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Speaker 4: coming out today. And I like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 4: And I heard about this lady that died. She was

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Speaker 4: standing at the pearly gates and Saint Peter said, you

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Speaker 4: She said, what word. He said, any word, so she

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Speaker 4: spelled the word love l ovee. He said, welcome to heaven.

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Speaker 4: Then Peter asked her if she would take his place

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Speaker 4: He said, I just had a heart attack. Did I

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Speaker 4: have to correctly spell a word. He said what word?

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Speaker 4: There was a long pause, and she said, Checkleslovakia. Hold

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Speaker 4: up your bible. Say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 4: is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 4: to talk to you today about doing business in deep waters.

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Speaker 4: If you're going to do anything great in life, there

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Speaker 4: will be opposition, setbacks, delays, critics, and a lot of

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Speaker 4: people get discouraged. Think, why is this happening to me.

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Speaker 4: It's because you're taking new ground, because you're making progress.

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Speaker 4: And the scripture says they that go down to the

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Speaker 4: the wonders of God. When you're in these deep waters,

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Speaker 4: you're not praying God, please don't let me face anything big.

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Speaker 4: Now you realize when you have big dreams, you're going

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Speaker 4: You're not average. You're not in the shallow waters. God

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Speaker 4: puts seeds of greatness in you. He's destined you to

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Speaker 4: You're a history maker, you're a world changer. Well, why

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Speaker 4: talk about average people. They talk about extraordinary people. Take

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Speaker 4: It's because you're a major person and you have a

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Speaker 4: like you. Everybody is not going to understand you. Your

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Speaker 4: your coworkers may get jealous. Shake it off and run

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Speaker 4: he'll take care of your critics. Well, Joel, they said

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Speaker 4: how much you love them. Ask God for forgiveness for

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Speaker 4: them with respect, but you don't need their approval to

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Speaker 4: He said in Romans three, does their unbelief make the

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Speaker 4: was saying, in effect, So what if they don't believe

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Speaker 4: the press was very negative. They said, we don't want

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Speaker 4: how can you even justify coming over here on a

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Speaker 4: It's not going to hold you back because you're honoring God,

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Speaker 4: his wonders. That means his protection, his vindication, his favor.

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Speaker 4: When I first started ministering in nineteen ninety nine, this

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Speaker 4: It seemed like on every side there was opposition and

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Speaker 4: negative things happening. I said, God, I've taken this step

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Speaker 4: night during that time, I had a dream was so vivid.

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Speaker 4: I remember it like it was yesterday. Then this dream,

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Speaker 4: the promise in them. He put the promise in you.

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