Shadowing Practice: Supernatural Guidance | Joel Osteen - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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when god delivered the israelites out of slavery parted the red
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when god delivered the israelites out of slavery parted the red
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sea these two million people were in the desert headed toward
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the promised land there were no grocery stores out there no fast food no door dash
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and no water they begin to complain moses why did you
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bring us out here to die we're thirsty we need something to drink god didn't go to all
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that trouble to bring them out out of slavery,
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free them from the Pharaoh to let them starve to death.
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God will allow situations where it looks impossible so he can show us his supernatural provision.
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Don't be surprised if you face times where all the facts say, there's no way.
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Your resources are limited.
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You fished all night and caught nothing.
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No, God is up to something.
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He didn't bring you this far to leave you.
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God told Moses to take his staff and strike a rock.
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When he did, out in the desert,
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water started pouring out of the rock.
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Supernatural provision.
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God can make things happen that defy the odds,
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things that you couldn't plan for.
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You have to trust Him.
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Everything in your mind will tell you, you'll never have abundance.
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You'll always be thirsty.
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You'll always struggle, have debt, not enough.
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That may be true logically speaking.
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What I'm saying is God will defy logic.
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He knows how to bring water out of a rock.
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The scripture says he makes streams in the barren places,
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rivers in the desert.
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There may be some things barren in your life.
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You don't see how it could ever change.
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No, get ready.
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God's about to strike the rock.
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You're going to see provision that you can't explain.
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Good breaks that don't make sense.
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Increase that's not logical.
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The same God that brought water out of a rock can cause promotion to find you.
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The right people to track you down.
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Abundance to come knocking on your door.
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If we could do this all in our own strength,
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we wouldn't need God's help.
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But God on purpose will put dreams in your heart that you can't accomplish by yourself.
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You don't have the resources, the funds, the connections.
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It's easy to get discouraged and let what we see in the natural talk us out of it.
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This is where you have to stir your faith up and say,
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God, I believe you have supernatural provision,
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that you have net breaking blessings,
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that you can still bring water out of a rock.
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I know this couple that were believing to have children for a long time with no success.
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And after much prayer and fertility treatment,
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she became pregnant with triplets.
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They were so excited.
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But during the pregnancy, there were complications.
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The babies were born prematurely,
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weighing less than a pound each.
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They had to stay in the neonatal intensive care for six months.
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By the grace of God,
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they grew, and today they're perfectly healthy.
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These parents had insurance, but it didn't cover everything.
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A few months after they brought their children home,
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they received a bill for $2 million.
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The father was a police officer.
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Mom worked in education.
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In the natural, they'd be paying on that bill the rest of their life.
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But God knows how to bring water out of a rock.
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He knows how to cause the fish to find you.
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They didn't start complaining.
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They didn't get discouraged.
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They kept thanking God for supernatural provision, declaring what he promised.
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We will lend and not borrow.
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Father, thank you that our cup runs over,
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that we have more than enough,
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that you take pleasure in prospering us.
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If you're going to see God's blessings,
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you have to have an abundant mentality.
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You have to know that he's Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord your provider.
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That phrase comes from when Abraham was on top of Mount Moriah about to sacrifice his son Isaac.
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Right before he went through it,
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an angel appeared and told him to stop.
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It was a test of his obedience.
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He needed an animal to sacrifice.
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He heard this noise in the brush.
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He looked over and saw this ram caught in the thicket.
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He took that ram and it became the sacrifice.
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Abraham named that place Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide.
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What's interesting is rams aren't normally found that high up in the mountains,
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but God knows how to get the provision to you.
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The ram was waiting on Abraham.
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It was going up the mountain before Abraham even knew he needed it.
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It was already en route.
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God has some rams waiting for you.
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He's already lined up your provision, your abundance.
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Before you had the setback,
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he put the ram in place.
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Maybe you grew up in a family of lack and struggle.
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Don't worry, rams are in your future.
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They look like you're stuck.
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You don't have the funding for your dream.
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How can you expand your business?
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Stay encouraged.
