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Speaker 3: The problems will resolve in God's timing. Worrying about them

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Speaker 3: Stay in the moment, Hi, this is in Victoria. Thanks

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Speaker 3: I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 3: about this lady. She's surprised a burglar in her house

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Speaker 3: The burglar suddenly froze in his tracks, wouldn't move. Soon

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Speaker 3: what was it about that scripture that had such an

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Speaker 3: You don't have to go to Paris to miss something great.

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Speaker 3: while you're waiting, when you don't see anything happening, things

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Speaker 3: See the good in each day. Be grateful for what

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Speaker 3: focused only on your dreams? Are you living it in

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Speaker 3: while God has you at this place for a reason.

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Speaker 3: There's a blessing in disguise. There's someone you can connect with.

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Speaker 3: There's a test that you can pass. If Joseph would

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Speaker 3: have been bitter he would have never helped the butler.

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Speaker 3: make the most of tomorrow. What are you doing with today?

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Speaker 3: Are you embracing where you are? Or are you fighting

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Speaker 3: where you are? Are you present and connected? Are you

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Speaker 3: present and disengaged? When life called the role today? Did

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Speaker 3: another great day? Joel? I would, But man, I've had disappointments.

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Speaker 3: These people did me wrong. My dream hasn't worked out.

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Speaker 3: How do you know that's not leading you to your destiny.

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Speaker 3: God is ordering your steps. It may not be good,

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Speaker 3: I spent so much of my life worried, not enjoying

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Speaker 3: Let it go. It's all a part of the process.

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Speaker 3: These are tests we have to pass. We can get

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Speaker 3: to our destination enjoying the journey, seeing God's favor despite

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Speaker 3: the opposition, or we can get their worried, sour upset.

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Speaker 3: I'm asking you to live in the present, one day

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Speaker 3: hasn't happened frustrates you. Make up your mind. You're going

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Speaker 3: to enjoy each day. Enjoy your family, Enjoy the people

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Speaker 3: the next, but take time to enjoy the present. One

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Speaker 3: thing this pandemic has done is helped us to have

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Speaker 3: a new perspective. Sometimes we would complain about normal. I

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Speaker 3: after month and we couldn't go to work, couldn't send

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Speaker 3: looks pretty good. Sometimes when something is taken away and

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Speaker 3: Maybe that job we didn't like wasn't so bad. Maybe

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Speaker 3: I mean, the man. We have a new perspective. We're alive,

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Speaker 3: we have breath to breathe. We had strength to get

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Speaker 3: We have the favor of God. When you realize this

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Speaker 3: day is a gift, then you'll live it to the full.

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Speaker 3: Not depending on your past, not based on your future.

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Speaker 3: But you will say, like David, this is the day

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be glad in it now, just gonna be present.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be connected. I'm gonna make the most of it.

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Speaker 3: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, you're going

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Speaker 3: to have better relationships. You're going to have more joy

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Speaker 3: and fulfillment. Like with Joseph, negative situations are about to

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Speaker 3: turn around. Promotion is coming, Vindication, healing, breakthroughs the fullness

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