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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a

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Speaker 2: blessing and share it with a.

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Speaker 1: Friend, reappreciate you, and pray for God's very best in

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Speaker 1: your life.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever felt that your hands were tied? And

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Speaker 2: what I mean by that is, have you ever looked

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Speaker 2: at a situation in your life and you think, I

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Speaker 2: don't know how this can change. I don't know how

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Speaker 2: this can possibly work out. Maybe it's someone else's involved

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Speaker 2: and so you think, oh no, they have to change

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Speaker 2: before my situation can change. Or maybe you have a

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Speaker 2: big dream in your heart. You can see it from

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Speaker 2: a distance, but then you realize, I don't have the resources,

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Speaker 2: I don't have the education, I don't know the right people. See,

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Speaker 2: that's when we feel like our hands are tied. But

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Speaker 2: I want to encourage you with something this morning, and

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Speaker 2: really just it's a reminder to you this morning. Your

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Speaker 2: hands may be tied, but God's hands are never tied.

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Speaker 3: God's hands are never tied, and his power is limitless

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Speaker 3: in your life.

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Speaker 2: See, that's what we need to allow to sink down

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Speaker 2: into our hearts and minds. Hey, when it looks impossible

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Speaker 2: to me in the natural, I have to remind myself

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Speaker 2: that I serve a supernatural God, that my God has

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Speaker 2: all the power in all the world. When we look

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Speaker 2: at things, we see it from a natural perspective. But

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Speaker 2: God is saying to us today, I haven't asked you

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Speaker 2: to walk by sight.

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Speaker 3: I've asked you to walk by faith.

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Speaker 2: I've asked you to remember my great power towards you.

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Speaker 3: Listen.

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Speaker 2: We cannot limit our options in life by what we see,

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Speaker 2: because if we do, we will live a very limited life.

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Speaker 2: And can I tell you this, Most of the time,

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Speaker 2: when God asks you to do something, it's going to

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Speaker 2: be over your head. It's going to be bigger than

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Speaker 2: your self. Because see, if it wasn't, you wouldn't need God,

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Speaker 2: you wouldn't need to walk by faith, because you could

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Speaker 2: do it in your own abilities and your own strength.

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Speaker 2: So be encouraged today if you feel a little overwhelmed

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Speaker 2: and a little over your head, because that's when God

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Speaker 2: can come in if you won't limit His power in

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Speaker 3: Psal I'm seventy eight says this. It says they.

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Speaker 2: Vexed the Holy One of Israel because they did not

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Speaker 2: remember his power. They turned back and limited God. The

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Speaker 2: children of Israel came against obstacles, but they didn't remember

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Speaker 2: God's power. They forgot that he redeemed them from the oppressor.

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Speaker 2: They didn't think about that he brought water out of

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Speaker 2: a rock in the desert so they could drink it.

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Speaker 2: Frustrated God, and it said they turned back and limited

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Speaker 3: Now, I just want to.

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Speaker 2: Stop right there for just a minute, because that word

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Speaker 2: limited does not apply to God. God.

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Speaker 3: God is limitless.

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Speaker 2: But they limited God's power by their own mindset, their

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Speaker 3: They turned back and gave up too soon.

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Speaker 2: Because they didn't consider all the miraculous things God had

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Speaker 2: done in the past. All they considered was the obstacle

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Speaker 2: that was in front of them. Have you ever stopped

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Speaker 2: doing something you thought God wanted you to do? Maybe

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Speaker 2: gave up a little too soon because you felt insignificant,

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Speaker 2: Maybe you were fearful. Maybe you just drew a little

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Speaker 2: line around you and thought, you know what, I'd like

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Speaker 2: to do it, but I just can't.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly what the children of Israel did. They stopped

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Speaker 2: Moses finally got them to the border of the promised land.

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Speaker 2: Took them a long time, all those stops. They finally

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Speaker 2: got to the border. Moses got him there and he said, Okay,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna we're gonna take this land that God has

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Speaker 2: promised us. But first we're gonna send some of the

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Speaker 2: leaders ahead and we're gonna let them check out the land,

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Speaker 2: and they're gonna bring a report back to us, hoping

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that they would rally the troops. So he

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Speaker 2: sent some of the men in to spy out the land,

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Speaker 2: and when they returned, they returned with this report. They said, Moses,

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Speaker 2: the land is amazing. It's full of milk and honey.

