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Speaker 3: he spent that whole time visiting with Henry. His name

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Speaker 3: the Lord. Henry said, well, I know a lot about Jesus,

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Speaker 3: would you like to do it right now? He smiled

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Speaker 3: real big, with great confidence. He said yes, I would.

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Speaker 3: Right there on the African planes with the sun setting

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Speaker 3: He couldn't wait to call his wife. She was so excited,

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Speaker 3: she said, I have been praying for this moment for

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Speaker 3: seventeen years. It's a dream come true. Friends, that was

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Speaker 3: a divine interruption. If that plane would have been there

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Speaker 3: our way, John would have never had that two hour

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Speaker 3: window to visit with Henry. I believe God on purpose

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Speaker 3: After all, Paul had checked and even double checked. Yet

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Speaker 3: they still made a mistake. But what may look like

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Speaker 3: doesn't mean that God is still not orchestrating it. You

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Speaker 3: may never know why something has happened to you, but

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Speaker 3: you can rest assured God, somewhere, some way, is going

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Speaker 3: to get some good out of it. His delays are

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Speaker 3: always deliberate. I'm asking you today, when you get interrupted delayed,

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Speaker 3: don't get frustrated, don't get stressed out. Recognize that there

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Speaker 3: are divine interruptions. Your steps and your stops have been

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Speaker 3: ordered by the Lord. If what you're praying about has

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Speaker 3: not come to pass just yet, then that very well

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Speaker 3: may be because God is planning something great. You're thinking

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Speaker 3: of a healing, He's thinking of a resurrection. Stay in faith,

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Speaker 3: keep believing your best days are still out in front

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Speaker 3: of you. If you will have this right perspective and

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Speaker 3: see God use you in amazing ways to help others,

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Speaker 3: and you will see God do amazing things in your

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Speaker 3: overcoming every obstacle, defeating every enemy. I believe in declare

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Speaker 3: you will become everything God created you to be, and

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Speaker 3: you will have everything God intended for you to have. Amen.

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Speaker 3: Do you receive that today? We never like to close

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Speaker 3: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come

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