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Joel Osteen | The Danger Of Dry Places | January 7, 2022
- - JOEL OSTEEN: WELL,
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- - JOEL OSTEEN: WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.
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- GOD BLESS YOU. IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR
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- IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN
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- HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY
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- OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY AND BE A PART OF ONE
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- AND BE A PART OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.
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- OF OUR SERVICES. I PROMISE YOU, WE'LL MAKE YOU
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- I PROMISE YOU, WE'LL MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
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- FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. BUT I LIKE TO START WITH
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- BUT I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD
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- SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS ELDERLY COUPLE.
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- ABOUT THIS ELDERLY COUPLE. THEY WERE SITTING IN A SWING,
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- THEY WERE SITTING IN A SWING, CELEBRATING THEIR
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- CELEBRATING THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
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- 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. FEELING ROMANTIC, THE HUSBAND
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- FEELING ROMANTIC, THE HUSBAND SAID TO HIS WIFE, "HONEY,
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- SAID TO HIS WIFE, "HONEY, OUR LOVE IS TRIED AND TRUE."
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- OUR LOVE IS TRIED AND TRUE." SHE HAD DIFFICULTY HEARING IT
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- SHE HAD DIFFICULTY HEARING IT AND ASKED HIM TO REPEAT IT.
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- AND ASKED HIM TO REPEAT IT. HE SAID IT LOUDER, "I SAID,
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- HE SAID IT LOUDER, "I SAID, 'OUR LOVE IS TRIED
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- 'OUR LOVE IS TRIED AND TRUE.'"
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- AND TRUE.'" SHE STILL COULDN'T HEAR HIM
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- SHE STILL COULDN'T HEAR HIM AND SAID, "WHAT?
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- AND SAID, "WHAT? WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP?"
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- WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP?" FRUSTRATED, HE SHOUTED,
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- FRUSTRATED, HE SHOUTED, "I SAID, 'OUR LOVE IS TRIED
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- "I SAID, 'OUR LOVE IS TRIED AND TRUE.'"
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- AND TRUE.'" SHE SAID, "WELL, FINE,
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- SHE SAID, "WELL, FINE, I'M SICK OF YOU TOO."
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- I'M SICK OF YOU TOO." SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT:
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- SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT: "THIS IS MY BIBLE.
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- "THIS IS MY BIBLE. I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
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- I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM. I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
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- I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE. I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS
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- I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.
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- I CAN DO. TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT
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- TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD.
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- THE WORD OF GOD. I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS
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- I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS ALERT, MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE,
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- ALERT, MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE, I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME,
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- I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME, IN JESUS'S NAME."
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- IN JESUS'S NAME." GOD BLESS YOU.
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- GOD BLESS YOU. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
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- I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT "THE DANGER
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- ABOUT "THE DANGER OF DRY PLACES."
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- OF DRY PLACES." IT'S EASY TO LOSE
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- IT'S EASY TO LOSE OUR PASSION FOR LIFE.
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- OUR PASSION FOR LIFE. AT ONE TIME, WE WERE EXCITED.
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- AT ONE TIME, WE WERE EXCITED. WE LOOKED FORWARD
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- WE LOOKED FORWARD TO EACH DAY.
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- TO EACH DAY. WE WERE BELIEVING
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- WE WERE BELIEVING FOR OUR DREAMS.
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- FOR OUR DREAMS. WE LOVED TO LAUGH.
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- WE LOVED TO LAUGH. BUT OVER TIME, IF WE'RE NOT
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- BUT OVER TIME, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL AND THINGS HAVEN'T
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- CAREFUL AND THINGS HAVEN'T TURNED OUT THE WAY WE
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- TURNED OUT THE WAY WE THOUGHT, WE'LL BECOME DRY.
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- THOUGHT, WE'LL BECOME DRY. WHEN YOU'RE DRY,
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- WHEN YOU'RE DRY, LIFE HAS LOST ITS FLAVOR.
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- LIFE HAS LOST ITS FLAVOR. YOU SMILE, BUT THERE'S
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- YOU SMILE, BUT THERE'S NO REAL JOY BEHIND IT.
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- NO REAL JOY BEHIND IT. YOU LAUGH WITH YOUR FRIENDS,
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- YOU LAUGH WITH YOUR FRIENDS, BUT IT'S NOT GENUINE.
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- BUT IT'S NOT GENUINE. YOU ACT NORMAL IN FRONT
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- YOU ACT NORMAL IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, BUT ALONE
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- OF PEOPLE, BUT ALONE YOU'RE DISCOURAGED.
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- YOU'RE DISCOURAGED. YOU WONDER WHAT WRONG.
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- YOU WONDER WHAT WRONG. SOMETIMES WE'RE DRY
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- SOMETIMES WE'RE DRY BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED.
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- BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED. THE BATTLES HAVE TAKEN
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- THE BATTLES HAVE TAKEN LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT.
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- LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT. WE CAN BE DRY BECAUSE
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- WE CAN BE DRY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HURT.
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- WE'VE BEEN HURT. SOMEBODY DID US WRONG.
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- SOMEBODY DID US WRONG. INSTEAD OF LETTING IT GO,
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- INSTEAD OF LETTING IT GO, WE'VE HELD ON TO IT.
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- WE'VE HELD ON TO IT. SOME PEOPLE ARE DRY
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- SOME PEOPLE ARE DRY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
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- BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE.
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- THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE. THEY THINK THEIR CHALLENGES
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- THEY THINK THEIR CHALLENGES ARE TOO BIG, THAT THEY'LL
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- ARE TOO BIG, THAT THEY'LL NEVER WORK OUT.
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- NEVER WORK OUT. BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM
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- BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH BEING DRY.
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- WITH BEING DRY. IT DOESN'T JUST STEAL
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- IT DOESN'T JUST STEAL OUR JOY.
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- OUR JOY. IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT
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- IT DOESN'T JUST AFFECT OUR ATTITUDE.
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- OUR ATTITUDE. IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT.
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- IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "WHEN AN
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- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "WHEN AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT LEAVES A
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- UNCLEAN SPIRIT LEAVES A PERSON, IT WALKS THROUGH DRY
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- PERSON, IT WALKS THROUGH DRY PLACES, SEEKING REST."
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- PLACES, SEEKING REST." WHEN WE'RE DRY, WE'VE STEPPED
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- WHEN WE'RE DRY, WE'VE STEPPED INTO THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY.
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- INTO THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY. THAT'S WHERE HE LIVES,
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- THAT'S WHERE HE LIVES, AND SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T
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- AND SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO US.
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- HAVE TO COME TO US. WE GO TO HIM, AND WHEN YOU
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- WE GO TO HIM, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE BLAHS, NO PASSION,
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- FEEL THE BLAHS, NO PASSION, THOUGHTS TELL YOU, "NOTHING
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- THOUGHTS TELL YOU, "NOTHING GOOD IS IN YOUR FUTURE.
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- GOOD IS IN YOUR FUTURE. YOU'LL NEVER MEET
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- YOU'LL NEVER MEET THE RIGHT PERSON.
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- THE RIGHT PERSON. YOU'LL NEVER GET
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- YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT."
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- OUT OF DEBT." RECOGNIZE THAT'S THE ENEMY
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- RECOGNIZE THAT'S THE ENEMY TRYING TO GET YOU
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- TRYING TO GET YOU INTO HIS TERRITORY.
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- INTO HIS TERRITORY. WHEN YOU'RE POSITIVE,
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- WHEN YOU'RE POSITIVE, HOPEFUL, FULL OF PRAISE,
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- HOPEFUL, FULL OF PRAISE, THAT'S GOD'S TERRITORY.
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- THAT'S GOD'S TERRITORY. THE ENEMY CAN'T TOUCH YOU.
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- THE ENEMY CAN'T TOUCH YOU. HE CAN'T CROSS THAT LINE.
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- HE CAN'T CROSS THAT LINE. THAT'S WHY HE WORKS OVERTIME
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- THAT'S WHY HE WORKS OVERTIME IN OUR THOUGHT LIFE.
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- IN OUR THOUGHT LIFE. HIS GOAL IS TO GET US DOWN
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- HIS GOAL IS TO GET US DOWN AND DISCOURAGED.
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- AND DISCOURAGED. HE KNOWS WHEN WE'RE DRY,
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- HE KNOWS WHEN WE'RE DRY, WE'RE GIVING HIM ACCESS.
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- WE'RE GIVING HIM ACCESS. WE'RE COMING ONTO HIS FIELD.
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- WE'RE COMING ONTO HIS FIELD. THAT'S WHERE HE HAS THE RIGHT
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- THAT'S WHERE HE HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTROL AND MANIPULATE,
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- TO CONTROL AND MANIPULATE, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE A GOOD
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- AND MAYBE YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON TO BE DRY.
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- REASON TO BE DRY. LIFE HAS THROWN YOU
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- LIFE HAS THROWN YOU SOME CURVES.
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- SOME CURVES. YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
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- YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING GOOD UP AHEAD.
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- GOOD UP AHEAD. THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO DIG
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- THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO DIG DOWN DEEP AND SAY, "NO,
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- DOWN DEEP AND SAY, "NO, I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE
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- I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE DISCOURAGED, DRAGGING
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- DISCOURAGED, DRAGGING THROUGH THE DAY,
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- THROUGH THE DAY, FOCUSED ON WHAT'S WRONG.
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- FOCUSED ON WHAT'S WRONG. I KNOW GOD IS ON THE THRONE.
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- I KNOW GOD IS ON THE THRONE. I KNOW HE'S BIGGER
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- I KNOW HE'S BIGGER THAN THESE PROBLEMS.
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- THAN THESE PROBLEMS. I KNOW HIS PLANS FOR ME
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- I KNOW HIS PLANS FOR ME ARE FOR GOOD.
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- ARE FOR GOOD. SO I'M GOING TO LIVE
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- SO I'M GOING TO LIVE THIS DAY IN FAITH,
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- THIS DAY IN FAITH, EXPECTING HIS FAVOR."
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- EXPECTING HIS FAVOR." YOU HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL
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- YOU HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHT LIFE.
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- OF YOUR THOUGHT LIFE. THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE'S
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- THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE'S TAKING PLACE, AND THOUGHTS
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- TAKING PLACE, AND THOUGHTS WILL TELL YOU THINGS LIKE,
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- WILL TELL YOU THINGS LIKE, "YOU'RE A VICTIM.
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- "YOU'RE A VICTIM. LIFE HASN'T TREATED
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- LIFE HASN'T TREATED YOU FAIRLY.
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- YOU FAIRLY. YOUR SPOUSE DOESN'T LOVE
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- YOUR SPOUSE DOESN'T LOVE YOU LIKE HE SHOULD.
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- YOU LIKE HE SHOULD. THAT COMPANY DOESN'T
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- THAT COMPANY DOESN'T APPRECIATE YOU."
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- APPRECIATE YOU." IF YOU LET THOSE THOUGHTS
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- IF YOU LET THOSE THOUGHTS PLAY LONG ENOUGH, THEY'LL
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- PLAY LONG ENOUGH, THEY'LL KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY.
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- KEEP YOU FROM YOUR DESTINY. PAUL SAID
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- PAUL SAID IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
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- IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, "I THINK MYSELF HAPPY."
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- "I THINK MYSELF HAPPY." YOU CAN THINK YOURSELF
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- YOU CAN THINK YOURSELF OUT OF A DRY PLACE.
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- OUT OF A DRY PLACE. YOU GOT INTO DISCOURAGEMENT
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- YOU GOT INTO DISCOURAGEMENT BY THINKING ABOUT HOW WRONG
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- BY THINKING ABOUT HOW WRONG SOMETHING WAS, THINKING ABOUT
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- SOMETHING WAS, THINKING ABOUT WHO HURT YOU, THINKING ABOUT
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- WHO HURT YOU, THINKING ABOUT HOW THINGS AREN'T GOING
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- HOW THINGS AREN'T GOING TO IMPROVE.
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- TO IMPROVE. YOU'VE THOUGHT YOURSELF INTO
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- YOU'VE THOUGHT YOURSELF INTO DEFEAT, NOW TURN IT AROUND
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- DEFEAT, NOW TURN IT AROUND AND START THINKING
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- AND START THINKING YOURSELF INTO VICTORY.
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- YOURSELF INTO VICTORY. "WHAT GOD STARTED IN MY LIFE
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- "WHAT GOD STARTED IN MY LIFE HE'S GOING TO FINISH.
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- HE'S GOING TO FINISH. NO GOOD THING
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- NO GOOD THING WILL HE WITHHOLD
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- WILL HE WITHHOLD BECAUSE I WALK UPRIGHTLY.
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- BECAUSE I WALK UPRIGHTLY. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY
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- SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW ME
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- WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE.
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- ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. WHAT WAS MEANT FOR MY HARM,
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- WHAT WAS MEANT FOR MY HARM, LORD, I WANT TO THANK YOU
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- LORD, I WANT TO THANK YOU RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TURNING
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- RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TURNING TO MY ADVANTAGE."
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- TO MY ADVANTAGE." GET YOUR MIND GOING
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- GET YOUR MIND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
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- IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THINK YOURSELF INTO JOY.
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- THINK YOURSELF INTO JOY. THINK YOURSELF
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- THINK YOURSELF INTO A GOOD MOOD.
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- INTO A GOOD MOOD. THINK YOURSELF
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- THINK YOURSELF INTO A POSITIVE,
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- INTO A POSITIVE, FAITH-FILLED ATTITUDE.
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- FAITH-FILLED ATTITUDE. YOU CANNOT LIVE ON AUTOPILOT
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- YOU CANNOT LIVE ON AUTOPILOT AND JUST THINK
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- AND JUST THINK WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY.
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- WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY. IF YOU DO, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
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- IF YOU DO, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS WILL DOMINATE.
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- WILL DOMINATE. YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE.
