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Favor That Can Be Seen Joel Osteen · A Better Tomorrow

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  Speaker 1: Well, God bless you.
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  Speaker 2: to start with something funny, and I heard about this
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  Speaker 2: husband that died, and he left his wife $ 20, 000. After
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  Speaker 2: the funeral, his wife told a friend that she was
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  Speaker 2: totally broke.
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  Speaker 1: The prince said, what do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: I thought you said you had 20,000. She said, I did,
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  Speaker 2: but I spent 5,000 on the funeral and 15,000 on
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  Speaker 2: the memorial stone. The prince said, wow, that must have
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  Speaker 2: been some kind of stone.
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  Speaker 1: How big was it? She held up her finger and said,
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  Speaker 1: three and a half carats.
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  Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.
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  Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what
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  Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says.
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  Speaker 1: I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word
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  Speaker 1: of God.
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  Speaker 2: I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive.
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  Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: God bless you.
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  Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about favor that
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  Speaker 2: can be seen.
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  Speaker 1: It's one thing to believe that you have favor. to
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  Speaker 1: declare that you have favor.
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  Speaker 2: You ask some people how they're doing, hey, I'm blessed
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  Speaker 2: and I'm highly favored.
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  Speaker 1: That's great.
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  Speaker 2: We should have that faith and expectancy, but God doesn't
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  Speaker 2: want you to just talk about favor.
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  Speaker 1: He wants His favor to be seen on your life.
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  Speaker 2: He wants to make you an example of His goodness,
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  Speaker 2: so much so that you don't have to say anything.
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  Speaker 1: It's evident. You couldn't be where you are without the
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  Speaker 1: hand of God.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that medical challenge should have taken you out, but
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  Speaker 2: you're healthy and strong. You don't have to say a word.
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  Speaker 2: Your life is a testimony. Or that addiction's been in
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  Speaker 2: your family for years. You should be struggling, defeated, but
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  Speaker 2: you're whole, free, setting a new standard. You couldn't do
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  Speaker 2: that on your own. That's the favor of God showing
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  Speaker 2: out in your life. Perhaps you faced giants of lack,
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  Speaker 2: not enough, couldn't get ahead, these odds against you, but
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  Speaker 2: somehow doors opened, the right people showed up, and now
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  Speaker 2: you're blessed, thriving, living an abundant life. The circumstances don't
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  Speaker 2: match where you should be.
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  Speaker 1: You can't explain it. You didn't have the connections, the experience.
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  Speaker 1: What is that? God making you an example. putting you
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  Speaker 1: on display so people can see.
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  Speaker 2: His favor on your life. And yes, there are moments
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  Speaker 2: when the favor is internal. God gives you peace and
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  Speaker 2: strength and wisdom. It's all happening on the inside, and
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  Speaker 2: we're grateful for that. But there are these other times
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  Speaker 2: where His favor will be seen. He'll do something so
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  Speaker 2: out of the ordinary, people will say, only God could
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  Speaker 2: have done that.
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  Speaker 1: There's no way they could get there on their own.
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  Speaker 2: No way we should be here in the formal compact center.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't have the political.
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  Speaker 1: Clout, the influence.
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  Speaker 2: No way my mother should have lived four decades after
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  Speaker 2: being diagnosed with terminal cancer. No way I should be
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  Speaker 2: up here. I've never been to cemetery, I mean seminary.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't have the training, the experience. How could this be?
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  Speaker 2: It's God displaying his favor on you. Doing something so unusual,
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  Speaker 2: you can't take the credit.
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  Speaker 1: You're simply the billboard. You're the example of his goodness.
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  Speaker 2: Psalm 86, David was facing opposition, people coming against him,
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  Speaker 2: armies bigger and stronger.
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  Speaker 1: He could have been complaining, but.
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  Speaker 2: In verse 17, he prayed, God, show me a sign
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  Speaker 2: of your favor so that my enemies will see it and.
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  Speaker 1: Know that you are God and you have helped me.
