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This is what happened with David.
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At 17, he was anointed by the prophet Samuel to be the next king of Israel, but he didn't go to the palace.
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He went back to the shepherd's fields to take care of sheep.
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He was hidden.
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Nobody paid attention to him.
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It was lonely, boring, taking care of sheep when he knew he had big things in him.
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He could have slacked off, taken the easy way out, thought nobody's watching.
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If I lose a few sheep, big deal.
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Nobody's going to know about it.
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No, David was a person of excellence.
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He did the right thing when no one was watching.
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What you do in private will determine how high you go in public.
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If you cut corners, slack off, do things half -heartedly, that's going to keep you from carrying the weight of what God has for you.
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You don't get stronger by taking the easy way out.
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You grow when you do things you don't like, the right thing when no one is watching.
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Have a good attitude when you're not getting your way, when it's not fair.
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Your competence will not be the limit of how high you go.
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Your character will determine how high you go.
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There are a lot of talented, smart, capable people.
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Talent may take you somewhere, but character is what will keep you there.
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Your character is more important than your competence.
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What you do in private when no one is watching will determine how high God will take you.
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David didn't like being in the shepherd's fields.
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He was looked down on by his family, rejected by his father, but you never read where he complained, where he got bitter.
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He kept doing the right thing year after year.
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He had to prove to God
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he would take care of those sheep before God would trust him to take care of his people, the Israelites.
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Every day David was in the shepherd's fields, nothing exciting, no sign of things changing, but something was happening on the inside.
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David was growing, getting stronger, developing character.
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He was proving to God that he could be trusted.
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He didn't like the winter season where he was hidden, but it was necessary without
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that time proving he wouldn't have been able to carry the weight of glory the weight of favor
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that god was going to give him
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if god is going to trust you with favor influence authority
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you have to be a good steward of it you don't prove that
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when you have it you prove it in the small things in your private life in how you treat people
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that can't do anything for you how respectful you are to your spouse, your family.
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If you're harsh and condescending with people you love, how can God trust you with greater influence?
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After years in the shepherd's fields, David defeated Goliath and became an overnight hero.
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When God can trust you, he'll do things suddenly.
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May look like you're falling behind.
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You've been doing the right thing a long time.
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Seems like it's gonna take years to get to where you need to be.
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Now, one touch of God's favor will put you 50 years down the road.
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When you come into your season, when winter changes to spring, God can suddenly thrust you to a new level.
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David was working for King Saul, but Saul was jealous.
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He tried to kill David.
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David had to flee for his life.
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He lived on the run in the desert, hiding in caves.
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Saul was making his life miserable.
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At one point, David saw Saul and his men sleeping.
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This was his big chance to get even.
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He could finally pay Saul back for doing him wrong, putting an end to all this trouble, but David wouldn't do it.
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He knew Saul was the king and you were to touch not God's anointed.
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Even though Saul was doing wrong, David had so much integrity, such great character that he wouldn't harm Saul.
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When Saul found out about it, he wept.
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He said, David, you're a much better man than I am.
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Not long after that, Saul was killed in a battle and David took the throne.
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But I wonder if this would have happened if David had not passed these tests all along the way.
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Not just big things, but small things.
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Doing the right thing in the lonely shepherd's fields.
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Keeping a good attitude when his family did him wrong.
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Being kind to King Saul, not trying to get revenge.
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He didn't like it, but these things prepared him to carry the weight of glory, the weight of influence, the weight of favor.
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I learned much of this from my father.
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He was a man of great character and great integrity.
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The late 1950s, the church he was pastoring was going along fine, growing, seeing increase.
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But when my sister Lisa was born with a birth injury, he began to search the scriptures in a new way.
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He saw God as a healer and a God that wanted us to live an abundant, victorious life.
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Unfortunately, his congregation didn't like his new message of faith and victory.
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It didn't fit into their tradition.
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They ended up asking my father to leave.
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He was devastated.
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He had seen great success there.
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They had just built a new sanctuary.
