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Speaker 1: God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, God

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Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 2: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 2: about this man. He was the only Protestant in a

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Speaker 2: large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, while his

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Speaker 2: neighbors were eating cold fish, he was grilling a steak

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Speaker 1: They couldn't stand the temptation.

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Speaker 2: Decided to try to convert him to Catholicism.

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Speaker 1: He finally agreed.

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Speaker 2: A priest came over sprinkled water on him, said, you

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Speaker 2: were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but.

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Speaker 1: Now you're a Catholic.

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Speaker 2: The next year, on the first Friday of Lent, they

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Speaker 2: smelled the same smell.

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Speaker 1: They rushed his house.

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Speaker 2: He was in his backyard sprinkling water over his steak,

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Speaker 2: saying you were born a cow, you were raised a cow,

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Speaker 2: but now you're a fish.

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

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Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 2: it says I have. I can do what it says

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Speaker 2: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 2: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 2: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 2: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 2: about your move. When life's unfair, we all go through disappointments,

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Speaker 2: things that don't make sense. Friend walked out on you.

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Speaker 2: You were overlooked for a promotion. He came down with

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Speaker 2: an illness. I talked to a young lady that grew

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Speaker 2: up in a home filled with abuse.

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Speaker 1: Nobody was there to guide her.

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Speaker 2: The people that should have been helping her were doing

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Speaker 2: just the opposite. She didn't understand why she was raised

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Speaker 2: in such hurt and dysfunction. It's easy to let what's

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Speaker 2: unfair be an.

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Speaker 1: Excuse to not pursue our destiny. I can't be successful.

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Speaker 1: I had a rough childhood. I'll never be happy.

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Speaker 2: I lost a loved one. Can't accomplish my dream. Joy.

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Speaker 2: The pandemic slowed me down. This company let me go.

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Speaker 2: I didn't get the scholarship. Here's the key.

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Speaker 1: It's not your fault that you got knocked down, but

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Speaker 1: it is your responsibility to get back up.

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Speaker 2: That was wrong that they hurt you, That wasn't fair,

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Speaker 2: that you went through the injustice. That wasn't right that

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Speaker 2: they walked away. I'm not lessening what you've been through.

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Speaker 2: I'm not excusing their behavior, but I am telling you

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Speaker 1: Your move when unfair.

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Speaker 2: Things happen is to go forward in faith, trusting that

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Speaker 2: God will make it up to you. Because it's tempting

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Speaker 2: to stay down, live bitter, give up on your dreams.

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Speaker 2: After all, you have a good excuse. You may have

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Speaker 2: a reason, but you don't have a right. God still

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Speaker 2: has a great purpose in front of you. He saw

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Speaker 2: what happened, He saw what they did, who left you out,

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Speaker 1: He said he would pay you back double for the

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Speaker 1: unfair things. He said he has beauty for those ashes.

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Speaker 1: There's something you have to do, though. Can't sit around

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Speaker 2: Why did this happen to me don't put a question

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Speaker 2: mark where God has put a period.

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Speaker 1: Part of faith is trusting when life doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 2: We're never going to understand everything that happens.

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Speaker 2: One betrayal, one divorce, one bad season soured the rest

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Speaker 2: That means quit reliving the hurts, quit thinking about what

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Speaker 2: When he sees you moving forward when you could be

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Speaker 2: You will see greater favor Because of the unfair things

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Speaker 2: His business partner didn't keep his word and left him

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Speaker 2: with all this debt. Now his business is struggling to

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Speaker 2: make it, and he was so down. He said, Joe,

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Speaker 2: this man has ruined my credit. It's damaged my reputation.

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Speaker 2: He took my main clients. He's basically ruined my life.

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Speaker 2: It's okay to feel hurt, to feel wrong, to feel violated.

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Speaker 1: God made us with feelings.

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Speaker 2: Now, I'm not saying you have to be super man,

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Speaker 2: pay you back for the wrongs, at some point you

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Speaker 2: have to rule over those feelings, get your passion back,

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Speaker 2: side of the excuse is a new level of your destiny.

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Speaker 2: If that person that did you wrong could in fact

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Speaker 2: The bad break, the injustice, the lass did not stop

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Speaker 2: God's plan for your life. Wasn't your fault that you

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Speaker 2: got knocked down, But it is your responsibility to get

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Speaker 2: knowing that God is working all things for your good.

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Speaker 2: May not have been good, it was unfair, it was hurtful,

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Speaker 1: He's not going to leave your.

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Speaker 2: Life in a broken place, in a damaged place, in

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Speaker 2: where you are. That's your explanation, but don't make it

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Speaker 1: Have a new perspective.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I had some bad breaks, that's why my business

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Speaker 1: My story ends. I went through a loss. It was painful, but.

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Speaker 2: I know we'p been endures for a night, but joy

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Speaker 2: my former days. Nothing that's happened to you is a

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Speaker 2: surprise to God. He wouldn't have allowed it if it

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Speaker 2: need to fulfill your purpose is not in what you've lost.

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Speaker 1: It's in what you have left. Take the hands you've

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Speaker 2: First, Samuel David and his men were living in the

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Speaker 1: They'd been on a mission for several days.

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Speaker 2: When they were returning home, they noticed smoke billowing in

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Speaker 2: malachite bandits had come in and raided the city. They

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Speaker 2: It was the worst defeat that David had ever suffered.

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Speaker 2: Here he was out doing the right thing, protecting God's people,

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Speaker 2: It wasn't fair that David was doing the right thing,

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Speaker 2: but the wrong thing happened. Wasn't fair that his possessions

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Speaker 1: But God doesn't promise us that life will always be fair.