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  Speaker 2: He was saying, God, show out in my life, not
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  Speaker 2: just for my sake, but use me as an example
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  Speaker 2: so other people will know you are on my side.
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  Speaker 2: Favor is not just about you, it's to point people
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  Speaker 2: to who our God is. We're not saying, God, make
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  Speaker 2: me impressive, give me all this glory. No, God, show
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  Speaker 2: out so you can get the glory, so people will
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  Speaker 2: be amazed at your goodness. Significant that David didn't just pray, God,
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  Speaker 2: give me your favor, give me your blessing.
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  Speaker 1: He said, God, show me a sign of your favor.
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  Speaker 2: He was saying, God, make your goodness visible in my life.
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  Speaker 1: Let your favor be seen.
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  Speaker 2: Do something so unusual that I don't have to explain it.
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  Speaker 2: People can't deny it's the hand of God. My father grew.
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  Speaker 1: Up in poverty and lack, not having enough.
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  Speaker 2: His family lost everything during the Great Depression and couldn't
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  Speaker 2: get ahead. They had no vision for a better future.
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  Speaker 2: They thought this is just who we are. We'll always struggle.
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  Speaker 2: But my father gave his life to the Lord at
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  Speaker 2: 17 years old, the first one in the family.
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  Speaker 1: Something rose up in.
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  Speaker 2: Him that said, no, this is not who we are.
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  Speaker 2: I am not supposed to live defeated, broke, no opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: I was created to make a difference with my life.
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  Speaker 2: To all the odds being against him, he had this
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  Speaker 2: attitude like David. God, show out in my life. Make
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  Speaker 2: me an example of your goodness. Take me where I
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  Speaker 2: can't go on my own. You have to, in effect,
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  Speaker 2: give God permission to bless you. Give him permission to
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  Speaker 2: do something you could never do. God works where there's faith.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus couldn't do any miracles in his hometown because of
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  Speaker 2: their unbelief.
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  Speaker 1: Not because he didn't have the power. God can do anything.
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  Speaker 2: He's looking for someone that takes the limits off of him.
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  Speaker 2: Someone that's not focused on how big the trouble is,
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  Speaker 2: but on how big our God is. Well, fast forward
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  Speaker 2: 30 years. My father was a different person. He lived
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  Speaker 2: an abundant, victorious life. Blessed, generous, pastoring churches.
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  Speaker 1: The people that knew him back then, he didn't have
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  Speaker 1: to say a word.
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  Speaker 2: His life was the testimony. They couldn't deny the hand
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  Speaker 2: of God. From where he came from to where he was,
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  Speaker 2: there was no explanation. It was more than just good breaks,
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  Speaker 2: hard work, luck. This was God displaying his favor. God
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  Speaker 2: wants to bless you in such a way that it's undeniable,
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  Speaker 2: where there's no question. You didn't have the training. You
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  Speaker 2: didn't come from the right background. The medical report said
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  Speaker 2: you're not going to get well. You don't have the
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  Speaker 2: connection for your dreams. All these odds against you, but
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  Speaker 2: somehow doors opened. The right people showed up. Your health improved.
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  Speaker 1: Your business took off. Now you can't explain it. You
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  Speaker 1: don't know how it happened. It can only be.
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  Speaker 2: The hand of Almighty God making His favor seen on
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  Speaker 2: your life. Not only to bless you, but so that
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  Speaker 2: other people will know.
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  Speaker 1: Who He is and that He is for you. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I'm so glad you're watching today.
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  Speaker 1: for you.
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  Speaker 2: As a teenager, David heard Goliath taunting the Israelites.
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  Speaker 1: Goliath stood over nine feet tall.
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  Speaker 2: For 40 days, every morning and every evening, he'd come
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  Speaker 2: on the mountainside and shout insults, threats, making fun of
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  Speaker 2: the Israelites.
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  Speaker 1: When they saw Goliath, they'd run and hide. They were afraid.
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  Speaker 1: But David was a different breed.
