
  • My question is not was it unfair, did they do you
  • 00:11:37.286 --> 00:11:38.921
  • Unfair, did they do you wrong, were you left out.
  • 00:11:38.988 --> 00:11:40.556
  • Wrong, were you left out. we all agree that it wasn't
  • 00:11:40.623 --> 00:11:42.124
  • We all agree that it wasn't right, that you got knocked
  • 00:11:42.191 --> 00:11:43.692
  • Right, that you got knocked down.
  • 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:44.360
  • Down. my question is are you
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  • My question is are you getting back up.
  • 00:11:46.228 --> 00:11:48.097
  • Getting back up. it's not your
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  • It's not your responsibility to fix
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  • Responsibility to fix everything, to straighten
  • 00:11:50.633 --> 00:11:52.001
  • Everything, to straighten them out, to prove that
  • 00:11:52.067 --> 00:11:53.602
  • Them out, to prove that you're okay.
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  • You're okay. leave that up to god.
  • 00:11:54.804 --> 00:11:56.205
  • Leave that up to god. your part is simply move
  • 00:11:56.272 --> 00:11:57.973
  • Your part is simply move forward in faith.
  • 00:11:58.040 --> 00:11:59.775
  • Forward in faith. not looking back.
  • 00:11:59.842 --> 00:12:01.477
  • Not looking back. not letting excuses keep
  • 00:12:01.544 --> 00:12:03.445
  • Not letting excuses keep you from dreaming again.
  • 00:12:03.512 --> 00:12:05.281
  • You from dreaming again. not bitter over what didn't
  • 00:12:05.347 --> 00:12:06.715
  • Not bitter over what didn't work out.
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  • Work out. you know it's all in god's
  • 00:12:07.516 --> 00:12:09.018
  • You know it's all in god's hands.
  • 00:12:09.084 --> 00:12:09.852
  • Hands. you trust that he's working
  • 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.353
  • You trust that he's working all things for your good.
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  • All things for your good. all things means the unfair
  • 00:12:13.989 --> 00:12:16.158
  • All things means the unfair things.
  • 00:12:16.225 --> 00:12:17.326
  • Things. the things you had no
  • 00:12:17.393 --> 00:12:18.160
  • The things you had no control over.
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  • Control over. you were doing the right
  • 00:12:19.695 --> 00:12:20.563
  • You were doing the right thing and the wrong thing
  • 00:12:20.629 --> 00:12:21.897
  • Thing and the wrong thing happened.
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  • Happened. all things are the
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  • All things are the betrayals, the times you
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  • Betrayals, the times you were left out, the times
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  • Were left out, the times they said something that
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  • They said something that set you back, you didn't
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  • Set you back, you didn't get the promotion, your
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  • Get the promotion, your family member didn't make
  • 00:12:31.941 --> 00:12:33.075
  • Family member didn't make it.
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  • It. it wasn't fair, it didn't
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  • It wasn't fair, it didn't make sense, but you got
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  • Make sense, but you got back up.
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  • Back up. you're moving forward. like
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  • You're moving forward. like with david, you're going to
  • 00:12:40.282 --> 00:12:41.450
  • With david, you're going to see god show out in your
  • 00:12:41.517 --> 00:12:43.118
  • See god show out in your life.
  • 00:12:43.185 --> 00:12:44.119
  • Life. he's going to do something
  • 00:12:44.186 --> 00:12:45.187
  • He's going to do something unusual, out of the
  • 00:12:45.254 --> 00:12:46.722
  • Unusual, out of the ordinary, that catapults
  • 00:12:46.789 --> 00:12:48.557
  • Ordinary, that catapults you to a new level.
  • 00:12:48.624 --> 00:12:49.558
  • You to a new level. in the 1950's, my father
  • 00:12:49.625 --> 00:12:52.161
  • In the 1950's, my father was pastoring a thriving
  • 00:12:52.228 --> 00:12:54.196
  • Was pastoring a thriving church.
  • 00:12:54.263 --> 00:12:54.897
  • Church. they had just built a
  • 00:12:54.964 --> 00:12:55.931
  • They had just built a beautiful new sanctuary.
  • 00:12:55.998 --> 00:12:57.867
  • Beautiful new sanctuary. he was on the state board
  • 00:12:57.933 --> 00:12:59.034
  • He was on the state board for his denomination.
  • 00:12:59.101 --> 00:13:00.803
  • For his denomination. his future looked very
  • 00:13:00.870 --> 00:13:01.937
  • His future looked very bright.
  • 00:13:02.004 --> 00:13:03.205
  • Bright. my sister, lisa, was born
  • 00:13:03.272 --> 00:13:04.673
  • My sister, lisa, was born with something like
  • 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.374
  • With something like cerebral palsy.
  • 00:13:05.441 --> 00:13:07.076
  • Cerebral palsy. the doctors told my parents
  • 00:13:07.142 --> 00:13:08.444
  • The doctors told my parents she would probably need
  • 00:13:08.510 --> 00:13:09.645
  • She would probably need constant care.
  • 00:13:09.712 --> 00:13:11.413
  • Constant care. my father went to a hotel
  • 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:12.882
  • My father went to a hotel downtown for a few days to
  • 00:13:12.948 --> 00:13:14.950
  • Downtown for a few days to be alone and study the
  • 00:13:15.017 --> 00:13:16.252
  • Be alone and study the scripture.