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- YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE. DON'T WAIT FOR THOUGHTS
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- DON'T WAIT FOR THOUGHTS OF FAITH AND HOPE TO COME.
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- OF FAITH AND HOPE TO COME. THINK THEM ON PURPOSE.
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- THINK THEM ON PURPOSE. IF YOU'LL FILL YOUR MIND WITH
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- IF YOU'LL FILL YOUR MIND WITH THE RIGHT THOUGHTS, THERE
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- THE RIGHT THOUGHTS, THERE WON'T BE ANY ROOM FOR THE
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- WON'T BE ANY ROOM FOR THE WRONG THOUGHTS, AND WHEN YOU
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- WRONG THOUGHTS, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE BLAHS, YOU NEED
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- FEEL THE BLAHS, YOU NEED TO GET INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
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- TO GET INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S UPLIFTING.
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- THAT'S UPLIFTING. DON'T COME HOME FROM WORK
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- DON'T COME HOME FROM WORK AND SIT IN A DARK ROOM
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- AND SIT IN A DARK ROOM AND WATCH SAD MOVIES,
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- AND WATCH SAD MOVIES, LISTEN TO SAD SONGS,
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- LISTEN TO SAD SONGS, AND THINK SAD THOUGHTS,
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- AND THINK SAD THOUGHTS, AND EAT SAD FOODS,
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- AND EAT SAD FOODS, AND HANG AROUND
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- AND HANG AROUND WITH SAD PEOPLE.
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- WITH SAD PEOPLE. SAD TIMES FIVE EQUALS
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- SAD TIMES FIVE EQUALS REAL SAD.
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- REAL SAD. OPEN UP THE WINDOWS.
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- OPEN UP THE WINDOWS. LET SOME LIGHT IN THE ROOM.
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- LET SOME LIGHT IN THE ROOM. PUT ON SOME INSPIRING MUSIC.
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- PUT ON SOME INSPIRING MUSIC. MAYBE GO OUTSIDE
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- MAYBE GO OUTSIDE AND TAKE A WALK.
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- AND TAKE A WALK. EXERCISE, GET YOUR
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- EXERCISE, GET YOUR ENDORPHINS KICKING IN.
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- ENDORPHINS KICKING IN. GOD HAS PUT CERTAIN
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- GOD HAS PUT CERTAIN HORMONES IN US.
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- HORMONES IN US. WHEN WE ACTIVATE THEM, THEY
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- WHEN WE ACTIVATE THEM, THEY GIVE US A BOOST AND MAKE US
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- GIVE US A BOOST AND MAKE US MORE PASSIONATE.
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- MORE PASSIONATE. THEY HELP TO TAKE AWAY
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- THEY HELP TO TAKE AWAY THE NEGATIVITY.
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- THE NEGATIVITY. BUT IT'S EASY TO LIVE A VERY
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- BUT IT'S EASY TO LIVE A VERY SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE.
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- SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE. BUT YOU CAN'T OVERRIDE
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- BUT YOU CAN'T OVERRIDE NATURAL LAWS AND EXPECT
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- NATURAL LAWS AND EXPECT TO FEEL GOOD.
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- TO FEEL GOOD. YOU NEED TO EXERCISE.
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- YOU NEED TO EXERCISE. YOU NEED PROPER SLEEP.
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- YOU NEED PROPER SLEEP. YOU NEED TO EAT HEALTHY.
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- YOU NEED TO EAT HEALTHY. PRACTICAL THINGS CAN KEEP US
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- PRACTICAL THINGS CAN KEEP US FROM BEING PASSIONATE
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- FROM BEING PASSIONATE AND HAVING THE VISION AND
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- AND HAVING THE VISION AND ENERGY THAT WE SHOULD.
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- ENERGY THAT WE SHOULD. WHEN YOU'RE DRY, IT'S
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- WHEN YOU'RE DRY, IT'S IMPORTANT WHO YOU SPEND
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- IMPORTANT WHO YOU SPEND TIME WITH.
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- TIME WITH. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HANG
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- YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HANG AROUND OTHER DRY PEOPLE.
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- AROUND OTHER DRY PEOPLE. MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
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- MISERY LOVES COMPANY. FIND SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE
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- FIND SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE HAPPY, POSITIVE, ENERGETIC.
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- HAPPY, POSITIVE, ENERGETIC. YOU NEED PEOPLE AROUND YOU
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- YOU NEED PEOPLE AROUND YOU THAT BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY,
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- THAT BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY, THAT LIFT YOUR SPIRITS,
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- THAT LIFT YOUR SPIRITS, PEOPLE THAT ARE FUN,
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- PEOPLE THAT ARE FUN, PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH.
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- PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH. MANY TIMES, WE GRAVITATE TO
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- MANY TIMES, WE GRAVITATE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE US.
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- PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE US. IF WE'RE DISCOURAGED,
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- IF WE'RE DISCOURAGED, WE FIND DISCOURAGED PEOPLE.
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- WE FIND DISCOURAGED PEOPLE. IF WE HAVE ADDICTIONS,
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- IF WE HAVE ADDICTIONS, WE FIND OTHERS
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- WE FIND OTHERS THAT HAVE ADDICTIONS.
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- THAT HAVE ADDICTIONS. YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH
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- YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT YOU
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- PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, NOT THAT STRUGGLE
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- WANT, NOT THAT STRUGGLE IN THE SAME AREA.
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- IN THE SAME AREA. IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN
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- IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN YOUR MARRIAGE, DON'T FIND
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- YOUR MARRIAGE, DON'T FIND SOMEONE IN THAT SAME
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- SOMEONE IN THAT SAME SITUATION AND SIT AROUND
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- SITUATION AND SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT HOW BAD
- 00:07:00.766 --> 00:07:01.801
- AND TALK ABOUT HOW BAD YOUR SPOUSES ARE,
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- YOUR SPOUSES ARE, HOW UNFAIR LIFE IS.
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- HOW UNFAIR LIFE IS. TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS,
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- TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS, RELIVING THE HURTS IS ONLY
- 00:07:06.806 --> 00:07:08.808
- RELIVING THE HURTS IS ONLY GOING TO PULL YOU DOWN.
- 00:07:08.875 --> 00:07:10.343
- GOING TO PULL YOU DOWN. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THINGS
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- IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THINGS IMPROVE, AND THE SITUATION
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- IMPROVE, AND THE SITUATION MAY NOT CHANGE, BUT YOU CAN
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- MAY NOT CHANGE, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE HOW YOU'RE RESPONDING.
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- CHANGE HOW YOU'RE RESPONDING. ISAIAH SAID, "ARISE FROM THE
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- ISAIAH SAID, "ARISE FROM THE DEPRESSION IN WHICH THE
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- DEPRESSION IN WHICH THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE KEPT YOU.
- 00:07:21.687 --> 00:07:23.489
- CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE KEPT YOU. RISE TO A NEW LIFE."
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- RISE TO A NEW LIFE." SOMETIMES WE'RE WAITING FOR
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- SOMETIMES WE'RE WAITING FOR GOD TO CHANGE HOW WE FEEL.
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- GOD TO CHANGE HOW WE FEEL. "GOD, MAKE ME HAPPY.
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- "GOD, MAKE ME HAPPY. GOD, CHEER ME UP."
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- GOD, CHEER ME UP." THE TRUTH IS
- 00:07:32.431 --> 00:07:33.466
- THE TRUTH IS GOD IS WAITING ON US.
- 00:07:33.533 --> 00:07:35.334
- GOD IS WAITING ON US. YOU WALKED INTO
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- YOU WALKED INTO THAT DRY PLACE.
- 00:07:36.335 --> 00:07:37.503
- THAT DRY PLACE. THE GOOD NEWS IS
- 00:07:37.570 --> 00:07:38.538
- THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN WALK OUT OF IT.
- 00:07:38.604 --> 00:07:40.339
- YOU CAN WALK OUT OF IT. ARISE FROM THE DEPRESSION.
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- ARISE FROM THE DEPRESSION. SHAKE OFF THE BLAHS.
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- SHAKE OFF THE BLAHS. SHAKE OFF WHAT
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- SHAKE OFF WHAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
- 00:07:45.044 --> 00:07:46.379
- DIDN'T WORK OUT. THIS DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD.
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- THIS DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD. YOU MAY HAVE SOME
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- YOU MAY HAVE SOME DIFFICULTIES, BUT MOST
- 00:07:49.882 --> 00:07:51.317
- DIFFICULTIES, BUT MOST LIKELY, THERE'S A LOT MORE
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- LIKELY, THERE'S A LOT MORE RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE THAN THERE
- 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:54.453
- RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE THAN THERE IS WRONG, AND SOME PEOPLE
- 00:07:54.520 --> 00:07:56.122
- IS WRONG, AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO TRADE PLACES
- 00:07:56.188 --> 00:07:57.623
- WOULD LOVE TO TRADE PLACES WITH YOU.
- 00:07:57.690 --> 00:07:58.357
- WITH YOU. THEY WOULD GLADLY
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- THEY WOULD GLADLY TAKE YOUR LIFE.
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- TAKE YOUR LIFE. COME OUT OF THAT DRY PLACE.
- 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.295
- COME OUT OF THAT DRY PLACE. THAT'S GIVING THE ENEMY
- 00:08:02.361 --> 00:08:03.162
- THAT'S GIVING THE ENEMY ACCESS.
- 00:08:03.229 --> 00:08:04.530
- ACCESS. WHEN YOU ARISE,
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- WHEN YOU ARISE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS
- 00:08:05.731 --> 00:08:06.899
- WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS GOD WILL ARISE.
- 00:08:06.966 --> 00:08:08.401
- GOD WILL ARISE. WHEN YOU COME OVER TO HIS
- 00:08:08.467 --> 00:08:09.535
- WHEN YOU COME OVER TO HIS SIDE, YOU'LL GET YOUR JOY
- 00:08:09.602 --> 00:08:10.803
- SIDE, YOU'LL GET YOUR JOY BACK, YOUR PASSION BACK.
- 00:08:10.870 --> 00:08:13.139
- BACK, YOUR PASSION BACK. YOU WEREN'T MADE TO DRAG
- 00:08:13.205 --> 00:08:14.473
- YOU WEREN'T MADE TO DRAG THROUGH THE DAY DISCOURAGED,
- 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:16.742
- THROUGH THE DAY DISCOURAGED, ENDURING LIFE.
- 00:08:16.809 --> 00:08:17.977
- ENDURING LIFE. YOU WERE MADE TO ENJOY LIFE.
- 00:08:18.044 --> 00:08:20.446
- YOU WERE MADE TO ENJOY LIFE. IN THE SCRIPTURE, DAVID HAD
- 00:08:20.513 --> 00:08:22.081
- IN THE SCRIPTURE, DAVID HAD SEEN GOD DO AMAZING THINGS,
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- SEEN GOD DO AMAZING THINGS, TAKE HIM FROM A SHEPHERD BOY,
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- TAKE HIM FROM A SHEPHERD BOY, NO EXPERIENCE, NO TRAINING,
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- NO EXPERIENCE, NO TRAINING, CHOSEN TO BE THE KING.
- 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.822
- CHOSEN TO BE THE KING. HE DEFEATED GOLIATH AND
- 00:08:29.889 --> 00:08:31.390
- HE DEFEATED GOLIATH AND BECAME AN OVERNIGHT HERO.
- 00:08:31.457 --> 00:08:33.326
- BECAME AN OVERNIGHT HERO. HE OUTLASTED KING SAUL
- 00:08:33.392 --> 00:08:34.827
- HE OUTLASTED KING SAUL AND TOOK THE THRONE.
- 00:08:34.894 --> 00:08:36.262
- AND TOOK THE THRONE. HE LED ISRAEL FROM ONE
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- HE LED ISRAEL FROM ONE VICTORY TO ANOTHER.
- 00:08:37.597 --> 00:08:38.764
- VICTORY TO ANOTHER. NO GREATER LEADER THAN DAVID.
- 00:08:38.831 --> 00:08:41.534
- NO GREATER LEADER THAN DAVID. YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD
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- YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD LIVE ON THE MOUNTAINTOP,
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- LIVE ON THE MOUNTAINTOP, NEVER HAVE A DOWN DAY.
- 00:08:44.804 --> 00:08:46.505
- NEVER HAVE A DOWN DAY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
- 00:08:46.572 --> 00:08:48.107
- THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE'RE ALL TEMPTED TO GET DRY.
- 00:08:48.174 --> 00:08:50.743
- WE'RE ALL TEMPTED TO GET DRY. PSALM 42, DAVID WAS
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- PSALM 42, DAVID WAS SO DISCOURAGED,
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- SO DISCOURAGED, HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON.
- 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:55.381
- HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON. THOUGHTS TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD
- 00:08:55.448 --> 00:08:56.349
- THOUGHTS TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD SEEN HIS BEST DAYS, THAT THE
- 00:08:56.415 --> 00:08:58.217
- SEEN HIS BEST DAYS, THAT THE OPPOSITION WAS TOO BIG.
- 00:08:58.284 --> 00:09:00.219
- OPPOSITION WAS TOO BIG. HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF
- 00:09:00.286 --> 00:09:01.320
- HE MADE THE MISTAKE OF BELIEVING THOSE LIES.
- 00:09:01.387 --> 00:09:02.955
- BELIEVING THOSE LIES. HE ENDED UP IN A DRY PLACE.
- 00:09:03.022 --> 00:09:05.558
- HE ENDED UP IN A DRY PLACE. HE COULD'VE STAYED THERE,
- 00:09:05.625 --> 00:09:06.626
- HE COULD'VE STAYED THERE, LIVE DEFEATED.
- 00:09:06.692 --> 00:09:08.160
- LIVE DEFEATED. INSTEAD, HE SAID TO HIMSELF,
- 00:09:08.227 --> 00:09:10.429
- INSTEAD, HE SAID TO HIMSELF, "WHY ARE YOU CAST DOWN,
- 00:09:10.496 --> 00:09:12.298
- "WHY ARE YOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL?
