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Speaker 2: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: God bless you.

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Speaker 3: so much for tuning in today, and thank you again

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Speaker 3: for coming out. I'd like to start with something funny.

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Speaker 3: I heard about this elderly man. He had had a

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Speaker 3: serious hearing problem for many years. He went to the

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Speaker 3: hundred percent. He went back a month later for a checkup.

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Speaker 3: The doctor said, wow, your hearing is perfect. Your family

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Speaker 3: must be so excited that you can hear again. He said, no,

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Speaker 3: I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around

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Speaker 3: and listen to the different conversations, and I've changed my

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Speaker 3: will three times. Hold up your Bible. Say it like

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

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Speaker 3: it says I am. I have what it says I have.

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Speaker 3: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 3: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly

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Speaker 3: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I

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Speaker 3: will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about loving unconditionally.

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Speaker 3: It's easy to love people that are just like us,

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Speaker 3: That doesn't take a lot of effort. But what about

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Speaker 3: It doesn't exclude people that are different. It doesn't write

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Speaker 3: unconditional loves. I'm going to love you even if I

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Speaker 3: don't agree with you. I may not agree with your lifestyle,

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Speaker 3: You are made in the image of Almighty God, and

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Speaker 3: And we have to realize every person is on a journey.

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Speaker 3: on the Potter's will. But so often we judge people

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Speaker 3: God will use you to plant seeds in their heart.

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Speaker 3: In the same way, the seeds of hope, mercy, encouragement

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit is the one that convicts you. Just

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Speaker 3: for too long, the church in general has been known

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Speaker 3: See that young pop star where they are right now

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Speaker 3: Our part is to simply keep showing this unconditional love.

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Speaker 2: Not I'll love you if I agree with you.

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Speaker 2: No, they'll know by our love for other people.

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Speaker 2: we have this narrow view of God.

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Speaker 2: Where we don't agree.

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Speaker 2: We're all missing it somewhere.

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Speaker 3: he's our savior. My love for you is bigger than

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Speaker 2: It's bigger than what church you belong to. It's bigger

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Speaker 2: Order to love you.

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Speaker 3: what makes this place so great, the variety. There are whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Indians, rich, poor, young, old, Democrats, Republicans, Protestants, Catholics, Longhorns, Aggies, Jewish, Buddhists,

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Speaker 2: Now, give everybody room to become who God's created them

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Speaker 3: Now she was literally covered with his love. That's my

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Speaker 3: Love brings down barriers. Love puts people back on their feet.

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Speaker 3: You may not understand someone, but that's okay. Have a

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Speaker 3: God is counting on us to make a difference, to

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Speaker 3: will improve. You'll have more joy, better relationships, and I

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Speaker 3: believe and declare you will overcome every obstacle and live

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Speaker 3: the life of victory. God has in store in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 3: If you receive it, can you say.

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Speaker 3: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 3: Would you pray this simple prayer with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus,

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Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord in savior.

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Speaker 3: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places

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