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Speaker 6: I think about my mother. She had polio as a child.

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Speaker 6: My sister Lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy.

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Speaker 4: That's why I'm coasting. No, you've got to shake that off.

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Speaker 6: No I don't have the booming voice. No I don't

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Speaker 6: But listen, God uses what we think are weaknesses. Do

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Speaker 6: What I'm saying is there are no disadvantages with our God.

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Speaker 6: One day, zaki has heard that Jesus was coming through

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Speaker 4: Why'd you make me this way?

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Speaker 4: Easier than he did. They didn't need to.

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Speaker 4: Think about it.

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Speaker 6: What he thought was a liability turned out to be

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Speaker 6: an asset. The way he threw the ball without these

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Speaker 6: two fingers gave him an edge. Only God knows how

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Speaker 6: to take what should be a disadvantage and turn it

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Speaker 6: into an advantage. There are things in all of our

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Speaker 6: lives that we feel like are liabilities. It may not

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Speaker 6: be something physical, but even the way we were raised,

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Speaker 6: a disappointment, we went through a setback. We think, if

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Speaker 6: only that had enough happened, if only I could do

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Speaker 6: it again. No, if you'll stay in faith. Nothing in

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Speaker 6: life will happen to you. It'll happen for you. We

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Speaker 6: need to get rid of all the if only thoughts.

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Speaker 6: If only I didn't have that accident, then I could

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Speaker 6: pursue my dreams. If only I were taller, Joel, then

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Speaker 6: i'd feel good about my If only I were a

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Speaker 6: different nationality.

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Speaker 4: No, those thoughts will keep you from your destiny.

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Speaker 6: Tony Melendez could be sitting at home right now thinking,

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Speaker 6: if only I had arms, if only I was quote normal,

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Speaker 6: then I could play the guitar.

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Speaker 4: Then I could touch a lot of people.

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Speaker 6: David Ring could be thinking, if only I didn't have

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Speaker 6: this cerebral palsy, if only my speech wasn't so slow,

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Speaker 6: then I bet I'd make a great minister. No, let's recognize,

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Speaker 6: as far as God is concerned, there are no handicaps.

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Speaker 4: What you think is trying.

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Speaker 6: To pull you down may very well be the thing

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Speaker 6: that God uses to lift you up.

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Speaker 4: This is just what happened to Joseph.

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Speaker 6: He spent thirteen years in prison for something that he

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Speaker 6: did not do. It was a terrible disadvantage, a terrible injustice.

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Speaker 6: But do you realize that's what God used.

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Speaker 4: To promote him.

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Speaker 6: It may look like a handicap in our eyes, but

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Speaker 6: with God, there are no handicaps. That is not going

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Speaker 6: to keep you from your destiny. If you'll stay in faith,

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Speaker 6: it's going to launch you into your destiny. I have

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Speaker 6: people write me from other countries a lot. They say

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Speaker 6: things like, Joel, if only I lived in America, if

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Speaker 6: only I had that kind of opportunity. And I understand

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Speaker 6: what they're saying, because this is a great place to live.

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Speaker 6: But you have to realize God has given you what

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Speaker 6: you need to succeed right where you are. God knew

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Speaker 6: where you would be born, He knew what nationality you

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Speaker 6: would be. He knew the obstacles you would have to overcome.

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Speaker 6: And the good news is God has already equipped you.

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Speaker 6: He has already empowered you. You are anointed, you are strong,

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Speaker 6: You have the favor of God surrounding you.

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Speaker 4: Right now.

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Speaker 6: Don't make a mistake of waiting till you get to

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Speaker 6: another location before you decide to become.

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Speaker 4: Everything's wed you to be.

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Speaker 6: If you'll shake off the self pity and believe that

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Speaker 6: God's directing your steps, Believe that you have what it takes.

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Speaker 6: Believe that the most powerful force in the universe is

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Speaker 6: on the inside. When you do that, every liability will

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Speaker 6: be turned to an asset. I heard about this young man.

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Speaker 6: He was born without a right hand. One day he

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Speaker 6: was at the doctor's office having a physical so he

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Speaker 6: could play football. The doctor asked him what his handicap was.

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Speaker 6: He said, sir, I don't have a handicap. I just

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Speaker 6: don't have a right hand. I love that attitude. I

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Speaker 6: don't have a handicap. I just play the guitar with

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Speaker 6: my feet. I don't have a handicap. I just speak

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Speaker 6: a little slower. I don't have a handicap. I'm just

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Speaker 6: not as tall as somebody else. Friends, I'm asking you

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Speaker 6: to live this no excuse his life. That means you

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Speaker 6: are not going to go around dwelling on what's wrong

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Speaker 6: with you and all the reasons why you can't be happy.

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Speaker 4: Well held you all my personalities.

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Speaker 6: Odd I went through this breakup in a relationship. No,

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Speaker 6: your destiny didn't get thrown out because you had a

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Speaker 6: set back. You didn't get disqualified because you're to this

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Speaker 6: or to that. God knew you would be where you

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Speaker 6: are before the foundation of time. You need to get

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Speaker 6: a new perspective, have the attitude. I refuse to live

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Speaker 6: with a handicap mentality. This may not be fair, it

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Speaker 6: may look like a disadvantage, but I'm not going around

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Speaker 6: feeling sorry for myself. I'm shaking off self pity. I'm

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Speaker 6: shaking off every disappointment, and I'm going to become everything.

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Speaker 4: God has created me to be.

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Speaker 6: If you'll live a no excuse his life, then no

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Speaker 6: matter what comes your way, God will turn it around

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Speaker 6: for your good. He will take every stumbling block and

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Speaker 6: turn it into a stepping stone. It may look like

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Speaker 6: a liability, but just like zach Is, in the end,

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Speaker 6: it'll turn out to be an asset. Some of you

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Speaker 6: today you've lost your fire, You've lost your enthusiasm. You

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Speaker 6: need to stir up what God's put on the inside.

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Speaker 6: Remember there are no disadvantages with our God.

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Speaker 4: You have everything you need to succeed.

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Speaker 6: No weapon formed against you is ever gonna prosper as

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Speaker 6: you rise up with this no excuses mentality. Let me

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Speaker 6: just declare over you what's gonna happen. You're gonna see

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Speaker 6: God's favor in a greater way. New doors are gonna

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Speaker 6: begin to open. Supernatural opportunities are come in your way.

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Speaker 6: Divine connections. You're gonna be at the right place at

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Speaker 6: the right time. What was meant for your harm, God's

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Speaker 6: gonna use to your advantage. You're gonna overcome every obstacle.

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Speaker 6: You're gonna defeat every enemy. You're gonna see every dream,

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Speaker 6: every desire God's put in your heart. I declare it

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Speaker 6: in the name of Jesus. It will come to pass.

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