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  Speaker 2: He looked at the soldiers and said, who is this
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  Speaker 2: uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of a
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  Speaker 2: living God? He told King Saul he wanted to fight Goliath.
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  Speaker 2: Saul told him he was too young, too small, didn't
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  Speaker 2: have the experience, but David wouldn't back down. As he
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  Speaker 2: walked out to face Goliath, I can imagine he prayed
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  Speaker 2: this under his breath. God, show me a sign of
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  Speaker 2: your favor so that my enemies will be put to
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  Speaker 2: shame and.
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  Speaker 1: That they will know that you have helped me.
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  Speaker 2: David knew it wasn't just about his reputation, it was
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  Speaker 2: bigger than that.
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  Speaker 1: This was God's reputation.
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  Speaker 2: He was saying, God, show people what happens when you
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  Speaker 2: step on the scene. Let there be clear evidence. Let
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  Speaker 2: your favor be visible, not just so we can see it,
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  Speaker 2: but so these enemies will see it. David had no weapons,
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  Speaker 2: no armor, just a slingshot and a stone.
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  Speaker 1: Goliath started laughing. He said, am I a dog that
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  Speaker 1: you'd come at me with a stick?
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  Speaker 2: David said, Goliath, you come at me with a sword
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  Speaker 2: and a shield, but I come against you.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of the Lord God of Israel. This
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  Speaker 1: day I.
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  Speaker 2: Will defeat you and feed your heads to the birds
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  Speaker 2: of the air.
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  Speaker 1: Listen to what he said next. And the whole world
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  Speaker 1: will know there is a God in Israel.
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  Speaker 2: David wasn't asking so everyone would see how great he was.
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  Speaker 2: His attitude was, God show me this sign so everyone
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  Speaker 2: will know how great you are.
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  Speaker 1: Not so I'll get the glory, but it'll point right
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  Speaker 1: back to you. The question is, what kind of prayers
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  Speaker 1: are you praying?
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  Speaker 2: God, help me to make it through. Help me to survive. God,
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  Speaker 2: this giant, if you don't work it out, he could
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  Speaker 2: kill me.
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  Speaker 1: Don't pray weak prayers. Survival prayers. Help me to get
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  Speaker 1: by prayers.
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  Speaker 2: If you're going to see God step on this you
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  Speaker 2: need to pray bold prayers have you ever prayed God
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  Speaker 2: show out in my life let your goodness be seen
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  Speaker 2: too often we're praying survival prayers why don't you switch
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  Speaker 2: it around and start praying show me prayers God show
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  Speaker 2: me your favor Moses said, God, show me your glory.
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  Speaker 2: Let it be visible. Let there be evidence where people
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  Speaker 2: can see it's your goodness in my life. No more
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  Speaker 2: weak prayers, get by prayers. You are talking to the
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  Speaker 2: creator of the universe.
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  Speaker 1: The God who flung stars into space, the God.
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  Speaker 2: Who spoke worlds into existence, the God who parted a
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  Speaker 2: red sea, the God who brought water out of a rock,
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  Speaker 2: The God who opened prison doors for Paul and Silas.
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  Speaker 1: He's all powerful.
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  Speaker 2: He's looking for people to display His power through.
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  Speaker 1: This is what Joshua did.
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  Speaker 2: Five enemy armies came against him and the people of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: They'd been fighting all day.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua was winning, but it was getting late and about
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  Speaker 2: to get dark. Joshua knew if he didn't finish them
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  Speaker 2: off and they escaped, they would cause problems later. He
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  Speaker 2: could have been disappointed and thought, well, too bad. We
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  Speaker 2: ran out of time. But Joshua knew how to pray
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  Speaker 2: show me prayers. He said, God, I'm asking you to
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  Speaker 2: stop the sun. Let it stay in place until I
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  Speaker 2: finish my assignment.
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  Speaker 1: God could have thought, Joshua, what are you talking about?
