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Joel Osteen | Recognize God's Goodness | July 22, 2021
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- - JOEL OSTEEN: GOD BLESS YOU.
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- - JOEL OSTEEN: GOD BLESS YOU. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
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- THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. IF YOU'RE EVER IN OUR AREA
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- IF YOU'RE EVER IN OUR AREA PLEASE STOP BY AND BE A PART OF
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- PLEASE STOP BY AND BE A PART OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.
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- ONE OF OUR SERVICES. THESE ARE THE FINEST PEOPLE IN
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- THESE ARE THE FINEST PEOPLE IN ALL OF HOUSTON, TEXAS RIGHT HERE
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- ALL OF HOUSTON, TEXAS RIGHT HERE AT LAKEWOOD, BUT I PROMISE YOU
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- AT LAKEWOOD, BUT I PROMISE YOU WE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT
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- WE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
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- AT HOME. I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING
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- I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS
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- FUNNY, AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS OLDER LADY.
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- OLDER LADY. SHE CAME TO CHURCH ONE SUNDAY
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- SHE CAME TO CHURCH ONE SUNDAY MORNING AND A FRIENDLY USHER MET
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- MORNING AND A FRIENDLY USHER MET HER AT THE BACK DOOR AND ASKED
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- HER AT THE BACK DOOR AND ASKED HER WHERE SHE WANTED TO SIT.
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- HER WHERE SHE WANTED TO SIT. SHE SAID, "I WANT TO SIT ON THE
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- SHE SAID, "I WANT TO SIT ON THE VERY FRONT ROW."
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- VERY FRONT ROW." HE SAID, "OH, NO, MA'AM.
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- HE SAID, "OH, NO, MA'AM. YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT THERE.
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- YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT THERE. OUR PASTOR IS VERY BORING.
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- OUR PASTOR IS VERY BORING. HE'LL PUT YOU TO SLEEP.
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- HE'LL PUT YOU TO SLEEP. LET ME FIND YOU ANOTHER SEAT."
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- LET ME FIND YOU ANOTHER SEAT." SHE LOOKED APPALLED.
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- SHE LOOKED APPALLED. SHE SAID, "SIR, DO YOU KNOW WHO
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- SHE SAID, "SIR, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
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- I AM?" HE SAID, "NO, MA'AM."
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- HE SAID, "NO, MA'AM." SHE SAID, "I AM THE PASTOR'S
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- SHE SAID, "I AM THE PASTOR'S MOTHER."
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- MOTHER." HE HUNG HIS HEAD IN
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- HE HUNG HIS HEAD IN EMBARRASSMENT.
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- EMBARRASSMENT. HE FINALLY LOOKED UP AND SAID,
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- HE FINALLY LOOKED UP AND SAID, "MA'AM, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"
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- "MA'AM, DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?" SHE SAID, "NO."
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- SHE SAID, "NO." HE SAID, "THANK GOD."
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- HE SAID, "THANK GOD." 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 DO.
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- I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO. TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD
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- TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD.
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- OF GOD. I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND
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- I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS ALERT.
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- IS ALERT. MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
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- MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE. I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IN
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- I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IN JESUS'S NAME.
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- JESUS'S 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 RECOGNIZING GOD'S
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- ABOUT RECOGNIZING GOD'S GOODNESS.
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- GOODNESS. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR
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- WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE YOU CAN SEE THE
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- LIFE YOU CAN SEE THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, TIMES WHERE
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- FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, TIMES WHERE HE MADE A WAY WHERE YOU DIDN'T
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- HE MADE A WAY WHERE YOU DIDN'T SEE A WAY.
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- SEE A WAY. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND A DREAM
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- HE OPENED THE DOOR AND A DREAM CAME TO PASS.
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- CAME TO PASS. YOU WERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
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- YOU WERE AT THE RIGHT PLACE. YOU MET THAT PERSON AND FELL
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- YOU MET THAT PERSON AND FELL IN LOVE.
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- IN LOVE. EVEN WHEN YOU MADE MISTAKES HE
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- EVEN WHEN YOU MADE MISTAKES HE SHOWED YOU MERCY AND COVERED YOU
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- SHOWED YOU MERCY AND COVERED YOU AND BROUGHT YOU OUT AND HERE YOU
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- AND BROUGHT YOU OUT AND HERE YOU ARE BLESSED AND MOVING FORWARD.
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- ARE BLESSED AND MOVING FORWARD. YOU DIDN'T GET TO WHERE YOU ARE
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- YOU DIDN'T GET TO WHERE YOU ARE BY YOURSELF.
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- BY YOURSELF. IT WASN'T JUST YOUR TALENT.
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- IT WASN'T JUST YOUR TALENT. IT WASN'T JUST GOOD BREAKS.
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- IT WASN'T JUST GOOD BREAKS. IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD.
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- IT WAS THE HAND OF GOD. HE'S BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE
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- HE'S BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES IN YOUR LIFE, PUSHING
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- SCENES IN YOUR LIFE, PUSHING BACK FORCES OF DARKNESS, LINING
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- BACK FORCES OF DARKNESS, LINING UP THE BREAKS THAT YOU NEED.
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- UP THE BREAKS THAT YOU NEED. EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN IN
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- EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN IN YOUR FAMILY LINE GOD WAS
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- YOUR FAMILY LINE GOD WAS ORCHESTRATING THINGS IN YOUR
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- ORCHESTRATING THINGS IN YOUR FAVOR.
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- FAVOR. A GRANDMOTHER THAT ALWAYS PRAYED
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- A GRANDMOTHER THAT ALWAYS PRAYED FOR YOU.
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- FOR YOU. SHE SPOKE FAITH INTO YOU AND
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- SHE SPOKE FAITH INTO YOU AND TOLD YOU WHAT YOU COULD BECOME.
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- TOLD YOU WHAT YOU COULD BECOME. THAT WASN'T A COINCIDENCE.
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- THAT WASN'T A COINCIDENCE. THAT WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD
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- THAT WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN
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- PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE.
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- YOUR LIFE. OR MAYBE A
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- OR MAYBE A GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER THAT YOU
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- GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER THAT YOU NEVER MET, BUT HE LIVED A LIFE
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- NEVER MET, BUT HE LIVED A LIFE OF INTEGRITY.
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- OF INTEGRITY. HE GAVE.
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- HE GAVE. HE SERVED.
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- HE SERVED. BECAUSE HE HONORED GOD HE PUT
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- BECAUSE HE HONORED GOD HE PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO BE BLESSED.
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- YOU IN A POSITION TO BE BLESSED. GOD HAS BEEN WORKING ON YOUR
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- GOD HAS BEEN WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF FOR GENERATIONS.
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- BEHALF FOR GENERATIONS. SOME OF THE FAVOR THAT YOU'RE
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- SOME OF THE FAVOR THAT YOU'RE SEEING DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
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- SEEING DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
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- DO WITH YOU. YOU STEPPED INTO OPPORTUNITY,
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- YOU STEPPED INTO OPPORTUNITY, GOOD BREAKS, PROMOTION BECAUSE
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- GOOD BREAKS, PROMOTION BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE YOU.
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- OF THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE YOU. OTHER PEOPLE WORKED HARDER, BUT
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- OTHER PEOPLE WORKED HARDER, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET THE POSITION.
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- THEY DIDN'T GET THE POSITION. THEY WERE MORE TALENTED, HAD
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- THEY WERE MORE TALENTED, HAD MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT THE DOOR
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- MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT THE DOOR DIDN'T OPEN.
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- DIDN'T OPEN. YOU'RE REAPING FROM WHAT YOUR
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- YOU'RE REAPING FROM WHAT YOUR RELATIVES SOWED, SEEDS OF FAVOR
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- RELATIVES SOWED, SEEDS OF FAVOR THAT DIDN'T START WITH YOU.
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- THAT DIDN'T START WITH YOU. PSALM 105 SAYS THEY HARVESTED
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- PSALM 105 SAYS THEY HARVESTED WHAT OTHERS PLANTED.
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- WHAT OTHERS PLANTED. SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY LINE MADE
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- SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY LINE MADE IT EASIER ON YOU.
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- IT EASIER ON YOU. THEY MADE SACRIFICES.
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- THEY MADE SACRIFICES. THEY GOT UP EARLY.
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- THEY GOT UP EARLY. THEY WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO DO
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- THEY WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
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- THE RIGHT THING. THEY MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN THE
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- THEY MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN THE FULLNESS OF WHAT THEY WERE
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- FULLNESS OF WHAT THEY WERE BELIEVING FOR, BUT GOD NEVER
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- BELIEVING FOR, BUT GOD NEVER LETS A SEED BE SOWN WITHOUT
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- LETS A SEED BE SOWN WITHOUT A HARVEST.
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- A HARVEST. THEY SOWED IT SO YOU COULD
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- THEY SOWED IT SO YOU COULD BENEFIT.
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- BENEFIT. THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.
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- THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. YOU WILL LIVE IN HOUSES THAT YOU
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- YOU WILL LIVE IN HOUSES THAT YOU DIDN'T BUILD.
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- DIDN'T BUILD. YOU WILL REAP FROM VINEYARDS
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- YOU WILL REAP FROM VINEYARDS THAT YOU DIDN'T PLANT.
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- THAT YOU DIDN'T PLANT. IT'S TALKING ABOUT GENERATIONAL
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- IT'S TALKING ABOUT GENERATIONAL BLESSINGS, AND I KNOW I'M
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- BLESSINGS, AND I KNOW I'M REAPING FROM THE SEEDS THAT MY
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- REAPING FROM THE SEEDS THAT MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
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- PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HAVE SOWN.
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- HAVE SOWN. MY GRANDMOTHER ON MY FATHER'S
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- MY GRANDMOTHER ON MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY MADE 10 CENTS
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- SIDE OF THE FAMILY MADE 10 CENTS AN HOUR WASHING PEOPLE'S CLOTHES
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- AN HOUR WASHING PEOPLE'S CLOTHES DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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- DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. SHE WORKED 12 HOURS,
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- SHE WORKED 12 HOURS, MADE $1.20 A DAY.
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- MADE $1.20 A DAY. SHE NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH, BUT
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- SHE NEVER REALLY HAD MUCH, BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL.
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- GOD IS FAITHFUL. THOSE SEEDS DIDN'T GO
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- THOSE SEEDS DIDN'T GO UNHARVESTED AND SOME OF THE
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- UNHARVESTED AND SOME OF THE ABUNDANCE THAT I'M SEEING TODAY
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- ABUNDANCE THAT I'M SEEING TODAY IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT I'VE DONE.
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- IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT I'VE DONE. IT'S SIMPLY WHERE GOD PUT ME IN
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- IT'S SIMPLY WHERE GOD PUT ME IN MY FAMILY LINE.
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- MY FAMILY LINE. I'M REAPING WHAT SHE SOWED.
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- I'M REAPING WHAT SHE SOWED. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN HER
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- IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN HER GENERATION, BUT IT HAPPENED IN
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- GENERATION, BUT IT HAPPENED IN MY GENERATION.
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- MY GENERATION. THAT'S WHY I TAKE TIME EVERY DAY
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- THAT'S WHY I TAKE TIME EVERY DAY TO SAY, "GOD, I RECOGNIZE
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- TO SAY, "GOD, I RECOGNIZE YOUR GOODNESS.
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- YOUR GOODNESS. I KNOW I DIDN'T GET HERE
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- I KNOW I DIDN'T GET HERE BY MYSELF.
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- BY MYSELF. YOU CHOSE TO BLESS ME.
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- YOU CHOSE TO BLESS ME. YOU CHOSE TO SHOW ME MERCY."
