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Joseph Prince - How To Overcome Thoughts That Overwhelm You

January 6, 2026 | 29:45

Come discover the secret to success without striving: God’s unmerited favor!

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - How To Overcome Thoughts That Overwhelm You | January 6, 2026

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Joseph prince: child of god, let me just say this.
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You are standing in the favor of god.
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But what god is saying is that we have access by faith.
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Notice the word "by faith"?
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God wants you, by faith, to possess it, amen?
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You are standing on favored ground
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Because of what christ did at the cross, amen,
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And by his resurrection,
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You are now standing on favored ground, amen.
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You are no more on cursed ground.
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You are no more on condemnation ground.
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You are on favored ground. praise the lord.
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You are seated with christ.
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Guess what? all things are under your feet.
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"and pastor prince, it doesn't seem like--
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You know, i feel like many a times
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I'm under the circumstances, i'm under the weather.
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In fact, that's what i tell people: i'm--"
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What are you doing under?
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God says those things are under you.
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Far, far, far below you,
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Because you are far, far above it, amen.
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That's a true posture.
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That's how god sees you,
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And no one sees reality or realities
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The way god sees it, hallelujah.
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God's perspective of you today
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Is that you're seated with christ
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Far above all things.
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We are living under the circumstances.
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We are constantly struggling, stressed, depressed.
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Friend, that's not god's will for you.
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God loves you, amen?
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God wants you to be at peace.
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First of all, peace with god and then peace with yourself
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And peace with people around you.
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Yes, the bible says as much as possible,
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Live peaceably with all men.
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Whether they are believers or not,
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Live peaceably with all men, the bible says, hallelujah.
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God wants peace for you, amen.
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He delights to see you in peace, not in strife and stress,
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Amen, depressed.
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God loves you, my friend, amen. praise the lord.
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Male announcer: let's kickstart the year
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With the right attitude: the attitude of rest.
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In today's message, joseph shares how life isn't
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About fighting to survive.
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It's about living under god's unstoppable favor
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For you and your loved ones.
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People say that, in life, you've got to want it,
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You've got to earn it, you've got to deserve it.
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But what if there's a better way?
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In joseph's book "unmerited favor,"
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Learn to let go of what the world says about success
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And discover the kind of victory your heavenly father
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Wants you to enjoy.
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And now, here is pastor joseph prince
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With today's program.
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Joseph prince: our father in heaven loves us,
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And he sent us his son to die for our sins
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On that cross.
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And he raised him from the dead on the third day.
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The bible says in romans chapter 4--
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It says: "christ was delivered up
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Because of our offenses,
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And he was raised because of our justification."
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Can you see that? he was delivered up because.
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The reason for him being delivered up--
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That is, on that cross-- is because of our offenses,
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Our sins against god.
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That's why christ came.
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God did not send his son
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Not knowing that his son is going to die.
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God sent his son for the very purpose
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For him to die on the cross for our sins, why?
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Well, jesus said it like this to nicodemus one night,
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A pharisee.
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And he came to jesus by night because he didn't want
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His colleagues to see him coming to jesus.
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And he was hungry to know the truth.
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And he asked jesus some questions.
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And jesus looked at him.
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It was to him that jesus said, "unless a man be born again,
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He cannot see the kingdom of god."
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And he says, "how can a man be born when he is old?
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Can he enter into his mother's womb again and be born?"
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And jesus says, "unless you are born
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Of water and of the spirit--"
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It's a spiritual rebirth on the inside, amen.
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It is the center of the gospel message, amen--
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That christ died for our sins, yes.
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But we have forgotten that therein, in that gospel,
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Is the righteousness of god revealed.
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God raised his son because we were declared righteous.
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I like the way young's translation of the bible
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Says it: "he was raised up
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Because of our being declared righteous."
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"he was raised up because of our being declared righteous."
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Friend, you have been declared righteous by god,
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And that's the reason why god raised his son.