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  Speaker 2: There's a solar system. Everything's precise. It's got to stay
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  Speaker 2: on track. That's impossible. But God is not intimidated by
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  Speaker 2: the size of your request. When it's to bring honor
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  Speaker 2: to Him, to display His power, that gets His attention.
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  Speaker 2: He says, there's someone that believes I can do something
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  Speaker 2: unusual where people will know I am all-powerful. The Scripture
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  Speaker 2: says that the sun stopped, there was daylight until He
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  Speaker 2: finished all the enemies off. Verse 14 says, there has
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  Speaker 2: never been another day like that. God wants to do
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  Speaker 2: things in your life that your family has never seen.
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  Speaker 2: He wants to make you an example to where people
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  Speaker 2: are scratching their heads, thinking, how did he get there?
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  Speaker 1: How did she beat that cancer? How did he build
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  Speaker 1: that business? How did he marry that girl?
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  Speaker 2: That's God putting you on display, making you an example.
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  Speaker 1: Where his favor can be seen. How does this happen?
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  Speaker 2: By praying, show me prayers. God, show me a sign.
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  Speaker 2: Bold prayers. God, help me to defeat this giant. Help
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  Speaker 2: me to break this addiction. Turn this sickness around. Open
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  Speaker 2: these doors that I can't open. That's not being selfish.
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  Speaker 2: That's saying, God, I believe you're all powerful and you
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  Speaker 2: want to show out in my life. David would have
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  Speaker 2: never defeated Goliath praying survival prayers. He said, in effect, God,
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  Speaker 2: do something so evident that even people that oppose me,
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  Speaker 2: those that hate me, that criticize, they will see your.
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  Speaker 1: Blessing is on my life. He was bold. He was
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  Speaker 1: asking for more than just peace, strength, wisdom.
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  Speaker 2: That's all good. But he was saying, God, this time
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  Speaker 2: I need a sign of your favor. I need you
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  Speaker 2: to show out in my life and do something out
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  Speaker 2: of the ordinary that there is clear evidence where people
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  Speaker 2: cannot deny your.
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  Speaker 1: Powers at work in my life.
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  Speaker 2: That's a bold prayer. Joel, I don't want to be selfish.
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  Speaker 2: Other people have bigger problems. I can handle this trouble.
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  Speaker 1: It's just the opposite of being selfish. God is looking
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  Speaker 1: for people He can make examples. It's not to bring
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  Speaker 1: you glory, it's to point people back to Him. Few
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  Speaker 1: years after my.
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  Speaker 2: Father passed, the church was growing and we were seeing
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  Speaker 2: new doors open and television stations around the country were
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  Speaker 2: putting our program on. I had this desire to travel
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  Speaker 2: to other cities and do events to connect.
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  Speaker 1: With the people that watch. I felt strongly about it,
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  Speaker 1: but you know how those thoughts come.
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  Speaker 2: No one's going to show up, Joel. You have people
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  Speaker 2: here in Houston, but it's not going to happen in
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  Speaker 2: other cities. Plus at that time with all the positive
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  Speaker 2: things happening, we started to have opposition, people that didn't
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  Speaker 2: like the ministry trying to discredit us. After about six
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  Speaker 2: months of praying, finally took that step of faith and
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  Speaker 2: we lined up three cities, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York.
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  Speaker 2: My team asked what size auditorium should we get? I
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  Speaker 2: didn't know how many people would come. Should we get
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  Speaker 2: one for a thousand? Maybe a place for 3,000? I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what got into me, but I said, just
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  Speaker 2: get the basketball arena that held 20,000.
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  Speaker 1: In my mind, I thought, Joel, are you crazy? What
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  Speaker 1: if a few hundred show up? You're going to look
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  Speaker 1: like a fool. But I've learned God will meet you
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  Speaker 1: at the level of your faith. If you're praying survival.
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  Speaker 2: Prayers, weak prayers, get by prayers, that's where God will
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  Speaker 2: meet you. But when you pray, show me prayers. God,
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  Speaker 2: show me a sign of your favor. God, let me
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  Speaker 2: be an example of what you can do. God, let
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  Speaker 2: my enemies see that your hand of blessing.
