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Speaker 2: If we're praying for you and your family, I know

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Speaker 2: God has great things in store. You wouldn't be alive

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Speaker 2: if there weren't more victories in front of you. So

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Speaker 2: now that we love you, we're praying for you, and hey,

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll stay tuned to the very end. We've

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's to joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes. We're praying for you, guys, and I hope

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Speaker 1: you'll stay connected with us all throughout the week. You

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Speaker 1: want to keep it encouraged and inspired. But thanks for

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Speaker 1: tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I like to

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Speaker 1: start with something funny, and I heard about these elderly

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Speaker 1: The officer asked the driver, ma'am, do you realize you're

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Speaker 1: I realize that. He said, well, why are you going?

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Speaker 1: So she said, because that's what the sign says. He

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Speaker 1: She smiled and said, because we just got off Highway

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Speaker 1: ninety five. Say it like you mean it. This is

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

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 1: to you today about letting go of control. God puts

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Speaker 1: if it's not happening the way we thought or on

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Speaker 1: our timetable, we get frustrated. God, when is this going

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Speaker 1: How come this situation at work is not getting better.

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Speaker 1: We put God in a box and tell him how

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Speaker 1: If it's not working out the way we think, we

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Speaker 1: can get discouraged. But once you pray, once you believe,

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Speaker 1: you have to leave how God does it and when

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Speaker 1: You have to release control, release having to have it

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Speaker 1: knows the end from the beginning. But here's the key.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't give us the details. If you knew how

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Speaker 1: They're already on your schedule. If you'll release control, then

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Speaker 1: God is saying, release it to me. I'm in control.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't brought you this far to leave you. Release

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Speaker 1: That's a test will you go through life worried, wondering

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Speaker 1: Lisa and her husband Kevin tried to have a baby

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Speaker 1: We're not going to be happy unless God does it

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Speaker 1: when you can say God, this is what I want.

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Speaker 1: There will be detours, delays, curves, these times when you

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Speaker 1: But God does things unusual ways. He uses adversities, bad breaks,

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