  • 00:13:16.318 --> 00:13:17.519
  • Scripture. he told how he took off his
  • 00:13:17.586 --> 00:13:19.655
  • He told how he took off his denominational glasses and
  • 00:13:19.722 --> 00:13:21.590
  • Denominational glasses and he read the bible like he
  • 00:13:21.657 --> 00:13:23.125
  • He read the bible like he was reading it for the
  • 00:13:23.192 --> 00:13:23.959
  • Was reading it for the first time.
  • 00:13:24.026 --> 00:13:25.527
  • First time. he saw how jesus went
  • 00:13:25.594 --> 00:13:26.829
  • He saw how jesus went around healing people, how
  • 00:13:26.896 --> 00:13:28.898
  • Around healing people, how he was a god of miracles.
  • 00:13:28.964 --> 00:13:31.166
  • He was a god of miracles. he came back to his church
  • 00:13:31.233 --> 00:13:32.735
  • He came back to his church with his new message of
  • 00:13:32.801 --> 00:13:33.736
  • With his new message of faith and victory.
  • 00:13:33.802 --> 00:13:35.404
  • Faith and victory. he thought they would be so
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  • He thought they would be so excited, but it was just
  • 00:13:36.472 --> 00:13:38.307
  • Excited, but it was just the opposite.
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  • The opposite. it didn't fit into their
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  • It didn't fit into their tradition.
  • 00:13:40.776 --> 00:13:42.177
  • Tradition. there was so much
  • 00:13:42.244 --> 00:13:42.912
  • There was so much divisiveness that my father
  • 00:13:42.978 --> 00:13:44.947
  • Divisiveness that my father ended up having to leave
  • 00:13:45.014 --> 00:13:46.282
  • Ended up having to leave the church.
  • 00:13:46.348 --> 00:13:47.483
  • The church. he was devastated.
  • 00:13:47.549 --> 00:13:49.118
  • He was devastated. he and my mother had poured
  • 00:13:49.184 --> 00:13:50.619
  • He and my mother had poured their heart and soul into
  • 00:13:50.686 --> 00:13:52.087
  • Their heart and soul into those people for years and
  • 00:13:52.154 --> 00:13:54.323
  • Those people for years and now it was all gone.
  • 00:13:54.390 --> 00:13:56.292
  • Now it was all gone. my mother had lifelong
  • 00:13:56.358 --> 00:13:57.693
  • My mother had lifelong friends that never spoke to
  • 00:13:57.760 --> 00:13:59.328
  • Friends that never spoke to her again. when you come to
  • 00:13:59.395 --> 00:14:01.330
  • Her again. when you come to these places that are not
  • 00:14:01.397 --> 00:14:02.765
  • These places that are not fair, it's a critical time.
  • 00:14:02.831 --> 00:14:05.567
  • Fair, it's a critical time. it's easy to get bitter,
  • 00:14:05.634 --> 00:14:07.403
  • It's easy to get bitter, give up on life, let that
  • 00:14:07.469 --> 00:14:09.038
  • Give up on life, let that be an excuse to never do
  • 00:14:09.104 --> 00:14:10.739
  • Be an excuse to never do anything great.
  • 00:14:10.806 --> 00:14:12.408
  • Anything great. you have to dig down deep
  • 00:14:12.474 --> 00:14:13.709
  • You have to dig down deep and say, “god, this is
  • 00:14:13.776 --> 00:14:14.643
  • And say, “god, this is painful.
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  • Painful. it doesn't make sense, but
  • 00:14:15.678 --> 00:14:17.179
  • It doesn't make sense, but i know you're still in
  • 00:14:17.246 --> 00:14:18.314
  • I know you're still in control.
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  • Control. you wouldn't have allowed
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  • You wouldn't have allowed it if you didn't have a
  • 00:14:20.482 --> 00:14:21.317
  • It if you didn't have a purpose for it.” it wasn't
  • 00:14:21.383 --> 00:14:23.319
  • Purpose for it.” it wasn't my father's fault that he
  • 00:14:23.385 --> 00:14:24.720
  • My father's fault that he got knocked down, that was
  • 00:14:24.787 --> 00:14:26.555
  • Got knocked down, that was an injustice, but it was
  • 00:14:26.622 --> 00:14:28.490
  • An injustice, but it was his responsibility to get
  • 00:14:28.557 --> 00:14:30.192
  • His responsibility to get back up.
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  • Back up. he and my mother went out
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  • He and my mother went out and started lakewood on
  • 00:14:33.062 --> 00:14:34.363
  • And started lakewood on mother's day in 1959 with
  • 00:14:34.430 --> 00:14:36.966
  • Mother's day in 1959 with ninety people.
  • 00:14:37.032 --> 00:14:37.833
  • Ninety people. they had just come from
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  • They had just come from this big, beautiful
  • 00:14:39.468 --> 00:14:40.436
  • This big, beautiful sanctuary, now they were in
  • 00:14:40.502 --> 00:14:42.237
  • Sanctuary, now they were in an old, run down feed store.
