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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 3: Well, God bless you. 39 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 5: It's a joy to come into your homes, and if 40 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 5: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 41 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 5: a part of one of our services. I promise you 42 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 5: we'll make it feel right at home. I like to 43 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 5: start with something funny, and I heard about this man 44 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 5: that was out walking on the beach and God said, son, 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 5: you've been so faithful, I'm going to grant you one 46 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 5: special wish. 47 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: The man was so excited. 48 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,279 Speaker 5: He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 5: but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that 50 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 5: you would build me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, 51 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 5: that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take 52 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 5: a moment and wish again. He said, okay, God, I've 53 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 5: been married four times. All my ex wives say I 54 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 5: am so insensitive. So my wish is that I would 55 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 5: be able to understand a woman. I want to know 56 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 5: why they think like they think, why they feel like 57 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 5: they feel. 58 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: There was a long pause. 59 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 5: God said, do you want two lanes or four lanes 60 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 5: on that bridge? 61 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 3: All the men said, amen, say it like you mean it. 62 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 64 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind 66 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 67 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,799 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 68 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about favor in the storm. 69 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 5: When we think of favor we think of something good happening. 70 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 5: We received a promotion, we met someone special, the medical 71 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 5: report turned around. 72 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 3: We know that's the favor of God. 73 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 5: But when we face difficulties and things aren't going our way, 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 5: we're still taking the medical treatment, Our finances haven't turned around, 75 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 5: the promotion didn't go through. Doesn't seem like we have favor. 76 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 5: We have all these obstacles. But having favor doesn't mean 77 00:03:54,520 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 5: you won't have challenges. Favor is what's keeping those challenges. 78 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 3: From defeat eating you. 79 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 5: When you're in a difficult time. You may not see it, 80 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 5: but favor is what's pushing. 81 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: Back forces of darkness. 82 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 5: Favor is what's keeping that sickness from taking your life. 83 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: Favor is what protected you in that accident. 84 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 5: If you didn't have favor, you wouldn't still be here. 85 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 5: The enemy would have taken you out. You may not 86 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 5: recognize it, but you have favor in the storm, Favor 87 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 5: taking the treatment, Favor dealing with an addiction. The scripture 88 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 5: says God's favor surrounds you. It doesn't come and go. 89 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 5: It's with you in the good times and in the 90 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 5: tough times. When the Israelites were headed to the Promised Land, 91 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 5: they came to the Red Sea. Pharaoh had just let 92 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 5: them go, but he changed his mind and he and 93 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 5: his army came chasing them. The Israelites were at a 94 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 5: dead end. They had nowhere to go, and Moses held 95 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 5: up his staff and the waters parted. Those two million 96 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 5: people begin to walk through on dry ground. We look 97 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 5: at it today, and in hindsight, it's easy to see 98 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 5: they had favor. 99 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 3: The water's parted. 100 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 5: But imagine being there, having to walk between walls of water, 101 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 5: not knowing if at any moment they were going to collapse, 102 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 5: holding your children tightly, the enemy chasing you, closing in. 103 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 5: It was loud, people were panicking, all kinds of commotion. 104 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 5: I don't think they walked through calm and collected. They 105 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 5: were nervous, afraid, thinking of everything that could go wrong. 106 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 5: What if these walls of water don't hold up and 107 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 5: we all drown. What if we won't make it through 108 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 5: in time, What if the Fairoah catches us. There were 109 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 5: a thousand things they could have worried about. It wasn't 110 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 5: until they got to the other side, until they were 111 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 5: back on land, that they begin to rejoice. 112 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 3: Then they knew they had favor the truth. 113 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 5: It is they had favor the whole time, they just 114 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 5: couldn't see it. Favor is what was holding back the 115 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 5: walls of water. Favor is what. 116 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: Kept the enemy from catching them. 117 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 5: When we're in the middle of a difficulty, sometimes we 118 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 5: don't recognize that we have favor. It's easy to focus 119 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 5: on all the things that could happen. What if I 120 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 5: don't get well, what if I can't find another job, 121 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 5: what if my child doesn't get back On course, you 122 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:33,720 Speaker 5: could live worried, losing sleep, panic, or stay in peace. 