Victoria Osteen - God's Gracious Hand of Favor

May 16, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Victoria Osteen - God's Gracious Hand of Favor | May 16, 2025
  • >> victoria: hallelujah.
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  • >> victoria: hallelujah. we love you guys so much.
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  • We love you guys so much. thank you for being here.
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  • Thank you for being here. this is our year of
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  • This is our year of acceleration.
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  • Acceleration. let's believe that as we
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  • Let's believe that as we go into this year of
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  • Go into this year of acceleration, that
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  • God is going
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  • God is going to do extraordinary
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  • To do extraordinary things in our life.
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  • Things in our life. let's don't limit god
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  • Let's don't limit god because of our own ability,
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  • Because of our own ability, because of our resources,
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  • Because of our resources, because
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  • Because we don't feel like
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  • We don't feel like we have what
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  • We have what it takes to do something
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  • It takes to do something extraordinary.
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  • Extraordinary. see, god has designed you and
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  • See, god has designed you and created you to
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  • Created you to be special, to be different.
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  • Be special, to be different. he's placed something on your
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  • He's placed something on your life that gives you the
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  • Life that gives you the advantage.
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  • Advantage. too often, we limit god
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  • Too often, we limit god because we only look at
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  • Because we only look at ourself.
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  • Ourself. we don't look at god,
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  • We don't look at god, we look at ourself.
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  • We look at ourself. i've fallen into this trap
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  • I've fallen into this trap before, wanting to
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  • Before, wanting to pray a big prayer, wanting to
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  • Pray a big prayer, wanting to believe for something
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  • Believe for something spectacular
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  • Spectacular in my life but
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  • In my life but stopping at the
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  • Stopping at the moment of faith
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  • Moment of faith because i look at
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  • Because i look at myself and wonder, could that
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  • Myself and wonder, could that really happen to me?
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  • Really happen to me? could i really
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  • Could i really accomplish something like
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  • Accomplish something like that?
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  • That? see, our victories are not
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  • See, our victories are not going to be won by our own
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  • Going to be won by our own strength.
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  • Strength. our victories are going to be
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  • Our victories are going to be accomplished by god's
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  • Accomplished by god's favor.
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  • Favor. his gracious hand of favor on
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  • His gracious hand of favor on our life is what's going
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  • Our life is what's going to bring about the
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  • To bring about the extraordinary
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  • Extraordinary in our life.
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  • In our life. i think about joseph, moses,
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  • I think about joseph, moses, nehemiah, esther,
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  • Nehemiah, esther, just to name a few,
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  • Just to name a few, they believed
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  • They believed that they were anointed and
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  • That they were anointed and they believed they were
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  • They believed they were called by god
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  • Called by god to do great things.
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  • To do great things. now, in the natural on paper,
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  • Now, in the natural on paper, they didn't
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  • They didn't hold a great position.
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  • Hold a great position. they didn't have plenty of
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  • They didn't have plenty of resources.
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  • Resources. they didn't
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  • They didn't necessarily come from
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  • Necessarily come from the right family, but they
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  • The right family, but they believed this one thing,
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  • Believed this one thing, that god had anointed them
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  • That god had anointed them to do something great.
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  • To do something great. think about joseph
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  • Think about joseph who's a young boy doing
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  • Who's a young boy doing great things,
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  • Great things, having an enjoyable life
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  • Having an enjoyable life when he
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  • When he realized his brothers
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  • Realized his brothers despised him so much that
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  • Despised him so much that they threw him
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  • They threw him in a pit and they
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  • In a pit and they sold him into slavery.
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  • Sold him into slavery. his brothers despised him so
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  • His brothers despised him so much, they threw him in a
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  • Much, they threw him in a pit and sold him
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  • Pit and sold him into slavery.
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  • Into slavery. let me ask you
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  • Let me ask you something, have
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  • Something, have you ever heard yourself say,
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  • You ever heard yourself say, "my boss doesn't like me,
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  • "my boss doesn't like me, that's why i can't get
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  • That's why i can't get the promotion.
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  • The promotion. oh, my in laws,
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  • Oh, my in laws, they're pushing me
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  • They're pushing me down.
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  • Down. my sister, the reason i'm the
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  • My sister, the reason i'm the way i am is because she's
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  • Way i am is because she's always been so ugly to me.
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  • Always been so ugly to me. oh, my husband,
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  • Oh, my husband, he never encourages me."
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  • He never encourages me." have you ever heard
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  • Have you ever heard yourself say something
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  • Yourself say something like that,
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  • Like that, maybe make up on excuse
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  • Maybe make up on excuse why you
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  • Why you couldn't do something?