  • 00:14:42.304 --> 00:14:44.406
  • An old, run down feed store. it had holes in the floor,
  • 00:14:44.473 --> 00:14:46.976
  • It had holes in the floor, cracks in the ceiling, beat
  • 00:14:47.042 --> 00:14:48.610
  • Cracks in the ceiling, beat up chairs.
  • 00:14:48.677 --> 00:14:50.012
  • Up chairs. but you have to take the
  • 00:14:50.079 --> 00:14:51.013
  • But you have to take the hand you've been dealt and
  • 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:52.648
  • Hand you've been dealt and make the most of it.
  • 00:14:52.715 --> 00:14:54.083
  • Make the most of it. your destiny is not in what
  • 00:14:54.149 --> 00:14:55.884
  • Your destiny is not in what you lost but in what you
  • 00:14:55.951 --> 00:14:57.353
  • You lost but in what you have left. anything you've
  • 00:14:57.419 --> 00:14:59.655
  • Have left. anything you've lost, you didn't need to
  • 00:14:59.722 --> 00:15:02.591
  • Lost, you didn't need to become who you were created
  • 00:15:02.658 --> 00:15:04.159
  • Become who you were created to be.
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  • To be. friendships, people,
  • 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:06.562
  • Friendships, people, contracts, opportunities.
  • 00:15:06.628 --> 00:15:08.564
  • Contracts, opportunities. if you lost it, don't sweat
  • 00:15:08.630 --> 00:15:10.499
  • If you lost it, don't sweat it.
  • 00:15:10.566 --> 00:15:11.166
  • It. what you have left is what
  • 00:15:11.233 --> 00:15:12.568
  • What you have left is what god is going to use to take
  • 00:15:12.634 --> 00:15:14.370
  • God is going to use to take you into your purpose.
  • 00:15:14.436 --> 00:15:16.605
  • You into your purpose. my parents lost the big,
  • 00:15:16.672 --> 00:15:19.041
  • My parents lost the big, prestigious sanctuary.
  • 00:15:19.108 --> 00:15:21.276
  • Prestigious sanctuary. you would think they would
  • 00:15:21.343 --> 00:15:21.977
  • You would think they would be limited.
  • 00:15:22.044 --> 00:15:23.078
  • Be limited. all they had was this old
  • 00:15:23.145 --> 00:15:24.279
  • All they had was this old feed store.
  • 00:15:24.346 --> 00:15:25.681
  • Feed store. but god will take what you
  • 00:15:25.748 --> 00:15:27.149
  • But god will take what you have left, breathe on it
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  • Have left, breathe on it and it will multiply.
  • 00:15:29.151 --> 00:15:31.086
  • And it will multiply. all you may have is five
  • 00:15:31.153 --> 00:15:32.521
  • All you may have is five loaves and two fish.
  • 00:15:32.588 --> 00:15:34.456
  • Loaves and two fish. the disciples asked, “what
  • 00:15:34.523 --> 00:15:35.491
  • The disciples asked, “what is this among so many?” but
  • 00:15:35.557 --> 00:15:37.526
  • Is this among so many?” but when god breathes on it,
  • 00:15:37.593 --> 00:15:39.361
  • When god breathes on it, when he favors you, when he
  • 00:15:39.428 --> 00:15:40.796
  • When he favors you, when he vindicates you, when he
  • 00:15:40.863 --> 00:15:41.964
  • Vindicates you, when he restores you, the little
  • 00:15:42.031 --> 00:15:43.799
  • Restores you, the little will become much.
  • 00:15:43.866 --> 00:15:44.633
  • Will become much. new doors will open,
  • 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:47.870
  • New doors will open, opportunities will find
  • 00:15:47.936 --> 00:15:49.138
  • Opportunities will find you, the right people will
  • 00:15:49.204 --> 00:15:50.472
  • You, the right people will show up.
  • 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.840
  • Show up. god is not limited by what
  • 00:15:51.907 --> 00:15:53.575
  • God is not limited by what you lost. you have what you
  • 00:15:53.642 --> 00:15:55.778
  • You lost. you have what you need to flourish, to
  • 00:15:55.844 --> 00:15:57.446
  • Need to flourish, to blossom, to succeed, to do
  • 00:15:57.513 --> 00:15:59.882
  • Blossom, to succeed, to do something awesome.
  • 00:15:59.948 --> 00:16:02.217
  • Something awesome. in the scripture, god told
  • 00:16:02.284 --> 00:16:03.719
  • In the scripture, god told samuel to anoint young man
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  • Samuel to anoint young man named saul to be the first
  • 00:16:05.754 --> 00:16:07.456
  • Named saul to be the first king of israel.
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  • King of israel. saul wasn't trained in
  • 00:16:08.991 --> 00:16:10.059
  • Saul wasn't trained in leadership.
  • 00:16:10.125 --> 00:16:11.226
  • Leadership. he didn't come from an
  • 00:16:11.293 --> 00:16:11.994
  • He didn't come from an influential family.
  • 00:16:12.061 --> 00:16:13.796
  • Influential family. i can see samuel taking
  • 00:16:13.862 --> 00:16:15.697
  • I can see samuel taking saul under his wing,
  • 00:16:15.764 --> 00:16:17.366
  • Saul under his wing, encouraging him, training
  • 00:16:17.433 --> 00:16:18.801
  • Encouraging him, training him, giving him advice and
  • 00:16:18.867 --> 00:16:20.769
  • Him, giving him advice and counsel.
