Joseph Prince - Overthinking Is Stealing Your Peace

June 8, 2026 | 27:29

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  • Joseph prince: every time your mind
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  • Is set on the word of god, you meditate on god's word,
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  • Amen, you are actually setting your mind
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  • On the spirit,
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  • And to be spiritually minded is life and peace, shalom.
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  • Well-being, health, wholeness is all in that word,
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  • "shalom,"
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  • And you meditate on it, sooner or later,
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  • You will see how to apply it.
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  • With today's program.
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  • Joseph prince: ephesians 1, it tells us to pray
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  • To "the father of our lord jesus christ,
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  • The father of glory,
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  • That he may give to us the spirit of wisdom
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  • And revelation in the knowledge of him."
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  • Notice it's called "the spirit of wisdom
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  • And revelation in the knowledge of him,"
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  • The greatest knowledge of all.
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  • And how does this spirit of wisdom operate?
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  • "the eyes of your understanding being enlightened."
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  • One translation say, "the eyes of your heart
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  • Being enlightened."
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  • So eyes of our heart-- notice our heart have eyes.
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  • We see on the inside, but god wants your eyes,
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  • Child of god, to be opened by the spirit,
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  • His holy spirit of wisdom and revelation.
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  • Notice it's called the spirit of wisdom
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  • And revelation, and the way he operates in your life,
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  • He causes the eyes of your heart to be enlightened.
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  • And the greek word here is photizo, amen?
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  • "the eyes of your understanding being enlightened," photizo,
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  • "that you may know."
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  • Once your eyes open, you know.
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  • You know what god wants you to know.
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  • Praise the lord, hallelujah.
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  • Remember the two walking on emmaus road
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  • On the resurrection day itself, amen?
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  • That morning jesus rose from the dead,
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  • And of all the extraordinary things that you had thought
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  • That the lord would do, he did something
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  • Very seemingly ordinary, amen?
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  • He walked with the two to the small town,
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  • Small village, of emmaus, amen.
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  • And the bible says their eyes were restrained from them.
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  • They did not see him, all right, in person,
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  • Because it's more important for them to see him in his word.
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  • By that, the lord is giving all of us
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  • An equal opportunity, amen.
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  • And the bible says right at the end, right,
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  • Their eyes were open, amen, at the lord's supper.
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  • So we see two, right?
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  • And a number of years ago, i remember studying on this,
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  • And the lord opened my eyes to see that this is
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  • A parallel with the garden of eden.
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  • There were two in the garden of eden,
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  • Eden, adam and eve, and we have two,
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  • Which i believe is cleopas and mrs. cleopas, amen?
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  • It's a very homely scene, amen, and seems very ordinary.
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  • Adam and eve in the garden, amen,
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  • Loving one another, before sin came in,
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  • And here they are walking through the village of emmaus
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  • Where they reside.
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  • And the lord came and here the lord came
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  • In the cool of the-- in the evening breeze, amen,
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  • In the cool of the day, and here the lord came
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  • With the two on the way to emmaus.
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  • And remember that here they opened their eyes
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  • With the tree of knowledge of good and evil,
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  • Which god told them not to eat from.
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  • And they realized they were naked.
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  • Their eyes were opened to see their nakedness,
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  • To see what they lack, to see that--
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  • To see their destitute state.
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  • And over here, the lord broke bread
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  • And they realized he gave them the lord's supper,
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  • Amen, communion.
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  • He broke bread, and they knew it was him.
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  • Their eyes were open to see him.
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  • They knew him, not their nakedness,
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  • But they knew him.
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  • Here the result was by partaking of the tree
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  • Of knowledge of good and evil, the result was death.
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  • So friend, when i saw that, i realized that the communion
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  • Is actually the tree of life for us today, hallelujah.
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  • It is the anti-type of the tree of knowledge
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  • Of good and evil, amen.
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  • Whereas this tree brought death,
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  • This tree brings life, hallelujah,
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  • And the knowledge of our lord jesus christ, amen?
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  • Praise the lord, hallelujah.
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  • And this is so important because the bible
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  • Says the unfolding, the entrance of your words,
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  • Gives light.
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  • Here it says in psalms 119, verse 130:
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  • "the entrance of your words gives light;
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  • It gives understanding to the simple."
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  • Notice the bible says, "the entrance of your words
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  • Gives light," and this word, "gives light,"
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  • In the septuagint-- now, by the way,
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  • Your old testament is written in hebrew.