- 00:09:12.365 --> 00:09:13.699
- O MY SOUL? HOPE IN THE LORD."
- 00:09:13.766 --> 00:09:15.601
- HOPE IN THE LORD." HE WAS SAYING, "I MAY FEEL
- 00:09:15.668 --> 00:09:17.403
- HE WAS SAYING, "I MAY FEEL DISCOURAGED, BUT I'M NOT
- 00:09:17.470 --> 00:09:19.005
- DISCOURAGED, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET FEELINGS
- 00:09:19.071 --> 00:09:19.905
- GOING TO LET FEELINGS RULE MY LIFE.
- 00:09:19.972 --> 00:09:21.207
- RULE MY LIFE. I'M NOT GOING TO LET THESE
- 00:09:21.273 --> 00:09:22.208
- I'M NOT GOING TO LET THESE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS KEEP
- 00:09:22.274 --> 00:09:23.275
- NEGATIVE THOUGHTS KEEP PLAYING.
- 00:09:23.342 --> 00:09:24.243
- PLAYING. HE TALKED TO HIMSELF: "DAVID,
- 00:09:24.310 --> 00:09:26.412
- HE TALKED TO HIMSELF: "DAVID, GET YOUR HOPES UP."
- 00:09:26.479 --> 00:09:28.080
- GET YOUR HOPES UP." HE UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE'RE DRY,
- 00:09:28.147 --> 00:09:30.383
- HE UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE'RE DRY, WE'VE STEPPED INTO
- 00:09:30.449 --> 00:09:31.417
- WE'VE STEPPED INTO THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY.
- 00:09:31.484 --> 00:09:33.319
- THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY. WE'RE GIVING HIM RIGHTS
- 00:09:33.386 --> 00:09:34.520
- WE'RE GIVING HIM RIGHTS THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE.
- 00:09:34.587 --> 00:09:36.288
- THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE. IT'S NOT THAT GOD HAS
- 00:09:36.355 --> 00:09:37.390
- IT'S NOT THAT GOD HAS ABANDONED US, NOT THAT GOD
- 00:09:37.456 --> 00:09:39.158
- ABANDONED US, NOT THAT GOD STEPPED OFF THE THRONE.
- 00:09:39.225 --> 00:09:40.593
- STEPPED OFF THE THRONE. IT'S THE FACT THAT
- 00:09:40.660 --> 00:09:41.527
- IT'S THE FACT THAT WE'VE WALKED OVER
- 00:09:41.594 --> 00:09:42.361
- WE'VE WALKED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.
- 00:09:42.428 --> 00:09:44.063
- TO THE OTHER SIDE. I'M ASKING YOU TO STAY
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- I'M ASKING YOU TO STAY OUT OF DRY PLACES.
- 00:09:46.065 --> 00:09:48.034
- OUT OF DRY PLACES. DON'T LET YOUR MIND THINK
- 00:09:48.100 --> 00:09:49.368
- DON'T LET YOUR MIND THINK OF ALL THE NEGATIVE,
- 00:09:49.435 --> 00:09:50.836
- OF ALL THE NEGATIVE, RELIVE EVERYTHING WRONG
- 00:09:50.903 --> 00:09:52.104
- RELIVE EVERYTHING WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.
- 00:09:52.171 --> 00:09:53.272
- IN YOUR LIFE. IT MAY BE TRUE,
- 00:09:53.339 --> 00:09:54.507
- IT MAY BE TRUE, BUT DON'T GO THERE.
- 00:09:54.573 --> 00:09:56.475
- BUT DON'T GO THERE. THE FLESH LOVES TO FEEL SORRY
- 00:09:56.542 --> 00:09:58.244
- THE FLESH LOVES TO FEEL SORRY FOR ITSELF, THINK ABOUT WHAT
- 00:09:58.310 --> 00:10:00.112
- FOR ITSELF, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T GET, HOW YOU
- 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:01.614
- YOU DIDN'T GET, HOW YOU WEREN'T RAISED RIGHT.
- 00:10:01.681 --> 00:10:03.049
- WEREN'T RAISED RIGHT. "JUST ANOTHER DAY.
- 00:10:03.115 --> 00:10:04.050
- "JUST ANOTHER DAY. I GOT TO DRAG THROUGH IT."
- 00:10:04.116 --> 00:10:05.685
- I GOT TO DRAG THROUGH IT." AS LONG AS YOU THINK THAT
- 00:10:05.751 --> 00:10:07.186
- AS LONG AS YOU THINK THAT WAY, YOU'RE GOING
- 00:10:07.253 --> 00:10:08.054
- WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE DEFEATED.
- 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:09.488
- TO LIVE DEFEATED. YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE DAVID AND
- 00:10:09.555 --> 00:10:11.357
- YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE DAVID AND MAKE THE DECISION, "I'M
- 00:10:11.424 --> 00:10:12.925
- MAKE THE DECISION, "I'M COMING OUT OF THE DRY PLACE.
- 00:10:12.992 --> 00:10:15.227
- COMING OUT OF THE DRY PLACE. IT STARTS BY CHANGING
- 00:10:15.294 --> 00:10:16.529
- IT STARTS BY CHANGING YOUR THINKING.
- 00:10:16.595 --> 00:10:17.830
- YOUR THINKING. GOD'S PLANS FOR YOU ARE
- 00:10:17.897 --> 00:10:19.231
- GOD'S PLANS FOR YOU ARE FOR GOOD.
- 00:10:19.298 --> 00:10:20.599
- FOR GOOD. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
- 00:10:20.666 --> 00:10:21.834
- THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN YOUR FUTURE BIGGER
- 00:10:21.901 --> 00:10:23.602
- IN YOUR FUTURE BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
- 00:10:23.669 --> 00:10:25.204
- THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. THAT SICKNESS IS NOT
- 00:10:25.271 --> 00:10:26.472
- THAT SICKNESS IS NOT PERMANENT.
- 00:10:26.539 --> 00:10:27.573
- PERMANENT. THAT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY IS
- 00:10:27.640 --> 00:10:29.275
- THAT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY IS NOT HOW YOUR STORY ENDS.
- 00:10:29.341 --> 00:10:31.143
- NOT HOW YOUR STORY ENDS. THAT ADDICTIONS IS NOT GOING
- 00:10:31.210 --> 00:10:32.478
- THAT ADDICTIONS IS NOT GOING TO HINDER YOU YOUR
- 00:10:32.545 --> 00:10:33.412
- TO HINDER YOU YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
- 00:10:33.479 --> 00:10:34.180
- WHOLE LIFE. GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY.
- 00:10:34.246 --> 00:10:35.481
- GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY. NOW, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING
- 00:10:35.548 --> 00:10:37.583
- NOW, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR HIM TO CHANGE THINGS,
- 00:10:37.650 --> 00:10:39.418
- FOR HIM TO CHANGE THINGS, WHY DON'T YOU THANK HIM
- 00:10:39.485 --> 00:10:40.686
- WHY DON'T YOU THANK HIM THAT IT'S ON THE WAY?
- 00:10:40.753 --> 00:10:41.987
- THAT IT'S ON THE WAY? WHY DON'T YOU BE GRATEFUL FOR
- 00:10:42.054 --> 00:10:43.189
- WHY DON'T YOU BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT'S RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE?
- 00:10:43.255 --> 00:10:44.890
- WHAT'S RIGHT IN YOUR LIFE? WE HAVE TO GUARD OUR MIND,
- 00:10:44.957 --> 00:10:46.459
- WE HAVE TO GUARD OUR MIND, AND IT'S EASY TO STEP OVER
- 00:10:46.525 --> 00:10:49.261
- AND IT'S EASY TO STEP OVER INTO A DRY PLACE.
- 00:10:49.328 --> 00:10:51.297
- INTO A DRY PLACE. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT
- 00:10:51.363 --> 00:10:52.131
- NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE DRY BECAUSE YOU
- 00:10:52.198 --> 00:10:53.099
- YOU'RE DRY BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY VICTORIES,
- 00:10:53.165 --> 00:10:54.500
- HAVEN'T HAD ANY VICTORIES, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
- 00:10:54.567 --> 00:10:56.368
- YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL. LIKE DAVID, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
- 00:10:56.435 --> 00:10:58.304
- LIKE DAVID, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN GOD DO AMAZING THINGS,
- 00:10:58.370 --> 00:11:00.106
- GOD DO AMAZING THINGS, PROTECT YOU, PROMOTE YOU,
- 00:11:00.172 --> 00:11:01.941
- PROTECT YOU, PROMOTE YOU, BRING GREAT PEOPLE
- 00:11:02.007 --> 00:11:03.209
- BRING GREAT PEOPLE ACROSS YOUR PATH.
- 00:11:03.275 --> 00:11:04.777
- ACROSS YOUR PATH. YOU CAN TESTIFY OF
- 00:11:04.844 --> 00:11:06.078
- YOU CAN TESTIFY OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD,
- 00:11:06.145 --> 00:11:07.913
- THE GOODNESS OF GOD, BUT THAT DOESN'T EXEMPT US
- 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:09.949
- BUT THAT DOESN'T EXEMPT US FROM BECOMING DRY.
- 00:11:10.015 --> 00:11:11.784
- FROM BECOMING DRY. THE DISCOURAGEMENT TEST COMES
- 00:11:11.851 --> 00:11:13.819
- THE DISCOURAGEMENT TEST COMES TO EVERY PERSON, TIMES WHEN
- 00:11:13.886 --> 00:11:16.122
- TO EVERY PERSON, TIMES WHEN WE'RE TIRED, WE'VE WON SOME
- 00:11:16.188 --> 00:11:18.224
- WE'RE TIRED, WE'VE WON SOME VICTORIES, WE'VE BEEN OUR
- 00:11:18.290 --> 00:11:19.825
- VICTORIES, WE'VE BEEN OUR BEST, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE
- 00:11:19.892 --> 00:11:21.560
- BEST, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KEEP STANDING STRONG.
- 00:11:21.627 --> 00:11:23.629
- CAN KEEP STANDING STRONG. IF YOU'LL GET YOUR FIRE BACK,
- 00:11:23.696 --> 00:11:25.631
- IF YOU'LL GET YOUR FIRE BACK, GOD IS GOING TO RENEW
- 00:11:25.698 --> 00:11:26.966
- GOD IS GOING TO RENEW YOUR STRENGTH.
- 00:11:27.032 --> 00:11:28.134
- YOUR STRENGTH. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU
- 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:28.834
- HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU PASSION, ENERGY, VITALITY
- 00:11:28.901 --> 00:11:31.170
- PASSION, ENERGY, VITALITY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
- 00:11:31.237 --> 00:11:32.838
- LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. YOUR SECOND WIND IS
- 00:11:32.905 --> 00:11:34.440
- YOUR SECOND WIND IS ON ITS WAY.
- 00:11:34.507 --> 00:11:35.641
- ON ITS WAY. GOD IS ABOUT TO BREATHE
- 00:11:35.708 --> 00:11:36.976
- GOD IS ABOUT TO BREATHE ON YOUR LIFE IN A NEW WAY.
- 00:11:37.042 --> 00:11:39.245
- ON YOUR LIFE IN A NEW WAY. THE VICTORIES YOU'VE SEEN IN
- 00:11:39.311 --> 00:11:40.479
- THE VICTORIES YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST ARE GOING TO PALE IN
- 00:11:40.546 --> 00:11:42.581
- THE PAST ARE GOING TO PALE IN COMPARISON TO WHAT GOD
- 00:11:42.648 --> 00:11:44.216
- COMPARISON TO WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO.
- 00:11:44.283 --> 00:11:46.252
- IS ABOUT TO DO. PSALM 68 SAYS: "YOU SENT AN
- 00:11:46.318 --> 00:11:49.088
- PSALM 68 SAYS: "YOU SENT AN ABUNDANT RAIN, O LORD, TO
- 00:11:49.155 --> 00:11:51.390
- ABUNDANT RAIN, O LORD, TO REFRESH THE WEARY LAND."
- 00:11:51.457 --> 00:11:53.559
- REFRESH THE WEARY LAND." YOU MAY BE WEARY.
- 00:11:53.626 --> 00:11:54.894
- YOU MAY BE WEARY. YOU'VE FOUGHT HARD, BUT
- 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:56.462
- YOU'VE FOUGHT HARD, BUT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT
- 00:11:56.529 --> 00:11:57.263
- DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT DISCOURAGEMENT WILL GO AWAY.
- 00:11:57.329 --> 00:11:59.165
- DISCOURAGEMENT WILL GO AWAY. GOD KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL.
- 00:11:59.231 --> 00:12:01.000
- GOD KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL. HE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE UP
- 00:12:01.066 --> 00:12:01.967
- HE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST.
- 00:12:02.034 --> 00:12:03.035
- AGAINST. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WALK
- 00:12:03.102 --> 00:12:04.436
- YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THE DRY PLACE
- 00:12:04.503 --> 00:12:05.738
- OUT OF THE DRY PLACE ON YOUR OWN.
- 00:12:05.805 --> 00:12:06.839
- ON YOUR OWN. DON'T WORRY, GOD IS ABOUT
- 00:12:06.906 --> 00:12:08.474
- DON'T WORRY, GOD IS ABOUT TO SEND AN ABUNDANT RAIN
- 00:12:08.541 --> 00:12:10.743
- TO SEND AN ABUNDANT RAIN TO REFRESH YOU.
- 00:12:10.810 --> 00:12:12.044
- TO REFRESH YOU. HE'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS
- 00:12:12.111 --> 00:12:13.045
- HE'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU
- 00:12:13.112 --> 00:12:14.313
- HAPPEN THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE HAPPEN.
