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Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer.

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Speaker 2: Know that we're praying for you, and we know God

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Speaker 2: has awesome things in store.

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Speaker 1: So great having you with us. Enjoy the message today.

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Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come

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Speaker 2: into your homes. We love you and we know God.

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Speaker 1: Has great things in store for each one of you.

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Speaker 2: If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop

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Speaker 2: buying and be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas,

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Speaker 2: right here at Lakewood, So come out and see us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for tuning in, Thanks for coming out again.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny each week.

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Speaker 2: And I heard about this lady that surprised a burglar

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Speaker 2: in her kitchen one night.

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Speaker 1: She was alone and unarmed, didn't really know what to.

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Speaker 2: Do, so she thought, I'll just quote a scripture and

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Speaker 2: she shouted out Acts two thirty eight. Suddenly the burglar

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Speaker 2: froze in his tracks. The police soon arrived, and they

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Speaker 2: were amazed at how a woman with no weapon could

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Speaker 2: do this. They said to the burglar, what was it

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Speaker 2: at that scripture that has such an effect on you?

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Speaker 1: The burglar said, scripture? What scripture?

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Speaker 2: I thought she said she had an axe in two

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Speaker 2: thirty eight.

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Speaker 1: All right, hold of your bible.

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Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 2: I am what it says.

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Speaker 1: I am.

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Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about how you can trust

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Speaker 2: the faithfulness of God. Every one of us has dreams

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Speaker 2: and goals in our heart. There are promises that we're

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Speaker 2: standing on. Maybe you're believing for a child to turn around,

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Speaker 2: or believing to get healthy again, believing to start a business,

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Speaker 2: to get out of debt, to be in ministry. Deep down,

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Speaker 2: you know God has spoken that to your spirit. He's

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Speaker 2: birtheded on the inside. But so often, because it's taking

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Speaker 2: a long time and we've been through disappointments, we get

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Speaker 2: negative and start thinking.

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Speaker 1: That it's not going to happen.

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Speaker 2: The reason many people don't see God's promises come to

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Speaker 2: pass is because they get discouraged and give up too soon.

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Speaker 2: But just because you don't see anything happening doesn't mean.

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Speaker 1: That God is not working.

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Speaker 2: Just because it's taking a long time doesn't mean God

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Speaker 2: ran out of options. Just because your mind is saying

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Speaker 2: it's over, your emotions are say in no way, the

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Speaker 2: circumstances look impossible, that doesn't mean that God is not

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Speaker 1: Do what he said. God is faithful to his word.

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Speaker 2: All of his promises are yes and amen. That means

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Speaker 2: if you will do your part and believe even though

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Speaker 2: it looks impossible, and not let your mind, your emotions,

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Speaker 2: or other people talk you out of it, then God promises,

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Speaker 2: in due season, at the right time, he will bring

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Speaker 2: faithful God. It will happen. He will not let you down.

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Speaker 2: That's what he said in Hebrews thirteen. I will not

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Speaker 2: in any way fail you or leave you without support.

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Speaker 2: Therefore we can say with confidence, the Lord is my helper.

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Speaker 1: I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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Speaker 2: You need to let that sink down on the inside.

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Speaker 2: I will not fail you. God is saying everything is

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Speaker 2: going to work out. I'm in complete control. I know

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Speaker 2: I see the people that are coming against you. I

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Speaker 2: know how big your dreams are.

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Speaker 1: And hear me clearly. I will not fail you. I

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Speaker 1: will not let you down. I will not let that

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Speaker 2: God is saying, if we will keep our trust in him,

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Speaker 2: for every battle, wisdom for every decision, peace that passes understanding.

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Speaker 2: God will vindicate you for the wrongs that have been done.

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Speaker 2: He will pay you back for unfair situations. He promised.

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Speaker 1: Dare to trust him. Come back to that place of peace.

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Speaker 2: Quit living worried, stressed out, wondering if it's going to happen.

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Speaker 2: He has never once failed before, and the good news

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Speaker 2: way the amplified version puts this passage. I will not,

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Speaker 2: release my hold on you. That's the only place in

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Speaker 2: the scripture that I can find where God repeats something

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Speaker 2: three times is because he knew how easy it would

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Speaker 2: he would do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond, but I

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Speaker 2: don't see how I could have. In Ephesians three twenty decade,

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Speaker 2: I never get any good breaks. God knew we would

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Speaker 1: That's why he said it three times. I will not

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Speaker 1: I will not ever fail you or let you down.