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  • Your new testament is written in greek,
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  • But there is a greek version
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  • Of the old testament called the septuagint.
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  • So sometimes it's good for us to look at
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  • What the greek says because in that way,
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  • You know that what corresponds to
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  • This word here is the same word here,
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  • And you can find the hebrew word here;
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  • Therefore, it's the same truth, amen.
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  • You will see more as i go along.
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  • So here, the word, "gives light,"
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  • It's in the septuagint, in the greek,
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  • It's actually photizo, the very same word we saw
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  • Just now in ephesians 1, verse 18:
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  • "the eyes of your heart, your understanding,
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  • Being photizo, being enlightened."
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  • Here's the same word, amen.
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  • "the entrance of your words gives light;
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  • It gives understanding to the simple."
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  • That tells us that this spirit of wisdom and revelation
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  • Operates with the word of god.
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  • It is not apart from the word of god.
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  • It is with the word of god, amen.
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  • Do you remember joshua, in joshua 1, verse 8:
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  • God says, "this book of the law
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  • Shall not depart out of your mouth,"
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  • God said to him, "but thou shalt meditate therein
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  • Day and night,
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  • That you may observe to do according
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  • To all that is written in it.
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  • For then you will make your way prosperous,
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  • And then you will have good success."
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  • Notice that joshua, when god said this to him,
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  • Obviously he was reading the book of the law,
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  • And what they had back then, joshua,
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  • The bible they had back then is the torah,
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  • The first five books of moses:
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  • Genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy.
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  • That's what joshua was meditating on and reading
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  • When the lord says, "this book--"
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  • Notice the word "this," hazzeh, in the hebrew
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  • Is hazzeh, this.
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  • He was reading it, obviously, for god to say,
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  • This book of the law that you're reading,
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  • This book specific, "this book of the law
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  • Shall not depart from your mouth,
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  • But you shall meditate therein."
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  • It's not enough just to read.
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  • God says you must meditate therein day and night.
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  • But remember this, friend.
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  • The bible says that joshua, at this point,
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  • Moses has just died, and before moses died,
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  • Moses laid his hands on joshua,
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  • And joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom,
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  • For moses had laid his hands on him.
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  • Remember moses laid his hands on joshua?
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  • And now when moses is dead, the bible says,
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  • "joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom,"
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  • Amen, "for moses laid his hands on him."
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  • And that was the closing chapters of deuteronomy
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  • When that was mentioned.
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  • The very next book is this chapter 1 of joshua,
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  • And here's where we are.
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  • It is not enough just to have the spirit of wisdom.
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  • We need to open up the book, amen?
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  • God operates with this tool,
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  • Means of bringing wisdom into our life,
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  • Bringing hazon vision into our lives, amen.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • "for then you will make your way prosperous,
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  • And then you will have good success,"
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  • Hallelujah, hallelujah.
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  • So back to this verse in psalms 119.
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  • It says: "the entrance of your words."
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  • The words-- the word "entrance"
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  • In the hebrew is patach.
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  • Patach actually means open the door.
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  • Today when we patach the door, they say open the door.
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  • So, in the other versions like esv, it says,
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  • "unfolding of your words gives light."
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  • In the young's, it says, "the opening,"
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  • Which is more accurate, the patach,
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  • "the opening of your words enlighten us,
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  • Instructing the simple."
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  • So every time you hear the word of god,
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  • As i open the word of god-- i'm doing that right now.
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  • I'm opening the word of god to you, amen,
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  • So that you won't be carnally minded, amen,
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  • But be spiritually minded.
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  • Every time your mind is set on the word of god,
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  • You meditate on god's word, amen,
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  • You are actually setting your mind on the spirit.
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  • And to be spiritually minded is life and peace, shalom.
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  • Well-being, health, wholeness is all in that word,
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  • "shalom," amen?
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  • Amen, praise god.
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  • So we see that even though joshua
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  • Was full of the spirit of wisdom,
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  • He did not neglect the bible.
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  • He did not neglect the word of god, amen?
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  • He opened it when god spoke to him and said,
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  • "this book of the law,"
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  • Obviously he was reading it then,
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  • "shall not depart from your mouth, joshua,
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  • But you shall meditate therein, day and night,"
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  • Notice day and night,
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  • "that you may observe to do according--"
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  • Now, watch that: "may observe to do."
