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Praise | Joel & Victoria Osteen | 4/30/19

Praise

Joel Osteen

April 30, 2019

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Matt and Laurie Crouch Host Joel and Victoria Osteen

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Praise | Joel & Victoria Osteen | 4/30/19

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- JOHN OSTEEN: LET'S HOLD UP OUR BIBLES AND
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LET'S ALL MAKE OUR CONFESSION FROM OUR HEART.
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SAY THIS IS MY BIBLE. [CONGREGATION REPEATING]
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I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
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I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
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I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.
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- JOEL OSTEEN: I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.
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- JOHN OSTEEN: TODAY I'LL BE TAUGHT THE
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WORD OF GOD.
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- JOEL OSTEEN: TODAY I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD
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OF GOD.
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- JOHN OSTEEN: I BOLDLY CONFESS.
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- JOEL OSTEEN: I BOLDLY CONFESS MY MIND IS ALERT.
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- JOHN: MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
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- JOEL OSTEEN: I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
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- TOGETHER: IN JESUS NAME.
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AMEN.
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- MATT CROUCH: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON HERE
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IN ROME, ITALY.
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OUR GUEST ALL HOUR, JOEL OSTEEN, VICTORIA AND
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LAURIE ARE KIND OF UP THAT WAY.
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HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW?
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- IT'S BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS.
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2019 WILL BE THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY.
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- AND THAT SOLD ABOUT TEN MILLION COPIES WITH
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ALL OF ITS AUXILIARY PIECES AND ALL THAT KIND
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OF STUFF.
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WE'RE HERE IN ROME TODAY.
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TBN HAS HAD A 24 HOUR A DAY CHRISTIAN TELEVISION
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ON THE AIR, OH GOSH, FOR 30 YEARS.
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- HI, VICTORIA.
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- HI, LOVEY.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT TO YOU.
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SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS YOUR
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BEST LIFE NOW.
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JOEL OSTEEN.
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VICTORIA OSTEEN.
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WE'RE HERE IN ROME.
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IT'S THE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW PRAISE, AND IT'S
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RIGHT NOW RIGHT HERE ON TBN.
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[MUSIC]
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- TONIGHT ...
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- GOD'S DREAM FOR OUR LIFE IS SO MUCH
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BIGGER FOR MY OWN.
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WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE MY DARKEST TIME IT
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LAUNCHED ME TO WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.
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WHEN I TOOK OVER FOR MY FATHER, EVERY VOICE IN
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THE NATURAL SAID YOU CAN'T MINISTER.
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I'D ONLY MINISTERED ONE TIME.
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MY DAD HAD THAT CHURCH 6.000 PEOPLE THERE EVERY
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SUNDAY MORNING.
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- I WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT.
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IT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
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IT WAS HUGE TO US.
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WE'D NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
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- AN ALL NEW PRAISE STARTS RIGHT NOW.
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- THE PRAISE PROGRAM IS COMING TO YOU TODAY.
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WHAT AN AMAZING AFTERNOON, AMAZING
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SUBJECT MATTER, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
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JOEL, YOUR FIRST BOOK, SO WE'RE KIND OF WINDING THE
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CLOCK BACK A LITTLE BIT.
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WE WERE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER.
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[LAUGHTER]
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OUR HAIR WAS A LITTLE DARKER.
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WAIT A SECOND, YOURS IS THE SAME SO MY HAIR WAS A
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LITTLE DARKER, BUT WHAT AN AMAZING THING.
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YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE THE
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15TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A BOOK THAT SOLD OVER TEN
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MILLION UNITS IN ALL ITS FORMS AND FASHIONS THAT
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IT'S BEEN RELEASED.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE CONNECT WITH THIS SUBJECT MATTER,
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SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.
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FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO ROME.
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- VICTORIA: THANK YOU.
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OH, ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL.
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- ITALY.
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NOT GEORGIA.
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IT IS ROME, ITALY.
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NOT GEORGIA.
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SO GO AHEAD.
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- YEAH.
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NO, IT'S EXCITING, MATT, BECAUSE MY FIRST BOOK I
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WANTED TO PUT OUR CORE MESSAGE IN THAT SO IT'S 7
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STEPS TO LIVING AT YOUR FULL POTENTIAL.
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SO I JUST HIT THOSE CORE MESSAGES AND I START WITH
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ENLARGE YOUR VISION, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU
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HAVE TO CONCEIVE SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE
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BEFORE GOD CAN BRING IT TO PASS ON THE OUTSIDE.
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I THINK MANY TIMES WE'RE LIMITED BY OUR OWN
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VISION, JUST SIMPLE THINGS.
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YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE EDUCATION.
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I CAN'T MINISTER.
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I DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING LIKE MY FATHER.
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I'M NOT TALENTED ENOUGH.
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WE PUT ALL THESE LIMITATIONS ON OURSELVES.
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MY FATHER ALWAYS SAID YOU'LL NEVER RISE ANY
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HIGHER THAN THE WAY YOU SEE YOURSELF.
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AND I TALK IN THAT CHAPTER ABOUT YOU HAVE TO
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ENLARGE YOUR VISION AND BELIEVE YOU CAN
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ACCOMPLISH WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART.
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WHEN I TOOK OVER FOR MY FATHER, EVERY VOICE IN
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THE NATURAL SAID YOU CAN'T MINISTER.
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I'D ONLY MINISTERED ONE TIME.
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MY DAD HAD THAT CHURCH, 6.000 PEOPLE THERE EVERY
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SUNDAY MORNING.
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BUT I LITERALLY HAD TO SEE MYSELF DOING IT.
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I CALL IT THROUGH YOUR EYES OF FAITH WHEN YOU
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CLOSE YOUR EYES, MAYBE MORE SIMPLY IT'S JUST IN
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YOUR IMAGINATION.
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YOU NEED TO SEE YOURSELF THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE.
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MAYBE YOU'RE SICK, YOU NEED TO SEE YOURSELF WELL.
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MAYBE YOU'RE IN DEBT.
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YOU NEED TO SEE YOURSELF OUT OF DEBT.
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MAYBE YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT AREN'T SERVING GOD.
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YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT.
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YOU HAVE TO GET IT DOWN ON THE INSIDE.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS GOD TO BRING
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IT TO PASS.
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WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS, I THINK ABOUT HOW WHEN MY
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MOTHER WAS SO SICK IN 1981, FIRST OF ALL WHEN I
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SAW MY MOTHER THAT SICK I THOUGHT IT
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WAS DEVASTATING.
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SHE HAD TERMINAL CANCER, AND SHE WAS YELLOW.
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SHE WEIGHED 89 POUNDS.
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SHE LOOKED LIKE DEATH.
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[MUSIC]
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- ON DECEMBER 10, 1981, DOCTORS DID A LIVER
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BIOPSY ON THEN 48 YEAR OLD DODIE OSTEEN.
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- DODIE OSTEEN: WE WENT TO PAUL'S GRADUATION AND HE SAID
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TO ME MOTHER, YOU LOOK A LITTLE BIT PALE AND HE
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SAID YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT JAUNDICE.
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HE SAID I THINK YOU SHOULD GO SEE THE DOCTOR.
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- DOCTORS FOUND OUT SHE HAD METASTATIC CANCER OF
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THE LIVER AND SHE WOULDN'T LIVE MORE THAN A
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FEW WEEKS.
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IN AN EFFORT TO HOLD FAST TO HER FAITH, DODIE
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PLACED 2 PICTURES ON HER MIRROR, ONE OF HER
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WEDDING DAY AND THE OTHER OF HERSELF RIDING A HORSE
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DURING A FAMILY VACATION.
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- I PUT PICTURES UP OF JOHN AND I AT OUR
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WEDDING, AND THEN I PUT A PICTURE UP OF ME WHEN I
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WAS 38 I THINK, JUST TO REMIND ME OF HOW I WAS
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HEALTHY AND STRONG AND THAT I WOULD BE THAT WAY
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AGAIN SOMEDAY.
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[MUSIC]
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- SHE DIDN'T GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR FOR TEN YEARS
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AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS.
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THERE IS NO MEDICAL EXPLANATION HOW SHE IS
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CANCER FREE.
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- I STOOD ON THE WORD OF GOD AND I HAVE BEEN
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EVER SINCE.
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[MUSIC]
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- I WAS 18 YEARS OLD OR 19 WHEN I CAME HOME
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FROM COLLEGE.
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THEN I WONDERED WHAT ALL THESE PICTURES DOING UP
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ON HER REFRIGERATOR, BATHROOM MIRROR, WEDDING
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PICTURES, JUST ALL OVER OUR HOUSE, THESE NEW
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PICTURES WERE UP OR NEW TO ME, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
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MY MOM WAS DOING?
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SHE WAS CREATING A NEW IMAGE ON THE INSIDE SO
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WHENEVER SHE SAW HERSELF HEALTHY AND IN HER
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WEDDING PICTURES, SHE HAD A PICTURE OF HER RIDING A
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HORSE WHEN SHE WAS IN MONTANA.
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SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THAT DOWN ON THE INSIDE
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OF HER SPIRIT AND NOT JUST WHEN SHE LOOKED IN
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THE MIRROR AND SAW HERSELF SO SICK, SO I
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THINK THAT GETTING THE RIGHT VISION ON THE
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INSIDE, SEEING YOURSELF THE WAY GOD SEES YOU.
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YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, I'M DOING ALL
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THE TALKING BUT I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, I WAS
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FLIPPING THROUGH IT BEFORE WE STARTED ABOUT
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MISS AMERICA, I BELIEVE HER NAME WAS TARA
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HOLLAND, A YOUNG LADY I MET, SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW
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SHE HAD GONE THROUGH MANY MANY PAGEANTS AND HAD NOT
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WON, BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT I THINK SHE WATCHED OVER
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500 PAGEANTS LIKE MISS AMERICA PAGEANTS, AND SHE
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ENVISIONED HERSELF WALKING DOWN THE RUNWAY.
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SHE ENVISIONED HERSELF PUTTING ON THE CROWN
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AND WINNING.
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WELL, LONG STORY SHORT SHE WON IT, BUT SHE TELLS
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IT VERY MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I DID,
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BUT I REALLY BELIEVE MY QUESTION IS HAVE YOU EVER
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SEEN YOURSELF WALKING DOWN THE RUNWAY?
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOURSELF WEARING THE CROWN?
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOURSELF HEALTHY?
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOURSELF ACCOMPLISHING
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WHAT GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART?
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IT'S GOT TO GET DOWN ON THE INSIDE, SO THAT'S
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WHAT I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO.
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THE FIRST STEP IN LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE IS ENLARGE
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YOUR VISION BECAUSE GOD THINKS SO MUCH BIGGER
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THAN WE THINK.
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- VICTORIA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
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NORMALLY I JUST KIND OF LOOK AT YOU AND YOU KIND
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OF FOLLOW UP AND YOU START TALKING, BUT I
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ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION.
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I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY BEING AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH
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IN 1999, SO THE BOOK CAME OUT A LITTLE BIT
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AFTER THAT, BUT YOU BOTH WERE YOUNG NEW PASTORS OF
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A VERY BIG CHURCH BACK THEN.
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AND I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER JOEL JUST FIRST
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OF ALL, THE OSTEEN FAMILY AND THE CROUCH FAMILY
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HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME, AND YOUR
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PARENTS AND MY PARENTS WERE CONTEMPORARIES AND
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NEW EACH OTHER VERY WELL, BUT I REMEMBER YOU SAYING
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THAT YOUR KIND OF FIRST SERMONS, SPECIFICALLY
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THE FIRST ONE BUT THEN SEVERAL YOUR KNEES WERE
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KNOCKING TOGETHER.
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IN THE NATURAL YOU WERE AFRAID.
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WHAT WAS YOUR POSITION BACK THEN?
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I NEVER ASKED SPECIFICALLY WHAT DID YOU
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FEEL ON THE INSIDE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF PASTORING
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THE CHURCH?
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- ABOUT JOEL?
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- ABOUT BOTH OF YOU.
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- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU FIRST OFF ABOUT JOEL.
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THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING TIME BECAUSE
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OUR LIFESTYLE WASN'T AS SUCH WE HAD A PREPARE A
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SERMON EVERY WEEK SO THE TRANSITION GETTING THERE
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AND CHANGING OUR LIFESTYLE WAS HUGE SO WE
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WORKED TOGETHER ON THAT, BUT I THINK MOSTLY I WAS
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REALLY SO BELIEVING THAT HE COULD DO IT.
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I KNEW HE COULD DO IT.
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IT'S SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO THINK YOU
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CAN DO IT THOUGH, RIGHT?
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YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE LIKE JOEL WAS SAYING, YOU HAVE
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TO CONCEIVE THAT ON THE INSIDE.
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AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SO
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IMPORTANT IS TO GET AROUND PEOPLE WHO
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UNDERSTAND YOUR VISION AND WHO BELIEVE IN YOUR
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VISION, AND SO I BELIEVED IN JOEL SO I WAS HIS BEST
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CHEER LEADER.
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- WERE YOU NERVOUS ON THE INSIDE WHEN HE
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WAS UP THERE?
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- I WOULD SIT ON THE EDGE OF MY SIT AND
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LITERALLY I WOULD SAY LORD, GIVE HIM ALL THE
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ENERGY I HAVE, GIVE HIM EVERYTHING I HAVE BECAUSE
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IT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
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YOU KNOW, IT WAS HUGE TO US.
