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Joel Osteen | Just Obey | January 18, 2022
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- - JOEL: WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.
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- - JOEL: WELL, 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 AND
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- OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY AND BE A PART OF ONE OF OUR
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- BE A PART OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.
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- SERVICES. I PROMISE YA, WE'LL MAKE YA
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- I PROMISE YA, WE'LL MAKE YA FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
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- FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. I LIKE TO START WITH
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- I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING FUNNY AND I HEARD
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- SOMETHING FUNNY AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS GROOM.
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- ABOUT THIS GROOM. AT THE WEDDING REHEARSAL HE
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- AT THE WEDDING REHEARSAL HE SAID TO THE MINISTER, "I'LL
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- SAID TO THE MINISTER, "I'LL MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU.
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- MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU. IF DURING THE VOWS, YOU'LL
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- IF DURING THE VOWS, YOU'LL LEAVE OUT ALL THAT LOVE,
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- LEAVE OUT ALL THAT LOVE, HONOR, AND OBEY STUFF, I'LL
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- HONOR, AND OBEY STUFF, I'LL GIVE YOU $100."
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- GIVE YOU $100." HE SLIPPED A $100 BILL IN THE
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- HE SLIPPED A $100 BILL IN THE MINISTER'S HAND AND WALKED
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- MINISTER'S HAND AND WALKED AWAY WITH A SMILE.
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- AWAY WITH A SMILE. THE NEXT DAY, DURING THE
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- THE NEXT DAY, DURING THE CEREMONY, THE MINISTER SAID
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- CEREMONY, THE MINISTER SAID TO HIM, "DO YOU PROMISE TO
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- TO HIM, "DO YOU PROMISE TO BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR WIFE, TO
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- BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR WIFE, TO TAKE HER BREAKFAST IN BED, TO
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- TAKE HER BREAKFAST IN BED, TO FULFILL HER EVERY DESIRE?"
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- FULFILL HER EVERY DESIRE?" HE GULPED IN ASTONISHMENT AND
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- HE GULPED IN ASTONISHMENT AND SAID IN A WEAK VOICE, "I DO."
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- SAID IN A WEAK VOICE, "I DO." THEN HE WHISPERED IN THE
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- THEN HE WHISPERED IN THE MINISTER'S EAR, "I THOUGHT WE
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- MINISTER'S EAR, "I THOUGHT WE HAD A DEAL?"
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- HAD A DEAL?" THE MINISTER HANDED HIM HIS
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- THE MINISTER HANDED HIM HIS MONEY BACK AND SAID, "YOUR
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- MONEY BACK AND SAID, "YOUR WIFE MADE ME A MUCH BETTER
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- WIFE MADE ME A MUCH BETTER OFFER."
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- OFFER." SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
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- SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. "THIS IS MY BIBLE.
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- "THIS IS MY BIBLE. I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
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- I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM. I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
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- I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE. I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN
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- I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.
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- DO. TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE
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- TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD.
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- 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, IN
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- I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME, IN JESUS' NAME."
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- JESUS' NAME." GOD BLESS YOU.
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- GOD BLESS YOU. I WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY
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- I WANNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT "JUST OBEY."
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- ABOUT "JUST OBEY." MANY TIMES, WE DON'T REALIZE
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- MANY TIMES, WE DON'T REALIZE THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US.
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- THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO US. WE HAVE AN IMPRESSION ON THE
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- WE HAVE AN IMPRESSION ON THE INSIDE, A PROMPTING TO BE
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- INSIDE, A PROMPTING TO BE GOOD TO SOMEONE.
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- GOOD TO SOMEONE. THAT'S NOT RANDOM, THAT'S GOD
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- THAT'S NOT RANDOM, THAT'S GOD TALKING TO US.
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- TALKING TO US. OR YOU'RE IN A SITUATION AND
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- OR YOU'RE IN A SITUATION AND YOU FEEL AN UNREST, AN
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- YOU FEEL AN UNREST, AN UNEASINESS.
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- UNEASINESS. ON THE SURFACE, IT SEEMS FINE
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- ON THE SURFACE, IT SEEMS FINE AND LOOKS LIKE A GOOD
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- AND LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY BUT DOWN IN HERE,
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- OPPORTUNITY BUT DOWN IN HERE, AN ALARM IS GOING OFF.
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- AN ALARM IS GOING OFF. SOMETHING'S SAYING, "IT'S NOT
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- SOMETHING'S SAYING, "IT'S NOT RIGHT, STAY AWAY."
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- RIGHT, STAY AWAY." THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR NERVES.
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- THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR NERVES. IT'S NOT JUST YOU BEING
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- IT'S NOT JUST YOU BEING OVERLY CAUTIOUS.
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- OVERLY CAUTIOUS. THAT'S GOD WANTING TO PROTECT
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- THAT'S GOD WANTING TO PROTECT YOU.
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- YOU. WHEN YOU FEEL THESE
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- WHEN YOU FEEL THESE IMPRESSIONS, THESE
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- IMPRESSIONS, THESE PROMPTINGS, DON'T IGNORE IT.
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- PROMPTINGS, DON'T IGNORE IT. DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF
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- DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
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- IT. JUST OBEY.
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- JUST OBEY. IF YOU'LL FOLLOW THAT STILL,
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- IF YOU'LL FOLLOW THAT STILL, SMALL VOICE, IT SAYS IN
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- SMALL VOICE, IT SAYS IN PSALMS THAT GOD WILL LEAD YOU
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- PSALMS THAT GOD WILL LEAD YOU DOWN THE BEST PATH FOR YOUR
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- DOWN THE BEST PATH FOR YOUR LIFE.
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- LIFE. AND THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT
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- AND THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT OUR INNER EAR.
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- OUR INNER EAR. NOT A PHYSICAL EAR.
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- NOT A PHYSICAL EAR. YOU WON'T HEAR AN AUDIBLE
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- YOU WON'T HEAR AN AUDIBLE VOICE BUT IF YOU'LL BE
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- VOICE BUT IF YOU'LL BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT YOUR INNER
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- SENSITIVE TO WHAT YOUR INNER EAR IS HEARING, THE STILL,
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- EAR IS HEARING, THE STILL, SMALL VOICE, THE PROMPTINGS,
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- SMALL VOICE, THE PROMPTINGS, THE SUGGESTIONS, THE ALARMS,
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- THE SUGGESTIONS, THE ALARMS, THEN GOD WILL KEEP YOU FROM
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- THEN GOD WILL KEEP YOU FROM HEARTACHE AND PAIN.
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- HEARTACHE AND PAIN. HE'LL LEAD YOU INTO PROMOTION
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- HE'LL LEAD YOU INTO PROMOTION AND FAVOR.
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- AND FAVOR. HE'LL USE YOU TO BE A
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- HE'LL USE YOU TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS.
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- BLESSING TO OTHERS. AND IN THE BOOK OF
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- AND IN THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY, GOD GAVE MOSES
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- DEUTERONOMY, GOD GAVE MOSES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND
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- THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS TO
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- DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW.
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- FOLLOW. THEN GOD SAID TO THE
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- THEN GOD SAID TO THE ISRAELITES, "DON'T ADD OR
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- ISRAELITES, "DON'T ADD OR SUBTRACT TO WHAT I'VE GIVEN
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- SUBTRACT TO WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU.
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- YOU. JUST OBEY."
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- JUST OBEY." GOD WAS SAYING, "DON'T DEBATE
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- GOD WAS SAYING, "DON'T DEBATE IT.
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- IT. DON'T REASON IT OUT.
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- DON'T REASON IT OUT. DON'T OVER-ANALYZE IT.
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- DON'T OVER-ANALYZE IT. JUST DO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU
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- JUST DO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO."
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- TO DO." AND TOO OFTEN, WE FEEL THESE
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- AND TOO OFTEN, WE FEEL THESE IMPRESSIONS.
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- IMPRESSIONS. WE HAVE A KNOWING ON THE
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- WE HAVE A KNOWING ON THE INSIDE BUT WE DISMISS IT,
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- INSIDE BUT WE DISMISS IT, THINK, "I'LL DO THAT LATER."
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- THINK, "I'LL DO THAT LATER." WE OVERRIDE IT.
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- WE OVERRIDE IT. "I FEEL AN UNREST BUT LOOKS
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- "I FEEL AN UNREST BUT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY."
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- LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY." OR WE OVER-ANALYZE IT.
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- OR WE OVER-ANALYZE IT. "THAT COULDN'T BE FOR ME.
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- "THAT COULDN'T BE FOR ME. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE."
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- THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE." NO, DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT
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- NO, DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
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- OF IT. DON'T COME UP WITH EXCUSES.
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- DON'T COME UP WITH EXCUSES. GOD IS SAYING TO US WHAT HE
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- GOD IS SAYING TO US WHAT HE SAID TO THE ISRAELITES, "JUST
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- SAID TO THE ISRAELITES, "JUST OBEY."
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- OBEY." YEARS AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE
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- YEARS AGO, A FRIEND OF MINE WAS IN CHURCH ONE SUNDAY.
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- WAS IN CHURCH ONE SUNDAY. HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, A NEW
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- HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, A NEW BELIEVER.
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- BELIEVER. HE LOOKED ACROSS THE WAY AND
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- HE LOOKED ACROSS THE WAY AND SAW THIS WOMAN AND SOMETHING
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- SAW THIS WOMAN AND SOMETHING SAID TO HIM, SO STRONGLY ON
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- SAID TO HIM, SO STRONGLY ON THE INSIDE, "GO GIVE HER A
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- THE INSIDE, "GO GIVE HER A GIFT."
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- GIFT." HE FELT AN IMPRESSION TO BE
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- HE FELT AN IMPRESSION TO BE GOOD TO HER.
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- GOOD TO HER. BUT HIS MIND SAID, "YOU DON'T
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- BUT HIS MIND SAID, "YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LADY.
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- EVEN KNOW THE LADY. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING
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- SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING FINE.
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- FINE. SHE DOESN'T NEED YOUR MONEY."
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- SHE DOESN'T NEED YOUR MONEY." HE CAME UP WITH EXCUSE AFTER
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- HE CAME UP WITH EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE, AND HE KEPT PUTTING
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- EXCUSE, AND HE KEPT PUTTING IT OFF.
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- IT OFF. BUT HE COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM
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- BUT HE COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
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- IT. HE LOOKED IN HIS WALLET.
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- HE LOOKED IN HIS WALLET. ALL HE HAD THAT DAY WAS A $5
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- ALL HE HAD THAT DAY WAS A $5 BILL.
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- BILL. HE THOUGHT, "THERE IS NO WAY
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- HE THOUGHT, "THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING TO GO GIVE HER $5.
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- I'M GOING TO GO GIVE HER $5. I'D BE EMBARRASSED."
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- I'D BE EMBARRASSED." THE WHOLE SERVICE, A DEBATE
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- THE WHOLE SERVICE, A DEBATE WAS TAKING PLACE IN HIS MIND.
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- WAS TAKING PLACE IN HIS MIND. THE LONGER HE WAITED, THE
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- THE LONGER HE WAITED, THE MORE MISERABLE HE WAS.
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- MORE MISERABLE HE WAS. HE KNEW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO
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- HE KNEW HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
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- IT. FINALLY, HE GOT HIS NERVE UP
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- FINALLY, HE GOT HIS NERVE UP AND, AFTER THE SERVICE, HE
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- AND, AFTER THE SERVICE, HE WENT OVER TO HER AND SAID,
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- WENT OVER TO HER AND SAID, "MA'AM, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW
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- "MA'AM, I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW ME AND THIS MAY SEEM KIND OF
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- ME AND THIS MAY SEEM KIND OF STRANGE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M
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- STRANGE, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU THIS."
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- SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU THIS." HE PLACED THE $5 BILL IN HER
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- HE PLACED THE $5 BILL IN HER HAND.
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- HAND. SHE LOOKED AT IT AND STARTED
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- SHE LOOKED AT IT AND STARTED WEEPING.
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- WEEPING. SHE SAID, "I ONLY HAD ENOUGH
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- SHE SAID, "I ONLY HAD ENOUGH GAS TO GET TO CHURCH.
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- GAS TO GET TO CHURCH. I PRAYED, 'GOD, PLEASE GIVE
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- I PRAYED, 'GOD, PLEASE GIVE ME THE GAS MONEY TO MAKE IT
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- ME THE GAS MONEY TO MAKE IT BACK HOME.'" SHE HUGGED HIM
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- BACK HOME.'" SHE HUGGED HIM AND SAID, "YOU'RE MY
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- AND SAID, "YOU'RE MY MIRACLE."
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- MIRACLE." FRIENDS, GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S
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- FRIENDS, GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
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- DOING. HE CAN SEE THINGS THAT WE
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- HE CAN SEE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
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- CAN'T SEE. DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF
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- DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF IT.
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- IT. WHEN YOU OBEY THAT STILL,
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- WHEN YOU OBEY THAT STILL, SMALL VOICE, GOD WILL USE YOU
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- SMALL VOICE, GOD WILL USE YOU TO BRIGHTEN PEOPLE'S DAY.
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- TO BRIGHTEN PEOPLE'S DAY. AND HERE'S THE KEY.
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- AND HERE'S THE KEY. ANY TIME YOU OBEY, A BLESSING
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- ANY TIME YOU OBEY, A BLESSING WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW.
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- WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW. YOU'LL NEVER BE GOOD TO
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- YOU'LL NEVER BE GOOD TO SOMEONE ELSE WITHOUT GOD
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- SOMEONE ELSE WITHOUT GOD BEING GOOD BACK TO YOU.