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A ram will be waiting for you.
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Jehovah Jireh, the Lord your provider,
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has already put the abundance,
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the good breaks, the supernatural provision.
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It's already in your path.
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That's why we can stay in peace.
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He's the Lord, our provider.
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Not our job, our provider.
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Our boss, our provider.
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Our salary, our provider.
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No, the God who spoke worlds into existence,
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the God who makes streets out of gold,
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the God who causes fish to show up,
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the God who brings water out of a rock,
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the God who puts rams in a thicket,
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the God who said you'll lend and not borrow,
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the God who said your cup will run over.
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That's who's ordering your steps.
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That's who's planned out your future.
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Now, you may know him as your savior.
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That's the most important.
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You may know him as your healer.
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That's good, but you need to know him as your provider.
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He has supernatural provision.
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This couple with triplets, they didn't see how it could ever work out,
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but they just kept standing in faith,
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believing that God would make a way.
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Right before Christmas that year,
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the hospital called and said,
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we've never done this before,
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but we've decided to cancel your $2 million death.
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Like Peter, they were awestruck.
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They didn't see that coming.
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Like with Abraham, that was a ram waiting for them.
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You don't know what God has waiting for you.
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It's hidden right now.
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You can't see it, but at the right time,
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it's going to show up.
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It's not going to be ordinary, something you were expecting.
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It's going to leave you awestruck,
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net-breaking blessings, abundance that runs over to your children,
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increase that takes you from just enough to more than enough.
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2013, there was a young African-American woman working as a nurse.
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She and her husband were pregnant with another child.
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And unfortunately, the baby was born without the brain functioning.
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Six months later, the child passed.
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She was so distraught and so empty.
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Didn't feel like she had any sense of purpose.
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She wasn't raised in church,
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didn't have any kind of religious background but in that dark time,
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she turned to her faith.
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She got involved in a good church, started volunteering, supporting.
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She never missed a service.
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And to try to distract herself from the pain of the loss,
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she started researching hair products and experimenting with different things that worked for her.
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She put this on her Instagram,
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tips to take care of your hair and ways to style it.
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She thought maybe one day she'd open a hair salon.
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Much to her surprise, her Instagram blew up.
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There was so much interest in her hair products that she started selling them online.
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She began in her kitchen.
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It grew and grew.
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They moved to the garage.
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Over the next few years,
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it took off to a multimillion-dollar business.
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In 2019, Procter & Gamble purchased her company for an amount she never dreamed.
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She said it was the largest Series A investment investment ever obtained by an African American woman.
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On top of that, they committed $10 million to her charity to help educate underprivileged children.
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You don't know what kind of rams God has waiting for you.
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When you honor him, live with an abundant mentality,
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he'll do things you didn't see coming.
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Not just meet your needs, but supernatural provision.
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Uncommon, unusual, things you can't explain.
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And she told how she didn't feel qualified to run a company that large.
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She had never been to business school.
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Her training was in healthcare.
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Some of her friends told her she was making a mistake leaving her nursing job.
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But God has things in your future that are not going to make sense to everyone.
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Water out of a rock, that doesn't make sense.
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Peter, go back and launch into the deep.
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There were no fish there a few hours ago.
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Now there's a net breaking blessings don't let people talk you
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out of what god put in your heart the blessing is
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in the obedience the ram is waiting for you where god
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told you to go out in the desert every morning the
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israelites had manna on the ground something like bread to eat that's how they survived
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but the people got tired of that they complained to moses we want some meat to eat god didn't like their complaining,
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but he's so merciful, he told Moses that he would give the people meat,
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not for a day, but for a whole month.
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Moses said, God, what do you mean?
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There are two million people out here.
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Even if we butchered all of our flocks,
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all of our herds, that wouldn't be enough.
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God didn't say, you know what, Moses, you're right.
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What was I thinking?
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I miscalculated.
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God said, Moses, is there any limit to my power?
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He was saying, don't you realize I control the universe?
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I put rams in a bush.
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I tell fish to get into a net.
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I tell water to come out of a rock.