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AND LIKE YOU SAID WE DIDN'T REALLY -WE'D NEVER
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DONE THIS BEFORE, SO EVERYTHING WE WERE TRYING
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TO DO WAS JUST FOCUSED ON THIS ONE THING, TRYING TO
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-- WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE CHURCH.
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WE JUST THOUGHT IF WE COULD JUST KEEP WHAT HIS
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DAD'S DONE, IF WE CAN JUST MOVE ON WE WILL BE
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DOING GOOD.
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SO WE WERE GIVEN ALL OF OUR EFFORT TO THAT, SO I
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THINK I WAS JUST A REAL CHEER LEADER AT THAT TIME.
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IT WASN'T UNTIL HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THE CHURCH
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ISN'T REALLY GOING TO GROW UNTIL YOU STEP UP
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AND START DOING YOUR PART.
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AND I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
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ARE YOU CALLING ME OR IS GOD CALLING ME?
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[LAUGHTER]
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- I AM GOD.
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NO, I'M KIDDING.
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[LAUGHTER]
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- THAT'S GOING TO GET CLIPPED AND YOU'LL BE ON
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YOU TUBE NOW.
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IT WILL BE A BILLION VIEWS.
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- BUT YEAH, I WAS REALLY ALL FOR HIM, AND
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HE DID AN AMAZING JOB, BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF
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WORK, IT TOOK A LOT OF FOCUS AND DISCIPLINE,
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PRIORITIZING, WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE TIME
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BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE PULLING ON HIM
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WANTING TO DO THIS OR GETTING TO DO THAT.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
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I ADMIRE JOEL BECAUSE HE REALLY KEPT HIS FOCUS ON
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WHAT HE KNEW HE HAD TO REALLY DO AND GET GOOD AT.
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- WE'RE KIND OF BACK IN TIME NOW.
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WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES.
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YOUR BEST LIFE NOW, AND IT WAS YOUR CORE MESSAGE.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
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HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR YOU TO REALLY LET'S SAY
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DEVELOP YOUR CORE MESSAGE?
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IF YOU WERE IN A SCRAMBLE MODE TO JUST PRESERVE
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WHAT WAS THERE, IT WOULD TAKE A MINUTE FOR YOU
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GUYS TO GET YOUR CORE, SO WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR
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KIND OF BEARINGS AND WHEN DID YOU GET THIS
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LAID OUT?
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- IT TOOK A WHILE, MATT, BECAUSE WHEN MY FATHER
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DIED, HE HAD MINISTERED AT LAKE WOOD, HE AND MY
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MOM FOR 40 YEARS.
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SO WHEN I TOOK OVER, I WAS SO NEW AND SO NERVOUS
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AND SOMEWHAT INSECURE, SO I TRIED TO FOLLOW IN MY
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DAD'S FOOTSTEPS A LITTLE CLOSER MEANING PREACH MY
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DAD'S SERMONS, LEAD LIKE MY DAD, GO DOWN TO THE
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OFFICE LIKE MY DAD DID, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT SIX
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MONTHS IN, MATT AND LAURIE, I REALIZED THAT'S
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NOT WHO I AM, AND I LOVE MY DAD AND I HONOR HIM
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AND I RESPECT HIM, BUT GOD'S PUT DREAMS IN YOUR
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OWN HEART AND HE'S GIVEN YOU YOUR OWN PERSONALITY,
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SO IT WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN I THOUGHT WHAT
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I'M GOOD AT IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE.
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I'M GOOD AT TALKING ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE WHERE MY
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DAD MAY TEACH A SERIES ON THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS
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OR COLOSSIANS.
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THAT'S NOT ME.
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WHEN I HAD THAT BOLDNESS TO STEP UP AND BE WHO I
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FELT LIKE GOD MADE ME TO BE, THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY
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BEGAN TO GROW.
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AND DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, I LOOKED
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AT ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND I THINK THEY
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WANT TO HEAR WHAT MY DAD'S BEEN DOING FOR THE
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LAST 40 YEARS.
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I NEED TO BE LIKE MY DAD, SO I FELT THAT PRESSURE
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TO DO THAT.
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BUT ONE DAY I READ A SCRIPTURE IN THE
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BOOK OF ACTS.
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IT WAS TALKING ABOUT DAVID.
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IT SAID DAVID FULFILLED HIS PURPOSE FOR HIS LIFE.
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AND I FELT LIKE GOD SAID TO ME JOEL, YOUR DAD
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FULFILLED HIS PURPOSE.
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NOW GO FULFILL YOUR OWN PURPOSE.
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AND THAT'S WHEN I JUST KIND OF STARTED
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DEVELOPING MY OWN STYLE.
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AND REALLY PEOPLE SAY JOEL, WHY DID YOU DECIDE
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POSITIVE OR HOPEFUL?
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BUT THAT'S BEEN MY PERSONALITY YEARS BEFORE
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I WAS EVER A PASTOR.
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IT COMES OUT OF YOU, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE KEY
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IS WE'RE ALL ANOINTED TO BE US.
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I'M NOT ANOINTED TO BE MY DAD, AND I LOVE MY DAD,
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BUT WHEN YOU STEP INTO YOUR OWN ANOINTING
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BECAUSE NOBODY CAN BEAT YOU AT BEING YOU, SO I
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THINK THAT WAS THE KEY, SO IT TOOK 2 OR 3 YEARS
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AND SOME OF THOSE MESSAGES THAT ARE IN YOUR
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BEST LIFE NOW, THEY CAME OUT AT THAT TIME,
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ENLARGING YOUR VISION AND SOME OF THOSE
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OTHER MESSAGES.
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THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
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- BUT IT REALLY WAS YOU BEING YOU.
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- IT WAS.
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- AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS -I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK
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ABOUT IT, JOEL, IF YOU KIND OF DO ROUGH NUMBERS
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THE CHURCH IS TEN TIMES BIGGER THAN IT WAS UNDER
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YOUR DAD, AND IT TOOK YOU BEING WHO YOU ARE.
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- I WANT TO SAY THIS FIRST, HE ALWAYS
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ENCOURAGED US TO CHASE OUR OWN DREAMS.
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I KNEW FROM A LITTLE BOY HE WANTED ME TO PREACH
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BUT I ALWAYS TOLD HIM DADDY, WHO CAN PREACH ANY
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BETTER THAN YOU?
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YOU PREACH.
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I'LL DO THE TELEVISION AND I'LL MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD.
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[LAUGHTER]
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YOU KNOW, AND HE ALWAYS WAS SO PROUD OF THAT WHEN
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HE'D INTRODUCE ME WHEN WE'RE OUT AT FUNCTIONS
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AND HE'D SAY THIS IS MY SON JOEL.
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HE DOES MY TELEVISION PROGRAM.
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HE'D SMILE REAL BIG, HE'D SAY, HE MAKES ME LOOK GOOD.
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[LAUGHTER]
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HE WAS SO PROUD OF THAT, BUT I NEVER FELT LIKE--
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HE WAS UP HERE AND WE WERE FINE BUT WHEN HE
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CALLED ME I FELT LIKE I SHOULD DO IT.
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AND NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS DID I BELIEVE THAT
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I WOULD SPEAK FOR HIM THE LAST SUNDAY THAT HE WAS
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ALIVE, SO I FELT SO HONORED.
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AND I REMEMBER I HOOKED HIM UP SO HE COULD LISTEN
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TO ME ON THE TELEPHONE.
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AND MY DAD HE WAS GOING TO BE PROUD OF ME I'M
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CONVINCED IF I SPOKE IN SPANISH.
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HE JUST WANTED KNOW GET UP HERE.
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BUT I WENT UP TO SAINT LUKE'S AFTER WE WERE
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DONE, AND I CAME DOWN THE HALL AND THE NURSES MET
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ME AND THEY SAID MAN, JOEL, WE'VE NEVER SEEN
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SUCH A GLOW ON YOUR DAD.
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SAID HE WAS-- [VOICE BREAKING] [APPLAUSE]
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HE WAS JUST SO PROUD, YOU KNOW.
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OF COURSE I MADE HIM PROUD AND HE WAS BEAMING,
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BUT YOU KNOW, I'D DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD FOR
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HIM AND ALL OUR FAMILY WOULD.
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AND HIS DREAM FOR THE FAMILY TO CONTINUE ON HIS
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WORK AND WE'RE GOING TO CARRY OUT HIS LEGACY OF
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COMPASSION AND SHARING GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY WITH
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THIS CITY AND WITH THE WORLD.
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[APPLAUSE]
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[MUSIC]
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[MUSIC]
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- LAURIE CROUCH: NOW THERE ARE SO MANY CRITICS
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TO THIS MESSAGE, AND I SIT THERE AND I THINK,
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YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON THE RADIO OR WHATEVER YOU SIT
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THERE AND THINK BUT YOU DON'T WANT ALL YOUR
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VIEWERS JUST TO SHUT YOU OFF RIGHT NOW.
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THEY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT
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THEY DO.
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EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO,
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YOU KNOW.
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WE ALL HAVE THAT DESIRE, BUT YET PEOPLE ARE SO
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QUICK TO CRITICIZE THE MESSAGE OF THIS IS THE
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BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE, AND TOMORROW IS GOING TO
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EVEN BE BETTER BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO SUFFER.
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BUT THEY DON'T.
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YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST THAT IRRITATES THE FIRE
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OUT OF ME BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE THE DESIRE BECAUSE
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WE'RE MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE AND I KNOW THAT WE GO
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THROUGH THINGS, WE STRUGGLE THROUGH THINGS.
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I HAVE STRUGGLED.
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I HAVE, YOU KNOW, BATTLED THROUGH THINGS, BUT THERE
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IS HOPE FOR US.
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AND TO HANG ONTO THAT HOPE AND TO SEE OURSELVES
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BETTER AND TO DESIRE --
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- YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO POINT
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NUMBER 2.
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- YES, TO DEVELOP A HEALTHY SELF IMAGE.
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- CAN I SAY ONE THING?
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- YES.
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I WANT YOU TO.
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- IT'S INTERESTING.
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I NEVER HEARD THIS UNTIL THE OTHER DAY OR A FEW
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MONTHS AGO, PEOPLE SAY WELL, YOUR BEST LIFE NOW
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IS WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN.
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BUT THEY'RE MISSING THE POINT.
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I'M SAYING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR BEST RIGHT
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WHERE WE ARE, SO IF YOU'RE SUFFERING WITH
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CANCER TODAY, YOU CAN BE YOUR BEST LIFE BEING THAT
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YOU KNOW WHAT?
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I BELIEVE, GOD, YOU GOT ME IN YOUR PALM OF YOUR HAND.
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NOT BITTER.
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SO IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING CONTENT WHERE YOU ARE,
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NOT SAYING THAT HEY, EVERYDAY YOU'RE ON THE
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MOUNTAIN TOP.
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BUT IT'S SAYING, HOW CAN I BE MY BEST RIGHT
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WHERE I AM?
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CONTENT RIGHT WHERE I AM, BELIEVING THAT GOD'S
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IN CONTROL.
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SO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE.
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COUNTED IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FACE DIFFICULTIES.
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LIKE YOU SAID, LAURIE, WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU
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DON'T HAVE DIFFICULTIES.
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- RIGHT.
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- EVERYBODY HAS DIFFICULTIES.
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BUT HOW DO YOU DO WHAT THEY DID IN THE BIBLE AND
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SAY PAUL HERE IN ROME IN PRISON WHERE HE WROTE,
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YOU KNOW WHAT?
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NOTHING IS GOING TO SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE
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OF GOD AND REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, AGAIN I
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SAY REJOICE.
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THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT YOUR BEST LIFE NOW,
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NOT THAT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT BUT YOU KNOW
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GOD'S IN CONTROL AND YOU KNOW HE'S FIGHTING
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YOUR BATTLES.
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BUT POINT NUMBER 2, I TALKED ABOUT HAVING A
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HEALTHY SELF-IMAGE.
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YOU SEGUED RIGHT INTO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, I
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BELIEVE THERE'S SO MANY LIMITATIONS WE PUT
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ON OURSELVES.
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I THINK SOMETIMES WE ARE MORE NEGATIVE TOWARD
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OURSELVES THAN WE ARE TOWARD ANYBODY ELSE.
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SOMETIMES, AND I SAY THIS IN THE RIGHT SENSE, WE
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MAY NOT WALK UP TO SOMEBODY AND CRITICIZE
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THEM TO THEIR FACE AND MAYBE ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU
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DO MORE OF THAT TODAY, BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU
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WOULDN'T BECAUSE WE HAVE TOO MUCH RESPECT.
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WE MAY THINK SOMETHING BUT WE WOULDN'T SAY IT.
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BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO THAT TO OURSELVES.
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WE GET UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY I'M SO OLD, I'M
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SO UGLY, TIRED, AND SLOPPY.
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I USED TO HAVE A GUY I PLAYED BASKETBALL WITH.
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I CAN SEE IT TO THIS DAY HE'D MISS A SHOT, YOU ARE
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SO STUPID.
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AND HE'D CALL HIS NAME.
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LIKE FIVE TIMES, YOU'RE AN IDIOT, YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
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I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE DID THAT SO MUCH HE
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ABOUT BECAME AN IDIOT, YOU NO HE WHAT I MEAN?
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YOU DO THAT SO MUCH TOWARDS YOURSELF, AND I
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THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU WOULD GIVE YOURSELF A
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CHALLENGE, DON'T EVER SAY ANOTHER NEGATIVE THING
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ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE MADE IN THE IMAGE
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OF GOD, SO WHEN YOU CRITICIZE YOURSELF,
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YOU'RE CRITICIZING YOUR MAKER.