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Now, how does that happen?
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"what do you mean, pastor prince?"
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It means that god cannot raise his son
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If you have not been declared righteous.
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Because his son took the responsibility upon himself
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To become you at the cross, amen.
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All that you are and all that you have done against god
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In rebellion, in disobedience, in sinning against god,
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Jesus became liable for it.
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Jesus became the lamb of god.
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He took your place at the cross,
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Amen, so now when god has put away all our sins
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Through the blood of his son,
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God--before god can raise him from the dead,
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We have to be declared righteous, amen.
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And that's the reason god raised his son from the dead.
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In 1 corinthians 15, it tells us, if christ is not raised,
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You are still in your sins.
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That means he didn't do a good job.
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He didn't finish it all, amen. but praise god, hallelujah.
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Blessed be his peerless name, amen.
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He rose from the dead.
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That means we have been declared righteous.
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And on that foundation, remember,
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Christ will not have been raised from the dead
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If you have not been declared righteous.
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Apart from your works, apart from your morality,
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Apart from you--it's got nothing to do with you--
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God declares you righteous in another, his son, amen?
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In all that christ has done,
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In all that he has accomplished at the cross, amen,
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God declares you righteous, and on that foundation,
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Because god declares you righteous,
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He raised his son from the dead.
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Amen, amen. look at the result.
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Therefore, the next chapter tells us--
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Actually it's all one argument--
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And the next chapter tells us in romans 5:
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"therefore, having been justified by faith--"
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There you have the word "justified."
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Notice "by faith," not by our works,
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Not by our performance, amen?
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"therefore, having been justified by faith,
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We have peace with god through our lord jesus christ."
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Now let's look at young's translation.
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It bears it out.
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"he was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
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Having been declared righteous, then, by faith,
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We have peace towards god through our lord jesus christ."
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Notice that?
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Because you have been declared righteous,
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You have peace with god through our lord jesus christ,
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Amen.
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It goes on to say in the very next verse,
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"through whom also we have access by faith
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Into this grace in which we stand,
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And rejoice in hope of the glory of god."
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One more time.
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"through whom," through christ, "we also have access by faith
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Into this grace."
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This grace here, grace is unmerited, unearned favor, amen.
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"into this favor in which we stand.
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We have access by faith into this favor
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In which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of god."
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I like the darby's translation for this.
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It says: "by whom we have also access by faith
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Into this favor."
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He brings that out.
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Undeserved favor. that's grace.
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"in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of god."
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You know, child of god, let me just say this.
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You are standing in the favor of god.
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But what god is saying is that we have access by faith.
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Notice the word "by faith"?
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God wants you, by faith, to possess it, amen?
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You are standing on favored ground
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Because of what christ did at the cross, amen,
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And by his resurrection,
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You are now standing on favored ground, amen.
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You are no more on cursed ground.
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You are no more on condemnation ground.
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You are on favored ground. praise the lord.
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One time there was a widow.
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The bible tells us a widow-- that her husband has died
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And there's a huge debt that they owe.
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And the creditors were coming to get her sons, to sell them.
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There was a culture in those days:
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You can't pay, your sons will become slaves.
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And that's how you pay off your debt.
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And she cried out to the man of god, elisha.
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And elisha says, "what do you have in your house?"
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You know, the lord is always asking, all right, us,
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"what do you have in your house?
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Whatever little you have," watch, "it is not that
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That you have.
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It is my blessing on it."
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God said to moses, "what is that in your hand?"
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A shepherd's rod.
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And with the shepherd's rod,
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God used that rod to perform miracles--amen?--
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Even to bring the people out of the land,
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To bring them water out of the flinty rock
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And all kinds of miracles just from a simple rod
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That is supposed to be lifeless, dead,
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Cut off from its roots, amen?
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God can do miracles.
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So god asks you, "what do you have in your house?"
