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Speaker 3: thank you for being here. This is our year of acceleration.

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Speaker 3: Let's believe that as we go into this year of acceleration,

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Speaker 3: I've fallen into this trap before, wanting to pray a

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Speaker 3: Could I really accomplish something like that? See, our victories

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Speaker 3: Our victories are going to be accomplished by God's favor.

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Speaker 3: think about Joseph, Moses, Nehemiah, Esther just to name a few.

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Speaker 3: you know, Joseph ended up being second in command of

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Speaker 3: How did that happen? Moses, he was not even supposed

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

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Speaker 3: you too have the gracious hands of God's favor in

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Speaker 3: When God breathed breath into you, he gave you more

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Speaker 3: God is looking for men and women who will truly

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Speaker 3: It's his gracious hand a favor in my life. Every

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Speaker 3: If you get up every morning and you say, God,

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