WEBVTT - Remember Who You Are | Joel Osteen

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<v Speaker 1>What a joy to be with you today.

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<v Speaker 2>If we're praying for you and your family, I know

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<v Speaker 2>God has great things in store. You wouldn't be alive

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<v Speaker 2>if there weren't more victories in front of you. So

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<v Speaker 2>know that we love you, we're praying for you, and hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you'll stay tuned to the very end. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got some special resources to help you stay encouraged and inspired.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a joy to come into your home.

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<v Speaker 2>So thanks for being with us today, and I hope

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<v Speaker 2>you'll stay connected all through the week. We have a

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<v Speaker 2>But thanks for tuning in today. I like to start

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<v Speaker 2>with something funny, and I heard about this man that

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<v Speaker 2>was out walking on the beach. God said, son, you've

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<v Speaker 2>been so faithful, I'm gonna grant you one special wish.

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<v Speaker 1>He was so excited.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, God, I've always wanted to go to Hawaii,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm afraid to fly. So my wish is that

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<v Speaker 2>you would build a bridge across the ocean. God said, son,

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<v Speaker 2>that's impossible. Think of the logistics of that. Now take

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<v Speaker 2>a moment and wish again. The man thought about it

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<v Speaker 2>and said, okay, God, I've been married four times. All

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<v Speaker 2>my ex wives say I am so insensitive. So my

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<v Speaker 2>wish is that I would be able to understand a woman.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know why they think like they think,

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<v Speaker 2>why they feel like they feel. There was a long pause,

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<v Speaker 2>and God said, do you want two lanes or four

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<v Speaker 2>lanes on that bridge? Say it like you mean it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I have what it says I have. I can do

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<v Speaker 2>what it says I can do. Today I will be

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<v Speaker 2>taught the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind

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<v Speaker 2>is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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<v Speaker 2>the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk to you today about.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>We all face challenges in life that we don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how are going to work out? How am I going

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<v Speaker 2>to get well? How am I going to meet the

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<v Speaker 2>right person? How is this dream going to come to pass?

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the key.

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<v Speaker 2>The how is not as important as the who. When

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<v Speaker 2>you know who you are a child of the Most

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<v Speaker 2>High God, crowned with favor, with royal blood flowing through

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<v Speaker 2>your veins, then the who will override the how. The

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<v Speaker 2>how is not up to us. The how may look impossible.

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<v Speaker 2>If you stay focused on how, you're going to get worried, discouraged.

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<v Speaker 2>Your job is not to figure everything out. Your job

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<v Speaker 2>is to honor God, be your best, and he will

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<v Speaker 2>take care of the how.

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<v Speaker 1>We spend too much time on the how.

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<v Speaker 2>How is my child going to get back on course?

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<v Speaker 2>How am I going to make it through this pandemic?

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<v Speaker 2>How can I overcome this opposition at work? Why don't

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<v Speaker 2>you spend that same time on the who?

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<v Speaker 1>Father? Thank you that I am your child.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you that you hand picked me, You chose me

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<v Speaker 2>before I could choose you. Thank you that you are

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<v Speaker 2>for me, that you are fighting my battles. If you'll

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<v Speaker 2>focus on the who, God will take care of the how.

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<v Speaker 2>When our children were small, they never once said, Daddy,

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<v Speaker 2>how are we going to pay our bills this month?

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<v Speaker 2>How are we going to get to school tomorrow? How

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<v Speaker 2>are we going to have something for dinner tonight? They

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<v Speaker 2>were never concerned about the how, because they knew the who,

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<v Speaker 2>because they belonged to us. They knew their father was

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<v Speaker 2>going to take care of it. They knew Daddy is

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<v Speaker 2>going to keep us safe. Daddy's going to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>we get there. Daddy's going to protect us, provide show

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<v Speaker 2>us favor. What if we had that same kind of

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<v Speaker 2>childlike faith, not trying to figure out all the hows,

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<v Speaker 2>worried about how our health is going to improve, and

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<v Speaker 2>how we're going to accomplish the goal, how we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get out of this difficulty.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I tell you your heavenly Father is going to take

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<v Speaker 1>care of the hows.