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YOU'RE SAYING GOD, YOU DIDN'T DO GOOD ENOUGH
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ON ME.
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I'M NOT SAYING YOUR PERFECT.
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WE'RE ALL GROWING.
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WE ALL HAVE FLAWS AND WEAKNESSES, BUT I THINK
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THAT LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO GO IT AGAINST YOURSELF.
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WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE ALREADY AGAINST US, SO I
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THINK EVERY WEEK IN THE CHURCH I HAVE THEM -- I
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SPEAK IT OVER THEM, YOU ARE TALENTED, YOU ARE
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BLESSED, YOU ARE ANOINTED, YOU ARE EQUIPPED, YOU
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ARE EMPOWERED, YOU ARE WELL ABLE, YOU ARE
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BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
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- THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE PLAYING IN OUR MIND
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ALL DAY, NOT ALL OF OUR FAULT AND ALL OF OUR FAILURES.
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SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.
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SEEING YOURSELF THE WAY GOD SEES YOU.
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- MATT: IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON.
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THIS IS NOT A STUDIO.
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WE'RE OUT, YOU HEAR THE SEAGULLS AND ALL THAT
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STUFF, AND ALL THAT, WE'RE OUT HERE IN NATURE.
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WE'RE IN ROME ITALY.
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IT'S YOUR BEST LIFE NOW. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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- OUR MIND IS LIKE A COMPUTER.
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HOW YOU PROGRAM IT IS THE WAY IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION.
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YOU CAN HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL COMPUTER MADE,
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BUT IF YOU PUT THE WRONG SOFTWARE IN, IT'S NOT
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GOING TO FUNCTION LIKE IT WAS DESIGNED.
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IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN GOD CREATED YOU, HE STEPPED
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BACK AND SAID ANOTHER MASTERPIECE.
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THE REASON WE DON'T ALWAYS LIVE THIS ABUNDANT
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LIFE IS BECAUSE WE'VE ALLOWED VIRUSES TO
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CONTAMINATE OUR SOFTWARE.
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WE THINK I'LL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL, I'M NOT THAT
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TALENTED, I'LL NEVER BREAK THIS ADDICTION,
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I'VE HAD IT TOO LONG.
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YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THOSE VIRUSES.
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REPROGRAM YOUR THINKING.
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ALL THROUGH THE DAY, YOU SHOULD DWELL ON WHAT YOUR
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CREATOR SAYS ABOUT YOU.
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IF YOUR THINKING IS LIMITED, YOUR LIFE WILL BE LIMITED.
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[MUSIC]
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[BELL RINGING]
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- MATT CROUCH: POINT THREE, POWER OF YOUR
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THOUGHTS AND WORDS.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
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- YEAH, YOU KNOW MATT, I THINK IT'S WHAT WE TALK
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ABOUT A LOT IS I LIKE TO SEE IT AS YOUR MIND
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IS LIKE A COMPUTER.
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YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST COMPUTER IN THE WORLD,
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THE LATEST, THE FASTEST, YOU'VE JUST BOUGHT IT
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YESTERDAY, BUT IF YOU PUT THE WRONG SOFTWARE IN,
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IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
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AND I BELIEVE, I KNOW WE'RE ALL MADE IN THE
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IMAGE OF GOD, BUT SOMETIMES WE PUT THE
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WRONG SOFTWARE IN AND WE TELL, FEED OURSELVES
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LIES, WE TELL OURSELVES WE CAN WANT GET WELL, OR
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WE CAN'T BREAK AN ADDICTION, OR JUST WE
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CAN'T REACH OUR DREAMS.
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AS LONG AS THAT WRONG SOFTWARE IS IN, IT'S
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GOING TO KEEP US FROM BECOMING WHO GOD'S
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CREATED US TO BE, SO I LIKE TO THINK OF IT,
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YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE VIRUSES OUT AND THE
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CONTAMINANTS AND YOU FEED YOURSELF WHAT GOD
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SAYS ABOUT YOU.
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AGAIN, IT'S NOT DENYING CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S NOT
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DENYING A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S NOT MAGNIFYING THAT.
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EVEN THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT LET THE WEAK SAY I
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AM STRONG, SO YOU'RE NOT JUST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
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JUST FEED YOURSELF AND JUST MAGNIFY THE PROBLEM
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BUT I LIKE TO THINK IF YOU'RE IN DEBT, I'M GONNA
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DWELL ON GOD, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE SUPPLYING ALL
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OF MY NEEDS, I THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE SENDING WHAT
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I NEED TO FULFILL MY DESTINY.
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SO IT'S JUST REPROGRAMMING YOUR COMPUTER.
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT THAT JUST
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BECAUSE A THOUGHT COMES DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO
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THINK IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DWELL ON IT.
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YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REPLACE IT, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GET
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RID OF IT, AND AGAIN PROGRAM YOUR MIND WITH
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WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU.
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I LIKE TO THINK OF IT LIKE THIS TOO, IT TAKES
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JUST AS MUCH ENERGY TO WORRY AS IT DOES TO
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BELIEVE, SO WHETHER YOU GO THROUGH THE DAY I'M
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CONCERNED ABOUT MY CHILD, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY
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FINANCES, YOU'RE SPENDING THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
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YOU MIGHT AS WELL TURN IT AROUND AND USE YOUR MIND
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TO BELIEVE, LORD, THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE FIGHTING
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MY BATTLES, THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE TAKING
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CARE OF MY CHILDREN.
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I'VE LEARNED, I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW, YOUR LIFE
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FOLLOWS YOUR THOUGHTS.
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YOU GET UP IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED, IF YOU'RE
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FOCUSED ON A PROBLEM, IT STEALS YOUR JOY, YOUR
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LIFE GOES THE WRONG DIRECTION, SO IF YOU CAN
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GET YOUR MIND GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION YOUR
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LIFE CAN GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
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- YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A TOPIC THOUGH THAT WE
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HAVE TO REMIND OURSELF OF OFTEN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
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JUST OKAY, I'M GONNA THINK POSITIVE.
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YOU'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
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ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
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YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE INVENTORY OF YOUR THOUGHTS.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER DONE THIS BUT I HAVE.
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I'LL BE DOING SOMETHING, PUTTING ON MY MAKEUP OR
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GETTING, AND I HAVE A LOOP GOING AROUND IN MY
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MIND SAYING ONE THING, ONE THING, ONE THING.
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MAYBE IT'S NEGATIVE AND I HAVE TO SAY WAIT, I DON'T
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WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT, I DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON
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THAT. I HAVE TO COME BACK AND START FEEDING
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MYSELF GOOD THOUGHTS.
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SO I THINK THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE TO
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BE AWARE OF EVERY DAY.
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TAKE INVENTORY OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND
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CHANGE OUT YOUR THOUGHTS.
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YOU'RE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND,
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SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RENEW OUR MIND DAY BY
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DAY, EVEN IN OUR THOUGHT LIFE WITH THE WORD OF GOD.
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- I THINK THAT REAL BATTLE, I BELIEVE IS
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TAKING PLACE IN OUR MIND.
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I DON'T KNOW IF THE ENEMY IS AFTER YOUR HEALTH OR
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YOUR FAMILY OR FINANCES.
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IF HE CAN GET YOU TO THINK NEGATIVE, IF HE CAN
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CONVINCE YOU TO GO THROUGH LIFE DISCOURAGED
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AND DEFEATED IN YOUR MIND, THEN YOU'VE ALREADY
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LOST THE BATTLE.
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SO I'M JUST A BIG BELIEVER IN GUARDING THAT DOORWAY.
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IF YOU KNEW THERE WAS AN INTRUDER COMING INTO YOUR
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HOUSE, YOU WOULDN'T THINK TWICE, OR IF SOMEBODY WAS
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HIDING IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU WOULDN'T THINK TWICE,
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YOU'D GET THE GUN, YOU'D CALL THE POLICE.
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BUT WHAT DO WE LET GET INTO OUR MIND, ALL THESE
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THOUGHTS TELLING US WHAT WE CAN'T BECOME AND WHAT
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WE CAN'T DO AND HOW WE DON'T MEASURE UP.
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JUST THESE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.
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- THERE'S A PROMISE FOR EVERY PROBLEM.
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YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE WORD OF GOD.
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PEOPLE SAY HOW DO I DO THAT?
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WELL GET A SCRIPTURE, GET IN THE WORD OF GOD, GET
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YOURSELF A SCRIPTURE, PUT IT ON YOUR MIRROR, BEGIN
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TO DWELL ON THAT, MEDITATE ON THAT, AND
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REALLY BEGIN TO CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS LIKE THAT
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BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PULL FROM,
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THEN SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.
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SO IF YOU'LL PUT THE WORD OF GOD IN YOU, THEN WHEN
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YOU NEED THAT THOUGHT, YOU CAN SAY NO, I'M NOT
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DEFEATED, NO, GOD IS FOR ME, HE'S NOT AGAINST ME.
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YOU BEGIN TO JUST BRING UP THE WORD OF GOD AND
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START DECLARING THAT TYPE OF THING OVER YOUR LIFE.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO MANUFACTURE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
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MANUFACTURE THE THOUGHTS OF GOD TOWARDS YOU
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BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE POWERFUL THOUGHTS.
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- YOU CAN START WITH I AM LOVED.
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I AM LOVED. JESUS LOVES ME.
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I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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- THIS I KNOW, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.
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- IT'S A SIMPLE GOSPEL.
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- IT'S LIKE TOO JUST IN A PRACTICAL TERM
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IT'S LIKE A MAGNET.
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YOUR LIFE IS MOVING TOWARD, IT'S PULLING YOU
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TO WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
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THAT'S HOW POWERFUL OUR MIND IS.
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YOU START TELLING YOURSELF, FEEDING
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YOURSELF RIGHT THINGS, YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD IT.
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I THINK IT'S A NATURAL THING THAT GOD MADE US,
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GOD CREATED IN US, SO IF YOUR MIND IS ALWAYS I
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CAN'T, I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, OR
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I'LL NEVER BREAK THIS ADDICTION, OR I'LL NEVER
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GET MARRIED, YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD THAT, JUST
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SUBCONSCIOUSLY YOU'RE MOVING TOWARD IT.
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SO WHEN YOU TURN IT AROUND AND I'M MADE IN
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THE IMAGE OF GOD, EVEN MORE PRACTICAL LORD, I
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BELIEVE THAT COMPAQ CENTER IS OURS, I BELIEVE
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YOU PUT IT IN OUR PATH.
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I DON'T THINK WE'D BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IF OUR
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MIND WAS NOT IN THAT FRAME OF MIND OF
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BELIEVING THAT WE CAN, WE ARE WELL ABLE LIKE JOSHUA
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AND CALEB. JOEL, I CAN PASTOR THIS CHURCH.
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GOD, I KNOW YOU'VE EQUIPPED ME,
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YOU'VE EMPOWERED ME.
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I BELIEVE I WAS MOVING TOWARD THAT.
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SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, THINK ABOUT WHAT
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YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
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MAYBE IT'S JUST BECOME ROUTINE THAT YOU JUST
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THINK HEY, I CAN'T STAND THIS TRAFFIC, AND I'M
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NEVER GONNA BREAK THIS ADDICTION.
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WHY DON'T YOU CHANGE THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING AND
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BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT GOD PUT
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IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME WHAT'S
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HOLDING YOU BACK.
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IT JUST STARTS IN YOUR MIND, JUST A THOUGHT AT A TIME.
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THAT THOUGHT COMES, TELLS YOU THAT IT'S NEVER GOING
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TO GET BETTER, JUST HEY, REPLACE IT.
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LORD, I THANK YOU THAT THE PATH OF THE
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RIGHTEOUS, MY PATH GETS BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER.
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JUST MEDITATE ON THAT ALL THROUGH THE DAY.
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[MUSIC]
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- THE PAST CAN WEIGH US DOWN LIKE A LOAD
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OF HEAVY BAGGAGE.
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WE'VE ALL HAD NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPEN TO US.
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PEOPLE DID US WRONG, THE COMPANY LET US GO, THE
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CLERK WAS RUDE TO US.
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IT'S EASY TO GO THROUGH LIFE OFFENDED, IN
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SELF-PITY, BLAMING OURSELVES, BLAMING OUR
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COWORKERS, EVEN BLAMING GOD.
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BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING BACK, RELIVING
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THE NEGATIVE, WE END UP CARRYING AROUND A PILE OF
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BAGGAGE THAT DOES NOTHING BUT WEIGH US DOWN.
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ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN LEARN TO DO IS
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DROP IT, LET IT GO, WHETHER IT HAPPENED 20
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YEARS AGO OR 20 MINUTES AGO, DON'T CARRY NEGATIVE
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BAGGAGE FROM YESTERDAY INTO TODAY.
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YOU WON'T LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE IF YOU'RE
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ALWAYS RELIVING WHAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, WHO HURT
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YOU, THE MISTAKES YOU'VE MADE.
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THE REASON IT'S CALLED THE PAST IS BECAUSE IT'S
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DONE, IT'S OVER, IT'S HISTORY.
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NOW DO YOUR PART AND LET IT GO.
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- LAURIE: THE NEXT ONE IS LET GO OF YOUR PAST.
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- MATT: LET GO OF THE PAST.
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THIS IS A HARD ONE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME
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REAL TRAUMA, REAL DRAMA.