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  • "that you may observe to do."
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  • God could have said, "you shall meditate on it
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  • Day and night, that you may do all that is written therein."
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  • No need to say, "observe to do," right, but god says here,
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  • "that you may observe," in hebrew, "shamar,"
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  • Observe, watch, see, watch, amen, "to do."
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  • In other words, when you meditate on god's word,
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  • Take a passage of scripture
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  • Or take a verse and you meditate on it,
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  • Sooner or later, you will see how to apply it, amen.
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  • Then you shall make your way prosperous.
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  • Then you shall have good success.
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  • Notice you meditate on god's word.
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  • Actually, meditation here is the word "hagah" in hebrew,
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  • Which is muttering with your mouth.
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  • I mean, the first line tells you
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  • That "this book of the law shall not depart from your...
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  • Mouth," amen?
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  • Amen, not just from your mind.
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  • We think of meditation only from--
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  • In the area of the mind, but your mouth, amen?
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  • Biblical meditation is not shutting your mouth
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  • And just being in your mind, amen,
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  • Or blanking your mind out, all right?
  • 00:10:49.824 --> 00:10:52.360
  • It is actually filling your mouth with god's word
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  • And thinking about what you are muttering.
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  • Hagah means muttering, amen?
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  • Amen, even in the wee hours of the night,
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  • If you can't sleep, it's the best time.
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  • I love to, if i can't sleep--
  • 00:11:04.072 --> 00:11:06.407
  • Whether it's the devil causing it
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  • Or whether it's stress or whatever it is, amen--
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  • If i can't sleep, i'll tell you this,
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  • I just meditate on the word of god, amen?
  • 00:11:11.946 --> 00:11:14.716
  • As i meditate, i mutter those verses
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  • That come up.
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  • You can memorize joshua 1:8 if you want.
  • 00:11:18.553 --> 00:11:19.888
  • You can memorize psalms 1, about the man who meditates,
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  • "his delight is in the law of the lord,
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  • And in his law doth he meditate."
  • 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.960
  • Again, the word there is hagah, day and night.
  • 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.997
  • And as you meditate, you will observe,
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  • You will see the wisdom in that passage.
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  • You will see.
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  • That means it will come in a picture form, amen?
  • 00:11:36.037 --> 00:11:38.039
  • You will be able to see it.
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  • How? with the eyes of your heart.
  • 00:11:39.374 --> 00:11:41.409
  • So it's not enough just to ask god
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  • For the spirit of wisdom and revelation,
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  • Because joshua had that
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  • After moses laid his hands on him,
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  • Yet he had to be in the word of god, amen?
  • 00:11:50.051 --> 00:11:52.754
  • All right, so now you see this word
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  • For "meditate" in hebrew is hagah.
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  • But the word "meditate" in the septuagint,
  • 00:11:58.693 --> 00:12:01.663
  • The greek version of this verse, is meletao.
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  • And now why do i say that?
  • 00:12:04.833 --> 00:12:06.601
  • Because there is a counterpart
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  • In the writings of paul in the new testament.
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  • In the new testament, in 1 timothy 4, it says here
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  • In verse 15: "meditate upon these things;
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  • Give thyself wholly to them;
  • 00:12:18.713 --> 00:12:21.216
  • That thy profiting may appear to all."
  • 00:12:21.216 --> 00:12:26.588
  • "meditate upon these things; give yourself wholly to them;
  • 00:12:26.588 --> 00:12:30.358
  • That thy profiting may appear to all."
  • 00:12:30.358 --> 00:12:32.594
  • The word "meditate" here is the word "meletao."
  • 00:12:32.594 --> 00:12:36.531
  • Obviously, this is the new testament
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  • And it's in greek, but the reason
  • 00:12:38.199 --> 00:12:40.134
  • I'm showing the--both verses from the old and new
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  • Is to show you that this verse here
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  • Is actually hebrew.
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  • In the hebrew it will be hagah, to mutter upon these things.
  • 00:12:46.441 --> 00:12:49.944
  • And what things are this?
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  • The context tells you it's the word of god.
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  • "till i come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation,
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  • To doctrine."
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  • The word of god, listen to preaching,
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  • Listen to teaching, neglect not the gift
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  • That is in thee, which is the gift of teaching
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  • For timothy, paul was telling him.