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<v Speaker 2>When you understand that you belong to him, then you

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<v Speaker 2>can live from a place of peace knowing that Daddy's

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<v Speaker 2>going to protect you, Daddy's going to show you favor,

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<v Speaker 2>that he's going to turn that problem around. As an

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<v Speaker 2>earthly father, I knew how to do things that my

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<v Speaker 2>children didn't understand. I had experience, wisdom, strength that they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have. How much more so our heavenly father. He

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<v Speaker 2>created the universe, He flung stars into space.

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<v Speaker 1>He has ways of doing things that we can't see.

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<v Speaker 2>He's working behind the scenes lining up what you need

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<v Speaker 2>to accomplish your dreams. He already has a solution to

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<v Speaker 2>that problem that's stressing you out. He has angels watching

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<v Speaker 2>over you, he has favor surrounding you. He's put a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing on your life that circumstances and people cannot stop.

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<v Speaker 2>You have an advantage because of who your heavenly Father is.

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<v Speaker 1>When you face situations you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>See how they could work out. Don't live worried. The

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<v Speaker 2>how is not up to you. God wouldn't have allowed.

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<v Speaker 1>It if it was going to keep you from your destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>He won't let you get in a problem that he

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<v Speaker 2>can't get you out of. If you'll stay focused on

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<v Speaker 2>the Who, knowing that you are His child, that you

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<v Speaker 2>are blessed, favored, anointed, empowered, then.

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<v Speaker 1>God will take care of the how. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>David did. At seventeen years old.

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<v Speaker 2>He was out in the shepherd's fields when his father

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<v Speaker 2>asked him to take lunch to his brothers. They were

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<v Speaker 2>serving in the army in another city. When he arrived,

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<v Speaker 2>he heard Goliath, the champion of the Philistine army, taunting

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelites. They were all afraid, but something rose up

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<v Speaker 2>in David, a fire, a passion and anointing. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>who is this man that he should defy the armies

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<v Speaker 2>of the living God.

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<v Speaker 1>He told King Saul that he wanted to fight Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>Saul laughed. Goliath was twice David's size. He was their

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<v Speaker 2>most skilled warrior. He was wearing a full set of armor.

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<v Speaker 2>David had no military training, no experience. The how seemed impossible,

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<v Speaker 2>no way in the natural. But David understood this principle

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<v Speaker 2>that the howl wasn't up to him. He stood before

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<v Speaker 2>Goliath said you come against me with a sword and

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<v Speaker 2>a shield, but I come against you in the name.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the Lord God of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>He was saying, in effect, Goliath, I may be small,

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<v Speaker 2>I may be inexperienced. The odds are against me, but

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<v Speaker 2>I have a secret. I know who I am. I

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<v Speaker 2>belong to the most high. I have an advantage. Favor

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<v Speaker 2>is on my life.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't focus on the how, He focused on the who.

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<v Speaker 2>He took his slingshot out, slung that rock, hit Goliath

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<v Speaker 2>in the forehead, knocked him unconscious. When you know who

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<v Speaker 2>you are, you'll defeat giants that are much bigger. You

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<v Speaker 2>may be facing situations now now that you don't see how.

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<v Speaker 1>They could work out. You could live.

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<v Speaker 2>Worried, stressed. You have to shift your perspective from the

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<v Speaker 2>how to the who who you are is more powerful

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<v Speaker 2>than any force trying to stop you. You're not just anyone.

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<v Speaker 2>You belong to the most God. He breathed life into you,

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<v Speaker 2>He chose you, and the good news is he's backing

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<v Speaker 2>you up. He has the hows.

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<v Speaker 1>Already figured out.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no giant too big for him, no sickness too great,

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<v Speaker 2>no addiction too powerful, no obstacle too strong.

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<v Speaker 1>Like David, you may not see the how. That's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>The how is not up to you.

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<v Speaker 2>When you know who you are, you live from a

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<v Speaker 2>place of faith, a place of trust, a place of confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>then you're going to see God show.

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<v Speaker 1>Out in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to have big resources, big talent, big connections.