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  • Couldn't do something? well, joseph was sold
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  • Well, joseph was sold into slavery.
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  • Into slavery. he ended up coming
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  • He ended up coming into potiphar's house.
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  • Into potiphar's house. potiphar's wife
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  • Potiphar's wife accused him falsely of doing
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  • Accused him falsely of doing something he
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  • Something he did not do.
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  • Did not do. he landed himself in prison.
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  • He landed himself in prison. see, through joseph's ups and
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  • See, through joseph's ups and downs, he still believed
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  • Downs, he still believed he had the anointing of god.
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  • He had the anointing of god. and do you know joseph
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  • And do you know joseph ended up being
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  • Ended up being second in command of all of
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  • Second in command of all of egypt?
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  • Egypt? he was the one that was
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  • He was the one that was running the show.
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  • Running the show. how could that have happened?
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  • How could that have happened? how could that have happened?
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  • How could that have happened? his brothers
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  • His brothers threw him in a pit.
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  • Threw him in a pit. he became a slave.
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  • He became a slave. how did that happen?
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  • How did that happen? moses, he was
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  • Moses, he was not even supposed
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  • Not even supposed to be alive.
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  • To be alive. he was supposed to be killed
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  • He was supposed to be killed as soon as he was born.
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  • As soon as he was born. you see,
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  • You see, some people say this,
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  • Some people say this, "our generation
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  • "our generation is never gonna do
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  • Is never gonna do anything because,
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  • Anything because, you know what?
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  • You know what? there's too much evil
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  • There's too much evil out there.
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  • Out there. there's too many things going
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  • There's too many things going against them. this internet,
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  • Against them. this internet, these evil people, this
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  • These evil people, this generation
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  • Generation will never make it."
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  • Will never make it." well, moses
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  • Well, moses was never intended to
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  • Was never intended to make it.
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  • Make it. the king had planned to kill
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  • The king had planned to kill every child under the age of
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  • Every child under the age of 2 and moses was that child.
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  • 2 and moses was that child. moses tried to do something
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  • Moses tried to do something good, turned out bad
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  • Good, turned out bad and he found himself
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  • And he found himself wandering in the
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  • Wandering in the wilderness for 40 years,
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  • Wilderness for 40 years, 40 years
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  • 40 years wandering in the wilderness.
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  • Wandering in the wilderness. some people
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  • Some people think they've wasted
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  • Think they've wasted their life.
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  • Their life. they think, "man,
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  • They think, "man, i just haven't done anything.
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  • I just haven't done anything. nothing's happened for me."
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  • Nothing's happened for me." well, moses probably felt
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  • Well, moses probably felt the exact same way
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  • The exact same way but he knew this,
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  • But he knew this, he had the anointing
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  • He had the anointing of god on
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  • Of god on his life.
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  • His life. he persuades pharaoh
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  • He persuades pharaoh to let them go.
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  • To let them go. he talked them into letting
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  • He talked them into letting them escape from
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  • Them escape from their bondage in slavery
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  • Their bondage in slavery and just
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  • And just about the time
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  • About the time he wrapped them up
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  • He wrapped them up and was headed out, he found
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  • And was headed out, he found himself up against
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  • Himself up against the red sea.
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  • The red sea. he looked
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  • He looked behind him, the enemy's
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  • Behind him, the enemy's army was coming on horses and
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  • Army was coming on horses and chariots. they were way
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  • Chariots. they were way overpowered.
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  • Overpowered. the israelites were on foot,
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  • The israelites were on foot, maybe had a few little
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  • Maybe had a few little wagons with them,
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  • Wagons with them, taking their children,
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  • Taking their children, their older folks with them.
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  • Their older folks with them. they looked behind them
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  • They looked behind them and here's these young bucks
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  • And here's these young bucks coming with swords
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  • Coming with swords and spheres,
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  • And spheres, gonna take them down.
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  • Gonna take them down. all of a sudden moses
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  • All of a sudden moses raises his rod and
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  • Raises his rod and this big body
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  • This big body of water, that big
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  • Of water, that big obstacle,
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  • Obstacle, just split in two, was
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  • Just split in two, was just at the winds
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  • Just at the winds just blew it back.
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  • Just blew it back. and those people walked
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  • And those people walked through on dry ground
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  • Through on dry ground and got to
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  • And got to the other side.
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  • The other side. what is that?
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  • What is that? if you read that in the paper
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  • If you read that in the paper today, you'd say, "that's
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  • Today, you'd say, "that's sensationalism.
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  • Sensationalism. that couldn't have happened."