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- BEING GOOD BACK TO YOU. AND I WONDER HOW MUCH HIGHER
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- AND I WONDER HOW MUCH HIGHER WE WOULD GO, HOW MUCH MORE OF
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- WE WOULD GO, HOW MUCH MORE OF GOD'S FAVOR WE WOULD SEE, IF
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- GOD'S FAVOR WE WOULD SEE, IF WE WOULD JUST OBEY.
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- WE WOULD JUST OBEY. NOT ARGUE, NOT TRY TO REASON
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- NOT ARGUE, NOT TRY TO REASON IT OUT, NOT COME UP WITH
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- IT OUT, NOT COME UP WITH EXCUSES.
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- EXCUSES. GOD WANTS TO LEAD YOU DOWN
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- GOD WANTS TO LEAD YOU DOWN THE BEST PATH FOR YOUR LIFE.
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- THE BEST PATH FOR YOUR LIFE. HE KNOWS WHERE THE FAVOR IS,
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- HE KNOWS WHERE THE FAVOR IS, WHERE THE PROMOTION IS, WHERE
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- WHERE THE PROMOTION IS, WHERE THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE.
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- THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE. IF YOU'LL BE SENSITIVE TO HIS
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- IF YOU'LL BE SENSITIVE TO HIS VOICE, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT
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- VOICE, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOUR INNER EAR IS HEARING,
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- YOUR INNER EAR IS HEARING, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHERE GOD
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- THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHERE GOD WILL TAKE YOU.
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- WILL TAKE YOU. TODAY, MY FRIEND THAT GAVE
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- TODAY, MY FRIEND THAT GAVE THAT $5, HE'S EXTREMELY
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- THAT $5, HE'S EXTREMELY BLESSED AND VERY SUCCESSFUL.
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- BLESSED AND VERY SUCCESSFUL. BUT IF HE HADN'T LEARNED TO
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- BUT IF HE HADN'T LEARNED TO BE FAITHFUL WITH THE SMALL,
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- BE FAITHFUL WITH THE SMALL, WITH THE FIVE, HOW COULD GOD
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- WITH THE FIVE, HOW COULD GOD TRUST HIM WITH MORE?
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- TRUST HIM WITH MORE? AND IF YOU'LL START BEING
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- AND IF YOU'LL START BEING FAITHFUL IN THE SMALL THINGS
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- FAITHFUL IN THE SMALL THINGS YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DO, YOU
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- YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DO, YOU HEAR THAT VOICE, THAT
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- HEAR THAT VOICE, THAT IMPRESSION TELLS YOU, "YOU
- 00:05:54.177 --> 00:05:55.344
- IMPRESSION TELLS YOU, "YOU NEED TO GET TO WORK ON TIME,"
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- NEED TO GET TO WORK ON TIME," THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR
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- THAT'S NOT JUST YOUR CONSCIENCE BOTHERING YOU,
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- CONSCIENCE BOTHERING YOU, THAT'S GOD TALKING TO YOU.
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- THAT'S GOD TALKING TO YOU. YOU FEEL THAT PROMPTING, "YOU
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- YOU FEEL THAT PROMPTING, "YOU NEED TO QUIT DRINKING SO MUCH
- 00:06:03.553 --> 00:06:04.620
- NEED TO QUIT DRINKING SO MUCH COFFEE.
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- COFFEE. YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT COURSE
- 00:06:05.788 --> 00:06:06.789
- YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT COURSE TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS.
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- TO IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS. YOU NEED TO STOP BEING
- 00:06:08.391 --> 00:06:09.091
- YOU NEED TO STOP BEING SARCASTIC TO YOUR SPOUSE."
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- SARCASTIC TO YOUR SPOUSE." GOD TALKS TO US ABOUT
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- GOD TALKS TO US ABOUT PRACTICAL THINGS.
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- PRACTICAL THINGS. SOMETIMES, WE THINK HE ONLY
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- SOMETIMES, WE THINK HE ONLY TALKS TO US ABOUT REDEMPTION
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- TALKS TO US ABOUT REDEMPTION AND SALVATION, DOCTRINE,
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- AND SALVATION, DOCTRINE, RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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- RIGHTEOUSNESS. YES, BUT HE ALSO TALKS TO US
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- YES, BUT HE ALSO TALKS TO US ABOUT KEEPING THE HOUSE
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- ABOUT KEEPING THE HOUSE CLEAN, ABOUT NOT STAYING UP
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- CLEAN, ABOUT NOT STAYING UP ALL NIGHT WATCHING
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- ALL NIGHT WATCHING TELEVISION.
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- TELEVISION. ABOUT NOT LEAVING THE GROCERY
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- ABOUT NOT LEAVING THE GROCERY CART IN THE PARKING LOT,
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- CART IN THE PARKING LOT, PUTTING IT BACK WHERE YOU
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- PUTTING IT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT.
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- FOUND IT. ABOUT EVERYDAY THINGS.
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- ABOUT EVERYDAY THINGS. WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s, I
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- WHEN I WAS IN MY EARLY 20s, I HAD A BALL GAME AT 9:30 AT
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- HAD A BALL GAME AT 9:30 AT NIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
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- NIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
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- TOWN. I LEFT WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO
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- I LEFT WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THERE BUT THERE WAS
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- GET THERE BUT THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON THE FREEWAY.
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- CONSTRUCTION ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS DELAYED ABOUT 30
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- I WAS DELAYED ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
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- MINUTES. I HAD TO MAKE UP A LOT OF
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- I HAD TO MAKE UP A LOT OF GROUND TO GET TO MY GAME ON
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- GROUND TO GET TO MY GAME ON TIME.
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- TIME. ONCE I GOT THROUGH THE
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- ONCE I GOT THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION, THE FREEWAY WAS
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- CONSTRUCTION, THE FREEWAY WAS WIDE OPEN.
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- WIDE OPEN. NOBODY WAS ON IT.
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- NOBODY WAS ON IT. I HAD A BLACK SPORTS CAR.
- 00:06:56.005 --> 00:06:58.040
- I HAD A BLACK SPORTS CAR. I WAS FEELING GOOD.
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- I WAS FEELING GOOD. I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA OPEN
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- I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA OPEN THIS THING UP AND SEE WHAT
- 00:07:00.543 --> 00:07:01.577
- THIS THING UP AND SEE WHAT IT'LL DO."
- 00:07:01.644 --> 00:07:02.578
- IT'LL DO." I'D TELL YOU HOW FAST I WAS
- 00:07:02.645 --> 00:07:03.646
- I'D TELL YOU HOW FAST I WAS GOING BUT MY MOTHER IS
- 00:07:03.713 --> 00:07:04.480
- GOING BUT MY MOTHER IS SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW.
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- SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW. I WAS FLYING.
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- I WAS FLYING. THE WHOLE TIME, DOWN IN HERE,
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- THE WHOLE TIME, DOWN IN HERE, SOMETHING WAS SAYING, "SLOW
- 00:07:08.851 --> 00:07:10.219
- SOMETHING WAS SAYING, "SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN."
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- DOWN, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN." I ANSWERED BACK, "NO THANKS,
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- I ANSWERED BACK, "NO THANKS, NO THANKS, NO THANKS."
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- NO THANKS, NO THANKS." NOBODY WAS ON THE ROAD.
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- NOBODY WAS ON THE ROAD. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER CARS.
- 00:07:18.027 --> 00:07:19.595
- I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER CARS. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS CAR
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- THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS CAR CAME UP RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
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- CAME UP RIGHT NEXT TO ME. STARTED DRIVING ALONGSIDE.
- 00:07:24.634 --> 00:07:26.736
- STARTED DRIVING ALONGSIDE. I THOUGHT, "WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
- 00:07:26.802 --> 00:07:27.637
- I THOUGHT, "WHAT DO YOU KNOW? HE WANTS TO RACE."
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- HE WANTS TO RACE." HE HAD AN OLD BEAT-UP,
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- HE HAD AN OLD BEAT-UP, RUN-DOWN CAR.
- 00:07:31.474 --> 00:07:32.041
- RUN-DOWN CAR. I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS HE
- 00:07:32.108 --> 00:07:32.808
- I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS HE THINKING?
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- THINKING? HE DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE."
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- HE DOESN'T HAVE A CHANCE." I TOOK OFF AND FLOORED IT.
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- I TOOK OFF AND FLOORED IT. HE CAUGHT BACK UP TO ME.
- 00:07:35.778 --> 00:07:37.313
- HE CAUGHT BACK UP TO ME. THIS TIME, WHEN I LOOKED
- 00:07:37.380 --> 00:07:38.214
- THIS TIME, WHEN I LOOKED OVER, HE HELD UP HIS BADGE IN
- 00:07:38.281 --> 00:07:40.249
- OVER, HE HELD UP HIS BADGE IN THE WINDOW.
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- THE WINDOW. HE POINTED AT ME AND SAID
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- HE POINTED AT ME AND SAID VERY STERNLY, "SLOW DOWN."
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- VERY STERNLY, "SLOW DOWN." I DROVE 55 FOR THE NEXT 7
- 00:07:47.557 --> 00:07:49.358
- I DROVE 55 FOR THE NEXT 7 YEARS.
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- YEARS. BUT IF WE WILL OBEY THESE
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- BUT IF WE WILL OBEY THESE PROMPTINGS, GOD WILL KEEP US
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- PROMPTINGS, GOD WILL KEEP US OUT OF TROUBLE.
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- OUT OF TROUBLE. WE'LL AVOID UNNECESSARY
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- WE'LL AVOID UNNECESSARY HEARTACHE AND PAIN.
- 00:07:58.301 --> 00:07:59.869
- HEARTACHE AND PAIN. AND WE KNOW GOD SAYS, "GO
- 00:07:59.936 --> 00:08:01.704
- AND WE KNOW GOD SAYS, "GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE
- 00:08:01.771 --> 00:08:03.005
- INTO ALL THE WORLD AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS."
- 00:08:03.072 --> 00:08:04.106
- THE GOOD NEWS." BUT GOD ALSO SAYS, "SLOW DOWN
- 00:08:04.173 --> 00:08:06.142
- BUT GOD ALSO SAYS, "SLOW DOWN ON THE FREEWAY.
- 00:08:06.208 --> 00:08:07.543
- ON THE FREEWAY. QUIT EATING SO MUCH JUNK.
- 00:08:07.610 --> 00:08:09.211
- QUIT EATING SO MUCH JUNK. FORGIVE YOUR CO-WORKER.
- 00:08:09.278 --> 00:08:10.513
- FORGIVE YOUR CO-WORKER. BE KIND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR."
- 00:08:10.580 --> 00:08:12.381
- BE KIND TO YOUR NEIGHBOR." PAY ATTENTION TO THE
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- PAY ATTENTION TO THE PRACTICAL THINGS.
- 00:08:13.583 --> 00:08:15.217
- PRACTICAL THINGS. THE MORE YOU PASS THESE TEST,
- 00:08:15.284 --> 00:08:17.453
- THE MORE YOU PASS THESE TEST, THE MORE GOD CAN TRUST YOU,
- 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:19.322
- THE MORE GOD CAN TRUST YOU, THE MORE FAVOR HE'LL RELEASE
- 00:08:19.388 --> 00:08:21.023
- THE MORE FAVOR HE'LL RELEASE IN YOUR LIFE.
- 00:08:21.090 --> 00:08:22.158
- IN YOUR LIFE. BUT IF GOD HAS TO ARGUE WITH
- 00:08:22.224 --> 00:08:23.726
- BUT IF GOD HAS TO ARGUE WITH YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING, YOU
- 00:08:23.793 --> 00:08:25.428
- YOU ABOUT EVERYTHING, YOU MAKE EXCUSES WHY YOU
- 00:08:25.494 --> 00:08:26.662
- MAKE EXCUSES WHY YOU SHOULDN'T FOLLOW THOSE
- 00:08:26.729 --> 00:08:27.530
- SHOULDN'T FOLLOW THOSE PROMPTINGS, YOU'LL GET STUCK.
- 00:08:27.597 --> 00:08:29.966
- PROMPTINGS, YOU'LL GET STUCK. ISAIAH SAID, "IF YOU'RE
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- ISAIAH SAID, "IF YOU'RE WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YOU
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- WILLING AND OBEDIENT, YOU WILL EAT THE GOOD OF THE
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- WILL EAT THE GOOD OF THE LAND."
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- LAND." WHEN YOU LEARN THIS PRINCIPLE
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- WHEN YOU LEARN THIS PRINCIPLE TO JUST OBEY, YOU FEEL THAT
- 00:08:36.973 --> 00:08:39.442
- TO JUST OBEY, YOU FEEL THAT IMPRESSION TO CALL A FRIEND
- 00:08:39.508 --> 00:08:41.043
- IMPRESSION TO CALL A FRIEND AND ENCOURAGE THEM, "I'M
- 00:08:41.110 --> 00:08:42.211
- AND ENCOURAGE THEM, "I'M GONNA CALL THEM."
- 00:08:42.278 --> 00:08:42.845
- GONNA CALL THEM." YOU HEAR THAT PROMPTING, "BE
- 00:08:42.912 --> 00:08:45.548
- YOU HEAR THAT PROMPTING, "BE MORE DISCIPLINED IN YOUR
- 00:08:45.615 --> 00:08:47.083
- MORE DISCIPLINED IN YOUR SPENDING," YOU'RE OBEDIENT.
- 00:08:47.149 --> 00:08:49.251
- SPENDING," YOU'RE OBEDIENT. YOU HAVE THAT KNOWING ON THE
- 00:08:49.318 --> 00:08:50.720
- YOU HAVE THAT KNOWING ON THE INSIDE.