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- YOU CHOSE TO SHOW ME MERCY." SEE, IT'S EASY TO THINK, "WELL,
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- SEE, IT'S EASY TO THINK, "WELL, JOEL, I'M SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE
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- JOEL, I'M SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE I'M TALENTED.
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- I'M TALENTED. I'M BLESSED BECAUSE I'M WISE.
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- I'M BLESSED BECAUSE I'M WISE. I'M SMART.
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- I'M SMART. I'M A HARD WORKER."
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- I'M A HARD WORKER." LET ME ASK YOU, WHERE DID YOU
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- LET ME ASK YOU, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT TALENT?
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- GET THAT TALENT? IT CAME FROM YOUR FATHER IN
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- IT CAME FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
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- HEAVEN. WHERE DID YOU GET THE WISDOM?
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- WHERE DID YOU GET THE WISDOM? WHERE DID YOU GET THE FUNDS TO
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- WHERE DID YOU GET THE FUNDS TO GO TO SCHOOL?
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- GO TO SCHOOL? HOW COULD YOUR PARENTS
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- HOW COULD YOUR PARENTS AFFORD IT?
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- AFFORD IT? WHY DID THE SCHOLARSHIP
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- WHY DID THE SCHOLARSHIP GO THROUGH?
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- GO THROUGH? WHY DID THE LOAN GO THROUGH?
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- WHY DID THE LOAN GO THROUGH? BECAUSE GOD FAVORED YOU.
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- BECAUSE GOD FAVORED YOU. HE CHOSE YOU TO SUCCEED.
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- HE CHOSE YOU TO SUCCEED. HE CHOSE YOU TO GO FURTHER THAN
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- HE CHOSE YOU TO GO FURTHER THAN THOSE BEFORE YOU.
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- THOSE BEFORE YOU. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN BORN
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- YOU COULD HAVE BEEN BORN GENERATIONS BACK, PERHAPS WHEN
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- GENERATIONS BACK, PERHAPS WHEN YOUR FAMILY STRUGGLED AND MADE
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- YOUR FAMILY STRUGGLED AND MADE SACRIFICES, DIDN'T SEE THE
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- SACRIFICES, DIDN'T SEE THE INCREASE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
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- INCREASE THAT YOU'RE SEEING. YOU ARE LIVING IN THE DAY THEY
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- YOU ARE LIVING IN THE DAY THEY DREAMED ABOUT.
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- DREAMED ABOUT. IN ONE SENSE IT DIDN'T HAVE
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- IN ONE SENSE IT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU.
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- ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU. IT'S JUST THE HAND OF GOD
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- IT'S JUST THE HAND OF GOD PUTTING YOU HERE AT THIS TIME,
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- PUTTING YOU HERE AT THIS TIME, WHERE YOU CAN REAP WHAT OTHERS
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- WHERE YOU CAN REAP WHAT OTHERS HAVE SOWN.
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- HAVE SOWN. MY FATHER WAS RAISED IN A FAMILY
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- MY FATHER WAS RAISED IN A FAMILY THAT DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
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- THAT DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GOD.
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- ABOUT GOD. THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY
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- THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF
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- JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF FAITH AND FOR SEVERAL
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- FAITH AND FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS BACK, AS FAR AS WE
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- GENERATIONS BACK, AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, IT WAS THE SAME THING.
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- CAN SEE, IT WAS THE SAME THING. THIS COULD HAVE CONTINUED ON,
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- THIS COULD HAVE CONTINUED ON, BEEN PASSED DOWN TO ME AND MY
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- BEEN PASSED DOWN TO ME AND MY CHILDREN, BUT GOD IN HIS MERCY
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- CHILDREN, BUT GOD IN HIS MERCY PUT A MAN BY THE NAME OF
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- PUT A MAN BY THE NAME OF SAM MARTIN IN MY FATHER'S LIFE.
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- SAM MARTIN IN MY FATHER'S LIFE. THEY WERE FRIENDS GROWING UP.
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- THEY WERE FRIENDS GROWING UP. IN HIGH SCHOOL SAM WOULD GET
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- IN HIGH SCHOOL SAM WOULD GET THERE EARLY AND WRITE SCRIPTURE
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- THERE EARLY AND WRITE SCRIPTURE VERSES ON THE CHALKBOARD.
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- VERSES ON THE CHALKBOARD. MY DAD WAS SO EMBARRASSED.
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- MY DAD WAS SO EMBARRASSED. HE TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF.
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- HE TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF. SAM WAS DETERMINED.
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- SAM WAS DETERMINED. HE KEPT TALKING TO MY FATHER
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- HE KEPT TALKING TO MY FATHER ABOUT THE LORD.
- 00:06:05.755 --> 00:06:07.056
- ABOUT THE LORD. DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S DOING ANY
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- DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S DOING ANY GOOD BECAUSE MY DAD WOULDN'T
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- GOOD BECAUSE MY DAD WOULDN'T LISTEN, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
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- LISTEN, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A SEED IS GOING TO TAKE ROOT.
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- A SEED IS GOING TO TAKE ROOT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVICT
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- YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVICT PEOPLE.
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- PEOPLE. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE
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- THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE THAT CONVICTS.
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- THAT CONVICTS. YOU JUST KEEP SOWING THE SEED
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- YOU JUST KEEP SOWING THE SEED AND AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHEN THE
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- AND AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHEN THE SOIL OF THEIR HEART IS SOFTENED,
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- SOIL OF THEIR HEART IS SOFTENED, THE SEED WILL TAKE ROOT.
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- THE SEED WILL TAKE ROOT. A SEED CAN LIVE FOR YEARS.
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- A SEED CAN LIVE FOR YEARS. YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING
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- YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING, YOUR LOVED ONES,
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- HAPPENING, YOUR LOVED ONES, WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
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- WITH YOUR FRIENDS. NO SIGN OF THEM CHANGING.
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- NO SIGN OF THEM CHANGING. DON'T WORRY.
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- DON'T WORRY. THE SEED IS STILL ALIVE.
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- THE SEED IS STILL ALIVE. WHEN MY FATHER WAS 17 YEARS OLD
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- WHEN MY FATHER WAS 17 YEARS OLD ONE NIGHT AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE
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- ONE NIGHT AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING HE WAS WALKING HOME
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- MORNING HE WAS WALKING HOME FROM A NIGHTCLUB.
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- FROM A NIGHTCLUB. HE LOOKED UP AT THE STARS AND
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- HE LOOKED UP AT THE STARS AND BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT HIS DESTINY
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- BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT HIS DESTINY AND WHAT HE WOULD DO WITH
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- AND WHAT HE WOULD DO WITH HIS LIFE.
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- HIS LIFE. HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
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- HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RELIGION, BUT HE COULD FEEL GOD
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- RELIGION, BUT HE COULD FEEL GOD WAS DRAWING HIM THAT NIGHT.
- 00:06:54.704 --> 00:06:56.539
- WAS DRAWING HIM THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING HE CALLED HIS
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- THE NEXT MORNING HE CALLED HIS FRIEND SAM AND SAID HE WANTED TO
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- FRIEND SAM AND SAID HE WANTED TO GO TO CHURCH WITH HIM.
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- GO TO CHURCH WITH HIM. THEY SAT ON THE VERY BACK ROW.
- 00:07:01.177 --> 00:07:02.645
- THEY SAT ON THE VERY BACK ROW. AT THE END OF THE SERVICE THE
- 00:07:02.712 --> 00:07:04.947
- AT THE END OF THE SERVICE THE PASTOR INVITED PEOPLE TO THE
- 00:07:05.014 --> 00:07:06.415
- PASTOR INVITED PEOPLE TO THE FRONT TO RECEIVE CHRIST.
- 00:07:06.482 --> 00:07:08.317
- FRONT TO RECEIVE CHRIST. MY FATHER WOULDN'T GO.
- 00:07:08.384 --> 00:07:09.285
- MY FATHER WOULDN'T GO. HE WAS TOO AFRAID.
- 00:07:09.352 --> 00:07:11.420
- HE WAS TOO AFRAID. SAM LEANED OVER AND SAID, "JOHN,
- 00:07:11.487 --> 00:07:13.089
- SAM LEANED OVER AND SAID, "JOHN, IF YOU'LL GO, I'LL GO
- 00:07:13.155 --> 00:07:14.390
- IF YOU'LL GO, I'LL GO WITH YOU."
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- WITH YOU." MY FATHER STOOD UP AND WALKED
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- MY FATHER STOOD UP AND WALKED DOWN THE AISLE WITH THIS FRIEND,
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- DOWN THE AISLE WITH THIS FRIEND, SAM MARTIN.
- 00:07:19.295 --> 00:07:20.296
- SAM MARTIN. HIS LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME.
- 00:07:20.363 --> 00:07:21.531
- HIS LIFE WAS NEVER THE SAME. I OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHERE WOULD
- 00:07:21.597 --> 00:07:24.800
- I OFTEN THINK ABOUT WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT SAM MARTIN.
- 00:07:24.867 --> 00:07:27.703
- I BE WITHOUT SAM MARTIN. WHAT IF GOD HAD NOT PUT HIM IN
- 00:07:27.770 --> 00:07:29.505
- WHAT IF GOD HAD NOT PUT HIM IN MY FATHER'S PATH?
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- MY FATHER'S PATH? I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE.
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- I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE. I WOULDN'T BE MARRIED TO
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- I WOULDN'T BE MARRIED TO VICTORIA, WOULDN'T HAVE
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- VICTORIA, WOULDN'T HAVE MY CHILDREN.
- 00:07:34.343 --> 00:07:35.545
- MY CHILDREN. MANY TIMES WHEN I'M PRAYING I
- 00:07:35.611 --> 00:07:37.713
- MANY TIMES WHEN I'M PRAYING I SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR
- 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:39.382
- SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR SAM MARTIN.
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- SAM MARTIN. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING HIM IN
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- THANK YOU FOR PUTTING HIM IN OUR LIFE.
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- OUR LIFE. I RECOGNIZE THAT'S YOUR
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- I RECOGNIZE THAT'S YOUR GOODNESS."
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- GOODNESS." IF YOU KNEW ALL THE THINGS GOD
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- IF YOU KNEW ALL THE THINGS GOD HAS BEEN ORCHESTRATING BEHIND
- 00:07:47.256 --> 00:07:49.025
- HAS BEEN ORCHESTRATING BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET YOU WHERE YOU
- 00:07:49.091 --> 00:07:51.694
- THE SCENES TO GET YOU WHERE YOU ARE--PEOPLE, PROMOTION,
- 00:07:51.761 --> 00:07:53.229
- ARE--PEOPLE, PROMOTION, PROTECTION, OPPORTUNITIES--YOU
- 00:07:53.296 --> 00:07:54.964
- PROTECTION, OPPORTUNITIES--YOU WOULD BE AMAZED.
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- WOULD BE AMAZED. IF THIS ONE PERSON HAD NOT BEEN
- 00:07:56.666 --> 00:07:59.135
- IF THIS ONE PERSON HAD NOT BEEN AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND
- 00:07:59.201 --> 00:08:00.903
- AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND INTERACTED WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR
- 00:08:00.970 --> 00:08:02.505
- INTERACTED WITH SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU WOULDN'T BE
- 00:08:02.572 --> 00:08:03.739
- FAMILY, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
- 00:08:03.806 --> 00:08:05.207
- HERE TODAY. GOD'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU
- 00:08:05.274 --> 00:08:07.276
- GOD'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU LONG BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.