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<v Speaker 2>God will take your sling shop what seemed small and

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<v Speaker 2>put his favor on it, and you will defeat great giants.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not so much what you have, it's the blessing

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<v Speaker 2>on what you have. It's the favor on what you have.

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<v Speaker 2>Where does that come from your talent, your family, from

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<v Speaker 2>being good enough?

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<v Speaker 1>No, it comes from who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>When God created you, he put his blessing on you,

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<v Speaker 2>He put his favor.

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<v Speaker 1>Now quit trying to figure out.

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<v Speaker 2>All the hows and rest in the Who I heard

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<v Speaker 2>about these baby cub bears. They were out in the

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<v Speaker 2>woods playing having fun when this pack of wolves came

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<v Speaker 2>out of nowhere and started toward them.

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<v Speaker 1>The cubs saw the wolves out in.

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<v Speaker 2>The distance, but they didn't get alarmed.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't take off running.

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<v Speaker 2>Seemed like they were naive, like they were about to

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<v Speaker 2>be harmed, but.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't bother them.

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<v Speaker 2>When the wolves got about twenty yards away, out of

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<v Speaker 2>nowhere came this huge mama bear with their paws up

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<v Speaker 2>in the air, growling forcefully, just like she was saying,

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<v Speaker 2>come on.

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<v Speaker 1>Make my day.

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<v Speaker 2>Those wolves stopped in their tracks, turned around, and went

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<v Speaker 2>back to where they came from. The reason the cubs

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<v Speaker 2>weren't upset, the reason they didn't panic, is they knew

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<v Speaker 2>who they belonged to. They didn't worry about the how,

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<v Speaker 2>how they were going to stay safe, how they were

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<v Speaker 2>not going to be harmed. They knew Mama would take

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<v Speaker 2>care of the howl. You may have things coming against you,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Not on your own. Because of who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>You can stay in peace, not because Mama Bear is

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<v Speaker 2>backing you up, but because the Most High God has

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<v Speaker 2>your back. He's watching over you. He's pushing back forces

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<v Speaker 2>of darkness. He's not allowing that sickness to take you out.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not letting those people keep you down. They may

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<v Speaker 2>have shown up, but God sees it. He knows what's happening,

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<v Speaker 2>and he is.

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<v Speaker 1>On his way. Quit worrying, quit losing sleep.

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<v Speaker 2>God has you in the palm of his hand. He

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<v Speaker 2>never asked us to figure out the how. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the scripture says, trust in the Lord with all your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>lean not to your own understanding. If you only lean

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<v Speaker 2>to your understanding, you're going to get frustrated. Because sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>there is no logical solution, there's no way out in

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<v Speaker 2>the natural.

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<v Speaker 1>But we serve a supernatural God.

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<v Speaker 2>He can make things happen that we couldn't make happen.

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<v Speaker 2>When Victoria and I had been married about two years,

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<v Speaker 2>we lived in an apartment complex and one evening we

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<v Speaker 2>were out walking through this nice neighborhood with big trees

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<v Speaker 2>and beautiful two story homes. We came to this one

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<v Speaker 2>house that was under construction and it was just about finished.

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<v Speaker 2>It was late in the day, no one was working,

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<v Speaker 2>so we went to look at it.

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<v Speaker 1>The front door was unlocked, so we walked in. It

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<v Speaker 1>was so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never forget the tall ceilings, the big curved windows,

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<v Speaker 2>it was all so spacious and well done. As we

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<v Speaker 2>were walking out the front sidewalk, Victoria stopped, turned around

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<v Speaker 2>and said, Joel, one day we're going to live in

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<v Speaker 2>a house just like this.

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<v Speaker 1>That was so far out of my.

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<v Speaker 2>Thinking, so unbelievable. I couldn't even fathom it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I started telling her all the reasons why it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen. I said, Victoria, that's impossible. This is

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<v Speaker 2>how much we make I work for a ministry, even

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<v Speaker 2>if we say for years, we wouldn't have enough. I

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<v Speaker 2>went on and on that no more affected her. She said, no, Joel,

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<v Speaker 2>I know down in my spirit is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>The more she believed, the more aggravated that made me.

