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If you've spent your life being
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overlooked or mistreated, taken
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advantage of or treated like the black
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sheep, Psalm 23:5 has a word for you
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God is preparing a table in the presence
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Now, I want to speak to somebody today
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who has spent a lot of their life
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"Why am I always the one?
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Why am I the one people misunderstand?
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Why am I the one who gets blamed? Why am
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I the one who gives and gives, but
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people take advantage of me?"
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Maybe you've been the black sheep in
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your own family, the one
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that everyone talks about, the one who
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>> Maybe people judged your mistakes, but
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ignored what happened to you.
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They saw your reaction, but never
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bothered to ask about the wounds behind
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And after enough rejection, you started
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wondering if maybe something was
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actually wrong with you.
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But listen to what David says in Psalm
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"You prepare a table before me in the
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presence of my enemies. You anoint my
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head with oil. My cup runs over."
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David didn't say God prepared the table
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after everyone who opposed him
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God prepared it in their presence.
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That means you don't need everyone who
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misunderstood you to finally understand
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before God can bless you.
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You don't need everybody who lied about
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you to admit they lied.
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You don't need an apology from everyone
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who hurt you before you could actually
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move forward. And you definitely don't
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have to spend the rest of your life
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trying to prove yourself to people
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who've already decided who they think
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Let God vindicate you.
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You know, some of you have exhausted
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yourselves trying [music] to convince
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that your heart was right. Stop.
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You don't need to fight for a seat at
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someone else's table when God is
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preparing one for you.
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And here's what I love. David says, "You
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anoint my head with oil."
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The rejection didn't cancel the
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anointing. The betrayal didn't cancel
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Being overlooked didn't cancel it. Your
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mistakes definitely didn't automatically
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erase erase God's ability to [music]
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redeem and use your life. And then David
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goes on to say, "My cup runs over."
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Somebody needs to hear this today.
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Do not allow how people treated you to
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determine how you see yourself.
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And if God has brought you through
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rejection, betrayal, [music]
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isolation, and seasons where nobody else
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seemed to understand you,
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Don't spend your next season trying to
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get revenge [music] for your last
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Let God prepare the table. You just make
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sure your heart is [music] ready to sit
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Because sometimes the greatest victory
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isn't watching your enemies fail. It's
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realizing you don't hate them anymore.
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You move forward, and what they
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did, it no longer controls you.
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Listen, let me pray over [music] you.
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Come into agreement. Holy Spirit, I ask
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you to step into this moment. [music]
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Speak through me to those you are
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seeking to bring healing and freedom.
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Heavenly Father, in the mighty name of
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I pray for every person within the sound
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of my voice who's felt rejected,
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overlooked, mistreated, or taken
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You saw what happened. You heard what
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was said. You saw the conversations they
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You saw every time they were blamed
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unfairly. Lord Jesus, every time their
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kindness [music] was mistaken for
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weakness. Every time they gave another
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chance and got hurt again. Father,
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Heal the wound of rejection. Heal the
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Heal [snorts] the black sheep who spent
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years believing, "Something must be
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Break that lie today in Jesus' name.
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Their worth is not determined by who
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accepted them. Their identity is not
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determined by who rejected them. Their
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future is not determined by who walked
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Father, according to Psalm 23:5, [music]
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prepare the table. Open the doors that
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you've ordained. Bring the relationships
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[music] that you've ordained. God,
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restore opportunities according to your
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perfect will. And where people tried to
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destroy their reputations, let their
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character speak louder than accusation
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Where they were overlooked, position
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them according to your purpose. Where
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they were pushed aside, remind them that
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man's rejection cannot cancel your
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while you prepare the table, Lord,
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prepare their hearts. Remove bitterness,
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remove resentment, remove the need for
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and remove the obsession with proving
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everyone wrong. We forgive those who
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wounded us. We release those who
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rejected us. We release the people who
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And we release the people who asked that
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We will not drag them into the next
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season through bitterness. Oh Father, we
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give them all to you. And I declare, I
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will not become what hurt me.
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I will not allow rejection to make me
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reject others. I will not allow betrayal
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to make me suspicious of everyone.
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I will not allow being taken advantage
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of to turn my heart cold. I will remain
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loving. I will remain humble. I will
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remain discerning, and I will let God
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Father, anoint their heads with fresh
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oil. Restore their confidence, restore
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their joy, restore their ability to
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[music] trust wisely. Give them the
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discernment so kindness does not become
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lack of boundaries. Teach them that
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forgiveness doesn't mean allowing
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unlimited access to hurt them again.
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Give them courage to say no when
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necessary. Give them wisdom concerning
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who belongs close to them in this next
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let their cup overflow.
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Not so they can boast, not so they can
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say, "Look at me now." But so their life
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becomes evidence of your faithfulness.
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Lord, let the person who was rejected
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become somebody who welcomes the
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Let the one who's been broken become
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someone who helps heal the broken.
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Let the black sheep become [music] the
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one who breaks unhealthy patterns in the
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Let the one who was silenced find their
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voice. Let what was intended to bury
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them become part of the testimony that
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helps someone else get free.
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And when the table appears,
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When people finally recognize what you
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placed inside of them,
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keep their eyes on Jesus.
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Father, I declare over them today, you
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are not forgotten. You are not
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disqualified. You are not what they
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called you. You are not the rejection
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you experienced. You are not the rumor
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that someone spread. You belong [music]
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And if God is for you, no human
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opposition can [music] stop his purpose
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give them strength to keep walking.
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Let them stop [music] looking backward
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at the people who rejected them and
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start looking forward
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to where you're leading them.
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Prepare the table. Anoint their head.
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Let their cup overflow. And above
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everything else, let their life glorify
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Jesus Christ. In Jesus' mighty name,
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If you've been the black sheep, the
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overlooked one, or the person everyone
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seemed to misunderstand, [music]
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Stop begging people to give you a seat
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where God never told you to sit.
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Keep walking with Jesus.
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Let him heal your heart. Let him order
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and let God prepare the table.
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And if you receive this word today,
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comment God is preparing my table.
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And if you're ready to go deeper in
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understanding your authority in Christ,
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going spiritual warfare, breaking
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strongholds, and learning how to
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maintain your freedom,
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I want to invite you into my 12-week
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Jesus has already given you.
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You'll find the Masterclass information
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in the description. I love you. Jesus
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loves you so much more.
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Your rejection was not the end of your