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  • That couldn't have happened." moses wasn't
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  • Moses wasn't even supposed to make it
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  • Even supposed to make it to 3 years old.
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  • To 3 years old. he wasted 40 years
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  • He wasted 40 years in the wilderness.
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  • In the wilderness. how did that happen?
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  • How did that happen? nehemiah, he was a cupbearer
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  • Nehemiah, he was a cupbearer in the king's house.
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  • In the king's house. he served wine
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  • He served wine to the table of
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  • To the table of the king,
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  • The king, but he had a desire in
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  • But he had a desire in his heart to see the walls of
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  • His heart to see the walls of jerusalem rebuilt where his
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  • Jerusalem rebuilt where his ancestors were.
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  • Ancestors were. they were in shame.
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  • They were in shame. they were in shambles.
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  • He was a cupbearer.
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  • He was a cupbearer. he didn't have the resources.
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  • He didn't have the resources. he didn't have the money.
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  • He didn't have the money. he didn't have the influence.
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  • He didn't have the influence. hehe wasn't a cabinet member.
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  • Hehe wasn't a cabinet member. but he went to the
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  • But he went to the king and the king,
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  • King and the king, he not only
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  • He not only granted him the time
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  • Granted him the time to take off
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  • To take off to go, but he sent
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  • To go, but he sent with him the
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  • With him the resources, the timber,
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  • Resources, the timber, and he was
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  • And he was able to round up
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  • Able to round up the mighty men
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  • The mighty men to rebuild those walls.
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  • Where that wall
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  • Where that wall should have taken a
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  • Should have taken a year or two,
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  • Year or two, nehemiah did it in
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  • Nehemiah did it in 52 days, 52 days.
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  • 52 days, 52 days. it was acceleration
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  • It was acceleration for nehemiah.
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  • For nehemiah. what was that?
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  • What was that? esther,
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  • Esther, she was born an orphan.
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  • She was born an orphan. she should
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  • She should have never made it.
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  • Have never made it. she had no family,
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  • She had no family, no support,
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  • No support, but she ended up being
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  • But she ended up being the queen of the land
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  • The queen of the land and she had
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  • And she had tremendous influence
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  • Tremendous influence and she saved
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  • And she saved an entire nation,
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  • An entire nation, the jewish nation.
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  • The jewish nation. what was that?
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  • What was that? it was the gracious hand
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  • It was the gracious hand of god's favor.
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  • Of god's favor. it was the gracious hand
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  • It was the gracious hand of god's favor in their life,
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  • Of god's favor in their life, and you too have
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  • And you too have the gracious hand of
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  • The gracious hand of god's favor in your life.
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  • God's favor in your life. don't ever forget it.
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  • Don't ever forget it. when god breathed breath
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  • When god breathed breath into you, he gave
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  • Into you, he gave you more than resources,
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  • You more than resources, ability.
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  • Ability. he give you more than friends
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  • He give you more than friends and the right connections.
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  • And the right connections. he gave you an advantage.
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  • He gave you an advantage. he gave you his favor,
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  • He gave you his favor, his favor.
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  • His favor. god is looking for men
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  • God is looking for men and women who
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  • And women who will truly believe
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  • Will truly believe that they have
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  • That they have the favor of god
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  • The favor of god in their life.
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  • In their life. don't fall into the trap of,
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  • Don't fall into the trap of, "well, i don't have the
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  • "well, i don't have the resources.
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  • Resources. i don't have the ability."
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  • I don't have the ability." take yourself out of
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  • Take yourself out of the equation if you have to.
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  • The equation if you have to. don't tie the hands of god
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  • Don't tie the hands of god because you can't believe.
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  • Because you can't believe. look at almighty god
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  • And realize, "it's god's
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  • And realize, "it's god's strength that's gonna
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  • Strength that's gonna bring these things to pass.
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  • Bring these things to pass. it's his gracious hand
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  • It's his gracious hand of favor in my life."
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  • Of favor in my life." every day you have to
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  • Every day you have to get up and you
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  • Get up and you have to be willing
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  • Have to be willing to receive this favor.
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  • To receive this favor. there will
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  • There will be days you get up and
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  • Be days you get up and you're doubting yourself.
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  • You're doubting yourself. i'm sure joseph did,
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  • I'm sure joseph did, i'm smoses did.
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  • I'm smoses did. i know esther did.
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  • I know esther did. i kbut listen,
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  • I kbut listen, you're a queen on the inside.
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  • You're a queen on the inside. you have the royal crown
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  • You have the royal crown on your head.
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  • On your head. if you get up every morning
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  • If you get up every morning and you say, "god,
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  • And you say, "god, i receive this favor.
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  • I receive this favor. it's not what i feel like.
