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Speaker 2: I'm excited because in this book you will see how you.

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Speaker 3: So God bless you. It's a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: Week, and we love you. We know God has great

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Speaker 1: things in store. If you're ever in our area, I

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Speaker 1: I'd like to get started with something funny each week.

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Speaker 1: And I heard about these three men, a Hindu priest,

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Speaker 1: and they stopped at this small farmhouse for lodging. The

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Speaker 1: All right, hold up your bible, say it like you

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Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says.

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Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about new seasons

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Speaker 1: And I'm asking you today to start believing that things

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Speaker 1: This is my season and I'm gonna take hold of it.

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Speaker 1: Up to that point, there had been years of famine,

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Speaker 1: He could have thought God's God and he said, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna die. I guess it's over for me. But know

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Speaker 1: the scripture says he turned his face toward the wall,

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Speaker 3: Good he had done.

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Speaker 1: He said, God, my father didn't serve you. My grandfather

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Speaker 1: didn't serve you. But God, I tore down their altars,

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Speaker 1: I destroyed their idols. And I haven't lived perfect, But God,

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Speaker 1: I've always done my best to please you.

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Speaker 3: He begin to plead his case.

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Speaker 1: When you're in difficult times, it's good to remind.

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Speaker 3: God what you've done.

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Speaker 1: God, I kept my family in church. God, I've gone

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Speaker 1: the extra mile to help others. I've given, I've served,

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Speaker 1: I've been faithful in your time of need. That's when

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Speaker 1: you can call in all those seeds that you've sown.

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Speaker 1: If you have other family members, parents, grandparents that loved God,

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Speaker 1: just remind God.

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Speaker 3: God.

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Speaker 1: You know my mother, she was a praying woman. You

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Speaker 1: know that lady honored you.

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Speaker 3: God.

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Speaker 1: You know my grandparents they had a heart after you.

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Speaker 1: What you're saying is God, we have a history with you.

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Speaker 1: That's why in the Old Testament they would pray to

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Speaker 1: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God

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Speaker 1: of Jacob. They were reminding God, here's how we've honored you.

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Speaker 1: And every time you come to church, every time you watch,

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Speaker 1: you are storing up mercy for you and your family.

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Speaker 1: Even today, every one of you can look back and

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Speaker 1: remind God.

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Speaker 3: At this particular weekend, I was at Lakewood.

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Speaker 1: I was busy, had a lot to do, worked hard

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Speaker 1: all week. But God, I brought my family to church,

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Speaker 1: spent the gas money, took time to honor you. It

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Speaker 1: makes a difference when you put God first in your life.

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Speaker 3: This is what Hezekiah was doing.

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Speaker 1: He turned his face toward the wall and he began

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Speaker 1: to ask God for his mercy. And before Isaiah left

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Speaker 1: the temple, before he even left the building, God spoke

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Speaker 1: to him again and said, I want you to go

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Speaker 1: back to Hezekiah and tell him I've changed my mind.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm not gonna give him in another year. I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna give him five years. I'm not gonna give

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Speaker 1: him ten years. You tell him, I'm gonna add fifteen

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Speaker 1: years to his life. Friends, God's into increase, not decrease.

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Speaker 1: This tells me, with our faith, we can change God's mind.

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Speaker 1: Think about it. One moment, Hezekiah has a death sentence,

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Speaker 1: not from a doctor, but from Almighty God. Then five

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Speaker 1: minutes later, things have shifted. God made an adjustment. Now,

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, he's got fifteen more years. What

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Speaker 1: happened He entered into a.

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Speaker 3: New season, a season of increase. When did it happen?

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Speaker 3: When did his set time for favor come? When he believed?

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Speaker 3: When he started expecting God's goodness.

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Speaker 1: The scripture tells how when he got the good news,

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Speaker 1: Hezekiah took off his grave club those and.

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Speaker 3: He put on his praise clothes.

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Speaker 1: He began to thank God that health was on his way,

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Speaker 1: and thank God that he was entering into a new season.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure people looked at him, said Hezekai, you

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Speaker 1: sure look happy, but you don't look any different to us.

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Speaker 1: You still look sick, you still look weak and pale.

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Speaker 1: He said, No, I may not look any different. I

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Speaker 1: may not feel any different, but I can sense it

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Speaker 1: down in here. I've got a promise from Almighty God,

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Speaker 1: and I.

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Speaker 3: Know the winds have shifted in my favor.

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Speaker 1: I can imagine him walking through the temple singing that

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Speaker 1: old song. I've got a feeling everything's gonna be all right.

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Speaker 1: People are thinking wise he's singing. Doesn't he know he's

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Speaker 1: about to die? No, he's got a different report. He

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Speaker 1: knows God has made an adjustment, The winds have changed directions.

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Speaker 1: His set time for favor has come.

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Speaker 3: Isn't it interesting. God could have added a year that'd

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Speaker 3: been nice. God could have added five years that had

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Speaker 3: been great. But God is a god of abundance.

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Speaker 1: He said, Hezekiah, I'm gonna give you fifteen more years.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna do more than you can even ask or think.

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Speaker 1: And some of you today you thought it was over.

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Speaker 1: You've been through the fire, you've been through the flood.

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Speaker 1: But God is saying favor is coming your way.

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Speaker 3: He's making adjustments. Things are shifting.

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Speaker 1: You may not see how it can happen in the natural,

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Speaker 1: you may not be able to explain it. But deep

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Speaker 1: down in here, the seed has taken root. Like that

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Speaker 1: little spider. You can sense something good is coming. You

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Speaker 1: know everything's gonna be all right. Let me declare it

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Speaker 1: over you. New seasons of increase, new seasons in your health,

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Speaker 1: new seasons in your finances, new seasons in your relationships.

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Speaker 1: God is saying this is your set.

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Speaker 3: Time for favor.

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Speaker 1: You may have been rejected in the past, but you're

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Speaker 1: going to be accepted in the future. You may have

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Speaker 1: been pushed down in days gone by, but you're gonna

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Speaker 1: be lifted up. God's gonna make your enemies your footstools.

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Speaker 1: You may have struggled for years, but you are about

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Speaker 1: to enter into that anoying of ease. Why this is

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Speaker 1: your season. The winds have changed direction. Now, what don't

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Speaker 1: you do? Like Hezekia? Take off those grave clothes, take

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Speaker 1: off that negative, defeated, not gonna happen mentality, and put

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Speaker 1: on an attitude of faith, expectancy, Praise, thanksgiving all through

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Speaker 1: the day. Thank God that new seasons are on their way.

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Speaker 1: Thank Him that your set time for favor is here.

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Speaker 1: Thank Him that your hour of deliverance has come. If

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Speaker 1: you do this, you will see the wind of God's

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Speaker 1: blessings and favor blow in your life in a greater way.

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Speaker 1: You'll rise out of mediocrity. You'll defeat every enemy, overcome

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Speaker 1: every obstacle, and you'll live that life of victory God

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Speaker 1: has in story.

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Speaker 3: Amen, do you receive it today? We've never liked.

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Speaker 1: To closed our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray

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Speaker 1: with me, say Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.

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Speaker 3: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior.

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Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 1: Keep God first place. He's going to take you places

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Speaker 1: that you've never dreamed of. Sometimes in life, people don't

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