- 00:08:07.343 --> 00:08:09.211
- LONG BEFORE YOU GOT HERE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD CHOSE YOU
- 00:08:09.278 --> 00:08:11.847
- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD CHOSE YOU BEFORE YOU COULD CHOOSE HIM.
- 00:08:11.914 --> 00:08:13.382
- BEFORE YOU COULD CHOOSE HIM. YOU DIDN'T GET HERE ON YOUR OWN.
- 00:08:13.449 --> 00:08:15.084
- YOU DIDN'T GET HERE ON YOUR OWN. THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE
- 00:08:15.151 --> 00:08:16.886
- THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE CHOSE YOU.
- 00:08:16.953 --> 00:08:18.120
- CHOSE YOU. WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THAT GOD
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- WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE, THE THINGS I KNOW
- 00:08:19.722 --> 00:08:21.390
- HAS DONE, THE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT AND THE THINGS I DON'T
- 00:08:21.457 --> 00:08:22.725
- ABOUT AND THE THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I CAN'T KEEP IT
- 00:08:22.792 --> 00:08:24.694
- KNOW ABOUT, I CAN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF.
- 00:08:24.760 --> 00:08:25.628
- TO MYSELF. I HAVE TO SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU
- 00:08:25.695 --> 00:08:27.229
- I HAVE TO SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS.
- 00:08:27.296 --> 00:08:28.297
- FOR YOUR GOODNESS. I RECOGNIZE YOUR FAVOR IN
- 00:08:28.364 --> 00:08:30.499
- I RECOGNIZE YOUR FAVOR IN MY LIFE."
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- MY LIFE." AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, MY
- 00:08:32.001 --> 00:08:33.569
- AS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, MY PARENTS FOUNDED LAKEWOOD ON
- 00:08:33.636 --> 00:08:35.671
- PARENTS FOUNDED LAKEWOOD ON MOTHER'S DAY IN 1959, 60 YEARS
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- MOTHER'S DAY IN 1959, 60 YEARS AGO, WITH 90 PEOPLE IN AN OLD,
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- AGO, WITH 90 PEOPLE IN AN OLD, RUNDOWN FEED STORE.
- 00:08:42.278 --> 00:08:43.913
- RUNDOWN FEED STORE. THEY CLEANED OUT THE BUILDING
- 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:45.181
- THEY CLEANED OUT THE BUILDING AND BORROWED SOME OLD WOOD PEWS.
- 00:08:45.247 --> 00:08:47.783
- AND BORROWED SOME OLD WOOD PEWS. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT THE
- 00:08:47.850 --> 00:08:49.518
- DIDN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS DON'T DESPISE THE
- 00:08:49.585 --> 00:08:51.988
- SCRIPTURE SAYS DON'T DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS.
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- DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
- 00:08:54.056 --> 00:08:55.558
- DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE WHERE YOU ARE IS MUCH SMALLER
- 00:08:55.625 --> 00:08:57.927
- WHERE YOU ARE IS MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART.
- 00:08:57.994 --> 00:08:59.762
- THAN WHAT'S IN YOUR HEART. AS A YOUNG MAN, MY FATHER KNEW
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- AS A YOUNG MAN, MY FATHER KNEW ONE DAY HE WOULD PASTOR A CHURCH
- 00:09:01.631 --> 00:09:03.366
- ONE DAY HE WOULD PASTOR A CHURCH WITH THOUSANDS, BUT YOU HAVE TO
- 00:09:03.432 --> 00:09:05.434
- WITH THOUSANDS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL WITH THE SMALL
- 00:09:05.501 --> 00:09:07.536
- BE FAITHFUL WITH THE SMALL BEFORE GOD WILL TRUST YOU
- 00:09:07.603 --> 00:09:08.471
- BEFORE GOD WILL TRUST YOU WITH MUCH.
- 00:09:08.537 --> 00:09:09.639
- WITH MUCH. THAT'S A TIME OF TESTING, A TIME
- 00:09:09.705 --> 00:09:11.507
- THAT'S A TIME OF TESTING, A TIME OF PROVING, AND IT'S EASY TO
- 00:09:11.574 --> 00:09:13.242
- OF PROVING, AND IT'S EASY TO THINK, "WELL, JOEL, WHEN I SEE
- 00:09:13.309 --> 00:09:14.143
- THINK, "WELL, JOEL, WHEN I SEE SOME GROWTH, WHEN I GET SOME
- 00:09:14.210 --> 00:09:16.012
- SOME GROWTH, WHEN I GET SOME GOOD BREAKS THEN I'LL GIVE IT
- 00:09:16.078 --> 00:09:17.513
- GOOD BREAKS THEN I'LL GIVE IT MY ALL."
- 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:18.180
- MY ALL." NO, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL
- 00:09:18.247 --> 00:09:19.515
- NO, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE.
- 00:09:19.582 --> 00:09:20.983
- RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. GOD IS WATCHING.
- 00:09:21.050 --> 00:09:22.551
- GOD IS WATCHING. HE SEES WHAT'S NOT GROWING.
- 00:09:22.618 --> 00:09:24.053
- HE SEES WHAT'S NOT GROWING. HE SEES WHEN YOU'RE IN A FEED
- 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.856
- HE SEES WHEN YOU'RE IN A FEED STORE AND OTHERS ARE IN A
- 00:09:26.922 --> 00:09:27.757
- STORE AND OTHERS ARE IN A NICE BUILDING.
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- NICE BUILDING. STAY FAITHFUL.
- 00:09:29.025 --> 00:09:30.292
- STAY FAITHFUL. YOUR TIME IS COMING.
- 00:09:30.359 --> 00:09:32.128
- YOUR TIME IS COMING. SOMETIMES NOW, WHEN I PULL UP TO
- 00:09:32.194 --> 00:09:34.096
- SOMETIMES NOW, WHEN I PULL UP TO THE COMPAQ CENTER AND I SEE THIS
- 00:09:34.163 --> 00:09:36.232
- THE COMPAQ CENTER AND I SEE THIS HUGE BUILDING ON THE FREEWAY
- 00:09:36.298 --> 00:09:38.934
- HUGE BUILDING ON THE FREEWAY WITH ALL THE PEOPLE, I FEEL A
- 00:09:39.001 --> 00:09:41.037
- WITH ALL THE PEOPLE, I FEEL A TEAR RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEK.
- 00:09:41.103 --> 00:09:43.305
- TEAR RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEK. IT'S BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHERE I
- 00:09:43.372 --> 00:09:45.508
- IT'S BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHERE I CAME FROM.
- 00:09:45.574 --> 00:09:46.876
- CAME FROM. MY MIND FLASHES BACK TO THE FEED
- 00:09:46.942 --> 00:09:48.778
- MY MIND FLASHES BACK TO THE FEED STORE AS A LITTLE BOY SITTING ON
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- STORE AS A LITTLE BOY SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW WITH THE 90 PEOPLE
- 00:09:51.447 --> 00:09:53.449
- THE FRONT ROW WITH THE 90 PEOPLE WATCHING MY FATHER MINISTER.
- 00:09:53.516 --> 00:09:55.518
- WATCHING MY FATHER MINISTER. I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER
- 00:09:55.584 --> 00:09:57.053
- I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDMOTHER THAT MADE 10 CENTS AN HOUR, MY
- 00:09:57.119 --> 00:09:59.021
- THAT MADE 10 CENTS AN HOUR, MY GRANDFATHER THAT WORKED AT THE
- 00:09:59.088 --> 00:10:00.322
- GRANDFATHER THAT WORKED AT THE FACTORY ALL THOSE YEARS.
- 00:10:00.389 --> 00:10:02.324
- FACTORY ALL THOSE YEARS. WHEN I REALIZE HOW FAR GOD HAS
- 00:10:02.391 --> 00:10:04.694
- WHEN I REALIZE HOW FAR GOD HAS BROUGHT US, HOW HE'S OPENED
- 00:10:04.760 --> 00:10:06.462
- BROUGHT US, HOW HE'S OPENED DOORS I NEVER DREAMED WOULD
- 00:10:06.529 --> 00:10:07.663
- DOORS I NEVER DREAMED WOULD OPEN, HOW HE'S TAKEN US FURTHER
- 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:09.865
- OPEN, HOW HE'S TAKEN US FURTHER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED I CAN'T
- 00:10:09.932 --> 00:10:12.001
- THAN WE EVER IMAGINED I CAN'T HELP BUT SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU
- 00:10:12.068 --> 00:10:13.836
- HELP BUT SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN MY LIFE.
- 00:10:13.903 --> 00:10:16.005
- FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME FURTHER
- 00:10:16.072 --> 00:10:17.773
- THANK YOU FOR TAKING ME FURTHER THAN I COULD GO ON MY OWN."
- 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:19.909
- THAN I COULD GO ON MY OWN." WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR
- 00:10:19.975 --> 00:10:21.377
- WHEN YOU LOOK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE AND SEE THE FAITHFULNESS OF
- 00:10:21.444 --> 00:10:23.612
- LIFE AND SEE THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD, THE TIMES HE PROTECTED YOU,
- 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.082
- GOD, THE TIMES HE PROTECTED YOU, PROMOTED YOU, HEALED YOU,
- 00:10:26.148 --> 00:10:27.783
- PROMOTED YOU, HEALED YOU, FAVORED YOU DON'T TAKE IT
- 00:10:27.850 --> 00:10:29.418
- FAVORED YOU DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
- 00:10:29.485 --> 00:10:30.386
- FOR GRANTED. IT WASN'T A LUCKY BREAK.
- 00:10:30.453 --> 00:10:31.821
- IT WASN'T A LUCKY BREAK. IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.
- 00:10:31.887 --> 00:10:33.122
- IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. THAT WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
- 00:10:33.189 --> 00:10:35.524
- THAT WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD. IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 8 GOD
- 00:10:35.591 --> 00:10:37.727
- IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 8 GOD TOLD THE ISRAELITES HE WAS
- 00:10:37.793 --> 00:10:39.328
- TOLD THE ISRAELITES HE WAS BRINGING THEM INTO THE
- 00:10:39.395 --> 00:10:40.429
- BRINGING THEM INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
- 00:10:40.496 --> 00:10:41.997
- PROMISED LAND. IT DESCRIBED IT AS A LAND OF
- 00:10:42.064 --> 00:10:43.766
- IT DESCRIBED IT AS A LAND OF ABUNDANCE, FLOWING WITH STREAMS
- 00:10:43.833 --> 00:10:46.168
- ABUNDANCE, FLOWING WITH STREAMS AND RIVERS.
- 00:10:46.235 --> 00:10:47.236
- AND RIVERS. THE CLUSTERS OF GRAPES WERE SO
- 00:10:47.303 --> 00:10:48.871
- THE CLUSTERS OF GRAPES WERE SO LARGE IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE
- 00:10:48.938 --> 00:10:50.506
- LARGE IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE TO CARRY.
- 00:10:50.573 --> 00:10:51.707
- TO CARRY. THERE WAS SO MUCH IRON AND
- 00:10:51.774 --> 00:10:52.842
- THERE WAS SO MUCH IRON AND COPPER IN THE GROUND.
- 00:10:52.908 --> 00:10:54.210
- COPPER IN THE GROUND. IT WAS AS COMMON AS STONE.
- 00:10:54.276 --> 00:10:56.479
- IT WAS AS COMMON AS STONE. AFTER PROMISING ALL THIS
- 00:10:56.545 --> 00:10:58.147
- AFTER PROMISING ALL THIS INCREASE AND FAVOR, GOD GAVE
- 00:10:58.214 --> 00:11:00.683
- INCREASE AND FAVOR, GOD GAVE THEM A WARNING.