- 00:12:14.380 --> 00:12:15.581
- COULDN'T MAKE HAPPEN. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
- 00:12:15.648 --> 00:12:16.282
- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN ABUNDANCE OF JOY,
- 00:12:16.348 --> 00:12:18.250
- AN ABUNDANCE OF JOY, AN ABUNDANCE OF STRENGTH,
- 00:12:18.317 --> 00:12:19.885
- AN ABUNDANCE OF STRENGTH, AN ABUNDANCE OF HEALTH,
- 00:12:19.952 --> 00:12:21.420
- AN ABUNDANCE OF HEALTH, AN ABUNDANCE
- 00:12:21.487 --> 00:12:22.054
- AN ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES.
- 00:12:22.121 --> 00:12:23.455
- OF RESOURCES. THE FORCES THAT HAVE HELD YOU
- 00:12:23.522 --> 00:12:24.990
- THE FORCES THAT HAVE HELD YOU BACK ARE BEING BROKEN
- 00:12:25.057 --> 00:12:26.559
- BACK ARE BEING BROKEN RIGHT NOW.
- 00:12:26.625 --> 00:12:27.526
- RIGHT NOW. THE ENEMIES YOU SEE TODAY,
- 00:12:27.593 --> 00:12:29.161
- THE ENEMIES YOU SEE TODAY, YOU WILL SEE NO MORE.
- 00:12:29.228 --> 00:12:30.796
- YOU WILL SEE NO MORE. NOW, WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED
- 00:12:30.863 --> 00:12:31.764
- NOW, WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED TO BE DISCOURAGED,
- 00:12:31.831 --> 00:12:32.565
- TO BE DISCOURAGED, TURN IT AROUND.
- 00:12:32.631 --> 00:12:34.166
- TURN IT AROUND. "FATHER, THANK YOU FOR
- 00:12:34.233 --> 00:12:35.201
- "FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT'S COMING.
- 00:12:35.267 --> 00:12:36.836
- THE RAIN THAT'S COMING. THANK YOU FOR THE HEALING,
- 00:12:36.902 --> 00:12:38.204
- THANK YOU FOR THE HEALING, THE FAVOR, THE BREAKTHROUGHS,
- 00:12:38.270 --> 00:12:39.672
- THE FAVOR, THE BREAKTHROUGHS, THE RIGHT PEOPLE."
- 00:12:39.738 --> 00:12:41.106
- THE RIGHT PEOPLE." GET YOUR HOPES UP.
- 00:12:41.173 --> 00:12:42.441
- GET YOUR HOPES UP. START EXPECTING
- 00:12:42.508 --> 00:12:43.576
- START EXPECTING THE ABUNDANT RAIN.
- 00:12:43.642 --> 00:12:45.477
- THE ABUNDANT RAIN. THAT'S THE WAY OUR GOD IS.
- 00:12:45.544 --> 00:12:47.379
- THAT'S THE WAY OUR GOD IS. HE COULD'VE JUST SAID,
- 00:12:47.446 --> 00:12:48.514
- HE COULD'VE JUST SAID, "I'M GOING TO SEND RAIN
- 00:12:48.581 --> 00:12:50.149
- "I'M GOING TO SEND RAIN TO REFRESH THE WEARY LAND."
- 00:12:50.216 --> 00:12:52.084
- TO REFRESH THE WEARY LAND." THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
- 00:12:52.151 --> 00:12:53.219
- THAT WOULD BE GOOD. WE'D BE GRATEFUL.
- 00:12:53.285 --> 00:12:54.653
- WE'D BE GRATEFUL. BUT NOTICE THE HEART OF GOD.
- 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.522
- BUT NOTICE THE HEART OF GOD. HE SAID, IN EFFECT, "I'M
- 00:12:56.589 --> 00:12:58.023
- HE SAID, IN EFFECT, "I'M GOING TO MAKE THE ENEMY PAY
- 00:12:58.090 --> 00:12:59.692
- GOING TO MAKE THE ENEMY PAY FOR BRINGING THE TROUBLE.
- 00:12:59.758 --> 00:13:00.659
- FOR BRINGING THE TROUBLE. I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM PAY
- 00:13:00.726 --> 00:13:02.328
- I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM PAY FOR MAKING YOU DRY.
- 00:13:02.394 --> 00:13:03.562
- FOR MAKING YOU DRY. I'M GOING TO SEND
- 00:13:03.629 --> 00:13:04.263
- I'M GOING TO SEND AN ABUNDANT RAIN.
- 00:13:04.330 --> 00:13:06.098
- AN ABUNDANT RAIN. I'M GOING TO SEND MORE
- 00:13:06.165 --> 00:13:07.466
- I'M GOING TO SEND MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCEEDINGLY,
- 00:13:07.533 --> 00:13:09.501
- THAN ENOUGH, EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE
- 00:13:09.568 --> 00:13:10.669
- ABUNDANTLY ABOVE AND BEYOND."
- 00:13:10.736 --> 00:13:11.470
- AND BEYOND." GET READY FOR OVERFLOW.
- 00:13:11.537 --> 00:13:13.239
- GET READY FOR OVERFLOW. GET READY, GOD IS ABOUT TO
- 00:13:13.305 --> 00:13:14.640
- GET READY, GOD IS ABOUT TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
- 00:13:14.707 --> 00:13:16.208
- EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ARE COMING OUT OF THAT
- 00:13:16.275 --> 00:13:17.877
- YOU ARE COMING OUT OF THAT DRY PLACE INTO MORE
- 00:13:17.943 --> 00:13:19.278
- DRY PLACE INTO MORE THAN ENOUGH.
- 00:13:19.345 --> 00:13:19.912
- THAN ENOUGH. BUT SOMETIMES WE WANT
- 00:13:19.979 --> 00:13:22.648
- BUT SOMETIMES WE WANT TO BE PASSIONATE,
- 00:13:22.715 --> 00:13:23.682
- TO BE PASSIONATE, BUT THE FEELING IS GONE.
- 00:13:23.749 --> 00:13:25.684
- BUT THE FEELING IS GONE. WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME DRIVE
- 00:13:25.751 --> 00:13:27.119
- WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME DRIVE AND EMOTION LIKE WE USED
- 00:13:27.186 --> 00:13:28.921
- AND EMOTION LIKE WE USED TO HAVE, AND WE THINK
- 00:13:28.988 --> 00:13:29.989
- TO HAVE, AND WE THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG.
- 00:13:30.055 --> 00:13:31.357
- SOMETHING IS WRONG. BUT PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE
- 00:13:31.423 --> 00:13:32.558
- BUT PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED WHAT THEY CALL
- 00:13:32.625 --> 00:13:34.326
- DISCOVERED WHAT THEY CALL THE HAPPINESS CURVE.
- 00:13:34.393 --> 00:13:35.995
- THE HAPPINESS CURVE. RESEARCH SHOWS MOST PEOPLE
- 00:13:36.061 --> 00:13:37.997
- RESEARCH SHOWS MOST PEOPLE ARE THEIR HAPPIEST
- 00:13:38.063 --> 00:13:39.064
- ARE THEIR HAPPIEST AT 20 YEARS OLD.
- 00:13:39.131 --> 00:13:40.699
- AT 20 YEARS OLD. FROM THERE IT GOES DOWN
- 00:13:40.766 --> 00:13:42.568
- FROM THERE IT GOES DOWN TILL YOU'RE 50.
- 00:13:42.635 --> 00:13:44.069
- TILL YOU'RE 50. AT 50, IT STARTS COMING
- 00:13:44.136 --> 00:13:45.504
- AT 50, IT STARTS COMING BACK UP.
- 00:13:45.571 --> 00:13:46.438
- BACK UP. AT 70, YOU'RE AS HAPPY AS YOU
- 00:13:46.505 --> 00:13:48.574
- AT 70, YOU'RE AS HAPPY AS YOU WERE AT 20, BUT IT DOESN'T
- 00:13:48.641 --> 00:13:50.509
- WERE AT 20, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.
- 00:13:50.576 --> 00:13:51.143
- STOP THERE. IT CONTINUES TO RISE.
- 00:13:51.210 --> 00:13:52.645
- IT CONTINUES TO RISE. AFTER 70, YOU'RE THE HAPPIEST
- 00:13:52.711 --> 00:13:55.314
- AFTER 70, YOU'RE THE HAPPIEST AND MOST FULFILLED THAN
- 00:13:55.381 --> 00:13:56.415
- AND MOST FULFILLED THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN.
- 00:13:56.482 --> 00:13:57.783
- YOU'VE EVER BEEN. THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID.
- 00:13:57.850 --> 00:13:59.084
- THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID. "YOUR LATTER DAYS WILL BE
- 00:13:59.151 --> 00:14:00.719
- "YOUR LATTER DAYS WILL BE BETTER THAN YOUR
- 00:14:00.786 --> 00:14:01.353
- BETTER THAN YOUR FORMER DAYS."
- 00:14:01.420 --> 00:14:02.021
- FORMER DAYS." BUT WE SEE PEOPLE
- 00:14:02.087 --> 00:14:03.889
- BUT WE SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH
- 00:14:03.956 --> 00:14:05.524
- THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A MIDLIFE CRISIS.
- 00:14:05.591 --> 00:14:07.459
- A MIDLIFE CRISIS. THEY HAVE NO PASSION.
- 00:14:07.526 --> 00:14:08.861
- THEY HAVE NO PASSION. THEY HAVE BURNED OUT.
- 00:14:08.928 --> 00:14:09.762
- THEY HAVE BURNED OUT. THEY DON'T FEEL
- 00:14:09.828 --> 00:14:10.396
- THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING ON.
- 00:14:10.462 --> 00:14:11.363
- LIKE GOING ON. THAT'S THAT 50-YEAR LOW.
- 00:14:11.430 --> 00:14:13.399
- THAT'S THAT 50-YEAR LOW. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL.
- 00:14:13.465 --> 00:14:15.067
- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
- 00:14:15.134 --> 00:14:16.068
- YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THAT WAY.
- 00:14:16.135 --> 00:14:17.603
- THAT FEELS THAT WAY. DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS.
- 00:14:17.670 --> 00:14:19.171
- DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. DON'T GO OVER TO A DRY PLACE.
- 00:14:19.238 --> 00:14:21.407
- DON'T GO OVER TO A DRY PLACE. SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE FACING
- 00:14:21.473 --> 00:14:22.942
- SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE FACING IS JUST THE NATURAL RHYTHMS
- 00:14:23.008 --> 00:14:24.543
- IS JUST THE NATURAL RHYTHMS OF LIFE.
- 00:14:24.610 --> 00:14:25.811
- OF LIFE. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT STAY
- 00:14:25.878 --> 00:14:26.879
- BUT THE PEOPLE THAT STAY HAPPY, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T
- 00:14:26.946 --> 00:14:28.547
- HAPPY, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GO DOWN AND GET DISCOURAGED
- 00:14:28.614 --> 00:14:30.215
- GO DOWN AND GET DISCOURAGED ARE THE PEOPLE THAT RULE
- 00:14:30.282 --> 00:14:31.250
- ARE THE PEOPLE THAT RULE THEIR THOUGHTS, THE PEOPLE
- 00:14:31.317 --> 00:14:32.518
- THEIR THOUGHTS, THE PEOPLE THAT STAY FULL OF HOPE, THE
- 00:14:32.584 --> 00:14:33.719
- THAT STAY FULL OF HOPE, THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT GOD
- 00:14:33.786 --> 00:14:34.987
- PEOPLE THAT KNOW THAT GOD IS STILL ON THE THRONE.
- 00:14:35.054 --> 00:14:35.921
- IS STILL ON THE THRONE. DON'T BELIEVE THOSE LIES THAT
- 00:14:35.988 --> 00:14:38.891
- DON'T BELIEVE THOSE LIES THAT YOU'VE SEEN YOUR BEST DAYS.
- 00:14:38.958 --> 00:14:40.626
- YOU'VE SEEN YOUR BEST DAYS. YOU WOULDN'T BE ALIVE IF GOD
- 00:14:40.693 --> 00:14:42.294
- YOU WOULDN'T BE ALIVE IF GOD DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING AMAZING
- 00:14:42.361 --> 00:14:43.495
- DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING AMAZING IN FRONT OF YOU.
- 00:14:43.562 --> 00:14:45.230
- IN FRONT OF YOU. I HAVE A FRIEND.
- 00:14:45.297 --> 00:14:46.498
- I HAVE A FRIEND. HE WAS RAISED IN A LOW-INCOME
- 00:14:46.565 --> 00:14:48.100
- HE WAS RAISED IN A LOW-INCOME FAMILY HERE IN HOUSTON.
- 00:14:48.167 --> 00:14:49.768
- FAMILY HERE IN HOUSTON. HIS FATHER WORKED AS
- 00:14:49.835 --> 00:14:50.936
- HIS FATHER WORKED AS A YARDMAN, MOWING PEOPLE'S
- 00:14:51.003 --> 00:14:52.938
- A YARDMAN, MOWING PEOPLE'S LAWNS FOR 31 YEARS.
- 00:14:53.005 --> 00:14:55.074
- LAWNS FOR 31 YEARS. HE DIED WHEN
- 00:14:55.140 --> 00:14:55.874
- HE DIED WHEN THE YOUNG MAN WAS 13.
- 00:14:55.941 --> 00:14:57.843
- THE YOUNG MAN WAS 13. HIS MOTHER RAISED NINE
- 00:14:57.910 --> 00:14:59.411
- HIS MOTHER RAISED NINE CHILDREN BY HERSELF.
- 00:14:59.478 --> 00:15:01.213
- CHILDREN BY HERSELF. SHE WORKED AS A MAID AT THE
- 00:15:01.280 --> 00:15:02.815
- SHE WORKED AS A MAID AT THE RICE HOTEL DOWNTOWN.
