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Speaker 1: God's bless you. It's always a joy to coming to

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Speaker 2: But thanks for tuning in. Thanks for coming out again today.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny each week, and

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Speaker 1: I heard about this lady that was out shopping with

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Speaker 1: her husband. He had asked her to not buy any

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Speaker 1: Later, the husband discovered it and he said, honey, I

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Speaker 1: asked you not to buy any more clothes, and she said, well,

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Speaker 1: I didn't mean to, but when I tried it on,

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Speaker 2: Satan tempted me and I couldn't resist it.

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Speaker 1: He said, why didn't you use the scripture and say

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Speaker 1: Hold your bible up, say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 1: to talk to you today about being fully persuaded. When

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Speaker 1: you're fully persuaded, you are confident that God is going

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Speaker 1: but deep down you have this unshakable confidence. You know

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Speaker 1: And when you're fully persuaded, you don't focus on your impossibilities.

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Speaker 2: You focus on your God. It may be taken a

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Speaker 2: long time, you don't see how it could work out.

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Speaker 2: But you're not worried.

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Speaker 1: You're not living frustrated, always trying to figure it out.

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Speaker 1: There's a peace, there's a rest. You know God is

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Speaker 1: in complete control. You may not see a way, but

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Speaker 2: You are fully persuaded.

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Speaker 1: This is so important because there's always something that's trying

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Speaker 1: Our own thoughts will tell us you'll never accomplish your dreams.

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Speaker 1: Everyone knows you can't have a baby at one hundred

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Speaker 1: He did not consider the weakness of his own body

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Speaker 1: The key is, don't consider your circumstances, consider your God.

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Speaker 1: Your circumstances may look dead, your financial situation may seem impossible,

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Speaker 1: The doom and gloom from the experts, not going to

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Speaker 1: My business may be slow, the economy may be down,

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Speaker 1: your God. He is Jehovah Jirah, the Lord, our provider.

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Speaker 1: He's Jehovah Rapha, the Lord, our healer. He is called

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Speaker 1: the Great I am. He is saying today, I am

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Speaker 1: then God's going to show up and do amazing things

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Speaker 2: I want to help you.

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Speaker 1: Tell me what the problem is. For the next three hours,

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Speaker 1: he told the man his problems. When he got finished,

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Speaker 1: they both jumped. I don't want to know the facts,

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Speaker 1: but I don't want to know too much. If you

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Speaker 1: don't cut that off, all that's gonna do is to

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Speaker 2: You got to get out.

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Speaker 1: Of the natural and say, this may be impossible with men,

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Speaker 1: but I know with God all things are possible. They

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Speaker 1: sure men said to Jesus as politely as they could, Sir,

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Speaker 1: we've been fishing all night and we didn't catch anything.

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Speaker 1: We are very knowledgeable, we are very experienced. This is

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Speaker 1: not our first time out, and we appreciate your advice.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate your suggestion, but we are extremely tired. We

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Speaker 1: need to get home and get some rest. This is

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Speaker 1: not a time to go fish. Jesus said, Listen, men,

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Speaker 1: this may not make sense to you. You may not

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Speaker 1: understand it, but I know what I'm talking about. When

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Speaker 1: I say there are a fish out there, it may

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Speaker 1: defy the odds, it may seem like a waste of

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Speaker 1: your time, but you've got to realize I control the fish.

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Speaker 1: There may not have been fish out there last night,

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Speaker 1: or the night before, or last year, but I can

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Speaker 1: assure you there are fish out there right now. Jesus

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Speaker 1: convinced them. They thought, all right, seems strange, seems God. Nevertheless,

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Speaker 1: at your word, we will do it. That's the attitude

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Speaker 1: we've got to have. This doesn't even make sense, Joel,

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Speaker 1: for me to believe. It doesn't even make sense for

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Speaker 1: me to get my hopes up. Nevertheless, if God says so,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna believe. So those men went out and caught

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Speaker 1: so many fish that their nests begin to break. But

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Speaker 1: it all boils down to this. Are you considering your

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Speaker 1: circumstances or are you considering your God? Are you fully

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Speaker 1: persuaded God's gonna do what he promised?

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Speaker 2: Or have you talked yourself out of it.

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Speaker 1: It's easy to think that your dream is too big

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Speaker 1: or your problem is too great. God has put things

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Speaker 1: in my heart places He wants to take our ministry

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Speaker 1: that will take one hundred million more dollars coming in

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Speaker 1: each year than we have right now in the natural.

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Speaker 2: Oh, that's never gonna happen. No use even believing. No,

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Speaker 2: I've learned to do like Mary.

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Speaker 1: God be it under me, even as you have said,

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Speaker 1: I am fully persuaded.

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Speaker 2: God's gonna do amazing things.

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Speaker 1: I've seen him do it in the past, and I

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Speaker 1: know he'll do it in the future. It says about Abraham,

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Speaker 1: he hoped on in faith against all hope. What God

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Speaker 1: has put in your heart may seem too big, may

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Speaker 1: seem very unlikely. But don't do like the fishermen almost

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Speaker 1: did and talk yourself out of it. Don't do like

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Speaker 1: Moses and run all your calculations and tell God why

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Speaker 1: it's not going to work out. Do like Abraham and

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Speaker 1: against all hope, keep hoping.

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Speaker 2: On in faith.

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Speaker 1: Let's do like Mary and say, God, we know you

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Speaker 1: control the whole universe. It may look impossible, but we

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Speaker 1: believe the power of the most High will come upon us.

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Speaker 1: My prayer is that you will become fully persuaded, not halfway,

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Speaker 1: not three fours, but fully convinced that God will do

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Speaker 1: everything He's promised in your life. And if you'll put

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Speaker 1: this principle into action and don't consider your circumstances, but

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Speaker 1: consider your God, then just like God gave Abraham a

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Speaker 1: child at one hundred years old, God will do un

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Speaker 1: your things in your own life. He will bring promises

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Speaker 1: to pass that look impossible. You will accomplish dreams far

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Speaker 1: greater than you ever imagine. You will overcome obstacles that

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Speaker 1: looked insurmountable. You'll be able to say God's been good

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Speaker 1: to me. He has shown up and shown out in

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Speaker 1: my life in an amazing way. Amen, do you receive

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Speaker 1: that today?

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Speaker 3: Well?

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Speaker 1: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 1: you my lord, and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in

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Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place.

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Speaker 2: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Breathtaking, that's what you feel when you look out at

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Speaker 3: majestic mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece.

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Speaker 3: Even as you consider his handiwork, you might also feel

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Speaker 3: bless that not good enough or not valuable. The image

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Speaker 3: before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking.

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Speaker 2: How do you overcome this?

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Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion.

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Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive.

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Speaker 1: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our life.

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Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God

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Speaker 1: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable.

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Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of yourself, you'll rise

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Speaker 1: higher and become who you were created to be. We

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Speaker 1: It will help you get rid of the wrong self

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Speaker 1: image and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God create

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Speaker 3: As our Thank you for your gift of any amount

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Speaker 3: God's glory will arise within you. Yes, God has breathed

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Speaker 3: his life into you. He approved you, equipped you, empowered you.

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Speaker 3: Stop believing the lies about you and start hearing what

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Speaker 3: God says about you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for being a part of the ministry. Betwen.

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Speaker 2: I pray for you and your family every day, believing

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Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services live online Sunday mornings,

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Speaker 1: Until we meet again, Let the Lord bless you and

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