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So the man of god speaking on behalf of god said,
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"what do you have in your house?"
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She says, "i only have a small bottle of oil, a vessel."
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And he says, "go borrow from your neighbors bottles,
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Empty bottles, empty vessels."
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It shouldn't be hard to find empty vessels, amen?
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"so, go find."
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And she sent her sons to borrow all those empty vessels, amen?
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There's a lot of noise, amen,
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And they brought the empty vessels
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Into the house, and she kept on pouring.
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And when she poured the oil, she just kept on pouring.
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Because why? the oil never ceased, amen.
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As long as she was pouring out, the oil never ceased.
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Now, there's a lesson here for us to learn.
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When we are favored by god, we are standing on favored ground,
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Amen, having peace with god.
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You know something?
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It is no more like the ordinary people,
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A child of adam.
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We are now a child of god.
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We are no more from the old stock, amen?
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We've been born again.
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That old stock that we were in adam
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All died and was finished off at the cross.
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We are cut off from its very roots, amen?
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And we are born again.
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When jesus rose from the dead, we rose in him, the bible says.
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That's reality the way god sees it.
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We rose in him. now watch this.
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The world, when they pour out, they get depleted,
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They get tired.
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But the more you serve the lord, the more you give out, amen,
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The more you pour out, the more there is left behind, amen.
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The more you give, amen.
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Even of your time, your energy, your efforts, your love,
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Your attention, amen, even money, amen,
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It all comes back even more in you
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Because you are on favored ground.
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Praise the lord.
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And the way to have more is to pour out.
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And she kept on pouring out the bottles of oil.
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And guess what? it just kept pouring.
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The oil was unceasing, amen?
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Just kept on pouring until she says,
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"bring me another bottle."
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And one of the sons says, "that's the last one."
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And you know what happened? the oil ceased.
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So the oil waited on the vessels.
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It wasn't the other way around.
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It wasn't that there's a little oil in a little bottle,
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And there's not enough.
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There are so many bottles around.
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No, my friend. with god's supply, it is us.
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We limit the holy one of israel.
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We limit the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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God wants us to keep on pouring, believing.
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He's always equipping. he's always blessing, amen.
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The oil ceased when she stopped pouring.
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You know when god raised christ from the dead, we are in him.
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The bible says you were raised with christ.
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Just like you were crucified with christ,
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He became you at the cross, amen, your old man,
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Your old identity with all its curse,
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With all its physical hereditary defects and all that
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From adam, amen, all that is all gone, praise the lord.
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You gotta believe it.
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Bible says: "if anyone is in christ, he's a new creation;
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Old things have passed away;
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All things have become new," amen?
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Believe it.
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When god raised christ from the dead,
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You are in christ now.
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Just like you were in christ at the cross,
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Now you are in christ, amen.
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The new you, born again, amen?
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You come up out of the grave with christ.
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When god made christ to sit down at his right hand, amen,
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That prayer says, "and fed him at his own right hand,
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Far above all principality and power and might and dominion
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And every name that is named, not only in this age
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But in the age to come," amen?
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God set christ--amen?--
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God seated him at his right hand, amen.
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And guess what? you and i are in him.
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God raised us, amen, far above all principality and power
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And might and dominion and every name that is named.
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You are raised far above them all.
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Whatever you're challenged with right now, it has a name,
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Doesn't it?
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Well, the bible says, in christ, you are far above it, amen?
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And when god made christ sit down at his right hand,
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The center of the universe, amen, you sat down in christ.
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That's a posture of rest.
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That's a posture, the winning posture, amen,
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Where you sit down expecting all his enemies
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And your enemies to become jesus's footstool.
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Because you are in him,
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That same attitude that jesus has--expecting
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The enemies to come under his feet--
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Amen, that same posture, amen, is your posture today.
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That same attitude, that throne attitude,
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Is your attitude.
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Even this challenge that's facing you right now,
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Amen, you cannot work against it.
