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Speaker 6: Have you ever had an opportunity presented to you and

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Speaker 6: you said no, No, I don't want to do that.

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Speaker 2: No, I can't do that.

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Speaker 6: Maybe you didn't think you were qualified, or maybe you

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Speaker 6: maybe you just didn't have the resources. You know, there's

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Speaker 2: I wish i'd have done that. Maybe I could have

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Speaker 6: Have you ever wrestled with the no before thinking maybe

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Speaker 6: I could, Oh, maybe I should. You see, I'll never

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Speaker 6: forget one time when Joel's father was the pastor of

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Speaker 6: I was praising God. When I opened my eyes, Joel's

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Speaker 6: Well, he wasn't talking about next week or the next week.

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Speaker 6: I remember standing there thinking I don't need to get

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Speaker 6: And through that struggle, I had to make a decision.

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Speaker 6: God can do amazing things in our lives.

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Speaker 6: Know how many times I ever got back up on

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Speaker 6: what that experience gave me, the courage and the boldness

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Speaker 6: Just like my father in law asked me and I

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Speaker 6: You may have said no time and time again, but

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Speaker 6: What does your yes look like when you think about God. Yes, God,

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Speaker 2: Yes, God, I want to begin to.

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Speaker 6: Maybe you just need to surrender some things in your

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Speaker 6: What does your yes look like today? Because God is

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Speaker 2: But what did Noah keep doing.

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Speaker 6: He kept pounding the nails, He kept saying yes in

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Speaker 6: your yes. I have a friend of mine who who

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Speaker 6: has a large family, many siblings, and she made a

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Speaker 6: And what I mean by that is she was gonna

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Speaker 6: didn't think that was so keen. In fact, they made

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Speaker 6: But can I tell you she stayed faithful to her commitment.

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Speaker 6: She held on tight to that yes even when she

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Speaker 2: Can I tell you today?

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Speaker 6: After years and years of holding on to that yes,

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Speaker 2: To Jesus Christ because of that yes. Is our yes

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Speaker 6: No, but our yes is always worth it When we

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Speaker 6: Yes God, I am yours. Yes God, What do you

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Speaker 6: I will forgive, I will take that step of faith.

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Speaker 6: I believe that when I get into agreement with you, You're

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