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Speaker 1: Life happens to us all. It's what we do.

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Speaker 2: In these unfair times that determine whether we get stuck

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Speaker 2: David was at a critical point. He could have been bitter. God,

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Speaker 1: Nobody would have.

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Speaker 2: Disagreed if he'd have given up on his dreams, faded

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Speaker 2: but man, we got attacked at Ziglag. I would have

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Speaker 2: Take responsibility and get back up when you get knocked down. Now,

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Speaker 2: I know it wasn't fair. I know they did you wrong.

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Speaker 2: You don't understand it. Leave that all in God's hands.

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Speaker 2: Just do your part, get your passion back, get your

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Speaker 1: This is what made David a champion.

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Speaker 2: Not that he didn't have injustice, not that he never

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Speaker 1: He knew how to get back up.

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Speaker 2: He dried his tears, he shook off the defeated mindset,

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Speaker 1: To go attack the enemy.

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Speaker 2: He didn't stay on the defensive thinking that he's seen

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Speaker 2: his best days. His attitude was I have a destiny

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Speaker 2: to fulfill. This bad break didn't stop my purpose. I

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Speaker 2: that's how you move forward when it's unfair. Not looking

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Speaker 1: Make it up to you.

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Speaker 2: Look up to your creator, look up to the most

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Speaker 1: He's the one that can bring you out better than

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Speaker 2: David and his men headed out, they didn't know where

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Speaker 2: Injustice could keep him from his destiny. King Saul suffered

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Speaker 2: from bouts of depression, and his staff told him that

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Speaker 1: It would help him feel better.

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Speaker 2: Saul agreed and asked them to find someone. They said,

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Speaker 2: we know a young man named David. He's the son

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Speaker 2: to David. He sent it to Jesse, the very one

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Speaker 2: People may overlook you, but God sees you. They may

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Speaker 2: push you down, but God will lift you up. They

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Speaker 2: Imagine Jesse here in a knock on his door, he

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Speaker 2: dressed in royal uniforms, horses chariots outside Jesse thinks, what

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Speaker 1: Did I do something wrong? Am I in trouble? The

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Speaker 2: King wants your son David to come work for him

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Speaker 1: Jesse nearly passed out.

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Speaker 2: He thought, David, the one I didn't think, would amount

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Speaker 2: too much. God knows how to vindicate you. He knows

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Speaker 2: how to make up for the wrongs. Someone may have

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Speaker 2: put you at a disadvantage. But people don't have the

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Speaker 2: final say. Don't let an excuse keep you from going

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Speaker 2: to the palace. They never give me credit. They overlooked me,

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Speaker 2: they did me wrong. They can't stop your destiny. Quit

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Speaker 2: mourning over what you've lost. Who wasn't for you, what

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Speaker 2: wasn't fair? God sees it, He knows what's happening. If

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Speaker 2: you'll move forward in faith, the right people will come

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Speaker 2: looking for you. Opportunity will come tracking you down, Promotion

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Speaker 2: will come knocking on your door. It's not your fault

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Speaker 2: that they weren't for you. It's not your fault that

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Speaker 1: Your responsibility to get back up.

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Speaker 2: What you've been through may be your explanation as to

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Speaker 2: why you are where you are, but don't let it.

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Speaker 1: Be your excuse to stay where you are.

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Speaker 2: This is a new day. God is doing a new thing.

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Speaker 2: He's about to pay you back for what wasn't fair.

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Speaker 2: He's about to open doors you never dreamed would open.

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Speaker 2: The best part of your life is still in front

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Speaker 2: of you.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the key.

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Speaker 2: The enemy would love for you to get stuck focused

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Speaker 2: on your hurts, what they did, what you didn't get.

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Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap.

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Speaker 2: Your move when life is unfair is to go forward

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Speaker 2: in faith, knowing that God is still on the throne,

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Speaker 2: that He's going to work it all out for your good.

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Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare. Like with David,

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Speaker 2: God is going to promote you in front of people

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Speaker 2: that tried to hold you back, Like with my father.

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Speaker 1: Out of that rejection is going to come new levels

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Speaker 1: of your destiny. Like with Samuel.

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Speaker 2: Saul may not have worked out, but it's going to

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Speaker 2: open the door to David, to something better than you've imagined.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you

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Speaker 2: Like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus the

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Speaker 2: lord of your life.

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.

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Speaker 3: God has put a specific dream in your heart. Maybe

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Speaker 3: it's a dream for a better career, a blessing that

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Speaker 3: enables you to bless others, to be in a healthy,

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Speaker 3: loving relationship, to launch your own business or ministry endeavor.

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Speaker 3: We all have dreams, but sometimes set backs and opposition

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Speaker 3: can rob us of our dreams. So how do you

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Speaker 3: make your dreams a reality?

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Speaker 2: One way you know it's a God given dream is

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Speaker 2: you can't accomplish it on your own. We never thought

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Speaker 2: we'd be having church in a former basketball arena, but

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Speaker 2: this is what can happen when you take the limits

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Speaker 4: When you believe what God put in your heart, that's

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Speaker 4: when He steps in and makes ways.

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Speaker 2: and now get discouraged by how impossible it looks or

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Speaker 2: how long it's taken. You are closer than you think.

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Speaker 2: God's working behind the scenes right now.

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Speaker 1: Stay in faith.

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Speaker 2: You're going to see the greatness of God bring your

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Speaker 3: Victoria would like to send you this dream releasing, life

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Speaker 3: for you is significant. His dreams for you are beyond

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Speaker 3: what you could imagine. Don't wait another day. It's time

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Speaker 2: Victoria and I pray for you and your family every day.

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