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You cannot perform against it, amen?
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All you can do is what? expect, why?
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It's all been done.
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It's all been done, amen, at the cross.
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You expect that thing to come under jesus's feet
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Or your feet because you are in christ, amen?
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In fact, that prayer goes on to say, amen,
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That god wants us to know the resurrection power
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In christ.
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But not only that, when god raised him
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Far above all principality and power and all that
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And seated him at his own right hand,
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All that he is, the next verse tells us:
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"he put all things"-- say "all things"--
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"all things under his feet."
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Now, you are in him. you are seated with christ.
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Guess what? all things are under your feet.
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"and, pastor prince, it doesn't seem like--you know,
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I feel like many a times i'm under the circumstances,
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I'm under the weather.
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In fact, that's what i tell people, i'm--"
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What are you doing under?
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God says those things are under you,
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Far, far, far below you
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Because you are far, far above it, amen?
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That's a true posture.
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That's how god sees you
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And no one sees reality or realities
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The way god sees it, hallelujah.
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Our eyes can play tricks this side of heaven, amen?
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Amen, we can see, like, the pool looks shallow,
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And if you're not a swimmer, you jump into it.
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Oh man, woe begone.
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Let me tell you this. no one sees reality like god.
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And god says god's perspective of you today
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Is that you're seated with christ
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Far above all things.
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Now watch this.
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"god put all things under jesus's feet,
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And gave him to be head over all things to the church."
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Head over all things to the church.
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I like the new living translation,
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Brings it up: "god has put all things
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Under the authority of christ
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And has made christ head over all things," why?
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"for the benefit of the church," amen.
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He's head over all things. listen carefully, amen?
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We know he's head over all things,
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But where we need to be head over all things
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In a practical way is here on earth, amen?
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But the reason god did that for jesus
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Is because god has you in mind, the church, amen?
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The church is not a physical building.
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Whenever you see the church in the bible, it is the--
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Think this, all right?
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It's something established by god.
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It originated in god's heart and mind.
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And then it was born of god on the day of pentecost
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In the book of acts, amen?
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There was the birthday of the church.
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And since then, god's dream has been fulfilled
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To have people, amen,
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Jew and gentile from all walks of life,
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To bring a people for his name
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Out of every nation of the earth.
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But we have failed to see
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This glorious fact of resurrection
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And what it means for ourselves
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In terms of forgiveness of our sins,
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In us being born again, in our position now
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As the many-membered body of christ called the church.
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We have failed to see how the resurrection
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Has accomplished all this for us.
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And as a result, we are living in defeat.
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We are living under the circumstances.
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We are constantly struggling, stressed, depressed.
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Friend, that's not god's will for you.
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God loves you, amen?
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God wants you to be at peace.
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First of all, peace with god and then peace with yourself
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And peace with people around you.
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Yes, the bible says as much as possible,
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Live peaceably with all men.
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Whether they are believers or not,
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Live peaceably with all men, the bible says, hallelujah.
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God wants peace for you, amen.
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He delights to see you in peace, not in strife and stress,
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Amen, depressed.
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God loves you, my friend, amen. praise the lord.
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Now, if you look at the bible, what the bible tells us--
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How to know god and this power of his resurrection.
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Notice what paul says in philippians 3:
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"i want to be found in him," paul says,
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"not having my own righteousness,
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Which is from the law."
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The law is the ten commandments here, amen?
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Law can mean the entire five books of moses
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Or it can mean, amen,
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The 613 commandments that's in the torah.
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Or it can also mean the ten commandments.
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In this context here,
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It's always coming from the righteousness from the law
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Is the ten commandments.
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Righteousness, which is from the law.
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"not having my own righteousness,
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Which is from the law,
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But that which is through faith in christ,
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The righteousness which is from god by faith," amen.
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Paul says, "i want this righteousness.
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I want to be found in christ.