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  • It's not what i feel like. it's not in my own ability
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  • It's not in my own ability but i'm here to honor you.
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  • But i'm here to honor you. i'm here to accept
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  • I'm here to accept the free gift that you've
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  • The free gift that you've given me,
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  • Given me, the advantage to live
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  • The advantage to live a life of victory.
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  • I receive your favor
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  • I receive your favor and i believe
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  • And i believe through the ups and
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  • Through the ups and downs, god,
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  • Downs, god, you're gonna get me
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  • You're gonna get me to exactly
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  • To exactly where i need to be."
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  • Where i need to be." you see, when you have
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  • You see, when you have an attitude like that,
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  • An attitude like that, it is possible for you
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  • It is possible for you to do the most
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  • To do the most extraordinary things.
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  • Extraordinary things. and can i tell you this?
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  • And can i tell you this? it is never too late
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  • It is never too late to get started.
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  • To get started. you have not
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  • You have not wasted your life.
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  • Wasted your life. moses thought he did
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  • Moses thought he did but god brought
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  • But god brought him back and gave him
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  • Him back and gave him a flourishing finish.
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  • A flourishing finish. know today
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  • Know today that you can accomplish
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  • That you can accomplish extraordinary things
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  • Extraordinary things in your life.
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  • In your life. i know you're probably
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  • I know you're probably a lot like me at this point
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  • A lot like me at this point and you can look back
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  • And you can look back over your life and
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  • Over your life and you can say, "god,
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  • You can say, "god, if it has been
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  • If it has been the gracious hand
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  • The gracious hand of favor that's
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  • Of favor that's brought me to where
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  • Brought me to where i am today."
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  • [music]
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  • ♪ at break of day
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  • ♪ at break of day ♪ in hope we rise
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  • ♪ in hope we rise ♪ we speak your name
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  • ♪ we speak your name ♪ we lift our eyes
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  • ♪ we lift our eyes ♪ tune our hearts
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  • ♪ tune our hearts ♪ into your beat
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  • ♪ into your beat ♪ where we walk
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  • ♪ where we walk ♪ there you'll be
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  • ♪ with fire in our eyes
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  • ♪ with fire in our eyes ♪ our lives a-light
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  • ♪ our lives a-light ♪ your love untamed
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  • ♪ your love untamed ♪ it's blazing out
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  • ♪ it's blazing out ♪ the streets will glow
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  • ♪ the streets will glow ♪ forever bright
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  • ♪ forever bright ♪ your glory's breaking
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  • ♪ your glory's breaking ♪ through the night
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  • ♪ you will never
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  • ♪ you will never ♪ fade away
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  • ♪ fade away ♪ your love is
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  • ♪ your love is ♪ here to stay
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  • ♪ here to stay ♪ by my side
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  • ♪ by my side ♪ in my life
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  • ♪ in my life ♪ shining through me
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  • ♪ shining through me ♪ every day
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  • ♪ every day ♪ you will never
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  • ♪ you will never ♪ fade away
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  • ♪ fade away ♪ your love is
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  • ♪ your love is ♪ here to stay
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  • ♪ here to stay ♪ by my side
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  • ♪ by my side ♪ in my life
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  • ♪ in my life ♪ shining through me
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  • ♪ shining through me ♪ every day
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  • [music]
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  • ♪ you wake within me
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  • ♪ you wake within me ♪ wake within me
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  • ♪ wake within me ♪ you're in my heart
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  • ♪ you're in my heart ♪ forever
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  • ♪ you wake within me
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  • ♪ you wake within me ♪ wake within me
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  • ♪ wake within me ♪ you're in my heart
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  • ♪ you're in my heart ♪ forever
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  • [music]
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  • >> alexandra osteen:
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  • >> alexandra osteen: come on, let's sing
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  • Come on, let's sing this together, forever.