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Speaker 2: Now, if God went to the trouble of saying it

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Speaker 2: we get it. We need to develop an unshakable confidence

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Speaker 2: that says God, I know what you say is true,

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Speaker 2: and I'm not going to be moved by what I see.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to be discouraged by what I don't see.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to give up because it's taken a

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Speaker 2: The Lord is my helper. When you're tempted to feel overwhelmed,

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Speaker 2: like you're not going to make it, No, the Lord

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Speaker 2: is my helper. He's making my crooked places straight. Well,

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Speaker 2: it looks like you'll never get well.

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Speaker 1: No, No, the Lord is my helper. He's restoring health

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Speaker 2: Well, it seems like the economy is going to push

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Speaker 2: Jehovah Jirah, the Lord my provider. When you learn to

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Speaker 2: magnify the promises rather than magnifying the problems, then the Lord,

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Speaker 2: your God, will show up and act as your helper

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Speaker 2: and make sure that those promises come to pass. And understand,

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Speaker 2: God is not necessarily obligated to bring to pass what

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Speaker 2: what he says. This is why it's so important to

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Speaker 2: find the promises that apply to your situation and remind

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Speaker 2: God what he said. In other words, God, you said

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Speaker 1: Me or let me down.

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Speaker 2: God is obligated to bring that promise to pass. That's

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Speaker 2: his word that is forever true. Or God, I'm in

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Speaker 2: this big problem. People are coming against me. But God,

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Speaker 2: you said in Soultlms, the strength of the wicked is

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Speaker 2: being increased. God you said, the trap the enemy set

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Speaker 2: Instead of complaining about the situation, or instead of begging God,

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Speaker 2: God please help me. God get me out of this trouble.

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Speaker 2: Know what causes God to act. What God responds to

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Speaker 2: is his own word. Take those promises and remind God

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Speaker 1: God you said, you're close to the broken hearted, and

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Speaker 1: I'm hurting.

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Speaker 2: I've been through this disappointment. But God, you promised you

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Speaker 2: would give me beauty for ashes. You said, weeping endures

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Speaker 2: for a night, but joy is coming. Those are promises

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Speaker 2: that God is obligated to bring to pass. And when

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Speaker 2: I say obligated, I'm not saying that we're bossing God around,

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Speaker 1: No. The principle is God is faithful to.

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Speaker 2: His word and out lie. It goes against his very nature.

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Speaker 2: he said, that's what causes him to respond. I have

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Speaker 2: a good friend named Jeff Hackelman. We grew up together

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Speaker 2: and were roommates in college. Jeff pastors a church in Huntsville,

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Speaker 2: Texas right now. Jeff has always loved to fish. One day,

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Speaker 2: had done this many times before. He had a small

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Speaker 2: his friend Brent decided to try somewhere different to fish.

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Speaker 2: to that place from the Bolivar gas wells that's where

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Speaker 2: they decided to fish. The man said, it's no problem,

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Speaker 1: If you're anywhere.

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Speaker 2: Around those gas wells, just head back due north and

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Speaker 2: you'll get right back to this dock. And so Jeff

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Speaker 2: Happened so quickly that it caught him off guard. The

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Speaker 2: sun had already set, it was about to get dark,

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Speaker 2: and Jeff became alarmed, and he said, Brent, pull up

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Speaker 1: We've got to get out of here. Jeff stood up.

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Speaker 2: In the boat and looked around to try to get

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Speaker 2: was fog. He thought about it, he studied it, he

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Speaker 1: He asked Brent.

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Speaker 2: Brent's father is a big fisherman. Brent looked around, analyzed

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Speaker 2: it all, and he said, no, Jeff, it's not this way.

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Speaker 2: I'm positive it's this way, the opposite of what Jeff thought. Now,

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Speaker 2: Jeff was very confused, so he got his comfass out

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Speaker 2: and due north, like the man at the doc told him,

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Speaker 2: was not this way, not this way, but this way.

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Speaker 1: A totally different direction.

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Speaker 2: Jeff cranked up the motor and in spite of what

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Speaker 2: That way the man at the doc told him. Jeff said,

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Speaker 2: everything within me was telling me.

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Speaker 1: You'll go in the wrong direction.

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Speaker 2: My thoughts, my reasoning, my logic, my friend, my emotion,

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Speaker 2: everything was saying you're making a mistake.

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Speaker 1: You better turn around.

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Speaker 2: But Jeff just kept hearing the man at the dock say,

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Speaker 2: if you'll go do north, you'll get back to this place.

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Speaker 2: Because of the fog, they had to travel extremely slow,

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Speaker 1: You could not see anything.

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Speaker 2: there's Victoria still smiling bigger than me, ear to ear,

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Speaker 2: nodding her.