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- INSIDE. I KNOW I NEED TO EAT
- 00:08:51.954 --> 00:08:53.189
- I KNOW I NEED TO EAT HEALTHIER.
- 00:08:53.255 --> 00:08:54.156
- HEALTHIER. I KNOW I NEED TO VISIT MY
- 00:08:54.223 --> 00:08:55.424
- I KNOW I NEED TO VISIT MY PARENTS.
- 00:08:55.491 --> 00:08:56.392
- PARENTS. I KNOW I NEED TO TAKE THAT
- 00:08:56.459 --> 00:08:57.660
- I KNOW I NEED TO TAKE THAT CLASS.
- 00:08:57.727 --> 00:08:58.294
- CLASS. HERE'S A KEY.
- 00:08:58.361 --> 00:08:59.228
- HERE'S A KEY. THE "I KNOWS" ARE GOD TALKING
- 00:08:59.295 --> 00:09:01.263
- THE "I KNOWS" ARE GOD TALKING TO YOU.
- 00:09:01.330 --> 00:09:02.331
- TO YOU. YOU DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH
- 00:09:02.398 --> 00:09:03.366
- YOU DIDN'T JUST COME UP WITH THAT.
- 00:09:03.432 --> 00:09:04.000
- THAT. GOD IS ASKING YOU TO DO IT.
- 00:09:04.066 --> 00:09:05.701
- GOD IS ASKING YOU TO DO IT. DON'T DISMISS IT.
- 00:09:05.768 --> 00:09:06.969
- DON'T DISMISS IT. DON'T PUT IT OFF.
- 00:09:07.036 --> 00:09:08.104
- DON'T PUT IT OFF. THE "I KNOWS" WILL LEAD YOU
- 00:09:08.170 --> 00:09:10.106
- THE "I KNOWS" WILL LEAD YOU DOWN THAT BEST PATH FOR YOUR
- 00:09:10.172 --> 00:09:11.307
- DOWN THAT BEST PATH FOR YOUR LIFE.
- 00:09:11.374 --> 00:09:11.974
- LIFE. AND ONE WAY WE KNOW IT'S GOD,
- 00:09:12.041 --> 00:09:13.643
- AND ONE WAY WE KNOW IT'S GOD, IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.
- 00:09:13.709 --> 00:09:15.311
- IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. IT KEEPS COMING UP AGAIN AND
- 00:09:15.378 --> 00:09:16.846
- IT KEEPS COMING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 00:09:16.912 --> 00:09:17.680
- AGAIN. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
- 00:09:17.747 --> 00:09:18.748
- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU'RE NOT EVEN THINKING
- 00:09:18.814 --> 00:09:19.482
- YOU'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, AND THERE IT IS.
- 00:09:19.548 --> 00:09:21.050
- ABOUT IT, AND THERE IT IS. THAT'S GOD WANTING TO GET
- 00:09:21.117 --> 00:09:22.685
- THAT'S GOD WANTING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.
- 00:09:22.752 --> 00:09:23.285
- YOUR ATTENTION. AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GOD
- 00:09:23.352 --> 00:09:24.820
- AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "GOD LEADS US BY PROMPTINGS."
- 00:09:24.887 --> 00:09:26.756
- LEADS US BY PROMPTINGS." ONE VERSION SAYS, "BY
- 00:09:26.822 --> 00:09:28.257
- ONE VERSION SAYS, "BY SUGGESTIONS."
- 00:09:28.324 --> 00:09:29.859
- SUGGESTIONS." GOD WON'T FORCE YOU TO DO
- 00:09:29.925 --> 00:09:31.260
- GOD WON'T FORCE YOU TO DO SOMETHING.
- 00:09:31.327 --> 00:09:32.261
- SOMETHING. HE WON'T OVERRIDE YOUR WILL.
- 00:09:32.328 --> 00:09:34.196
- HE WON'T OVERRIDE YOUR WILL. HE'LL SUGGEST IT.
- 00:09:34.263 --> 00:09:35.531
- HE'LL SUGGEST IT. "HEY, GIVE THE FIVE BUCKS."
- 00:09:35.598 --> 00:09:36.899
- "HEY, GIVE THE FIVE BUCKS." IT'S UP TO US TO DO IT.
- 00:09:36.966 --> 00:09:38.701
- IT'S UP TO US TO DO IT. I'VE LEARNED THE MORE YOU
- 00:09:38.768 --> 00:09:40.002
- I'VE LEARNED THE MORE YOU OBEY, THE EASIER IT IS TO
- 00:09:40.069 --> 00:09:41.904
- OBEY, THE EASIER IT IS TO OBEY.
- 00:09:41.971 --> 00:09:43.039
- OBEY. THE MORE SENSITIVE YOU ARE TO
- 00:09:43.105 --> 00:09:44.373
- THE MORE SENSITIVE YOU ARE TO HIS VOICE, THE MORE YOU
- 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:45.941
- HIS VOICE, THE MORE YOU RESPOND, THE EASIER IT IS TO
- 00:09:46.008 --> 00:09:48.177
- RESPOND, THE EASIER IT IS TO RESPOND.
- 00:09:48.244 --> 00:09:49.478
- RESPOND. YOU'LL GET TO THE PLACE WHERE
- 00:09:49.545 --> 00:09:50.780
- YOU'LL GET TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE GUIDED BY THESE
- 00:09:50.846 --> 00:09:52.081
- YOU'RE GUIDED BY THESE PROMPTINGS.
- 00:09:52.148 --> 00:09:53.149
- PROMPTINGS. YOU TAKE THE SUGGESTIONS.
- 00:09:53.215 --> 00:09:54.784
- YOU TAKE THE SUGGESTIONS. YOU PULL BACK WHEN YOU FEEL
- 00:09:54.850 --> 00:09:56.018
- YOU PULL BACK WHEN YOU FEEL AN ALARM.
- 00:09:56.085 --> 00:09:56.886
- AN ALARM. THAT'S HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT
- 00:09:56.952 --> 00:09:58.087
- THAT'S HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US.
- 00:09:58.154 --> 00:09:59.422
- LEADS US. AND PAUL TALKED ABOUT BEING A
- 00:09:59.488 --> 00:10:01.223
- AND PAUL TALKED ABOUT BEING A VESSEL USED FOR GOD'S HIGHEST
- 00:10:01.290 --> 00:10:03.259
- VESSEL USED FOR GOD'S HIGHEST PURPOSES.
- 00:10:03.325 --> 00:10:04.593
- PURPOSES. GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE
- 00:10:04.660 --> 00:10:06.162
- GOD IS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HE CAN COUNT ON.
- 00:10:06.228 --> 00:10:07.830
- THAT HE CAN COUNT ON. PEOPLE THAT, AT THE SLIGHTEST
- 00:10:07.897 --> 00:10:09.432
- PEOPLE THAT, AT THE SLIGHTEST IMPRESSION, THE SMALLEST
- 00:10:09.498 --> 00:10:11.534
- IMPRESSION, THE SMALLEST SUGGESTION, THEY MOVE.
- 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:13.202
- SUGGESTION, THEY MOVE. GOD SAYS, "GO HERE," THEY GO.
- 00:10:13.269 --> 00:10:15.137
- GOD SAYS, "GO HERE," THEY GO. "BLESS THIS PERSON," THEY
- 00:10:15.204 --> 00:10:16.005
- "BLESS THIS PERSON," THEY BLESS THEM.
- 00:10:16.072 --> 00:10:16.906
- BLESS THEM. "CHANGE IN THIS AREA," THEY
- 00:10:16.972 --> 00:10:18.240
- "CHANGE IN THIS AREA," THEY CHANGE.
- 00:10:18.307 --> 00:10:19.208
- CHANGE. THEY DON'T ARGUE, THEY DON'T
- 00:10:19.275 --> 00:10:20.810
- THEY DON'T ARGUE, THEY DON'T MAKE EXCUSES, THEY'RE NOT TOO
- 00:10:20.876 --> 00:10:22.378
- MAKE EXCUSES, THEY'RE NOT TOO BUSY.
- 00:10:22.445 --> 00:10:23.245
- BUSY. THEY JUST OBEY.
- 00:10:23.312 --> 00:10:25.314
- THEY JUST OBEY. PSALM 25 SAYS, "THE SECRET OF
- 00:10:25.381 --> 00:10:27.616
- PSALM 25 SAYS, "THE SECRET OF THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT
- 00:10:27.683 --> 00:10:29.318
- THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT FEAR HIM."
- 00:10:29.385 --> 00:10:30.720
- FEAR HIM." WHEN YOU HONOR GOD, HE WILL
- 00:10:30.786 --> 00:10:32.388
- WHEN YOU HONOR GOD, HE WILL TELL YOU SECRETS.
- 00:10:32.455 --> 00:10:33.889
- TELL YOU SECRETS. HE WILL WHISPER THINGS IN
- 00:10:33.956 --> 00:10:35.424
- HE WILL WHISPER THINGS IN YOUR INNER EAR, GIVE YOU
- 00:10:35.491 --> 00:10:37.193
- YOUR INNER EAR, GIVE YOU INSIGHT THAT YOU OTHERWISE
- 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:38.961
- INSIGHT THAT YOU OTHERWISE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
- 00:10:39.028 --> 00:10:40.262
- WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW
- 00:10:40.329 --> 00:10:41.197
- YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW IT, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
- 00:10:41.263 --> 00:10:42.531
- IT, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. YOU JUST KNOW IT.
- 00:10:42.598 --> 00:10:44.300
- YOU JUST KNOW IT. SOMETIMES, WE HEAR ABOUT
- 00:10:44.366 --> 00:10:45.701
- SOMETIMES, WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING INTO TROUBLE
- 00:10:45.768 --> 00:10:46.836
- PEOPLE GETTING INTO TROUBLE FOR INSIDER TRADING.
- 00:10:46.902 --> 00:10:49.038
- FOR INSIDER TRADING. THAT MEANS SOMEBODY ON THE
- 00:10:49.105 --> 00:10:50.239
- THAT MEANS SOMEBODY ON THE INSIDE OF THE COMPANY IS
- 00:10:50.306 --> 00:10:52.141
- INSIDE OF THE COMPANY IS GIVING INFORMATION TO
- 00:10:52.208 --> 00:10:53.209
- GIVING INFORMATION TO SOMEBODY ON THE OUTSIDE
- 00:10:53.275 --> 00:10:54.977
- SOMEBODY ON THE OUTSIDE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE
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- THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE STOCK.
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- PRICE OF THE STOCK. THAT WAY THEY CAN SELL OFF OR
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- THAT WAY THEY CAN SELL OFF OR BUY MORE.
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- BUY MORE. THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
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- THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE INSIDE
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- BECAUSE THEY HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION.
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- INFORMATION. THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES FOR US.
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- THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES FOR US. HE KNOWS WHERE THE GOOD
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- HE KNOWS WHERE THE GOOD BREAKS ARE.
- 00:11:07.389 --> 00:11:08.390
- BREAKS ARE. HE KNOWS HOW TO PROPEL YOU
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- HE KNOWS HOW TO PROPEL YOU YEARS AHEAD.
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- YEARS AHEAD. AND IF YOU'LL BE SENSITIVE TO
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- AND IF YOU'LL BE SENSITIVE TO THAT VOICE, GOD WILL GIVE YOU
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- THAT VOICE, GOD WILL GIVE YOU INSIDE INFORMATION.
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- INSIDE INFORMATION. YOU'LL KNOW THINGS THAT YOU
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- YOU'LL KNOW THINGS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT
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- SHOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT WILL PROPEL YOU TOWARDS YOUR
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- WILL PROPEL YOU TOWARDS YOUR DESTINY.
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- DESTINY. A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER
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- A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER VICTORIA AND I WERE MARRIED,
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- VICTORIA AND I WERE MARRIED, WE SOLD OUR TOWNHOME AND WERE
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- WE SOLD OUR TOWNHOME AND WERE LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE.
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- LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE. WE FOUND SEVERAL NICE HOUSES.
- 00:11:27.376 --> 00:11:29.044
- WE FOUND SEVERAL NICE HOUSES. WE REALLY LIKED THEM BUT IT
- 00:11:29.111 --> 00:11:30.312
- WE REALLY LIKED THEM BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
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- DIDN'T WORK OUT. AND WE CAME TO THIS ONE VERY
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- AND WE CAME TO THIS ONE VERY RUNDOWN OLD HOUSE.
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- RUNDOWN OLD HOUSE. WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT,
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- WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT, WATER DRIPPING FROM THE
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- WATER DRIPPING FROM THE CEILING, FOUNDATION WAS ALL
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- CEILING, FOUNDATION WAS ALL MESSED UP.
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- MESSED UP. THE HOUSE WAS IN VERY BAD
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- THE HOUSE WAS IN VERY BAD SHAPE BUT IT WAS IN A NICE
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- SHAPE BUT IT WAS IN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A LARGE PIECE
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- NEIGHBORHOOD ON A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
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- OF PROPERTY. VICTORIA AND I LOOKED AT EACH
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- VICTORIA AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, "THIS IS IT.
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- OTHER AND SAID, "THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE HOUSE FOR US."
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- THIS IS THE HOUSE FOR US." WE HAD JUST MOVED OUT OF A
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- WE HAD JUST MOVED OUT OF A BEAUTIFUL TOWNHOME.
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- BEAUTIFUL TOWNHOME. IN THE NATURAL, IT DIDN'T
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- IN THE NATURAL, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
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- MAKE SENSE. EVERYTHING LOGICALLY SPEAKING
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- EVERYTHING LOGICALLY SPEAKING SAID, "THIS IS GOING IN THE
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- SAID, "THIS IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
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- WRONG DIRECTION. YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE."