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<v Speaker 2>I did my best to convince her to be a doubter.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, we're limited well enough, we're at a disadvantage.

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<v Speaker 2>Her attitude was no, thanks. I know who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I am blessed, I am favored, i am anointed. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a child of the most High. I wonder how many

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<v Speaker 2>times we're doing like I did. I can't get well

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<v Speaker 2>have you seen the medical report. I'll never break this addiction.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had it since high school. My business will never succeed.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have the resources, the connections.

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<v Speaker 1>All this time, you're focused on.

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<v Speaker 2>The how, thinking about what you can't do, what you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have. God is saying, let me take care of

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<v Speaker 2>the how. You just focus on the who. You Believe

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<v Speaker 2>that you're my child, Believe that you have an advantage.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe that I'm a good father.

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<v Speaker 2>Believe that I will take care of you, heal you,

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<v Speaker 2>restore you, favor you, prosper you. We would walk that

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<v Speaker 2>pass several times a week. Every time Victoria would say,

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<v Speaker 2>there's that house.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to live in something like that.

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<v Speaker 2>One day, hearing that over and over, she started to

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<v Speaker 2>convince me, you've heard that saying if you can't beat them,

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<v Speaker 2>join them. She wasn't going to sit down to where

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<v Speaker 2>I was, so I decided to rise up to where

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<v Speaker 2>she was. Don't let people speaking doubt, defeat, negativity.

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<v Speaker 1>Cause you to give up on your dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of letting them talk you out of it, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to keep saying it so much that you talked

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<v Speaker 2>them into it. Several years later, we bought an old

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<v Speaker 2>Rundown house on a nice piece of property close into

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<v Speaker 2>the city. The day we closed on the house, we

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<v Speaker 2>were standing in the front yard. A car pulled up

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<v Speaker 2>and stopped. This lady got out and said she was

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<v Speaker 2>a relator. She asked if we wanted to sell the property.

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<v Speaker 2>I said no, we just bought it. She said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>how about selling it for a significant profit. I told

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<v Speaker 2>her that we wanted to keep it. She said, congratulations,

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<v Speaker 2>you just bought your dream house.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know what she was talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>A few months later, the neighborhood changed the deed restrictions

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<v Speaker 2>where you could subdivide the lots.

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<v Speaker 1>A year later, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Sold half the property for more than we bought the

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<v Speaker 2>whole property for. A builder built two homes on it,

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<v Speaker 2>one for us. We sold that home and bought a

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<v Speaker 2>house down the street from the original house. Victoria said

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<v Speaker 2>we were going to live in. When we moved in,

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<v Speaker 2>I said, Victoria, here's this house. I always said we

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<v Speaker 2>were going to live in.

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<v Speaker 1>She almost didn't even.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me say there are you trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>the house?

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<v Speaker 1>Leave that up to God. You focus on the who.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, Thank you that I'm your child, that You've chosen me,

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<v Speaker 2>that you've ordered my steps. You said your plans for

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<v Speaker 2>me are for good. You said you would do more

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<v Speaker 2>than I can ask, think or imagine. One time, the

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<v Speaker 2>disciples asked Jesus how to pray, and he gave them

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<v Speaker 2>what we know now as the Lord's Prayer. He started

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<v Speaker 2>off saying, our Father, who aren't in Heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>Goes on to talk about give us.

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<v Speaker 2>Our daily bread, protect us from evil, help us to forgive,

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<v Speaker 2>on and on. But it's significant that before we ask

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<v Speaker 2>for our needs, before we ask for protection for guidance,

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<v Speaker 2>God said, I want you to acknowledge who you are.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to see yourself as my child, our father.

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<v Speaker 1>You're saying, God, I know who I am. I belong

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<v Speaker 1>to you. You're my father.

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<v Speaker 2>You created me, you love me, you care for me,

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<v Speaker 2>you protect me, you favor me.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't know who.

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<v Speaker 2>You are, then the rest of this prayer is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be effective. You can't ask in faith for

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<v Speaker 2>the daily bread, the protection, the provision if you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know you're his child.

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<v Speaker 2>You may have some house, you don't know how you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to finish school, how your family is going to

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<v Speaker 2>stay together, how you're going to come out.