123 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 3: You have favor in the storm. 124 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 5: God is pushing back forces of darkness for you. He's 125 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 5: not allowing the sickness, the addiction, the trouble at work 126 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 5: to keep you from your purpose. There is a force 127 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: working for you in the middle of the storm that 128 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 5: is greater than any force that's trying to stop you. 129 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,799 Speaker 5: When you look around, you may see walls of water. 130 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 3: You see opposition, trouble, sickness. 131 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 5: It looks frightening, but keep the right perspective. It cannot 132 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 5: defeat you. Like the Israelites. The favor God put on 133 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 5: your life is going to bring you safely through. The 134 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 5: enemy doesn't have the final say. God does, and what 135 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 5: he has purposed for your life will come to pass. 136 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 5: No bad break can stop you. No sickness, no addiction, 137 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 5: no person. 138 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: God is in control. 139 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 5: Instead of being frustrated by the problem, worried about your health, 140 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 5: upset over the bad break, turn it around. 141 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 3: Father. Thank you that I have favor in the storm. 142 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 5: Thank you that favor is keeping my enemies from defeating me. 143 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 5: It's easy to believe we have favor when good things 144 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 5: are happening. What I want us to see is we 145 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 5: have favor when we're in between walls of water. We 146 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 5: have favor when enemies are chasing us. Times we're so 147 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 5: focused on the threat and what's coming against us, we 148 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 5: don't recognize that without the goodness of God, we wouldn't 149 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 5: still be standing. The Psalm has said God has anointed you. 150 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 5: He is steadying you, making you strong, and your enemies 151 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 5: will not get the best of you. In the middle 152 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 5: of that difficulty, you need to remind yourself who you are. 153 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 5: You are anointed, You've been handpicked by God. 154 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: He's crowned you. 155 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 5: With favor, he said, he always causes you to triumph. 156 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 5: Right now, he's steadying you. He's making you stronger. If 157 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 5: you could see behind the scenes. You would see him. 158 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 3: Pushing back the opposition. 159 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 5: You would see him making your crooked places straight, lining 160 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 5: up the right people. Instead of complaining about the storm, 161 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 5: you need to let the enemy know you are not 162 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 5: going to get the best of me. 163 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 3: You are messing with the wrong person. 164 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 5: He may knock me down, but you can't knock me 165 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 5: out when you come against me. One way, God said 166 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 5: he will defeat you and cause you to flee seven ways. 167 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 5: You don't have to live worried, focused on the problems, 168 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 5: wondering why it happened. 169 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 3: You know a secret. 170 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: You have fever in the storm. You know God is 171 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 5: fighting your battles. You know what was meant for harm. 172 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 5: He's turning to your advantage. Here's the key. The enemy 173 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 5: wouldn't be fighting you if you weren't a threat. He 174 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 5: wouldn't be trying to stop you, if you weren't on 175 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 5: the verge of something amazing. He knows you're about to 176 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 5: step into a new level. He knows you're about to 177 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 5: take new ground for your family. You're about to come 178 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 5: into your promised land. You're about to see something you've 179 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 5: never seen. He can sense God's about to exceed your expectations. 180 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 5: So He's working overtime to try to get you worried, frustrated, 181 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 5: overwhelmed by problems, not expecting anything good, or get ready. 182 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 5: Favor is about to turn things around. Favor is about 183 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 5: to catapult you to a new level. 184 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 3: Favor is going to help you break that addiction. 185 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 5: Well, Joel, if I had favor, why did I have 186 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 5: these problems in the first place. Favor is not going 187 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 5: to keep you from the storm, but favor will bring 188 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,359 Speaker 5: you out of the storm. 