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Speaker 5: And I like to start with something funny and I

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Speaker 5: heard about this man. He was the only Protestant in

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Speaker 5: a large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, while

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Speaker 5: his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling a

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Speaker 5: decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. He finally agreed.

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Speaker 5: The priest sprinkled water over him, said, you were born

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Speaker 5: The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they

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Speaker 4: They rushed to his house.

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Speaker 5: He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak.

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Speaker 5: Said you were born a cow, you were raised a cow,

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Speaker 5: but now you're a fish. Hold your Bible up, say

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Speaker 5: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I

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Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 5: to talk to you today about it's under your feet.

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Speaker 5: How we see our difficulties very often will determine whether

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Speaker 5: Many people settle for mediocrity, But First Corinthians fifteen says

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Speaker 5: God has put all things under our feet.

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Speaker 5: Victory, you have to see every sickness, every obstacle, every

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Speaker 5: You to feel weak, discouraged, intimidated. It's going to attract fear, worry, doubt.

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Speaker 4: You've got to change your perspective. That addiction is not

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Speaker 5: That depression that's been in your family for years, it's

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Speaker 4: It's under your feet. You're going to put a stop

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Speaker 5: Now you've got to shake off the lives that are

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Speaker 4: God is saying, every enemy, every sickness.

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Speaker 5: Psalm fifty nine, I will look down in triumph on

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Speaker 5: Those obstacles like David, by faith to look down. See

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Speaker 4: But when you talk to sickness, look down. It's under

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Speaker 5: I've heard it said, if you want to say something

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Speaker 4: Because he's under your feet.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes when there's a big boxing match the day before,

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Speaker 5: Well, when you face an enemy, something that's trying to

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Speaker 5: an unfair situation. Unlike those two fighters, you don't stand

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Speaker 4: That enemy is not at your level.

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Speaker 5: It may have a big bark, it may seem tough

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Speaker 5: You need to look down under your feet. You are

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Speaker 5: more than a conquer Greater is he that's in you

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Speaker 5: than he that comes against you. The enemy has limited power.

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Speaker 4: God has all power.

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Speaker 5: If God be for you, who dare be against you?

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Speaker 5: Quit telling yourself, I'll always struggle in this area, I'll

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Speaker 5: No change your perspective. You are not weak, defeated inferior.

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Speaker 4: You are full of can do power.

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Speaker 5: The same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives

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Speaker 5: to start putting some things under your feet. God said,

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Speaker 5: I have given you power to tread on all the

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Speaker 5: power of the enemy. Think of that word tread. One

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Speaker 5: translation says to trample. If you will see these obstacles

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Speaker 4: I know this lady.

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Speaker 5: She was diagnosed with cancer, and she's in her early

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Speaker 5: how she might not make it. Instead of looking down

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Speaker 5: The first place we lose the victory is in our

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Speaker 5: when David faced Goliath, even though Goliath was practically twice

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Speaker 5: of faith. You and God are a majority. Was never

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Speaker 5: self pity and, like David, put on a new attitude. Cancer,

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Speaker 5: days in good health. I am a victor and not

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Speaker 5: a victim. She changed her outlook, she got her fire back,

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Speaker 4: Today she is four years cancer free.

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Speaker 5: She's so happy. A couple of years ago she got married.

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Speaker 5: It wasn't a stumbling block. It ended up being a

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Speaker 5: turned out that way, because if we let life overwhelm us,

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Speaker 5: the worry, shake off the self pity, shake off the disappointment, get.

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Speaker 5: But God is a god of justice. He doesn't forget

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Speaker 5: the high road and watch God make your enemies your footstool.

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Speaker 5: Isaiah put it this way, no weapon formed against you

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Speaker 5: will prosper. Doesn't say that we won't have difficulties, never

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Speaker 4: That's not reality. It says challenges will come.

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Speaker 5: People may talk, you may get a negative medical report,

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Speaker 5: a family member may get off course. God said, the

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Speaker 5: problem may form, but you can stay in peace knowing

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Speaker 5: that it's not going to prosper against you because you're

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Speaker 5: his child, because you're in the secret place of the

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Speaker 5: most High. God has a hedge of protection around you

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Speaker 5: that the enemy cannot cross, a hedge of mercy, a

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Speaker 5: hedge of favor. No person, no sickness, no trouble, no

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Speaker 5: disability can stop God's plan.

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Speaker 4: For your life.

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Speaker 5: All the forces of darkness cannot keep you from your destiny.