- 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:02.184
- THEM A WARNING. HE SAID IN VERSE 11, "BEWARE
- 00:11:02.251 --> 00:11:05.154
- HE SAID IN VERSE 11, "BEWARE THAT IN YOUR PLENTY YOU DO NOT
- 00:11:05.221 --> 00:11:07.490
- THAT IN YOUR PLENTY YOU DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR
- 00:11:07.556 --> 00:11:09.892
- FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD, FOR WHEN YOU HAVE BECOME FULL AND
- 00:11:09.959 --> 00:11:11.694
- WHEN YOU HAVE BECOME FULL AND PROSPEROUS, WHEN YOU HAVE BUILT
- 00:11:11.761 --> 00:11:13.596
- PROSPEROUS, WHEN YOU HAVE BUILT NICE HOUSES, WHEN YOUR GOLD AND
- 00:11:13.662 --> 00:11:15.765
- NICE HOUSES, WHEN YOUR GOLD AND SILVER HAS MULTIPLIED, DO NOT
- 00:11:15.831 --> 00:11:18.367
- SILVER HAS MULTIPLIED, DO NOT FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD RESCUED
- 00:11:18.434 --> 00:11:20.803
- FORGET THE LORD YOUR GOD RESCUED YOU OUT OF SLAVERY.
- 00:11:20.870 --> 00:11:22.338
- YOU OUT OF SLAVERY. DO NOT FORGET HE LED YOU THROUGH
- 00:11:22.404 --> 00:11:24.039
- DO NOT FORGET HE LED YOU THROUGH THE WILDERNESS WITH POISONOUS
- 00:11:24.106 --> 00:11:25.641
- THE WILDERNESS WITH POISONOUS SNAKES.
- 00:11:25.708 --> 00:11:26.675
- SNAKES. DO NOT FORGET HE GAVE YOU WATER
- 00:11:26.742 --> 00:11:28.611
- DO NOT FORGET HE GAVE YOU WATER OUT OF THE ROCK.
- 00:11:28.677 --> 00:11:29.678
- OUT OF THE ROCK. HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH
- 00:11:29.745 --> 00:11:31.447
- HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOUR FATHERS KNEW NOT."
- 00:11:31.514 --> 00:11:33.482
- YOUR FATHERS KNEW NOT." GOD WAS SAYING IN TODAY'S
- 00:11:33.549 --> 00:11:34.850
- GOD WAS SAYING IN TODAY'S LANGUAGE, "WHEN YOUR BUSINESS
- 00:11:34.917 --> 00:11:36.418
- LANGUAGE, "WHEN YOUR BUSINESS TAKES OFF, WHEN YOUR HEALTH
- 00:11:36.485 --> 00:11:38.053
- TAKES OFF, WHEN YOUR HEALTH TURNS AROUND, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
- 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:40.322
- TURNS AROUND, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT BABY I PROMISED, WHEN YOU GET
- 00:11:40.389 --> 00:11:42.191
- BABY I PROMISED, WHEN YOU GET THE COMPAQ CENTER, DON'T LET IT
- 00:11:42.258 --> 00:11:44.627
- THE COMPAQ CENTER, DON'T LET IT BECOME SO COMMON THAT YOU DON'T
- 00:11:44.693 --> 00:11:46.996
- BECOME SO COMMON THAT YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE IT WAS MY GOODNESS.
- 00:11:47.062 --> 00:11:49.632
- RECOGNIZE IT WAS MY GOODNESS. THAT YOU DON'T TAKE TIME TO
- 00:11:49.698 --> 00:11:51.066
- THAT YOU DON'T TAKE TIME TO THANK ME FOR WHAT I'VE DONE."
- 00:11:51.133 --> 00:11:53.169
- THANK ME FOR WHAT I'VE DONE." IN ONE AREA OF OUR LIVES WE'RE
- 00:11:53.235 --> 00:11:55.504
- IN ONE AREA OF OUR LIVES WE'RE ALL IN THE PROMISED LAND.
- 00:11:55.571 --> 00:11:57.373
- ALL IN THE PROMISED LAND. WE'VE SEEN GOD DO AMAZING
- 00:11:57.439 --> 00:11:59.175
- WE'VE SEEN GOD DO AMAZING THINGS: FREE YOU FROM AN
- 00:11:59.241 --> 00:12:00.776
- THINGS: FREE YOU FROM AN ADDICTION, GIVE YOU HEALTHY
- 00:12:00.843 --> 00:12:02.545
- ADDICTION, GIVE YOU HEALTHY CHILDREN, BLESS YOU IN
- 00:12:02.611 --> 00:12:03.479
- CHILDREN, BLESS YOU IN YOUR CAREER.
- 00:12:03.546 --> 00:12:04.947
- YOUR CAREER. YOU KNOW IT WAS GOD'S FAVOR.
- 00:12:05.014 --> 00:12:06.949
- YOU KNOW IT WAS GOD'S FAVOR. AT THE TIME YOU WERE
- 00:12:07.016 --> 00:12:07.750
- AT THE TIME YOU WERE SO GRATEFUL.
- 00:12:07.817 --> 00:12:09.051
- SO GRATEFUL. MY CHALLENGE IS DON'T LOSE THAT
- 00:12:09.118 --> 00:12:11.487
- MY CHALLENGE IS DON'T LOSE THAT SENSE OF AWE.
- 00:12:11.554 --> 00:12:12.955
- SENSE OF AWE. LIVE WITH THAT AMAZEMENT AT WHAT
- 00:12:13.022 --> 00:12:14.990
- LIVE WITH THAT AMAZEMENT AT WHAT GOD HAS DONE.
- 00:12:15.057 --> 00:12:16.292
- GOD HAS DONE. GO BACK OVER THE TIMES WHERE HE
- 00:12:16.358 --> 00:12:17.993
- GO BACK OVER THE TIMES WHERE HE MADE A WAY, PROTECTED YOU, AND
- 00:12:18.060 --> 00:12:20.563
- MADE A WAY, PROTECTED YOU, AND OPENED THAT DOOR THAT SHOULDN'T
- 00:12:20.629 --> 00:12:21.931
- OPENED THAT DOOR THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE OPENED.
- 00:12:21.997 --> 00:12:23.098
- HAVE OPENED. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT GOD
- 00:12:23.165 --> 00:12:24.967
- IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE THEN IT'S EASY TO START
- 00:12:25.034 --> 00:12:27.469
- HAS DONE THEN IT'S EASY TO START TAKING THE CREDIT AND THINK WE
- 00:12:27.536 --> 00:12:29.505
- TAKING THE CREDIT AND THINK WE GOT HERE BY OURSELVES.
- 00:12:29.572 --> 00:12:31.173
- GOT HERE BY OURSELVES. WE DID IT IN OUR OWN POWER.
- 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.309
- WE DID IT IN OUR OWN POWER. THE PROBLEM WITH FORGETTING IS
- 00:12:33.375 --> 00:12:35.344
- THE PROBLEM WITH FORGETTING IS THAT GOD WON'T SHARE HIS GLORY.
- 00:12:35.411 --> 00:12:38.180
- THAT GOD WON'T SHARE HIS GLORY. HE'LL TAKE YOU INCREDIBLE
- 00:12:38.247 --> 00:12:39.315
- HE'LL TAKE YOU INCREDIBLE PLACES, HE'LL OPEN AMAZING
- 00:12:39.381 --> 00:12:41.283
- PLACES, HE'LL OPEN AMAZING DOORS, BUT IF YOU DON'T
- 00:12:41.350 --> 00:12:43.052
- DOORS, BUT IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE IT'S HIS GOODNESS THE
- 00:12:43.118 --> 00:12:45.354
- RECOGNIZE IT'S HIS GOODNESS THE SAME GOD THAT OPENED THE DOOR
- 00:12:45.421 --> 00:12:47.489
- SAME GOD THAT OPENED THE DOOR CAN CLOSE THE DOOR.
- 00:12:47.556 --> 00:12:49.158
- CAN CLOSE THE DOOR. THAT'S WHY GOD GAVE THEM SUCH A
- 00:12:49.225 --> 00:12:50.659
- THAT'S WHY GOD GAVE THEM SUCH A STRONG WARNING.
- 00:12:50.726 --> 00:12:52.228
- STRONG WARNING. HE SAID, "I AM TAKING YOU INTO
- 00:12:52.294 --> 00:12:54.530
- HE SAID, "I AM TAKING YOU INTO A LAND WHERE YOU WILL
- 00:12:54.597 --> 00:12:55.898
- A LAND WHERE YOU WILL LACK NOTHING.
- 00:12:55.965 --> 00:12:56.932
- LACK NOTHING. YOU WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES,
- 00:12:56.999 --> 00:12:58.934
- YOU WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES, BUSINESSES THAT ARE BLESSED,
- 00:12:59.001 --> 00:13:00.803
- BUSINESSES THAT ARE BLESSED, RESOURCES MORE THAN YOU
- 00:13:00.870 --> 00:13:02.004
- RESOURCES MORE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
- 00:13:02.071 --> 00:13:03.405
- CAN IMAGINE. MY ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU
- 00:13:03.472 --> 00:13:05.975
- MY ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU DON'T FORGET IT WAS MY FAVOR
- 00:13:06.041 --> 00:13:08.210
- DON'T FORGET IT WAS MY FAVOR THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE.
- 00:13:08.277 --> 00:13:09.678
- THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE. IT WAS MY ANGELS PROTECTING YOU
- 00:13:09.745 --> 00:13:11.714
- IT WAS MY ANGELS PROTECTING YOU IN THE DESERT.
- 00:13:11.780 --> 00:13:12.982
- IN THE DESERT. IT WAS MY POWER KEEPING ENEMIES
- 00:13:13.048 --> 00:13:15.050
- IT WAS MY POWER KEEPING ENEMIES FROM DEFEATING YOU.
- 00:13:15.117 --> 00:13:16.352
- FROM DEFEATING YOU. I WAS THE ONE THAT PUSHED BACK
- 00:13:16.418 --> 00:13:18.120
- I WAS THE ONE THAT PUSHED BACK THE RED SEA.
- 00:13:18.187 --> 00:13:19.321
- THE RED SEA. I WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE YOU
- 00:13:19.388 --> 00:13:20.556
- I WAS THE ONE THAT GAVE YOU WATER OUT OF THE ROCK.
- 00:13:20.623 --> 00:13:22.091
- WATER OUT OF THE ROCK. I WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT YOU
- 00:13:22.157 --> 00:13:23.759
- I WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT YOU INTO THIS LAND OF ABUNDANCE."
- 00:13:23.826 --> 00:13:26.395
- INTO THIS LAND OF ABUNDANCE." THAT'S WHY I NEVER GET TIRED OF
- 00:13:26.462 --> 00:13:28.597
- THAT'S WHY I NEVER GET TIRED OF THANKING GOD FOR WHAT HE'S DONE
- 00:13:28.664 --> 00:13:30.299
- THANKING GOD FOR WHAT HE'S DONE IN MY LIFE.
- 00:13:30.366 --> 00:13:31.333
- IN MY LIFE. YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
- 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:32.635
- YOU HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. "LORD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
- 00:13:32.701 --> 00:13:34.103
- "LORD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE COMPAQ CENTER."
- 00:13:34.169 --> 00:13:35.638
- THE COMPAQ CENTER." I REALIZE WE DIDN'T GET THIS IN
- 00:13:35.704 --> 00:13:37.539
- I REALIZE WE DIDN'T GET THIS IN OUR OWN STRENGTH.
- 00:13:37.606 --> 00:13:38.540
- OUR OWN STRENGTH. THIS IS THE HAND OF GOD.