- 00:12:03.012 --> 00:12:05.047
- YOU'RE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE." BUT IN OUR INNER EAR, DOWN IN
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- BUT IN OUR INNER EAR, DOWN IN HERE, SOMETHING WAS
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- HERE, SOMETHING WAS WHISPERING, "THIS IS FOR
- 00:12:07.917 --> 00:12:08.851
- WHISPERING, "THIS IS FOR YOU."
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- YOU." WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
- 00:12:10.052 --> 00:12:11.754
- WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. WHAT NO ONE KNEW WAS THE
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- WHAT NO ONE KNEW WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABOUT TO
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- NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS
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- CHANGE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WHERE YOU COULD SUBDIVIDE THE
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- WHERE YOU COULD SUBDIVIDE THE LOTS.
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- LOTS. TWO YEARS LATER, WE SOLD HALF
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- TWO YEARS LATER, WE SOLD HALF OF THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN
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- OF THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN WE PAID FOR THE WHOLE
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- WE PAID FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
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- PROPERTY. THAT WAS GOD WHISPERING
- 00:12:25.134 --> 00:12:26.802
- THAT WAS GOD WHISPERING SECRETS IN OUR EAR.
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- SECRETS IN OUR EAR. DON'T IGNORE WHAT YOU'RE
- 00:12:29.038 --> 00:12:30.472
- DON'T IGNORE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ON THE INSIDE.
- 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:32.007
- HEARING ON THE INSIDE. MAY NOT SEEM LOGICAL BUT GOD
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- MAY NOT SEEM LOGICAL BUT GOD CAN SEE THINGS THAT YOU
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- CAN SEE THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.
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- CANNOT SEE. HE KNOWS WHERE THE ADVANTAGES
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- HE KNOWS WHERE THE ADVANTAGES ARE.
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- ARE. HE KNOWS HOW TO ACCELERATE
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- HE KNOWS HOW TO ACCELERATE YOUR DREAMS, HOW TO MAKE
- 00:12:40.382 --> 00:12:41.750
- YOUR DREAMS, HOW TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN QUICKER THAN
- 00:12:41.817 --> 00:12:42.952
- THINGS HAPPEN QUICKER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
- 00:12:43.018 --> 00:12:44.186
- YOU THOUGHT. I TALKED TO A GENTLEMAN
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- I TALKED TO A GENTLEMAN RECENTLY AND HE HAD APPLIED
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- RECENTLY AND HE HAD APPLIED FOR A JOB AT THIS LARGE
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- FOR A JOB AT THIS LARGE COMPANY.
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- COMPANY. AND THE INTERVIEW WENT WELL.
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- AND THE INTERVIEW WENT WELL. THEY REALLY LIKED THE MAN BUT
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- THEY REALLY LIKED THE MAN BUT THEY TOLD HIM THE POSITION
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- THEY TOLD HIM THE POSITION WASN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
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- WASN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AND
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- FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AND THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE A
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- THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHO TO HIRE FOR
- 00:12:58.267 --> 00:13:00.169
- DECISION ON WHO TO HIRE FOR SOME TIME AND, WHEN THEY DID,
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- SOME TIME AND, WHEN THEY DID, THEY'D LET HIM KNOW.
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- THEY'D LET HIM KNOW. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, HE WOKE
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- ABOUT A MONTH LATER, HE WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND SOMETHING
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- UP ONE MORNING AND SOMETHING SAID TO HIM, SO STRONGLY,
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- SAID TO HIM, SO STRONGLY, "YOU NEED TO CALL THE COMPANY
- 00:13:09.211 --> 00:13:10.312
- "YOU NEED TO CALL THE COMPANY AND CHECK ON THE POSITION."
- 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:11.814
- AND CHECK ON THE POSITION." WELL, THEY HAD JUST TOLD HIM
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- WELL, THEY HAD JUST TOLD HIM THAT IT WOULD BE 6 MONTHS.
- 00:13:13.916 --> 00:13:15.684
- THAT IT WOULD BE 6 MONTHS. HE DIDN'T WANNA SEEM OVERLY
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- HE DIDN'T WANNA SEEM OVERLY ANXIOUS OR DO ANYTHING THAT
- 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:18.754
- ANXIOUS OR DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT PUT THEM OFF BUT HE
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- MIGHT PUT THEM OFF BUT HE COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM IT.
- 00:13:20.322 --> 00:13:21.957
- COULDN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. THAT AFTERNOON, FINALLY, HE
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- THAT AFTERNOON, FINALLY, HE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND
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- PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED.
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- CALLED. THE MAN SAID, "I CAN'T
- 00:13:25.160 --> 00:13:26.428
- THE MAN SAID, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE CALLING.
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- BELIEVE YOU'RE CALLING. THE POSITION IS NOT SUPPOSED
- 00:13:28.097 --> 00:13:29.498
- THE POSITION IS NOT SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP 'TIL NEXT YEAR BUT
- 00:13:29.565 --> 00:13:31.734
- TO OPEN UP 'TIL NEXT YEAR BUT EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE HAD
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- EARLIER THIS MORNING, WE HAD A MEETING AND DECIDED TO FILL
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- A MEETING AND DECIDED TO FILL IT RIGHT NOW."
- 00:13:35.537 --> 00:13:36.772
- IT RIGHT NOW." HE ASKED THE MAN, "CAN YOU
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- HE ASKED THE MAN, "CAN YOU START NEXT WEEK?"
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- START NEXT WEEK?" FRIENDS, GOD KNOWS IT ALL.
- 00:13:39.408 --> 00:13:40.976
- FRIENDS, GOD KNOWS IT ALL. WE HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION.
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- WE HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION. DON'T IGNORE THOSE
- 00:13:43.612 --> 00:13:44.446
- DON'T IGNORE THOSE PROMPTINGS.
- 00:13:44.513 --> 00:13:45.414
- PROMPTINGS. THAT'S GOD WHISPERING SECRETS
- 00:13:45.481 --> 00:13:47.082
- THAT'S GOD WHISPERING SECRETS IN YOUR EAR.
- 00:13:47.149 --> 00:13:48.183
- IN YOUR EAR. IF YOU'LL JUST OBEY, GOD WILL
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- IF YOU'LL JUST OBEY, GOD WILL GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE.
- 00:13:50.252 --> 00:13:51.620
- GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE. HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT
- 00:13:51.687 --> 00:13:52.955
- HE'LL MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU COULD NEVER MAKE HAPPEN.
- 00:13:53.022 --> 00:13:55.024
- YOU COULD NEVER MAKE HAPPEN. IN THE SCRIPTURE, THERE WAS A
- 00:13:55.090 --> 00:13:56.258
- IN THE SCRIPTURE, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED NAAMAN.
- 00:13:56.325 --> 00:13:57.860
- MAN NAMED NAAMAN. HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE
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- HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE SYRIAN ARMY, A VERY
- 00:13:58.994 --> 00:14:00.562
- SYRIAN ARMY, A VERY WELL-RESPECTED AND
- 00:14:00.629 --> 00:14:01.764
- WELL-RESPECTED AND INFLUENTIAL MAN, BUT HE HAD
- 00:14:01.830 --> 00:14:03.799
- INFLUENTIAL MAN, BUT HE HAD LEPROSY, AN INCURABLE
- 00:14:03.866 --> 00:14:05.768
- LEPROSY, AN INCURABLE DISEASE.
- 00:14:05.834 --> 00:14:06.969
- DISEASE. A YOUNG MAID THAT WORKED FOR
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- A YOUNG MAID THAT WORKED FOR HIM TOLD HIM THAT "IF YOU'LL
- 00:14:08.504 --> 00:14:10.806
- HIM TOLD HIM THAT "IF YOU'LL GO SEE THE PROPHET ELISHA IN
- 00:14:10.873 --> 00:14:12.975
- GO SEE THE PROPHET ELISHA IN ISRAEL, ELISHA WILL PRAY FOR
- 00:14:13.042 --> 00:14:15.077
- ISRAEL, ELISHA WILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOU'LL BE HEALED."
- 00:14:15.144 --> 00:14:17.046
- YOU AND YOU'LL BE HEALED." NAAMAN TOOK THE YOUNG LADY'S
- 00:14:17.112 --> 00:14:18.380
- NAAMAN TOOK THE YOUNG LADY'S ADVICE, TRAVELED A GREAT
- 00:14:18.447 --> 00:14:20.049
- ADVICE, TRAVELED A GREAT DISTANCE, SHOWED UP AT
- 00:14:20.115 --> 00:14:21.383
- DISTANCE, SHOWED UP AT ELISHA'S HOUSE.
- 00:14:21.450 --> 00:14:22.918
- ELISHA'S HOUSE. BUT ELISHA DIDN'T GO OUT TO
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- BUT ELISHA DIDN'T GO OUT TO MEET HIM AT THE DOOR.
- 00:14:24.920 --> 00:14:26.355
- MEET HIM AT THE DOOR. HE DIDN'T GO PRAY OVER HIM.
- 00:14:26.422 --> 00:14:28.390
- HE DIDN'T GO PRAY OVER HIM. ELISHA TOLD HIS ASSISTANT TO
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- ELISHA TOLD HIS ASSISTANT TO GO TELL NAAMAN, "IF HE WILL
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- GO TELL NAAMAN, "IF HE WILL WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER
- 00:14:32.661 --> 00:14:34.163
- WASH IN THE JORDAN RIVER SEVEN TIMES, HE'LL BE
- 00:14:34.229 --> 00:14:35.764
- SEVEN TIMES, HE'LL BE HEALED."
- 00:14:35.831 --> 00:14:37.066
- HEALED." WELL, NAAMAN WAS OFFENDED.
- 00:14:37.132 --> 00:14:39.268
- WELL, NAAMAN WAS OFFENDED. HE THOUGHT, "DOES HE KNOW WHO
- 00:14:39.335 --> 00:14:40.803
- HE THOUGHT, "DOES HE KNOW WHO I AM?
- 00:14:40.869 --> 00:14:41.937
- I AM? DOES HE KNOW HOW FAR I'VE
- 00:14:42.004 --> 00:14:43.305
- DOES HE KNOW HOW FAR I'VE TRAVELED?
- 00:14:43.372 --> 00:14:43.939
- TRAVELED? AND IF I NEED TO WASH IN A
- 00:14:44.006 --> 00:14:45.374
- AND IF I NEED TO WASH IN A RIVER, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE
- 00:14:45.441 --> 00:14:46.442
- RIVER, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE JORDAN RIVER.
- 00:14:46.508 --> 00:14:47.476
- JORDAN RIVER. THAT'S DIRTY.
- 00:14:47.543 --> 00:14:48.143
- THAT'S DIRTY. WE HAVE MUCH CLEANER RIVERS
- 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:49.945
- WE HAVE MUCH CLEANER RIVERS BACK AT HOME."
- 00:14:50.012 --> 00:14:51.447
- BACK AT HOME." HE CAME UP WITH ALL THESE
- 00:14:51.513 --> 00:14:52.614
- HE CAME UP WITH ALL THESE EXCUSES: THAT DOESN'T MAKE
- 00:14:52.681 --> 00:14:54.249
- EXCUSES: THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, THAT'S NOT LOGICAL.
- 00:14:54.316 --> 00:14:56.618
- SENSE, THAT'S NOT LOGICAL. GOD IS NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN
- 00:14:56.685 --> 00:14:58.721
- GOD IS NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT HE ASK US TO
- 00:14:58.787 --> 00:14:59.888
- EVERYTHING THAT HE ASK US TO DO.
- 00:14:59.955 --> 00:15:00.589
- DO. THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL
- 00:15:00.656 --> 00:15:01.924
- THIS IS WHAT FAITH IS ALL ABOUT.
- 00:15:01.991 --> 00:15:02.725
- ABOUT. YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST HIM.
- 00:15:02.791 --> 00:15:04.560
- YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST HIM. NAAMAN ALMOST MISSED HIS
- 00:15:04.626 --> 00:15:06.128
- NAAMAN ALMOST MISSED HIS MIRACLE.
- 00:15:06.195 --> 00:15:07.162
- MIRACLE. HE TURNED AROUND AND WAS
- 00:15:07.229 --> 00:15:08.030
- HE TURNED AROUND AND WAS ABOUT TO GO BACK HOME UNTIL
- 00:15:08.097 --> 00:15:10.165
- ABOUT TO GO BACK HOME UNTIL HIS ASSISTANT SAID, "NAAMAN,
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- HIS ASSISTANT SAID, "NAAMAN, IF HE WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO
- 00:15:12.568 --> 00:15:13.502
- IF HE WOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO DO SOMETHING HARD, YOU WOULD
- 00:15:13.569 --> 00:15:14.870
- DO SOMETHING HARD, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
- 00:15:14.937 --> 00:15:15.671
- HAVE DONE IT. WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS SMALL
- 00:15:15.738 --> 00:15:16.939
- WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS SMALL THING?"
- 00:15:17.006 --> 00:15:18.140
- THING?" NAAMAN SAID, "WELL, I THOUGHT
- 00:15:18.207 --> 00:15:19.575
- NAAMAN SAID, "WELL, I THOUGHT ELISHA WOULD COME OUT AND
- 00:15:19.641 --> 00:15:20.943
- ELISHA WOULD COME OUT AND WAVE HIS HAND OVER ME AND,
- 00:15:21.010 --> 00:15:22.711
- WAVE HIS HAND OVER ME AND, LIKE MAGIC, MAKE ME WHOLE."
- 00:15:22.778 --> 00:15:24.713
- LIKE MAGIC, MAKE ME WHOLE." HE HAD A PRECONCEIVED IDEA OF
- 00:15:24.780 --> 00:15:27.016
- HE HAD A PRECONCEIVED IDEA OF HOW GOD WAS GOING TO DO IT.