  • 00:16:20.836 --> 00:16:21.804
  • Counsel. he wanted him to succeed so
  • 00:16:21.870 --> 00:16:23.238
  • He wanted him to succeed so badly.
  • 00:16:23.305 --> 00:16:24.640
  • Badly. saul started off good, he
  • 00:16:24.706 --> 00:16:26.642
  • Saul started off good, he was making the right
  • 00:16:26.708 --> 00:16:27.443
  • Was making the right decisions, but over time he
  • 00:16:27.509 --> 00:16:29.445
  • Decisions, but over time he got off course, started
  • 00:16:29.511 --> 00:16:31.013
  • Got off course, started compromising.
  • 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.880
  • Compromising. he lost the kingdom. god
  • 00:16:31.947 --> 00:16:34.083
  • He lost the kingdom. god told samuel, “i regret that
  • 00:16:34.149 --> 00:16:36.285
  • Told samuel, “i regret that i ever made saul king.” you
  • 00:16:36.351 --> 00:16:38.687
  • I ever made saul king.” you can imagine how samuel must
  • 00:16:38.754 --> 00:16:40.322
  • Can imagine how samuel must have felt. he had poured
  • 00:16:40.389 --> 00:16:41.890
  • Have felt. he had poured his time and energy into
  • 00:16:41.957 --> 00:16:43.392
  • His time and energy into saul, now it seemed like it
  • 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:45.227
  • Saul, now it seemed like it was all a waste.
  • 00:16:45.294 --> 00:16:46.895
  • Was all a waste. he was so focused on what
  • 00:16:46.962 --> 00:16:48.197
  • He was so focused on what he'd lost, what didn't work
  • 00:16:48.263 --> 00:16:50.099
  • He'd lost, what didn't work out, wondering why saul
  • 00:16:50.165 --> 00:16:51.834
  • Out, wondering why saul didn't do better.
  • 00:16:51.900 --> 00:16:53.402
  • Didn't do better. god said to samuel, “how
  • 00:16:53.469 --> 00:16:55.003
  • God said to samuel, “how long are you going to mourn
  • 00:16:55.070 --> 00:16:56.872
  • Long are you going to mourn over saul?” like samuel,
  • 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:59.241
  • Over saul?” like samuel, you may have done your
  • 00:16:59.308 --> 00:17:00.075
  • You may have done your best, you gave it your
  • 00:17:00.142 --> 00:17:01.810
  • Best, you gave it your heart and soul, but you
  • 00:17:01.877 --> 00:17:03.612
  • Heart and soul, but you didn't get the position,
  • 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:05.314
  • Didn't get the position, the relationship didn't
  • 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.415
  • The relationship didn't make it, the business
  • 00:17:06.482 --> 00:17:07.816
  • Make it, the business didn't succeed.” god is
  • 00:17:07.883 --> 00:17:09.751
  • Didn't succeed.” god is saying to you, “how long
  • 00:17:09.818 --> 00:17:11.720
  • Saying to you, “how long are you going to mourn over
  • 00:17:11.787 --> 00:17:13.088
  • Are you going to mourn over what you lost, over what
  • 00:17:13.155 --> 00:17:14.923
  • What you lost, over what didn't work out, over what
  • 00:17:14.990 --> 00:17:16.525
  • Didn't work out, over what wasn't fair?”
  • 00:17:16.592 --> 00:17:18.293
  • Wasn't fair?” god told samuel, “fill your
  • 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.962
  • God told samuel, “fill your horn with oil, for i have
  • 00:17:20.028 --> 00:17:23.165
  • Horn with oil, for i have chosen another king for you
  • 00:17:23.232 --> 00:17:25.134
  • Chosen another king for you to anoint.” god was saying,
  • 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.169
  • To anoint.” god was saying, “samuel you're focused on
  • 00:17:27.236 --> 00:17:28.804
  • “samuel you're focused on what you've lost. yes, it
  • 00:17:28.871 --> 00:17:30.739
  • What you've lost. yes, it wasn't fair, it wasn't your
  • 00:17:30.806 --> 00:17:32.307
  • Wasn't fair, it wasn't your fault, but your destiny is
  • 00:17:32.374 --> 00:17:34.409
  • Fault, but your destiny is not in what you lost, it's
  • 00:17:34.476 --> 00:17:36.245
  • Not in what you lost, it's in what you have left.”
  • 00:17:36.311 --> 00:17:38.247
  • In what you have left.” it's significant that after
  • 00:17:38.313 --> 00:17:39.915
  • It's significant that after king saul was rejected,
  • 00:17:39.982 --> 00:17:42.117
  • King saul was rejected, after samuel's first choice
  • 00:17:42.184 --> 00:17:43.752
  • After samuel's first choice didn't work out, his next
  • 00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:45.754
  • Didn't work out, his next choice would be david, the
  • 00:17:45.821 --> 00:17:47.756
  • Choice would be david, the greatest king that ever
  • 00:17:47.823 --> 00:17:49.091
  • Greatest king that ever lived.