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ANYTHING THAT YOU OR US HAVE EXPERIENCED PALES IN
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COMPARISON TO MOST. I MEAN,
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NONE OF US HAVE LOST A CHILD, THAT KIND OF THING.
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- OR ABUSE, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PEOPLE WEAR
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LABELS OF THE PAST.
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- YEAH, IT IS.
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AND MATT AND LAURIE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT EASY.
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I NEVER SAY THAT AND I DON'T BELITTLE OR DEMEAN
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WHAT SOMEBODY'S BEEN THROUGH BECAUSE I HAVEN'T
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BEEN THROUGH THAT, JUST LIKE YOU SAID,
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BUT I KNOW THIS.
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I FEEL IT SO STRONG IN ME THAT AS LONG AS YOU'RE
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HOLDING ON TO THE OLD, AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE
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LIVING BITTER IN SELF-PITY, IT'S KEEPING
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YOU FROM THE NEW THINGS GOD WANTS TO DO.
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I'M NOT SAYING YOU LOST A CHILD, IF YOU'VE GONE
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THROUGH SOMETHING BIG, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S
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GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT I JUST CAN TELL YOU
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AND TALKED TO ENOUGH PEOPLE TO SAY IF YOU CAN
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GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO SAYING GOD I DON'T
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UNDERSTAND IT, IT WASN'T FAIR, I'M NOT EXCUSING
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SOMEBODY FROM HURTING ME OR GOD, I DON'T
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UNDERSTAND WHY MY LOVED ONE WAS TAKEN AWAY, BUT
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I'M MAKING THIS CHOICE GOD, THAT I STILL TRUST YOU.
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IT MAY NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT I'VE
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LEARNED THIS, GOD WANTS TO GIVE US BEAUTY FOR
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ASHES, BUT YOU CAN'T RECEIVE THE BEAUTY AS
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LONG AS YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO THE ASHES.
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THAT EXCHANGE HAS TO TAKE PLACE.
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IT MAY BE SOMETHING JUST AS SIMPLE AS JUST
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FORGIVING SOMEBODY THAT DID YOU WRONG.
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I THINK WE ALL KNOW WE'RE NOT FORGIVING FOR THEIR
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SAKE, WE'RE FORGIVING FOR OUR OWN SAKE.
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I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HURT BY
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SOMEBODY 20 YEARS AGO, A FEW YEARS BACK THIS MAN
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WAS VERY BITTER, VERY ANGRY, JOEL I CAN'T LET
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IT GO, AND HE WAS MAD AT HIS PARENTS AND HIS
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PARENTS HAD ALREADY GONE AND DIED.
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THEY WERE HERE.
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I'M SURE THEY WERE IN HEAVEN.
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BUT I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT, I REASONED WITH HIM A
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LITTLE BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THE PEOPLE THAT
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YOU'RE MAD AT ARE NOT EVEN HERE.
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YOU'RE NOT HURTING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALIVE.
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YOU'RE ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO HURT YOU THAT'S
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NOT EVEN HERE. THEY'VE HURT YOU ONCE,
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DON'T LET THEM CONTINUE TO HURT YOU.
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AGAIN, I GO BACK TO YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH
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EMOTIONAL ENERGY EACH DAY.
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YOU DON'T HAVE AN UNLIMITED SUPPLY.
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SO SAY IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT HERE,
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MAYBE YOU'RE TAKING 40 PERCENT TO HOLD A GRUDGE.
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THAT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY.
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THAT'S 40 PERCENT THAT YOU COULD BE USING TO
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MOVE TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS TO HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND
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PASSION TO PLAY WITH YOUR KIDS, SO YOU NEED YOUR
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EMOTIONAL ENERGY EACH DAY.
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DON'T WASTE IT ON LETTING GO OF SOMETHING HAPPENED
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20 MINUTES AGO, YOU GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC, BIG
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DEAL, IT'S OVER AND DONE. MAYBE SOMETHING BIGGER
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HAS HAPPENED IN LIFE, BUT THIS IS A NEW DAY.
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GOD HAS MERCY FRESH AND NEW FOR TODAY.
00:29:57.050 --> 00:29:59.110
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAIR, WE'RE NOT SAYING IT WAS FAIR.
00:29:59.130 --> 00:30:02.000
WE'RE NOT SAYING SOMEBODY DIDN'T DO YOU WRONG OR
00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:03.230
YOU HAVEN'T HAD SOME BAD BREAKS, BUT I CAN TELL
00:30:03.250 --> 00:30:06.050
YOU THIS, IF YOU'LL TAKE THE HAND YOU'VE BEEN
00:30:06.070 --> 00:30:08.200
DEALT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, GOD WILL BEGIN
00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:11.060
TO DO SOME AMAZING THINGS BECAUSE NOTHING THAT WE
00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:13.170
FACE IS A SURPRISE TO GOD.
00:30:13.190 --> 00:30:15.190
IT'S A SURPRISE TO US.
00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:17.210
I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T HURT OR IT WASN'T FAIR,
00:30:17.230 --> 00:30:19.070
BUT IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO GOD.
00:30:19.090 --> 00:30:20.240
HE ALREADY HAS A PLAN, SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT IS
00:30:20.260 --> 00:30:23.210
KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
00:30:23.230 --> 00:30:25.200
SOME OF THOSE THINGS I'VE HEARD IT SAID AND I USE
00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:28.010
IT, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN "I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT"
00:30:28.030 --> 00:30:31.190
FILE IN YOUR MIND.
00:30:31.210 --> 00:30:33.110
YOU JUST, HEY I'M NEVER GONNA UNDERSTAND THIS BUT
00:30:33.130 --> 00:30:35.180
I'M GONNA PUT IT IN THAT FILE THAT GOD, I DON'T
00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:38.120
UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED, BUT I'M NOT
00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:40.170
GONNA BE BITTER MY WHOLE LIFE.
00:30:40.190 --> 00:30:42.010
EVEN DAVID, HE SAID IN THE PSALMS, THE SECRET
00:30:42.030 --> 00:30:46.080
THINGS BELONG TO GOD.
00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:48.010
HE SAID ANOTHER PART ABOUT HOW HE DOESN'T
00:30:48.030 --> 00:30:50.000
DWELL ON THINGS BASICALLY THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:52.270
WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BUT WE
00:30:52.290 --> 00:30:54.220
COME BACK TO THIS, GOD IS GOOD, HE'S FOR US.
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.190
WE WOULDN'T BE ALIVE UNLESS HE HAD SOMETHING
00:30:57.210 --> 00:30:59.160
GREAT IN YOUR FUTURE.
00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:01.010
YOU'VE GOT TO LET IT GO AND MOVE FORWARD.
00:31:01.030 --> 00:31:03.260
- DODIE OSTEEN: AND IT'S MY HONOR AND MY PRIVILEGE
00:31:06.190 --> 00:31:09.060
TO TODAY ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL NEW PASTOR OF
00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:14.150
LAKEWOOD CHURCH, OUR SON, JOEL OSTEEN
00:31:14.170 --> 00:31:17.190
AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA.
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[APPLAUSE]
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[MUSIC]
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- ANCHORMAN: WITH THOUSANDS FLOCKING TO
00:31:28.010 --> 00:31:29.090
HEAR HIS SERMONS, MILLIONS MORE WATCHING
00:31:29.110 --> 00:31:31.010
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE, JOEL OSTEEN IS ONE OF THE
00:31:31.030 --> 00:31:33.130
MOST INFLUENTIAL FAITH LEADERS IN THE WORLD.
00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:36.100
- ANCHORWOMAN: THE COUPLE ARE PASTORS OF
00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:37.200
LAKEWOOD CHURCH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,
00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:39.100
AMERICA'S LARGEST CHURCH.
00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:41.040
- JOEL OSTEEN: WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE MY DARKEST TIME,
00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:42.150
IT LAUNCHED ME INTO WHAT I'M DOING TODAY.
00:31:42.170 --> 00:31:45.020
[MUSIC]
00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:52.060
[MUSIC]
00:31:52.060 --> 00:31:59.240
- MATT CROUCH: STRENGTH THROUGH ADVERSITY.
00:31:59.260 --> 00:32:01.170
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR CORE MESSAGE.
00:32:01.190 --> 00:32:03.190
IT'S FIFTEEN YEARS NOW, AND LOOK,
00:32:03.210 --> 00:32:07.040
THE BOOK'S STILL SELLING.
00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:09.140
YOUR BEST LIFE NOW IS AN AMAZING THING, 10 MILLION
00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:14.040
COPIES HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND WE'RE KIND OF
00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:17.190
BREAKING IT DOWN ONE BY ONE.
00:32:17.210 --> 00:32:19.180
- I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU SO STRONG.
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:21.220
- STRENGTH THROUGH ADVERSITY.
00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.200
- YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPLE THERE AND WE
00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:27.180
TOUCHED ON EARLIER IS THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING
00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:30.070
YOUR BEST LIFE NOW, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM.
00:32:30.090 --> 00:32:32.110
YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE MORE THAN EVER
00:32:32.130 --> 00:32:34.080
BECAUSE THE ENEMY FIGHTS PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING
00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:36.240
NEW GROUND FOR THEIR FAMILY AND DOING GREAT THINGS.
00:32:36.260 --> 00:32:39.140
BUT I KNOW THIS, THAT GOD DOESN'T ALLOW ANYTHING TO
00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:43.150
HAPPEN THAT HE CAN'T USE AND THAT HE CAN-- SOME OF
00:32:43.170 --> 00:32:46.120
THE THINGS GOD ALLOWS IS TO DO A WORK IN US, AS
00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:49.060
MUCH AS WE DON'T LIKE IT.
00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:51.000
I'M A REAL DRIVEN PERSON LIKE YOU GUYS, LIKE
00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:56.120
VICTORIA, BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND WAITING IN
00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:59.160
TRAFFIC. OH, MAN, I GET SO UPTIGHT.
00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:01.150
WHAT'S SO FUNNY IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I WAS
00:33:01.170 --> 00:33:03.240
IN A HURRY, I'D GET IN TRAFFIC.
00:33:03.260 --> 00:33:05.090
I'M MAKING THIS STORY REAL FAST, BUT THE POINT
00:33:05.110 --> 00:33:07.170
BEING IS THIS, ONE DAY I REALIZED THIS
00:33:07.190 --> 00:33:09.180
TRAFFIC IS WORKING IN ME.
00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:13.240
THEN I CAME TO THE POINT ONE DAY I SAID I'M JUST
00:33:13.260 --> 00:33:15.190
GONNA LEARN TO RELAX AND GO WITH THE FLOW.
00:33:15.210 --> 00:33:18.120
WHEN I LET GOD DO THE WORK IN ME AND SAY YOU
00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:20.250
KNOW WHAT, I CAN'T CHANGE THE TRAFFIC, I CAN'T
00:33:20.270 --> 00:33:22.240
CHANGE CERTAIN THINGS BUT I CAN CHANGE ME.
00:33:22.260 --> 00:33:25.200
I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK INSIDE, SOME OF
00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.240
THOSE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE, PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE
00:33:27.260 --> 00:33:30.220
THAT ARE HARD TO GET ALONG WITH, YOU CAN'T
00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.200
PRAY THEM ALL AWAY.
00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:34.030
YOU CAN'T PRAY THE TRAFFIC AWAY.
00:33:34.050 --> 00:33:35.170
- YOU JUST OUT LIVE SOME.
00:33:35.190 --> 00:33:38.020
- I TRIED TO PRAY MATT AWAY FOR YEARS, YOU CAN'T
00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:39.260
PRAY THEM. YOU CAN OUT LIVE HIM, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:42.000
THE STRENGTH IN ADVERSITY, GOD IS USING
00:33:42.020 --> 00:33:44.080
IT TO REFINE US.
00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:46.110
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUBBING OFF THE ROUGH
00:33:46.130 --> 00:33:48.030
EDGES LIKE SANDPAPER.
00:33:48.050 --> 00:33:49.280
AND TOO, I THINK NOW PEOPLE ASK WAS GOD USING
00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.180
THIS SICKNESS OR THE LOSS OF MY LOVED ONE?
00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:56.000
I DON'T KNOW THAT HE USES ALL THAT TO DO A WORK IN US.
00:33:56.020 --> 00:33:59.220
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS BUT I TALK IN THAT
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:02.160
CHAPTER STRENGTH THROUGH ADVERSITY, THERE'S THINGS
00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.260
LIKE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT WE'RE NOT
00:34:04.280 --> 00:34:06.200
GOING TO UNDERSTAND.
00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:08.020
WE TALKED ABOUT PAUL'S THORN, WHAT HE TRIED TO
00:34:08.040 --> 00:34:10.090
GET RID OF, BUT GOD SAID MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT.
00:34:10.110 --> 00:34:13.250
SO I THINK THAT THE THOUGHT IS THAT YOU'RE
00:34:13.270 --> 00:34:16.070
NOT FIGHTING EVERYTHING.
00:34:16.090 --> 00:34:17.270
I THINK SOMETIMES WE CAN LIVE IN A FIGHT MODE, I'M
00:34:17.290 --> 00:34:19.240
FIGHTING TO GET WELL, I'M FIGHTING TO REACH MY
00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:21.230
DREAMS, I'M FIGHTING TO GET THIS JOB.
00:34:21.250 --> 00:34:23.200
YOU CAN LIVE FROM A PLACE OF PEACE AND SAY GOD,
00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:26.030
YOU'RE IN CONTROL. I'M GONNA BE MY BEST.