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  • ♪ forever, forever
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  • ♪ forever, forever ♪ forever in your love
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  • ♪ forever in your love ♪ forever, forever
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  • ♪ forever, forever ♪ forever in your love
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  • ♪ forever in your love ♪ forever, forever
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  • ♪ forever, forever ♪ forever in your love
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  • ♪ forever in your love ♪ forever, forever
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  • ♪ forever, forever ♪ forever we know that
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  • ♪ forever we know that ♪ you will never
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  • ♪ you will never ♪ fade away
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  • ♪ fade away ♪ your love is
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  • ♪ your love is ♪ here to stay
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  • ♪ here to stay ♪ by my side
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  • ♪ by my side ♪ in my life
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  • ♪ in my life ♪ shining through me
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  • ♪ shining through me ♪ every day
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  • ♪ every day ♪ you will never
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  • ♪ you will never ♪ fade away
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  • ♪ fade away ♪ your love is
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  • ♪ your love is ♪ here to stay
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  • ♪ here to stay ♪ by my side
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  • ♪ by my side ♪ in my life
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  • ♪ in my life ♪ shining through me
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  • ♪ shining through me ♪ every day
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  • [music]
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  • [music] ♪ you wake within me
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  • ♪ you wake within me ♪ wake within me
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  • ♪ wake within me ♪ you're in my heart
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  • ♪ you're in my heart ♪ forever
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  • ♪ forever ♪ you wake within me
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  • ♪ you wake within me ♪ wake within me
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  • ♪ wake within me ♪ you're in my heart
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  • ♪ you're in my heart ♪ forever ♪
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  • >> joel osteen: lord,
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  • >> joel osteen: lord, we love you today.
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  • We love you today. lord, we thank you for
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  • Lord, we thank you for what you've done in our
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  • What you've done in our lives, that we're not
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  • Lives, that we're not stuck here,
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  • Stuck here, that you're taking us
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  • That you're taking us from glory to glory,
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  • That you have something
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  • That you have something better in front
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  • Better in front of each one of us.
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  • Of each one of us. and lord, we stand here
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  • And lord, we stand here today knowing because of what
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  • Today knowing because of what you've done, we are
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  • You've done, we are redeemed and forgiven.
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  • We could hold our heads
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  • We could hold our heads up high knowing that,
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  • Up high knowing that, father,
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  • Father, that we are children of
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  • That we are children of the most high god,
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  • The most high god, not average of
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  • Not average of mediocre, but you
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  • Mediocre, but you have chosen us.
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  • Have chosen us. you've equipped us,
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  • You've equipped us, breathed life into us.
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  • Breathed life into us. lord, we thank ya today
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  • Lord, we thank ya today for all you've done for us.
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  • For all you've done for us. we don't take for granted.
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  • We don't take for granted. today is another gift
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  • Today is another gift that you've given us.
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  • That you've given us. our health, the strength,
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  • Our health, the strength, the opportunity, friends and
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  • The opportunity, friends and family, and favor,
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  • Family, and favor, lord, we know
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  • Lord, we know it all comes from you
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  • It all comes from you our lord, our god,
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  • Our lord, our god, and heaven and earth.
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  • And heaven and earth. we commit our lives
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  • We commit our lives afresh and anew
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  • Afresh and anew into your hands in 2016.
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  • Into your hands in 2016. lord, i thank ya that you're
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  • Lord, i thank ya that you're opening the right doors and
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  • Opening the right doors and closing the wrong doors.
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  • Closing the wrong doors. bring the right people
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  • Bring the right people across our path
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  • Across our path and, lord, we
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  • And, lord, we doubt those that
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  • Doubt those that should not be there.
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  • Should not be there. i thank ya that we'll be
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  • I thank ya that we'll be sensitive to the
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  • Sensitive to the still, small voice
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  • Still, small voice on the inside,
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  • On the inside, that our spiritual ears
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  • That our spiritual ears and eyes
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  • And eyes are getting more in tune,
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  • Are getting more in tune, that we
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  • That we can hear and see what you're
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  • Can hear and see what you're saying to us, and,
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  • Saying to us, and, lord, that we
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  • Lord, that we will make great decisions,
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  • Will make great decisions, decisions that move us
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  • Decisions that move us toward our god-given
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  • Toward our god-given destiny.
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  • Destiny. lord, we believe
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  • Lord, we believe that you've already laid
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  • That you've already laid out the right people,
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  • Out the right people, the right breaks,
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  • The right breaks, solutions to problems,
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  • Solutions to problems, the funds we need,
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  • The funds we need, the wisdom we need.
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  • The wisdom we need. lord, we know
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  • Lord, we know it's already in our future,
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  • It's already in our future, so we commit we're
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  • So we commit we're gonna keep moving forward in
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  • Gonna keep moving forward in faith, not discouraged,
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  • Faith, not discouraged, shaking off the doubt,
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  • Shaking off the doubt, the negative things.
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  • The negative things. lord, we thank ya
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  • Lord, we thank ya that you will get us
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  • That you will get us to where we're
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  • To where we're supposed to be.
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  • Supposed to be. lord, we believe
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  • Lord, we believe that 2016 is a year of
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  • That 2016 is a year of acceleration.
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  • Acceleration. we're gonna make things
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  • We're gonna make things happen faster
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  • Happen faster than we thought.