  • 00:17:49.158 --> 00:17:50.459
  • Lived. if you'll stop mourning
  • 00:17:50.526 --> 00:17:51.560
  • If you'll stop mourning over what you lost, then
  • 00:17:51.627 --> 00:17:53.328
  • Over what you lost, then like samuel, you'll come
  • 00:17:53.395 --> 00:17:54.897
  • Like samuel, you'll come into something greater,
  • 00:17:54.963 --> 00:17:56.365
  • Into something greater, something better, something
  • 00:17:56.431 --> 00:17:58.000
  • Something better, something more fulfilling than you've
  • 00:17:58.066 --> 00:17:59.568
  • More fulfilling than you've ever imagined.
  • 00:17:59.635 --> 00:18:01.770
  • Ever imagined. my friend dan was one of my
  • 00:18:01.837 --> 00:18:03.405
  • My friend dan was one of my baseball coaches growing up
  • 00:18:03.472 --> 00:18:05.207
  • Baseball coaches growing up and such a fine man.
  • 00:18:05.274 --> 00:18:07.009
  • And such a fine man. i was good friends with his
  • 00:18:07.075 --> 00:18:08.043
  • I was good friends with his son, danny.
  • 00:18:08.110 --> 00:18:09.444
  • Son, danny. when we were in our late
  • 00:18:09.511 --> 00:18:10.512
  • When we were in our late teens, dan's wife of many
  • 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:12.681
  • Teens, dan's wife of many years was diagnosed with a
  • 00:18:12.748 --> 00:18:14.416
  • Years was diagnosed with a serious illness.
  • 00:18:14.483 --> 00:18:16.051
  • Serious illness. we all prayed and believed,
  • 00:18:16.118 --> 00:18:17.753
  • We all prayed and believed, we stood in faith, but she
  • 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.321
  • We stood in faith, but she went to be with the lord.
  • 00:18:19.388 --> 00:18:21.056
  • Went to be with the lord. dan was devastated.
  • 00:18:21.123 --> 00:18:22.724
  • Dan was devastated. they had been married for
  • 00:18:22.791 --> 00:18:23.525
  • They had been married for many years, had several
  • 00:18:23.592 --> 00:18:25.194
  • Many years, had several beautiful children.
  • 00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:26.628
  • Beautiful children. she was the love of his
  • 00:18:26.695 --> 00:18:27.629
  • She was the love of his life.
  • 00:18:27.696 --> 00:18:28.897
  • Life. it didn't seem fair that
  • 00:18:28.964 --> 00:18:30.132
  • It didn't seem fair that she was taken at such a
  • 00:18:30.199 --> 00:18:31.200
  • She was taken at such a young age.
  • 00:18:31.266 --> 00:18:31.867
  • Young age. it wasn't dan's fault that
  • 00:18:31.934 --> 00:18:33.635
  • It wasn't dan's fault that he got knocked down.
  • 00:18:33.702 --> 00:18:35.070
  • He got knocked down. they're good people, they
  • 00:18:35.137 --> 00:18:36.605
  • They're good people, they loved god, they help others.
  • 00:18:36.672 --> 00:18:39.241
  • Loved god, they help others. but when we go through
  • 00:18:39.308 --> 00:18:40.042
  • But when we go through loss, it is our
  • 00:18:40.108 --> 00:18:41.410
  • Loss, it is our responsibility to get back
  • 00:18:41.476 --> 00:18:43.178
  • Responsibility to get back up.
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  • Up. yes, there's a time for
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  • Yes, there's a time for mourning, but you can't let
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  • Mourning, but you can't let a season of mourning turn
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  • A season of mourning turn into a lifetime of mourning.
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  • Into a lifetime of mourning. dan was retired from the
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  • Dan was retired from the phone company.
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  • Phone company. instead of sitting around
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  • Instead of sitting around the house depressed,
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  • The house depressed, thinking about what he had
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  • Thinking about what he had lost, he would go to the
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  • Lost, he would go to the funerals where my father
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  • Funerals where my father was doing the ceremony.
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  • Was doing the ceremony. nobody asked him to, he
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  • Nobody asked him to, he didn't know the people, but
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  • Didn't know the people, but his attitude was, “i've
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  • His attitude was, “i've been through what you're
  • 00:19:09.037 --> 00:19:10.138
  • Been through what you're going through.
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  • Going through. i can encourage you; i can
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  • I can encourage you; i can let you know that you're
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  • Let you know that you're going to make it.” he got
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  • Going to make it.” he got knocked down, but he didn't
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  • Knocked down, but he didn't stay down.
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  • Stay down. my father noticed him at
  • 00:19:18.714 --> 00:19:19.748
  • My father noticed him at all the funerals.
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  • All the funerals. he asked dan to come on
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  • He asked dan to come on staff and lead the comfort
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  • Staff and lead the comfort ministry that helps those
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  • Ministry that helps those that are going through loss.
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  • That are going through loss. a few years later, dan met
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  • A few years later, dan met a beautiful young lady
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  • A beautiful young lady named shirley.
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  • Named shirley. they've been happily
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  • They've been happily married for many years,
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  • Married for many years, seeing god's blessing and
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  • Seeing god's blessing and favor, still serving here
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  • Favor, still serving here at lakewood.