00:34:26.050 --> 00:34:28.250
I'M NOT SAYING THAT I LIKE A SICKNESS OR I LIKE
00:34:28.270 --> 00:34:31.010
SOMEBODY BEING AGAINST ME OR I LIKE CRITICS,
00:34:31.030 --> 00:34:33.180
BUT I'M GONNA LIVE FROM A PLACE OF PEACE.
00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:36.100
I'M GONNA DO MY BEST.
00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:37.280
I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE GROW, THAT'S WHERE WE
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:40.100
MATURE AND ALLOWS GOD TO TRUST US WITH MORE.
00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:44.020
I THINK ABOUT HOW WHAT REALLY MADE DAVID KING
00:34:44.040 --> 00:34:47.170
WAS NOT HIS FRIENDS, IT WASN'T ALL HIS GREAT
00:34:47.190 --> 00:34:50.270
CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN GOD WANTED TO PROMOTE DAVID,
00:34:50.290 --> 00:34:53.020
HE SENT HIM A GIANT.
00:34:53.040 --> 00:34:54.270
SO I BELIEVE IF YOU'LL STAY STRONG IN THESE
00:34:54.290 --> 00:34:57.130
TIMES OF ADVERSITY, INSTEAD OF SAYING GOD,
00:34:57.150 --> 00:34:59.210
WHY AM I FACING THIS GIANT?
00:34:59.230 --> 00:35:01.050
I'M JUST A TEENAGER, I DON'T HAVE THE ARMOR,
00:35:01.070 --> 00:35:03.020
AND GOD YOU SAID I WAS GONNA DO GREAT THINGS.
00:35:03.040 --> 00:35:04.250
INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, IF YOU'LL STAND STRONG,
00:35:04.270 --> 00:35:08.100
BELIEVE GOD IS IN CONTROL, ON THE OTHER
00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:10.080
SIDE OF THAT ADVERSITY IS A NEW LEVEL OF YOUR DESTINY.
00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:13.210
SO I REALLY BELIEVE THE ENEMY WOULDN'T BE
00:35:13.230 --> 00:35:16.100
FIGHTING YOU UNLESS HE KNEW GOD HAD SOMETHING
00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:18.130
AMAZING IN FRONT OF YOU.
00:35:18.150 --> 00:35:20.110
MY ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE TO PASS THE TEST WITH A
00:35:20.130 --> 00:35:22.290
GOOD ATTITUDE. IT MAY NOT GO THE WAY YOU WANT.
00:35:23.010 --> 00:35:25.150
IT MAY TAKE LONGER THAN YOU THOUGHT.
00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:27.220
I BELIEVE A GREAT PRAYER AS WELL IS GOD THIS IS
00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:31.010
WHAT I WANT, THIS IS WHAT I'M BELIEVING FOR,
00:35:31.030 --> 00:35:32.250
BUT GOD MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS.
00:35:32.270 --> 00:35:34.210
I'M GONNA BE HAPPY HOWEVER IT WORKS OUT
00:35:34.230 --> 00:35:36.270
BECAUSE GOD, I TRUST YOU THAT YOUR PLANS
00:35:36.290 --> 00:35:38.150
FOR ME ARE FOR GOOD.
00:35:38.170 --> 00:35:40.160
[MUSIC]
00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:46.080
- DADDY WAS A REAL GIVING PERSON.
00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:48.080
HE LOVED MY WIFE VICTORIA.
00:35:48.100 --> 00:35:50.030
ONE TIME VICTORIA'S BIRTHDAY CAME ABOUT, MY
00:35:50.050 --> 00:35:51.260
MOM BOUGHT HER A BEAUTIFUL VASE FROM MY
00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:54.060
MOM AND DAD, BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR DADDY.
00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:56.220
HE LIKED TO DO SPECIAL THINGS.
00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:58.060
WE WERE OVER AT HIS HOUSE ONE NIGHT AND HE SAID
00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:59.280
VICTORIA, COME BACK HERE AND LOOK AT MY NEW SHOES.
00:36:00.020 --> 00:36:01.220
SHE WENT BACK AND SAID BOY, THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:04.000
SHE CALLED HIM BIG O.
00:36:04.020 --> 00:36:05.290
SHE SAID THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL BIG O.
00:36:06.010 --> 00:36:07.200
HE SAID WELL LOOK AT THEM REALLY CLOSE.
00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:09.150
SO SHE PICKED THEM UP AND LOOKED AT THEM.
00:36:09.170 --> 00:36:11.030
HE SAID WELL FEEL INSIDE. HE WASN'T SATISFIED YET.
00:36:11.050 --> 00:36:13.120
FEEL INSIDE, SEE HOW SOFT THEY ARE.
00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:15.060
SHE REACHED DOWN THERE AND OF COURSE MY DAD HAD
00:36:15.080 --> 00:36:16.290
WRITTEN A SPECIAL NOTE AND PUT $100 DOLLAR BILL IN THERE.
00:36:17.010 --> 00:36:19.060
I'D GO PICK UP PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HIM AT
00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:21.020
WALGREENS, AND MY DAD WAS ALWAYS A GIVER.
00:36:21.040 --> 00:36:23.140
I'D TAKE HIM THERE AND IT'D BE $20 DOLLARS AND
00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:25.210
HE'D GIVE ME $40 DOLLARS. I SAID DAD IT'S ONLY 20.
00:36:25.230 --> 00:36:28.080
NO, NO, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT.
00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:29.250
I'D GO UP TO DALLAS A LOT OF TIME WITH JOHNNY AND GET HIM
00:36:29.270 --> 00:36:32.120
A HAMBURGER FROM FUDDRUCKERS AND GO UP
00:36:32.140 --> 00:36:34.100
THERE AND EAT IT, AND IT WOULD BE A $5 DOLLAR
00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:36.000
BURGER AND HE'D GIVE ME $10 OR $15 DOLLARS.
00:36:36.020 --> 00:36:38.070
AND I TOLD HIM JUST LAST WEEK, I SAID DADDY I'M
00:36:38.090 --> 00:36:40.000
MAKING MONEY OFF OF YOU.
00:36:40.020 --> 00:36:41.180
[LAUGHTER]
00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:44.010
BUT THAT WAS DADDY'S HEART.
00:36:44.030 --> 00:36:45.100
HE LOVED TO GIVE AND THAT'S THE WAY MY DAD WAS.
00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:48.270
[MUSIC]
00:36:48.290 --> 00:36:55.260
- MATT: WE ARE DISCUSSING YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.140
WE'VE GOT JOEL AND VICTORIA OSTEEN OUT
00:36:58.160 --> 00:37:00.190
HERE IN ROME ITALY.
00:37:00.210 --> 00:37:03.020
TBN HAS BEEN OPERATING A 24 HOUR A DAY CHRISTIAN
00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:06.050
TELEVISION NETWORK HERE, TCI,
00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:09.000
FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS OR MORE.
00:37:09.020 --> 00:37:12.080
CHUCK HALL, HIS WIFE PINA, DOING A GREAT JOB.
00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:15.200
AMAZING AFTERNOON IN ROME DISCUSSING YOUR BEST LIFE
00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:19.020
NOW. OKAY, LIVE TO GIVE.
00:37:19.040 --> 00:37:21.250
SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE,
00:37:21.270 --> 00:37:24.070
SO LET'S KIND OF KNOCK THROUGH IT.
00:37:24.090 --> 00:37:26.130
"LIVE TO GIVE." A PART OF YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:28.160
- YEAH, I THINK MATT AND LAURIE, YOU'RE NEVER
00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:31.110
GONNA BE FULFILLED IF IT'S ONLY ABOUT ME, MY
00:37:31.130 --> 00:37:33.200
DREAMS, MY GOALS, EVEN MY PROBLEMS, MY CHALLENGES.
00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:37.140
I THINK ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO IS EVEN
00:37:37.160 --> 00:37:40.120
WHEN WE HAVE A DIFFICULTY IS GO OUT AND HELP
00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:42.040
SOMEBODY ELSE. THERE'S SOMETHING FULFILLING,
00:37:42.060 --> 00:37:44.120
THERE'S SOMETHING REWARDING.
00:37:44.140 --> 00:37:45.230
IT'S THE WAY GOD MADE US THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED
00:37:45.250 --> 00:37:47.220
TO BE A GIVER.
00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:49.090
SOMETIMES WE ALWAYS GO TO MONEY AND THAT'S GREAT
00:37:49.110 --> 00:37:51.060
TOO, I BELIEVE IN THAT, BUT MAN GIVE A SMILE,
00:37:51.080 --> 00:37:53.240
GIVE A HUG, GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT, JUST LIVE
00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:56.060
A GIVING LIFESTYLE.
00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:59.110
I LOVE THIS QUOTE FROM PAUL BUNYAN.
00:37:59.130 --> 00:38:01.000
IT SAYS, "YOU HAVE NOT LIVED A DAY UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE
00:38:01.020 --> 00:38:04.150
SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE THAT CANNOT PAY YOU
00:38:04.170 --> 00:38:06.070
BACK." I LOVE LIVING THAT MENTALITY.
00:38:06.090 --> 00:38:08.080
REALLY EVEN THIS, WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING
00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:11.080
NOT THINKING ABOUT HOW I CAN GET BLESSED TODAY,
00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:13.040
BUT HOW I CAN BE A BLESSING.
00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:14.290
YOU CAN'T GIVE GOD SOMETHING WITHOUT HIM
00:38:15.010 --> 00:38:17.080
GIVING YOU BACK MORE IN RETURN.
00:38:17.100 --> 00:38:18.280
SO WHEN YOU'RE GIVING TO PEOPLE, WHEN YOU'RE BEING
00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:21.150
A BLESSING, WHEN YOU'RE JUST GIVING JOY, GIVING
00:38:21.170 --> 00:38:24.160
PEACE WHEREVER YOU GO, IT'S THE WAY TO LIVE.
00:38:24.180 --> 00:38:26.190
AND I REALLY THINK A BIG SOURCE, AND THAT'S THE
00:38:26.210 --> 00:38:29.070
NEXT POINT, BUT A BIG SOURCE OF OUR UNHAPPINESS
00:38:29.090 --> 00:38:31.160
IS IT'S ALWAYS FOCUSED ON OURSELVES.
00:38:31.180 --> 00:38:33.160
AND SOMETIMES, IT CAN BE VALID BECAUSE YOU THINK,
00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:36.120
HEY, I'VE GOT THIS BIG CHALLENGE, AND IT'S ALL I
00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:38.280
CAN THINK ABOUT.
00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:40.280
BUT AGAIN, I WOULD JUST CHALLENGE YOU TO MAYBE
00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.060
GET YOUR MIND OFF OF YOURSELF AND GO BE A
00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:44.280
BLESSING TO SOMEBODY.
00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.230
MAYBE IT'S PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING
00:38:46.250 --> 00:38:48.180
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT YOU CAN PRAY FOR.
00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:50.120
MAYBE IT'S BAKING YOUR NEIGHBOR A CAKE, JUST
00:38:50.140 --> 00:38:52.150
DOING SOMETHING TO GET OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN PROBLEM.
00:38:52.170 --> 00:38:54.260
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN REAL JOY COMES.
00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:57.170
EVEN SOMETIMES -- YOU KNOW SOMETIMES RUNNING
00:38:57.190 --> 00:39:00.030
MINISTRY AND A BUSINESS, RUNNING LIFE -- WE ALL
00:39:00.050 --> 00:39:02.060
HAVE THING COME AGAINST US -- BUT SOMETIMES WHEN
00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:04.250
I FEEL MYSELF TRYING TO GET DISCOURAGED, GOT A
00:39:04.270 --> 00:39:07.120
LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, I'LL PICK UP THE
00:39:07.140 --> 00:39:09.060
PHONE AND CALL.
00:39:09.080 --> 00:39:11.020
I HAVE A LIST OF SOME PEOPLE MAYBE THAT ARE IN
00:39:11.040 --> 00:39:13.110
THE HOSPITAL OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE WRITTEN IN.
00:39:13.130 --> 00:39:15.240
MAN, YOU CAN'T CALL THEM FOR TEN MINUTE, AND THEN
00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:17.280
YOUR ATTITUDE CHANGES.
00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.190
WHEN YOU START ENCOURAGING SOMEBODY ELSE
00:39:19.210 --> 00:39:21.190
AND, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT, WE'RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
00:39:21.210 --> 00:39:23.190
IT DOES SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE.
00:39:23.210 --> 00:39:25.180
IT'S A SEED THAT YOU'RE SOWING THAT
00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:27.060
GOD CAN BRING BACK.
00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:28.270
SO I THINK IT'S A LIFESTYLE, NOT JUST HEY,
00:39:28.290 --> 00:39:30.210
I'M GOING TO GO GIVE OFFERING TODAY.
00:39:30.230 --> 00:39:32.090
IT'S, HEY, I'M GOING TO LIVE TO GIVE.
00:39:32.110 --> 00:39:34.020
I'M GOING TO BE A BLESSING WHEREVER YOU GO
00:39:34.040 --> 00:39:35.220
- USE THAT NEED AS A SEED.
00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:37.110
REALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW, BUT IF
00:39:37.130 --> 00:39:39.130
YOU HAVE A NEED, IF YOU NEED TO BE ENCOURAGED, GO
00:39:39.150 --> 00:39:41.130
ENCOURAGE SOMEONE ELSE.
00:39:41.150 --> 00:39:43.090
IF YOU NEED YOUR FINANCE, GO BLESS.