- 00:15:02.881 --> 00:15:04.817
- RICE HOTEL DOWNTOWN. SHE'D NEVER LEARNED
- 00:15:04.883 --> 00:15:05.517
- SHE'D NEVER LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE.
- 00:15:05.584 --> 00:15:06.618
- HOW TO DRIVE. SHE'D GET UP EARLY IN THE
- 00:15:06.685 --> 00:15:07.519
- SHE'D GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING, MAKE HER KIDS
- 00:15:07.586 --> 00:15:08.787
- MORNING, MAKE HER KIDS BREAKFAST, GET THEM
- 00:15:08.854 --> 00:15:09.588
- BREAKFAST, GET THEM OFF TO SCHOOL.
- 00:15:09.655 --> 00:15:10.656
- OFF TO SCHOOL. THEN SHE WOULD TAKE
- 00:15:10.723 --> 00:15:11.490
- THEN SHE WOULD TAKE THE BUS TO WORK.
- 00:15:11.557 --> 00:15:12.958
- THE BUS TO WORK. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF
- 00:15:13.025 --> 00:15:13.859
- SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT SHE HAD A LOT OF
- 00:15:13.926 --> 00:15:15.427
- MONEY, BUT SHE HAD A LOT OF FAITH, AND WHEN TIMES GOT
- 00:15:15.494 --> 00:15:17.363
- FAITH, AND WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH AND DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
- 00:15:17.429 --> 00:15:18.630
- TOUGH AND DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT,
- 00:15:18.697 --> 00:15:19.598
- THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT, SHE WOULD TELL HER CHILDREN,
- 00:15:19.665 --> 00:15:21.033
- SHE WOULD TELL HER CHILDREN, DON'T WORRY, TOMORROW
- 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:22.935
- DON'T WORRY, TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY.
- 00:15:23.002 --> 00:15:25.037
- WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY. THEY HEARD THAT OVER
- 00:15:25.104 --> 00:15:26.105
- THEY HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER.
- 00:15:26.171 --> 00:15:26.739
- AND OVER. SHE KEPT SPEAKING FAITH
- 00:15:26.805 --> 00:15:27.906
- SHE KEPT SPEAKING FAITH INTO THEM.
- 00:15:27.973 --> 00:15:28.841
- INTO THEM. SHE KNEW GOD WOULD MAKE
- 00:15:28.907 --> 00:15:30.409
- SHE KNEW GOD WOULD MAKE A WAY WHERE THEY DIDN'T SEE
- 00:15:30.476 --> 00:15:31.910
- A WAY WHERE THEY DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY.
- 00:15:31.977 --> 00:15:33.112
- ANY WAY. AGAINST THE ODDS, THE YOUNG
- 00:15:33.178 --> 00:15:34.646
- AGAINST THE ODDS, THE YOUNG MAN WAS ABLE TO ATTEND
- 00:15:34.713 --> 00:15:36.081
- MAN WAS ABLE TO ATTEND COLLEGE, AND HE EXCELLED
- 00:15:36.148 --> 00:15:37.683
- COLLEGE, AND HE EXCELLED IN SCHOOL.
- 00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:38.684
- IN SCHOOL. HE WENT ON TO HARVARD
- 00:15:38.751 --> 00:15:39.651
- HE WENT ON TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND EARNED
- 00:15:39.718 --> 00:15:41.186
- UNIVERSITY AND EARNED HIS LAW DEGREE.
- 00:15:41.253 --> 00:15:42.721
- HIS LAW DEGREE. HE SERVED 27 YEARS
- 00:15:42.788 --> 00:15:44.456
- HE SERVED 27 YEARS IN THE TEXAS HOUSE
- 00:15:44.523 --> 00:15:45.724
- IN THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
- 00:15:45.791 --> 00:15:47.026
- OF REPRESENTATIVES. TODAY, OUR FRIEND
- 00:15:47.092 --> 00:15:48.794
- TODAY, OUR FRIEND SYLVESTER TURNER IS THE MAYOR
- 00:15:48.861 --> 00:15:50.062
- SYLVESTER TURNER IS THE MAYOR OF HOUSTON.
- 00:15:50.129 --> 00:15:52.931
- OF HOUSTON. MAYOR TURNER'S MOTHER
- 00:15:52.998 --> 00:15:54.800
- MAYOR TURNER'S MOTHER WAS IN A DRY PLACE.
- 00:15:54.867 --> 00:15:56.402
- WAS IN A DRY PLACE. SHE COULDN'T HELP IT.
- 00:15:56.468 --> 00:15:57.669
- SHE COULDN'T HELP IT. IT WAS THE HAND SHE HAD
- 00:15:57.736 --> 00:15:58.837
- IT WAS THE HAND SHE HAD BEEN DEALT.
- 00:15:58.904 --> 00:15:59.972
- BEEN DEALT. BUT SHE DIDN'T LET THE
- 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:00.906
- BUT SHE DIDN'T LET THE DRYNESS GET IN HER.
- 00:16:00.973 --> 00:16:02.941
- DRYNESS GET IN HER. IF SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED
- 00:16:03.008 --> 00:16:03.876
- IF SHE WOULD HAVE LIVED DEFEATED, COMPLAINING
- 00:16:03.942 --> 00:16:05.644
- DEFEATED, COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW UNFAIR LIFE WAS,
- 00:16:05.711 --> 00:16:07.946
- ABOUT HOW UNFAIR LIFE WAS, GOING TO WORK WITH
- 00:16:08.013 --> 00:16:08.680
- GOING TO WORK WITH A SOUR ATTITUDE, HE
- 00:16:08.747 --> 00:16:10.416
- A SOUR ATTITUDE, HE WOULDN'T BE THE MAYOR, AND
- 00:16:10.482 --> 00:16:12.151
- WOULDN'T BE THE MAYOR, AND WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST
- 00:16:12.217 --> 00:16:13.552
- WHEN THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, YOU DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN
- 00:16:13.619 --> 00:16:15.521
- YOU, YOU DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN WORK OUT, INSTEAD OF BEING
- 00:16:15.587 --> 00:16:17.289
- WORK OUT, INSTEAD OF BEING DISCOURAGED, DO LIKE SHE DID.
- 00:16:17.356 --> 00:16:19.525
- DISCOURAGED, DO LIKE SHE DID. KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF,
- 00:16:19.591 --> 00:16:21.060
- KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF, "TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER
- 00:16:21.126 --> 00:16:22.628
- "TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY."
- 00:16:22.694 --> 00:16:23.862
- THAN TODAY." THAT'S NOT JUST
- 00:16:23.929 --> 00:16:24.596
- THAT'S NOT JUST BEING POSITIVE.
- 00:16:24.663 --> 00:16:25.397
- BEING POSITIVE. THAT'S WHAT
- 00:16:25.464 --> 00:16:26.031
- THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS.
- 00:16:26.098 --> 00:16:27.066
- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. "THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS
- 00:16:27.132 --> 00:16:28.700
- "THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS GETS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER."
- 00:16:28.767 --> 00:16:30.869
- GETS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER." YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
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- YOU HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR BEST DAYS.
- 00:16:31.737 --> 00:16:33.105
- YOUR BEST DAYS. GOD HAS GOOD BREAKS ALREADY
- 00:16:33.172 --> 00:16:35.074
- GOD HAS GOOD BREAKS ALREADY LINED UP IN YOUR FUTURE.
- 00:16:35.140 --> 00:16:37.109
- LINED UP IN YOUR FUTURE. IF HE SHOWED YOU RIGHT NOW,
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- IF HE SHOWED YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU COULDN'T FATHOM IT.
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- YOU COULDN'T FATHOM IT. IF SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD
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- IF SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD MAYOR TURNER AT 13 IN
- 00:16:42.014 --> 00:16:44.550
- MAYOR TURNER AT 13 IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOME,
- 00:16:44.616 --> 00:16:45.617
- A SINGLE-PARENT HOME, NO FATHER,
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- NO FATHER, MOTHER RAISING NINE
- 00:16:47.152 --> 00:16:48.053
- MOTHER RAISING NINE CHILDREN, WORKING AS A MAID,
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- CHILDREN, WORKING AS A MAID, THAT "ONE DAY YOU'LL GO TO
- 00:16:50.189 --> 00:16:51.290
- THAT "ONE DAY YOU'LL GO TO HARVARD, ONE DAY YOU'LL LEAD
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- HARVARD, ONE DAY YOU'LL LEAD THE FOURTH-LARGEST CITY IN
- 00:16:53.425 --> 00:16:54.526
- THE FOURTH-LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA, ONE DAY YOU'LL STAND
- 00:16:54.593 --> 00:16:56.295
- AMERICA, ONE DAY YOU'LL STAND BEFORE KINGS AND PRESIDENTS,"
- 00:16:56.361 --> 00:16:58.330
- BEFORE KINGS AND PRESIDENTS," HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE
- 00:16:58.397 --> 00:16:59.431
- HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT.
- 00:16:59.498 --> 00:17:00.566
- BELIEVED IT. HE COULD'VE THOUGHT,
- 00:17:00.632 --> 00:17:01.200
- HE COULD'VE THOUGHT, "NOT ME, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
- 00:17:01.266 --> 00:17:03.035
- "NOT ME, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. I'M IN A DRY PLACE.
- 00:17:03.102 --> 00:17:04.803
- I'M IN A DRY PLACE. I'M IN A LIMITED ENVIRONMENT.
- 00:17:04.870 --> 00:17:06.472
- I'M IN A LIMITED ENVIRONMENT. MY OBSTACLES ARE
- 00:17:06.538 --> 00:17:07.406
- MY OBSTACLES ARE INSURMOUNTABLE."
- 00:17:07.473 --> 00:17:08.774
- INSURMOUNTABLE." GOD IS NOT LIMITED
- 00:17:08.841 --> 00:17:10.309
- GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
- 00:17:10.375 --> 00:17:11.977
- BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE. HE'S NOT LIMITED BY HOW
- 00:17:12.044 --> 00:17:13.078
- HE'S NOT LIMITED BY HOW YOU WERE RAISED.
- 00:17:13.145 --> 00:17:14.279
- YOU WERE RAISED. HE'S NOT LIMITED
- 00:17:14.346 --> 00:17:15.147
- HE'S NOT LIMITED BY THE OPPOSITION.
- 00:17:15.214 --> 00:17:16.949
- BY THE OPPOSITION. MAYOR TURNER KEPT THAT PHRASE
- 00:17:17.015 --> 00:17:18.450
- MAYOR TURNER KEPT THAT PHRASE PLAYING OVER AND OVER:
- 00:17:18.517 --> 00:17:20.018
- PLAYING OVER AND OVER: "TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER
- 00:17:20.085 --> 00:17:21.553
- "TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THAN TODAY."
- 00:17:21.620 --> 00:17:22.754
- THAN TODAY." THAT WAS FUEL FOR HIS FAITH,
- 00:17:22.821 --> 00:17:24.790
- THAT WAS FUEL FOR HIS FAITH, FUEL FOR HIS DREAMS.
- 00:17:24.857 --> 00:17:26.725
- FUEL FOR HIS DREAMS. BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T GO
- 00:17:26.792 --> 00:17:28.760
- BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T GO TO THE DRY PLACE.
- 00:17:28.827 --> 00:17:30.162
- TO THE DRY PLACE. THE DRY PLACE COMES TO US.
- 00:17:30.229 --> 00:17:31.864
- THE DRY PLACE COMES TO US. THE KEY IS DON'T LET
- 00:17:31.930 --> 00:17:34.032
- THE KEY IS DON'T LET THE DRYNESS GET IN YOU.
- 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:36.034
- THE DRYNESS GET IN YOU. STAY FULL OF HOPE.
- 00:17:36.101 --> 00:17:37.703
- STAY FULL OF HOPE. KEEP THANKING GOD THAT THE
- 00:17:37.769 --> 00:17:39.071
- KEEP THANKING GOD THAT THE ABUNDANT RAIN IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:17:39.138 --> 00:17:41.373
- ABUNDANT RAIN IS ON THE WAY. KEEP EXPECTING THINGS
- 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.674
- KEEP EXPECTING THINGS TO CHANGE.
- 00:17:42.741 --> 00:17:43.775
- TO CHANGE. HAVE THAT ATTITUDE, "I KNOW
- 00:17:43.842 --> 00:17:45.444
- HAVE THAT ATTITUDE, "I KNOW BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING.
- 00:17:45.511 --> 00:17:47.079
- BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING. I KNOW HEALING IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:17:47.146 --> 00:17:48.914
- I KNOW HEALING IS ON THE WAY. I KNOW DOORS ARE GOING TO
- 00:17:48.981 --> 00:17:50.048
- I KNOW DOORS ARE GOING TO OPEN THAT I COULD NOT OPEN.
- 00:17:50.115 --> 00:17:52.017
- OPEN THAT I COULD NOT OPEN. THAT'S HOW YOU STAY OUT
- 00:17:52.084 --> 00:17:53.118
- THAT'S HOW YOU STAY OUT OF THE DRY PLACE.
- 00:17:53.185 --> 00:17:54.353
- OF THE DRY PLACE. YOU DON'T FOCUS ON HOW BIG
- 00:17:54.419 --> 00:17:55.721
- YOU DON'T FOCUS ON HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS.
- 00:17:55.787 --> 00:17:56.755
- THE PROBLEM IS. YOU FOCUS ON HOW BIG
- 00:17:56.822 --> 00:17:58.023
- YOU FOCUS ON HOW BIG YOUR GOD IS.
- 00:17:58.090 --> 00:17:58.857
- YOUR GOD IS. 1 KINGS CHAPTER 19,
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- 1 KINGS CHAPTER 19, THE PROPHET ELIJAH HAD JUST
- 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.896
- THE PROPHET ELIJAH HAD JUST SEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST
- 00:18:03.962 --> 00:18:05.197
- SEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST VICTORIES OF HIS LIFE.
