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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening to the podcast today. Want

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Speaker 1: you to know that Victorian and I are praying for

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Speaker 1: you and your family this summer and just asking God

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Speaker 1: to bring you more peace and joy and victory than

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Speaker 1: you've ever seen before. Know that God's for you has

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Speaker 1: got you in the palm of his hand. And I

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Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed the message today. Well God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It is a joy to come into your homes. We

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Speaker 1: love you, We know God has great things in store

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Speaker 1: for each one of you. And if you're ever in

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Speaker 1: our area, please stop by and be a part of

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Speaker 1: one of our services. I promise you we'll have a

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Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in again, thanks for coming out today.

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Speaker 1: And I like to start with something funny and I

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Speaker 1: heard about this pastor. He decided to skip church one

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Speaker 1: Sunday and go play golf. He told his assistant he

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Speaker 1: wasn't feeling well, and he drove to another city a

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Speaker 1: golf course there so nobody would know him. He teed

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Speaker 1: off on the first hole. All of a sudden, a

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Speaker 1: huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an

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Speaker 1: for a four hundred and twenty yard hold in one.

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Speaker 1: An angel looked at God and said, what'd you do

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Speaker 1: that for? God smiled and said, who's he going to tell?

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Speaker 1: All right, hold up your bible. Say it like you

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about how you

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Speaker 1: have come back power. We all face situations that seem

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Speaker 1: like they could bury us. The loss of a loved one,

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Speaker 1: bad news concerning our health, a divorce. Those negative thoughts

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Speaker 1: best days. That set back is going to taint your future,

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Speaker 1: that layoff is going to ruin your career, That illness

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Speaker 1: is always going to limit you. It's easy to feel

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Speaker 1: like we've been buried. But what's interesting is the only

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Speaker 1: difference between being buried and being planted is the expectancy

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Speaker 1: of what's going to happen next. When you put a

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Speaker 1: seed in the ground, you don't say I'm burying this seed.

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Speaker 1: You say I'm planting this seed because you know it's

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Speaker 1: I didn't say I'm planting this rabbit. I buried the rabbit.

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Speaker 1: sure didn't want to be around. We all face difficulties,

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Speaker 1: but you have the seed of Almighty God on the inside.

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Speaker 1: He breathed his life into you. When you go through disappointments,

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Speaker 1: you're in tough times, you may feel like you've been buried,

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Speaker 1: but the fact is you've simply been planted. That means

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Speaker 1: you're gonna come back better, increased, stronger. What was meant

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Speaker 1: for your harm, God will use to your advantage. You

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Speaker 1: Jesus talked about this in John twelve twenty four. He said,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure if you were to ask the seed, it

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Speaker 1: One day that little seed breaks the surface of the earth.

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Speaker 1: are planted. You may feel like, even now that you've

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Speaker 1: This chemo may have taken my strength, my energy, my hair,

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Speaker 1: It may have kept me back for a long time,

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Speaker 1: But I'm not staying here. I know my chains have

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Speaker 1: just means you have a big destiny. Extraordinary people face

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Speaker 1: In those tough times, you got to draw the line

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Speaker 1: I can only be planted. Now. I may be down,

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Speaker 1: I heard a story about a farmer that had an

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Speaker 1: simply planted. He was coming back. Those dreams were still

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Speaker 1: latter part of Moses' life was much greater than the

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Speaker 1: Quit listening to the accuser reminding you of everything that

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Speaker 1: The moment you ask him for forgiveness, he forgave you.

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Speaker 1: And the good news is he didn't cancel your destiny.

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Speaker 1: If God gave Moses another chance, he'll give me another chance.

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