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  • It was given to him, but when the elders
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  • Laid hands on him and-- by prophecy.
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  • "meditate upon these things," god's word.
  • 00:13:12.133 --> 00:13:13.902
  • "give yourself wholly to them;
  • 00:13:13.902 --> 00:13:15.837
  • That thy profiting may appear to all."
  • 00:13:15.837 --> 00:13:18.439
  • Notice that every time god's word--church, listen.
  • 00:13:18.439 --> 00:13:21.542
  • I find that every time god's word
  • 00:13:21.542 --> 00:13:24.479
  • Talks about meditation, there's always a benefit,
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  • There's always a blessing.
  • 00:13:27.548 --> 00:13:29.217
  • And in joshua 1:8, it says, what?
  • 00:13:29.217 --> 00:13:31.152
  • The blessing: "for then you shall make your way prosperous."
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  • You will make your way prosperous.
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  • When you meditate on god's word day and night,
  • 00:13:37.458 --> 00:13:39.460
  • "you will make your way prosperous,
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  • And you shall have good success."
  • 00:13:41.629 --> 00:13:45.500
  • Wow, what about psalms 1?
  • 00:13:45.500 --> 00:13:48.303
  • It says in psalms 1: "but his delight is
  • 00:13:48.303 --> 00:13:50.638
  • In the law of the lord,
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  • And in his law he meditates day and night," amen.
  • 00:13:52.573 --> 00:13:56.144
  • When you find the word "the law of the lord,"
  • 00:13:56.144 --> 00:13:58.346
  • It's not specifically referring to
  • 00:13:58.346 --> 00:14:00.515
  • Just the ten commandments, amen?
  • 00:14:00.515 --> 00:14:02.417
  • "the" is the definite article.
  • 00:14:02.417 --> 00:14:03.751
  • The law of the lord refers to the entire--
  • 00:14:03.751 --> 00:14:06.054
  • In this context here, the five books of moses,
  • 00:14:06.054 --> 00:14:09.057
  • The law of the lord, amen,
  • 00:14:09.057 --> 00:14:10.825
  • The instruction, the word of god, amen.
  • 00:14:10.825 --> 00:14:13.061
  • So you meditate on the word of god
  • 00:14:13.061 --> 00:14:14.729
  • And your delight is in the word of god,
  • 00:14:14.729 --> 00:14:16.998
  • And you hagah on it day and night.
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  • What's gonna happen?
  • 00:14:19.701 --> 00:14:21.302
  • "it shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water."
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  • If one river is running low, there are rivers, my friend,
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  • Rivers of water.
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  • How refreshing, hey, how verdant, amen.
  • 00:14:30.144 --> 00:14:34.382
  • How luscious this tree is "that brings forth its fruit
  • 00:14:34.382 --> 00:14:38.386
  • In its season, whose leaf also shall not wither."
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  • Whose leaf also shall not wither.
  • 00:14:42.991 --> 00:14:44.792
  • Just when i was meditating on this verse just yesterday,
  • 00:14:44.792 --> 00:14:48.229
  • And i was sitting with my wife and we were eating
  • 00:14:48.229 --> 00:14:50.665
  • And we were outside, actually, and we were in a certain place,
  • 00:14:50.665 --> 00:14:55.436
  • Eating, and we were-- we're just minding
  • 00:14:55.436 --> 00:14:57.538
  • Our own business and we're just talking and eating,
  • 00:14:57.538 --> 00:14:59.540
  • But my mind was on this verse,
  • 00:14:59.540 --> 00:15:01.275
  • And i was just-- i just studied just now,
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  • "whose leaf shall not wither," and i'm--
  • 00:15:02.910 --> 00:15:04.645
  • I was looking at the word "not wither" in hebrew
  • 00:15:04.645 --> 00:15:07.382
  • And just meditating on "whose leaf will not wither."
  • 00:15:07.382 --> 00:15:10.118
  • Down came this leaf right to our table,
  • 00:15:10.118 --> 00:15:12.653
  • Where we were seated, our lunch table,
  • 00:15:12.653 --> 00:15:14.856
  • And it just dropped, and it was a dried-up leaf.
  • 00:15:14.856 --> 00:15:18.693
  • And it's like god is saying, "your leaf will never wither
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  • Like this," amen?
  • 00:15:21.996 --> 00:15:23.331
  • It's--and i look at the leaf.