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  Speaker 1: Is on my life.
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  Speaker 2: When you pray like that, God will exceed your expectations.
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  Speaker 2: He'll do things you could never imagine. The day before
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  Speaker 2: the event, we flew to Atlanta, went to the arena,
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  Speaker 2: walked around as they were setting up, and that night
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  Speaker 2: I could hardly sleep.
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  Speaker 1: All those thoughts. I woke up the next morning.
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  Speaker 2: Someone called me at 8 o'clock and said, people are
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  Speaker 2: already lining up around the buildings. It didn't start until
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  Speaker 2: that night. A couple hours before the event, the fire
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  Speaker 2: marshal had to close the entries. The building was packed.
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  Speaker 2: I stood up there in awe, thinking, how did all
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  Speaker 2: this happen? But when you pray, show me prayers. When
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  Speaker 2: you give God permission to do what you can't do,
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  Speaker 2: God will show out in your life. That event, it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't just for my benefit, but my enemies could see
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  Speaker 2: the hand of God was on my life.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't have made it happen. We didn't have that
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  Speaker 1: much influence, marketing, budget.
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  Speaker 2: This was God displaying his favor. That night in Atlanta
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  Speaker 2: was the start of almost 250 nights of hope around
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  Speaker 2: the world. Who knows where God will take you if
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  Speaker 2: you'll dare pray, show me prayers.
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  Speaker 1: God, show me a sign of your favor. God, display
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  Speaker 1: your goodness in my life.
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  Speaker 2: Now there may be giants in your path right now
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  Speaker 2: and obstacles that look way too big. How could you
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  Speaker 2: ever overcome one touch of God's favor, one slingshot, one
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  Speaker 2: smooth stone.
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  Speaker 1: God is not limited by what you don't have.
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  Speaker 2: You don't have the resources, that's okay. God owns it all.
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  Speaker 2: You don't have the talent, the experience. If you'll use
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  Speaker 2: what you have, God will breathe on it and cause
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  Speaker 2: it to multiply. You don't have the connections, the people
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  Speaker 2: you need. God will supernaturally bring them across your path. Well, Joel,
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  Speaker 2: I have people at work that are against me.
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  Speaker 1: They lie.
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  Speaker 2: They talk behind my back. They try to push me down.
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  Speaker 2: Part of this favor is so your enemies will know
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  Speaker 2: God is on your side. David is the one that wrote,
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  Speaker 2: God will prepare a table before you in the presence
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  Speaker 2: of your enemies. Not in private, not behind closed doors,
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  Speaker 2: but in public, they will see.
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  Speaker 1: You promoted, honored, fulfilling your purpose. And here's the key.
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  Speaker 2: It's not up to you to defend yourself. Prove you're
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  Speaker 2: good enough. Convince them to change their mind. Don't waste
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  Speaker 2: your time. You have a destiny to fulfill. There's an
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  Speaker 2: assignment God has entrusted you with. The enemy would love
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  Speaker 2: for you to get distracted fighting battles that don't matter.
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  Speaker 2: Upset over things you can't control. Arguing with small-minded, jealous,
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  Speaker 2: critical people. No, put your reputation in God's hands. Honor
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  Speaker 2: Him with your life Do the right thing when it's
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  Speaker 2: hard and God will take care of your enemies. He
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  Speaker 2: knows how to make it evident that you are blessed
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  Speaker 2: and undeniable.
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  Speaker 1: That his favor is on you. This is not to
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  Speaker 1: gloat and pay people back.
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  Speaker 2: It's simply God displaying his goodness, using you.
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  Speaker 1: As his billboard.
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  Speaker 2: The more people try to push you down, the higher
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  Speaker 2: God will take you. Now, it's tempting to fight, get upset.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to show them. A better approach is, God,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to let you show them. Show me a
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  Speaker 2: sign of your favor so.
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  Speaker 1: My enemies will know that you are for me.