00:39:43.110 --> 00:39:45.170
EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE, AND USE THAT.
00:39:45.190 --> 00:39:48.060
USE THAT NEED AS A SEED BECAUSE IT WILL
00:39:48.080 --> 00:39:50.280
STRENGTHEN YOU.
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:52.240
- YES, WELL, THE BIBLE SAYS PRAY FOR OTHERS THAT
00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:54.280
YOU MAY BE HEALED, AND WE DO THAT.
00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.260
MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN I'M ENCOURAGING SOMEONE,
00:39:56.280 --> 00:40:00.190
I'M GOING, I NEED THIS SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU
00:40:00.210 --> 00:40:03.110
PROBABLY KNOW, AND YOU'RE PREACHING TO
00:40:03.130 --> 00:40:05.140
THE CHOIR, YOU KNOW?
00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:07.030
- THOSE ARE THE SEED THAT WE'RE SOWING, ALWAYS
00:40:07.050 --> 00:40:09.010
BE A BLESSING TO PEOPLE.
00:40:09.030 --> 00:40:11.000
IT'S A BIG PART OF WE ARE BLESSED SO THAT
00:40:11.020 --> 00:40:13.170
WE CAN HELP OTHERS.
00:40:13.190 --> 00:40:16.080
AND AGAIN I THINK, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GIVE.
00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:18.270
I'M STRUGGLING IN MY FINANCES, BUT WE ALL HAVE
00:40:18.290 --> 00:40:21.010
SOMETHING TO GIVE.
00:40:21.030 --> 00:40:23.030
WE HAVE TO YOU TURN AROUND THE WAY WE SEE IT.
00:40:23.050 --> 00:40:25.040
[MUSIC]
00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:30.220
- HEY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH
00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:34.060
YOU SOMETHING I GOT.
00:40:34.080 --> 00:40:36.260
- IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER TWO-YEARS SINCE I
00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:39.220
POSTED THAT VIDEO.
00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:41.250
WHEN I MADE THAT VIDEO, I WAS MAKING AN EFFORT TO
00:40:41.270 --> 00:40:44.000
CHOOSE JOY THAT DAY.
00:40:44.020 --> 00:40:45.250
- THAT'S NOT ME MAKING THE NOISE, IT'S THE MASK!
00:40:45.270 --> 00:40:49.000
- LIFE HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY, AND I DON'T
00:40:49.020 --> 00:40:51.130
THINK THAT I GOT A FREE PASS ON THE JOY.
00:40:51.150 --> 00:40:53.110
I ACTUALLY HAVE LIVED A LIFE THAT'S BEEN FULL OF
00:40:53.130 --> 00:40:56.250
SORROW, FULL OF SHAME, FULL OF REGRET, FULL OF
00:40:56.270 --> 00:40:59.140
MUCH UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY, IN ALL HONESTY.
00:40:59.160 --> 00:41:05.100
AND I'VE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE OUNCE OF JOY
00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:08.110
THAT I'VE HAD. I'VE HAD TO CHOOSE IT DAILY.
00:41:08.130 --> 00:41:10.220
GROWING UP, I REMEMBER WE WERE JUST COMPLETELY OUT
00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:13.270
OF A HOME, IN BETWEEN STATES.
00:41:13.290 --> 00:41:16.230
IT WAS A FULL SUMMER THAT WE WERE HOMELESS AND
00:41:16.250 --> 00:41:18.190
TAKING COIN SHOWERS.
00:41:18.210 --> 00:41:21.000
THERE WAS THIS KID IN 7TH GRADE.
00:41:21.020 --> 00:41:23.290
HE HAD JUST TOLD ALL OF HIS FRIEND THAT I HAD
00:41:24.010 --> 00:41:26.050
MORE ROLLS THAN MRS. BARRETT'S BAKERY.
00:41:26.070 --> 00:41:28.150
MY SELF ESTEEM JUST STARTED TO DWINDLE, AND
00:41:28.170 --> 00:41:30.220
MY IDENTITY BECAME WRAPPED AND LOST IN
00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:34.040
JUST A LOT OF SELF DEPRECATING JOKES.
00:41:34.060 --> 00:41:37.290
AND THAT LASTED FOR A WHILE AND ENTERTAINING
00:41:38.010 --> 00:41:40.070
THE ROOM, BUT IT DIDN'T ENTERTAIN ANYTHING ELSE
00:41:40.090 --> 00:41:43.180
INSIDE OF ME THAT NEEDED TO BE FILLED UP
00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:45.090
WITH ACTUAL JOY.
00:41:45.110 --> 00:41:47.080
IT ACTUALLY JUST MADE MY HEART CRUSH UNDER THE
00:41:47.100 --> 00:41:49.020
WEIGHT OF ALL OF THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS I WAS
00:41:49.040 --> 00:41:51.180
SAYING ABOUT MYSELF.
00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:53.140
I REMEMBER GRABBING A PAIR OF KITCHEN SCISSORS
00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:56.010
AND TRYING TO SEE HOW DEEP I WOULD HAVE TO CUT
00:41:56.030 --> 00:41:58.040
MY ARMS FOR ME TO ACTUALLY REACH THE VEIN.
00:41:58.060 --> 00:42:01.010
BAWLING MY EYES OUT, MY ROOMMATE CAME IN,
00:42:01.030 --> 00:42:03.020
AND SHE JUST STOPPED ME.
00:42:03.040 --> 00:42:06.080
AND AFTER THAT, SPENT AN ENTIRE EVENING WALKING
00:42:06.100 --> 00:42:09.090
THE ENTIRE CAMPUS WITH ME NOT SAYING A WORD.
00:42:09.110 --> 00:42:11.060
SHE JUST LET ME CRY, LET ME WALK AROUND AND JUST
00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:14.190
HELD MY ARM [EMOTIONAL]
00:42:14.210 --> 00:42:20.160
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THAT
00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:22.160
JOY WAS POSSIBLE.
00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:27.230
EVERYTHING SHIFTED THAT NIGHT WHEN I WOKE UP AND
00:42:27.250 --> 00:42:30.040
CAME TO MY SENSES.
00:42:30.060 --> 00:42:32.130
- THIS IS WORTH EVERY PENNY!
00:42:32.150 --> 00:42:35.290
[LAUGHTER]
00:42:36.010 --> 00:42:43.210
- WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS, I HAD MULTIPLE
00:42:43.230 --> 00:42:46.200
FRIEND REACHING OUT AND TEXTING ME SAYING,
00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:48.280
OH, MY GOODNESS. I SHARED YOUR VIDEO. THAT WAS HILARIOUS.
00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:50.220
HOW FUN IS THAT?
00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:53.010
AND WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING, THAT ONE
00:42:53.030 --> 00:42:55.070
MILLION VIEW COUNT HAD ACTUALLY TURNED INTO
00:42:55.090 --> 00:42:57.170
24 MILLION VIEWS.
00:42:57.190 --> 00:42:59.210
AND I HAD NO LESS THAN 15 OR 20 VOICE MAILS FROM
00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:02.260
BBC, NPR, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE TODAY SHOW.
00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:06.040
I MEAN, LIKE IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS BATSO CRAZY.
00:43:06.060 --> 00:43:10.030
- YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVEN'T
00:43:10.050 --> 00:43:13.240
SEEN THE CORRELATION OF ME BEGINNING MY STORY
00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:17.060
WHILE I WAS LIVING IN A VAN IN AN RV SPOT AND
00:43:17.080 --> 00:43:20.210
THEN TO BE ABLE TO SHARE JOY ON SUCH A MASSIVE
00:43:20.230 --> 00:43:23.170
LEVEL FROM MY CAR, AS WELL, IN A VIRAL VIDEO.
00:43:23.190 --> 00:43:28.220
I MEAN, I JUST THINK IT'S LIKE GOD FOR SOMETHING LIKE
00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:32.210
THAT TO HAPPEN.
00:43:32.230 --> 00:43:35.110
- OKAY, NOW I'M GOING TO LET CHEWBACCA TALK HERE.
00:43:35.130 --> 00:43:37.150
[CHEWBACCA NOISE]
00:43:37.170 --> 00:43:39.100
[LAUGHTER]
00:43:39.120 --> 00:43:40.160
[CHEWBACCA NOISE]
00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:42.040
[LAUGHTER]
00:43:42.060 --> 00:43:45.100
OH, MY GOSH, I'M IN TEARS. I'M IN TEARS.
00:43:45.120 --> 00:43:48.040
WOW!
00:43:48.060 --> 00:43:49.240
[LAUGHTER]
00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:53.160
[MUSIC]
00:43:53.180 --> 00:44:00.250
- CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY IS ONE THAT I THINK COMES
00:44:00.270 --> 00:44:03.150
NATURALLY TO YOU.
00:44:03.170 --> 00:44:05.090
I'M AROUND YOU SOME, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER
00:44:05.110 --> 00:44:08.220
REALLY KIND OF MOPING AROUND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:13.080
- IT'S KIND OF IRRITATING SOME TIME.
00:44:13.100 --> 00:44:14.270
- IT IS.
00:44:14.290 --> 00:44:16.100
[LAUGHTER]
00:44:16.120 --> 00:44:18.100
- YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THIS.
00:44:18.120 --> 00:44:20.200
OUT OF ALL OF US SITTING HERE AT THE TABLE, I HAVE
00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:23.030
NEVER BEEN AROUND SUCH POSITIVE, BEAUTIFUL,
00:44:23.050 --> 00:44:26.150
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE EVER.
00:44:26.170 --> 00:44:28.140
- EXCEPT WHEN HE'S AT A RESTAURANT, AND HE
00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:31.020
DOESN'T LIKE THE MENU.
00:44:31.040 --> 00:44:32.200
THAT'S WHEN JOEL REALLY STRUGGLES.
00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:34.090
- THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:44:34.110 --> 00:44:36.000
- THERE'S NO HAMBURGER, OR THERE'S NO FETTUCCINE
00:44:36.020 --> 00:44:37.220
ALFREDO WITH CHICKEN, HE'S A LITTLE BIT...
00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:40.270
- TESTY?
00:44:40.290 --> 00:44:42.110
- YEAH, HE GETS A LITTLE TESTY WHEN THE FOOD
00:44:42.130 --> 00:44:43.260
ISN'T RIGHT, OKAY?
00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:45.070
- THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:44:45.090 --> 00:44:46.290
[LAUGHTER]
00:44:47.010 --> 00:44:49.140
- CODY AND CAYLAN ARE BOTH LAUGHING OVER HERE.
00:44:49.160 --> 00:44:50.290
SO ULTIMATELY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
00:44:51.010 --> 00:44:54.080
IS REALLY WHO YOU ARE.
00:44:54.100 --> 00:44:56.250
I MEAN, THIS IS A NATURAL PIECE, BUT IT REALLY
00:44:56.270 --> 00:44:59.210
AFFECTS EVERYTHING, DOESN'T IT?
00:44:59.230 --> 00:45:01.060
- IT REALLY DOES.
00:45:01.080 --> 00:45:02.270
AND AGAIN, I SAID EARLIER I REALIZE THAT GOD MADE
00:45:02.290 --> 00:45:04.280
US ALL WITH DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, AND MY
00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:06.270
LITTLEST, MY BABY PICTURE WHERE I'M A LITTLE BITTY
00:45:06.290 --> 00:45:10.100
KID, I'LL SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR.
00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:12.160
GOD JUST PUT IT.
00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:14.110
BUT YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE TO
00:45:14.130 --> 00:45:16.220
MAKE THAT CHOICE.
00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:18.190
IT DOESN'T FALL ON ANY OF US, AND I THINK SOMETIMES
00:45:18.210 --> 00:45:21.010
-- BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY OWN LIFE, THERE ARE TIMES I
00:45:21.030 --> 00:45:23.030
THINK, WHEN I FEEL HAPPY, THEN I'M GOING TO
00:45:23.050 --> 00:45:25.050
BE HAPPY, AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE A GOOD DAY.
00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:27.080
BUT YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT OR THERE'S ALWAYS
00:45:27.100 --> 00:45:29.030
GOING TO BE SOME REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT HAPPY.
00:45:29.050 --> 00:45:30.250
- FRENCH FRIES AREN'T ON THE MENU.
00:45:30.270 --> 00:45:32.040
[LAUGHTER]
00:45:32.060 --> 00:45:34.170
- I DO THINK YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:45:34.190 --> 00:45:36.170
I'M GOING TO LIVE THIS DAY GRATEFUL.
00:45:36.190 --> 00:45:38.260
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S RIGHT AND
00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:41.090
NOT AT WHAT'S WRONG.
00:45:41.110 --> 00:45:43.030
I BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS SO MUCH ABOUT PERSPECTIVE
00:45:43.050 --> 00:45:45.030
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT IT,
00:45:45.050 --> 00:45:47.150
BUT SOMEBODY HAS IT WORSE THAN YOU.
00:45:47.170 --> 00:45:49.090
SOMEBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SITUATION.
00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.050
SO WHEN YOU GET UP AND SAY, OKAY, I HAVE HEALTH
00:45:51.070 --> 00:45:53.140
TODAY, OR I HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE, OR I HAVE A JOB,
00:45:53.160 --> 00:45:56.100
OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE.
00:45:56.120 --> 00:45:58.000
I THINK WHEN YOU LIVE FROM THAT GRATEFUL POINT
00:45:58.020 --> 00:45:59.220
OF VIEW, AND YOU MAKE A DECISION, I'M GOING TO
00:45:59.240 --> 00:46:01.120
LIVE IT HAPPY.