  • 00:15:23.331 --> 00:15:24.699
  • It's like growing old, it's like decay, you know,
  • 00:15:24.699 --> 00:15:27.668
  • Like autumn leaves, they die.
  • 00:15:27.668 --> 00:15:29.337
  • It's a sign of death, actually.
  • 00:15:29.337 --> 00:15:30.671
  • We celebrate beauty, but actually we are celebrating,
  • 00:15:30.671 --> 00:15:34.375
  • We don't realize it's the tree in its death form,
  • 00:15:34.375 --> 00:15:37.712
  • But the bible says if you meditate on god's word,
  • 00:15:37.712 --> 00:15:40.281
  • You are like a tree, amen, planted by the rivers of water.
  • 00:15:40.281 --> 00:15:44.218
  • Planted is not just growing by itself.
  • 00:15:44.218 --> 00:15:46.888
  • The word "planted" means someone planted you,
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  • Someone who loved you, care for you, watching over you,
  • 00:15:49.090 --> 00:15:51.926
  • Planted you.
  • 00:15:51.926 --> 00:15:53.261
  • By the where?
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  • Rivers of water, and you bring forth
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  • Your fruit in your season, your leaf will not wither.
  • 00:15:55.930 --> 00:15:59.300
  • In another place in the bible-- bible interpret bible--
  • 00:15:59.300 --> 00:16:01.903
  • It says leaves are for the healing of the nations.
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  • So your leaf, your health, your healing,
  • 00:16:05.239 --> 00:16:08.076
  • Will never wither, amen?
  • 00:16:08.076 --> 00:16:10.545
  • You'll be forever green, forever young, hallelujah.
  • 00:16:10.545 --> 00:16:13.748
  • And look at this part.
  • 00:16:13.748 --> 00:16:15.083
  • I told you just now,
  • 00:16:15.083 --> 00:16:16.584
  • Every time the bible talks about meditation,
  • 00:16:16.584 --> 00:16:18.252
  • There's some benefit, amen.
  • 00:16:18.252 --> 00:16:19.887
  • And here it says: "whatever he does shall prosper,"
  • 00:16:19.887 --> 00:16:24.792
  • Just like joshua 1:8, amen?
  • 00:16:24.792 --> 00:16:26.828
  • "you shall make your way prosperous
  • 00:16:26.828 --> 00:16:29.197
  • And you shall have good success."
  • 00:16:29.197 --> 00:16:31.466
  • And here it says, when you meditate on god's word,
  • 00:16:31.466 --> 00:16:34.702
  • Whatever you do prospers.
  • 00:16:34.702 --> 00:16:37.905
  • It doesn't matter what your occupation is--
  • 00:16:37.905 --> 00:16:39.907
  • Whether you're a doctor, a teacher, a homemaker, amen?
  • 00:16:39.907 --> 00:16:43.978
  • Just whatever you do prospers, amen.
  • 00:16:43.978 --> 00:16:49.183
  • God ensures there's no such promise given
  • 00:16:49.183 --> 00:16:53.888
  • By the methods of men, by the system of men,
  • 00:16:53.888 --> 00:16:58.759
  • Where they can train you to be good in your work,
  • 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:03.564
  • In the specifics of your work, amen?
  • 00:17:03.564 --> 00:17:05.566
  • They can give you a-- they can impart to you a tal--
  • 00:17:05.566 --> 00:17:09.137
  • A skill, rather, amen, not a talent but a skill,
  • 00:17:09.137 --> 00:17:12.573
  • But they can tell you how to do it,
  • 00:17:12.573 --> 00:17:14.475
  • But they cannot tell you to prosper in every area
  • 00:17:14.475 --> 00:17:17.845
  • That you are involved with.
  • 00:17:17.845 --> 00:17:19.947
  • "whatever he does prospers."
  • 00:17:19.947 --> 00:17:22.850
  • And just now we read, "you shall make your way prosperous
  • 00:17:22.850 --> 00:17:25.887
  • And you shall have good success."
  • 00:17:25.887 --> 00:17:27.688
  • There's always some profit.
  • 00:17:27.688 --> 00:17:29.023
  • There's always some-- something prosperous,
  • 00:17:29.023 --> 00:17:31.025
  • Something successful that results from it.
  • 00:17:31.025 --> 00:17:33.261
  • Here it says: "that by profiting--
  • 00:17:33.261 --> 00:17:35.863
  • That thy profiting may appear to all."