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  Speaker 2: There's nothing like having Almighty God put His stamp of
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  Speaker 2: approval on you, His blessing. God says, in effect, that's
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  Speaker 2: my son. That's my daughter. If you're coming against them,
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  Speaker 2: you're coming against me. Now stay in peace and let
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  Speaker 2: God cause you to shine.
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  Speaker 1: Let Him vindicate you. Let Him prove to people who
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  Speaker 1: you are.
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  Speaker 2: See, after David defeated Goliath, he never did have to
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  Speaker 2: convince people that God was on his side. There was
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  Speaker 2: no more question. Saul said that David wasn't qualified, but
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  Speaker 2: after that victory, Saul never again saw him as unqualified.
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  Speaker 2: Joshua may have had some naysayers. He's not like Moses.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't have what it takes. He's not a good leader.
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  Speaker 1: But after the sun stood still, nobody ever questioned Joshua.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody ever said, let's get a different leader.
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  Speaker 2: God knows how to give you credibility. He knows how
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  Speaker 2: to make it undeniable that His favor's on your life.
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  Speaker 2: Don't miss out on this because you're praying survival prayers.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, Joel, I'm just trying to make it
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  Speaker 2: through this week. My back's hurting. My neighbor gets on
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  Speaker 2: my nerves. It's so hot outside.
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  Speaker 1: Traffic's bad. If you pray weak prayers, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get weak results. If you pray defeated prayers, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to get defeated results. How about start praying some show
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  Speaker 1: me prayers?
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  Speaker 2: God, I have this trouble at work, but I know
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  Speaker 2: you're fighting my battles, and I'm asking you to show
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  Speaker 2: me a sign of your favor. God, my finances are low,
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  Speaker 2: but I know you're Jehovah Jireh, the Lord my provider.
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  Speaker 1: I'm asking you to do what only you can do.
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  Speaker 2: The enemy loves when we pray survival prayers because they're
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  Speaker 2: no threat. You can't take much ground praying little, believing little,
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  Speaker 2: asking for little. He'll let you do that all day long.
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  Speaker 2: There's no damage. But when you start praying, show me prayers.
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  Speaker 2: When you do like David and say, God, show out
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  Speaker 2: in my life. I will defeat this giant so everyone
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  Speaker 2: will know that you are my God. That's the kind
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  Speaker 2: of prayer that sends shockwaves through forces of darkness.
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  Speaker 1: They know our God is all-powerful.
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  Speaker 2: When you call on him, angels go to work, giants
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  Speaker 2: come down, addictions are broken, doors supernaturally open.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing can stand against our God.
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  Speaker 2: If he stopped the sun for Joshua because he dared
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  Speaker 2: to ask, God will stop things that are keeping you
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  Speaker 2: from your purpose if you will dare to ask.
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  Speaker 1: God, show me your.
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  Speaker 2: Favor so I can break this addiction. God, show me
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  Speaker 2: your goodness so I can accomplish the dream you put
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  Speaker 2: in my heart. God, show me your power so I
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  Speaker 2: can overcome this obstacle. First Chronicles chapter four, there's this
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  Speaker 2: long genealogy of different names. This person begat that one.
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  Speaker 2: After they had a son, they begat this one. And
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  Speaker 2: they had children and begat this one. On and on,
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  Speaker 2: over 30 names. No commentary, no details. All we know
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  Speaker 2: is they lived and died BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
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  Speaker 2: ALL THE REPETITION, VERSE 9 SAYS, THERE WAS A MAN
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  Speaker 2: NAMED JABEZ THAT WAS MORE DISTINGUISHED.
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  Speaker 1: THAN ANY OF HIS RELATIVES.
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  Speaker 2: IT'S LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT PAUSED AND SAID, WAIT A MINUTE,
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  Speaker 2: THIS MAN WAS DIFFERENT.
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  Speaker 1: THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SET HIM APART.