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  • At lakewood. i can't promise you that
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  • I can't promise you that you won't get knocked down
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  • You won't get knocked down in life, that there won't
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  • In life, that there won't be times when it's not fair.
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  • Be times when it's not fair. but i can promise you, if
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  • But i can promise you, if you'll get back up, god
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  • You'll get back up, god will give you beauty for
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  • Will give you beauty for the ashes.
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  • The ashes. he will pay you back for
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  • He will pay you back for the wrongs.
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  • The wrongs. when david was a teenager,
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  • When david was a teenager, the prophet samuel came to
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  • The prophet samuel came to his house to anoint one of
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  • His house to anoint one of jesse's sons as the next
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  • Jesse's sons as the next king of israel.
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  • King of israel. his father, jesse, didn't
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  • His father, jesse, didn't call david in from the
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  • Call david in from the shepherd's fields.
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  • Shepherd's fields. he thought david was too
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  • He thought david was too young, not talented enough.
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  • Young, not talented enough. david had to deal with
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  • David had to deal with rejection, betrayal,
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  • Rejection, betrayal, ridicule.
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  • Ridicule. even after samuel anointed
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  • Even after samuel anointed him, david went back to the
  • 00:20:17.806 --> 00:20:19.441
  • Him, david went back to the shepherd's fields.
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  • Shepherd's fields. you never read where david
  • 00:20:20.142 --> 00:20:22.244
  • You never read where david complained, he slacked off,
  • 00:20:22.311 --> 00:20:24.513
  • Complained, he slacked off, he talked badly about his
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  • He talked badly about his father.
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  • Father. he kept being his best when
  • 00:20:26.815 --> 00:20:28.417
  • He kept being his best when no one was watching.
  • 00:20:28.483 --> 00:20:29.351
  • No one was watching. it wasn't fair that his own
  • 00:20:29.418 --> 00:20:31.720
  • It wasn't fair that his own father didn't believe in
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  • Father didn't believe in him. it wasn't fair that
  • 00:20:32.954 --> 00:20:34.556
  • Him. it wasn't fair that his brother's made fun of
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  • His brother's made fun of him when he took them lunch
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  • Him when he took them lunch on the battlefield.
  • 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.393
  • On the battlefield. it wasn't fair that he was
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  • It wasn't fair that he was left out in the shepherd's
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  • Left out in the shepherd's fields.
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  • Fields. but david understood this
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  • But david understood this principle, he just kept
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  • Principle, he just kept getting back up, doing the
  • 00:20:45.434 --> 00:20:46.968
  • Getting back up, doing the right thing.
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  • Right thing. he knew no person, no bad
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  • He knew no person, no bad break, no injustice could
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  • Break, no injustice could keep him from his destiny.
  • 00:20:52.107 --> 00:20:54.409
  • Keep him from his destiny. king saul suffered from
  • 00:20:54.476 --> 00:20:55.877
  • King saul suffered from bouts of depression.
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  • Bouts of depression. his staff told him that
  • 00:20:57.713 --> 00:20:59.281
  • His staff told him that when these attacks came, he
  • 00:20:59.348 --> 00:21:01.083
  • When these attacks came, he needed someone to play
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  • Needed someone to play music and it would help him
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  • Music and it would help him feel better.
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  • Feel better. saul agreed and asked them
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  • Saul agreed and asked them to find someone.
  • 00:21:06.121 --> 00:21:07.556
  • To find someone. they said, “we know a young
  • 00:21:07.622 --> 00:21:08.590
  • They said, “we know a young man named david, he's the
  • 00:21:08.657 --> 00:21:10.125
  • Man named david, he's the son of jesse.
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  • Son of jesse. he excellent in playing the
  • 00:21:11.593 --> 00:21:12.894
  • He excellent in playing the harp.” the scripture says
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  • Harp.” the scripture says that saul sent a message to
  • 00:21:15.030 --> 00:21:16.498
  • That saul sent a message to jesse saying, “send me your
  • 00:21:16.565 --> 00:21:18.734
  • Jesse saying, “send me your son, david, the shepherd.”
  • 00:21:18.800 --> 00:21:21.269
  • Son, david, the shepherd.” he didn't send it david, he
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  • He didn't send it david, he sent it to jesse, the very
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  • Sent it to jesse, the very one that left him out, the
  • 00:21:25.273 --> 00:21:26.908
  • One that left him out, the very one that discounted
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  • Very one that discounted him. people may overlook
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  • Him. people may overlook you, but god sees you.
  • 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.714
  • You, but god sees you. they may push you down, but
  • 00:21:32.781 --> 00:21:34.249
  • They may push you down, but god will lift you up.
  • 00:21:34.316 --> 00:21:35.717
  • God will lift you up. they may leave you out, but
  • 00:21:35.784 --> 00:21:37.119
  • They may leave you out, but god will call you in.
  • 00:21:37.185 --> 00:21:39.354
  • God will call you in. imagine jesse hearing a
  • 00:21:39.421 --> 00:21:40.655
  • Imagine jesse hearing a knock on his door.
  • 00:21:40.722 --> 00:21:42.124
  • Knock on his door. he answers and it's
  • 00:21:42.190 --> 00:21:43.558
  • He answers and it's officials standing before
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  • Officials standing before him from the palace,
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  • Him from the palace, dressed in royal uniforms,
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  • Dressed in royal uniforms, horses and chariots outside.
