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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry.

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Speaker 3: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

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Speaker 3: blessing and share it with a friend.

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Speaker 2: Reappreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 2: God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 2: We love you. No, God has great things in store

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Speaker 2: for you. If you're ever in our area, please stop

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Speaker 2: 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. Thank you again

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

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Speaker 2: something funny.

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Speaker 1: And I heard about this man named Bubba.

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Speaker 2: He lived way out in the country and he had

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Speaker 2: this stray dog that kept showing up at his house.

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Speaker 2: And his wife said, Bubba, you need to put the

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Speaker 2: dog in the truck and take him down the road

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Speaker 2: and let him out in the woods.

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Speaker 1: That's where he lives. And so Bubba.

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Speaker 2: Loaded him up, took him a mile down the road,

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Speaker 2: and when Bubba got back home, the dog was running

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Speaker 2: up the driveway practically beat him back. He put him

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Speaker 2: back in the truck and drove him further away, came

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Speaker 2: back home. Thirty minutes later, the dog was coming up

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Speaker 2: the driveway. His wife said, Bubba, you got to put

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Speaker 2: him in the truck and drive him way out and

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Speaker 2: take him around in circles and get him all mixed up.

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Speaker 2: So Baba put him in the truck, drove an hour

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Speaker 2: away and criss crossed those country roads that he'd never

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Speaker 2: driven on before. Two hours later, he called his wife

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Speaker 2: from the truck on the cellphone, said, Hey, has the

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Speaker 2: dog made it back yet?

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Speaker 1: She said, yep, the dog is walking down the driveway.

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Speaker 1: He said, do you mind put him on the line.

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Speaker 1: I need directions.

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Speaker 2: Hold up your bibles. Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 2: This is my Bible. 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 the goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: Just like the sun radiates heat, God radiates It's goodness.

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Speaker 2: It's not just what he does, it's who he is.

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Speaker 2: God's very nature is good, and it's important that we

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Speaker 2: recognize God's goodness. When my father went to be with

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Speaker 2: the Lord, the critics told us that Lakewood would.

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Speaker 1: Never make it. But we didn't go under.

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Speaker 2: We went over. Today we are stronger than ever. That's

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Speaker 2: the goodness of God. The medical report said my mother

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Speaker 2: had a few weeks to live. That was over thirty

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Speaker 2: years ago. Today, my mom is alive and healthy. The

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Speaker 2: goodness of God. I walked into a jewelry store and

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Speaker 2: met Victoria.

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Speaker 1: The goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: Our children are healthy, the goodness of God. I don't

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Speaker 2: look like my brother Paul, the goodness of God. That's

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Speaker 2: his mercy too. The scripture says every good gift comes

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Speaker 2: from our Father in Heaven, large or small. You're in

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Speaker 1: The goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: You're going through a difficult time. A friend stops by

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Speaker 2: out of the blue cheers you up.

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Speaker 1: The goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: I was in the maul the other day buying some

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Speaker 2: tennis shoes. A lady came up that I'd never met.

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Speaker 2: She said, do you have a coupon? I said, no,

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Speaker 2: I don't she said, here, take this, I have an

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Speaker 2: extra one. It's forty percent off. That wasn't just a

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Speaker 2: lucky break. That's the goodness of our God. And the

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Speaker 2: scripture talks about how God was in their minst, but

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Speaker 2: they knew him not too many times.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't a coincidence that you met your spouse and

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Speaker 2: Wasn't a lucky break that you got that job. It

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Speaker 2: was God's hint of favor. The fact that your children

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Speaker 1: The opportunity that you've given me.

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Speaker 2: Some of you, if it had not been for the

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Speaker 2: had not been for God's goodness, you'd still be addicted.

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Speaker 1: But look at you now, you're free, you're clean, you're

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Speaker 2: It had not been for God's goodness, you could have

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Speaker 1: But look at you now. You're peaceful, you're beautiful, you're.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I'm gonna thank God

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Speaker 1: The fact that I can walk is the goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: The fact that I can see, I can think clearly.

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Speaker 2: I have health, I have opportun tunity, I have family.

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Speaker 1: That's not just fate.

