Shadowing Practice: Control Your Happiness | Joel Osteen - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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Psalm 45 says, God has anointed us with the oil of joy.
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Psalm 45 says, God has anointed us with the oil of joy.
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When you walk in your anointing,
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there's an oil on you to where nothing can stick.
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You're like a Teflon pan.
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Disrespect will come.
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People will say hurtful things.
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The good news is you have a no-stick anointing.
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You can let that go and it'll slide right off of you,
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not have any effect.
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That coworker leaves you out, plays politics.
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You could be offended.
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upset
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but you have the oil of joy you just let it
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go someone's rude to you jumps down your throat you could
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be rude back to them give them a piece of your mind
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but like that teflon pan it slides right off you go on
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and enjoy the day you weren't created to hold on to things offense disrespect hurtful words next time something happens
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that could upset you instead of responding the same way.
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Try a different approach.
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Father, thank you that I've been anointed with the oil of joy.
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I'm going to stay in peace.
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I'm going to focus on my goals,
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knowing that you are fighting my battles.
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You can't get rid of the difficult people,
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but if you'll respond the right way,
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they won't keep you from having a blessed, productive, favor-filled day.
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Are you letting things upset you that don't have to upset you?
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Are you giving away your power,
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letting what people do determine whether
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or not you're going to be happy you need to take
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control back of your happiness quit putting it in someone else's hands
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if you're counting on everyone to treat you nice be kind
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say good things then you're going to be happy you're giving
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them your power you control your happiness you have to make
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up your mind no matter what people do no matter what they say,
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how they treat you, they're not going to steal your joy.
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They may not want to be happy,
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but they shouldn't keep you from being happy.
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They may be rude, angry,
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disrespectful, but you can't let their issues sour your day.
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Be like that Teflon pan.
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Let it bounce off of you and enjoy your day despite what they do.
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I was at an electronic store to buy some parts for our television equipment.
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This was back when I worked behind the scenes in production here at Lakewood.
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The parts were in the back.
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The staff had to get them for you.
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I had done this many times before.
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The man at the counter was on the phone.
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He wasn't in any hurry to get off.
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He could see me standing there,
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but he talked about 15 minutes.
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I waited patiently.
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Eventually, he hung up, and I thought he would acknowledge me and see what I needed,
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but he never looked up.
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Finally, I asked if he could help me.
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You would have thought I just insulted him.
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He said so gruffly, very aggravated, what do you need?
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I asked him for this certain part.
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He looked at it and said, we don't carry that.
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We never have.
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I told him how I'd purchased it there many times before.
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His face got real red.
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Smoke started coming out of his ears.
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He looked like he's about to explode.
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He used several curse words and said,
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but I told you I don't have it.
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Now, don't ask me for it again.
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I wanted to say, I'll ask you as many times as I feel like asking.
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I'll call you in the middle of the night if I want to.
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But I noticed he was bigger than me,
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so I just smiled, said,
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no problem, just have a nice day.
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Didn't mean it, but at least I said it.
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I had to make this choice.
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Was I going to let his poison get in me,
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pollute my day, sour my attitude,
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spend my emotional energy upset,
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aggravated, or was I going to be a Teflon pan,
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have that no-stick anointing, let all that disrespect,
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the anger, the poison slide right off of me.
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I decided to let it go.
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You can't stop people from dumping their garbage,
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but you can keep your lid on.
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You don't have to let all their trash get in you.
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Sometimes we have unrealistic expectations.
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We think we'll have a good day as long as we don't encounter any rude people,
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as long as our family says nice things,
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as long as our coworkers perform perfectly,
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then we'll stay in peace.
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That's not reality.
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Difficult people are all around.
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There will be someone that can steal your joy,
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get you offended, leave you out,
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say something that's not true.
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The key is not trying to avoid it.
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It's to handle it the right way.
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Don't take the bait.
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Don't let the offense stay.
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Don't dwell on the negative comments.
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Keep yourself oiled up to where you don't let anything stick.
