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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy,

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Speaker 1: the message. Well, God bless you. It's a joy to

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Speaker 1: come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area,

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Speaker 1: please stop by and be a part of one of

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Speaker 1: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right

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Speaker 1: at home. I like to start with something funny, and

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Speaker 1: I heard about this archaeologist in New York. He dug

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Speaker 1: down ten feet and found traces of copper wiring dating

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Speaker 1: back one hundred years. He concluded New Yorkers had a

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Speaker 1: telephone network over one hundred years ago. Not to be outdone,

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Speaker 1: an archaeologist from California dug down twenty feet found copper

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Speaker 1: wiring dating back two hundred years. He concluded Californians had

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Speaker 1: a massive communication network one hundred years earlier than New Yorker.

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Speaker 1: Upon hearing this Bubba from Texas dug down thirty feet

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Speaker 1: on his farm and found absolutely nothing. He concluded three

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Speaker 1: hundred years ago Texans had already gone wireless. Say it

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Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am

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Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says

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

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Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I

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Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 1: not feigning in your mind. We all face opposition and

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Speaker 1: things that come against us. It's easy to get discouraged

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Speaker 1: feel alone, like nobody knows what we're going through, nobody

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Speaker 1: is supporting us. We get weary and faint in our mind.

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Speaker 1: But in the Book of Hebrews, it talks about the

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Speaker 1: heroes of faith and all the amazing things they accomplished.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't easy. They endured hardships, they were mistreated, They

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Speaker 1: had plenty of opportunities to give up, but they stayed

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Speaker 1: faithful and fulfilled their purpose. In chapter twelve, says, seeing

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Speaker 1: that we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

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Speaker 1: let us run the race that's set before us. This

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Speaker 1: passage paints the picture of a huge stadium up in

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Speaker 1: heaven with a race taking place. The people in the

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Speaker 1: grand stands are the saints of old, the great cloud

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Speaker 1: of witnesses, and these heroes of faith are looking down

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Speaker 1: at us, cheering us on. You are not running alone.

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Speaker 1: All of Heaven is rooting for you. Not just the

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Speaker 1: heroes of faith, but your loved ones that have gone

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Speaker 1: before you, relatives that you've never met, great great great grandmothers, grandfathers.

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Speaker 1: They're watching you right now, saying, you go, boy, you

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Speaker 1: go girl. Life may be tough, but you've got what

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Speaker 1: it takes. We believe in you. When you're tempted to

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Speaker 1: faint in your mind, you need to buy faith. Look

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Speaker 1: up and see them cheering you on. I can see

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Speaker 1: David saying that giant may look big, that obstacle may

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Speaker 1: look impossible. I know how you feel, but can I

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Speaker 1: tell you God can do the impossible. You may not

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Speaker 1: think you have what you need. All I had was

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Speaker 1: a slingshot and a few stones. People told me I

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Speaker 1: wasn't qualified, I didn't have the experience. My family tried

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Speaker 1: to talk me out of it, my brothers made fun

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Speaker 1: of me. But despite all the opposition, God breathed on

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Speaker 1: me and I became a giant killer, staying courage, you

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Speaker 1: can defeat your giants. David is hearing you on. He's saying,

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Speaker 1: the giant may be big, but our God is bigger.

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Speaker 1: Don't faint in your mind. Maybe you're facing an illness.

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Speaker 1: You don't see how you can get well. It's been years.

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Speaker 1: You're tempted to settle where you are and think that's

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Speaker 1: your lot in life. I hear a young lady in

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Speaker 1: He said, woman, you are free from this sickness. Immediately

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Speaker 1: going to get better. You feel alone, isolated. Look up,

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Speaker 1: this lady is saying, God did it for me. He

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Speaker 1: is up in those grand stands right now, rooting for us.

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Speaker 1: He's saying, you may have made mistakes, you may have

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Speaker 1: God showed up in a burning bush. He said, Moses,

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Speaker 1: those mistakes. You can still become who you were created

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Speaker 1: to be. People may write you off, but God never

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Speaker 1: writes you off. You hear those voices telling you you've

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Speaker 1: your loved ones in the stands. Your relatives. They're not

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Speaker 1: condemning you, thinking boy, I knew they couldn't get it right,

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Speaker 1: wrong stadium. The enemy has a stadium filled with accusers, condemners, discouragers.

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Speaker 1: Don't go there. That's the opponent stadium. Your game is

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Speaker 1: being played on the home field. Everyone in these stands

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Speaker 1: your redemption draws nigh. When you're at tempted to get discouraged,

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Speaker 1: look up and hear the cheers from the heavenly Saints.

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Speaker 1: When you know someone is cheering for you, it gives

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Speaker 1: the same size, the rules are the same. Technically nothing

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Speaker 1: If you played sports when you know your parents are

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Speaker 1: that gives you an extra boost. My father traveled a

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Speaker 1: many of my basketball games, but I remember this one game.

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Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised. For some reason. That day, my father decided

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Speaker 1: Even now, when I'm tempted to get discouraged, tempted to

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Speaker 1: stands of heaven saying, come on, Joel, I lived in

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Speaker 1: Be strong, take big steps, pray bowld prayers shine brightly.

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Speaker 1: There are people in heaven right now cheering you on,

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Speaker 1: relatives that have gone before you. They're rooting for you, saying,

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Speaker 1: do something great, make us proud. Run with purpose. When

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Speaker 1: where you are by faith. You need to hear your

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Speaker 1: loved ones cheering you on. My grandfather on my mother's

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Speaker 1: Now I can imagine what was going through my grandfather's

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Speaker 1: He was passed from house to house. His uncle made

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Speaker 1: He endured hardships, He overcame injustice. At Exxon, he had

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Speaker 1: irritated because my cell phone dropped a call. They would ask,

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Speaker 1: what they've been through? Most of what we phase our

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Speaker 1: light afflictions. Some of you had relatives that suffered great

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Speaker 1: While they suffered, they sang hymns. They didn't have freedom,

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Speaker 1: but it didn't stop their praise. They didn't live defeated.

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Speaker 1: you to settle where you are. They sacrificed too greatly

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Speaker 1: for you to give up on what God put in

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Speaker 1: your heart. They're up in those grand stands watching you, saying, run, baby, Run.

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Speaker 1: That's why we worked so that you could excel, so

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Speaker 1: go further. If you don't do it for yourself, do

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Speaker 2: the Bible can feel confusing, out of touch, or even

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Speaker 2: more fear than faith. But now with this new resource

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Speaker 2: how to read your Bible and enjoy it, it will

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Speaker 2: make the Word of God come alive in new ways.

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Speaker 2: You'll discover fresh inspiration on every page of your Bible.

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Speaker 2: The twelve lenses give you the power to see the

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Speaker 2: Scripture in a whole new light. When you experience the

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Speaker 2: right way to approach God's Word, it will ignite renewed

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Speaker 2: passion in your life.

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Speaker 1: When you get God's Word down in you, it brings

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Speaker 1: life and victory. This has a great Bible reading plan

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Speaker 1: plus introductions to each book. It'll help you enjoy reading

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Speaker 1: the Bible. Thanks so much for being a part of

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Speaker 1: the ministry. Victoria and I pray for you and your

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Speaker 1: family every day, and we appreciate your prayers and support

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Speaker 1: remember you can watch the services online every Sunday morning,

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Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, watch on YouTube, or we have

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Speaker 1: May the Lord bless you and keep you.

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Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of How to Read

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Speaker 2: Your Bible and Enjoy It today. Visit joelostein dot com

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