- 00:18:05.264 --> 00:18:06.965
- VICTORIES OF HIS LIFE. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FALSE
- 00:18:07.032 --> 00:18:08.700
- FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FALSE PROPHETS THAT WORSHIPED
- 00:18:08.767 --> 00:18:10.102
- PROPHETS THAT WORSHIPED THE GOD BAAL HAD COME
- 00:18:10.169 --> 00:18:11.537
- THE GOD BAAL HAD COME AGAINST HIM.
- 00:18:11.603 --> 00:18:12.638
- AGAINST HIM. ELIJAH CALLED DOWN FIRE FROM
- 00:18:12.704 --> 00:18:14.273
- ELIJAH CALLED DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN, AND THEY WERE
- 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:15.307
- HEAVEN, AND THEY WERE ALL KILLED.
- 00:18:15.374 --> 00:18:16.842
- ALL KILLED. WHEN THE KING'S WIFE,
- 00:18:16.909 --> 00:18:18.110
- WHEN THE KING'S WIFE, JEZEBEL, HEARD WHAT HAPPENED,
- 00:18:18.177 --> 00:18:20.145
- JEZEBEL, HEARD WHAT HAPPENED, SHE WAS FURIOUS.
- 00:18:20.212 --> 00:18:21.713
- SHE WAS FURIOUS. SHE SENT WORD TO ELIJAH,
- 00:18:21.780 --> 00:18:23.182
- SHE SENT WORD TO ELIJAH, SAYING, "IF I DON'T KILL YOU
- 00:18:23.248 --> 00:18:25.083
- SAYING, "IF I DON'T KILL YOU BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,
- 00:18:25.150 --> 00:18:26.585
- BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, THEN I'LL KILL MYSELF."
- 00:18:26.652 --> 00:18:28.453
- THEN I'LL KILL MYSELF." ELIJAH TOOK OFF RUNNING
- 00:18:28.520 --> 00:18:29.888
- ELIJAH TOOK OFF RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE.
- 00:18:29.955 --> 00:18:31.223
- FOR HIS LIFE. IT'S FUNNY, HE WASN'T AFRAID
- 00:18:31.290 --> 00:18:32.558
- IT'S FUNNY, HE WASN'T AFRAID OF 450 MEN, BUT HE WAS SCARED
- 00:18:32.624 --> 00:18:34.993
- OF 450 MEN, BUT HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF 1 WOMAN.
- 00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:36.929
- TO DEATH OF 1 WOMAN. HE RAN AS FAST AND AS FAR
- 00:18:36.995 --> 00:18:39.164
- HE RAN AS FAST AND AS FAR AWAY AS HE COULD.
- 00:18:39.231 --> 00:18:40.832
- AWAY AS HE COULD. HE DROPPED HIS ASSISTANT OFF
- 00:18:40.899 --> 00:18:42.067
- HE DROPPED HIS ASSISTANT OFF AT THE CITY, TRAVELED ANOTHER
- 00:18:42.134 --> 00:18:43.735
- AT THE CITY, TRAVELED ANOTHER DAY OUT INTO THE DESERT,
- 00:18:43.802 --> 00:18:46.205
- DAY OUT INTO THE DESERT, SAT DOWN UNDER A TREE.
- 00:18:46.271 --> 00:18:48.140
- SAT DOWN UNDER A TREE. HE WAS SO DISCOURAGED,
- 00:18:48.207 --> 00:18:49.308
- HE WAS SO DISCOURAGED, SO DEPRESSED, HE DIDN'T WANT
- 00:18:49.374 --> 00:18:51.009
- SO DEPRESSED, HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE.
- 00:18:51.076 --> 00:18:51.944
- TO LIVE. HE SAID, "GOD, I'M DONE.
- 00:18:52.010 --> 00:18:53.312
- HE SAID, "GOD, I'M DONE. TAKE ME ON HOME."
- 00:18:53.378 --> 00:18:55.080
- TAKE ME ON HOME." HERE HE HAD JUST SEEN THE
- 00:18:55.147 --> 00:18:56.248
- HERE HE HAD JUST SEEN THE GREATEST MIRACLE OF HIS LIFE.
- 00:18:56.315 --> 00:18:58.584
- GREATEST MIRACLE OF HIS LIFE. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER, HE
- 00:18:58.650 --> 00:19:00.485
- TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER, HE WAS AT HIS LOWEST MOMENT.
- 00:19:00.552 --> 00:19:02.287
- WAS AT HIS LOWEST MOMENT. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE GREAT
- 00:19:02.354 --> 00:19:03.655
- JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE GREAT VICTORIES DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
- 00:19:03.722 --> 00:19:05.424
- VICTORIES DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT
- 00:19:05.490 --> 00:19:06.525
- NOT GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT DISCOURAGEMENT.
- 00:19:06.592 --> 00:19:07.960
- DISCOURAGEMENT. YOU MAY HAVE A GREAT
- 00:19:08.026 --> 00:19:08.794
- YOU MAY HAVE A GREAT TESTIMONY, BUT THERE WILL
- 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:10.295
- TESTIMONY, BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER TESTS.
- 00:19:10.362 --> 00:19:11.897
- BE OTHER TESTS. ELIJAH WAS IN THE DESERT, IN
- 00:19:11.964 --> 00:19:13.832
- ELIJAH WAS IN THE DESERT, IN A DRY PLACE, SO TIRED HE FELL
- 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:16.568
- A DRY PLACE, SO TIRED HE FELL ASLEEP HOPING THAT HE
- 00:19:16.635 --> 00:19:17.970
- ASLEEP HOPING THAT HE WOULDN'T WAKE BACK UP.
- 00:19:18.036 --> 00:19:19.705
- WOULDN'T WAKE BACK UP. YOU WOULD THINK GOD WOULD
- 00:19:19.771 --> 00:19:20.606
- YOU WOULD THINK GOD WOULD SAY, "ELIJAH, WHAT'S WRONG
- 00:19:20.672 --> 00:19:22.074
- SAY, "ELIJAH, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
- 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:22.975
- WITH YOU? OF ALL PEOPLE,
- 00:19:23.041 --> 00:19:23.909
- OF ALL PEOPLE, WHY ARE YOU DISCOURAGED?
- 00:19:23.976 --> 00:19:25.444
- WHY ARE YOU DISCOURAGED? YOU'VE SEEN MY POWER
- 00:19:25.510 --> 00:19:26.311
- YOU'VE SEEN MY POWER AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 00:19:26.378 --> 00:19:27.079
- AGAIN AND AGAIN. I'M DONE WITH YOU."
- 00:19:27.145 --> 00:19:28.647
- I'M DONE WITH YOU." GOD NEVER GIVES UP ON US.
- 00:19:28.714 --> 00:19:30.782
- GOD NEVER GIVES UP ON US. WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING,
- 00:19:30.849 --> 00:19:32.251
- WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING, AN ANGEL CAME, WOKE HIM UP,
- 00:19:32.317 --> 00:19:34.453
- AN ANGEL CAME, WOKE HIM UP, AND SAID, "ELIJAH,
- 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.220
- AND SAID, "ELIJAH, GET UP AND EAT."
- 00:19:35.287 --> 00:19:37.322
- GET UP AND EAT." THERE WAS A JAR OF WATER BY
- 00:19:37.389 --> 00:19:38.924
- THERE WAS A JAR OF WATER BY HIS SIDE AND HOT BREAD BAKING
- 00:19:38.991 --> 00:19:41.793
- HIS SIDE AND HOT BREAD BAKING OVER SOME COALS.
- 00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:43.362
- OVER SOME COALS. GOD IS SO GOOD, HE DIDN'T
- 00:19:43.428 --> 00:19:45.163
- GOD IS SO GOOD, HE DIDN'T JUST BRING HIM FOOD,
- 00:19:45.230 --> 00:19:46.298
- JUST BRING HIM FOOD, HE COOKED HIM A MEAL.
- 00:19:46.365 --> 00:19:48.567
- HE COOKED HIM A MEAL. ELIJAH ATE THAT MEAL,
- 00:19:48.634 --> 00:19:50.402
- ELIJAH ATE THAT MEAL, FELL BACK ASLEEP.
- 00:19:50.469 --> 00:19:51.903
- FELL BACK ASLEEP. HE WAS TIRED, EXHAUSTED.
- 00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:54.172
- HE WAS TIRED, EXHAUSTED. THAT'S ONE REASON HE FELT
- 00:19:54.239 --> 00:19:55.841
- THAT'S ONE REASON HE FELT LIKE GIVING UP.
- 00:19:55.907 --> 00:19:57.142
- LIKE GIVING UP. YOU DON'T MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
- 00:19:57.209 --> 00:19:58.610
- YOU DON'T MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WHEN YOU'RE WORN OUT.
- 00:19:58.677 --> 00:20:00.279
- WHEN YOU'RE WORN OUT. THE ANGEL WOKE HIM UP
- 00:20:00.345 --> 00:20:01.413
- THE ANGEL WOKE HIM UP A SECOND TIME, SAID, "ELIJAH,
- 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:03.515
- A SECOND TIME, SAID, "ELIJAH, EAT SOME MORE.
- 00:20:03.582 --> 00:20:04.683
- EAT SOME MORE. THERE'S A LONG JOURNEY
- 00:20:04.750 --> 00:20:05.717
- THERE'S A LONG JOURNEY UP AHEAD."
- 00:20:05.784 --> 00:20:07.152
- UP AHEAD." THE FIRST MEAL WAS
- 00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:08.553
- THE FIRST MEAL WAS FOR WHERE HE HAD BEEN.
- 00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:10.188
- FOR WHERE HE HAD BEEN. THE SECOND MEAL WAS FOR WHERE
- 00:20:10.255 --> 00:20:11.857
- THE SECOND MEAL WAS FOR WHERE HE WAS GOING, AND GOD NEVER
- 00:20:11.923 --> 00:20:14.192
- HE WAS GOING, AND GOD NEVER JUST BRINGS YOU OUT.
- 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.560
- JUST BRINGS YOU OUT. HE ALWAYS GIVE YOU PROVISION
- 00:20:15.627 --> 00:20:17.329
- HE ALWAYS GIVE YOU PROVISION FOR WHAT'S AHEAD.
- 00:20:17.396 --> 00:20:19.531
- FOR WHAT'S AHEAD. YOU MAY HAVE HAD YOUR MEAL
- 00:20:19.598 --> 00:20:21.600
- YOU MAY HAVE HAD YOUR MEAL FOR WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, BUT
- 00:20:21.667 --> 00:20:23.035
- FOR WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, BUT GET READY, A MEAL IS COMING
- 00:20:23.101 --> 00:20:24.636
- GET READY, A MEAL IS COMING FOR WHERE YOU'RE GOING,
- 00:20:24.703 --> 00:20:25.904
- FOR WHERE YOU'RE GOING, NEW LEVELS OF TALENT,
- 00:20:25.971 --> 00:20:27.339
- NEW LEVELS OF TALENT, INCREASE, FAVOR, VISION.
- 00:20:27.406 --> 00:20:30.108
- INCREASE, FAVOR, VISION. ELIJAH RAN FOR 40 DAYS AND
- 00:20:30.175 --> 00:20:32.344
- ELIJAH RAN FOR 40 DAYS AND ENDED UP HIDING IN A CAVE
- 00:20:32.411 --> 00:20:34.112
- ENDED UP HIDING IN A CAVE ON MOUNT SINAI.
- 00:20:34.179 --> 00:20:35.614
- ON MOUNT SINAI. HE WAS STILL AFRAID,
- 00:20:35.681 --> 00:20:37.149
- HE WAS STILL AFRAID, DISCOURAGED, THINKING
- 00:20:37.215 --> 00:20:38.317
- DISCOURAGED, THINKING HIS LIFE WAS OVER.
- 00:20:38.383 --> 00:20:39.985
- HIS LIFE WAS OVER. VERSE 9 SAYS: "THE LORD CAME
- 00:20:40.052 --> 00:20:41.586
- VERSE 9 SAYS: "THE LORD CAME TO HIM IN THE CAVE AND SAID,
- 00:20:41.653 --> 00:20:43.322
- TO HIM IN THE CAVE AND SAID, 'ELIJAH, WHAT ARE YOU
- 00:20:43.388 --> 00:20:44.956
- 'ELIJAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?'"
- 00:20:45.023 --> 00:20:46.525
- DOING HERE?'" NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE GOD WAS
- 00:20:46.591 --> 00:20:47.693
- NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE GOD WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT
- 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.627
- JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LOCATION.
- 00:20:48.694 --> 00:20:49.961
- THE LOCATION. HE WAS SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU
- 00:20:50.028 --> 00:20:51.463
- HE WAS SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN YOUR MIND?
- 00:20:51.530 --> 00:20:53.632
- DOING HERE IN YOUR MIND? WHY ARE YOU LOOKING
- 00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.499
- WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS SITUATION FROM
- 00:20:54.566 --> 00:20:55.600
- AT THIS SITUATION FROM THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE?
- 00:20:55.667 --> 00:20:57.135
- THE WRONG PERSPECTIVE? WHY DO YOU THINK THIS LADY
- 00:20:57.202 --> 00:20:58.670
- WHY DO YOU THINK THIS LADY IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ME?",
- 00:20:58.737 --> 00:20:59.905
- IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ME?", AND LIKE ELIJAH,
- 00:20:59.971 --> 00:21:01.673
- AND LIKE ELIJAH, YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW
- 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.841
- YOU MAY NOT SEE HOW YOUR SITUATION COULD
- 00:21:02.908 --> 00:21:03.975
- YOUR SITUATION COULD WORK OUT.
- 00:21:04.042 --> 00:21:04.910
- WORK OUT. IN YOUR HEALTH, YOUR
- 00:21:04.976 --> 00:21:06.111
- IN YOUR HEALTH, YOUR FINANCES, A RELATIONSHIP,
- 00:21:06.178 --> 00:21:08.180
- FINANCES, A RELATIONSHIP, YOU'RE WORRIED, DISCOURAGED,
- 00:21:08.246 --> 00:21:09.881
- YOU'RE WORRIED, DISCOURAGED, LOSING SLEEP.
