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Write my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we have 

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arrived at the beautiful book of
Joshua and boy is this an 

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incredible book. 
Listen, I have made copy after 

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copy of this video because I 
have a message that is burning 

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in my heart for this because it 
is so applicable. 

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It is so relevant to the many 
things that we are going through

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today. 
Look, let me make myself clear. 

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The book of Joshua is an 
incredible 1. 

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It goes over so much of the 
things that we are facing in 

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this current moment, and we're 
going to get into the context of

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it because it's an important 
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We can relate to this context. 
But I want to say this, if you 

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want to dig deeper, if you want 
to know more about the whole 

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story of Joshua, you can go to 
jamescadice.com. 

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I have all of the Bible studies 
all throughout the book of 

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Joshua. 
I think there's probably four or

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five generations of Bible 
studies through the book of 

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Joshua. 
It's healthy, it's deep, it's 

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important, and boy, is it a 
great study. 

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Now, with that said, I want to 
focus on some important verses 

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that I'm going to read, three of
them specifically, and then 

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another one near the end of this
video because I think they're 

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critical and I think they 
encapsulate the whole entirety 

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of the book of Joshua, which 
very much applies to our life. 

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It's important and we're going 
to talk about this. 

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The story of Joshua is serious. 
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Because it's our story. 
We are seeing the same things 

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happen in front of us right now 
in the current moment. 

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Let me read Joshua chapter one, 
verse 7. 

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It says this only Be thou strong
and very courageous, that thou 

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mayest observe to do according 
to all the law which Moses thy 

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servant commanded thee. 
Turn not to it from the right 

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hand or to the left. 
In other words, focus right, 

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that thou mayest prosper. 
Wither so ever thou goest. 

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The book of the law shall not 
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thou shalt meditate therein day 
and night, that thou mayest 

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observe to do according to all 
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For then notice this, thou shalt
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then thou shalt have good 
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Have not I commanded thee be 
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Be not afraid, neither be thou 
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is with thee whithersoever thou 
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Oh my goodness, I could spend so
much time talking about these 

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powerful words, but let me just 
simply give you some context. 

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Let me give you some background 
because I think we are in the 

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same spot today. 
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Moses is gone. 
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What do you do? 
The leader, our leader is gone. 

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That's what the people are 
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That's the place that Joshua is 
living in right now, and that is

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precisely where we live. 
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We are all, in one way or 
another, inheriting something. 

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A calling, a responsibility, a 
ministry in some cases, a family

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in many cases. 
For some of you, a legacy, 

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depending on what part of your 
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For each and every single one of
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The past behind you is the worst
part of your life, and for many 

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of you, that was a beautiful 
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But you have better things 
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understand this because this is 
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This is what happens sometimes. 
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The torch gets past. 
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it happens. 
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leadership, you guys. 
Moses is gone and now it's his 

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responsibility. 
And I want you to see this 

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because God doesn't wait for you
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He calls you to step up when 
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Let me, let me just give you a 
real picture of this one that 

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all of us can relate to. 
Charlie is gone. 

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He's more alive now than he ever
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Absolutely he's with the Lord. 
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He heard the words well done, 
good and faithful servant. 

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Erica didn't ask to step in. 
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she woke up that morning that 
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on these responsibilities, but 
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God called her to. 
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admit it, that's real life. 
And this is happening everywhere

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right now. 
This is something that's taking 

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place in everybody's life in one
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God's command here is not 
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It never has been comfort. 
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says Be strong and very 
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It's repeated here in this 
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reason. 
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It means that fear is a general 
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You should expect to be filled 
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courage is not the absence of 
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It means obedience in spite of 
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It means when you have that fear
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you still obey God even though 
you know that fear wants to get 

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a hold of you and control you. 
That's what Erica has been 

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doing. 
That's what so many of us have 

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been doing in spite of so many 
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Here's the truth. 
Joshua says it. 

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Stay locked on God's word, not 
on your emotions. 

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Look at what God told Joshua, he
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Turn not not to the right nor to
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No deviation, no improvising 
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The idea here is that the moment
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start losing clarity, you start 
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And folks, we cannot afford to 
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We just can't. 
If you're stepping into 

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something new, and most of you 
probably are, I want to promise 

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you something. 
Your feelings will lie to you. 