00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:02.260
I MAY NOT FEEL HAPPY.
00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:04.190
I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP.
00:46:04.220 --> 00:46:07.020
I THINK THERE ARE CHEMICAL IMBALANCES AND
00:46:07.040 --> 00:46:09.130
THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE, BUT GETTING PAST
00:46:09.150 --> 00:46:11.160
THOSE THINGS, I THINK ONE, YOU TAKE CARE OF
00:46:11.180 --> 00:46:13.030
YOURSELF.
00:46:13.050 --> 00:46:14.260
BUT THEN YOU GOT TO MAKE A DECISION.
00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:16.120
IT SAYS TO BASICALLY PUT ON A GARMENT OF PRAY FOR
00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:19.110
A SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS.
00:46:19.130 --> 00:46:21.130
WELL, GARMENT IS LIKE A SHIRT.
00:46:21.150 --> 00:46:23.060
THIS SHIRT DIDN'T GET ON ME.
00:46:23.080 --> 00:46:24.280
I HAD TO PUT IT ON, AND I THINK THERE ARE TIMES YOU
00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:26.220
HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY,
00:46:26.240 --> 00:46:28.070
YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:46:28.090 --> 00:46:29.260
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE GOD'S IN CONTROL.
00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:31.180
I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO LIVE THIS DAY GRATEFUL,
00:46:31.200 --> 00:46:33.010
HAPPY, ENJOY IT.
00:46:33.030 --> 00:46:34.210
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE DIFFICULTIES
00:46:34.230 --> 00:46:36.140
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS DIFFICULTIES.
00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:38.040
WE ALL HAVE THINGS COME AGAINST US.
00:46:38.060 --> 00:46:39.220
IT'S HOW WE SEE THEM.
00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:41.100
IT'S HOW WE CHOOSE TO LIVE, FOCUSED ON WHAT'S
00:46:41.120 --> 00:46:43.020
RIGHT RATHER THAN WHAT'S WRONG.
00:46:43.040 --> 00:46:47.030
- ANNOUNCER: WE ALL DREAM OF AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, A
00:46:47.050 --> 00:46:49.160
SATISFYING JOB, A STRONG MARRIAGE, HEALTHY
00:46:49.180 --> 00:46:52.240
RELATIONSHIPS, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR CAREER
00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:55.180
PATH TURNS INTO A DEAD END?
00:46:55.200 --> 00:46:57.190
WHEN YOUR MARRIAGE GETS STUCK IN A RUT?
00:46:57.210 --> 00:47:00.120
THIS FALL, JOIN PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN FOR A TBN
00:47:00.140 --> 00:47:03.220
ORIGINAL SERIES BASED ON HIS BEST-SELLING BOOK
00:47:03.240 --> 00:47:06.160
"YOUR BEST LIFE NOW."
00:47:06.180 --> 00:47:08.100
- NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:10.100
OR WHAT CHALLENGES YOU'RE FACING, GOD WANTS
00:47:10.120 --> 00:47:12.210
TO YOU LIVE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
00:47:12.230 --> 00:47:14.260
HE HAS GREAT PLANS FOR YOU.
00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:16.230
YOU CAN BREAK OUT OF YOUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND
00:47:16.250 --> 00:47:19.110
EXPERIENCE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW.
00:47:19.130 --> 00:47:22.180
- YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW TO GET RID OF THE
00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:24.190
NEGATIVE MIND SET THAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK, HOW TO
00:47:24.210 --> 00:47:27.000
ENLARGE YOUR VISION TO SEEING YOUR DOING MORE,
00:47:27.020 --> 00:47:29.190
ENJOYING MORE, AND LIVING THE LIFE GOD INTENDED.
00:47:29.210 --> 00:47:33.180
- YOUR BEST LIFE NOW IS ABOUT LEARNING TO LIVE
00:47:33.200 --> 00:47:35.240
GOD'S DREAM FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:37.290
IT'S BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE.
00:47:38.010 --> 00:47:41.050
- YOUR BEST LIFE NOW, EXCLUSIVELY ON TBN.
00:47:41.070 --> 00:47:44.290
- WE ARE UNPACKING "YOUR BEST LIFE NOW." JOEL,
00:47:46.270 --> 00:47:50.220
VICTORIA, JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE
00:47:50.240 --> 00:47:53.260
ARE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE BOOK,
00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:57.240
BUT THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM.
00:47:57.260 --> 00:48:00.150
WE BASICALLY UNPACKED "YOUR BEST LIFE NOW." I
00:48:00.170 --> 00:48:04.150
WANT TO SAY ALSO, THROUGH THIS
00:48:04.170 --> 00:48:06.280
BROADCAST, YOU'VE SEEN PROMOTION BECAUSE WE'VE
00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.170
TAKEN "YOUR BEST LIFE NOW" CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER.
00:48:10.190 --> 00:48:13.180
WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO AN AMAZING NEW TV SERIES.
00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:18.010
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT.
00:48:18.030 --> 00:48:20.190
THIS IS HELPING PROMOTE THE FACT THAT WE ARE
00:48:20.210 --> 00:48:24.000
TAKING THIS SUBJECT VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:48:24.020 --> 00:48:26.070
TEN MILLION COPIES HAVE SOLD ALL OVER THE WORLD,
00:48:26.090 --> 00:48:28.270
THE TV SERIES.
00:48:28.290 --> 00:48:31.010
THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR DOING THAT.
00:48:31.030 --> 00:48:32.290
AN AMAZING NEW TV SERIES, "YOUR BEST LIFE NOW", AND
00:48:33.010 --> 00:48:38.270
AIRING EXCLUSIVELY RIGHT HERE ON TBN IN MULTIPLE
00:48:38.290 --> 00:48:44.050
LANGUAGES, BY THE WAY, AROUND THE WORLD, NOT
00:48:44.070 --> 00:48:46.270
ONLY RIGHT HERE IN ITALY.
00:48:46.290 --> 00:48:49.190
SO YOU ACTUALLY SPEAK ITALIAN NOW?
00:48:49.210 --> 00:48:53.070
- YOU KNOW WHAT, JOEL?
00:48:53.090 --> 00:48:55.000
I WANT YOU TO JUST VISIT ONE MORE TIME YOUR BEST
00:48:55.020 --> 00:48:57.290
LIFE NOW, AND THAT IS TODAY, WHATEVER
00:48:58.010 --> 00:49:01.160
CIRCUMSTANCE WE FIND OURSELVES IN.
00:49:01.180 --> 00:49:03.120
JUST SAY THAT AGAIN.
00:49:03.140 --> 00:49:05.070
THAT'S SO GOOD, THAT EXPLAINS IT SO WELL.
00:49:05.090 --> 00:49:07.020
- YEAH, IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
00:49:07.040 --> 00:49:08.180
YOUR BEST LIFE NOW IS BEING YOUR BEST TODAY,
00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:11.110
BELIEVING THAT GOD'S IN CONTROL.
00:49:11.130 --> 00:49:13.030
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT EVERY DREAM HAS COME TO
00:49:13.050 --> 00:49:15.150
PASS OR THAT YOU'RE NOT FACING CHALLENGES.
00:49:15.170 --> 00:49:17.110
WE'RE SAYING TO LIVE IT IN FAITH, TO KNOW THAT
00:49:17.130 --> 00:49:20.030
GOD'S GOT YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
00:49:20.050 --> 00:49:22.130
I KNOW, LAURIE AND MATT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
00:49:22.150 --> 00:49:24.250
PUSHING PEOPLE DOWN IN LIFE.
00:49:24.270 --> 00:49:27.010
WE ALL DEAL WITH DIFFICULTIES, BUT THIS
00:49:27.030 --> 00:49:30.040
TRINITY BROADCASTING, OUR MINISTRY, WE'RE HERE TO
00:49:30.060 --> 00:49:32.140
LIFT YOU UP AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT GOD'S
00:49:32.160 --> 00:49:34.110
FIGHTING YOUR BATTLES.
00:49:34.130 --> 00:49:36.040
I LIKE TO THINK OF THIS, THERE MAY BE THING
00:49:36.060 --> 00:49:39.020
SURROUNDING YOU, YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY DEBT,
00:49:39.040 --> 00:49:41.100
YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY TROUBLE, SURROUNDED BY
00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:43.100
MAYBE FACING ADDICTION, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
00:49:43.120 --> 00:49:46.000
GOD IS SURROUNDING WHAT'S SURROUNDING YOU.
00:49:46.020 --> 00:49:48.130
IN OTHER WORDS, THE FORCES THAT ARE FOR YOU
00:49:48.150 --> 00:49:50.260
ARE GREATER THAN THE FORCES THAT ARE AGAINST YOU.
00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:52.250
SO HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
00:49:52.270 --> 00:49:54.170
GOD'S GOTTA AMAZING THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE.
00:49:54.190 --> 00:49:56.260
VICTORIA AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE, MATT AND LAURIE
00:49:56.280 --> 00:49:59.200
EITHER, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND
00:49:59.220 --> 00:50:01.250
HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE IS SO MUCH BIGGER
00:50:01.270 --> 00:50:03.240
THAN YOUR OWN.
00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:05.190
WHEN YOU DARE TO TRUST HIM AND TAKE THE LIMITS
00:50:05.210 --> 00:50:07.140
OFF OF HIM, QUIT REPEATING ALL OF THOSE
00:50:07.160 --> 00:50:09.270
THOUGHTS THAT MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU,
00:50:09.290 --> 00:50:11.150
WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
00:50:11.170 --> 00:50:13.100
LISTEN, YOU'RE FULL OF GOD'S "CAN DO" POWER.
00:50:13.120 --> 00:50:15.160
HE'S CROWNED YOU WITH FAVOR.
00:50:15.180 --> 00:50:17.110
YOU HAVE SEED OF GREATNESS.
00:50:17.130 --> 00:50:19.050
I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE GIFTS AND TALENTS IN YOU
00:50:19.070 --> 00:50:21.240
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE, AND I CAN
00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:24.080
SAY THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK I COULD
00:50:24.100 --> 00:50:26.000
GET UP AND MINISTER.
00:50:26.020 --> 00:50:27.230
I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA, MATT.
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I WAS BEHIND THE SCENES ALL THAT TIME.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DISCOVERED SOMETHING
00:50:31.010 --> 00:50:32.130
THAT GOD PUT IN ME.
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IT TOOK ADVERSITY TO PUSH ME INTO THIS MINISTRY.
00:50:34.110 --> 00:50:36.050
IT TOOK THE LOSS OF MY FATHER.
00:50:36.070 --> 00:50:38.190
I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF MY DAD WAS STILL THERE, BUT
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I'M SAYING THIS:SOME MAYBE YOU'RE GOING
00:50:41.030 --> 00:50:43.140
THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME.
00:50:43.160 --> 00:50:45.210
HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD'S NOT PUSHING YOU INTO THE NEXT
00:50:45.230 --> 00:50:47.160
LEVEL OF YOUR DESTINY? STAY IN FAITH. STAY ENCOURAGED.
00:50:47.180 --> 00:50:49.070
STIR YOUR OWN FAITH UP AND RECOGNIZE THIS DAY IS
00:50:49.090 --> 00:50:52.060
A GIFT FROM GOD.
00:50:52.080 --> 00:50:54.250
YOU WOULDN'T BE ALIVE UNLESS HE HAD SOMETHING
00:50:54.270 --> 00:50:56.220
AMAZING IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY
00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:59.030
IN A MOMENT AND JUST SPEAK BLESSINGS AND LIFE
00:50:59.050 --> 00:51:01.020
AND VICTORY OVER YOU.
00:51:01.040 --> 00:51:02.170
EVEN TODAY CAN BE A TURNING POINT.
00:51:02.190 --> 00:51:05.020
- YOU KNOW, EVERY PRINCIPLE IN THIS BOOK
00:51:05.040 --> 00:51:07.160
REALLY DEVELOPS YOU INTO THE PERSON GOD WANTS YOU
00:51:07.180 --> 00:51:09.290
TO BE BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAN APPLY THEE PRINCIPLE TO
00:51:10.010 --> 00:51:12.190
YOUR LIFE, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN
00:51:12.210 --> 00:51:14.190
TRUST GOD IN THE DIFFICULT TIME.
00:51:14.210 --> 00:51:17.090
AND WE ARE GOING TO FACE DIFFICULTY.
00:51:17.110 --> 00:51:19.270
EVERY DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO FACE SOMETHING THAT
00:51:19.290 --> 00:51:21.250
YOU CAN GET DOWN OR DISCOURAGED, OR
00:51:21.270 --> 00:51:23.090
YOU CAN GIVE UP.
00:51:23.110 --> 00:51:24.290
BUT WHEN YOU DEVELOP, CREATING THAT VISION,
00:51:25.010 --> 00:51:27.060
MAN, YOU KNOW THAT GOD'S GOT SOMETHING BIG.
00:51:27.080 --> 00:51:29.060
YOU LIVE WITH PURPOSE.
00:51:29.080 --> 00:51:30.270
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST
00:51:30.290 --> 00:51:32.160
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS LIVE WITH PURPOSE.
00:51:32.180 --> 00:51:34.040
WHEN WE HAVE GOOD SELF ESTEEM, WE'RE A BLESSING
00:51:34.060 --> 00:51:36.100
TO EVERYONE AROUND US.
00:51:36.120 --> 00:51:38.020
I MEAN, JUST ON AND ON.