- 00:15:27.082 --> 00:15:29.118
- HOW GOD WAS GOING TO DO IT. YOU CAN'T PUT GOD IN A BOX.
- 00:15:29.184 --> 00:15:31.253
- YOU CAN'T PUT GOD IN A BOX. HE MAY NOT BRING YOUR DREAM
- 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.588
- HE MAY NOT BRING YOUR DREAM TO PASS THE WAY YOU'RE
- 00:15:32.654 --> 00:15:33.589
- TO PASS THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING.
- 00:15:33.655 --> 00:15:34.590
- THINKING. HE MAY NOT TURN THE PROBLEM
- 00:15:34.656 --> 00:15:36.158
- HE MAY NOT TURN THE PROBLEM AROUND IN A TRADITIONAL
- 00:15:36.225 --> 00:15:37.493
- AROUND IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER.
- 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:38.560
- MANNER. GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS.
- 00:15:38.627 --> 00:15:40.396
- GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS. THEY ARE BETTER THAN OUR
- 00:15:40.462 --> 00:15:41.330
- THEY ARE BETTER THAN OUR WAYS.
- 00:15:41.397 --> 00:15:41.930
- WAYS. STAY OPEN AND LET GOD DO IT
- 00:15:41.997 --> 00:15:43.532
- STAY OPEN AND LET GOD DO IT HIS WAY.
- 00:15:43.599 --> 00:15:45.434
- HIS WAY. NAAMAN DIDN'T WANNA DO A
- 00:15:45.501 --> 00:15:47.269
- NAAMAN DIDN'T WANNA DO A SMALL THING.
- 00:15:47.336 --> 00:15:48.704
- SMALL THING. BUT I'VE LEARNED, SMALL ACTS
- 00:15:48.771 --> 00:15:50.639
- BUT I'VE LEARNED, SMALL ACTS OF OBEDIENCE LEAD TO BIG
- 00:15:50.706 --> 00:15:52.441
- OF OBEDIENCE LEAD TO BIG BLESSINGS.
- 00:15:52.508 --> 00:15:53.642
- BLESSINGS. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT
- 00:15:53.709 --> 00:15:54.977
- IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT'S THE
- 00:15:55.044 --> 00:15:56.111
- YOU'RE DOING, IT'S THE OBEDIENCE THAT ACTIVATES
- 00:15:56.178 --> 00:15:57.713
- OBEDIENCE THAT ACTIVATES GOD'S POWER.
- 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:58.380
- GOD'S POWER. AND WHEN YOU OBEY IN SMALL
- 00:15:58.447 --> 00:16:00.582
- AND WHEN YOU OBEY IN SMALL THINGS, WHEN IT DOESN'T SEEM
- 00:16:00.649 --> 00:16:02.251
- THINGS, WHEN IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT MATTERS, WHERE
- 00:16:02.317 --> 00:16:03.652
- LIKE IT MATTERS, WHERE NOBODY'S WATCHING, WHEN YOU
- 00:16:03.719 --> 00:16:05.154
- NOBODY'S WATCHING, WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, BUT YOU
- 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.588
- DON'T FEEL LIKE IT, BUT YOU KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING,
- 00:16:06.655 --> 00:16:08.323
- KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING, YOU'RE FAITHFUL, YOU'RE A
- 00:16:08.390 --> 00:16:09.691
- YOU'RE FAITHFUL, YOU'RE A PERSON OF EXCELLENCE,
- 00:16:09.758 --> 00:16:11.193
- PERSON OF EXCELLENCE, OBEDIENCE IN THE SMALL, LEADS
- 00:16:11.260 --> 00:16:13.595
- OBEDIENCE IN THE SMALL, LEADS TO GOD'S BLESSINGS IN GREAT
- 00:16:13.662 --> 00:16:15.330
- TO GOD'S BLESSINGS IN GREAT WAYS.
- 00:16:15.397 --> 00:16:16.665
- WAYS. THIS ASSISTANT TALKED NAAMAN
- 00:16:16.732 --> 00:16:18.333
- THIS ASSISTANT TALKED NAAMAN INTO GOING DOWN AND WASHING
- 00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:19.902
- INTO GOING DOWN AND WASHING IN THE JORDAN RIVER.
- 00:16:19.968 --> 00:16:20.803
- IN THE JORDAN RIVER. AND I CAN IMAGINE WHEN NAAMAN
- 00:16:20.869 --> 00:16:23.172
- AND I CAN IMAGINE WHEN NAAMAN GOT IN, HE THOUGHT, "THIS IS
- 00:16:23.238 --> 00:16:24.673
- GOT IN, HE THOUGHT, "THIS IS DIRTY.
- 00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.774
- DIRTY. IT STINKS.
- 00:16:25.841 --> 00:16:27.042
- IT STINKS. I DON'T LIKE IT."
- 00:16:27.109 --> 00:16:28.177
- I DON'T LIKE IT." EVERYTHING IN HIS MIND WAS
- 00:16:28.243 --> 00:16:29.745
- EVERYTHING IN HIS MIND WAS SAYING, "YOU'RE WASTING YOUR
- 00:16:29.812 --> 00:16:31.146
- SAYING, "YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
- 00:16:31.213 --> 00:16:32.014
- TIME. THIS IS NOT MAKING ANY
- 00:16:32.081 --> 00:16:33.015
- THIS IS NOT MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE."
- 00:16:33.082 --> 00:16:34.249
- DIFFERENCE." IF YOU ALLOW IT, YOUR MIND
- 00:16:34.316 --> 00:16:36.118
- IF YOU ALLOW IT, YOUR MIND CAN TALK YOU OUT OF YOUR
- 00:16:36.185 --> 00:16:37.019
- CAN TALK YOU OUT OF YOUR MIRACLE.
- 00:16:37.086 --> 00:16:38.053
- MIRACLE. NEGATIVE THOUGHTS CAN KEEP US
- 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.455
- NEGATIVE THOUGHTS CAN KEEP US FROM GOD'S BEST.
- 00:16:39.521 --> 00:16:41.290
- FROM GOD'S BEST. NAAMAN DIPPED DOWN IN THE
- 00:16:41.356 --> 00:16:42.357
- NAAMAN DIPPED DOWN IN THE WATER THE FIRST TIME.
- 00:16:42.424 --> 00:16:43.392
- WATER THE FIRST TIME. HE CAME UP.
- 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:44.026
- HE CAME UP. HE CHECKED HIS SKIN AND
- 00:16:44.093 --> 00:16:45.127
- HE CHECKED HIS SKIN AND NOTHING HAD CHANGED.
- 00:16:45.194 --> 00:16:46.528
- NOTHING HAD CHANGED. DIPPED DOWN THE SECOND TIME,
- 00:16:46.595 --> 00:16:47.596
- DIPPED DOWN THE SECOND TIME, NOTHING.
- 00:16:47.663 --> 00:16:48.230
- NOTHING. THIRD TIME, NOTHING.
- 00:16:48.297 --> 00:16:48.931
- THIRD TIME, NOTHING. FOURTH TIME, NOTHING.
- 00:16:48.997 --> 00:16:50.566
- FOURTH TIME, NOTHING. I'M SURE HE THOUGHT, "IF THIS
- 00:16:50.632 --> 00:16:52.434
- I'M SURE HE THOUGHT, "IF THIS WAS GOING TO WORK, I'D BE
- 00:16:52.501 --> 00:16:54.136
- WAS GOING TO WORK, I'D BE GETTING BETTER BY NOW.
- 00:16:54.203 --> 00:16:55.871
- GETTING BETTER BY NOW. I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING
- 00:16:55.938 --> 00:16:57.005
- I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.
- 00:16:57.072 --> 00:16:58.474
- FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. I'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT THAT
- 00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:59.708
- I'VE DONE EXACTLY WHAT THAT PROPHET SAID AND I'M NOT ANY
- 00:16:59.775 --> 00:17:01.176
- PROPHET SAID AND I'M NOT ANY BETTER."
- 00:17:01.243 --> 00:17:02.144
- BETTER." HE WAS DISCOURAGED.
- 00:17:02.211 --> 00:17:03.378
- HE WAS DISCOURAGED. FELT LIKE GOING BACK HOME
- 00:17:03.445 --> 00:17:04.513
- FELT LIKE GOING BACK HOME AGAIN.
- 00:17:04.580 --> 00:17:05.314
- AGAIN. HE THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.248
- HE THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW WHAT? COME THIS FAR, I MIGHT AS
- 00:17:06.315 --> 00:17:07.149
- COME THIS FAR, I MIGHT AS WELL FINISH IT OUT."
- 00:17:07.216 --> 00:17:08.016
- WELL FINISH IT OUT." AND DIPPED DOWN THE FIFTH
- 00:17:08.083 --> 00:17:09.251
- AND DIPPED DOWN THE FIFTH TIME, NOTHING.
- 00:17:09.318 --> 00:17:10.185
- TIME, NOTHING. SIXTH TIME, NOTHING.
- 00:17:10.252 --> 00:17:11.887
- SIXTH TIME, NOTHING. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NAAMAN
- 00:17:11.954 --> 00:17:14.456
- WHAT'S INTERESTING IS NAAMAN DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH THAT IT
- 00:17:14.523 --> 00:17:15.858
- DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
- 00:17:15.924 --> 00:17:17.226
- WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS
- 00:17:17.292 --> 00:17:18.227
- HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS GOING TO GET WELL.
- 00:17:18.293 --> 00:17:19.495
- GOING TO GET WELL. HE WASN'T SINGING PRAISES,
- 00:17:19.561 --> 00:17:21.230
- HE WASN'T SINGING PRAISES, THANKING GOD THAT THE ANSWER
- 00:17:21.296 --> 00:17:22.431
- THANKING GOD THAT THE ANSWER WAS COMING.
- 00:17:22.498 --> 00:17:23.198
- WAS COMING. HE WAS COMPLAINING, NEGATIVE,
- 00:17:23.265 --> 00:17:25.467
- HE WAS COMPLAINING, NEGATIVE, SOUR.
- 00:17:25.534 --> 00:17:26.535
- SOUR. GOING TO TELL HIS MAID,
- 00:17:26.602 --> 00:17:27.536
- GOING TO TELL HIS MAID, "YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RAISE
- 00:17:27.603 --> 00:17:28.537
- "YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RAISE THIS TIME.
- 00:17:28.604 --> 00:17:29.138
- THIS TIME. SOME PROPHET YOU SENT ME TO."
- 00:17:29.204 --> 00:17:31.340
- SOME PROPHET YOU SENT ME TO." HE DIPPED DOWN THAT SEVENTH
- 00:17:31.406 --> 00:17:32.774
- HE DIPPED DOWN THAT SEVENTH TIME.
- 00:17:32.841 --> 00:17:33.609
- TIME. WHEN HE CAME UP, HIS SKIN WAS
- 00:17:33.675 --> 00:17:35.844
- WHEN HE CAME UP, HIS SKIN WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL.
- 00:17:35.911 --> 00:17:37.045
- PERFECTLY NORMAL. LOOKED LIKE A BABY'S SKIN.
- 00:17:37.112 --> 00:17:38.680
- LOOKED LIKE A BABY'S SKIN. HERE'S MY POINT.
- 00:17:38.747 --> 00:17:40.115
- HERE'S MY POINT. THE HEALING WASN'T IN THE
- 00:17:40.182 --> 00:17:41.884
- THE HEALING WASN'T IN THE WATER OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
- 00:17:41.950 --> 00:17:43.485
- WATER OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HEALED THE FIRST TIME.
- 00:17:43.552 --> 00:17:44.853
- HEALED THE FIRST TIME. THE HEALING WAS IN THE
- 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:46.255
- THE HEALING WAS IN THE OBEDIENCE.
- 00:17:46.321 --> 00:17:46.955
- OBEDIENCE. COULD IT BE THAT YOUR HEALING
- 00:17:47.022 --> 00:17:49.658
- COULD IT BE THAT YOUR HEALING WILL COME WHEN YOU OBEY?
- 00:17:49.725 --> 00:17:52.127
- WILL COME WHEN YOU OBEY? YOUR PROMOTION, YOUR
- 00:17:52.194 --> 00:17:53.262
- YOUR PROMOTION, YOUR BREAKTHROUGH, THE
- 00:17:53.328 --> 00:17:54.196
- BREAKTHROUGH, THE RESTORATION, WILL COME IF
- 00:17:54.263 --> 00:17:55.931
- RESTORATION, WILL COME IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP DOING THE
- 00:17:55.998 --> 00:17:57.132
- YOU'LL JUST KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING?
- 00:17:57.199 --> 00:17:58.400
- RIGHT THING? "WELL, JOEL, I'M BEING MY
- 00:17:58.467 --> 00:17:59.301
- "WELL, JOEL, I'M BEING MY BEST.
- 00:17:59.368 --> 00:18:00.068
- BEST. I'M HONORING GOD.
- 00:18:00.135 --> 00:18:00.936
- I'M HONORING GOD. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
- 00:18:01.003 --> 00:18:01.703
- I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING."
- 00:18:01.770 --> 00:18:02.738
- HAPPENING." DON'T WORRY, YOUR TIME IS
- 00:18:02.804 --> 00:18:04.139
- DON'T WORRY, YOUR TIME IS COMING.
- 00:18:04.206 --> 00:18:05.073
- COMING. YOU MAY BE ON NUMBER FOUR,
- 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:06.909
- YOU MAY BE ON NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FIVE.
- 00:18:06.975 --> 00:18:07.809
- NUMBER FIVE. THE GOOD NEWS?