- 00:21:09.948 --> 00:21:11.016
- LOSING SLEEP. GOD IS SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU
- 00:21:11.083 --> 00:21:12.718
- GOD IS SAYING, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
- 00:21:12.784 --> 00:21:14.086
- DOING HERE? DON'T YOU KNOW I AM STILL
- 00:21:14.152 --> 00:21:15.320
- DON'T YOU KNOW I AM STILL ON THE THRONE?
- 00:21:15.387 --> 00:21:16.388
- ON THE THRONE? I CONTROL THE UNIVERSE.
- 00:21:16.455 --> 00:21:18.023
- I CONTROL THE UNIVERSE. I BROUGHT YOU OUT
- 00:21:18.090 --> 00:21:18.824
- I BROUGHT YOU OUT IN THE PAST.
- 00:21:18.890 --> 00:21:19.458
- IN THE PAST. I'M GOING TO BRING YOU OUT
- 00:21:19.524 --> 00:21:20.325
- I'M GOING TO BRING YOU OUT IN THE FUTURE."
- 00:21:20.392 --> 00:21:21.927
- IN THE FUTURE." ELIJAH SAID, "GOD,
- 00:21:21.993 --> 00:21:22.761
- ELIJAH SAID, "GOD, I'M DISCOURAGED BECAUSE I'M
- 00:21:22.828 --> 00:21:24.463
- I'M DISCOURAGED BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY PROPHET ALIVE.
- 00:21:24.529 --> 00:21:26.865
- THE ONLY PROPHET ALIVE. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T
- 00:21:26.932 --> 00:21:28.600
- I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T BOWED DOWN TO BAAL,
- 00:21:28.667 --> 00:21:30.068
- BOWED DOWN TO BAAL, AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING
- 00:21:30.135 --> 00:21:30.769
- AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME TOO."
- 00:21:30.836 --> 00:21:32.204
- TO KILL ME TOO." WHEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGED, WHEN
- 00:21:32.270 --> 00:21:33.438
- WHEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGED, WHEN YOU'RE IN A DRY PLACE, IT'S
- 00:21:33.505 --> 00:21:34.906
- YOU'RE IN A DRY PLACE, IT'S EASY TO HAVE AN EXAGGERATED
- 00:21:34.973 --> 00:21:36.808
- EASY TO HAVE AN EXAGGERATED VIEW OF YOUR PROBLEM.
- 00:21:36.875 --> 00:21:38.577
- VIEW OF YOUR PROBLEM. "I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS
- 00:21:38.643 --> 00:21:39.845
- "I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS ALL THESE BAD BREAKS.
- 00:21:39.911 --> 00:21:41.279
- ALL THESE BAD BREAKS. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS
- 00:21:41.346 --> 00:21:42.514
- I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A BOSS THAT TREATS ME
- 00:21:42.581 --> 00:21:43.448
- A BOSS THAT TREATS ME LIKE THIS."
- 00:21:43.515 --> 00:21:44.516
- LIKE THIS." GOD SAID, "ELIJAH,
- 00:21:44.583 --> 00:21:45.851
- GOD SAID, "ELIJAH, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
- 00:21:45.917 --> 00:21:47.185
- YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. I HAVE 7.000 PROPHETS THAT
- 00:21:47.252 --> 00:21:49.388
- I HAVE 7.000 PROPHETS THAT HAVE NOT BOWED DOWN."
- 00:21:49.454 --> 00:21:51.289
- HAVE NOT BOWED DOWN." TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF.
- 00:21:51.356 --> 00:21:52.891
- TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
- 00:21:52.958 --> 00:21:54.025
- YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE FACING WHAT YOU'RE
- 00:21:54.092 --> 00:21:55.127
- FACING WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST.
- 00:21:55.193 --> 00:21:56.261
- UP AGAINST. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
- 00:21:56.328 --> 00:21:57.129
- PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE.
- 00:21:57.195 --> 00:21:57.896
- WHERE YOU ARE. GOD BROUGHT THEM OUT.
- 00:21:57.963 --> 00:21:59.464
- GOD BROUGHT THEM OUT. HE'S GOING TO BRING YOU
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- HE'S GOING TO BRING YOU OUT TOO.
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- OUT TOO. GOD TOLD ELIJAH TO COME OUT
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- GOD TOLD ELIJAH TO COME OUT OF THE CAVE, COME OUT OF
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- OF THE CAVE, COME OUT OF HIDING, AND STAND ON THE SIDE
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- HIDING, AND STAND ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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- OF THE MOUNTAIN. THERE WAS A HUGE WINDSTORM
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- THERE WAS A HUGE WINDSTORM LIKE A TORNADO,
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- LIKE A TORNADO, SO STRONG THAT ROCKS
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- SO STRONG THAT ROCKS WERE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR,
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- WERE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, DUST SO THICK YOU
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- DUST SO THICK YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
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- COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. THAT PASSED, THEN THERE WAS
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- THAT PASSED, THEN THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
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- A GREAT EARTHQUAKE. THE GROUND SHOOK.
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- THE GROUND SHOOK. ROCKS CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
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- ROCKS CAME TUMBLING DOWN. THAT PASSED,
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- THAT PASSED, THERE WAS A HUGE FIRE,
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- THERE WAS A HUGE FIRE, BURNED EVERYTHING AROUND HIM.
- 00:22:25.590 --> 00:22:27.526
- BURNED EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. THAT PASSED, THEN THERE WAS
- 00:22:27.592 --> 00:22:29.227
- THAT PASSED, THEN THERE WAS THE SOUND OF A GENTLE
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- THE SOUND OF A GENTLE WHISPER, A STILL SMALL VOICE.
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- WHISPER, A STILL SMALL VOICE. AFTER ALL THOSE HUGE SIGNS,
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- AFTER ALL THOSE HUGE SIGNS, GOD HAD HIS ATTENTION.
- 00:22:36.301 --> 00:22:38.136
- GOD HAD HIS ATTENTION. ELIJAH LEANED IN
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- ELIJAH LEANED IN TO LISTEN CLOSELY.
- 00:22:39.471 --> 00:22:40.739
- TO LISTEN CLOSELY. THE VOICE WHISPERED,
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- THE VOICE WHISPERED, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
- 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:43.842
- "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" GOD ASKED HIM A SECOND TIME,
- 00:22:43.909 --> 00:22:45.944
- GOD ASKED HIM A SECOND TIME, "WHY ARE YOU DEPRESSED
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- "WHY ARE YOU DEPRESSED OVER A PROBLEM
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- OVER A PROBLEM THAT'S ONLY TEMPORARY?"
- 00:22:49.047 --> 00:22:50.882
- THAT'S ONLY TEMPORARY?" ELIJAH THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS
- 00:22:50.949 --> 00:22:52.517
- ELIJAH THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS OVER WHEN, IN FACT,
- 00:22:52.584 --> 00:22:54.119
- OVER WHEN, IN FACT, IN JUST A FEW DAYS,
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- IN JUST A FEW DAYS, HE MET ELISHA, A YOUNG MAN
- 00:22:55.921 --> 00:22:58.356
- HE MET ELISHA, A YOUNG MAN THAT HE MENTORED.
- 00:22:58.423 --> 00:22:59.758
- THAT HE MENTORED. ELISHA DID TWICE AS MANY
- 00:22:59.825 --> 00:23:01.993
- ELISHA DID TWICE AS MANY MIRACLES AS ELIJAH.
- 00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:03.962
- MIRACLES AS ELIJAH. ELIJAH'S LIFE WASN'T OVER.
- 00:23:04.029 --> 00:23:05.831
- ELIJAH'S LIFE WASN'T OVER. HE WAS ABOUT TO COME INTO
- 00:23:05.897 --> 00:23:07.499
- HE WAS ABOUT TO COME INTO DOUBLE THE IMPACT, AND THOSE
- 00:23:07.566 --> 00:23:09.901
- DOUBLE THE IMPACT, AND THOSE THOUGHTS THAT ARE TELLING
- 00:23:09.968 --> 00:23:10.802
- THOUGHTS THAT ARE TELLING YOU, "IT'S ALL DOWNHILL.
- 00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:12.404
- YOU, "IT'S ALL DOWNHILL. YOU HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS.
- 00:23:12.471 --> 00:23:13.939
- YOU HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS. THE OBSTACLES ARE TOO BIG."
- 00:23:14.005 --> 00:23:15.707
- THE OBSTACLES ARE TOO BIG." GOD IS GOING TO DO FOR YOU
- 00:23:15.774 --> 00:23:17.809
- GOD IS GOING TO DO FOR YOU WHAT HE DID FOR ELIJAH.
- 00:23:17.876 --> 00:23:19.411
- WHAT HE DID FOR ELIJAH. YOU'RE COMING IN TO DOUBLE.
- 00:23:19.478 --> 00:23:21.179
- YOU'RE COMING IN TO DOUBLE. THAT'S WHY THE ENEMY IS
- 00:23:21.246 --> 00:23:22.314
- THAT'S WHY THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO STOP YOU SO HARD.
- 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:24.883
- TRYING TO STOP YOU SO HARD. THE WINDSTORM ELIJAH FACED,
- 00:23:24.950 --> 00:23:26.685
- THE WINDSTORM ELIJAH FACED, THE EARTHQUAKE, THE FIRE,
- 00:23:26.751 --> 00:23:28.920
- THE EARTHQUAKE, THE FIRE, THAT WAS THE ENEMY BRINGING
- 00:23:28.987 --> 00:23:30.322
- THAT WAS THE ENEMY BRINGING HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGES.
- 00:23:30.388 --> 00:23:32.457
- HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGES. BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID
- 00:23:32.524 --> 00:23:33.425
- BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, ELIJAH WAS
- 00:23:33.492 --> 00:23:34.826
- AND DONE, ELIJAH WAS STILL STANDING STRONG.
- 00:23:34.893 --> 00:23:36.695
- STILL STANDING STRONG. WE SEE THIS PRINCIPLE
- 00:23:36.761 --> 00:23:37.596
- WE SEE THIS PRINCIPLE WITH JESUS.
- 00:23:37.662 --> 00:23:38.497
- WITH JESUS. HE WAS IN THE DESERT,
- 00:23:38.563 --> 00:23:39.698
- HE WAS IN THE DESERT, IN A DRY PLACE.
- 00:23:39.764 --> 00:23:41.333
- IN A DRY PLACE. HE WAS TEMPTED THREE TIMES
- 00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:42.767
- HE WAS TEMPTED THREE TIMES BY SATAN.
- 00:23:42.834 --> 00:23:44.002
- BY SATAN. THE FINAL TEMPTATION
- 00:23:44.069 --> 00:23:45.170
- THE FINAL TEMPTATION WAS THE BIGGEST.
- 00:23:45.237 --> 00:23:46.638
- WAS THE BIGGEST. SATAN SAID, "IF YOU'LL BOW
- 00:23:46.705 --> 00:23:47.706
- SATAN SAID, "IF YOU'LL BOW DOWN BEFORE ME, I'LL GIVE YOU
- 00:23:47.772 --> 00:23:49.341
- DOWN BEFORE ME, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE KINGDOMS
- 00:23:49.407 --> 00:23:50.375
- ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD."
- 00:23:50.442 --> 00:23:51.576
- OF THE WORLD." THAT WAS HIS LAST ATTEMPT
- 00:23:51.643 --> 00:23:53.311
- THAT WAS HIS LAST ATTEMPT TO TRY TO DECEIVE HIM.
- 00:23:53.378 --> 00:23:54.713
- TO TRY TO DECEIVE HIM. JESUS WOULDN'T GIVE IN.
- 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:56.114
- JESUS WOULDN'T GIVE IN. IMMEDIATELY, AN ANGEL CAME
- 00:23:56.181 --> 00:23:58.116
- IMMEDIATELY, AN ANGEL CAME TO STRENGTHEN JESUS.
- 00:23:58.183 --> 00:24:00.151
- TO STRENGTHEN JESUS. YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN
- 00:24:00.218 --> 00:24:01.319
- YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A DESERT, A DRY PLACE.
- 00:24:01.386 --> 00:24:03.522
- A DESERT, A DRY PLACE. THE STORMS, THE WINDS,
- 00:24:03.588 --> 00:24:04.756
- THE STORMS, THE WINDS, THE CHALLENGES,
- 00:24:04.823 --> 00:24:05.824
- THE CHALLENGES, THEY'VE DONE ALL THEY
- 00:24:05.891 --> 00:24:06.791
- THEY'VE DONE ALL THEY COULD TO STOP YOU,
- 00:24:06.858 --> 00:24:08.093
- COULD TO STOP YOU, BUT YOU'RE STILL STANDING.
- 00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:10.095
- BUT YOU'RE STILL STANDING. JEZEBEL DIDN'T GET YOU.
- 00:24:10.161 --> 00:24:11.763
- JEZEBEL DIDN'T GET YOU. THE WINDSTORM
- 00:24:11.830 --> 00:24:12.497
- THE WINDSTORM DIDN'T HARM YOU.
- 00:24:12.564 --> 00:24:13.498
- DIDN'T HARM YOU. THE EARTHQUAKE
- 00:24:13.565 --> 00:24:14.165
- THE EARTHQUAKE DIDN'T TAKE YOU OUT.
- 00:24:14.232 --> 00:24:15.000
- DIDN'T TAKE YOU OUT. YOU STOOD STRONG.
- 00:24:15.066 --> 00:24:16.067
- YOU STOOD STRONG. YOU PASSED THE TEST.