- 00:13:38.607 --> 00:13:40.576
- THIS IS THE HAND OF GOD. "LORD, THANK YOU FOR HEALING MY
- 00:13:40.643 --> 00:13:42.278
- "LORD, THANK YOU FOR HEALING MY MOTHER FROM TERMINAL CANCER BACK
- 00:13:42.344 --> 00:13:44.380
- MOTHER FROM TERMINAL CANCER BACK IN 1981."
- 00:13:44.446 --> 00:13:46.482
- IN 1981." "WELL, JOEL, THAT WAS ALMOST
- 00:13:46.548 --> 00:13:47.616
- "WELL, JOEL, THAT WAS ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO."
- 00:13:47.683 --> 00:13:48.851
- 40 YEARS AGO." YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GOING
- 00:13:48.918 --> 00:13:49.685
- YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET.
- 00:13:49.752 --> 00:13:50.386
- TO FORGET. I'M GOING TO KEEP THANKING GOD.
- 00:13:50.452 --> 00:13:52.721
- I'M GOING TO KEEP THANKING GOD. "LORD, THANK YOU FOR LEADING ME
- 00:13:52.788 --> 00:13:54.790
- "LORD, THANK YOU FOR LEADING ME INTO THAT JEWELRY STORE WHERE I
- 00:13:54.857 --> 00:13:56.425
- INTO THAT JEWELRY STORE WHERE I MET VICTORIA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
- 00:13:56.492 --> 00:13:58.627
- MET VICTORIA FOR THE FIRST TIME. THANK YOU THAT SHE COULDN'T KEEP
- 00:13:58.694 --> 00:14:00.095
- THANK YOU THAT SHE COULDN'T KEEP HER HANDS OFF OF ME."
- 00:14:00.162 --> 00:14:03.432
- HER HANDS OFF OF ME." THAT WAS A LIE, BUT THAT WASN'T
- 00:14:03.499 --> 00:14:04.867
- THAT WAS A LIE, BUT THAT WASN'T A COINCIDENCE.
- 00:14:04.934 --> 00:14:05.668
- A COINCIDENCE. THAT WAS GOD DIRECTING MY STEPS,
- 00:14:05.734 --> 00:14:08.537
- THAT WAS GOD DIRECTING MY STEPS, THE SAME GOD THAT LED THE
- 00:14:08.604 --> 00:14:10.506
- THE SAME GOD THAT LED THE ISRAELITES THROUGH THE DESERT
- 00:14:10.572 --> 00:14:12.708
- ISRAELITES THROUGH THE DESERT AND DIDN'T LET POISONOUS SNAKES
- 00:14:12.775 --> 00:14:14.209
- AND DIDN'T LET POISONOUS SNAKES HARM THEM.
- 00:14:14.276 --> 00:14:15.277
- HARM THEM. THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIMES GOD
- 00:14:15.344 --> 00:14:17.446
- THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIMES GOD HAS PROTECTED YOU.
- 00:14:17.513 --> 00:14:18.948
- HAS PROTECTED YOU. ON THE FREEWAY THAT CAR SWERVED
- 00:14:19.014 --> 00:14:21.250
- ON THE FREEWAY THAT CAR SWERVED AT THE LAST MOMENT, BARELY
- 00:14:21.317 --> 00:14:22.851
- AT THE LAST MOMENT, BARELY MISSED YOU.
- 00:14:22.918 --> 00:14:23.485
- MISSED YOU. THAT WASN'T A LUCKY BREAK.
- 00:14:23.552 --> 00:14:24.787
- THAT WASN'T A LUCKY BREAK. THAT WAS HIS ANGELS
- 00:14:24.853 --> 00:14:25.888
- THAT WAS HIS ANGELS PROTECTING YOU.
- 00:14:25.955 --> 00:14:27.089
- PROTECTING YOU. YOU WEREN'T NEXT IN LINE, BUT
- 00:14:27.156 --> 00:14:29.892
- YOU WEREN'T NEXT IN LINE, BUT SOMEHOW YOU GOT THE PROMOTION,
- 00:14:29.959 --> 00:14:32.428
- SOMEHOW YOU GOT THE PROMOTION, THEN ANOTHER GOOD BREAK AND
- 00:14:32.494 --> 00:14:33.629
- THEN ANOTHER GOOD BREAK AND ANOTHER, AND NOW YOU'RE LIVING
- 00:14:33.696 --> 00:14:35.464
- ANOTHER, AND NOW YOU'RE LIVING AT A LEVEL YOU NEVER DREAMED.
- 00:14:35.531 --> 00:14:37.666
- AT A LEVEL YOU NEVER DREAMED. LIKE ME, YOU'VE SEEN GOD SHOW
- 00:14:37.733 --> 00:14:39.501
- LIKE ME, YOU'VE SEEN GOD SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
- 00:14:39.568 --> 00:14:40.669
- OUT IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAVE SOME COMPAQ CENTERS,
- 00:14:40.736 --> 00:14:42.638
- YOU HAVE SOME COMPAQ CENTERS, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT GOD'S
- 00:14:42.705 --> 00:14:43.739
- FAMILY MEMBERS THAT GOD'S HEALED, A PERSON YOU MET THAT
- 00:14:43.806 --> 00:14:45.607
- HEALED, A PERSON YOU MET THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOR
- 00:14:45.674 --> 00:14:46.575
- CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER.
- 00:14:46.642 --> 00:14:47.943
- THE BETTER. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT GOD
- 00:14:48.010 --> 00:14:49.345
- HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT GOD HAS DONE?
- 00:14:49.411 --> 00:14:50.612
- HAS DONE? HAVE YOU CONVINCED YOURSELF IT
- 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:51.914
- HAVE YOU CONVINCED YOURSELF IT WAS JUST FATE?
- 00:14:51.981 --> 00:14:52.881
- WAS JUST FATE? "IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NO
- 00:14:52.948 --> 00:14:53.582
- "IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NO MATTER WHAT."
- 00:14:53.649 --> 00:14:54.950
- MATTER WHAT." THAT'S WHAT CAUSES BLESSINGS NOT
- 00:14:55.017 --> 00:14:56.785
- THAT'S WHAT CAUSES BLESSINGS NOT TO LAST.
- 00:14:56.852 --> 00:14:57.386
- TO LAST. IT'S LIKE THIS MAN I HEARD
- 00:14:57.453 --> 00:14:58.988
- IT'S LIKE THIS MAN I HEARD ABOUT.
- 00:14:59.054 --> 00:14:59.688
- ABOUT. HE PULLED INTO A CROWDED PARKING
- 00:14:59.755 --> 00:15:01.423
- HE PULLED INTO A CROWDED PARKING LOT, AND HE COULDN'T FIND A
- 00:15:01.490 --> 00:15:02.825
- LOT, AND HE COULDN'T FIND A PARKING SPACE ANYWHERE.
- 00:15:02.891 --> 00:15:04.526
- PARKING SPACE ANYWHERE. HE PRAYED, "GOD, PLEASE HELP ME
- 00:15:04.593 --> 00:15:06.028
- HE PRAYED, "GOD, PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK."
- 00:15:06.095 --> 00:15:07.930
- TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK." HE PULLED AROUND THE NEXT AISLE.
- 00:15:07.997 --> 00:15:09.765
- HE PULLED AROUND THE NEXT AISLE. RIGHT ON CUE THIS CAR UP FRONT
- 00:15:09.832 --> 00:15:12.267
- RIGHT ON CUE THIS CAR UP FRONT BACKED OUT.
- 00:15:12.334 --> 00:15:13.102
- BACKED OUT. HE SAID, "NEVER MIND, GOD.
- 00:15:13.168 --> 00:15:14.169
- HE SAID, "NEVER MIND, GOD. I FOUND ONE."
- 00:15:14.236 --> 00:15:16.071
- I FOUND ONE." SOMETIMES WE HAVE SHORT
- 00:15:16.138 --> 00:15:17.639
- SOMETIMES WE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES.
- 00:15:17.706 --> 00:15:18.607
- MEMORIES. WE FORGET GOD IS THE ONE THAT
- 00:15:18.674 --> 00:15:20.676
- WE FORGET GOD IS THE ONE THAT OPENED THE DOOR.
- 00:15:20.743 --> 00:15:21.977
- OPENED THE DOOR. HE'S THE ONE THAT CAUSED THAT
- 00:15:22.044 --> 00:15:23.512
- HE'S THE ONE THAT CAUSED THAT COLLEGE TO ACCEPT YOU.
- 00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:25.047
- COLLEGE TO ACCEPT YOU. HE'S THE REASON YOUR COMPANY
- 00:15:25.114 --> 00:15:26.415
- HE'S THE REASON YOUR COMPANY CHOSE YOU OVER SOMEBODY ELSE.
- 00:15:26.482 --> 00:15:28.484
- CHOSE YOU OVER SOMEBODY ELSE. HE'S THE REASON YOUR HEALTH
- 00:15:28.550 --> 00:15:29.618
- HE'S THE REASON YOUR HEALTH TURNED AROUND.
- 00:15:29.685 --> 00:15:30.652
- TURNED AROUND. SURE THE MEDICINE HELPED, BUT
- 00:15:30.719 --> 00:15:32.287
- SURE THE MEDICINE HELPED, BUT GOD IS THE HEALER.
- 00:15:32.354 --> 00:15:34.156
- GOD IS THE HEALER. DON'T FORGET ABOUT ALL THE
- 00:15:34.223 --> 00:15:35.724
- DON'T FORGET ABOUT ALL THE PRAYERS HE'S ANSWERED FOR YOU.
- 00:15:35.791 --> 00:15:37.960
- PRAYERS HE'S ANSWERED FOR YOU. TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE
- 00:15:38.027 --> 00:15:39.595
- TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS GOODNESS.
- 00:15:39.661 --> 00:15:40.662
- HIS GOODNESS. NOT ONLY ARE YOU THANKING HIM,
- 00:15:40.729 --> 00:15:43.465
- NOT ONLY ARE YOU THANKING HIM, BUT YOU'RE REMINDING YOURSELF,
- 00:15:43.532 --> 00:15:45.334
- BUT YOU'RE REMINDING YOURSELF, "I DIDN'T GET HERE BY MYSELF."
- 00:15:45.401 --> 00:15:47.336
- "I DIDN'T GET HERE BY MYSELF." YOU'RE KEEPING THE RIGHT
- 00:15:47.403 --> 00:15:48.103
- YOU'RE KEEPING THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, GIVING GOD THE
- 00:15:48.170 --> 00:15:49.671
- PERSPECTIVE, GIVING GOD THE CREDIT.
- 00:15:49.738 --> 00:15:51.106
- CREDIT. THIS IS WHERE KING
- 00:15:51.173 --> 00:15:52.441
- THIS IS WHERE KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN THE SCRIPTURE
- 00:15:52.508 --> 00:15:54.009
- NEBUCHADNEZZAR IN THE SCRIPTURE GOT OFF COURSE.
- 00:15:54.076 --> 00:15:55.310
- GOT OFF COURSE. HE SAID IN DANIEL CHAPTER 4,
- 00:15:55.377 --> 00:15:57.279
- HE SAID IN DANIEL CHAPTER 4, "HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?
- 00:15:57.346 --> 00:15:59.214
- "HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD? HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS?
- 00:15:59.281 --> 00:16:01.016
- HOW MIGHTY ARE HIS WONDERS? HIS KINGDOM IS EVERLASTING."