  • 00:17:35.863 --> 00:17:39.667
  • That means what?
  • 00:17:39.667 --> 00:17:41.002
  • It is visual, it is palpable,
  • 00:17:41.002 --> 00:17:43.704
  • It is something that everyone can see, amen?
  • 00:17:43.704 --> 00:17:46.707
  • And they saw that the lord was with joseph, amen?
  • 00:17:46.707 --> 00:17:51.012
  • Pharaoh saw--or rather, yeah, pharaoh saw it later on,
  • 00:17:51.012 --> 00:17:54.549
  • But it was potiphar who saw it first
  • 00:17:54.549 --> 00:17:56.150
  • That saw that the lord was with joseph,
  • 00:17:56.150 --> 00:17:58.386
  • And whatever he did, god made it to prosper.
  • 00:17:58.386 --> 00:18:01.455
  • So think, who is potiphar?
  • 00:18:01.455 --> 00:18:03.224
  • He's not a godly man, amen?
  • 00:18:03.224 --> 00:18:05.193
  • The world, your boss, amen, your colleagues,
  • 00:18:05.193 --> 00:18:09.063
  • The people of the world,
  • 00:18:09.063 --> 00:18:10.698
  • Will see the lord is with you, amen?
  • 00:18:10.698 --> 00:18:12.533
  • They might be able to define it, amen,
  • 00:18:12.533 --> 00:18:14.669
  • But they'll see the lord is with you
  • 00:18:14.669 --> 00:18:16.537
  • And that whatever you do, the lord makes it
  • 00:18:16.537 --> 00:18:18.039
  • To prosper, amen?
  • 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:19.774
  • It's always tied up with meditation,
  • 00:18:19.774 --> 00:18:23.044
  • You as the recipient of god's word,
  • 00:18:23.044 --> 00:18:25.179
  • Keep on hearing god's word, amen?
  • 00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:27.315
  • Keep on tuning in.
  • 00:18:27.315 --> 00:18:28.816
  • The unfolding of god's words, the opening of god's words,
  • 00:18:28.816 --> 00:18:32.820
  • The entrance of god's word gives you light, amen?
  • 00:18:32.820 --> 00:18:37.658
  • It will give you light, photizo, praise god.
  • 00:18:37.658 --> 00:18:40.928
  • And plus you're praying for the spirit of wisdom
  • 00:18:40.928 --> 00:18:42.630
  • And revelation to manifest, amen?
  • 00:18:42.630 --> 00:18:45.766
  • And the storms of life will not catch you, amen,
  • 00:18:45.766 --> 00:18:50.137
  • In a place where you cannot see.
  • 00:18:50.137 --> 00:18:51.572
  • You know, one of the biggest cries
  • 00:18:51.572 --> 00:18:54.242
  • That people have today, i hear it in the spirit,
  • 00:18:54.242 --> 00:18:57.478
  • And i hear it also physically, you know, people around,
  • 00:18:57.478 --> 00:19:00.381
  • "i don't know what to do."
  • 00:19:00.381 --> 00:19:01.716
  • They have a-- "i don't know what to do.
  • 00:19:01.716 --> 00:19:03.117
  • I just don't know what to do. i don't know what to do."
  • 00:19:03.117 --> 00:19:05.486
  • You know, they're in this predicament.
  • 00:19:05.486 --> 00:19:07.121
  • "i don't know what to do."
  • 00:19:07.121 --> 00:19:08.456
  • In a financial predicament. "i do not know what to do."
  • 00:19:08.456 --> 00:19:10.391
  • They are in a marital problem. "i do not know what to do."
  • 00:19:10.391 --> 00:19:13.794
  • And really, friend, the answer is the wisdom of god, amen?
  • 00:19:13.794 --> 00:19:17.198
  • Christ has made unto you wisdom, amen.
  • 00:19:17.198 --> 00:19:19.634
  • And the way it manifests is pray to god, amen.
  • 00:19:19.634 --> 00:19:22.403
  • Ask god for the spirit of wisdom and revelation,
  • 00:19:22.403 --> 00:19:25.172
  • The eyes of your heart to be enlightened.
  • 00:19:25.172 --> 00:19:27.975
  • We need to see, observe, meditate on god's word,
  • 00:19:27.975 --> 00:19:31.712
  • And the other way that god has just shown us here
  • 00:19:31.712 --> 00:19:34.782
  • Is to meditate on his word.