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  • Horses and chariots outside. jesse thinks, “what in the
  • 00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.367
  • Jesse thinks, “what in the world are they doing at my
  • 00:21:52.434 --> 00:21:53.402
  • World are they doing at my house?
  • 00:21:53.468 --> 00:21:54.136
  • House? did i do something wrong?
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  • Did i do something wrong? am i in trouble?” the
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  • Am i in trouble?” the official says, “the king
  • 00:21:57.272 --> 00:21:59.274
  • Official says, “the king wants your son, david, to
  • 00:21:59.341 --> 00:22:01.109
  • Wants your son, david, to come work for him in the
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  • Come work for him in the palace.” jesse nearly
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  • Palace.” jesse nearly passed out.
  • 00:22:04.312 --> 00:22:05.147
  • Passed out. he thought, “david, the one
  • 00:22:05.213 --> 00:22:06.748
  • He thought, “david, the one i didn't think would amount
  • 00:22:06.815 --> 00:22:07.949
  • I didn't think would amount to much.” god knows how to
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:10.318
  • To much.” god knows how to vindicate you.
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  • Vindicate you. he knows how to make up for
  • 00:22:11.787 --> 00:22:13.155
  • He knows how to make up for the wrongs.
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  • The wrongs. someone may have put you at
  • 00:22:14.723 --> 00:22:15.991
  • Someone may have put you at a disadvantage, but people
  • 00:22:16.057 --> 00:22:17.993
  • A disadvantage, but people don't have the final say.
  • 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:20.362
  • Don't have the final say. don't let an excuse keep
  • 00:22:20.429 --> 00:22:22.130
  • Don't let an excuse keep you from going to the
  • 00:22:22.197 --> 00:22:22.931
  • You from going to the palace.
  • 00:22:22.998 --> 00:22:24.199
  • Palace. “they never give me credit,
  • 00:22:24.266 --> 00:22:26.001
  • “they never give me credit, they overlook me, they did
  • 00:22:26.067 --> 00:22:27.335
  • They overlook me, they did me wrong.” they can't stop
  • 00:22:27.402 --> 00:22:29.471
  • Me wrong.” they can't stop your destiny.
  • 00:22:29.538 --> 00:22:31.206
  • Your destiny. quit mourning over what
  • 00:22:31.273 --> 00:22:32.441
  • Quit mourning over what you've lost, who wasn't for
  • 00:22:32.507 --> 00:22:34.443
  • You've lost, who wasn't for you, what wasn't fair.
  • 00:22:34.509 --> 00:22:36.111
  • You, what wasn't fair. god sees it.
  • 00:22:36.178 --> 00:22:37.579
  • God sees it. he knows what's happening.
  • 00:22:37.646 --> 00:22:39.281
  • He knows what's happening. if you'll move forward in
  • 00:22:39.347 --> 00:22:40.816
  • If you'll move forward in faith, the right people
  • 00:22:40.882 --> 00:22:42.484
  • Faith, the right people will come looking for you,
  • 00:22:42.551 --> 00:22:44.319
  • Will come looking for you, opportunity will come
  • 00:22:44.386 --> 00:22:45.520
  • Opportunity will come tracking you down,
  • 00:22:45.587 --> 00:22:46.755
  • Tracking you down, promotion will come
  • 00:22:46.822 --> 00:22:48.089
  • Promotion will come knocking on your door.
  • 00:22:48.156 --> 00:22:50.091
  • Knocking on your door. it's not your fault that
  • 00:22:50.158 --> 00:22:51.126
  • It's not your fault that they weren't for you, it's
  • 00:22:51.193 --> 00:22:52.561
  • They weren't for you, it's not your fault that you had
  • 00:22:52.627 --> 00:22:53.762
  • Not your fault that you had bad breaks, but it is your
  • 00:22:53.829 --> 00:22:55.897
  • Bad breaks, but it is your responsibility to get back
  • 00:22:55.964 --> 00:22:57.632
  • Responsibility to get back up.
  • 00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:59.000
  • Up. what you've been through
  • 00:22:59.067 --> 00:22:59.968
  • What you've been through may be your explanation as
  • 00:23:00.035 --> 00:23:02.671
  • May be your explanation as to why you are where you
  • 00:23:02.737 --> 00:23:04.406
  • To why you are where you are, but don't let it be
  • 00:23:04.473 --> 00:23:06.308
  • Are, but don't let it be your excuse to stay where
  • 00:23:06.374 --> 00:23:07.809
  • Your excuse to stay where you are.
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  • You are. this is a new day.
  • 00:23:08.844 --> 00:23:10.312
  • This is a new day. god is doing a new thing.
  • 00:23:10.378 --> 00:23:12.214
  • God is doing a new thing. he's about to pay you back
  • 00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:13.515
  • He's about to pay you back for what wasn't fair.
  • 00:23:13.582 --> 00:23:15.217
  • For what wasn't fair. he's about to open doors
  • 00:23:15.283 --> 00:23:16.518
  • He's about to open doors you never dreamed would
  • 00:23:16.585 --> 00:23:17.519
  • You never dreamed would open.