- 00:16:01.083 --> 00:16:03.318
- HIS KINGDOM IS EVERLASTING." HE STARTED OFF GOOD, GIVING GOD
- 00:16:03.385 --> 00:16:05.454
- HE STARTED OFF GOOD, GIVING GOD THE CREDIT, TALKING ABOUT HIS
- 00:16:05.521 --> 00:16:07.256
- THE CREDIT, TALKING ABOUT HIS POWER, AND GOD CONTINUED TO
- 00:16:07.322 --> 00:16:09.291
- POWER, AND GOD CONTINUED TO INCREASE HIM, BUT SOMEWHERE
- 00:16:09.358 --> 00:16:11.293
- INCREASE HIM, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY HE STARTED TAKING
- 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.495
- ALONG THE WAY HE STARTED TAKING THE CREDIT.
- 00:16:13.562 --> 00:16:14.463
- THE CREDIT. HE FORGOT IT WAS GOD WHO WAS
- 00:16:14.530 --> 00:16:16.832
- HE FORGOT IT WAS GOD WHO WAS GIVING HIM THE POWER TO SUCCEED
- 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:18.534
- GIVING HIM THE POWER TO SUCCEED AND IN VERSE 29 HE LOOKED OUT
- 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:21.303
- AND IN VERSE 29 HE LOOKED OUT OVER THE CITY AND SAID, "IS THIS
- 00:16:21.370 --> 00:16:23.472
- OVER THE CITY AND SAID, "IS THIS NOT THE GREAT BABYLON THAT I
- 00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:25.741
- NOT THE GREAT BABYLON THAT I HAVE BUILT BY MY MIGHT AND BY MY
- 00:16:25.808 --> 00:16:28.744
- HAVE BUILT BY MY MIGHT AND BY MY POWER FOR THE HONOR OF MY GLORY
- 00:16:28.811 --> 00:16:31.513
- POWER FOR THE HONOR OF MY GLORY AND MY MAJESTY?"
- 00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.449
- AND MY MAJESTY?" LISTEN TO ALL THE MYS: MY MIGHT,
- 00:16:33.515 --> 00:16:34.950
- LISTEN TO ALL THE MYS: MY MIGHT, MY POWER, MY GLORY, MY MAJESTY.
- 00:16:35.017 --> 00:16:37.119
- MY POWER, MY GLORY, MY MAJESTY. HIS ATTITUDE WAS,
- 00:16:37.186 --> 00:16:38.320
- HIS ATTITUDE WAS, "I'M SOMETHING GREAT."
- 00:16:38.387 --> 00:16:40.122
- "I'M SOMETHING GREAT." THE PROBLEM IS WE WEREN'T
- 00:16:40.189 --> 00:16:41.957
- THE PROBLEM IS WE WEREN'T CREATED TO CONTAIN GLORY.
- 00:16:42.024 --> 00:16:44.226
- CREATED TO CONTAIN GLORY. WE WERE CREATED TO GIVE
- 00:16:44.293 --> 00:16:45.527
- WE WERE CREATED TO GIVE GOD GLORY.
- 00:16:45.594 --> 00:16:47.396
- GOD GLORY. GOD WILL SHOW YOU HIS FAVOR AS
- 00:16:47.463 --> 00:16:49.965
- GOD WILL SHOW YOU HIS FAVOR AS LONG AS YOU LET THAT GLORY FLOW
- 00:16:50.032 --> 00:16:51.900
- LONG AS YOU LET THAT GLORY FLOW THROUGH YOU AND BACK UP TO HIM,
- 00:16:51.967 --> 00:16:54.736
- THROUGH YOU AND BACK UP TO HIM, BUT THE MOMENT YOU START KEEPING
- 00:16:54.803 --> 00:16:56.538
- BUT THE MOMENT YOU START KEEPING THE GLORY THAT'S WHEN THE FAVOR
- 00:16:56.605 --> 00:16:58.273
- THE GLORY THAT'S WHEN THE FAVOR IS GOING TO STOP.
- 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.408
- IS GOING TO STOP. AS NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS
- 00:16:59.475 --> 00:17:00.008
- AS NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS UP THERE BRAGGING
- 00:17:00.075 --> 00:17:01.210
- UP THERE BRAGGING TO EVERYBODY ABOUT HOW
- 00:17:01.276 --> 00:17:02.978
- TO EVERYBODY ABOUT HOW GREAT HE WAS, VERSE 31 SAYS
- 00:17:03.045 --> 00:17:05.981
- GREAT HE WAS, VERSE 31 SAYS WHILE HE WAS STILL SPEAKING A
- 00:17:06.048 --> 00:17:08.283
- WHILE HE WAS STILL SPEAKING A VOICE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND
- 00:17:08.350 --> 00:17:10.352
- VOICE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND SAID, "NEBUCHADNEZZAR, THIS DAY
- 00:17:10.419 --> 00:17:12.421
- SAID, "NEBUCHADNEZZAR, THIS DAY YOU HAVE LOST THE KINGDOM."
- 00:17:12.488 --> 00:17:14.790
- YOU HAVE LOST THE KINGDOM." WHY IS THAT?
- 00:17:14.857 --> 00:17:15.791
- WHY IS THAT? GOD WON'T SHARE THE GLORY.
- 00:17:15.858 --> 00:17:17.726
- GOD WON'T SHARE THE GLORY. IF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP IT
- 00:17:17.793 --> 00:17:19.161
- IF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP IT HE'LL STEP AWAY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE
- 00:17:19.228 --> 00:17:21.163
- HE'LL STEP AWAY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY BRAGGING ON GOD'S
- 00:17:21.230 --> 00:17:23.132
- CONSTANTLY BRAGGING ON GOD'S GOODNESS, THANKING HIM FOR WHAT
- 00:17:23.198 --> 00:17:24.800
- GOODNESS, THANKING HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DONE, GIVING HIM THE HONOR,
- 00:17:24.867 --> 00:17:27.102
- HE'S DONE, GIVING HIM THE HONOR, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
- 00:17:27.169 --> 00:17:28.537
- YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE HIGHER.
- 00:17:28.604 --> 00:17:29.438
- RISE HIGHER. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD OPPOSES
- 00:17:29.505 --> 00:17:32.474
- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD, BUT GIVES FAVOR TO
- 00:17:32.541 --> 00:17:34.710
- THE PROUD, BUT GIVES FAVOR TO THE HUMBLE.
- 00:17:34.776 --> 00:17:35.944
- THE HUMBLE. WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF AND
- 00:17:36.011 --> 00:17:37.846
- WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF AND SAY, "GOD, I KNOW IT WAS YOUR
- 00:17:37.913 --> 00:17:39.948
- SAY, "GOD, I KNOW IT WAS YOUR GOODNESS THAT GOT ME TO
- 00:17:40.015 --> 00:17:41.450
- GOODNESS THAT GOT ME TO WHERE I AM.
- 00:17:41.517 --> 00:17:42.818
- WHERE I AM. IT WAS YOUR MERCY THAT BROUGHT
- 00:17:42.885 --> 00:17:44.486
- IT WAS YOUR MERCY THAT BROUGHT ME OUT OF THESE MISTAKES.
- 00:17:44.553 --> 00:17:46.188
- ME OUT OF THESE MISTAKES. IT WAS YOUR POWER THAT KEPT
- 00:17:46.255 --> 00:17:47.689
- IT WAS YOUR POWER THAT KEPT THESE ENEMIES FROM DEFEATING ME.
- 00:17:47.756 --> 00:17:49.558
- THESE ENEMIES FROM DEFEATING ME. IT WAS YOUR FAVOR THAT OPENED
- 00:17:49.625 --> 00:17:51.026
- IT WAS YOUR FAVOR THAT OPENED THESE DOORS.
- 00:17:51.093 --> 00:17:52.027
- THESE DOORS. GOD, I RECOGNIZE YOUR GOODNESS."
- 00:17:52.094 --> 00:17:55.097
- GOD, I RECOGNIZE YOUR GOODNESS." WHEN YOU GIVE GOD THE CREDIT
- 00:17:55.164 --> 00:17:57.099
- WHEN YOU GIVE GOD THE CREDIT HE'LL TAKE YOU PLACES THAT
- 00:17:57.166 --> 00:17:58.433
- HE'LL TAKE YOU PLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
- 00:17:58.500 --> 00:18:00.002
- YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED. WHEN I HAVE FRIENDS COME TO SEE
- 00:18:00.068 --> 00:18:01.570
- WHEN I HAVE FRIENDS COME TO SEE THIS BUILDING, FIRST THING I'LL
- 00:18:01.637 --> 00:18:03.005
- THIS BUILDING, FIRST THING I'LL ALWAYS TELL THEM IS, "LOOK WHAT
- 00:18:03.071 --> 00:18:04.973
- ALWAYS TELL THEM IS, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE."
- 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:07.009
- THE LORD HAS DONE." WHEN I SEE MY MOM HEALTHY AND
- 00:18:07.075 --> 00:18:08.544
- WHEN I SEE MY MOM HEALTHY AND WHOLE STILL AFTER ALL THESE
- 00:18:08.610 --> 00:18:09.945
- WHOLE STILL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD
- 00:18:10.012 --> 00:18:10.946
- YEARS, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE."
- 00:18:11.013 --> 00:18:12.381
- HAS DONE." WHEN I SEE OUR SON JONATHAN UP
- 00:18:12.447 --> 00:18:14.216
- WHEN I SEE OUR SON JONATHAN UP HERE MINISTERING NOW, I DIDN'T
- 00:18:14.283 --> 00:18:15.751
- HERE MINISTERING NOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK I WOULD BE A
- 00:18:15.817 --> 00:18:16.718
- EVEN THINK I WOULD BE A MINISTER.
- 00:18:16.785 --> 00:18:17.319
- MINISTER. NOW MY SON IS A MINISTER.
- 00:18:17.386 --> 00:18:18.854
- NOW MY SON IS A MINISTER. IT'S THREE GENERATIONS.
- 00:18:18.921 --> 00:18:20.022
- IT'S THREE GENERATIONS. LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE.
- 00:18:20.088 --> 00:18:21.657
- LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE. THAT'S THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
- 00:18:21.723 --> 00:18:24.693
- THAT'S THE GOODNESS OF GOD. WHAT HAS HE DONE IN YOUR LIFE?
- 00:18:24.760 --> 00:18:26.695
- WHAT HAS HE DONE IN YOUR LIFE? ARE YOU RECOGNIZING IT?
- 00:18:26.762 --> 00:18:28.230
- ARE YOU RECOGNIZING IT? ARE YOU LIVING AMAZED, FILLED
- 00:18:28.297 --> 00:18:30.065
- ARE YOU LIVING AMAZED, FILLED WITH GRATITUDE, OR HAVE YOU LET
- 00:18:30.132 --> 00:18:32.501
- WITH GRATITUDE, OR HAVE YOU LET IT BECOME COMMON?
- 00:18:32.568 --> 00:18:34.102
- IT BECOME COMMON? DON'T FORGET HOW HE FREED YOU
- 00:18:34.169 --> 00:18:35.771
- DON'T FORGET HOW HE FREED YOU FROM THAT ADDICTION, HOW HE
- 00:18:35.837 --> 00:18:37.573
- FROM THAT ADDICTION, HOW HE BROUGHT THE RIGHT PERSON ACROSS
- 00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:39.074
- BROUGHT THE RIGHT PERSON ACROSS YOUR PATH, HOW HE LED YOU
- 00:18:39.141 --> 00:18:40.542
- YOUR PATH, HOW HE LED YOU THROUGH THE DESERT.
- 00:18:40.609 --> 00:18:41.843
- THROUGH THE DESERT. TIMES YOU WERE DISCOURAGED HE
- 00:18:41.910 --> 00:18:43.145
- TIMES YOU WERE DISCOURAGED HE MADE A WAY.
