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

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Speaker 2: about this pastor. He found a small box hidden in

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Speaker 2: a bad sermon, she put an egg in the box.

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Speaker 2: After thirty five years of ministring, he felt pretty good

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Speaker 2: about himself, only six bad sermons. He asked what the

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Speaker 2: thousand dollars was. She said, every time I got a

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Speaker 2: dozen eggs, I sold them for a dollar. Say it

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Speaker 2: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am

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

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Speaker 2: Today I will be taught the word of God. I'll

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Speaker 2: boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 2: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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

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Speaker 2: prepared in the process. When Victoria and I found out

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Speaker 2: They don't understand the process. God will put a dream

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Speaker 2: don't run when it's uncomfortable. That's getting you prepared. That's

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