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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jorlan Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks

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Speaker 2: for supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have

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Speaker 2: an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled.

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Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 2: Well, God bless you always a joy to come into

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Speaker 2: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please

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

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Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you

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Speaker 2: again for coming out today. And I like to start

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Speaker 2: with something funny. And I heard about this man. He

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Speaker 2: was walking up to a country store and there was

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Speaker 2: your dog bite? He said, no, sir, my dog doesn't bite.

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Speaker 2: He reached down to pet him, and the dog took

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Speaker 2: and said, son, I thought you said your dog didn't bite.

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Speaker 2: The little boy said, that's not my dog. Hold your

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Speaker 2: bible up, say it like you mean it. This is

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Speaker 2: my Bible. I am what it says, I am, I

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Speaker 2: have what it says.

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Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today,

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Speaker 2: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly

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Speaker 2: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I

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Speaker 2: will never be the same. In Jesus's name, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about you can

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Speaker 2: handle it. Nothing that comes your way in life is

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Speaker 2: too much for you. God promised he will never let

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Speaker 2: us face more than we can bear. And we all

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Speaker 2: go through challenges, disappointments, unfair situations, and it's easy to

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Speaker 2: let it overwhelm us to where we think this is

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Speaker 2: the end of me. No, God would not have allowed

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Speaker 2: it if you couldn't handle it. But as long as

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Speaker 2: you're telling your it's too much, then you'll talk yourself

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Speaker 2: out of it. You've got to get in agreement with God.

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Speaker 2: You are not weak, you are full of can do power.

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Speaker 2: The same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives

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Speaker 2: on the inside of you now. All through the day,

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Speaker 2: whether you're stuck in traffic or facing a major disappointment.

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Speaker 2: Your attitude should be I can handle it. I can

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Speaker 2: I can handle these people talking about me. I can

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Speaker 2: handle the Texans not winning. You can't have a weak,

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Speaker 2: defeated mentality. You've got to have a warrior mentality.

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Speaker 1: This is what Joseph did.

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Speaker 2: He was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit,

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Speaker 2: But he didn't get depressed. He didn't start complaining. His

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Speaker 2: a purpose for it. I'm going to stay in faith

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Speaker 2: no disappointment, no sickness. My mother was diagnosed with terminal

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Speaker 2: Like Paul, you've got to talk to yourself the right way.

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Speaker 2: Now you've got to do like Paul, shake off a

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Speaker 2: You're not lacking. The most powerful force.

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Speaker 2: Isaiah said, take hold of his strength when you make

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Speaker 2: Saying that difficulty is not meant to defeat you, It's

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Speaker 2: Start talking to yourself a new way. I'm well able,

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Speaker 1: Tried in the fire of affliction.

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Speaker 1: A new level of my destiny.

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Speaker 2: Colossians three twelve says God has given us the power

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Speaker 2: Maybe at the office you're not being treated fairly.

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Speaker 2: Greater is he that's in you than anything that comes

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Speaker 2: cannot keep you from your destiny. But some of you

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Speaker 2: you've already decided. Joel, I can't handle this sickness anymore.

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Speaker 2: I can't handle this problem at work. I can't handle

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Speaker 2: taking care of my elderly parents in my family too.

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Speaker 2: Now quit telling yourself it's too much. Those negative, defeated

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Speaker 2: thoughts are draining your energy. You wouldn't be there if

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Speaker 2: you couldn't handle it. God wouldn't have allowed it if

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Speaker 2: you weren't ready for it and equal to it.

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Speaker 1: You're anointed for it.

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Speaker 2: When you press past what's coming against you on the

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Speaker 2: other side of that difficulty is a new level of

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Speaker 2: your destiny. I heard about this wealthy man. He was

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Speaker 2: known for being very eccentric, very far out. One night

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Speaker 2: he was having a big party at his house. In

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Speaker 2: his backyard, his swimming pool was filled with sharks and alligators.

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Speaker 1: He announced to all.

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Speaker 2: The guests, anyone who will swim across my pool, I'll

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Speaker 2: give you anything that you want. In a few minutes,

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Speaker 2: there was a big splash. He looked over and this

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Speaker 2: man was swimming ninety to nothing, dodging the alligators, maneuvering

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Speaker 2: his way around the sharks as frantic as can be.

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Speaker 2: He made it to the other side just in the

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Speaker 2: niccotime jumped.