- 00:18:43.212 --> 00:18:44.179
- MADE A WAY. HE BROUGHT YOU OUT.
- 00:18:44.246 --> 00:18:45.480
- HE BROUGHT YOU OUT. HE GAVE YOU WATER OUT OF
- 00:18:45.547 --> 00:18:46.348
- HE GAVE YOU WATER OUT OF THE ROCK.
- 00:18:46.415 --> 00:18:47.249
- THE ROCK. HE PROVIDED WHEN YOU DIDN'T
- 00:18:47.316 --> 00:18:48.150
- HE PROVIDED WHEN YOU DIDN'T SEE HOW.
- 00:18:48.217 --> 00:18:49.384
- SEE HOW. REMEMBER HOW HE DELIVERED YOU
- 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:50.986
- REMEMBER HOW HE DELIVERED YOU FROM A FEW PHARAOHS, PEOPLE AND
- 00:18:51.053 --> 00:18:53.255
- FROM A FEW PHARAOHS, PEOPLE AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAD YOU
- 00:18:53.322 --> 00:18:54.890
- CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAD YOU IN BONDAGE.
- 00:18:54.957 --> 00:18:56.191
- IN BONDAGE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
- 00:18:56.258 --> 00:18:57.593
- IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO FURTHER, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
- 00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:59.795
- GO FURTHER, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IT IS THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT GOT
- 00:18:59.861 --> 00:19:01.763
- IT IS THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT GOT YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE, AND IT IS
- 00:19:01.830 --> 00:19:03.465
- YOU TO WHERE YOU ARE, AND IT IS THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT'S GOING
- 00:19:03.532 --> 00:19:05.067
- THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT'S GOING TO KEEP YOU GOING.
- 00:19:05.133 --> 00:19:06.735
- TO KEEP YOU GOING. THANK HIM FOR THE DOORS HE
- 00:19:06.802 --> 00:19:08.337
- THANK HIM FOR THE DOORS HE OPENED AND THANK HIM FOR THE
- 00:19:08.403 --> 00:19:10.272
- OPENED AND THANK HIM FOR THE DOORS HE CLOSED.
- 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.974
- DOORS HE CLOSED. THANK HIM FOR THE PEOPLE THAT
- 00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:13.542
- THANK HIM FOR THE PEOPLE THAT STOOD WITH YOU AND THANK HIM FOR
- 00:19:13.609 --> 00:19:15.177
- STOOD WITH YOU AND THANK HIM FOR THOSE THAT WALKED AWAY.
- 00:19:15.244 --> 00:19:17.279
- THOSE THAT WALKED AWAY. YOU MAY NOT HAVE LIKED IT, BUT
- 00:19:17.346 --> 00:19:18.880
- YOU MAY NOT HAVE LIKED IT, BUT THEY WEREN'T A PART OF
- 00:19:18.947 --> 00:19:19.615
- THEY WEREN'T A PART OF YOUR DESTINY.
- 00:19:19.681 --> 00:19:20.882
- YOUR DESTINY. YOU DIDN'T NEED THEM TO BECOME
- 00:19:20.949 --> 00:19:22.150
- YOU DIDN'T NEED THEM TO BECOME WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE.
- 00:19:22.217 --> 00:19:24.519
- WHO YOU WERE CREATED TO BE. VERSE 16 SAYS, "HE FED YOU WITH
- 00:19:24.586 --> 00:19:26.288
- VERSE 16 SAYS, "HE FED YOU WITH MANNA, WHICH YOUR FATHERS
- 00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:28.624
- MANNA, WHICH YOUR FATHERS KNEW NOT."
- 00:19:28.690 --> 00:19:30.058
- KNEW NOT." GOD IS GOING TO DO THINGS FOR
- 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:31.159
- GOD IS GOING TO DO THINGS FOR YOU THAT YOUR PARENTS NEVER SAW.
- 00:19:31.226 --> 00:19:34.563
- YOU THAT YOUR PARENTS NEVER SAW. MY FATHER DREAMED OF BUILDING A
- 00:19:34.630 --> 00:19:36.531
- MY FATHER DREAMED OF BUILDING A 20.000-SEAT AUDITORIUM.
- 00:19:36.598 --> 00:19:38.734
- 20.000-SEAT AUDITORIUM. HE SAID EVEN ONE TIME THAT WE
- 00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:40.669
- HE SAID EVEN ONE TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO PURCHASE THE
- 00:19:40.736 --> 00:19:41.603
- WERE GOING TO PURCHASE THE COMPAQ CENTER.
- 00:19:41.670 --> 00:19:42.904
- COMPAQ CENTER. HE HAD THIS IN HIS SPIRIT, BUT
- 00:19:42.971 --> 00:19:44.806
- HE HAD THIS IN HIS SPIRIT, BUT IT NEVER CAME TO PASS IN HIS
- 00:19:44.873 --> 00:19:46.575
- IT NEVER CAME TO PASS IN HIS LIFETIME.
- 00:19:46.642 --> 00:19:47.409
- LIFETIME. GOD PUT IT IN HIS SPIRIT FOR
- 00:19:47.476 --> 00:19:49.011
- GOD PUT IT IN HIS SPIRIT FOR HIS CHILDREN.
- 00:19:49.077 --> 00:19:51.146
- HIS CHILDREN. GOD HAS THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE
- 00:19:51.213 --> 00:19:53.615
- GOD HAS THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE THAT YOUR PARENTS AND THOSE THAT
- 00:19:53.682 --> 00:19:55.417
- THAT YOUR PARENTS AND THOSE THAT WENT BEFORE YOU COULDN'T EVEN
- 00:19:55.484 --> 00:19:57.452
- WENT BEFORE YOU COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM, FAVOR THAT YOUR FATHERS
- 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.489
- FATHOM, FAVOR THAT YOUR FATHERS KNEW NOT, AND I SAY THIS IN
- 00:20:00.555 --> 00:20:02.557
- KNEW NOT, AND I SAY THIS IN HUMILITY, BUT IF MY FATHER WERE
- 00:20:02.624 --> 00:20:04.393
- HUMILITY, BUT IF MY FATHER WERE HERE NOW HE WOULD BE AMAZED.
- 00:20:04.459 --> 00:20:06.628
- HERE NOW HE WOULD BE AMAZED. NOT JUST AT ME BEING UP HERE,
- 00:20:06.695 --> 00:20:08.797
- NOT JUST AT ME BEING UP HERE, BUT AT THE GROWTH,
- 00:20:08.864 --> 00:20:10.132
- BUT AT THE GROWTH, THE INFLUENCE.
- 00:20:10.198 --> 00:20:11.500
- THE INFLUENCE. GOD HAS DONE THINGS FOR ME
- 00:20:11.566 --> 00:20:13.335
- GOD HAS DONE THINGS FOR ME THAT HE NEVER EXPERIENCED.
- 00:20:13.402 --> 00:20:15.704
- THAT HE NEVER EXPERIENCED. MY FATHER USED TO CALL ME
- 00:20:15.771 --> 00:20:16.972
- MY FATHER USED TO CALL ME SOMETIMES SO EXCITED, HE
- 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:19.074
- SOMETIMES SO EXCITED, HE WOULD TELL ME THE INCOME FOR THE
- 00:20:19.141 --> 00:20:20.842
- WOULD TELL ME THE INCOME FOR THE MINISTRY THAT WEEK.
- 00:20:20.909 --> 00:20:22.177
- MINISTRY THAT WEEK. THE GIVING WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
- 00:20:22.244 --> 00:20:24.279
- THE GIVING WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT. MY FATHER CAME OUT OF POVERTY,
- 00:20:24.346 --> 00:20:26.448
- MY FATHER CAME OUT OF POVERTY, NEVER WAS RAISED WITH MUCH, AND
- 00:20:26.515 --> 00:20:28.617
- NEVER WAS RAISED WITH MUCH, AND HE WAS SO IN AWE AND SO FILLED
- 00:20:28.684 --> 00:20:30.786
- HE WAS SO IN AWE AND SO FILLED WITH GRATITUDE HE'D HAVE TO
- 00:20:30.852 --> 00:20:32.054
- WITH GRATITUDE HE'D HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
- 00:20:32.120 --> 00:20:34.156
- SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. AS AMAZING AS THAT WAS, WHAT WE
- 00:20:34.222 --> 00:20:36.391
- AS AMAZING AS THAT WAS, WHAT WE SEE NOW IS MORE THAN TEN TIMES
- 00:20:36.458 --> 00:20:38.460
- SEE NOW IS MORE THAN TEN TIMES WHAT MY FATHER WOULD CALL
- 00:20:38.527 --> 00:20:39.461
- WHAT MY FATHER WOULD CALL ME ABOUT.
- 00:20:39.528 --> 00:20:40.395
- ME ABOUT. HE COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM THIS.
- 00:20:40.462 --> 00:20:41.963
- HE COULDN'T EVEN FATHOM THIS. THAT'S THE WAY GOD IS.
- 00:20:42.030 --> 00:20:44.366
- THAT'S THE WAY GOD IS. HE'S GOING TO INCREASE YOU IN
- 00:20:44.433 --> 00:20:46.068
- HE'S GOING TO INCREASE YOU IN WAYS THAT YOUR PARENTS NEVER
- 00:20:46.134 --> 00:20:47.803
- WAYS THAT YOUR PARENTS NEVER SAW: INFLUENCE, INCOME,
- 00:20:47.869 --> 00:20:50.405
- SAW: INFLUENCE, INCOME, CREATIVITY, OPPORTUNITIES,
- 00:20:50.472 --> 00:20:52.441
- CREATIVITY, OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES.
- 00:20:52.507 --> 00:20:54.142
- RESOURCES. IT SAYS, "HE FED YOU WITH
- 00:20:54.209 --> 00:20:55.544
- IT SAYS, "HE FED YOU WITH MANNA."
- 00:20:55.610 --> 00:20:56.545
- MANNA." THE WORD "MANNA" MEANS
- 00:20:56.611 --> 00:20:57.779
- THE WORD "MANNA" MEANS "WHAT IS IT?"
- 00:20:57.846 --> 00:20:59.114
- "WHAT IS IT?" THEY HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
- 00:20:59.181 --> 00:21:00.916
- THEY HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. IT WAS BREAD THAT FORMED ON THE
- 00:21:00.982 --> 00:21:02.484
- IT WAS BREAD THAT FORMED ON THE GROUND OUT THERE IN THE DESERT.
- 00:21:02.551 --> 00:21:04.686
- GROUND OUT THERE IN THE DESERT. GOD HAS SOME MANNA FOR YOU.
- 00:21:04.753 --> 00:21:07.155
- GOD HAS SOME MANNA FOR YOU. HE HAS SOME OF THESE WHAT IS IT?
- 00:21:07.222 --> 00:21:09.191
- HE HAS SOME OF THESE WHAT IS IT? THINGS WHERE YOU THINK,
- 00:21:09.257 --> 00:21:10.359
- THINGS WHERE YOU THINK, "I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING.
- 00:21:10.425 --> 00:21:12.027
- "I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING. I NEVER DREAMED I'D BE RUNNING
- 00:21:12.094 --> 00:21:13.395
- I NEVER DREAMED I'D BE RUNNING THIS BUSINESS, HANDLING THESE
- 00:21:13.462 --> 00:21:15.030
- THIS BUSINESS, HANDLING THESE RESOURCES, LIVING IN THIS
- 00:21:15.097 --> 00:21:16.598
- RESOURCES, LIVING IN THIS HOUSE."