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  • Than we thought. i thank ya, lord,
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  • I thank ya, lord, bad habits, quicker
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  • Bad habits, quicker than we thought
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  • Than we thought being delivered from them,
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  • Being delivered from them, dreams coming
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  • Dreams coming to pass sooner than
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  • To pass sooner than we thought.
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  • We thought. lord, we choose
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  • Lord, we choose to be believers
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  • To be believers and not doubters in
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  • And not doubters in here today.
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  • Here today. we know you're bigger
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  • We know you're bigger than anything that we're
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  • Than anything that we're facing.
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  • Facing. lord, those that are having
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  • Lord, those that are having difficulties today, maybe
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  • Difficulties today, maybe in their health,
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  • In their health, lord, you said you sent
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  • Lord, you said you sent your word and healed them.
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  • Your word and healed them. you said you restored
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  • You said you restored life back into each of us.
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  • Life back into each of us. so lord, we just receive
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  • So lord, we just receive healing flowing
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  • Healing flowing into us right now,
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  • Into us right now, physically, spiritually,
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  • Physically, spiritually, emotionally, healing
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  • Emotionally, healing the hurts and wounds,
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  • The hurts and wounds, beauty for ashes.
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  • Beauty for ashes. lord, i thank ya
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  • Lord, i thank ya that every person,
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  • That every person, wherever they are
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  • Wherever they are under the sound of my voice,
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  • Under the sound of my voice, that they feel
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  • That they feel your presence and power,
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  • Your presence and power, that you're refreshing
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  • That you're refreshing and reenergizing them,
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  • And reenergizing them, that dreams are
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  • That dreams are coming back to life.
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  • Coming back to life. we stir up the faith.
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  • We stir up the faith. we stir up the passion.
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  • We stir up the passion. we know, lord,
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  • We know, lord, if you be for us,
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  • If you be for us, who dare be against us?
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  • Who dare be against us? we declare we
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  • We declare we are blessed.
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  • Are blessed. we are prosperous.
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  • We are prosperous. we are redeemed, forgiven,
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  • We are redeemed, forgiven, talented, creative,
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  • Talented, creative, disciplined, focused,
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  • Disciplined, focused, confident, secure, prepared,
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  • Confident, secure, prepared, qualified, motivated,
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  • Qualified, motivated, anointed, accepted,
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  • Anointed, accepted, and approved,
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  • And approved, equipped and empowered,
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  • Equipped and empowered, not average, not
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  • Not average, not mediocre, but children of the
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  • Mediocre, but children of the most high god, victors
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  • Most high god, victors and never victims.
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  • And never victims. in jesus' name,
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  • In jesus' name, and if you believe it today,
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  • And if you believe it today, can you say, "amen"?
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  • Like we were just singing,
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  • Like we were just singing, i believe that any chain
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  • I believe that any chain that may have been holding
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  • That may have been holding you before you walked in,
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  • You before you walked in, those chains have been
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  • Those chains have been loosed in your life today,
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  • Loosed in your life today, chains of depression,
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  • Chains of depression, chains of anxiety, chains of
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  • Chains of anxiety, chains of doubt, whatever it is.
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  • Doubt, whatever it is. you know what?
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  • You know what? you gotta receive that
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  • You gotta receive that by faith.
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  • By faith. you may not necessarily
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  • You may not necessarily feel it.
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  • Feel it. "well, joel, i don't
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  • "well, joel, i don't necessarily feel
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  • Necessarily feel anything different."
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  • Anything different." well, that's all right.
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  • Well, that's all right. you gotta go by
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  • You gotta go by faith and not by just
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  • Faith and not by just what you feel like,
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  • What you feel like, what you know.
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  • What you know. so, just take that in your
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  • So, just take that in your own heart, "god, i
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  • Own heart, "god, i thank ya that every
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  • Thank ya that every chain that's
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  • Chain that's been stopping me,
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  • Been stopping me, chains that are making--
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  • Chains that are making-- causing me to make bad
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  • Causing me to make bad decisions, chains that are
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  • Decisions, chains that are keeping me from my destiny,
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  • Keeping me from my destiny, i believe today is
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  • I believe today is a turning point."
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  • A turning point." you know, like i talked
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  • You know, like i talked about last week
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  • About last week in the message
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  • In the message where the people
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  • Where the people were praying for
  • 00:16:02.217 --> 00:16:02.918
  • Were praying for peter who was in prison.
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  • Peter who was in prison. he was chained and an angel
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  • He was chained and an angel supernaturally loosed those
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  • Supernaturally loosed those chains even while they were
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  • Chains even while they were praying, i believe that's
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  • Praying, i believe that's what ease happened today.