189 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 3: God wouldn't have allowed it. 190 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 5: If he didn't have a purpose. We don't understand everything 191 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 5: that happens. Sometimes life is not fair, but you have 192 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 5: to trust that God knows what he's doing. At the 193 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 5: Red Sea, before it parted, the Israelites could have thought, God, 194 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 5: you said we were going to the Promised Land. You 195 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 5: brought us out of slavery. Why did you change your mind? 196 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 5: Why are you going to let Favro and his men 197 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 5: recapture us? Didn't make sense to them. But God's ways 198 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 5: are not our ways. When that water hearted, the Israelites 199 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 5: went through on dry ground, Pharaoh in his army. The 200 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 5: waters closed back up when they came chasing them, and 201 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 5: they all drowned. Sometimes God will take you through a 202 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 5: difficulty to get rid of what's chasing you. You'll make 203 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 5: it through the storm. But what you didn't need, what 204 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 5: was going to hinder you for years to come, the addiction, 205 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 5: the dysfunction, the toxic relationship. 206 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 3: It won't make it through. 207 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 5: If those enemies had not drowned, the Israelites would have 208 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 5: lived with a constant threat that any moment Pharah and 209 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 5: his men could show up and. 210 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 3: Try to recapture them. 211 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 5: And yes, it was nerve racking having to go through 212 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 5: walls of water. I'm sure they didn't like it. But 213 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 5: God had a purpose. And you may not like the difficulty. 214 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 5: It may not seem fair, but you're going to come 215 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 5: out of that storm free from things that would have 216 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 5: held you back your whole life. God told the Israelites 217 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 5: the enemies you see today. 218 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 3: You will see no more. God is saying that to you. 219 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 5: That addiction that's held you back for years is not permanent. 220 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 5: When you come through the storm, you will see it 221 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 5: no more. That sickness, that trouble at work, the loneliness is. 222 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 3: Not your destiny. 223 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 5: Breakthroughs are coming, Freedom is coming, healing is coming, Abundance 224 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 5: is coming. What's trying to stop you is only temporary. 225 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 5: Don't be discouraged by the storm. God has you in 226 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 5: the palm of his hand. He didn't send you into 227 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 5: the storm by yourself. He's right there with you. 228 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 3: The enemy cannot take you out. 229 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,960 Speaker 5: God has a hedge of protection around you. He controls 230 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 5: the walls of water. It may seem frightening, but he's 231 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 5: pushing back the opposition. Like the three Hebrew teenagers that 232 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 5: were thrown into the fiery furnace, He's the fourth man 233 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 5: in the fire. You're not in there alone. Favor is 234 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 5: in the fire with you. When those teenagers came out 235 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 5: of the furnace, unharmed, without the smell of smoke, all 236 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 5: their enemies had a new perspective. They knew there was 237 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 5: something special about them. 238 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: They knew they were anointed. 239 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 5: The king even said, from now on, we're going to 240 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 5: worship their God. They didn't like going through the furnace, 241 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 5: but God used that difficulty to get rid of what 242 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 5: would have hindered them their whole life. God changed their 243 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 5: enemies mind and gave them a new respect. 244 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 3: What you're going through may not be all about you. 245 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 5: It's about God getting rid of what's hindering you. 246 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 3: He's putting you in position to reach. 247 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 5: The fullness of your destiny. And the scripture says, do 248 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 5: not be intimidated by your enemies. Don't be intimidated by 249 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 5: that cancer. It's no match for are God, he created 250 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 5: your body. Don't be intimidated by the financial setback. Not 251 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 5: having enough, lack struggling is not your destiny. You keep 252 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 5: honoring God being your best. You will come to a 253 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 5: point where you see that no more there is favor 254 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 5: on your life that will cause you to prosper. Even 255 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 5: in a desert, you will flourish. Even in a famine. 256 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 5: You don't have to get out of the difficulty to succeed. 257 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 5: Change jobs, change neighborhoods, change positions. You have favor in 258 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 5: the famine, God will cause you to succeed. 259 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 3: In the middle of the trouble. 260 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 5: This is what happened with Isaac in Genesis twenty six. 261 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 5: There was a great famine in the land. Isaac was 262 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 5: going to move away to a different country, try to 263 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 5: get out of the famine, find someplace where he could 264 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 5: plant his crops have good soil and plenty of water. 265 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 3: But God told him. 266 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 5: To stay where he was, to not leave that place, 267 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 5: And God would bless him and his descendants. God was saying, Isaac, 268 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 5: you don't have to go somewhere to try to find favor. 