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  Speaker 2: That made the writer stop in the middle of listing
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  Speaker 2: hundreds of names with no explanation. Now it tells us
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  Speaker 2: there was something special about Jabez. Verse 10 says, he
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  Speaker 2: was the one that prayed to the God of Israel, oh,
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  Speaker 2: that you would bless me indeed, that you would enlarge
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  Speaker 2: my territories, and that your hand would always be on me.
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  Speaker 2: In the middle of people living and dying, Ordinary, average,
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  Speaker 2: Jabez came along and prayed a show-me prayer.
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  Speaker 1: God, bless me indeed. God, show out in my life.
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  Speaker 1: Enlarge my territories. He was saying, God, make me an example.
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  Speaker 1: Display your goodness. God could have thought, come on, Jabez,
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  Speaker 1: be content. Just fit in, be like everyone else.
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  Speaker 2: But the scripture says God granted him his request. God
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  Speaker 2: is not faulting you for praying bold prayers. God, do
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  Speaker 2: something out of the ordinary. Take me where I.
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  Speaker 1: Can't go on my own.
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  Speaker 2: What's significant is the name Jabez means sorrow and pain.
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  Speaker 1: His mother named him this because she had great pain
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  Speaker 1: giving birth to him.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes people will try to label you with their issues.
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  Speaker 2: They'll name you by the negative things they've been through.
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  Speaker 2: But what they said about you does not determine who
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  Speaker 2: you are, how you were raised, how you were treated,
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  Speaker 2: any limitations, injustice. That may be the environment you were in,
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  Speaker 2: but it's not who you are. They may call you Jabez, pain, sorrow.
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  Speaker 2: In today's language, addicted, divorced, unattractive, slow. Do yourself a favor.
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  Speaker 1: Despite what life's tried to name you, be a Jabez.
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  Speaker 2: Dare to say, God bless me indeed.
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  Speaker 1: God enlarge my territories. God show me a sign of
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  Speaker 1: your favor.
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  Speaker 2: God will take what should have stopped you and use
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  Speaker 2: it to promote you.
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  Speaker 1: He'll cause you to defy the odds.
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  Speaker 2: He loves to show favor to those that should have
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  Speaker 2: been pushed down, left out, in dysfunctions. That may be
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  Speaker 2: how you started, but that's not where your story ends.
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  Speaker 2: God's about to enlarge your territories. He's about to bless
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  Speaker 2: you indeed. That means more than you expected. Something unusual, supernatural.
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  Speaker 2: You couldn't make it happen. It's the hand of God
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  Speaker 2: where people can't deny it.
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  Speaker 1: There's no explanation.
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  Speaker 2: All the facts said you should just be another name
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  Speaker 2: in genealogy, average, ordinary. But when it comes to you,
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: there's a pause. This person, they went to Lakewood. They
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: didn't pray survival prayers. They prayed show me prayers. They
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  Speaker 2: saw giants fall. They saw doors open. They saw healing, provision.
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  Speaker 2: God wants to make you an example.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to.
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  Speaker 2: Display his favor on your life.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever prayed, God show me a sign of
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  Speaker 1: your favor?
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever said, God bless me indeed? Could it
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  Speaker 2: be that you're missing out on the fullness of what
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  Speaker 2: God has because you're not asking?
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  Speaker 1: You're praying weak prayers, get by prayers.
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  Speaker 2: What would happen if every morning we would get up
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  Speaker 2: and say like David, God show me a sign of
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  Speaker 2: your favor today. God display your power through me to
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  Speaker 2: bring you glory.
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  Speaker 1: That's what causes the creator of the universe to go
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  Speaker 1: to work.
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  Speaker 2: And if you'll do this, I believe and declare God
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  Speaker 2: is going to exceed your expectations. Like David, you will
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  Speaker 2: overcome obstacles that look impossible. Like Joshua, supernatural doors will open, healing, breakthroughs, abundance,
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  Speaker 2: the fullness of your destiny.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. And if you receive it, can you
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  Speaker 1: say amen today? I'd like to give you.
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  Speaker 2: An opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life.
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  Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I
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  Speaker 1: repent of my sins.
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