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He was on the state board for his denomination.
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In that season, he saw great fruit, but now it was winter.
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No fruit, no church, no favor.
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He could have been bitter, given up on his dream,
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but he and my mother went out and started Lakewood with 90 people in an old rundown feed store.
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Here my father had just come from a beautiful new building, stained glass.
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This feed store had holes in the floor.
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It was dirty, no windows.
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They cleaned it up, put folding chairs in it, and head church.
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My father preached to those 90 people just as strongly and passionately as he did to the thousand at his previous church.
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For 13 years, Lakewood didn't grow.
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He was giving it his all, but nothing was improving.
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Still had less than 200 people.
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He could have been discouraged.
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God, I don't understand it, but he just kept doing the right thing year after year.
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1972, suddenly there was a shift.
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People started coming from all over the city and Lakewood grew to a church of thousands that would impact the world.
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But those years where he wasn't seeing growth, years where there was no fruit, he was doing the right thing, but the wrong thing was happening.
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They were very important years without that winter season where he proved to God that he would be faithful.
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He proved he would do the right thing when it was hard.
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He proved he wouldn't get bitter and try to get revenge.
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That's what prepared him to carry the weight of glory.
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Everything that happens in life, the difficulties, the delays, the things that are not fair, they're not random.
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God has given you an opportunity to grow, to come up higher.
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He's getting you prepared to handle the weight of favor, the weight of influence.
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Now quit telling yourself, it's too hard.
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They did me wrong.
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It's been so long.
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Turn it around.
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I can handle every season through Christ.
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It's winter.
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I don't like it.
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I'm uncomfortable, but I can handle winter.
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I know God is still on the throne.
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I know I've been armed with strength for this battle.
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I don't like this loneliness, but I'm not gonna fall apart.
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I can handle a lonely season I can handle
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this season fighting an illness I can handle the season where I'm not seeing any fruit
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I'm not going to just drag through it complaining
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I'm gonna keep a song of praise I'm gonna keep being my best
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I know all seasons are working for my good you do
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that and you're not just passing the test you're getting prepared your character is coming up higher
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Your spiritual muscles are getting stronger.
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At the right time, you will come out of winter into your harvest season.
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You'll see greater favor, greater influence, greater opportunities.
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It's because you can handle the weight of glory.
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But some of the difficulties that we complain about, the challenges that we don't like, without them, we wouldn't be prepared.
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Instead of trying to pray away all the things that make you uncomfortable, Pray away the people that get on your nerves.
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Pray away the delays.
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Why don't you try a different approach and say, God, help me to keep a good attitude in the midst of these challenges.
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Help me to stay in faith when people aren't treating me right.
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Help me to resist the temptation to compromise, to take the easy way out so my character can develop, so my branches can get stronger,
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so I can handle what you have in store.
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If God is not removing the difficulty
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If he's not changing what you don't like, then he's getting you prepared to carry a lot of weight.
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The longer it's taken, the greater the harvest.
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The glory that's coming, the favor, the influence, the resources, it's gonna be something that you've never seen.
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The scripture says, until the time came to bring Joseph's dream to pass, God tested Joseph's character.
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Before your dream comes to pass, God will test your character.
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You have to prove that you can handle what he's entrusted you with.
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God gave Joseph a dream as a teenager that he would be in leadership, but he was betrayed by his brothers.
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They took his coat of many colors that his father had given him.
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It represented favor.
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They threw him into a pit and sold him into slavery.
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He was falsely accused and put in prison.
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These weren't just random bad breaks.
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God was testing his character.
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It wasn't fair, but Joseph didn't get bitter.
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He kept passing the test.
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His brothers took his robe, but they couldn't take his favor.
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They took his freedom, but they couldn't take his anointing.
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They took him from his home, but they couldn't take his dream.
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All these steps were necessary.
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They were preparing him for the weight of glory.
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If you had a small destiny, you would have small challenges.
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If you were going to have little influence, little resources, then you would have little opposition.