- 00:18:07.876 --> 00:18:08.510
- THE GOOD NEWS? NUMBER SEVEN IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:18:08.577 --> 00:18:10.245
- NUMBER SEVEN IS ON THE WAY. GOD REWARDS OBEDIENCE.
- 00:18:10.312 --> 00:18:12.714
- GOD REWARDS OBEDIENCE. YOUR HEALING IS COMING.
- 00:18:12.781 --> 00:18:14.516
- YOUR HEALING IS COMING. THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE COMING.
- 00:18:14.583 --> 00:18:16.185
- THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE COMING. NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING.
- 00:18:16.251 --> 00:18:17.819
- NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING. FREEDOM IS COMING.
- 00:18:17.886 --> 00:18:19.421
- FREEDOM IS COMING. KEEP BEING OBEDIENT.
- 00:18:19.488 --> 00:18:20.923
- KEEP BEING OBEDIENT. STAY ON THAT HIGH ROAD.
- 00:18:20.989 --> 00:18:22.724
- STAY ON THAT HIGH ROAD. IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE, IT
- 00:18:22.791 --> 00:18:24.726
- IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE, IT MAY NOT BE FAIR, BUT GOD IS
- 00:18:24.793 --> 00:18:26.662
- MAY NOT BE FAIR, BUT GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL.
- 00:18:26.728 --> 00:18:28.363
- IN COMPLETE CONTROL. HE'S A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT
- 00:18:28.430 --> 00:18:30.365
- HE'S A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT HONOR HIM.
- 00:18:30.432 --> 00:18:30.999
- HONOR HIM. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT
- 00:18:31.066 --> 00:18:33.035
- AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT NAAMAN'S OBEDIENCE OVERRODE
- 00:18:33.101 --> 00:18:35.971
- NAAMAN'S OBEDIENCE OVERRODE THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE
- 00:18:36.038 --> 00:18:37.306
- THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE FAITH.
- 00:18:37.372 --> 00:18:38.240
- THE FAITH. THIS IS HOW POWERFUL
- 00:18:38.307 --> 00:18:39.708
- THIS IS HOW POWERFUL OBEDIENCE IS.
- 00:18:39.775 --> 00:18:40.842
- OBEDIENCE IS. AND THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR
- 00:18:40.909 --> 00:18:42.578
- AND THERE ARE TIMES IN OUR LIFE THAT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE
- 00:18:42.644 --> 00:18:44.213
- LIFE THAT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE FAITH WE NEED.
- 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:46.014
- WE HAVE THE FAITH WE NEED. WE WANNA BELIEVE BUT WE DON'T
- 00:18:46.081 --> 00:18:47.716
- WE WANNA BELIEVE BUT WE DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD GET WELL OR
- 00:18:47.783 --> 00:18:49.518
- SEE HOW WE COULD GET WELL OR HOW WE COULD ACCOMPLISH A
- 00:18:49.585 --> 00:18:50.519
- HOW WE COULD ACCOMPLISH A DREAM.
- 00:18:50.586 --> 00:18:51.119
- DREAM. HOW OUR FUTURE'S GOING TO BE
- 00:18:51.186 --> 00:18:52.054
- HOW OUR FUTURE'S GOING TO BE BRIGHT.
- 00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.988
- BRIGHT. HERE'S THE KEY.
- 00:18:53.055 --> 00:18:54.356
- HERE'S THE KEY. UNTIL YOUR FAITH GROWS, JUST
- 00:18:54.423 --> 00:18:56.592
- UNTIL YOUR FAITH GROWS, JUST KEEP BEING OBEDIENT, DOING
- 00:18:56.658 --> 00:18:58.527
- KEEP BEING OBEDIENT, DOING WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO,
- 00:18:58.594 --> 00:18:59.828
- WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO, FOLLOWING THAT STILL, SMALL
- 00:18:59.895 --> 00:19:01.263
- FOLLOWING THAT STILL, SMALL VOICE.
- 00:19:01.330 --> 00:19:01.930
- VOICE. YOUR OBEDIENCE WILL OVERRIDE
- 00:19:01.997 --> 00:19:04.233
- YOUR OBEDIENCE WILL OVERRIDE THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
- 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:05.500
- THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAITH.
- 00:19:05.567 --> 00:19:06.802
- ENOUGH FAITH. I CAN'T PROVE IT, BUT I
- 00:19:06.868 --> 00:19:08.136
- I CAN'T PROVE IT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT NAAMAN GOT
- 00:19:08.203 --> 00:19:09.438
- BELIEVE THAT NAAMAN GOT HEALED WHILE HE WAS
- 00:19:09.504 --> 00:19:10.806
- HEALED WHILE HE WAS COMPLAINING.
- 00:19:10.872 --> 00:19:11.974
- COMPLAINING. "I DON'T LIKE THIS WATER.
- 00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:13.375
- "I DON'T LIKE THIS WATER. IT'S DIRTY.
- 00:19:13.442 --> 00:19:14.243
- IT'S DIRTY. IT SMELLS BAD."
- 00:19:14.309 --> 00:19:15.310
- IT SMELLS BAD." HE CAME UP THE SEVENTH TIME,
- 00:19:15.377 --> 00:19:16.411
- HE CAME UP THE SEVENTH TIME, "I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T GONNA
- 00:19:16.478 --> 00:19:17.379
- "I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T GONNA WORK."
- 00:19:17.446 --> 00:19:18.113
- WORK." LOOKED AT HIS ARMS.
- 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.648
- LOOKED AT HIS ARMS. COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
- 00:19:19.715 --> 00:19:20.916
- COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. HE WENT FROM COMPLAINING TO
- 00:19:20.983 --> 00:19:22.551
- HE WENT FROM COMPLAINING TO GIVING PRAISE.
- 00:19:22.618 --> 00:19:23.719
- GIVING PRAISE. HE SAID, "NOW I KNOW THE GOD
- 00:19:23.785 --> 00:19:25.587
- HE SAID, "NOW I KNOW THE GOD OF ISRAEL IS THE TRUE AND THE
- 00:19:25.654 --> 00:19:27.289
- OF ISRAEL IS THE TRUE AND THE LIVING GOD."
- 00:19:27.356 --> 00:19:29.958
- LIVING GOD." AND I'M NOT FOR COMPLAINING,
- 00:19:30.025 --> 00:19:31.493
- AND I'M NOT FOR COMPLAINING, TALKING DEFEAT, BEING
- 00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.427
- TALKING DEFEAT, BEING NEGATIVE.
- 00:19:32.494 --> 00:19:33.228
- NEGATIVE. THERE ARE EXAMPLES WHERE THAT
- 00:19:33.295 --> 00:19:34.363
- THERE ARE EXAMPLES WHERE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
- 00:19:34.429 --> 00:19:35.364
- KEEPS PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR PROMISED LAND BUT IN THIS
- 00:19:35.430 --> 00:19:37.132
- PROMISED LAND BUT IN THIS CASE OBEDIENCE OVERRODE ALL
- 00:19:37.199 --> 00:19:39.735
- CASE OBEDIENCE OVERRODE ALL THAT.
- 00:19:39.801 --> 00:19:40.369
- THAT. AND LIKE NAAMAN, WHEN YOU
- 00:19:40.435 --> 00:19:42.304
- AND LIKE NAAMAN, WHEN YOU FACE SITUATIONS YOU DON'T
- 00:19:42.371 --> 00:19:43.872
- FACE SITUATIONS YOU DON'T LIKE AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
- 00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:45.574
- LIKE AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU,
- 00:19:45.641 --> 00:19:47.476
- IT, THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU, IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP DOING THE
- 00:19:47.542 --> 00:19:48.944
- IF YOU'LL JUST KEEP DOING THE RIGHT THING, YOUR
- 00:19:49.011 --> 00:19:50.412
- RIGHT THING, YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:19:50.479 --> 00:19:52.180
- BREAKTHROUGH IS ON THE WAY. WHEN YOU OBEY, MIRACLES
- 00:19:52.247 --> 00:19:53.882
- WHEN YOU OBEY, MIRACLES HAPPEN, HEALING IS RELEASED,
- 00:19:53.949 --> 00:19:56.018
- HAPPEN, HEALING IS RELEASED, NEW DOORS WILL OPEN.
- 00:19:56.084 --> 00:19:57.819
- NEW DOORS WILL OPEN. SEE, EVERY TIME YOU OBEY,
- 00:19:57.886 --> 00:19:59.354
- SEE, EVERY TIME YOU OBEY, YOU'RE SOWING A SEED.
- 00:19:59.421 --> 00:20:00.689
- YOU'RE SOWING A SEED. AND WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT,
- 00:20:00.756 --> 00:20:03.058
- AND WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT, YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU
- 00:20:03.125 --> 00:20:03.992
- YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT BUT YOU DO
- 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.127
- DON'T FEEL LIKE IT BUT YOU DO IT ANYWAY, YOU ARE SOWING AN
- 00:20:05.193 --> 00:20:07.296
- IT ANYWAY, YOU ARE SOWING AN EXTRAORDINARY SEED.
- 00:20:07.362 --> 00:20:09.298
- EXTRAORDINARY SEED. THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO
- 00:20:09.364 --> 00:20:10.565
- THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO REAP AN EXTRAORDINARY
- 00:20:10.632 --> 00:20:12.334
- REAP AN EXTRAORDINARY HARVEST.
- 00:20:12.401 --> 00:20:13.402
- HARVEST. AND GOD WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO
- 00:20:13.468 --> 00:20:14.803
- AND GOD WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN NOT
- 00:20:14.870 --> 00:20:16.672
- DO SOMETHING AND THEN NOT GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO IT.
- 00:20:16.738 --> 00:20:18.040
- GIVE YOU THE POWER TO DO IT. AND WHEN HE ASK YOU TO WALK
- 00:20:18.106 --> 00:20:20.142
- AND WHEN HE ASK YOU TO WALK AWAY FROM A FRIEND THAT'S
- 00:20:20.208 --> 00:20:21.209
- AWAY FROM A FRIEND THAT'S PULLING YOU DOWN, OR TO GET
- 00:20:21.276 --> 00:20:23.545
- PULLING YOU DOWN, OR TO GET RID OF A HABIT THAT YOU KNOW
- 00:20:23.612 --> 00:20:24.680
- RID OF A HABIT THAT YOU KNOW IS RUINING YOUR HEALTH, HE'S
- 00:20:24.746 --> 00:20:26.448
- IS RUINING YOUR HEALTH, HE'S NOT TRYING TO TAKE SOMETHING
- 00:20:26.515 --> 00:20:27.849
- NOT TRYING TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU, HE'S TRYING TO GET
- 00:20:27.916 --> 00:20:29.551
- FROM YOU, HE'S TRYING TO GET SOMETHING BETTER TO YOU.
- 00:20:29.618 --> 00:20:31.186
- SOMETHING BETTER TO YOU. IF YOU WILL JUST OBEY, YOU'LL
- 00:20:31.253 --> 00:20:33.255
- IF YOU WILL JUST OBEY, YOU'LL COME UP TO A NEW LEVEL OF
- 00:20:33.322 --> 00:20:34.456
- COME UP TO A NEW LEVEL OF YOUR DESTINY.
- 00:20:34.523 --> 00:20:36.224
- YOUR DESTINY. GROWING UP, WE KNEW THIS MAN
- 00:20:36.291 --> 00:20:37.592
- GROWING UP, WE KNEW THIS MAN THAT LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO.
- 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:39.728
- THAT LOVED TO PLAY THE PIANO. HE WAS VERY TALENTED BUT HE
- 00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:41.530
- HE WAS VERY TALENTED BUT HE HAD RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
- 00:20:41.596 --> 00:20:43.832
- HAD RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. OVER THE YEARS, IT KEPT
- 00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.866
- OVER THE YEARS, IT KEPT GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND
- 00:20:44.933 --> 00:20:46.568
- GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND HE CAME TO THE POINT WHERE
- 00:20:46.635 --> 00:20:47.936
- HE CAME TO THE POINT WHERE HIS FINGERS WERE ALL BENT
- 00:20:48.003 --> 00:20:49.471
- HIS FINGERS WERE ALL BENT OVER LIKE A FIST.
- 00:20:49.538 --> 00:20:51.039
- OVER LIKE A FIST. HE COULDN'T OPEN THEM UP.
- 00:20:51.106 --> 00:20:52.774
- HE COULDN'T OPEN THEM UP. HIS JOINTS WERE SWOLLEN, VERY
- 00:20:52.841 --> 00:20:54.710
- HIS JOINTS WERE SWOLLEN, VERY PAINFUL, AND OBVIOUSLY, HE
- 00:20:54.776 --> 00:20:56.345
- PAINFUL, AND OBVIOUSLY, HE COULDN'T PLAY THE PIANO
- 00:20:56.411 --> 00:20:57.713
- COULDN'T PLAY THE PIANO ANYMORE.
- 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.347
- ANYMORE. AND ONE DAY HE HEARD MY
- 00:20:58.413 --> 00:21:00.215
- AND ONE DAY HE HEARD MY FATHER TALKING ABOUT THE
- 00:21:00.282 --> 00:21:01.883
- FATHER TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVENESS,
- 00:21:01.950 --> 00:21:03.985
- IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVENESS, HOW WE SHOULD LET THINGS GO
- 00:21:04.052 --> 00:21:05.420
- HOW WE SHOULD LET THINGS GO AND HOW WHEN WE CARRY
- 00:21:05.487 --> 00:21:06.688
- AND HOW WHEN WE CARRY BITTERNESS AND HOLD A GRUDGE,
- 00:21:06.755 --> 00:21:08.156
- BITTERNESS AND HOLD A GRUDGE, IT POISONS OUR LIFE.
