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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joeln Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life.

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Speaker 2: If God bless you, it's a joy to come into

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Speaker 2: your homes and it's going to be a little bit

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Speaker 2: different today. The building is not open to the public

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Speaker 2: because of the coronavirus, but we have a few of

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Speaker 2: our staff and family members with us.

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Speaker 1: But I'm always honored to be able to share with you.

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Speaker 2: So let's get started today with our declaration of faith.

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Speaker 1: Come on, say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about greater is coming. We

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Speaker 2: all face setbacks in life and things we don't understand.

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Speaker 2: When we go through loss and disappointments, It's easy to

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Speaker 2: get discouraged and think that's the way it's always going

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Speaker 2: to be.

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Speaker 1: But our God is a god of restoration.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't stop every difficulty, he doesn't keep us from

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Speaker 2: every challenge. But he did promise he would pay us

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Speaker 2: back for the wrongs.

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Speaker 1: He would restore what was stolen.

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Speaker 2: David said in Psalm seventy one, you have allowed me

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Speaker 2: to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to

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Speaker 2: even greater honor. The suffering is a set up. God

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Speaker 2: allowed the difficulty not to make you miserable, but to

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Speaker 2: restore you to greater honor. God never brings you out

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Speaker 2: the same. He makes the enemy paid for bringing the trouble.

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Speaker 2: When you're in tough times, you have to remind yourself

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Speaker 2: that is not how your story ends. That loneliness, the

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Speaker 2: bad break, the anxiety is not your destiny.

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Speaker 1: Greater is coming. Greater joy, greater strength, greater.

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Speaker 2: Relationships that set back in your finances, the clients you lost,

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Speaker 2: the unfair childhood that didn't stop your purpose. Greater opportunities

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Speaker 2: are coming, greater favor, greater influence. The enemy brought it

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Speaker 2: to set you back. He didn't realize it's setting you

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Speaker 2: up for God to show out in your life. He

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Speaker 2: meant it for your harm. God's turning it to your advantage.

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Speaker 2: When you're in difficult times, keep this phrase in your spirit.

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Speaker 1: Greater is coming.

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Speaker 2: God didn't bring you this far to leave you. He

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Speaker 2: wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep

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Speaker 2: you from your destiny. Just the opposite is going to

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Speaker 2: launch you into your destiny. Paul said, these light afflictions

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Speaker 2: are for a moment, but they are working in us

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Speaker 2: and eternal weight of glory. Trouble is temporary, the glory

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Speaker 2: is permanent. The key is don't stay focused on the suffering.

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Speaker 2: Stay focused on the.

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Speaker 1: Glory that's coming.

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Speaker 2: It may be tough right now. Life has dealt you

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Speaker 2: an unfair hand. That suffering is not in vain. It's

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Speaker 1: It's leading you to greater honor, greater favor, greater victories.

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Speaker 1: I love David's attitude.

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Speaker 2: God, You've allowed me to suffer much hardship. He could

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Speaker 2: have stopped there and stayed focused on the bad breaks. God,

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Speaker 2: I don't understand it. Why did my father leave me

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Speaker 1: God, have had a lot of bad breaks.

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Speaker 2: I've gone through much suffering, but I know this, You

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Speaker 1: To greater honor.

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Speaker 2: He was thanking God for greater in the middle of

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Speaker 2: the difficulty. When you're in tough times, you can either

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Speaker 1: That if you're going to see.

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Speaker 2: The greater, you have to do like David in the

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Speaker 2: While you're taking the treatment, Lord, thank you that greater

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Speaker 2: days you will fulfill. When you're fighting depression, anxiety, fear,

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Speaker 1: Nor in the middle of the battle, Father, thank you

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Speaker 2: Thank you that you're pushing back forces of darkness. Your

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Speaker 2: not saying that if you have faith, you'll never have suffering,

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Speaker 1: The suffering is not permanent.

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Speaker 2: Don't believe those lies that what you're going through is

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Speaker 2: never going to change. You'll always struggle with the addiction.

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Speaker 2: You'll always have to deal with that illness, always have

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Speaker 2: trouble at work. No, the suffering is not going to last.

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Speaker 2: It didn't come to stay, it came to pass. Well,

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Speaker 2: But here's the key to see the greater. You have

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Speaker 2: staying in faith, But there are certain levels you can

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Speaker 2: only reach by going through some things. Now, don't get

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Speaker 2: stuck in the suffering. Don't live bitter because somebody walked away.

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Speaker 2: Don't settle in the depression thinking that you're a lot

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Speaker 1: Keep an attitude of faith and go through it. Keep

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Speaker 2: Every thought tells you it's never going to change. Keep

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Speaker 2: Keep speaking God's favor when it seems like you're wasting

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Speaker 1: The suffering is a test.

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Speaker 2: It's an opportunity to show God that you are not.

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Speaker 2: You're not going to give up on your dreams. You're

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Speaker 2: not going to lose your passion. This scripture goes on

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Speaker 2: God of all grace, who has called you to his

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Speaker 2: eternal glory, will himself restore you, strengthen you, and establish you.

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Speaker 2: God has already called you to live a victorious life.

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Speaker 2: It's already called you to overcome every obstacle.

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Speaker 1: The creator of the universe chose you before you could

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Speaker 2: The forces that are trying to stop you are no

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Speaker 2: If you'll keep the right perspective, then God himself will

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Speaker 2: restore you. That means he won't send the angels, he

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Speaker 2: won't ask Gabriel to do it. But the most High

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Speaker 2: God will suddenly turn things around. He will suddenly heal,

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Speaker 1: Now many of you have passed this test. You've been

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Speaker 2: God is about to do a new thing. Problems that

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Speaker 1: Dreams that look too far gone are about to come

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Speaker 2: The right people, divine connections are going to find you.

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Speaker 2: The enemy thought he was pulling you back to keep

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Speaker 1: He thought he was hindering you. The truth is he

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Speaker 1: Now, don't be discouraged by what you're going through.

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Speaker 2: You couldn't become who you were created to be without

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Speaker 2: I know you don't like it, but keep reminding yourself.

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Speaker 2: First Samuel, Chapter thirty, David and his six hundred men

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Speaker 2: But just because you have trouble doesn't mean you're doing

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Speaker 2: Instead, the scripture says David begin to encourage himself in

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Speaker 2: mercy will follow me all the days of my life.

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Speaker 2: Instead of complaining, he was thanking God that he was

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Speaker 1: To encourage you. Your friends are.

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Speaker 1: You can't find me on television. That's God letting you know.

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Speaker 2: You have to dig down deep and say, I am

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Speaker 2: not going to let this bad break, this disappointment, this

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Speaker 2: thank you that you are bigger than this sickness, greater

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Speaker 2: than this depression, more powerful.

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Speaker 1: Than this opposition.

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Speaker 1: You have to stir up your praise. Stir up your faith.

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Speaker 2: Start speaking victory over your life. Start thanking God that

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Speaker 2: he's fighting your battles, that this too shall pass, that

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Speaker 2: should go after the enemy. God said in verse eight, Yes,

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Speaker 2: go after them. You will surely recover everything that was

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Speaker 1: You may be in a difficult time.

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Speaker 2: everything that you've lost. The enemy may be laughing now,

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Speaker 2: One day, you're going to say nothing is missing. I

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Speaker 2: You're not going to just come out, You're going to

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Speaker 2: Against all odds, my sister Lisa began to get better

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Speaker 1: Greater is coming.

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