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  • What ease happened today. while we were singing,
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  • While we were singing, the angel just
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  • The angel just supernaturally loosed those
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  • Supernaturally loosed those chains that were
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  • Chains that were holding you back.
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  • You know, you may look at
  • 00:16:17.833 --> 00:16:18.567
  • You know, you may look at your circumstances,
  • 00:16:18.634 --> 00:16:19.802
  • Your circumstances, "joel, i don't see how
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  • "joel, i don't see how it could happen.
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  • It could happen. you know, have ya seen my
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  • You know, have ya seen my financial situation?
  • 00:16:23.038 --> 00:16:24.006
  • Financial situation? have ya seen what
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  • Have ya seen what the medical report says?"
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  • I'm not making light
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  • I'm not making light of that but i haven't seen
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  • Of that but i haven't seen that but i have
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  • That but i have seen our god.
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  • Seen our god. i know what our god can do.
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  • I know what our god can do. i know he can turn
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  • I know he can turn any situation around.
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  • Any situation around. when we believe
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  • When we believe all things are possible,
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  • All things are possible, we believe in 2016
  • 00:16:36.552 --> 00:16:38.587
  • We believe in 2016 it's gonna happen quicker
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  • It's gonna happen quicker than you think.
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  • Than you think. let that seed take root
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  • Let that seed take root in your spirit.
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  • In your spirit. don't talk yourself out of
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  • Don't talk yourself out of it, just receive it.
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  • It, just receive it. "god, i may not see a way
  • 00:16:45.994 --> 00:16:47.463
  • "god, i may not see a way but i know you have a way,
  • 00:16:47.529 --> 00:16:49.098
  • But i know you have a way, you've already got
  • 00:16:49.164 --> 00:16:49.898
  • You've already got the miracle, the
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  • The miracle, the breakthrough en route."
  • 00:16:51.133 --> 00:16:52.601
  • Breakthrough en route." also, as we start the year,
  • 00:16:52.668 --> 00:16:53.535
  • Also, as we start the year, i always like
  • 00:16:53.602 --> 00:16:55.270
  • I always like to encourage us,
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  • To encourage us, this is the time
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  • This is the time to let go of any
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  • To let go of any negative baggage
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  • Negative baggage from yesterday.
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  • From yesterday. you can't receive
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  • You can't receive the new things if you're
  • 00:17:00.008 --> 00:17:00.809
  • The new things if you're filled up with doubt,
  • 00:17:00.876 --> 00:17:01.777
  • Filled up with doubt, and discouragement,
  • 00:17:01.844 --> 00:17:02.578
  • And discouragement, and bitter, and anxiety,
  • 00:17:02.644 --> 00:17:03.512
  • And bitter, and anxiety, and unforgiveness.
  • 00:17:03.579 --> 00:17:04.613
  • And unforgiveness. this is a time
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  • This is a time to let it all go.
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  • To let it all go. say, "god,
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  • Say, "god, i'm emptying out all the
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  • I'm emptying out all the negative and, god,
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  • Negative and, god, i'm asking you
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  • I'm asking you for a fresh anointing,
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  • For a fresh anointing, for a fresh wednesday
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  • For a fresh wednesday of your spirit in 2016."
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  • Of your spirit in 2016." you do that, i believe
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  • You do that, i believe god's gonna fill you afresh
  • 00:17:14.857 --> 00:17:16.058
  • God's gonna fill you afresh and anew and 2016's
  • 00:17:16.125 --> 00:17:19.027
  • Gonna be a year
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  • Gonna be a year of acceleration,
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  • Of acceleration, a year of victory,
  • 00:17:21.563 --> 00:17:22.331
  • A year of victory, a year we're gonna see
  • 00:17:22.397 --> 00:17:23.232
  • A year we're gonna see god's favor in a new way.
  • 00:17:23.298 --> 00:17:24.533
  • God's favor in a new way. how many of you are
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  • How many of you are believers in here
  • 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.201
  • Believers in here today and not doubters?
  • 00:17:26.268 --> 00:17:29.304
  • Today and not doubters? i know ya are.
  • 00:17:29.371 --> 00:17:30.772
  • I know ya are. we're gonna
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  • We're gonna take a moment to pray.
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  • There's something
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  • There's something you'd like us to pray
  • 00:17:34.776 --> 00:17:35.410
  • You'd like us to pray with one on one,
  • 00:17:35.477 --> 00:17:36.345
  • With one on one, it would be our
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  • It would be our joy and honor to do it.