- 00:21:08.223 --> 00:21:09.991
- IT POISONS OUR LIFE. HE FELT CONVICTED.
- 00:21:10.058 --> 00:21:11.727
- HE FELT CONVICTED. HE HAD HELD SOMETHING AGAINST
- 00:21:11.793 --> 00:21:12.961
- HE HAD HELD SOMETHING AGAINST HIS PARENTS FOR MANY YEARS.
- 00:21:13.028 --> 00:21:14.996
- HIS PARENTS FOR MANY YEARS. HE FELT LIKE THEY HAD DONE
- 00:21:15.063 --> 00:21:16.298
- HE FELT LIKE THEY HAD DONE HIM WRONG AND HE'D CARRIED
- 00:21:16.365 --> 00:21:17.899
- HIM WRONG AND HE'D CARRIED AROUND THIS BITTERNESS YEAR
- 00:21:17.966 --> 00:21:19.301
- AROUND THIS BITTERNESS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
- 00:21:19.368 --> 00:21:20.602
- AFTER YEAR. HE KNEW TO LET IT GO.
- 00:21:20.669 --> 00:21:22.104
- HE KNEW TO LET IT GO. HE'D HEARD THE STILL, SMALL
- 00:21:22.170 --> 00:21:23.372
- HE'D HEARD THE STILL, SMALL VOICE SAYING, "HEY, MOVE ON
- 00:21:23.438 --> 00:21:24.673
- VOICE SAYING, "HEY, MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE."
- 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.307
- WITH YOUR LIFE." BUT HE WOULDN'T DO IT.
- 00:21:25.374 --> 00:21:27.075
- BUT HE WOULDN'T DO IT. BUT THAT DAY WHEN HE HEARD MY
- 00:21:27.142 --> 00:21:28.210
- BUT THAT DAY WHEN HE HEARD MY FATHER, HE MADE A DECISION
- 00:21:28.276 --> 00:21:30.379
- FATHER, HE MADE A DECISION THAT HE WAS GOING TO FORGIVE
- 00:21:30.445 --> 00:21:31.480
- THAT HE WAS GOING TO FORGIVE HIS PARENTS.
- 00:21:31.546 --> 00:21:32.748
- HIS PARENTS. HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING IT.
- 00:21:32.814 --> 00:21:34.416
- HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DOING IT. HE DIDN'T THINK THEY DESERVED
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- HE DIDN'T THINK THEY DESERVED IT.
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- IT. BUT OUT OF AN ACT OF
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- BUT OUT OF AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE, HE LET IT GO.
- 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:40.389
- OBEDIENCE, HE LET IT GO. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
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- OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, LITTLE BY LITTLE, HIS FINGERS
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- LITTLE BY LITTLE, HIS FINGERS STARTED OPENING UP.
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- STARTED OPENING UP. THE SWELLING STARTED GOING
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- THE SWELLING STARTED GOING DOWN.
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- DOWN. THE PAIN STARTED SUBSIDING.
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- THE PAIN STARTED SUBSIDING. A YEAR LATER, HE COULD SIT
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- A YEAR LATER, HE COULD SIT DOWN AND PLAY THE PIANO LIKE
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- DOWN AND PLAY THE PIANO LIKE HE HAD NEVER MISSED A BEAT.
- 00:21:52.534 --> 00:21:54.302
- HE HAD NEVER MISSED A BEAT. THE HEALING WAS IN THE
- 00:21:54.369 --> 00:21:55.704
- THE HEALING WAS IN THE OBEDIENCE.
- 00:21:55.771 --> 00:21:56.905
- OBEDIENCE. HE SOWED AN EXTRAORDINARY
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- HE SOWED AN EXTRAORDINARY SEED, FORGIVEN SOMEBODY THAT
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- SEED, FORGIVEN SOMEBODY THAT HURT HIM.
- 00:22:00.642 --> 00:22:01.209
- HURT HIM. HE REAPED AN EXTRAORDINARY
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- HE REAPED AN EXTRAORDINARY HARVEST: HIS HEALTH WAS
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- HARVEST: HIS HEALTH WAS RESTORED.
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- RESTORED. IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'VE
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- IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF YOU KNOW YOU
- 00:22:07.949 --> 00:22:09.484
- BEEN PUTTING OFF YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD DO?
- 00:22:09.551 --> 00:22:10.585
- SHOULD DO? MAYBE LIKE HIM, YOU FEEL LIKE
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- MAYBE LIKE HIM, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A GREAT RIGHT TO
- 00:22:12.087 --> 00:22:13.321
- YOU HAVE A GREAT RIGHT TO HOLD A GRUDGE, TO BE ANGRY,
- 00:22:13.388 --> 00:22:14.890
- HOLD A GRUDGE, TO BE ANGRY, THEY DID YOU WRONG.
- 00:22:14.956 --> 00:22:16.224
- THEY DID YOU WRONG. ALL THAT'S GOING TO DO IS
- 00:22:16.291 --> 00:22:17.492
- ALL THAT'S GOING TO DO IS POISON YOUR OWN LIFE, AFFECT
- 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:19.528
- POISON YOUR OWN LIFE, AFFECT YOUR DREAMS, AFFECT YOUR
- 00:22:19.594 --> 00:22:21.062
- YOUR DREAMS, AFFECT YOUR HEALTH.
- 00:22:21.129 --> 00:22:22.164
- HEALTH. YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE SO YOU
- 00:22:22.230 --> 00:22:23.965
- YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE SO YOU CAN BE FREE.
- 00:22:24.032 --> 00:22:25.333
- CAN BE FREE. FORGIVE SO YOUR HEALING WILL
- 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.469
- FORGIVE SO YOUR HEALING WILL BE RELEASED.
- 00:22:27.536 --> 00:22:28.503
- BE RELEASED. NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT WHEN
- 00:22:28.570 --> 00:22:30.405
- NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT WHEN YOU LET IT GO, GOD CAN MAKE
- 00:22:30.472 --> 00:22:32.441
- YOU LET IT GO, GOD CAN MAKE YOU EMOTIONALLY WHOLE.
- 00:22:32.507 --> 00:22:34.276
- YOU EMOTIONALLY WHOLE. THAT'S WHEN HE'LL GIVE YOU
- 00:22:34.342 --> 00:22:35.477
- THAT'S WHEN HE'LL GIVE YOU BEAUTY FOR ASHES.
- 00:22:35.544 --> 00:22:37.012
- BEAUTY FOR ASHES. YOU'LL START LOVING AGAIN,
- 00:22:37.078 --> 00:22:38.447
- YOU'LL START LOVING AGAIN, START LAUGHING AGAIN, START
- 00:22:38.513 --> 00:22:39.548
- START LAUGHING AGAIN, START DREAMING AGAIN.
- 00:22:39.614 --> 00:22:40.282
- DREAMING AGAIN. AND I KNOW FAITH GETS GOD'S
- 00:22:40.348 --> 00:22:42.384
- AND I KNOW FAITH GETS GOD'S ATTENTION BUT OBEDIENCE
- 00:22:42.451 --> 00:22:44.786
- ATTENTION BUT OBEDIENCE ACTIVATES GOD'S POWER.
- 00:22:44.853 --> 00:22:46.788
- ACTIVATES GOD'S POWER. YOU CAN HAVE GREAT FAITH BUT
- 00:22:46.855 --> 00:22:48.323
- YOU CAN HAVE GREAT FAITH BUT IF YOU'RE IGNORING THE STILL,
- 00:22:48.390 --> 00:22:49.458
- IF YOU'RE IGNORING THE STILL, SMALL VOICE, IF YOU'RE
- 00:22:49.524 --> 00:22:50.992
- SMALL VOICE, IF YOU'RE OVERRIDING WHAT YOU KNOW GOD
- 00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.461
- OVERRIDING WHAT YOU KNOW GOD WANTS YOU TO DEAL WITH, IT
- 00:22:52.527 --> 00:22:53.929
- WANTS YOU TO DEAL WITH, IT CAN KEEP YOU FROM YOUR
- 00:22:53.995 --> 00:22:54.796
- CAN KEEP YOU FROM YOUR MIRACLE.
- 00:22:54.863 --> 00:22:55.464
- MIRACLE. AND SOMETIMES GOD ASK US TO
- 00:22:55.530 --> 00:22:57.432
- AND SOMETIMES GOD ASK US TO DO A HARD THING.
- 00:22:57.499 --> 00:22:58.733
- DO A HARD THING. GOD TOLD ABRAHAM TO TAKE HIS
- 00:22:58.800 --> 00:23:00.268
- GOD TOLD ABRAHAM TO TAKE HIS SON ISAAC.
- 00:23:00.335 --> 00:23:01.703
- SON ISAAC. THIS WAS THE SON THAT ABRAHAM
- 00:23:01.770 --> 00:23:03.638
- THIS WAS THE SON THAT ABRAHAM AND SARAH HAD WAITED 20 YEARS
- 00:23:03.705 --> 00:23:05.507
- AND SARAH HAD WAITED 20 YEARS TO HAVE.
- 00:23:05.574 --> 00:23:06.341
- TO HAVE. THEY HAD PRAYED AND BELIEVED.
- 00:23:06.408 --> 00:23:07.542
- THEY HAD PRAYED AND BELIEVED. NOW, FINALLY, LITTLE ISAAC IS
- 00:23:07.609 --> 00:23:09.010
- NOW, FINALLY, LITTLE ISAAC IS HERE.
- 00:23:09.077 --> 00:23:10.212
- HERE. ABRAHAM WAS TO TAKE ISAAC UP
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- ABRAHAM WAS TO TAKE ISAAC UP ON A MOUNTAIN AND SACRIFICE
- 00:23:12.247 --> 00:23:14.216
- ON A MOUNTAIN AND SACRIFICE HIM.
- 00:23:14.282 --> 00:23:15.250
- HIM. THEY TOOK A 3-DAY JOURNEY,
- 00:23:15.317 --> 00:23:16.685
- THEY TOOK A 3-DAY JOURNEY, WENT WAY UP ON THIS MOUNTAIN
- 00:23:16.751 --> 00:23:18.854
- WENT WAY UP ON THIS MOUNTAIN BUT JUST WHEN ABRAHAM WAS
- 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:20.322
- BUT JUST WHEN ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO FOLLOW THROUGH, GOD
- 00:23:20.388 --> 00:23:22.090
- ABOUT TO FOLLOW THROUGH, GOD SAID, "ABRAHAM, DON'T DO IT.
- 00:23:22.157 --> 00:23:24.092
- SAID, "ABRAHAM, DON'T DO IT. I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU
- 00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:25.560
- I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD BE OBEDIENT WHEN IT WAS
- 00:23:25.627 --> 00:23:27.295
- WOULD BE OBEDIENT WHEN IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT."
- 00:23:27.362 --> 00:23:29.531
- EXTREMELY DIFFICULT." ABRAHAM LOOKED OVER AND SAW A
- 00:23:29.598 --> 00:23:31.266
- ABRAHAM LOOKED OVER AND SAW A RAM CAUGHT IN THE BUSH AND HE
- 00:23:31.333 --> 00:23:33.134
- RAM CAUGHT IN THE BUSH AND HE KNEW THAT WAS THE SACRIFICE.
- 00:23:33.201 --> 00:23:35.237
- KNEW THAT WAS THE SACRIFICE. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS RAMS
- 00:23:35.303 --> 00:23:36.605
- WHAT'S INTERESTING IS RAMS DON'T NORMALLY GO THAT HIGH
- 00:23:36.671 --> 00:23:38.573
- DON'T NORMALLY GO THAT HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAIN. THAT'S
- 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.975
- UP IN THE MOUNTAIN. THAT'S NOT NATURAL TO THEM. BUT
- 00:23:40.041 --> 00:23:42.110
- NOT NATURAL TO THEM. BUT WHEN YOU DO WHAT GOD'S
- 00:23:42.177 --> 00:23:43.478
- WHEN YOU DO WHAT GOD'S ASKING YOU TO DO, EVERY STEP
- 00:23:43.545 --> 00:23:45.547
- ASKING YOU TO DO, EVERY STEP YOU TAKE IN OBEDIENCE THE RAM
- 00:23:45.614 --> 00:23:47.315
- YOU TAKE IN OBEDIENCE THE RAM IS TAKING A STEP TOWARDS YOU.
- 00:23:47.382 --> 00:23:50.051
- IS TAKING A STEP TOWARDS YOU. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
- 00:23:50.118 --> 00:23:51.286
- YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT, "JOEL, I'M DOING THE
- 00:23:51.353 --> 00:23:52.754
- IT, "JOEL, I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING, IT DOESN'T LOOK
- 00:23:52.821 --> 00:23:53.989
- RIGHT THING, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING'S CHANGING".
- 00:23:54.055 --> 00:23:55.257
- LIKE ANYTHING'S CHANGING". WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS ON THE
- 00:23:55.323 --> 00:23:57.292
- WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN,
- 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.227
- OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, YOUR HEALING, YOUR PROVISION,
- 00:23:59.294 --> 00:24:00.629
- YOUR HEALING, YOUR PROVISION, YOUR ABUNDANCE, YOUR
- 00:24:00.695 --> 00:24:01.496
- YOUR ABUNDANCE, YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS MAKING ITS
- 00:24:01.563 --> 00:24:02.697
- BREAKTHROUGH IS MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD YOU. LIKE
- 00:24:02.764 --> 00:24:04.332
- WAY TOWARD YOU. LIKE WITH ABRAHAM, WE'RE NOT GOING
- 00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:06.167
- WITH ABRAHAM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING GOD
- 00:24:06.234 --> 00:24:07.636
- TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING GOD ASKS US TO DO. IT MAY BE
- 00:24:07.702 --> 00:24:09.604
- ASKS US TO DO. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT. IT'S HARD TO
- 00:24:09.671 --> 00:24:11.072
- DIFFICULT. IT'S HARD TO FORGIVE SOMEONE THAT'S HURT
- 00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.240
- FORGIVE SOMEONE THAT'S HURT YOU, IT'S HARD TO KEEP A
- 00:24:12.307 --> 00:24:13.708
- YOU, IT'S HARD TO KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN THE
- 00:24:13.775 --> 00:24:14.709
- GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN THE MEDICAL REPORT IS NEGATIVE.