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Speaker 2: That's the creator of the universe breathing in our direction. Now,

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Speaker 2: let's don't be like the people back then and have

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Speaker 2: God's goodness all around us.

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Speaker 1: Yet we don't realize it. We take it for granted.

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Speaker 2: No any good thing that happens, Thank you Lord for

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Speaker 2: your goodness. There's this man that I really wanted to meet.

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Speaker 2: He works in the television industry and he's very influential

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Speaker 2: on me. I've had this desire for a long time,

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Speaker 2: and I believe that God would bring our past together.

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Speaker 2: Year after year have gone by and didn't look like

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Speaker 2: months ago, I called a lady that I know out

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Speaker 2: of state and we were talking about a project. She said, Joel,

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Speaker 2: Her business partner was this man I'd been hoping to

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Speaker 2: his home. That's not a lucky break. That's the goodness

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Speaker 2: for God's goodness. Our attitude should be I can't wait

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Speaker 1: Lord, Thank you for your goodness.

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Speaker 2: See God is constantly working showing us his goodness, but

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Speaker 2: too many times we don't recognize it. We're waiting for

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Speaker 2: goodness of God even in simple things. The other day,

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Speaker 2: Victoria put on some eggs to boil. She wanted hard

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Speaker 2: could have used them for baseballs. But no telling what

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Speaker 2: more hours. The whole place could have burned down. Why

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Speaker 2: you say, Joel, that's just your mind bringing that thought

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Speaker 2: I know the creator of the universe is directing our steps.

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Speaker 2: He said, his plans for us are for good and

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Speaker 2: not evil. Whenever something good happens, I'm gonna give God thanks.

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Speaker 2: When I see favor, Thank you Lord. When I'm reminded

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Speaker 2: Get in the habit of thanking God for his goodness,

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Speaker 2: Moses said.

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Speaker 1: God, show me your glory. God said, in.

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Speaker 2: About ten seconds later, this big branch fell right where

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Speaker 2: away at just the right time. That wasn't a lucky break.

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Speaker 2: you said, Joel, I had an accident this week. I

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Speaker 2: totaled my car must not work for me. No, if

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Speaker 2: it had not been for God's goodness, you could have

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Speaker 2: lost more than your car. You could have lost your life.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for his hand of protection. Years ago, Victoria

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Speaker 2: Just so happened that salesman was the perfect match. He

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Speaker 2: God is saying I've got something bigger come in your way.

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Speaker 2: They have two beautiful children.

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Speaker 1: In their careers.

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Speaker 2: They had reached their limits, didn't look like they could

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Speaker 2: rise any higher.

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Speaker 1: But one day a developer knocked on their door.

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Speaker 2: This man, he told how he wanted to buy their

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Speaker 2: house and twelve others around them and put in this

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Speaker 2: big shopping center.

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Speaker 1: They weren't interested in selling.

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Speaker 2: They said, no, thanks, we love our house and we

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Speaker 2: love this neighborhood.

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Speaker 1: We're not interested.

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Speaker 2: He said, you haven't even let me make the offer.

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Speaker 2: Yet he offered them over twenty times what they paid

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Speaker 2: for their house.

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Speaker 1: It's funny.

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Speaker 2: When they heard that, they said, you know what, we

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Speaker 2: never really did like our house. It's amazing how quickly

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Speaker 2: they became unattached to that neighborhood.

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Speaker 1: They sold their property.

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Speaker 2: God has blessed them more than they could ever imagine.

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Speaker 1: That's due in the desert.

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Speaker 2: God's goodness come into you. You said, Joel, this is

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Speaker 2: never going to happen to me, especially in this economy,

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Speaker 2: with this stock market, with all the unemployment. No, it

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Speaker 2: says in Isaiah sixty verse two, darkness will cover the earth,

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Speaker 2: and dense darkness. The people kind of where we are

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Speaker 2: today a lot of doom, gloom, pessimism, but it goes

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Speaker 2: on to say, the Lord will arise upon you, and

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Speaker 2: his glory will be seen on you. This means when

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Speaker 2: it gets dark, when people are discouraged.

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Speaker 1: When the news reports are gloomy, God.

