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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate you,

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Speaker 2: and pray for God's very best in your life. Well,

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Speaker 2: God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It's a joy to be with you.

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Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by

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Speaker 2: be a part of one of our services. I'll promise

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Speaker 2: you we'll make you feel right at home. I like

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Speaker 2: to start with something funny, and I heard about this man.

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Speaker 2: He was sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful

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Speaker 2: single lady. They struck up a conversation and he asked

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Speaker 2: her what kind of men she liked. She said, well,

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Speaker 2: I like Native American men with their high cheek bones

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Speaker 2: and golden tanned skin. Plus I like Jewish men, they're

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Speaker 2: so brilliant and successful.

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Speaker 1: And I like good old boys from the South with

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Speaker 1: their long Southern drawl.

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Speaker 2: What's your name, he said, My name is Geronimo Bernstein,

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Speaker 2: but my friends.

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Speaker 1: Call me Bubbad. Say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 1: is my Bible.

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Speaker 2: I am what it says, I am, I have what

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Speaker 2: it says. I have I can do what it says

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Speaker 2: I can do.

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Speaker 1: Today.

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Speaker 2: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about faith for

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Speaker 2: the middle. It's easy to have faith at the start,

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Speaker 2: when that new baby is born, you marry that beautiful girl,

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Speaker 2: you start that business. That's exciting, there's adrenaline flowing. It's

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Speaker 2: easy to have faith at the end when you can

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Speaker 2: see the finish line, the dream is in sight.

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Speaker 1: You fought the good fight.

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Speaker 2: Having faith at the start and faith at the end

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Speaker 2: is no problem. The real challenge is having faith in

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Speaker 2: the middle when it's taking longer than you thought, when

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Speaker 2: you don't have the funds, when the medical report wasn't good.

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Speaker 2: That little baby you were so excited about, he was

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Speaker 2: so cute, he couldn't do any wrong. Now he's a teenager,

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Speaker 2: you're convinced he's not your child.

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Speaker 1: You're having his DNA tested next week.

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Speaker 2: The mistake we make is we get discouraged in the middle.

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Speaker 2: We think, God, I know you gave me this child,

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Speaker 2: but he's making my life miserable. God, you've brought this

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Speaker 2: spouse into my life, but there's conflict. God, you blessed

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Speaker 2: me with this business, but I don't have the funds

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Speaker 2: I need to run it. In the middle is where

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Speaker 2: most people lose the battle. But God never promised that

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Speaker 2: we would reach our destiny without opposition, without disappointments, without

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Speaker 2: things we don't understand. The scripture says, don't think it's

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Speaker 2: strange when you face fiery trials. That means, don't be

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Speaker 2: upset because that person did you wrong. Don't start words

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Speaker 2: because business went down. God is still on the throne.

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Speaker 2: Nothing that's happened to you has stopped his plan for

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Speaker 2: your life. He's not into heaven scratching his head thinking,

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Speaker 2: oh man, that one threw me off. I didn't see

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Speaker 2: that bad break coming. What God promised you, He still

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Speaker 2: has every intention of bringing.

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Speaker 1: It to pass.

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Speaker 2: Now. I know you can have faith at the start.

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Speaker 2: I know you can have faith at the end. My

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Speaker 2: question is, will you have faith for the middle when

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Speaker 2: it's not happening the way you thought, When it seems

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Speaker 2: like you're going backwards. Every voice tells you to give up.

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Speaker 2: You must have heard God wrong. You wouldn't have this opposition.

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Speaker 2: If you were on the right course, don't believe those lies.

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Speaker 2: It's all a part of the process. Here's the key.

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Speaker 2: When God puts a dream in your heart, he'll show.

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Speaker 1: You the end.

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Speaker 2: He gives you the promise, but he won't show you

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Speaker 2: to take to see it come to pass, many times

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Speaker 2: an angel appeared to a young teenage girl named Mary.

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Speaker 2: He said, Mary, you are highly favored of God. You're

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Speaker 2: showed her the end. She was going to be the

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Speaker 2: generations to come. I'm sure Mary was excited. She couldn't

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Speaker 2: to watch him be crucified, die a painful death.

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Speaker 1: What am I saying?