00:51:38.040 --> 00:51:40.250
WHEN YOU GIVE, MAN YOU GIVE, THAT'S WHAT GOD
00:51:40.270 --> 00:51:43.010
WANTS US TO DO.
00:51:43.030 --> 00:51:44.210
WE'RE HERE TO BE JUST VESSELS TO FLOW THROUGH,
00:51:44.230 --> 00:51:46.140
THAT GOD CAN GIVE US SO WE CAN GET IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:49.200
SO EVERY PRINCIPLE IN THIS BOOK CREATES A
00:51:49.220 --> 00:51:51.260
STRONG, GODLY PERSON OF FAITH, AND I BELIEVE THAT
00:51:51.280 --> 00:51:56.060
THAT'S WHAT PLEASES GOD BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN
00:51:56.080 --> 00:51:58.280
THIS BOOK IS GOING TO TAKE FAITH, AND GOD
00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:01.060
RESPONDS TO OUR FAITH.
00:52:01.080 --> 00:52:03.010
SO I LOVE THIS BOOK.
00:52:03.030 --> 00:52:04.260
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE JUST USE THIS BOOK TO TOTALLY
00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:07.200
CHANGE THEIR LIFE. IT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
00:52:07.220 --> 00:52:09.260
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST --
00:52:09.280 --> 00:52:12.010
IT HAPPENS, AND THEN YOU'RE DONE.
00:52:12.030 --> 00:52:13.290
YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:52:14.010 --> 00:52:16.030
YOU REMIND YOURSELF.
00:52:16.050 --> 00:52:17.280
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU FALL, YOU GET BACK UP.
00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:19.150
YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE THIS, AND THE MORE YOU DO
00:52:19.170 --> 00:52:22.000
IT, THE MORE AUTOMATIC IT BECOME.
00:52:22.020 --> 00:52:23.290
- OFF CAMERA, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LAST COUPLE OF
00:52:24.010 --> 00:52:27.180
DAYS, JOEL, I WAS SAYING TO YOU THAT I FIND MYSELF
00:52:27.200 --> 00:52:32.250
DRIVING INTO THE OFFICE OR SOMETHING -- I HAVE
00:52:32.270 --> 00:52:36.250
SIRIUS RADIO IN MY CAR -- AND JUST LISTENING TO THIS.
00:52:36.270 --> 00:52:41.270
"YOUR BEST LIFE NOW" IS A LIFESTYLE, AND THAT'S WHY
00:52:41.290 --> 00:52:47.260
IT HAS SUCH TENURE HERE.
00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:52.000
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW 15 YEAR LATER AND TEN
00:52:52.020 --> 00:52:54.220
MILLION COPIES LATER BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING
00:52:54.240 --> 00:52:58.140
THAT WE NEED TO DO, WE ALL NEED TO DO, EVERY DAY.
00:52:58.160 --> 00:53:02.070
AND CAYLAN AND I WERE TELLING YOU,
00:53:02.090 --> 00:53:04.000
WE GOT IN OUR CAR.
00:53:04.020 --> 00:53:06.140
WE GOT BACK FROM A TRIP, AND SIRIUS XM WAS ON, AND
00:53:06.160 --> 00:53:11.050
PETE THE GUY THAT DROPPED THE CAR OFF FOR US,
00:53:11.070 --> 00:53:14.080
OBVIOUSLY, WAS LISTENING TO IT ON THE WAY.
00:53:14.100 --> 00:53:16.110
IT WAS ON WHEN WE GOT IN THE CAR, AND WE LISTENED
00:53:16.130 --> 00:53:18.200
TO IT ON THE WAY BACK.
00:53:18.220 --> 00:53:20.170
AND IT JUST REMINDS YOU, AND IT ENCOURAGES YOU.
00:53:20.190 --> 00:53:23.290
THIS MESSAGE, YOUR CORE MESSAGE OF "YOUR BEST LIFE NOW."
00:53:24.010 --> 00:53:27.170
- VICTORIA AND I, A COUPLE OF DAYS
00:53:27.190 --> 00:53:29.150
AGO, WE'RE IN A BATHROOM LINE, AND THE GIRL SAID,
00:53:29.170 --> 00:53:34.230
I HEARD JOEL -- SHE HAD BEEN PART OF A RELIGIOUS
00:53:34.250 --> 00:53:37.050
DENOMINATION ALL OF HER LIFE -- AND SHE SAID,
00:53:37.070 --> 00:53:40.150
EIGHT YEARS AGO I HEARD HIM, AND IT
00:53:40.170 --> 00:53:42.200
CHANGED MY LIFE.
00:53:42.220 --> 00:53:44.220
AND SHE KEPT TALKING, AND THEN SHE TURNED AROUND,
00:53:44.240 --> 00:53:47.050
AND SHE SAID, IT ONLY TOOK ONE TIME. REMEMBER?
00:53:47.070 --> 00:53:52.070
SHE SAID, IT ONLY TOOK ONE TIME TO CHANGE --
00:53:52.090 --> 00:53:55.090
- PERSPECTIVE.
00:53:55.110 --> 00:53:57.010
- -- MY THINKING, MY PERSPECTIVE.
00:53:57.030 --> 00:53:58.190
IT JUST TOOK ONE TIME OF LISTENING.
00:53:58.210 --> 00:54:00.090
AND I JUST LOVE THAT BECAUSE GOD CAN DO
00:54:00.110 --> 00:54:01.240
SOMETHING [SNAPPING FINGERS] THAT QUICK IN
00:54:01.260 --> 00:54:05.070
YOUR LIFE; JUST CHANGING YOUR PERSPECTIVE FROM
00:54:05.090 --> 00:54:07.130
BEING NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE, FROM
00:54:07.150 --> 00:54:08.280
THINKING NEGATIVE TO --
00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:10.150
- SEEING IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:54:10.170 --> 00:54:12.140
- -- SEEING IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:54:12.160 --> 00:54:14.150
- DIFFERENT WAY, THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
00:54:14.170 --> 00:54:16.050
SHE BASICALLY WAS ABLE TO SEE IT A DIFFERENT WAY
00:54:16.070 --> 00:54:17.240
AND THEN RECEIVE IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:19.220
- IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
00:54:19.240 --> 00:54:21.160
- I THINK, TOO, LAURIE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER
00:54:21.180 --> 00:54:24.050
HAD FAITH SPOKEN OVER THEM.
00:54:24.070 --> 00:54:26.000
SOME PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD BEEN TOLD WHAT THEY
00:54:26.020 --> 00:54:28.080
CAN BECOME, TOLD THAT GOD'S FOR THEM, TOLD THAT
00:54:28.100 --> 00:54:31.210
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LIVE HEALTHY AND FEEL GOOD
00:54:31.230 --> 00:54:33.050
ABOUT THEMSELVES.
00:54:33.070 --> 00:54:35.090
WE WERE ALL RAISED IN GOOD ENVIRONMENTS WHERE
00:54:35.110 --> 00:54:37.140
IT WAS NATURAL.
00:54:37.160 --> 00:54:39.020
I CAME UP IN A PREACHER'S HOME WHERE I HEARD A LOT
00:54:39.040 --> 00:54:40.180
OF THIS, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I LOVE DOING,
00:54:40.200 --> 00:54:42.260
JUST SPEAKING FAITH INTO PEOPLE.
00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:44.280
BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAN FLIP THROUGH THE CHANNELS AND
00:54:45.000 --> 00:54:47.030
THINK, WELL, THAT MAY NOT BE FOR THEM, OR IF THEY
00:54:47.050 --> 00:54:49.030
DON'T HAVE ANY DESIRE FOR THIS, BUT GOD KNOWS HOW
00:54:49.050 --> 00:54:51.040
TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE TO SAY, YOU KNOW
00:54:51.060 --> 00:54:53.110
WHAT? THAT'S FOR ME.
00:54:53.130 --> 00:54:55.120
I CAN BE WHO GOD'S CREATED ME TO BE,
00:54:55.140 --> 00:54:58.030
AND I KNOW THAT'S YOU.
00:54:58.050 --> 00:55:00.070
YOU'RE NOT HERE JUST BY ACCIDENT.
00:55:00.090 --> 00:55:02.040
YOU DIDN'T JUST FLIP THROUGH.
00:55:02.060 --> 00:55:03.180
GOD WANTED YOU TO HEAR THIS, TO BE
00:55:03.200 --> 00:55:05.100
ENCOURAGED, TO KNOW THAT HE'S GOT A PLAN, AND HE'S GOT
00:55:05.120 --> 00:55:07.180
A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.
00:55:07.200 --> 00:55:09.280
HE'S GOT SOMETHING AMAZING IN FRONT OF YOU,
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:12.050
AND I JUST BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GOD
00:55:12.070 --> 00:55:13.280
EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:15.140
WE'VE SEEN IT IN MY OWN LIFE AGAIN AND AGAIN.
00:55:15.160 --> 00:55:17.010
SO I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND WHAT GOD HAS IN
00:55:17.030 --> 00:55:18.210
STORE FOR YOU, YOU KEEP HONORING HIM, KEEP BEING
00:55:18.230 --> 00:55:20.220
FAITHFUL, TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF HIM AND YOURSELF,
00:55:20.240 --> 00:55:22.260
WHAT HE HAS IN STORE IS GOING TO BOGGLE YOUR MIND.
00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:26.000
IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU WHERE YOU'VE NEVER DREAMED.
00:55:26.020 --> 00:55:28.130
SO STAY ENCOURAGED. I WANT TO PRAY FOR THEM.
00:55:28.150 --> 00:55:30.000
MATT, CAN I DO THAT?
00:55:30.020 --> 00:55:31.080
- PLEASE, JUST DO IT.
00:55:31.100 --> 00:55:32.240
- LET'S JUST PRAY TOGETHER.
00:55:32.260 --> 00:55:34.150
LORD, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR IT ABOUT
00:55:34.170 --> 00:55:35.290
IF LISTENERS, VIEWERS, RIGHT NOW.
00:55:36.010 --> 00:55:37.180
LORD, I JUST THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT THEY FEEL
00:55:37.200 --> 00:55:39.020
YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR POWER AND, LORD, THAT
00:55:39.040 --> 00:55:40.180
HOPE AND JUST FRESH VISION IS FALLING INTO
00:55:40.200 --> 00:55:43.120
EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
00:55:43.140 --> 00:55:45.250
LORD, I JUST THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HEALING SICK
00:55:45.270 --> 00:55:48.010
BODY, THAT YOU'RE RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS
00:55:48.030 --> 00:55:50.290
AND JOY AND PEACE AND FAITH AND VICTORY.
00:55:51.010 --> 00:55:53.030
AND, LORD, THOSE THAT SEEM MAYBE LIKE THEY'RE
00:55:53.050 --> 00:55:55.190
FAR AWAY FROM THEIR BEST LIFE, LET TODAY
00:55:55.210 --> 00:55:57.160
BE A TURNING POINT.
00:55:57.180 --> 00:55:59.070
LORD, I THANK YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THEY FEEL YOUR
00:55:59.090 --> 00:56:01.060
PRESENCE, THAT STRONGHOLD ARE BEING BROKEN.
00:56:01.080 --> 00:56:03.060
I THANK YOU TODAY, LORD, THAT YOU WILL EXCEED
00:56:03.080 --> 00:56:05.190
THEIR EXPECTATIONS LIKE YOU'VE DONE FOR ALL OF US
00:56:05.210 --> 00:56:08.140
HERE AND EVEN WITH TBN WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.
00:56:08.160 --> 00:56:11.090
LORD, I THANK YOU JUST FOR POURING OUT YOUR
00:56:11.110 --> 00:56:13.220
FAVOR IN NEW WAYS. SO DARE TO BELIEVE TODAY.
00:56:13.240 --> 00:56:15.160
GOD LOVES YOU.
00:56:15.180 --> 00:56:18.070
HE'S GOT YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
00:56:18.090 --> 00:56:20.220
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK THIS OVER YOU LIKE
00:56:20.240 --> 00:56:22.190
I DO EVERY SUNDAY.
00:56:22.210 --> 00:56:24.070
LORD, I THANK YOU THAT EVERYONE LISTENING, THAT
00:56:24.090 --> 00:56:26.050
YOU ARE BLESSED, YOU ARE PROSPEROUS, YOU ARE
00:56:26.070 --> 00:56:28.200
REDEEMED, YOU ARE TALENTED, YOU ARE FREE,
00:56:28.220 --> 00:56:31.030
YOU ARE CREATIVE, YOU ARE DISCIPLINED, FOCUSED,
00:56:31.050 --> 00:56:36.060
CONFIDENT, SECURE, PREPARED, QUALIFIED,
00:56:36.080 --> 00:56:38.260
MOTIVATED, VALUABLE, FREE.
00:56:38.280 --> 00:56:41.190
YOU'RE EQUIPPED, EMPOWERED, ANOINTED,
00:56:41.210 --> 00:56:44.000
ACCEPTED AND APPROVED.
00:56:44.020 --> 00:56:45.270
YOU'RE NOT AVERAGE, YOU'RE NOT MEDIOCRE,
00:56:45.290 --> 00:56:47.240
YOU'RE A CHILD OF THE MOST HIGH GOD.
00:56:47.260 --> 00:56:50.040
WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. STAY STRONG.
00:56:50.060 --> 00:56:52.020
- IT'S YOUR BEST LIFE NOW RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW.
00:56:52.040 --> 00:56:55.240
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, BYE BYE.
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