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Speaker 2: is our year of acceleration. Let's believe that as we

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Speaker 3: Things in our life. Let's don't limit God.

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Speaker 2: Because of our own ability, because of our resources, because

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Speaker 2: you to be special, to be different. He's placed something

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Speaker 3: We don't look at God. We look at ourselfs.

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Speaker 2: I've fallen into this trap before, wanting to pray a

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Speaker 2: Could I really accomplish something like that? See, our victories

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Speaker 2: His gracious hand of favor on our life is what's

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Speaker 2: think about Joseph, Moses, Nehemiah, Esther just to name a few.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever heard yourself say, my boss doesn't like me.

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Speaker 3: Well, Moses was never intended to make it.

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Speaker 2: She should have never made it. She had no family,

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Speaker 3: What was that? It was the gracious hand of God's favor.

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Speaker 2: It was the gracious hand of God's favor in their life.

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Speaker 2: And you too have the gracious hands of God's favor

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Speaker 2: When God breathed breath into you, he gave you more

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Speaker 2: God is looking for men and women who will truly

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Speaker 2: God and realize it's God's strength that's going to bring

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Speaker 2: I'm sure Joseph did, Moses did I know Esther did? Listen,

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Speaker 2: If you get up every morning and you say, God,

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Speaker 2: I know you're probably a lot like me at this point,

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