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Speaker 1: Head saying yes, yes, yes.

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Speaker 2: She ended up singing the whole song without ever being

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Speaker 2: able to hear herself or the music, all because she

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Speaker 2: could see her mother telling her, You're doing good, It's okay,

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Speaker 2: keep going. Sometimes in life, when we get up, the

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Speaker 2: mic is not working. In other words, we're doing our best,

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Speaker 2: but it doesn't look like anything is happening. We've trained,

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Speaker 2: we've sacrificed, we prayed, we believe, but it just doesn't

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Speaker 2: look like it's worth it. We wonder is it even

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Speaker 2: worth it to keep going? Is it worth it to

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Speaker 2: keep treating this person right, even though they're treating me wrong?

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Speaker 2: Is it worth it to keep pursuing my dreams when

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Speaker 2: I've had so many closed doors? Is it worth it

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Speaker 2: to keep trying to overcome this addiction, even though I

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Speaker 2: failed so many times. Now listen, If you will look

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Speaker 2: up through your eyes of faith, just like Alexandra saw

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Speaker 2: her mother, you will see your heavenly Father with a

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Speaker 2: big smile, nodding his head, saying yes.

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Speaker 1: It's worth it. Keep going. You're doing good. I'm in control.

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Speaker 1: I'm a faithful God.

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Speaker 2: When those voices come, and they come to all of

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Speaker 2: us saying stop, give up, you're wasting your time, don't

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Speaker 2: dwell on it. Learn to look back up, use your imagination.

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Speaker 2: See your heavenly Father smiling down on you, nodding his

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Speaker 2: head saying yes. When you realize the creator of the

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Speaker 2: universe is saying you're doing good, you can make it.

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Speaker 2: When you realize the God that spoke the worlds into

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Speaker 2: existence is saying I'll never fail you, keep going. That's

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Speaker 2: what will give you the strength, the confidence, the determination

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Speaker 2: to ignore every negative voice, to shake off every disappointment,

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Speaker 2: knowing that if God be for you, if God is

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Speaker 2: saying yes, it doesn't matter who else is saying no.

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Speaker 2: God has the final say. Friends, we can trust the

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Speaker 2: faithfulness of God. What he promised he will bring to pass.

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Speaker 2: He's saying to you today, I will not fail you.

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Speaker 2: I will not let you down. I will not release

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Speaker 2: my hold on you. Now we can boldly say the

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Speaker 2: Lord is our helper. I want you to have this

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Speaker 2: confidence that God is in control. And just because it

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Speaker 2: hasn't happened yet doesn't mean that it's not going to happen.

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Speaker 1: That means the promise is still in your future.

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Speaker 2: And in those foggy seasons of life, make up your

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Speaker 2: mind that you're going to trust God's promises.

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Speaker 1: Don't listen to that other voices.

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Speaker 2: God's promises will get your home safely every time some

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Speaker 2: of your living worrying, stress, wondering if it's the God

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Speaker 2: ever going to happen. No, God has you in the

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Speaker 2: palm of his hand. He has never failed you in

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Speaker 2: the past, and let me assure you he will not

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Speaker 2: fail you in the future.

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Speaker 1: If you will dare.

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Speaker 2: Trust the faithfulness of God in due season, he promises

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Speaker 2: He's going to.

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Speaker 1: Pour out his favor in new ways.

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Speaker 2: You're going to overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy, accomplish

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Speaker 2: every dream. And I believe in declare every promise God

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Speaker 2: put in your heart.

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Speaker 1: You will see that come to fulfillment. Amen, do you

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Speaker 1: receive it? Today? We never like to.

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Speaker 2: Close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 2: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 2: into my heart, wash me clean. I make you my

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Speaker 2: Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer,

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Speaker 2: we believe you got born again.

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Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place.

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Speaker 1: He'll take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing

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Speaker 3: in our lives. When you say, I always seem to worry.

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Speaker 3: I can't forgive what was done to me. I pray,

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Speaker 3: but it feels like God doesn't hear. I won't have

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Speaker 3: enough to provide for me and my family. How do

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Speaker 3: you overcome this type of negative thinking that limits you

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Speaker 3: from God's best?

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Speaker 1: Our thinking sets the limits for our life.

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Speaker 2: Every morning, you have to power up your mind, get

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Speaker 2: it going in the right direction, but dwelling on what

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Speaker 2: God says about you.

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Speaker 1: When you think thoughts of.

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Speaker 2: Faith, hope, and victory, you'll tap into blessing and favor

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Speaker 2: that belongs to you.

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