- 00:24:14.776 --> 00:24:16.711
- MEDICAL REPORT IS NEGATIVE. BUT IF YOU'LL SOW THIS
- 00:24:16.778 --> 00:24:17.612
- BUT IF YOU'LL SOW THIS EXTRAORDINARY SEED AND BE
- 00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:19.481
- EXTRAORDINARY SEED AND BE OBEDIENT, THEN GET READY,
- 00:24:19.548 --> 00:24:21.483
- OBEDIENT, THEN GET READY, YOU'RE GOING SEE GOD'S FAVOR
- 00:24:21.550 --> 00:24:22.417
- YOU'RE GOING SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS.
- 00:24:22.484 --> 00:24:25.086
- IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS. I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO
- 00:24:25.153 --> 00:24:26.555
- I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO JUST OBEY. DON'T TRY TO
- 00:24:26.621 --> 00:24:28.723
- JUST OBEY. DON'T TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT, DON'T
- 00:24:28.790 --> 00:24:30.125
- FIGURE IT OUT, DON'T OVERANALYZE IT, JUST DO
- 00:24:30.191 --> 00:24:31.626
- OVERANALYZE IT, JUST DO WHAT YOU KNOW GOD'S ASKING
- 00:24:31.693 --> 00:24:33.228
- WHAT YOU KNOW GOD'S ASKING YOU TO DO. PAY ATTENTION
- 00:24:33.295 --> 00:24:35.063
- YOU TO DO. PAY ATTENTION TO THE STILL SMALL VOICE.
- 00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:37.332
- TO THE STILL SMALL VOICE. START LISTENING WITH YOUR
- 00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.266
- START LISTENING WITH YOUR INNER EAR. GOD WANTS TO
- 00:24:38.333 --> 00:24:39.901
- INNER EAR. GOD WANTS TO WHISPER SECRETS, GIVE YOU
- 00:24:39.968 --> 00:24:41.770
- WHISPER SECRETS, GIVE YOU INSIDE INFORMATION THAT WILL
- 00:24:41.836 --> 00:24:43.738
- INSIDE INFORMATION THAT WILL PROPEL YOU TOWARD YOUR
- 00:24:43.805 --> 00:24:44.940
- PROPEL YOU TOWARD YOUR DESTINY.
- 00:24:45.006 --> 00:24:46.408
- DESTINY. IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I BELIEVE
- 00:24:46.474 --> 00:24:47.509
- IF YOU'LL DO THIS, I BELIEVE AND DECLARE GOD IS GOING TO
- 00:24:47.576 --> 00:24:49.411
- AND DECLARE GOD IS GOING TO LEAD YOU DOWN THE BEST PATH
- 00:24:49.477 --> 00:24:51.613
- LEAD YOU DOWN THE BEST PATH FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE GOING
- 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.014
- FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FAVOR, INCREASE,
- 00:24:53.081 --> 00:24:54.549
- TO SEE FAVOR, INCREASE, PROMOTION, HEALING,
- 00:24:54.616 --> 00:24:56.017
- PROMOTION, HEALING, VINDICATION, THE FULLNESS
- 00:24:56.084 --> 00:24:57.452
- VINDICATION, THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY, IN JESUS
- 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:59.654
- OF YOUR DESTINY, IN JESUS NAME. IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN
- 00:24:59.721 --> 00:25:01.756
- NAME. IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY AMEN TODAY?
- 00:25:01.823 --> 00:25:03.091
- YOU SAY AMEN TODAY? (APPLAUSE)
- 00:25:03.158 --> 00:25:05.560
- (APPLAUSE) WE NEVER LIKE TO CLOSE OUR
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- WE NEVER LIKE TO CLOSE OUR BROADCAST WITHOUT GIVING
- 00:25:06.261 --> 00:25:07.729
- BROADCAST WITHOUT GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
- 00:25:07.796 --> 00:25:09.264
- YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
- 00:25:09.331 --> 00:25:10.799
- JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
- 00:25:10.865 --> 00:25:12.567
- WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? JUST SAY, "LORD, JESUS.
- 00:25:12.634 --> 00:25:14.936
- JUST SAY, "LORD, JESUS. I REPENT OF MY SINS. COME
- 00:25:15.003 --> 00:25:17.639
- I REPENT OF MY SINS. COME INTO MY HEART. I MAKE YOU
- 00:25:17.706 --> 00:25:20.308
- INTO MY HEART. I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR."
- 00:25:20.375 --> 00:25:22.944
- MY LORD AND SAVIOR." FRIENDS, IF YOU PRAYED THAT
- 00:25:23.011 --> 00:25:23.878
- FRIENDS, IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE
- 00:25:23.945 --> 00:25:25.313
- SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN. GET
- 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.982
- YOU GOT BORN AGAIN. GET IN A GOOD, BIBLE-BASED
- 00:25:27.048 --> 00:25:28.083
- IN A GOOD, BIBLE-BASED CHURCH. KEEP GOD FIRST
- 00:25:28.149 --> 00:25:29.417
- CHURCH. KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE. HE'S GOING TO TAKE
- 00:25:29.484 --> 00:25:30.719
- PLACE. HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU PLACES THAT YOU'VE
- 00:25:30.785 --> 00:25:31.720
- YOU PLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
- 00:25:31.786 --> 00:25:32.821
- > ANNCR: THIS JANUARY, AS A
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- > ANNCR: THIS JANUARY, AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
- 00:25:35.223 --> 00:25:36.291
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY, JOEL AND
- 00:25:36.358 --> 00:25:37.692
- OF OUR MINISTRY, JOEL AND VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO SEND
- 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.860
- VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU JOEL'S BRAND-NEW
- 00:25:38.927 --> 00:25:40.128
- YOU JOEL'S BRAND-NEW RESOURCE, "THE 2022 TODAY'S
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- RESOURCE, "THE 2022 TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR".
- 00:25:42.330 --> 00:25:44.733
- WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR". USING THIS DEVOTIONAL
- 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.700
- USING THIS DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR IS AS EASY AS
- 00:25:45.767 --> 00:25:47.268
- CALENDAR IS AS EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE.
- 00:25:47.335 --> 00:25:49.404
- ONE, TWO, THREE. PUT GOD FIRST PLACE.
- 00:25:49.471 --> 00:25:50.739
- PUT GOD FIRST PLACE. REFLECT ON THE DAILY
- 00:25:50.805 --> 00:25:52.040
- REFLECT ON THE DAILY SCRIPTURE VERSE AND
- 00:25:52.107 --> 00:25:53.241
- SCRIPTURE VERSE AND UPLIFTING DEVOTIONAL
- 00:25:53.308 --> 00:25:54.242
- UPLIFTING DEVOTIONAL FROM JOEL. CAPTURE THE
- 00:25:54.309 --> 00:25:55.543
- FROM JOEL. CAPTURE THE LORD'S WORD TO YOU ON
- 00:25:55.610 --> 00:25:56.811
- LORD'S WORD TO YOU ON JOURNALING LINES FOR
- 00:25:56.878 --> 00:25:57.946
- JOURNALING LINES FOR WRITING AND REFLECTION.
- 00:25:58.013 --> 00:25:59.714
- WRITING AND REFLECTION. > VICTORIA: WHEN YOU
- 00:25:59.781 --> 00:26:00.448
- > VICTORIA: WHEN YOU START YOUR DAY OFF MAKING
- 00:26:00.515 --> 00:26:01.282
- START YOUR DAY OFF MAKING DECLARATIONS OF FAITH,
- 00:26:01.349 --> 00:26:02.617
- DECLARATIONS OF FAITH, YOU'RE SETTING THE TONE FOR
- 00:26:02.684 --> 00:26:03.518
- YOU'RE SETTING THE TONE FOR A BLESSED, VICTORIOUS DAY.
- 00:26:03.585 --> 00:26:05.286
- A BLESSED, VICTORIOUS DAY. AS YOU DECLARE THESE
- 00:26:05.353 --> 00:26:06.388
- AS YOU DECLARE THESE PROMISES, YOU'LL SEE GOD'S
- 00:26:06.454 --> 00:26:07.722
- PROMISES, YOU'LL SEE GOD'S FAVOR IN NEW WAYS.
- 00:26:07.789 --> 00:26:09.491
- FAVOR IN NEW WAYS. > JOEL: THERE'S SOMETHING
- 00:26:09.557 --> 00:26:10.158
- > JOEL: THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
- 00:26:10.225 --> 00:26:11.426
- FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. IT JUST TAKES ABOUT A
- 00:26:11.493 --> 00:26:12.560
- IT JUST TAKES ABOUT A MINUTE.
- 00:26:12.627 --> 00:26:13.228
- MINUTE. REQUEST THIS RESOURCE, IT
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- REQUEST THIS RESOURCE, IT WILL HELP YOU SPEAK FAITH
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- WILL HELP YOU SPEAK FAITH INTO YOUR FUTURE.
- 00:26:15.797 --> 00:26:17.699
- INTO YOUR FUTURE. ANNCR: REQUEST THE 2022
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- ANNCR: REQUEST THE 2022 TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL
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- TODAY'S WORD DEVOTIONAL CALENDAR TODAY AT
- 00:26:19.934 --> 00:26:21.169
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- 00:26:21.236 --> 00:26:23.338
- JOELOSTEEN.COM OR CALL 800-565-0772.
- 00:26:23.405 --> 00:26:27.609
- 800-565-0772. > JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT IS
- 00:26:27.676 --> 00:26:28.243
- > JOEL: YOUR SUPPORT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND
- 00:26:28.309 --> 00:26:29.277
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO
- 00:26:29.344 --> 00:26:30.478
- THE WORLD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER AND
- 00:26:30.545 --> 00:26:31.613
- MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER AND YOUR GENEROSITY. YOU ARE
- 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.181
- YOUR GENEROSITY. YOU ARE HELPING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S
- 00:26:33.248 --> 00:26:34.416
- HELPING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND A SPECIAL THANK
- 00:26:34.482 --> 00:26:36.451
- LIVES. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMPION OF
- 00:26:36.518 --> 00:26:37.686
- YOU TO OUR CHAMPION OF HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL YOU
- 00:26:37.752 --> 00:26:38.953
- HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY
- 00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:40.088
- DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
- 00:26:40.155 --> 00:26:41.923
- POSSIBLE. > VICTORIA: YOUR GIVING
- 00:26:41.990 --> 00:26:42.557
- > VICTORIA: YOUR GIVING IS MAKING AN ENORMOUS
- 00:26:42.624 --> 00:26:43.458
- IS MAKING AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE WORLD.
- 00:26:43.525 --> 00:26:45.260
- DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE WORLD. BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY,
- 00:26:45.326 --> 00:26:46.728
- BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY, STUDENTS IN NEED HAVE
- 00:26:46.795 --> 00:26:48.129
- STUDENTS IN NEED HAVE LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO GIVE
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- LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO GIVE THEM A HEAD START IN LIFE.
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- THEM A HEAD START IN LIFE. VILLAGES ACROSS THE WORLD
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- VILLAGES ACROSS THE WORLD HAVE CLEAN WATER WELLS,
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- HAVE CLEAN WATER WELLS, FAMILIES IN YOUR OWN
- 00:26:54.502 --> 00:26:55.704
- FAMILIES IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE
- 00:26:55.770 --> 00:26:56.604
- NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE THE MESSAGE OF HOPE COMING
- 00:26:56.671 --> 00:26:58.006
- MESSAGE OF HOPE COMING THROUGH THEIR TELEVISION
- 00:26:58.073 --> 00:26:59.174
- THROUGH THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS, LIVES ARE BEING
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- SCREENS, LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED, MARRIAGES ARE
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- CHANGED, MARRIAGES ARE BEING RESTORED, DREAMS ARE
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- BEING RESTORED, DREAMS ARE COMING TO PASS, ALL BECAUSE
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- COMING TO PASS, ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY.
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- OF YOUR GENEROSITY. > JOEL: VICTORIA AND I PRAY
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- > JOEL: VICTORIA AND I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY. WE'RE
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- FOR YOU EVERY DAY. WE'RE BELIEVING FOR WHAT YOU'RE
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- BELIEVING FOR WHAT YOU'RE BELIEVING FOR. LET ME
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- BELIEVING FOR. LET ME REMIND YOU 2022 IS GOING
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- REMIND YOU 2022 IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME YEAR. GET
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- TO BE AN AWESOME YEAR. GET YOUR HOPES UP, TAKE THE
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- YOUR HOPES UP, TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF GOD. HE'S
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- LIMITS OFF OF GOD. HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU PLACES
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- GOING TO TAKE YOU PLACES THAT YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
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- THAT YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED. > ANNCR: STAY CONNECTED AND
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- > ANNCR: STAY CONNECTED AND RECEIVE DAILY INSPIRATION
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- RECEIVE DAILY INSPIRATION BY FOLLOWING JOEL OSTEEN
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- BY FOLLOWING JOEL OSTEEN ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM,
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- ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.
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