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Speaker 1: love you, guys. We're praying you're going to have a

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Speaker 1: beautiful month of March, and just speaking blessings in favor

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Speaker 1: of each one of you. This time of year is

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Speaker 1: just new beginnings, new spring seasons, and so we are

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Speaker 1: believing that this will be a newness of joy in

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Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today,

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Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the

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Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media.

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Speaker 1: We'll keep you encouraged and inspired. I'd like to start

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Speaker 1: about borrowing the car. His father said, son, I'll make

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Speaker 1: a deal with you. If you'll bring your grades up,

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Speaker 1: let you borrow it. He came back a few weeks

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Speaker 1: later ask about it again. Father said, son, you brought

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Speaker 1: still haven't cut your hair. The son said that I've

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Speaker 1: been thinking Moses had long hair. Samson had long hair.

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Speaker 1: Even Jesus had long hair. The father said, yes, son,

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Speaker 1: and they walked everywhere they went, say it like you

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

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

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Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about freedom. In

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Speaker 1: the fire. In the National Park in California, there are

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Speaker 1: these huge Sequoia trees. They stand over three hundred feet tall.

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Speaker 1: They can live over two thousand years. They're magnificent trees.

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Speaker 1: On the branches, they develop a cone. Inside that cone

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Speaker 1: The only way the cone will open is through fire.

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Speaker 1: Lightning will strike, the heat from the fire will cause

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Speaker 1: always saw fire as a bad thing. Oh man, there's

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Speaker 1: another fire in the forest, not realizing the fire was

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Speaker 1: all a part of God's plan. It's how he designed

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Speaker 1: nature to work. One article talked about how people tried

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Speaker 1: was necessary for new growth. In the same way, there

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Speaker 1: are seeds that are locked up in you, seeds of favor,

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Speaker 1: seed needs of greatness, seeds of purpose. The only way

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Speaker 1: Being uncomfortable going through things you don't understand. Business slowed,

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Speaker 1: David said God enlarged me in my distress. He didn't

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Speaker 1: It was in that fire that David discovered talent that

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Speaker 1: You may be in the fire now thinking, God, what's

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Speaker 1: You've been faithful in the fire. Now you're about to

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