269 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 5: You have favor in the famine. I'm going to bless you. 270 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 5: I'm going to prosper you in spite of what the 271 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 5: conditions look like. Logically speaking, it didn't make sense. The 272 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 5: ground was hard and dry, not enough water to irrigate 273 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 5: his crops. 274 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 3: Isaac could have talked himself out of it. 275 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 5: But he understood this principle that he had favor in 276 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: the famine. He went out in the middle of the 277 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 5: drought and planted his whole field. I can hear his neighbors, 278 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 5: the Philistines, saying, what is this guy thinking? He is 279 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 5: wasting his time? Doesn't he know nothing can grow in 280 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 5: a famine. Verse twelve says that year Isaac's crops were tremendous. 281 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 5: He harvested one hundred times more than he planted for 282 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: The Lord blessed him, and he became very wealthy. Notice, 283 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 5: he didn't have to leave try to get out of 284 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 5: the famine, go somewhere to be blessed. 285 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 3: He had favor in the famine. 286 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 5: God can increase you in spite of what's going on around. 287 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 3: You don't complain. 288 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 5: Because you don't have the job you want, Joel, if 289 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 5: my supervisor would give me credit, if I could move 290 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 5: out of this neighborhood. 291 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 3: If business wasn't so slow. There is favor on your 292 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 3: life right now to cause you to prosper. 293 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 5: But as long as you think you have too many disadvantages, 294 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 5: you're waiting to get out of the famine, then you'll 295 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 5: start believing, then you'll start being your best. 296 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 3: That will limit you. Do like Isaac father, thank you 297 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 3: that I have favor in the famine. 298 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 5: Thank you that you're opening doors no man can shut, 299 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 5: causing me to stand out, bringing opportunity. Thank you that 300 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 5: whatever I touch will prosper and succeed. Your job is 301 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 5: not your source. God is your source. He can bless 302 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 5: you in unusual ways. He's not limited by your salary, 303 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 5: by your training, by your experience. He has ways to 304 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 5: increase you that you've never thought of. He can cause 305 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 5: people to be good to you. He can bring opportunity. 306 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 5: He can give you ideas in creativity. A man told 307 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 5: me recently how he received an inheritance from a family 308 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 5: member he had never met. He didn't even though they 309 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 5: were related. They didn't have the same last names. At first, 310 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 5: he thought it was a mistake, but that one good break. 311 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 3: Put him into overflow. He didn't see it coming. 312 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 5: God has some unexpected blessings, things you don't see coming. Well, Joel, 313 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 5: I don't know any relatives like that. Needed did he, 314 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 5: But they found him. The scripture taught about how when 315 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 5: you honor God, when you keep him first place, his blessings. 316 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 3: Will chase you down. You don't have to go after them. 317 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 3: They will come after you. 318 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 5: But too often we're focused on the conditions. I can't 319 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 5: expect anything good. I'm in a famine. God is not 320 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 5: limited by the conditions, by the economy, by your job, 321 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 5: by your family, by your training. 322 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 3: He owns it all. 323 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 5: Like with Isaac, one touch of his favor will take 324 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 5: you and your family to a new level. The scripture 325 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 5: says Isaac's wealth continued to increase. He acquired large flocks 326 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 5: of sheep and goats and great herds of cattle, and 327 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 5: had many employees. 328 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: This all started from. 329 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 5: Him believing that he had favor in the famine. He 330 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 5: could have focused on the conditions. 331 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 3: Lived with a limited mindset. 332 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 5: I can't plant here, I can't ex affect anything good, 333 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 5: I'm in a drought. Instead, he dared to believe, are 334 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 5: you letting the conditions talk you out of what God 335 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 5: put in your heart, thinking one day, when you get favor, 336 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 5: when you're out of the famine, when the company promotes you, 337 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:18,680 Speaker 5: when you get the training. 338 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 4: No, you have. 339 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 3: Favor right now. Favor is what gives you the advantage. 340 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 5: Favor is what's going to catapult you to a new level. 