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<v Speaker 1>Of that depression. But if you'll just keep the who.

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<v Speaker 2>God, You're my father, I'm your child. God, I trust you.

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<v Speaker 2>When you know the who, God will take care of

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<v Speaker 2>the hows.

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<v Speaker 1>Luke Chapter one.

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<v Speaker 2>There's the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She

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<v Speaker 2>was a teenager living in Nazareth, one of the poorest

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<v Speaker 2>cities of that region. An angel appeared to her and

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<v Speaker 2>said that she was going to have a baby without

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<v Speaker 2>knowing a man.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he would be the Messiah. They were to

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<v Speaker 1>name him Jesus. Mary was confused. She thought, that's impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't have a baby without a man. That defies

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<v Speaker 1>the laws of nature.

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<v Speaker 2>She said to the angel, how can I have a baby?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a virgin. Mary had a how. I don't see

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<v Speaker 2>how this can happen. The angel said, the Holy Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>will come upon you. The power of the Most High

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<v Speaker 2>will overshadow you, and you will have this child. He

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<v Speaker 2>was saying, in effect, Mary, don't worry about the how.

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<v Speaker 1>God will take care of the how.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Mary a howl. God's given you a promise, but

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<v Speaker 2>seems impossible.

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<v Speaker 1>How can you get well? How can you come out

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<v Speaker 1>of death? How can you accomplish your dream? God is

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<v Speaker 1>saying to you.

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<v Speaker 2>What he said to Mary, The power of the Most

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<v Speaker 2>High will overshadow you. One version says, overtake you those

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<v Speaker 2>dreams that look impossible. You're going to see God's favor

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<v Speaker 2>overtake you. Healing, overtake you, Freedom, overtake you. Overtake means

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<v Speaker 2>you can't outrun it, you can't hide from it.

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<v Speaker 1>The power of.

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<v Speaker 2>The Most High is going to make things happen that

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<v Speaker 2>you couldn't make happen. Don't worry about the house may

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<v Speaker 2>seem too big, too late, too far, too much.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the way Mary felt. Listen to what she said.

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<v Speaker 2>She could have doubted like I did. Who will never

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<v Speaker 2>live in a house like that?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding? Have a baby without a man?

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<v Speaker 2>But Mary said in verse thirty eight, I am the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord's child. Accept whatever he wants. May everything you said

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<v Speaker 2>come true. Instead of focusing on the how, she switched

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<v Speaker 2>over to the who I know? Who I am the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord's child, I am favored, I am blessed, I am anointed.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't you do like Mary and leave the.

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<v Speaker 2>Howl up to God and just stay focused on who

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<v Speaker 2>you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you that you're my father, that you're working in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, that you're taking me where I can't go

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<v Speaker 2>on my own.

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<v Speaker 1>God is going to put dreams in your heart that

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<v Speaker 1>seem impossible.

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<v Speaker 2>Obstacles will come that look too big, enemies too strong.

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<v Speaker 2>That's when it's easy to let the howls talk you

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<v Speaker 2>out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see how this can work out, Joe. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to. The how is not up to you.

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<v Speaker 1>The power of the Most High is going to work

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<v Speaker 1>it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Take the pressure off yourself. Quit living worried, frustrated. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to be by your strength, by your ability,

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<v Speaker 2>but by the spirit of the living God. The Angel

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<v Speaker 2>told Mary that it was going to happen without knowing

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<v Speaker 2>a man. He was talking about the physical, but this

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<v Speaker 2>has a deeper meaning. God was showing us that you're

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<v Speaker 2>not dependent on people. What you're believing for can happen

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<v Speaker 2>without a man. Well, if I can just get this

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<v Speaker 2>manager to like me, if I can get this friend

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<v Speaker 2>to give me a good break, you don't need who

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<v Speaker 2>you think you need. When it's your time, the power

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<v Speaker 2>of a Most High will overtake you. When God shows up,

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<v Speaker 2>nothing can stand in his way. Chains will break, doors

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<v Speaker 2>will open, Opportunity will come if it can happen without

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<v Speaker 2>a man, then it can happen without a bank, without

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<v Speaker 2>the treatment, without the experience, without the resources.

