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Speaker 4: enjoy where you are, take time for the people God's

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Speaker 4: given you. The dreams will come to pass in due season.

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Speaker 4: The problems will resolve in God's timing. Worrying about them

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Speaker 4: does it make it work out any sooner? Constantly thinking

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Speaker 4: Stay in the moment. Hi, this is Victoria. Thanks for

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Speaker 4: keep it encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start with

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Speaker 4: something funny, and I heard about this lady. She's surprised

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Speaker 4: a burglar in her house late one night and she

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Speaker 4: was home alone, didn't have a weapon, She didn't know

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Speaker 4: what to do. Finally, she thought, I'll quote a scripture

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Speaker 4: They were amazed at how a woman with no weapon

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Speaker 4: about that scripture that had such an effect on you?

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Speaker 4: He said, scripture? What scripture? I thought? She said she

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Speaker 4: this is my Bible. I am what it says. I am.

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Speaker 4: talked to word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 4: to talk to you today about living in the present.

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Speaker 4: So often our mind is either in the past, focused

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Speaker 4: David said, this is the day the Lord has made.

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Speaker 4: Today is a gift from God. Are you fully engaged

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Speaker 4: I wasted my whole trip focused on that house, dreaming

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Speaker 4: But the people in your life are not always going

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Speaker 4: Life goes so fast. You look at your little children today,

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Speaker 4: When we got married, now we're a couple. The scripture

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Speaker 4: Victoria and I were talking with some frenzy the other day,

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Speaker 4: They've grown, they've matured, they've developed new interests, they have

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Speaker 4: See the good in each day. Be grateful for what

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Speaker 4: There's a blessing in disguise. There's someone you can connect with.

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Speaker 4: There's a test that you can pass. If Joseph would

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Speaker 4: Are you embracing where you are? Or are you fighting

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Speaker 4: journey seeing God's favor despite the opposition, or we can

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Speaker 4: One thing this pandemic has done has helped us to

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Speaker 4: We have the favor of God. When you realize this

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Speaker 4: Not depending on your past, not based on your future.

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Speaker 4: But you will say, like David, this is the day

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Speaker 4: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're going

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