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This is how you live happy,
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not by avoiding difficult people,
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but by not taking their garbage,
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by not responding to them the way they treated you.
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It's by being an eagle,
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by rising higher than the offense, the hurt, the jealousy.
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When God can trust you to do the right thing when it's hard,
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there's no limit to how high he will take you.
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There was a man walking down the street with his friend to get a newspaper.
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When they arrived at the corner store,
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the clerk in the small newsstand was very cold,
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inconsiderate, not friendly at all.
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The man bought the paper and said politely,
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I hope you have a great day.
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As they walked away, his friend said,
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is that clerk always that rude?
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The man said, yes, every morning.
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He said, well, are you always that nice to him?
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The man said, yes, every morning.
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The friend looked puzzled and said, why?
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The man said, I've made up my mind.
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I'm not going to let one person ruin my day.
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Like him, you have to have a made-up mind.
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You're not going to let one negative comment ruin your day.
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You're not going to let a disrespectful coworker,
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a classmate that's making fun of you,
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a driver that cuts you off in traffic to sour your day.
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Decide ahead of time, I'm putting on the oil of joy.
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whatever comes my way negative comments disrespect rude people that's going
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to slide right off of me how much more will you enjoy your life
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if you'll have this no-stick anointing you can't control what people
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do they want to be offensive rude hard to get along with that's their choice
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but you can control how you respond the most powerful thing
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you can do is let it slide right off don't give at the time of day.
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Don't think about it anymore.
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Don't relive it.
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Don't go call your friends,
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tell them what they said.
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Keep your heart pure.
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Save your emotional energy to live this day to the full,
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to pursue your dreams, to love your family,
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to be good to your neighbors.
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When someone is rude, they're offensive.
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Don't take that personally.
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It's not about you.
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It's their own struggles on the inside.
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They don't like themselves.
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That's why they don't like you.
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They're upset over things that have nothing to do with you.
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You just happen to enter their story when they're blowing off steam.
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Stay oiled up and move on.
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None of that will stop your destiny unless you get distracted and start fighting battles that don't matter,
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trying to pay people back instead of letting God be your vindicator.
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This is what David did.
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1 Samuel 25, David and his men had been living out in the countryside.
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They were on the run from King Saul.
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A man named Nabal lived in the city of Carmel,
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not far from David.
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He was very wealthy, thousands of sheeps, goats.
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But verse 3 says, Nabal was a mean man.
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He was dishonest and hard to get along with.
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David and his army had been protecting Nabal's property by just being there.
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They were very powerful.
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They could have taken the flocks,
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got rid of his shepherds,
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but they were good to Nabal.
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It was time for shearing the sheep, the harvest season.
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So David sent messengers to Nabal asking for food since they had been protecting his family and flocks.
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You would think Nabal would be grateful.
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He had these men watching after him,
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but Nabal was very rude.
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He said, who is this man, David?
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I never asked him to do anything for me.
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I don't owe him a penny.
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Tell him to forget it.
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I'm not going to give him anything.
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When David heard that, it set him off.
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He didn't think about the oil of joy.
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He didn't sing the psalm he wrote,
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this is the day the Lord has made.
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Let's be glad.
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He was furious.
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He told his men, pack up we're going to go take care of Nabal.
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He said, as surely as I live,
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not one of Nabal's family members will be alive by this time tomorrow.
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David was offended, angry.
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He wasn't going to let Nabal get by with insulting him.
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And yes, there are times we're supposed to fight.
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We need to take action.
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David fought Goliath, but you have to make sure that battle is between you and your destiny.
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If not, it's a distraction.
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David was so wrought up in his emotions,
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he didn't realize this wasn't a battle he was supposed to fight.
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How many times are we fighting battles because like David,
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we're offended, we're upset.
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They did us wrong, but that wasn't a battle between us and our destiny.
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It was just our flesh getting riled up,
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wanting to take matters into our own hands.
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We were supposed to let it slide off,
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not dwell on it, and trust God to be our vindicator.
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Here's how merciful God is.