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I tell compact centers to go to my people.
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The scripture says, God shifted the wind and caused hundreds of thousands of quail to come in from the sea.
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Like that ram, quail are not normally found in the desert.
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They wouldn't go that far from the water,
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but God controls the quail.
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That one shift, and they had steak dinners for a whole month.
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Verse 32 says, no one gathered less than 50 bushels of quail.
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Let's assume there were 10 quail in a bushel.
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Then everyone gathered 500 quail.
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There were 2 million people.
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That adds up to a billion quail.
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We're praying about our light bill.
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Look at how God thinks abundance, overflow, more than enough.
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They were awestruck at what God had done.
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Like with them, God's about to shift some things in your life.
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He's going to cause the quail to come looking for you.
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You couldn't have made it happen.
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You didn't have the connections,
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the experience, the background, but you've kept God first place.
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You've been faithful.
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You've honored him with your first fruits.
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Now he's going to cause the winds to blow in your direction.
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A shift from borrowing to lending.
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A shift from renting to owning.
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A shift from employee to employer.
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a shift from not enough to more than enough.
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Now, you may not see how it can happen.
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Your mind will tell you, there's no way.
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How can you get out of debt?
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How can you leave your family better?
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How can you accomplish your dream?
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God is asking you what he asked Moses.
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Is there anything too hard for me?
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You're looking at it in the natural,
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but God has supernatural provision.
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One shift and you'll go from no fish to a net breaking blessing,
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from playing with hair products to a business exploding,
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from a $2 million medical bill to being debt free.
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What are you looking at?
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How big the lack, the debt,
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the struggle is, or how big your God is?
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Have a new perspective.
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Let God be magnified who takes pleasure in prospering me.
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Get in agreement with God.
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Have this abundant mentality.
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He has some rams waiting for you.
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He's already lined up some net breaking blessings.
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If you'll do this, I believe and declare,
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you're going to come into supernatural provision,
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doors suddenly opening, good breaks finding you, contracts, opportunities.
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You're going to be awestruck at the goodness of God.
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In the video "Supernatural Guidance" by Joel Osteen, listeners are taken on a journey that emphasizes the power of faith and trust in unseen possibilities. Engaging with this content through speaking practice offers several benefits, particularly for those preparing for the IELTS speaking exam. You will have an opportunity to develop your fluency and expand your vocabulary by discussing themes of faith, perseverance, and the idea of 'supernatural provision.' This context allows learners to practice expressing complex ideas, enhancing both their oral skills and their ability to communicate nuanced thoughts.
By utilizing the shadowing technique, you can mimic Osteen's delivery style, helping improve not just your pronunciation but also your rhythm and intonation. This practice will boost your confidence in speaking English, making it easier to articulate your ideas during real-life conversations or exams.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The speaker uses several key structures and expressions that can enhance your speaking abilities:
- Conditional phrases: Phrases such as "If we could do this all in our own strength" emphasize hypothetical scenarios, a common structure for expressing conditions in English.
- Future tense: Osteen's use of future expressions, like "God's about to strike the rock," showcases how to discuss upcoming events or expectations confidently. This is particularly useful for IELTS speaking topics that ask about future plans or beliefs.
- Rhetorical questions: The frequent use of questions engages listeners and encourages reflection, making them a powerful tool in oral communication and persuasive speaking.
Understanding and practicing these structures will not only prepare you for exam scenarios but will also enhance your overall conversational skills as you learn English with YouTube content.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you delve into the video, you may encounter some tricky pronunciation elements:
- Supernatural: Pay attention to the stress on the syllables—this word can be challenging due to its length and syllabic emphasis.
- Provision: This word often causes confusion; ensure you pronounce it clearly with the correct intonation to ensure it resonates well within a sentence.
- Barren: Many learners mispronounce this adjective, which is important in the context of 'barren places.' Focus on the 'b' sound followed by 'a' to produce it accurately.
Practicing these words using the shadow speak technique will help sharpen your pronunciation skills and prepare you for varied accents, essential for the IELTS exam.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.
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