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Not having that kind of self-righteousness
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Where i perform this, i perform that,
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And i think i'm better than others, amen,
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Because i'm extra holy.
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No, no, not that kind of righteousness
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Which you get from the law.
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I don't want that," paul says, amen?
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God has given us a new righteousness
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Which is christ himself.
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"i want to be found in christ who is my righteousness,
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The righteousness which is by faith," amen.
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Not by your performance. not by your works.
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The righteousness which is a gift given to you,
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Paid for by the blood of jesus.
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You take that righteousness.
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We read just now god made jesus to be sin for us.
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So at the cross, jesus knew no sin.
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He did no sin. in him is no sin.
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But he became sin. why?
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He took our sin.
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So that today, we who know no righteousness--amen?--
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In us is no righteousness.
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We become the righteousness of god in him, how?
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We receive what he gave, amen?
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He gave himself to us, and he is our righteousness.
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So all our sins was transferred to him at the cross,
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And all that he is, righteous before god,
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Is transferred to our account, amen.
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All the favor of god, the best of all his favors,
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Amen, is abounding towards you, child of god--amen?--
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As if you deserve the very best blessings that god has.
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And that's what god has given us.
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Praise the name of jesus.
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Seated with christ is the greatest blessing of all,
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If only we have eyes to see, amen.
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And once we are there,
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Every other blessing is now upon us.
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Blessed with every spiritual blessing
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In heavenly places in christ.
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Praise the lord.
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And notice what paul says in philippians again.
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He says, "this righteousness of god by faith
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Is the one i want"--why?-- "that i may know him
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And the power of his resurrection."
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In other words, the more you believe
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That you are righteous by faith, not righteous by your works,
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Now you are believing the gospel.
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You are believing the truth.
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You are believing the very thing that thrills god's heart, amen.
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The very thing that god wants people on earth today to hear
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Is this truth--amen?--that god has taken all their sins
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And put them on jesus.
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Jesus paid it all--amen?-- and died and rose from the dead
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When they were declared righteous.
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Now, that's where-- with their name on it--
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That standing of favor is there, but it must be possessed, amen?
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If it's not possessed, you cannot be born again, amen.
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You must take that place, hallelujah.
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You need to identify yourself with what christ has done.
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Believe--amen?--and receive. praise the lord.
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Notice, he says, "only by the righteousness of god by faith;
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That i may know him"-- not only know the lord,
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But you will know the power of his resurrection,
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Which is what we are talking about.
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"pastor prince, you talk about the resurrection and all that--
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How we are raised far above all principalities and powers
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Against every difficulty that come against us
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That has a name.
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But, pastor, how do i see that in my own life?"
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Because we do not know the power of his resurrection.
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But how do i know him
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And the power of his resurrection?
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By understanding more the righteousness by faith.
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Once you declare, "yes, god," you are agreeing with god.
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God declares you righteous,
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You declare yourself righteous, amen?
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Not in and of yourself, amen. but in another, in christ.
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"i'm the righteousness of god in christ."
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You will get to know god.
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You will come to know him intimately.
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And then not only that,
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You will know the power of his resurrection, hallelujah!
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Joseph prince: this coming week, the lord bless you
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With the blessing of father abraham
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And the blessings of deuteronomy 28.
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Throughout this week from every sickness and disease,
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From every danger, harm, evil, from all the powers of darkness,
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In the name of the lord jesus christ.
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And the lord favors you in a special way
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Throughout this week.
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May you see the manifestation of that favor
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Because you are standing on favored ground.
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May you see it manifest in practical ways
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This coming week, in jesus's name.
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Praise the lord.
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And the lord smiles on you and pronounce upon you right now
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His shalom, wholeness, peace, and well-being
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In every part of your body.
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In the name of the lord jesus christ,
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And all the people said, "amen."
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Joseph Prince - How To Overcome Thoughts That Overwhelm You

January 6, 2026 | 29:45

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