341 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 5: Favor is going to make things happen that you didn't 342 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 5: see coming. A few years ago, my sister Lisa and 343 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 5: her husband Kevin were going to sell their house. Typical 344 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,199 Speaker 5: houses in their neighborhood were taking anywhere from six months 345 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 5: to two years to sell. They couldn't purchase their new 346 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 5: house until they sold the old one. They could have thought, 347 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 5: too bad, it's going to be a long wait. 348 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 3: We picked the wrong time to sell. 349 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 5: Instead, like Isaac, they believed they had favor in the 350 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 5: fa and they prayed asked God that their house would 351 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 5: not only sell quickly, but that they would get close 352 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 5: to their asking price. The first day it was on 353 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 5: the market, a lady came in and said, I'll buy it, 354 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 5: and if you'll take it off the market, I'll pay 355 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 5: you more than you're asking for it. 356 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 3: God is not limited by the conditions. He's limited by 357 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 3: our thinking. Why don't you take the limits off of him? 358 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 5: Quit thinking of all the reasons why you can't be blessed, 359 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 5: can't accomplish your dreams, why you won't get well, not 360 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 5: meet the right person. You may not see away, But 361 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 5: God has a way when you believe, all. 362 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 3: Things are possible. 363 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 5: Isaac was so blessed, the scripture says, the Philistines became 364 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 5: jealous of him. The same people that were making fun 365 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 5: of him for planning in the famine, the same ones 366 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 5: that were telling him he was wasting his time, now 367 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 5: they were upset that he was being blessed. It's funny 368 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 5: how people that won't do what you're willing to do 369 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 5: will become jealous when you're blessed and they're not. You 370 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 5: dared to take the step of faith, You dared to pray, 371 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 5: to stretch, to plant, to believe. Now you're seeing increase 372 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 5: in favor. 373 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 3: Don't be surprised when the Philistines show up. 374 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 5: The naysayers are not happy when they see you rising higher. 375 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 5: They'll find fault, criticize, try to bait you into conflict 376 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 5: just run your race. 377 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 3: It's not about you, It's about. 378 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 5: The favor on your life. Don't let the chatter distract you, 379 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 5: the negative comments, the jealousy, the envy. 380 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 3: You don't have to answer to people. You don't have 381 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 3: to prove yourself. Stay focused on your goals, and. 382 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 5: God will take care of the philistines. God will take 383 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 5: care of the opposition. In the scripture, a man named 384 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 5: Zaruba Bell was rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem. It had 385 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 5: been destroyed years earlier, and a king had issued a. 386 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 3: Decree to have it rebuilt. Everything was going great, laid 387 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 3: the foundation, built the altar. 388 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 5: Then the opposition came people that didn't want it rebuilt. 389 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 5: They started bribing the workers, paying people to cause trouble, 390 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 5: stirring up all kinds of turmoil. Zeruba Bel could have thought, God, 391 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 5: I'm doing what you asked me to do, but I 392 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 5: have all this opposition. These powerful people are coming against me. 393 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 5: It didn't look like he had favor. It looked like 394 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 5: his enemies were getting the best of him. But you 395 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 5: can't see what God is doing behind the scenes, and 396 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 5: it may look like it's going to stop you. 397 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 3: But if you'll stay in faith, God will use. 398 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 5: It to promote you, and the people opposing sent a 399 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:59,400 Speaker 5: letter to their king lying about Zerubebel, saying, these people 400 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 5: that are re building the temple are evil people. They're 401 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 5: going to try to overthrow you. They're not going to 402 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,199 Speaker 5: pay taxes. It's going to be a big mistake. The 403 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,959 Speaker 5: king asked the Rubabil who gave him permission to rebuild it. 404 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 5: He told the king, we are servants of the Most 405 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,919 Speaker 5: High God. There was a temple here built by an 406 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 5: Israeli king years earlier, and he issued a decree to 407 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 5: have it rebuilt. The king had his men searched the 408 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 5: royal archives and they found the decree. He called the 409 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 5: opposition in and said, do not hinder these people. Let 410 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 5: them rebuild the temple. Not only that, I decree that 411 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 5: you are to help them. You are to use my 412 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,479 Speaker 5: funds to pay the full construction costs, and you are 413 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 5: to take them food and supplies. 414 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 3: Every day. 415 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 5: They meant it for harm, God turned it for good. 416 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 5: You may have people and circumstances coming against you. God 417 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 5: God knows how to cause it to backfire. They were 418 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 5: trying to stop him. They ended up having to help him. 419 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 5: Without their opposition, he wouldn't have had the temple totally 420 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 5: paid for. Not only that, they had to bring them 421 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 5: food every day. God said, He'll prepare a table before 422 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 5: you in the presence of your enemies. Sometimes He'll even 423 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 5: have your. 424 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 3: Enemies serve you dinner. 