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<v Speaker 1>God is about to surprise you, Like with Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be something you've never seen, something that's

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<v Speaker 2>never happened in your family, something that defies the odds

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<v Speaker 2>catapults you into your destiny. I talked to a young

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<v Speaker 2>lady that had big dreams. She knew God's hand was

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<v Speaker 2>on her, but she made poor decisions. She was at

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong place the wrong time. She ended up in prison.

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<v Speaker 2>She was so depressed and so down on herself that

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<v Speaker 2>she didn't want to live.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone gave her one.

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<v Speaker 2>Of my books and she started reading it. Hope began

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<v Speaker 2>to feel her heart. Dreams started coming back to life.

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<v Speaker 2>She got her passion back.

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<v Speaker 1>She believed that she was.

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<v Speaker 2>Still a child of God, redeemed and forgiven. The problem

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<v Speaker 2>was the how how could she fulfill her purpose. She

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<v Speaker 2>was in prison, looked like she would be there for

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<v Speaker 2>many years, but through a series of unusual events, she

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<v Speaker 2>was unexpectedly released years ahead of schedule. When the power

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<v Speaker 2>of the most high overtakes you, doors will open that

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<v Speaker 2>shouldn't open. She went back to school and got her

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<v Speaker 2>master's degree in counseling, then her PhD. Now she's helping

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<v Speaker 2>people that were like her in a dark place struggling

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<v Speaker 2>with depression. She said, I never dreamed I would be.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I am.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to figure out the how, Just get

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<v Speaker 2>the who right and God will take care of the how.

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<v Speaker 2>You may have made mistakes, that's not.

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<v Speaker 1>Who you are, that's what you did.

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<v Speaker 2>You are still a son, a daughter of the Most High, forgiven, redeemed, restored,

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<v Speaker 2>called equipped, chosen, and anointed. Keep your shoulders back, hold

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<v Speaker 2>your head up high. The enemy would love for you

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<v Speaker 2>to go through life with your who messed up thinking

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<v Speaker 2>you've blown it, You missed your chance. You're not worthy,

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<v Speaker 2>not valuable. Just sit on the sidelines.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't believe those lies.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing you've done has changed who you are. No mistake

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<v Speaker 2>you've made has disquali. When you gave your life to Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>you were.

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<v Speaker 1>Born into God's family. You can't get unborn. His calling on.

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<v Speaker 2>Your life doesn't go away because you've made mistakes. He

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<v Speaker 2>took wrong turns, you got off course.

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<v Speaker 1>You are still his child.

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<v Speaker 2>In the scripture, God told Jonah to go one way,

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<v Speaker 2>but he went the other. He knew what he was

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to do, to go to the city of Nineveh

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<v Speaker 2>tell them to repent, but he went exactly opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>He ended up on a boat in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>a huge storm.

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<v Speaker 2>He finally admitted to the crew that he was the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>They were so grateful, they said, thank you, Jonah. They

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<v Speaker 2>threw him overborne. He should have been done. This should

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<v Speaker 2>have been the end of his story, but it just

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<v Speaker 2>so happened. There was a big fish that swallowed Jonah.

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<v Speaker 2>Even when we make mistakes, even when we bring trouble

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<v Speaker 2>on ourselves, God is so merciful, He'll still protect us.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll still provide a way of escape.

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<v Speaker 2>Jonah was sitting in the belly of that well, seaweed

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<v Speaker 2>wrapped around his head.

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<v Speaker 1>It was dark, smelly.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't see how he could get out. He could

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<v Speaker 2>have complained, been depressed. He said in verse seven, my

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<v Speaker 2>life was slipping away. Then I remembered the Lord, my God.

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<v Speaker 2>He was saying, in effect, I was just about done.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I remembered who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>He started thanking God in the belly of the well.

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<v Speaker 2>The how looked impossible. How could he get out? How

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<v Speaker 2>could he survive? All the odds were against him. But

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<v Speaker 2>as he was thanking God. The scripture says God caused

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<v Speaker 2>the fish to spit him up on dry ground. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to figure out the how God controls the universe.