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I can promise you that, but 
God's Word won't. 

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His Word will never lie to you. 
He will always keep you in a 

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perfect place of peace if you 
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Success is defined by obedience,
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I want to make myself clear. 
Notice what it says Then thou 

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shalt make thy way prosperous. 
God's definition of success is 

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fundamentally predicated upon 
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It's so funny because what we 
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is such a nominal part of it. 
You think money, you have a lot 

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of it all, you're successful. 
I would venture to say that lots

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of money may be a very small 
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God's version of success has 
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It's always been faithfulness. 
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something, OK? 
This is super, super important. 

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We learned this from Joshua. 
Opposition is guaranteed. 

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I can promise this to you. 
Opposition is guaranteed, but it

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doesn't matter. 
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Look at what happened. 
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Jericho. 
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I'm not talking about artificial
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I'm talking about the city of 
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Jericho falls even though it was
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perfect obedience. 
Israel fell at AI because they 

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disobeyed God. 
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Each of those cities represented
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One was overcome because of 
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External opposition cannot stop 
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will. 
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Some people are asking, why 
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every crazy thing that's 
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It's for that reason. 
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the other thing we learned from 
this book is that hidden sin 

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will wreck your public calling. 
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bring input on what we have to 
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appearances, but it wasn't the 
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brought down Israel. 
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It was his hidden sin that 
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You cannot carry the torch 
publicly while hiding compromise

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privately. 
Why am I so intense about this? 

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Because we're living this right 
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God keeps every promise. 
We're learning that right now. 

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God keeps every promise, whether
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Look at what it says in Joshua 
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I love this, OK? 
There failed not ought of any 

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good thing which the Lord had 
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This is Joshua 2145. 
All came to pass is what the end

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says there. 
God does not partially fulfill 

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his word you guys. 
He completes it. 

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He cannot deny himself. 
Finishing well matters more than

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starting strong. 
Like I want you to see that 

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Joshua even says it. 
His final words choose you this 

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day. 
Who are you going to serve? 

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You can inherit something great 
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If you don't stay committed, if 
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Lord, that's exactly what will 
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Think about the heaviness of the
words that Joshua brings to the 

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table here. 
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It's really, really critical. 
It's really, really important. 

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He says, choose you this day 
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But then he says at the end of 
that phrase, he says, but As for

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me and my house, we will serve 
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I know that this has been a 
heavy video, but I want you to 

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understand something and I want 
you to understand something 

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important. 
The torch has been passed. 

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The calling is very, very real. 
Whether or not anybody doubts 

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the calling, it's real because 
God handed it down to you. 

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And here's a statement that I 
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The responsibility is yours. 
Let me make myself clear. 

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And this applies to me. 
This applies to you. 

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We're watching it apply to Erica
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It applies to every single one 
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You don't get to choose whether 
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You think Erica would have chose
this? 

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You think many of us would 
choose some of the things we've 

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been experiencing? 
No, you don't get to choose 

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whether the torch is handed to 
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You only get to choose what you 
do with it when it is handed to 

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you. 
My hope and my prayer is that 

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you will run. 
You won't look to the left, you 

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won't look to the right, but you
will run as fast as you can, 

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knowing that God will be with 
you and that you will find great

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success. 
That's my prayer, that's my 

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hope. 
We've been watching lots of 

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people take our words out of 
context lately. 

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We've been watching lots of 
insanity out there, and all it 

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does is reminds me that I have a
race to run and I'm excited 

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about running it. 
Joshua should get you excited 

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about the same thing. 
Yeshua is an important name. 

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It's one that should remind you 
about the promises of God, the 

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torch that you get to carry, and
the amazing promise that you get

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to see fulfilled. 
That's what it's all about. 

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And I would ask you today, 
choose this day who you will 

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serve, and may it be said of you
the same way it's said of me. 

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As for me and my house, we will 
absolutely, unequivocally, 

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without compromise, serve the 
Lord because He's worthy of our 

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service. 
Let's get out there and fight 

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the good fight.