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  • Joy and honor to do it. during this next song,
  • 00:17:38.647 --> 00:17:39.381
  • During this next song, there'll be a
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  • There'll be a prayer partner
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  • Prayer partner at the front of
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  • At the front of your section, all over the
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  • Your section, all over the building. up top,
  • 00:17:42.784 --> 00:17:43.519
  • Building. up top, if ya need prayer,
  • 00:17:43.585 --> 00:17:44.253
  • If ya need prayer, just come down during
  • 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.020
  • Just come down during this next song.
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  • This next song. we'd love to pray for ya.
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  • We'd love to pray for ya. the rest of ya, you're
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  • The rest of ya, you're welcome to be seated if
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  • Welcome to be seated if you'd like.
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  • You'd like. those of you watching
  • 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.226
  • Those of you watching online, listening on
  • 00:17:51.293 --> 00:17:52.194
  • Online, listening on sirius xm, we're going to be
  • 00:17:52.261 --> 00:17:53.795
  • Sirius xm, we're going to be praying for you as sell but
  • 00:17:53.862 --> 00:17:54.796
  • Praying for you as sell but thanks so much for tuning in.
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ o god my father;
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  • ♪ o god my father; ♪ there is no shadow
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  • ♪ there is no shadow ♪ of turning with thee;
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  • ♪ thou changest not
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  • ♪ thou changest not ♪ thy compassions
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  • ♪ thy compassions ♪ they fail not;
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  • ♪ they fail not; ♪ and as thou hast been
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  • ♪ and as thou hast been ♪ thou forever will be.
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness!
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness! ♪ great is thy faithfulness!
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness! ♪ morning by morning
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  • ♪ morning by morning ♪ new mercies i see
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  • ♪ and all i have needed
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  • ♪ and all i have needed ♪ thy hand has provided;
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  • ♪ thy hand has provided; ♪ great is thy faithfulness
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  • ♪ great is thy faithfulness ♪ great is thy faithfulness
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  • ♪ lord, unto me! ♪
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  • >> jonathan osteen: come on, church, let's believe
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  • Church, let's believe that our best days
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  • That our best days are ahead of us,
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  • Are ahead of us, that god is for us
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  • That god is for us and his name is higher.
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  • And his name is higher. are you with me?
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  • Are you with me? let's stand and sing.
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  • Let's stand and sing. let's declare this together.
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  • Let's declare this together. your name.
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  • [music]
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  • ♪ your name is higher
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  • ♪ your name is higher ♪ your name is greater
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  • ♪ your name is greater ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your word unfailing
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  • ♪ your word unfailing ♪ your promise unshaken
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your name is higher
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  • ♪ your name is higher ♪ your name is greater
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  • ♪ your name is greater ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your word unfailing
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  • ♪ your word unfailing ♪ your promise unshaken
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your name is higher
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  • ♪ your name is higher ♪ your name is greater
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  • ♪ your name is greater ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your word unfailing
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  • ♪ your word unfailing ♪ your promise unshaken
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  • ♪ your promise unshaken ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your name is higher
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  • ♪ your name is higher ♪ your name is greater
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  • ♪ your name is greater ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • ♪ all my hope is in you ♪ your word unfailing
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  • ♪ your word unfailing ♪ your promise unshaken
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  • ♪ your promise unshaken ♪ all my hope is in you
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  • [music]
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  • ♪ oh, we're gonna see
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  • ♪ oh, we're gonna see ♪ all the walls
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  • ♪ all the walls ♪ come down
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  • ♪ come down ♪ we're gonna see
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  • ♪ we're gonna see ♪ the lost in us be found
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  • ♪ and believe that every
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  • ♪ and believe that every ♪ prayer is answered
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  • ♪ prayer is answered whoo!
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  • ♪ you know why
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  • ♪ you know why ♪ we believe today?
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  • ♪ we believe today? ♪ because there is power
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  • ♪ because there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪ there is power
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  • ♪ there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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  • ♪ there is power
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  • ♪ there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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  • ♪ you know why?
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  • ♪ you know why? ♪ to break every chain
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  • ♪ to break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ to break every chain
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  • ♪ to break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ let's lift it up
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  • ♪ let's lift it up ♪ there's power
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  • ♪ there's power ♪ there is power
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  • ♪ there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪ oh, there's power
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  • ♪ oh, there's power ♪ there is power
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  • ♪ there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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  • ♪ in the name of jesus ♪ oh, there is power
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  • ♪ oh, there is power ♪ in the name
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  • ♪ in the name ♪ to break every chain
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  • ♪ to break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ oh, to break every chain
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  • ♪ oh, to break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain
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  • ♪ break every chain ♪ say, there is power
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  • ♪ say, there is power ♪ there is power
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  • ♪ there is power ♪ in the name of jesus
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