- 00:21:16.665 --> 00:21:17.699
- HOUSE." YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW IT CAN
- 00:21:17.766 --> 00:21:18.834
- YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW IT CAN HAPPEN.
- 00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.434
- HAPPEN. DON'T WORRY.
- 00:21:19.501 --> 00:21:20.335
- DON'T WORRY. GOD HAS THE MANNA.
- 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:22.003
- GOD HAS THE MANNA. HE HAS THINGS THAT YOU'VE NEVER
- 00:21:22.070 --> 00:21:23.438
- HE HAS THINGS THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN, DOORS THAT HAVE NEVER
- 00:21:23.505 --> 00:21:25.474
- SEEN, DOORS THAT HAVE NEVER OPENED, SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER
- 00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:27.275
- OPENED, SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER MET, INFLUENCE AT NEW LEVELS.
- 00:21:27.342 --> 00:21:30.178
- MET, INFLUENCE AT NEW LEVELS. GET READY.
- 00:21:30.245 --> 00:21:30.812
- GET READY. THINGS ARE ABOUT TO SHIFT IN
- 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:32.280
- THINGS ARE ABOUT TO SHIFT IN YOUR FAVOR: UNEXPECTED
- 00:21:32.347 --> 00:21:34.082
- YOUR FAVOR: UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY, UNEXPECTED
- 00:21:34.149 --> 00:21:36.218
- OPPORTUNITY, UNEXPECTED PROMOTION, UNEXPECTED
- 00:21:36.284 --> 00:21:38.320
- PROMOTION, UNEXPECTED BREAKTHROUGHS.
- 00:21:38.387 --> 00:21:39.521
- BREAKTHROUGHS. GOD IS PREPARING THE MANNA
- 00:21:39.588 --> 00:21:40.956
- GOD IS PREPARING THE MANNA RIGHT NOW.
- 00:21:41.022 --> 00:21:42.624
- RIGHT NOW. HE'S GETTING THINGS READY TO
- 00:21:42.691 --> 00:21:43.959
- HE'S GETTING THINGS READY TO SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
- 00:21:44.025 --> 00:21:45.927
- SHOW OUT IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT HE'S DONE IN YOUR PAST IS
- 00:21:45.994 --> 00:21:47.963
- WHAT HE'S DONE IN YOUR PAST IS GOING TO PALE IN COMPARISON TO
- 00:21:48.029 --> 00:21:50.165
- GOING TO PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO.
- 00:21:50.232 --> 00:21:51.733
- WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO. NOW, HERE IS THE KEY: WHEN YOU
- 00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:53.335
- NOW, HERE IS THE KEY: WHEN YOU SEE THE MANNA, FAVOR THAT YOU'VE
- 00:21:53.402 --> 00:21:55.670
- SEE THE MANNA, FAVOR THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN, ALWAYS REMEMBER IT
- 00:21:55.737 --> 00:21:58.039
- NEVER SEEN, ALWAYS REMEMBER IT IS THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT'S
- 00:21:58.106 --> 00:21:59.975
- IS THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT'S CAUSING YOU TO INCREASE.
- 00:22:00.041 --> 00:22:01.543
- CAUSING YOU TO INCREASE. HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GIVING YOU
- 00:22:01.610 --> 00:22:03.211
- HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GIVING YOU THE POWER TO LIVE AN ABUNDANT,
- 00:22:03.278 --> 00:22:05.280
- THE POWER TO LIVE AN ABUNDANT, VICTORIOUS LIFE.
- 00:22:05.347 --> 00:22:06.681
- VICTORIOUS LIFE. AS WE CELEBRATE 60 YEARS
- 00:22:06.748 --> 00:22:08.517
- AS WE CELEBRATE 60 YEARS HERE AT LAKEWOOD
- 00:22:08.583 --> 00:22:09.985
- HERE AT LAKEWOOD I CAN SUM UP HOW I FEEL
- 00:22:10.051 --> 00:22:12.320
- I CAN SUM UP HOW I FEEL WITH ONE PHRASE: TO GOD BE
- 00:22:12.387 --> 00:22:14.389
- WITH ONE PHRASE: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
- 00:22:14.456 --> 00:22:15.457
- THE GLORY. LET HIM INCREASE AND LET
- 00:22:15.524 --> 00:22:17.759
- LET HIM INCREASE AND LET US DECREASE.
- 00:22:17.826 --> 00:22:19.027
- US DECREASE. GOD, MAY WE MAKE YOUR
- 00:22:19.094 --> 00:22:20.796
- GOD, MAY WE MAKE YOUR NAME FAMOUS.
- 00:22:20.862 --> 00:22:22.230
- NAME FAMOUS. LET US SHINE BRIGHTER.
- 00:22:22.297 --> 00:22:23.799
- LET US SHINE BRIGHTER. LET US TAKE NEW GROUND.
- 00:22:23.865 --> 00:22:25.434
- LET US TAKE NEW GROUND. LET US AFFECT THE CULTURE IN A
- 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.968
- LET US AFFECT THE CULTURE IN A GREATER WAY.
- 00:22:27.035 --> 00:22:28.036
- GREATER WAY. GOD, WE COMMIT WE WILL ALWAYS
- 00:22:28.103 --> 00:22:30.205
- GOD, WE COMMIT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE YOU BROUGHT
- 00:22:30.272 --> 00:22:31.606
- REMEMBER WHERE YOU BROUGHT US FROM.
- 00:22:31.673 --> 00:22:32.874
- US FROM. WE REMEMBER HOW YOU'VE DEFEATED
- 00:22:32.941 --> 00:22:35.143
- WE REMEMBER HOW YOU'VE DEFEATED GIANTS THAT WERE MUCH BIGGER,
- 00:22:35.210 --> 00:22:37.078
- GIANTS THAT WERE MUCH BIGGER, HOW YOU DIDN'T STOP ALL THE
- 00:22:37.145 --> 00:22:38.280
- HOW YOU DIDN'T STOP ALL THE OPPOSITION, BUT YOU BLESSED US
- 00:22:38.346 --> 00:22:40.348
- OPPOSITION, BUT YOU BLESSED US BECAUSE OF IT.
- 00:22:40.415 --> 00:22:41.716
- BECAUSE OF IT. GOD, WE REMEMBER HOW YOU
- 00:22:41.783 --> 00:22:43.051
- GOD, WE REMEMBER HOW YOU SUSTAINED US FOR 60 YEARS.
- 00:22:43.118 --> 00:22:45.520
- SUSTAINED US FOR 60 YEARS. MAY GENERATIONS TO COME BE STILL
- 00:22:45.587 --> 00:22:48.423
- MAY GENERATIONS TO COME BE STILL BE TELLING OF YOUR GOODNESS FROM
- 00:22:48.490 --> 00:22:50.058
- BE TELLING OF YOUR GOODNESS FROM THIS VERY BUILDING.
- 00:22:50.125 --> 00:22:51.293
- THIS VERY BUILDING. MAY IT BE A CONTINUOUS
- 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.761
- MAY IT BE A CONTINUOUS LIGHTHOUSE OF HOPE.
- 00:22:52.828 --> 00:22:54.729
- LIGHTHOUSE OF HOPE. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS AFTER KING
- 00:22:54.796 --> 00:22:56.798
- WHAT'S INTERESTING IS AFTER KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR LOST THE KINGDOM
- 00:22:56.865 --> 00:22:58.967
- NEBUCHADNEZZAR LOST THE KINGDOM BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD DONE
- 00:22:59.034 --> 00:23:00.068
- BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD DONE IT ALL IN HIS OWN STRENGTH,
- 00:23:00.135 --> 00:23:01.837
- IT ALL IN HIS OWN STRENGTH, HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
- 00:23:01.903 --> 00:23:03.672
- HE CHANGED HIS MIND. HE REALIZED GOD HAD GIVEN HIM
- 00:23:03.738 --> 00:23:05.907
- HE REALIZED GOD HAD GIVEN HIM THE FAVOR, THAT GOD WAS
- 00:23:05.974 --> 00:23:07.509
- THE FAVOR, THAT GOD WAS PROMOTING HIM.
- 00:23:07.576 --> 00:23:08.543
- PROMOTING HIM. HE HUMBLED HIMSELF.
- 00:23:08.610 --> 00:23:10.312
- HE HUMBLED HIMSELF. HERE IS HOW AMAZING GOD IS.
- 00:23:10.378 --> 00:23:11.880
- HERE IS HOW AMAZING GOD IS. HE'S SO MERCIFUL HE PUT
- 00:23:11.947 --> 00:23:13.582
- HE'S SO MERCIFUL HE PUT NEBUCHADNEZZAR BACK IN POWER.
- 00:23:13.648 --> 00:23:15.951
- NEBUCHADNEZZAR BACK IN POWER. VERSE 37 SAYS, "NOW I,
- 00:23:16.017 --> 00:23:18.220
- VERSE 37 SAYS, "NOW I, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, GIVE PRAISE AND
- 00:23:18.286 --> 00:23:20.589
- NEBUCHADNEZZAR, GIVE PRAISE AND HONOR TO THE KING OF HEAVEN."
- 00:23:20.655 --> 00:23:23.158
- HONOR TO THE KING OF HEAVEN." A FEW VERSES EARLIER HE WAS
- 00:23:23.225 --> 00:23:24.793
- A FEW VERSES EARLIER HE WAS SAYING, "MY GLORY, MY HONOR."
- 00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:26.862
- SAYING, "MY GLORY, MY HONOR." NOW HE WAS SAYING, "I PRAISE THE
- 00:23:26.928 --> 00:23:28.797
- NOW HE WAS SAYING, "I PRAISE THE KING OF HEAVEN."
- 00:23:28.864 --> 00:23:30.398
- KING OF HEAVEN." INSTEAD OF TAKING THE GLORY, HE
- 00:23:30.465 --> 00:23:32.267
- INSTEAD OF TAKING THE GLORY, HE STARTED GIVING GOD THE GLORY.
- 00:23:32.334 --> 00:23:34.202
- STARTED GIVING GOD THE GLORY. WHEN HE DID, GOD GAVE HIM
- 00:23:34.269 --> 00:23:35.937
- WHEN HE DID, GOD GAVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE.
- 00:23:36.004 --> 00:23:37.472
- ANOTHER CHANCE. I WONDER IF THERE ARE AREAS IN
- 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:39.441
- I WONDER IF THERE ARE AREAS IN YOUR LIFE LIKE HIM.
- 00:23:39.508 --> 00:23:41.142
- YOUR LIFE LIKE HIM. YOU THINK YOU'VE DONE IT IN YOUR
- 00:23:41.209 --> 00:23:42.410
- YOU THINK YOU'VE DONE IT IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH, AND IT'S LIMITING
- 00:23:42.477 --> 00:23:44.246
- OWN STRENGTH, AND IT'S LIMITING HOW HIGH YOU CAN GO.
- 00:23:44.312 --> 00:23:46.114
- HOW HIGH YOU CAN GO. IF YOU WILL START RECOGNIZING
- 00:23:46.181 --> 00:23:47.782
- IF YOU WILL START RECOGNIZING GOD'S FAVOR, THANKING HIM FOR
- 00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:49.651
- GOD'S FAVOR, THANKING HIM FOR WHAT HE'S DONE, GIVING HIM THE
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- WHEN YOU'RE QUICK TO GIVE HIM THE GLORY THERE IS NO LIMIT TO
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- THE GLORY THERE IS NO LIMIT TO HOW HIGH YOU WILL GO.
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- HOW HIGH YOU WILL GO. I'M ASKING YOU TO RECOGNIZE
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- MORNING AND SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS"?
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