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Speaker 5: When you face these challenges and you attempted to worry,

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Speaker 5: you need to remind yourself. This problem may have formed,

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Speaker 5: but I have a promise from Almighty God it is

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Speaker 5: not going to prosper. In other words, they may be

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Speaker 5: talking about me, trying to make me look bad. I'm

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Speaker 5: not worried about it. I know God's my vindicator. He'll

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Speaker 5: take care of them.

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Speaker 4: My child may be running with the wrong crowd. That's

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Speaker 4: all right. I know it's not permanent. It's temporary. As

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Speaker 4: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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Speaker 5: This medical report may not look good, but I know

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Speaker 5: God made my body. He's got me in the palm

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Speaker 5: of his hand. Nothing can snatch me away. I was

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Speaker 5: reading about these researchers that were studying Alzheimer's disease. They

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Speaker 5: took these older people that had died and they studied

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Speaker 5: They found that many people had lesions on their brains

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Speaker 5: that technically qualified them as having Alzheimer's. What was interesting

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Speaker 5: is when they were alive, they never showed any signs

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Speaker 5: of it. Their mind was clear, their reasoning was good,

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Speaker 5: but the symptoms never showed up. The common denominator is

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Speaker 5: they were positive, They were hopeful, and they stayed productive.

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Speaker 4: That's what Isaiah said.

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Speaker 5: Just because the problem forms doesn't mean it has to prosper.

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Speaker 5: We may have things come against us because of genetics,

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Speaker 5: things that have been passed down. The good news is

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Speaker 5: God has the final say. God can override it.

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Speaker 4: So stay in faith.

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Speaker 5: That's what happened with our friend Ramiro. He was born

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Speaker 5: with no ears.

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Speaker 4: The doctors told his parents he's.

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Speaker 5: Never going to be able to hear, never going to

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Speaker 4: The problem had formed in the natural.

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Speaker 5: It didn't look good, but thank God we serve a

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Speaker 5: supernatural god. Ramiro has parents that believe it doesn't have

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Speaker 5: to prosper. They didn't sit around in self pity, thinking

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Speaker 5: poor old us. No, they knew they were armed with

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Speaker 5: strength for that battle. They knew that situation was under

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Speaker 5: their feet. They prayed, they believed they declared God's favor.

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Speaker 5: When he was just a few months old, the doctors

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Speaker 5: discovered that he had a very tiny start of an

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Speaker 5: ear drum. These incredibly gifted doctors performed surgery, They created

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Speaker 5: new ears and helped to correct the problem. One of

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Speaker 5: his main doctors is here today, doctor Aguilar. He's a

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Speaker 5: member of Lakewood Church. He's one of the ones they

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Speaker 5: performed that surgery. Ramiro got better, had more surgeries, got

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Speaker 5: better and better. Today Ramiro cannot only hear, not only speak,

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Speaker 5: but he can sing. He helps to lead worship for

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Speaker 5: our young adults. You heard him on American Idol singing

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Speaker 5: an amazing grace. My chains are gone in front of

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Speaker 5: millions and millions of people. Friends, whatever you're facing, it

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Speaker 5: is under your feet. It is not permanent, it's temporary.

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Speaker 5: The power that is for you is greater than any

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Speaker 5: power that comes against you. Keep the right perspective. You

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Speaker 5: and God are a majority. You are armed and dangerous.

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Speaker 5: The problem may have formed, but it is not going

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Speaker 5: to prosper now. Some of you today need to start

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Speaker 5: putting things under your feet. You're letting that problem worry

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Speaker 5: you and keep you up at night. God is saying

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Speaker 5: I'll fight your battles, but you've got to give them

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Speaker 5: to me.

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Speaker 4: Come back to that place of peace.

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Speaker 5: Don't let people circumstances get you upset. Somebody may not

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Speaker 5: be doing your right. Let God be your vendicant. He

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Speaker 5: knows how to make your wrongs right. Remember when you

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Speaker 5: talk to that sickness, that obstacle, that depression as an

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Speaker 5: act of.

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Speaker 4: Faith, Do like David and look down. It's no match

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Speaker 4: for you.

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Speaker 5: And if you will see these obstacles as being under

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Speaker 5: your feet, God promises he'll make your enemies your footstool.

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Speaker 5: Instead of being a stumbling block, it'll be a stepping stone.

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Speaker 5: I believe and declare like Ramiro, nothing will keep you

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Speaker 5: from your destiny. You will overcome every obstacle, defeat every enemy,

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Speaker 5: and become everything God's created you to be.

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Speaker 4: Do you receive it today?

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Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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