425 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 5: I can hear's the Ruba bel saying, can I get 426 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 5: some ketchup with. 427 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 3: My French fries. 428 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 5: God knows how to vindicate you. Those people that are 429 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 5: trying to hold you down. Stir up trouble, stay in peace. 430 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 3: It's going to backfire. The Psalmist said. 431 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 5: The trap the enemy set for you, they will fall 432 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 5: in themselves. God is working in ways that you cannot see. 433 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 5: It may look like opposition, the truth is it's the 434 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,160 Speaker 5: hand of God setting you up for promotion. 435 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 3: We see this with Joseph. 436 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 5: He was betrayed by his family, falsely accused, put in prison, didn't. 437 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: Look like he had favor. 438 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 5: But all of that opposition, the bad breaks, the unfair situations, 439 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 5: that was. 440 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 3: God directing his steps. 441 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,120 Speaker 5: One day he saw what had been happening behind the scenes, 442 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 5: how the people that had tried to stop him, how 443 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 5: all that opposition had moved him into his destiny. 444 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 3: It was all divinely orchestrated. 445 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 5: When you face things that you don't understand, difficult challenges. 446 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean that somehow you've stepped out of favor. 447 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,199 Speaker 3: God's forgotten about you. It's a setup. It's all a 448 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 3: part of God's plan to. 449 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 5: Take you to the next level. Some of the things 450 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 5: that are frustrating you, the people coming against you, the 451 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 5: closed doors, the disappointments. You may not like it, but 452 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 5: without it you couldn't reach the fullness of your destiny. 453 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 5: Jbe would have never received double if God had not 454 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 5: allowed him to be tested. 455 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 3: Go through it, versity and unfair situations. 456 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 5: But he said in Job chapter ten, I know God 457 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 5: has granted me favor. What's interesting is he didn't see 458 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 5: things restored until chapter forty two, right in the middle 459 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 5: of the difficulty, when it looked like everything had gone wrong. 460 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 5: Instead of complaining, he was saying, Father, thank you that 461 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 5: I have your favor. He understood this principle that he 462 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 5: had favor in the difficulty, favor when it didn't look 463 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 5: like it. Sometimes favor is hidden. You can't see it 464 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 5: in the storm, in the betrayal, in the loss. 465 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,760 Speaker 3: People could look at you and think you don't have favor. 466 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 5: You're struggling, you're still dealing with that illness. Those people 467 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 5: at work are holding you back. It may look like 468 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 5: you're stuck, but you can't see what's happening behind the scenes. 469 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 3: Means you don't know what God is up to. 470 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 5: Nine months later, Job not only came out, but he 471 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 5: came out with twice what he had before. What looks 472 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 5: like it's going to keep you from your destiny instead 473 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 5: is going to launch you. 474 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 3: Into a new level of your destiny. 475 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 5: Those obstacles are not going to stop you. 476 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 3: They're going to promote you. Now, keep the right perspective. 477 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 5: You don't have to live worried panic because you're in 478 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 5: between walls of water. You have favor in the storm, 479 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 5: favor in the famine. Right now, God is pushing back 480 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 5: forces of darkness. Favor is keeping your enemies from defeating you. 481 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 5: It may have been meant for your harm, but get ready, 482 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 5: I believe and declare, it's about to backfire. Like Zaruba Beil, 483 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 5: You're about to see what God's been doing behind the scenes. 484 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 5: People that were against you are suddenly going to be 485 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 5: for you. Problems are about to turn around. Unexpected blessings 486 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:07,719 Speaker 5: are coming your way, breakthroughs, vindication, promotion, healing, the fullness 487 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 5: of your destiny in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, 488 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 5: can you say. 489 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 3: It in Today. 490 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 5: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 491 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 5: the lord of your life. 492 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 493 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 494 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. 495 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 496 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,919 Speaker 5: got born again. 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