  • 00:23:17.586 --> 00:23:18.320
  • Open. the best part of your life
  • 00:23:18.386 --> 00:23:19.788
  • The best part of your life is still in front of you.
  • 00:23:19.855 --> 00:23:21.756
  • Is still in front of you. now here's the key: the
  • 00:23:21.823 --> 00:23:23.325
  • Now here's the key: the enemy would love for you to
  • 00:23:23.391 --> 00:23:24.993
  • Enemy would love for you to get stuck, focused on your
  • 00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:27.095
  • Get stuck, focused on your hurts, what they did, what
  • 00:23:27.162 --> 00:23:29.331
  • Hurts, what they did, what you didn't get.
  • 00:23:29.397 --> 00:23:30.365
  • You didn't get. don't fall into that trap.
  • 00:23:30.432 --> 00:23:32.267
  • Don't fall into that trap. your move when life is
  • 00:23:32.334 --> 00:23:33.602
  • Your move when life is unfair is to go forward in
  • 00:23:33.668 --> 00:23:35.971
  • Unfair is to go forward in faith knowing that god is
  • 00:23:36.037 --> 00:23:37.639
  • Faith knowing that god is still on the throne and
  • 00:23:37.706 --> 00:23:39.074
  • Still on the throne and that he's going to work it
  • 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.108
  • That he's going to work it all out for your good.
  • 00:23:40.175 --> 00:23:41.977
  • All out for your good. if you'll do this, i
  • 00:23:42.043 --> 00:23:43.445
  • If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
  • 00:23:43.512 --> 00:23:45.514
  • Believe and declare, like with david, god is going to
  • 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:47.282
  • With david, god is going to promote you in front of
  • 00:23:47.349 --> 00:23:49.084
  • Promote you in front of people that tried to hold
  • 00:23:49.150 --> 00:23:50.252
  • People that tried to hold you back.
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  • You back. like with my father, out of
  • 00:23:51.186 --> 00:23:52.587
  • Like with my father, out of that rejection is going to
  • 00:23:52.654 --> 00:23:54.189
  • That rejection is going to come new levels of your
  • 00:23:54.256 --> 00:23:55.457
  • Come new levels of your destiny.
  • 00:23:55.524 --> 00:23:56.658
  • Destiny. like with samuel, saul may
  • 00:23:56.725 --> 00:23:58.560
  • Like with samuel, saul may not have worked out, but
  • 00:23:58.627 --> 00:23:59.794
  • Not have worked out, but it's going to open the door
  • 00:23:59.861 --> 00:24:00.795
  • It's going to open the door to david, to something
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  • To david, to something better than you've
  • 00:24:02.297 --> 00:24:03.131
  • Better than you've imagined, in jesus' name.
  • 00:24:03.198 --> 00:24:06.067
  • Imagined, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
  • 00:24:06.134 --> 00:24:07.669
  • If you receive it, can you say amen?
  • 00:24:07.736 --> 00:24:10.005
  • Sometimes in life,
  • 00:24:10.372 --> 00:24:11.439
  • Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
  • 00:24:11.506 --> 00:24:13.141
  • People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
  • 00:24:13.208 --> 00:24:14.643
  • We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
  • 00:24:14.709 --> 00:24:16.478
  • And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
  • 00:24:16.545 --> 00:24:18.046
  • It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
  • 00:24:18.113 --> 00:24:20.048
  • Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
  • 00:24:20.115 --> 00:24:21.583
  • People may have left you out. the good news is
  • 00:24:21.650 --> 00:24:22.684
  • The good news is god has chosen you.
  • 00:24:22.751 --> 00:24:24.352
  • God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
  • 00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:26.054
  • And in my new book, chosen:
  • 00:24:26.154 --> 00:24:27.923
  • And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
  • 00:24:27.989 --> 00:24:29.024
  • Your life is marked for distinction,
  • 00:24:29.090 --> 00:24:30.292
  • For distinction, you'll discover,
  • 00:24:30.358 --> 00:24:31.192
  • You'll discover, before you were born,
  • 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.794
  • Before you were born, god not only knew you,
  • 00:24:32.861 --> 00:24:34.195
  • God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
  • 00:24:34.262 --> 00:24:35.730
  • But he handpicked you and placed
  • 00:24:35.797 --> 00:24:36.331
  • And placed a calling on your life.
  • 00:24:36.398 --> 00:24:38.099
  • A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
  • 00:24:38.166 --> 00:24:39.901
  • You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
  • 00:24:39.968 --> 00:24:41.970
  • To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
  • 00:24:42.037 --> 00:24:43.004
  • When you understand that you're chosen,
  • 00:24:43.071 --> 00:24:44.172
  • That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
  • 00:24:44.239 --> 00:24:46.274
  • Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
  • 00:24:46.341 --> 00:24:46.641
  • You'll live with the boldness
  • 00:24:46.708 --> 00:24:47.442
  • With the boldness to step into the greatness
  • 00:24:47.509 --> 00:24:49.044
  • To step into the greatness god put in you.
  • 00:24:49.110 --> 00:24:50.445
  • God put in you. i'd love to send you
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  • I'd love to send you my new book, chosen,
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  • That you've been chosen by almighty god
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  • By almighty god. victoria and i want you to know
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  • Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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