  • 00:19:34.782 --> 00:19:36.751
  • Take a verse of scripture.
  • 00:19:36.751 --> 00:19:38.085
  • It might not be pertaining to your--you're believing god
  • 00:19:38.085 --> 00:19:40.254
  • For health or healing,
  • 00:19:40.254 --> 00:19:41.822
  • You're believing god for a breakthrough
  • 00:19:41.822 --> 00:19:43.491
  • In your addictions, amen?
  • 00:19:43.491 --> 00:19:45.359
  • You're believing god to restore your marriage,
  • 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.362
  • Whatever it is, take a verse of scripture.
  • 00:19:48.362 --> 00:19:50.064
  • It can be a verse of scripture like what we read just now--
  • 00:19:50.064 --> 00:19:52.733
  • Psalms 1, verse 3: "he shall be like a tree
  • 00:19:52.733 --> 00:19:56.237
  • Planted by the rivers of water,
  • 00:19:56.237 --> 00:19:58.039
  • That brings forth its fruit in a season."
  • 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.840
  • Can you see it? can you see it?
  • 00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:02.410
  • Can you see yourself like a tree, planted,
  • 00:20:02.410 --> 00:20:05.079
  • Evergreen, ever healthy, ever strong,
  • 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:10.017
  • Forever young, amen.
  • 00:20:10.017 --> 00:20:12.119
  • Whatever you do prospers, amen.
  • 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.588
  • Can you see yourself in that way?
  • 00:20:14.588 --> 00:20:15.956
  • You know, i feel like this is a storehouse,
  • 00:20:15.956 --> 00:20:18.959
  • It's a storehouse.
  • 00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:20.294
  • God wants you to break it open,
  • 00:20:20.294 --> 00:20:21.729
  • Break the shell, unfolding of his words,
  • 00:20:21.729 --> 00:20:23.731
  • The opening of his words, give you light, amen,
  • 00:20:23.731 --> 00:20:26.600
  • Gives you wisdom, gives you length of days,
  • 00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:28.803
  • Hallelujah, when the wisdom comes.
  • 00:20:28.803 --> 00:20:30.471
  • And give you riches, honor, pleasure, and peace, hallelujah.
  • 00:20:30.471 --> 00:20:34.975
  • You know, you read god's word and then you think of a verse
  • 00:20:34.975 --> 00:20:38.679
  • That speaks to you, amen?
  • 00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:40.381
  • Memorize it and think of it.
  • 00:20:40.381 --> 00:20:42.683
  • Even at night when you sleep, think of it, amen?
  • 00:20:42.683 --> 00:20:45.319
  • Think of it, meditate on it, amen.
  • 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.855
  • Meditate on it day and night, hallelujah.
  • 00:20:47.855 --> 00:20:49.890
  • Mutter it day and night, amen?
  • 00:20:49.890 --> 00:20:52.026
  • For example, the verse 3 of psalms 1,
  • 00:20:52.026 --> 00:20:53.561
  • You can mutter it.
  • 00:20:53.561 --> 00:20:54.895
  • "he shall be like a tree," and see yourself
  • 00:20:54.895 --> 00:20:56.230
  • As that tree planted by the rivers of water,
  • 00:20:56.230 --> 00:20:58.532
  • As you're driving to work, amen, amen?
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  • Whatever you're doing, as you go to school,
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  • Amen, "he shall be like a tree planted.
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  • Whatever he does prospers."
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  • I see myself as that man.
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  • Parents, take time, amen, to train your children
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  • In the ways of the lord.
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  • Teach them, give them a memory verse.
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  • They might not like it at first, amen,
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  • But tell them, you know, this will help you, amen?
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  • This will help you when you are afraid,
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  • Whenever you are alone or you feel afraid.
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  • Think of this verse, bring this verse up, amen?
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  • "the lord is my shepherd; i will not lack.
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  • You are with me, your rod and your staff."
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  • See yourself as a sheep taken care of.
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  • The lord walks with his staff to protect you, amen.
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  • You're not alone. the lord is with you.
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  • And you know, you look on the right,
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  • Goodness follows you.
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  • Look on the left, mercy follows you.
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  • Make them memorize god's word and teach them
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  • How to meditate on god's word.