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Speaker 1: Out, totally panicked.

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Speaker 2: The wealthy man came over and said, I can't believe it.

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Speaker 2: You're the bravest person I've ever met. Now, what do

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Speaker 2: you want me to give you? The man said, what

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Speaker 2: I want more than anything else, is the name.

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Speaker 1: Of the person that just pushed me in. Here's my point.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes in life it feels like we got pushed in.

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Speaker 1: We weren't expecting it.

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Speaker 2: Bad medical reporter relationship didn't make it.

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Speaker 1: A business goes down.

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Speaker 2: It may be a surprise to us, but it is

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Speaker 2: not a surprise to God. If you get pushed in,

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Speaker 2: don't sit around nursing your wounds.

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Speaker 1: Do like this man, Just go for it.

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Speaker 2: Just keep being your best, keep honoring God, keep doing

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Speaker 2: what you know you're supposed to do. God has already

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Speaker 2: given you the strength, the wisdom, the favor, the determination

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Speaker 2: not only to make it through, but to come out

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Speaker 2: better than you were before. Remember that difficulty is not

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Speaker 2: going to defeat you. It's going to promote you. You

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Speaker 2: can handle it. Take hold of this strength.

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Speaker 1: Get up every.

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Speaker 2: Morning, remind yourself I'm ready for and equal to anything

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Speaker 2: that comes my way. And if you will do this,

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Speaker 2: God promises he will infuse strength into you. Now I

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Speaker 2: believe and declare you will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy,

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Speaker 2: and become everything God's created you to be in Jesus's name,

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Speaker 2: if you receive it, can you say it men today?

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Speaker 2: Or we never like to close our broadcast without giving

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Speaker 2: you an opportunity to.

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Speaker 1: Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray

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Speaker 1: with me?

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

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior.

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Speaker 2: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church.

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Speaker 2: Keep God first place.

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Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 5: God has put a specific dream in your heart. Maybe

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Speaker 5: it's a dream for a better career, a blessing that

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Speaker 5: enables you to bless others, to be in a healthy,

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Speaker 5: loving relationship, to launch your own business or ministry endeavor.

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Speaker 5: We all have dreams, but sometimes set backs and opposition

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Speaker 5: can rob us of our dreams. So how do you

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Speaker 5: make your dreams a reality?

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Speaker 2: One way you know it's a God given dream is

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Speaker 2: you can't accomplish it on your own. We never thought

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Speaker 2: we'd be having church in a former basketball arena, but

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Speaker 2: this is what can happen when you take the limits

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Speaker 2: off of God.

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Speaker 3: When you believe what God put in your heart, that's

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Speaker 3: when He steps in and makes ways well you never

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Speaker 3: saw ways.

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Speaker 1: I'd love to send you my newest book, It's Time

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Speaker 1: to Dream again.

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Speaker 2: It'll help you to hold on to what God promised

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Speaker 2: and now get discouraged by how impossible it looks or

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Speaker 2: how long it's taken. You are closer than you think.

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Speaker 2: God's working behind the scenes right now. Stay in faith,

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Speaker 2: You're going to see the greatness of God bring your

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Speaker 2: dreams to pass.

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Speaker 5: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 5: of any amount.

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Speaker 1: To the ministry.

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Speaker 5: This month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you

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Speaker 5: this dream releasing, life affirming book, It's Time to Dream Again.

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Speaker 5: You might sense that your dreams have been buried, but

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Speaker 5: with this book, you'll see that they are actually a

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Speaker 5: hidden treasure just to be uncovered and come to life.

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Speaker 5: God's plan for you is significant. His dreams for you

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Speaker 5: are beyond what you could imagine. Don't wait another day.

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Speaker 5: It's time to dream again.

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Speaker 3: This book will help you gain a fresh perspective for

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Speaker 3: your dreams and to believe for everything God has put

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Speaker 3: in your heart.

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Speaker 1: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your prayer and support.

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Speaker 2: Your generosity is making a difference around the world. Remember

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Speaker 2: you can watch the services live online every Sunday, download

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Speaker 2: the daily podcast our YouTube channel, listen on serious exam.

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Speaker 2: We will keep you encouraged and inspired. But until we

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Speaker 2: meet again, may the Lord bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 5: Be sure to request your copy of It's Time to

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Speaker 5: Dream Again today. Visit Joelostein dot com or call eight

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Speaker 1: Joel