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David was headed toward Nabal's house,
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full speed ahead, about to make a mistake that would hinder his destiny.
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Nabal's wife was a lady named Abigail.
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She was a wise woman.
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She loaded up 200 loaves of bread,
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200 bottles of wine, 500 cakes,
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and headed out to meet David.
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When she saw him, she bowed down low and said,
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David, my husband is a fool.
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He's hard-headed, hot-tempered, dishonest.
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He shouldn't have insulted you.
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I brought you these gifts hoping you'll forgive him.
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She went on to say,
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David, you are called to be the king of Israel.
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Why would you even fight with this fool?
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Why would you waste your time with this stubborn man?
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Don't let this needless battle be a blemish on your record.
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She spoke wisdom into David.
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She was saying, David, look at who you are.
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You're the next king.
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God is going to entrust you with an enduring dynasty dynasty,
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but you're about to blow it,
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taking revenge on this fool.
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David came to his senses.
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He said, Abigail, the Lord God of Israel surely has sent you to me today.
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For if you had not kept me from carrying out vengeance with my own hands,
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not one of your family members would be alive.
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We're all going to encounter Nabals in life,
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people that are rude, hard to get along with,
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offensive i'll ask you what abigail asked david why are you
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fighting with a fool why are you in conflict with someone that's not going anywhere why are you upset with
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that person that cut you off in traffic you don't even know them why are you offended at
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that co-worker they're not between you
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and your destiny they can't stop what god has planned for you so they don't like you they made negative comments.
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They left you out.
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That's a test.
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You can't reach your destiny without difficult people.
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Don't get distracted, baited into conflict,
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in battles that don't matter.
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Be like that Teflon pan.
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Don't let any of it stick.
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God has an awesome future for you,
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but the enemy will work overtime,
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like with David, to try to get you distracted,
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offended, trying to pay people back.
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Don't take the bank.
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Abigail came back home the next morning,
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told her husband what she had done.
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When he heard it, Nabal had a stroke, became paralyzed.
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Ten days later, he died.
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Abigail was a beautiful woman.
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David didn't waste any time.
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He sent word asking her to become his wife.
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She agreed.
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When you let God fight your battles,
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you'll come out better than you were before.
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I'm not saying you're going to get an extra wife,
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but he'll make it up to you.
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But if it hadn't been for Abigail,
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if she had not stopped David from acting on his emotions,
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we might not be talking about David.
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If you let people get you upset,
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offended, where you're focused on paying them back,
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you can miss your destiny.
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Maybe today I'm your Abigail.
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Maybe God sent me to remind you to not let difficult people bait you into conflict,
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steal your joy, cause you to live frustrated,
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spending energy on things that don't matter.
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You can't get away from the Nabals.
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You may pray one away,
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Nabal Jr. will show up tomorrow.
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You have to make up your mind that difficult people are not going to control you.
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You're not going to let them offend you,
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upset you, push your buttons.
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Turn those buttons off.
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Stay in peace.
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Time is short.
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We're not always going to be here.
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Don't waste another minute fighting with crows,
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arguing with chickens, debating with turkeys.
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Be an eagle.
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Start rising above that.
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Context & Background
In his motivational speech, Joel Osteen emphasizes the importance of maintaining one's happiness despite external challenges. His discussion revolves around how individuals can foster a mindset that allows them to rise above negativity, showcasing the concept of “the oil of joy.” This figurative oil acts as a protective layer, likening it to a Teflon pan that prevents negativity from sticking. By promoting a positive self-image and encouraging listeners to take control of their happiness, Osteen aims to empower individuals to focus on their personal goals and wellbeing.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I have the oil of joy." - Signifying a positive attitude and resilience.
- "Let it slide off." - A reminder to not let negativity affect us.
- "I control my happiness." - An assertion of personal responsibility in emotional wellbeing.
- "Stay in peace." - Encouragement to maintain calm and tranquility within.
- "Don't let others steal your joy." - A powerful reminder of self-empowerment and joy preservation.
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