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  • Meditate god's word in front of them.
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  • In fact, there's a verse that says if you talk about
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  • God's word, it literally in deuteronomy 11,
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  • It says if you speak of god's word, lying down,
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  • Rising up, walking by the way,
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  • Amen, god says he'll multiply your days
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  • And the days of your children
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  • Like the days of heaven upon the earth.
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  • Wow, days of heaven upon the earth.
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  • I pray that you will take this challenge, my friend,
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  • And meditate on god's word, amen?
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  • In the wee hours of the night,
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  • If you wake up and you feel like,
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  • You feel like a-- feel like a panic attack,
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  • You know, come on you, all right?
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  • Don't focus on the fear. focus on god's word.
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  • Now, what's my memory verse now?
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  • What is that verse i'm supposed to chew on?
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  • And bring that verse up. if you can, mutter it.
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  • Mutter it softly.
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  • Don't just try to keep it in your head
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  • Because you'll find that there's a problem sometimes, amen.
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  • But you mutter it, your focus will be there, amen?
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  • Mutter it, mutter it, amen? praise the lord.
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  • And i'm telling you this: you are reinvigorating yourself.
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  • You might have only a few hours' sleep,
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  • But it's gonna be good sleep, hallelujah, praise the lord.
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  • Announcer: pastor joseph prince will return in a moment
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  • With a special prayer to close today's program,
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  • Right after this.
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  • Announcer: and now a closing word
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  • From pastor joseph prince.
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  • Joseph prince: lift your hands all across this place
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  • And everywhere that's watching this right now.
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  • Say, "father, i trust you.
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  • You are my refuge and my fortress
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  • In jesus's name," amen?
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  • The lord bless you and the lord keep you.
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  • The lord make his face to shine upon you
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  • And be favorable to you.
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  • The lord protect you and your loved ones
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  • From every infection, from every disease,
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  • From harm, from tragedy, from all the powers of darkness.
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  • The lord grant you and your families
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  • Wonderful shalom-- well-being in your bodies,
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  • In your minds, and shalom peace--
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  • Multiplied in the name of the lord jesus christ.
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  • And all the people said amen, amen, amen.
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  • Praise the lord. love you all, hallelujah.
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  • Joseph prince: i want to take a moment
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  • To thank a very special group of people:
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  • Grace legacy builders.
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  • You know who you are.
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  • You're the ones who make this possible.
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  • Because of your generosity, lives are changed,
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  • Bondages broken, and families set free
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  • From decades of wrong belief.
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  • Every praise report we receive-- and we get many every day--
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  • Is a testimony of god's grace
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  • And a testament of your faithful support
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  • Of our ministry.
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  • Thank you for making a real difference
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  • In the lives of so many.
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  • God bless you greatly.
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  • Female: i told my son, i said, "i found my people!"
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  • I was so excited.
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  • Male announcer: church--
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  • It's not a place; it's a people.
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  • Male: good to see you guys. male: welcome, everyone.
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  • Male: we get people asking us, saying, you know,
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  • "how in the world do you do an online church?"
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  • And you know, we gather in our living room
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  • And we sing and we praise,
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  • And then we sit there and we take in the word,
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  • And then afterward you can talk about it.
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  • Announcer: church is not four walls;
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  • It's one body of christ.
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  • Male: we just feel so plugged in now.
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  • We feel planted.
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  • It does take some getting used to
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  • A little bit, you know, doing the online church,
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  • But i mean, right now we're speaking to you all,
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  • And we're, you know, transcending time and space.
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  • Announcer: from livestreams to lifelines.
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  • Female: my best friends are in the chat,
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  • In the chat host, and when i was sick,
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  • I had people praying for me.
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  • I had people taking the communion for me.
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  • They're right there when you need it.
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  • Announcer: because church is not where you meet.
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  • It's who you meet.
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  • Female: join a digital church
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  • And learn to feel love from people we can't see
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  • And we're not in the same room as,
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  • It helps us to make that connection
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  • That "i can't see god and i'm not in the same room as him,
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  • But he loves me."
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  • Announcer: find your people. find your church.
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  • Joseph prince: i believe that there is
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  • A corporate anointing whenever we come together
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  • To worship the lord as the body of christ,
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  • Even online.
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  • Announcer: visit josephprince.org/church
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  • Or text "church" to 71239 today.
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  • Announcer: thank you for being with us today.
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