- 00:24:16.134 --> 00:24:17.736
- YOU PASSED THE TEST. NOW, LIKE WITH JESUS AND
- 00:24:17.802 --> 00:24:19.304
- NOW, LIKE WITH JESUS AND ELIJAH, THE ANGEL IS COMING
- 00:24:19.371 --> 00:24:21.640
- ELIJAH, THE ANGEL IS COMING TO STRENGTHEN YOU.
- 00:24:21.706 --> 00:24:23.208
- TO STRENGTHEN YOU. THINGS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE
- 00:24:23.275 --> 00:24:24.242
- THINGS ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR.
- 00:24:24.309 --> 00:24:25.677
- IN YOUR FAVOR. NEGATIVE SITUATIONS ARE
- 00:24:25.744 --> 00:24:27.145
- NEGATIVE SITUATIONS ARE ABOUT TO TURN AROUND.
- 00:24:27.212 --> 00:24:28.747
- ABOUT TO TURN AROUND. WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT
- 00:24:28.813 --> 00:24:30.282
- WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:24:30.348 --> 00:24:31.750
- IS ON THE WAY. NOW, DO YOUR PART.
- 00:24:31.816 --> 00:24:33.285
- NOW, DO YOUR PART. STAY OUT OF THE DRY PLACES.
- 00:24:33.351 --> 00:24:35.487
- STAY OUT OF THE DRY PLACES. DON'T GO OVER INTO
- 00:24:35.554 --> 00:24:36.288
- DON'T GO OVER INTO THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY.
- 00:24:36.354 --> 00:24:37.722
- THE ENEMY'S TERRITORY. IN YOUR MIND, QUIT THINKING
- 00:24:37.789 --> 00:24:38.890
- IN YOUR MIND, QUIT THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S NOT GOING
- 00:24:38.957 --> 00:24:39.991
- ABOUT WHAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.
- 00:24:40.058 --> 00:24:41.159
- TO WORK OUT. ALL THOSE CHALLENGES YOU
- 00:24:41.226 --> 00:24:42.227
- ALL THOSE CHALLENGES YOU FACED, THAT WAS THE ENEMY
- 00:24:42.294 --> 00:24:44.029
- FACED, THAT WAS THE ENEMY DOING HIS BEST, BUT HIS BEST
- 00:24:44.095 --> 00:24:45.864
- DOING HIS BEST, BUT HIS BEST WAS NOT ENOUGH.
- 00:24:45.931 --> 00:24:47.299
- WAS NOT ENOUGH. NOW, YOU MAY BE TIRED FROM
- 00:24:47.365 --> 00:24:48.400
- NOW, YOU MAY BE TIRED FROM FIGHTING, BUT GET READY, GOD
- 00:24:48.466 --> 00:24:50.468
- FIGHTING, BUT GET READY, GOD IS ABOUT TO SEND AN ABUNDANT
- 00:24:50.535 --> 00:24:52.304
- IS ABOUT TO SEND AN ABUNDANT RAIN TO REFRESH YOU.
- 00:24:52.370 --> 00:24:54.239
- RAIN TO REFRESH YOU. I BELIEVE AND DECLARE
- 00:24:54.306 --> 00:24:55.540
- I BELIEVE AND DECLARE BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING,
- 00:24:55.607 --> 00:24:57.309
- BREAKTHROUGHS ARE COMING, HEALING IS COMING,
- 00:24:57.375 --> 00:24:58.376
- HEALING IS COMING, PROMOTION IS COMING,
- 00:24:58.443 --> 00:24:59.477
- PROMOTION IS COMING, NEW LEVELS ARE COMING,
- 00:24:59.544 --> 00:25:00.612
- NEW LEVELS ARE COMING, THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY,
- 00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:02.614
- THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY, IN JESUS'S NAME.
- 00:25:02.681 --> 00:25:04.349
- IN JESUS'S NAME. IF YOU RECEIVE IT,
- 00:25:04.416 --> 00:25:05.150
- IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY AMEN TODAY?
- 00:25:05.216 --> 00:25:08.286
- CAN YOU SAY AMEN TODAY? I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
- 00:25:08.353 --> 00:25:09.020
- I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
- 00:25:09.087 --> 00:25:10.722
- OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
- 00:25:10.789 --> 00:25:12.157
- THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
- 00:25:12.223 --> 00:25:13.758
- WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? JUST SAY: "LORD JESUS,
- 00:25:13.825 --> 00:25:16.328
- JUST SAY: "LORD JESUS, I REPENT OF MY SINS.
- 00:25:16.394 --> 00:25:18.663
- I REPENT OF MY SINS. COME INTO MY HEART.
- 00:25:18.730 --> 00:25:20.599
- COME INTO MY HEART. I MAKE YOU MY LORD
- 00:25:20.665 --> 00:25:21.866
- I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR."
- 00:25:21.933 --> 00:25:23.868
- AND SAVIOR." IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
- 00:25:23.935 --> 00:25:24.536
- IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU
- 00:25:24.603 --> 00:25:25.837
- PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.
- 00:25:25.904 --> 00:25:27.205
- GOT BORN AGAIN. GET IN A GOOD
- 00:25:27.272 --> 00:25:27.939
- GET IN A GOOD BIBLE-BASED CHURCH.
- 00:25:28.006 --> 00:25:28.974
- BIBLE-BASED CHURCH. KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
- 00:25:29.040 --> 00:25:30.775
- KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE. VICTORIA AND I WILL BE
- 00:25:30.842 --> 00:25:31.543
- VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO SPEAK
- 00:25:31.610 --> 00:25:32.110
- RIGHT BACK TO SPEAK A BLESSING OVER YOU.
- 00:25:32.177 --> 00:25:33.912
- > ANNCR: THIS JANUARY, AS A
- 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.347
- > ANNCR: THIS JANUARY, AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
- 00:25:35.413 --> 00:25:36.481
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY, JOEL AND
- 00:25:36.548 --> 00:25:37.916
- OF OUR MINISTRY, JOEL AND VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO SEND
- 00:25:37.983 --> 00:25:39.084
- VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU JOEL'S BRAND-NEW
- 00:25:39.150 --> 00:25:40.352
- YOU JOEL'S BRAND-NEW RESOURCE, "THE 2022 TODAY'S
- 00:25:40.418 --> 00:25:42.487
- RESOURCE, "THE 2022 TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR".
- 00:25:42.554 --> 00:25:44.990
- WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR". USING THIS DEVOTIONAL
- 00:25:45.056 --> 00:25:45.957
- USING THIS DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR IS AS EASY AS
- 00:25:46.024 --> 00:25:47.559
- CALENDAR IS AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE.
- 00:25:47.626 --> 00:25:49.694
- ONE, TWO, THREE. PUT GOD FIRST PLACE.
- 00:25:49.761 --> 00:25:51.029
- PUT GOD FIRST PLACE. REFLECT ON THE DAILY
- 00:25:51.096 --> 00:25:52.364
- REFLECT ON THE DAILY SCRIPTURE VERSE AND
- 00:25:52.430 --> 00:25:53.565
- SCRIPTURE VERSE AND UPLIFTING DEVOTIONAL
- 00:25:53.632 --> 00:25:54.566
- UPLIFTING DEVOTIONAL FROM JOEL. CAPTURE THE
- 00:25:54.633 --> 00:25:55.900
- FROM JOEL. CAPTURE THE LORD'S WORD TO YOU ON
- 00:25:55.967 --> 00:25:57.135
- LORD'S WORD TO YOU ON JOURNALING LINES FOR
- 00:25:57.202 --> 00:25:58.303
- JOURNALING LINES FOR WRITING AND REFLECTION.
- 00:25:58.370 --> 00:26:00.105
- WRITING AND REFLECTION. > VICTORIA: WHEN YOU
- 00:26:00.171 --> 00:26:00.805
- > VICTORIA: WHEN YOU START YOUR DAY OFF MAKING
- 00:26:00.872 --> 00:26:01.640
- START YOUR DAY OFF MAKING DECLARATIONS OF FAITH,
- 00:26:01.706 --> 00:26:03.008
- DECLARATIONS OF FAITH, YOU'RE SETTING THE TONE FOR
- 00:26:03.074 --> 00:26:03.908
- YOU'RE SETTING THE TONE FOR A BLESSED, VICTORIOUS DAY.
- 00:26:03.975 --> 00:26:05.677
- A BLESSED, VICTORIOUS DAY. AS YOU DECLARE THESE
- 00:26:05.744 --> 00:26:06.778
- AS YOU DECLARE THESE PROMISES, YOU'LL SEE GOD'S
- 00:26:06.845 --> 00:26:08.146
- PROMISES, YOU'LL SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN NEW WAYS.
- 00:26:08.213 --> 00:26:09.914
- FAVOR IN NEW WAYS. > JOEL: THERE'S SOMETHING
- 00:26:09.981 --> 00:26:10.582
- > JOEL: THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
- 00:26:10.649 --> 00:26:11.883
- FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. IT JUST TAKES ABOUT A
- 00:26:11.950 --> 00:26:13.018
- IT JUST TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE.
- 00:26:13.084 --> 00:26:13.685
- MINUTE. REQUEST THIS RESOURCE, IT
- 00:26:13.752 --> 00:26:14.853
- REQUEST THIS RESOURCE, IT WILL HELP YOU SPEAK FAITH
- 00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:16.187
- WILL HELP YOU SPEAK FAITH INTO YOUR FUTURE.
- 00:26:16.254 --> 00:26:18.189
- INTO YOUR FUTURE. ANNCR: REQUEST THE 2022
- 00:26:18.256 --> 00:26:19.090
- ANNCR: REQUEST THE 2022 TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL
- 00:26:19.157 --> 00:26:20.358
- TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR TODAY AT
- 00:26:20.425 --> 00:26:21.660
- CALENDAR TODAY AT JOELOSTEEN.COM OR CALL
- 00:26:21.726 --> 00:26:23.895
- JOELOSTEEN.COM OR CALL 800-565-0772.
- 00:26:23.962 --> 00:26:28.166
- 800-565-0772. > JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT IS
- 00:26:28.233 --> 00:26:28.800
- > JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND
- 00:26:28.867 --> 00:26:29.834
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO
- 00:26:29.901 --> 00:26:31.036
- THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER AND
- 00:26:31.102 --> 00:26:32.203
- MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER AND YOUR GENEROSITY. YOU ARE
- 00:26:32.270 --> 00:26:33.772
- YOUR GENEROSITY. YOU ARE HELPING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S
- 00:26:33.838 --> 00:26:35.040
- HELPING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND A SPECIAL THANK
- 00:26:35.106 --> 00:26:37.042
- LIVES. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMPION OF
- 00:26:37.108 --> 00:26:38.309
- YOU TO OUR CHAMPION OF HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL YOU
- 00:26:38.376 --> 00:26:39.577
- HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY
- 00:26:39.644 --> 00:26:40.712
- DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
- 00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:42.580
- POSSIBLE. > VICTORIA: YOUR GIVING
- 00:26:42.647 --> 00:26:43.214
- > VICTORIA: YOUR GIVING IS MAKING AN ENORMOUS
- 00:26:43.281 --> 00:26:44.115
- IS MAKING AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE WORLD.
- 00:26:44.182 --> 00:26:45.917
- DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE WORLD. BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY,
- 00:26:45.984 --> 00:26:47.419
- BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY, STUDENTS IN NEED HAVE
- 00:26:47.485 --> 00:26:48.853
- STUDENTS IN NEED HAVE LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO GIVE
- 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.221
- LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO GIVE THEM A HEAD START IN LIFE.
- 00:26:50.288 --> 00:26:52.390
- THEM A HEAD START IN LIFE. VILLAGES ACROSS THE WORLD
- 00:26:52.457 --> 00:26:53.825
- VILLAGES ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE CLEAN WATER WELLS,
- 00:26:53.892 --> 00:26:55.193
- HAVE CLEAN WATER WELLS, FAMILIES IN YOUR OWN
- 00:26:55.260 --> 00:26:56.461
- FAMILIES IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE
- 00:26:56.528 --> 00:26:57.362
- NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE MESSAGE OF HOPE COMING
- 00:26:57.429 --> 00:26:58.763
- MESSAGE OF HOPE COMING THROUGH THEIR TELEVISION
- 00:26:58.830 --> 00:26:59.964
- THROUGH THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS, LIVES ARE BEING
- 00:27:00.031 --> 00:27:00.932
- SCREENS, LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED, MARRIAGES ARE
- 00:27:00.999 --> 00:27:02.133
- CHANGED, MARRIAGES ARE BEING RESTORED, DREAMS ARE
- 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.334
- BEING RESTORED, DREAMS ARE COMING TO PASS, ALL BECAUSE
- 00:27:03.401 --> 00:27:05.603
- COMING TO PASS, ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY.
- 00:27:05.670 --> 00:27:07.272
- OF YOUR GENEROSITY. > JOEL: VICTORIA AND I PRAY
- 00:27:07.338 --> 00:27:08.006
- > JOEL: VICTORIA AND I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. WE'RE
- 00:27:08.073 --> 00:27:09.507
- FOR YOU EVERY DAY. WE'RE BELIEVING FOR WHAT YOU'RE
- 00:27:09.574 --> 00:27:10.508
- BELIEVING FOR WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR. LET ME
- 00:27:10.575 --> 00:27:12.077
- BELIEVING FOR. LET ME REMIND YOU 2022 IS GOING
- 00:27:12.143 --> 00:27:13.778
- REMIND YOU 2022 IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME YEAR. GET
- 00:27:13.845 --> 00:27:15.480
- TO BE AN AWESOME YEAR. GET YOUR HOPES UP, TAKE THE
- 00:27:15.547 --> 00:27:16.748
- YOUR HOPES UP, TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF GOD. HE'S
- 00:27:16.815 --> 00:27:18.249
- LIMITS OFF OF GOD. HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU PLACES
- 00:27:18.316 --> 00:27:19.684
- GOING TO TAKE YOU PLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
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