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<v Speaker 2>He controls fish. One time he told Peter to go

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<v Speaker 2>to the lake, and the first fish he caught had

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<v Speaker 2>coins to pay their taxes. God controls the economy, He

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<v Speaker 2>controls answers.

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<v Speaker 1>He even controls your enemies.

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<v Speaker 2>The scripture says God caused.

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<v Speaker 1>Pharaoh to harden his heart.

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<v Speaker 2>When you remember who you are, God will cause things

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<v Speaker 2>to happen. The medical report doesn't look good, don't worry.

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<v Speaker 2>God can cause you to get well. He controls the

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<v Speaker 2>number of your days. People at work are against you.

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<v Speaker 2>They're more powerful, have more influence. God will cause you

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<v Speaker 2>to overcome. That's not your battle. The how is not

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<v Speaker 2>up to you. The battle is the Lord's. Your business

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<v Speaker 2>seems stuck, look like you've reached your limits.

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<v Speaker 1>God will cause you to succeed.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll cause opportunities to come your way. When you know

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<v Speaker 2>who you are, you won't get discouraged by the how.

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<v Speaker 2>You know the Lord will cause things to happen. I

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<v Speaker 2>believe even now, God is causing your health to turn around.

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<v Speaker 2>He's causing that depression, that anxiety, that fear to leave.

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<v Speaker 2>He's causing the right people to find. He's causing you

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<v Speaker 2>to conceive that baby you've been dreaming about. He's causing

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<v Speaker 2>that trouble in your family to resolve, causing that child

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<v Speaker 2>to get back on course. You couldn't make it happen.

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<v Speaker 2>The odds were against you. But suddenly things are going

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<v Speaker 2>to fall into place. Well, Joel, this sounds good, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see how it can happen. Neither did Jonah,

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<v Speaker 2>neither did Mary, neither did David.

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<v Speaker 1>But the how is not your job.

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<v Speaker 2>You focus on the who and let God take care

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<v Speaker 2>of the how. He parted red seas, he brought water

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<v Speaker 2>out of a rock. He caused Isaac to prosper in

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<v Speaker 2>a famine, Sarah to have a baby at eighty four leopards,

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<v Speaker 2>to defeat a huge army. He knows how to get

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<v Speaker 2>you to your destiny. And in difficult times, when life

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<v Speaker 2>is not fair, when we've made mistakes, gone through disappointments,

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<v Speaker 2>that's when it's easy to get discouraged, give up on

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<v Speaker 2>that dream.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to remember who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Father, Thank you that I am your child, that you

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<v Speaker 2>have me in the palm of your hand, that you

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<v Speaker 2>are making ways where I don't see away, that you

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<v Speaker 2>will get me to where I'm supposed to be. When

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<v Speaker 2>we greet people, we often ask how are you? If

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<v Speaker 2>we were honest, sometimes we'd answer I'm lonely, I'm fighting

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<v Speaker 2>an illness, I've been through a loss, I'm in a.

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<v Speaker 1>Belly of a well.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how you are, but that's not who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Circumstances may have taken your how. The good news is

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<v Speaker 2>they couldn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Take your who. You may have been through.

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<v Speaker 2>Disappointments, bad breaks, loss that didn't affect your identity.

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<v Speaker 1>You are still His child.

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<v Speaker 2>You are still blessed, You are still favored, You are

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<v Speaker 2>still forgiven. You still have an awesome destiny to fulfill.

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<v Speaker 2>Quit worrying about the how and start focusing on the who.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'll do.

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<v Speaker 2>This, I believe and declare life with Mary, the power

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<v Speaker 2>of the most High is about to overtake you. Dreams

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<v Speaker 2>that look impossible are about to come to pass. Problems

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<v Speaker 2>that seem permanent are about to turn around. Healing is coming,

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<v Speaker 2>Breakthroughs are coming, freedom is coming, the fullness of your

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<v Speaker 2>destiny in Jesus' name and if you receive it, can

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<v Speaker 2>you say him in today? I'd like to give you

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<v Speaker 2>Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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<v Speaker 2>repent of my sins.

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<v Speaker 1>Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.

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