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Speaker 2: God doesn't give us all the details. What you're facing

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Speaker 2: This is where your faith has to kick in. Are

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Speaker 2: Or are you going to do like Mary and say, God,

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Speaker 2: you didn't tell me that these people would do me wrong.

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Speaker 2: You didn't tell me i'd be dealing with this illness.

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Speaker 2: You didn't tell me business would slow. But God, I

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Speaker 2: know you're still on the throne. This is not a

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to live discouraged. I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: This is what Joseph did.

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Speaker 2: God gave him a dream that he would rule a nation,

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Speaker 2: that his brothers would bow down before him. God showed

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Speaker 2: But what God didn't show him was the middle. Years later,

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Speaker 2: when Joseph was ruling the nation of Egypt, one of

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Speaker 1: The dream had come to pass.

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Speaker 2: I can imagine Joseph saying, God, you told me that

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Speaker 2: I would take the throne, but you didn't tell me my.

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Speaker 2: You showed me the kingdom, but you didn't show me

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Speaker 2: along the way, I would be sold into slavery. You

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Speaker 2: didn't tell me I'd be falsely accused and put in

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Speaker 2: You know the promise is in your heart. You know

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Speaker 2: God has told you that you'll be healthy again, that

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Speaker 2: Looks like you're going the other direction. Do like Joseph,

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Speaker 2: keep believing, keep being your best. God has not brought

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Speaker 2: in the past. He's not going to fail you in

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Speaker 2: the future. Don't get discouraged by the process. See, the

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Speaker 2: We're all on a journey. There are things that you're

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Speaker 2: It's easy to get discouraged and thank God, Joe, it's

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Speaker 2: God has you hearing this to breathe new life into

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Speaker 2: your dreams. What He's promised you is already en route.

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Speaker 2: The process has already been started, the healing, the right people,

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Speaker 1: On the way. Now do your part and have faith

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Speaker 2: David could have said, God, you promised me I would

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Speaker 2: have to face a giant twice my size. You left

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Speaker 2: the great heroes of faith, one common denominator you'll find

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Speaker 2: is they had faith for the middle when it looked impossible,

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Speaker 2: when the promise seemed a long way off. They kept

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Speaker 2: I can still remember where I was sitting years ago

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Speaker 2: to come available. When I heard that something came alive

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Speaker 2: on the inside, I knew it was supposed to be ours.

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Speaker 1: God showed me the end.

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Speaker 2: I could already see us in here, having services touching

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Speaker 2: Now, I realize what God didn't show me that it

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Speaker 2: He didn't tell me it was going to cost one

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Speaker 2: hundred million dollars to renovate. Sometimes God leaves out certain

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Speaker 2: Told me I would be responsible for those funds, I

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Speaker 2: move into the fullness of our destiny because none of

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Speaker 2: us like adversity to be comfortable.

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Speaker 1: But you won't become all you were created to.

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Speaker 2: Be without opposition, without disappointments, without struggles that caused you

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Speaker 2: When God brought the Israelites out of slavery, they were

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Speaker 2: headed toward the promised land. God showed them the destination,

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Speaker 2: But in the middle God didn't abandon them. He didn't say,

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Speaker 1: Good luck in the middle.

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Speaker 2: All along the way, God supernaturally provided for them. He

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Speaker 2: He protected them from enemies that were much bigger and

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Speaker 1: Again and again.

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Speaker 2: God showed them favor, made things happen that they could

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Speaker 2: the God of the start. I'm not just the God

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Speaker 2: the God who will bring you through the storm, through

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Speaker 2: the trial, through the difficulty. When you're in the middle,

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Speaker 2: God's given you the promise. Like the Israelites, you know

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Speaker 2: for your healing.

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Speaker 1: You're running your business along the way.

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Speaker 2: You'll face situations like them where it looks impossible. The

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Speaker 2: odds are against you, the opposition is much stronger. Be encouraged.

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Speaker 2: The God of the middle is right there with you.

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Speaker 2: There may be some red seas in your path. Seems

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Speaker 2: Over and there was Victoria, still smiling from ear to ear,

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Speaker 2: Nobody's listening. But if you'll look up through your eyes

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