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Speaker 2: Is saying, get ready, that's when I'm going to show

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Speaker 2: you my glory. It says his goodness will be seen

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Speaker 2: on you. In other words, God wants to make you

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Speaker 2: an example. He wants your friends, relatives, coworkers to look

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Speaker 2: at you and say, what is it with them? They're

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Speaker 2: always so happy, they're so blessed, they're so peaceful, so successful.

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Speaker 2: That young man that received the kidney, that was God's

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Speaker 2: goodness seen on him. The couple that sold their house

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Speaker 2: for a large prophet, that is the favor of God

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Speaker 2: displayed in their life. Psalm one twelve says when darkness

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Speaker 2: overtakes the godly, the light will come bursting in. Notice

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Speaker 2: not trickling in, not barely making it, not little by little, No,

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Speaker 2: it says it.

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Speaker 1: Will come bursting in.

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Speaker 2: That means suddenly you'll see God's goodness.

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Speaker 1: Suddenly you'll be promoted.

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Speaker 2: Suddenly the answer comes and unexpected knock on the door,

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Speaker 2: and there's the kidney you've been waiting for suddenly you

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Speaker 2: can pay your house off.

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Speaker 1: Friends, Our God is the God of the sudden least.

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Speaker 2: Now, I know some of you have been in difficult times,

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Speaker 2: but I can sense in my spirit the light is

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Speaker 2: about to come bursting in.

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Speaker 1: Get ready for the goodness of God in a new way.

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Speaker 2: Get ready for breakthrough, get ready for promotion, get ready

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Speaker 2: for restoration. You may have had that problem a long

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Speaker 2: long time, but do you know today it could turn around.

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Speaker 2: That child may have been off course for many years,

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Speaker 2: but today he could come back home. Suddenly things can change.

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Speaker 2: God wants his glory to be seen on you. God

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Speaker 2: doesn't want us to be average, mediocre, barely making it.

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Speaker 2: God wants you to stand out in the crowd. He

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Speaker 2: wants you to be so blessed that everyone around you

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Speaker 2: can see His goodness on you. That's what the scripture says.

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Speaker 2: Our life is to be a praise to God. In

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Speaker 2: other words, God's goodness is on us so strongly. Whenever

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Speaker 2: we go somewhere, we don't even have to say anything.

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Speaker 2: But you're so blessed. You radiate so much joy, so

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Speaker 2: much peace, so much victory, that your life, just your presence,

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Speaker 2: is giving God praise every one of you has seen

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Speaker 2: God's goodness in the past. Remember, if God did it

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Speaker 2: for you back then, he can do it for you

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Speaker 2: right now. He has do in your desert provision that

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Speaker 2: is going to come seeking you out now. My encouragement

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Speaker 2: is three things. Expect God goodness. Get up every day

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Speaker 2: looking for God's favor. Number two, recognize God's goodness. There

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Speaker 2: are no coincidences, no lucky breaks. It's the goodness of God.

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Speaker 2: And number three, always thank God for his goodness whenever

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Speaker 2: something good happens, large or small. Lord, thank you for

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Speaker 2: that parking spot. Lord, thank you for that idea. Lord,

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Speaker 2: thank you for sending me due in my desert. Have

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Speaker 2: a grateful spirit. If you do this, I believe and declare,

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Speaker 2: You're going to come into more of God's goodness. Those

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Speaker 2: blessings are going to come after you. The light is

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Speaker 2: going to come bursting in. God is going to open

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Speaker 2: up supernatural doors. He's going to turn negative situations around.

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Speaker 2: He's going to bring the right people across your path.

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Speaker 1: You need to get ready.

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Speaker 2: Something big is coming your way. You're going to fulfill

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Speaker 2: your God given destiny because the goodness of God is

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Speaker 2: on your life.

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Speaker 1: Come on, if you believe it.

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Speaker 2: Can you give the Lord another shadow praise today. We

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Speaker 2: never like to close off broadcast without giving you an

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Speaker 2: opportunity to make.

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Speaker 1: Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 1: into my heart. I'll 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: Keep God first place.

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

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Speaker 2: It's easy to get stuck in life because of fear

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Speaker 3: My heart for this book is that you will discover

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Speaker 3: put in you so that you can see your dreams

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Speaker 3: come to pass. It's not too late, the obstacles are

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Speaker 3: not too big. The grace of God equips you to

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