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The reason you have big giants is you have a big destiny.
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The reason the winter is so long is because your harvest is so big.
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Thirteen years later, Joseph was brought out of prison and made the prime minister of Egypt.
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His brothers, the same ones that sold him into slavery, traveled to the palace looking for food.
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There was a famine in the land.
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They didn't know Joseph was still alive.
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They pulled up to the palace.
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Joseph was in charge of the food supply.
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When he saw his brothers, he could have thought, okay, great, it's payback time.
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This was his big chance to get even, but he wouldn't do it.
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He treated them with kindness.
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He had them go get their father and come back and live at the palace with him.
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God is not going to give you influence so you can get even.
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If you're waiting to get the promotion, the favor so you can show your enemies who you are,
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let them have it, you're not going to see the increase that you should.
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There's a responsibility that comes with favor.
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You have to have the character that will handle the influence the right way.
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You have to bless your enemies, not talk badly about them.
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Well, they're criticizing me.
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I'm going to criticize them.
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You'll get stuck where you are.
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God is testing your character.
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Are you going to complain in the winter seasons, live discouraged, I'm asking you to be a Joseph.
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Do the right thing when it's hard.
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That difficulty is not there to stop you.
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It's there to prepare you.
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God is about to release a new level of favor,
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influence, resources, but he's looking for people he can trust to carry the weight of glory.
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I believe you are one of those people.
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You wouldn't be hearing this if God wasn't about to do something new.
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Don't be discouraged by how long winter is taking.
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That's a sign something bigger than you've imagined is on the way.
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Now, God is getting you prepared.
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Keep passing that test.
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Every morning, remind yourself you can do all seasons through Christ.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Doing The Right Thing”. Las palabras que más se repiten: David, favor, weight, character, Saul. Este vídeo tiene 186 frases y 2105 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:41. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 166 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
glory sustantivo/ˈɡlɔːɹi/gloria
palace sustantivo/ˈpælɪs/palacio
difficulty sustantivo/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/dificultad
complain verbo/kəmˈpleɪn/quejarse, alegar
bitter adjetivo/ˈbɪ.tɚ/amargo, acibarado
sheep sustantivo/ˈʃiːp/pusilánime, papanatas
pray verbo/pɹeɪ/rezar, orar
resource sustantivo/ɹɪˈzɔːs/recurso
lonely adjetivo/ˈloʊnli/solitario, solo
harvest sustantivo/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/cosecha
discourage verbo/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/descorazonar, acobardar
delay sustantivo/dɪˈleɪ̯/retraso, demora
revenge sustantivo/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/venganza
integrity sustantivo/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/integridad
slavery sustantivo/ˈsleɪvəɹi/esclavitud

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
come up verbosalir a relucir
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
fall apart verbodespedazarse, desintegrarse
fall behind verboatrasar
go out verbosalir
look down on verbomenospreciar, ningunear

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • May look like you're falling behind.
  • You've been doing the right thing a long time.
  • I'm uncomfortable, but I can handle winter.
  • You'll see greater favor, greater influence, greater opportunities.
  • It's because you can handle the weight of glory.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas anointed · was hidden · was looked
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas given · It's been · I've been armed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 65 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, didn't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: throne /θɹəʊ̯n/, faithful /ˈfeɪθ.fl̩/, thirteen /ˌθɝtˈtin/, thrust /θɹʌst/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: sheep /ˈʃiːp/, promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, congregation /ˌkɑŋɡɹəˈɡeɪʃən/, temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, integrity /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: slavery /ˈsleɪvəɹi/, scripture /ˈskɹɪpt͡ʃɚ/, slack /slæk/, strongly /ˈstɹɔŋli/, spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: harvest /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/, revenge /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, slavery /ˈsleɪvəɹi/, cave /keɪv/, nerve /nɝv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, criticize /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/, desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, praise /pɹeɪz/, resist /ɹɪˈzɪst/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como glory, palace, difficulty.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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