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Speaker 2: It's green, it's lush, the vegetation there is beautiful plenty

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Speaker 3: But have you ever had a butt? I like to butt.

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Speaker 3: But there are giants in the land, they said.

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Speaker 2: We look like grasshoppers compared to the people in the land.

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Speaker 2: It spread like wildfire throughout the camp and fear fear

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Speaker 2: different report. Joshua and Caleb literally broke that limited mindset,

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Speaker 2: and you know what their report was.

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Speaker 3: This was their take on the situation. The land is great.

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Speaker 2: There may be giants, but let's go at once and

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Speaker 2: take the land. Because the Lord, our God is with us.

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Speaker 2: He's with us. You may feel like a grasshopper, but

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Speaker 2: get your eyes off of yourself and.

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Speaker 3: Get your eyes on the Lord, your God, who is

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Speaker 3: with you. See that's the key.

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Speaker 2: You'll always be limited, but you serve a limitless God,

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Speaker 2: and if you can tap into his power, you can

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Speaker 2: become everything that He's called you to be. You may

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Speaker 2: be in a situation right now where you need healing,

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Speaker 2: you may need restoration, you may need a red sea

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Speaker 2: to literally be split in your behalf.

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Speaker 3: Well, let me tell you.

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Speaker 2: If you look at your present situation and take your

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Speaker 2: eyes off of your powerful God, you're going to be

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Speaker 2: just like they were. You're gonna draw a little border

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Speaker 2: around yourself and say, I'm not getting out of this

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Speaker 3: It's okay. That on the other.

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Speaker 2: Side is my dreams and my goals. But I want

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Speaker 2: to stay right here. See have you ever talked yourself

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Speaker 2: out of it? It sounds nice, I can see it,

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Speaker 2: but but it's not for me. It's too difficult. See

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Speaker 2: that's exactly where they were. They were at a difficult place,

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Speaker 2: they were at a hard place. But Joshua broke that

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Speaker 2: and we're gonna take the land.

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Speaker 3: This is the key.

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Speaker 2: If your dreams or your situations look impossible today, and

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Speaker 2: we're gonna get this key from Joshua one p.

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Speaker 3: Seven.

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Speaker 2: This is exactly what God told Joshua. It looks impossible,

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be difficult. You're gonna run in some is,

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Speaker 2: some challenges, but this is the key to your success, Joshua.

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Speaker 2: He said, don't let this law depart from your eyes.

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Speaker 2: Stay focused on it, keep it right in front of you.

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Speaker 2: Don't look to the left, don't look to the right,

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Speaker 2: don't look at the enemies, don't look at the giants.

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Speaker 2: You keep your eyes fixed on the law of the Lord,

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Speaker 2: meditating on it. What he was saying was, you've got

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Speaker 2: to be single minded when it comes to the things

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Speaker 2: of God. If you're gonna climb that next mountain, you've

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Speaker 2: got to be single minded. You can't look at the obstacles.

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Speaker 2: You've got to look at the power of the living God.

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Speaker 2: Let's set our eyes on God. Let's quit looking at

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Speaker 2: the things that would try to distract us cause fear

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Speaker 2: in our life. Let's quit reasoning now all the reasons

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Speaker 2: we can't, and let's start factoring in all the reasons

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Speaker 2: we can. We serve a limitless God, a supernatural God.

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Speaker 2: Let's don't go by our natural sight or our natural reasoning.

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Speaker 2: Be bold and created and courageous like Joshua and Caleb wered.

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Speaker 2: That's how the Bible described them. That's how you break

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Speaker 2: a limited mindset. You've become bold and courageous, and you say,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna take it for you. God, You're going with me,

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Speaker 2: and I'm all out with you.

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Speaker 3: Amen. Hey's a powerful God Malachi three six.

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Speaker 2: He's forever the same, all powerful who delights in blessing

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Speaker 3: Amen.

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