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I believe God has amazing things in your future. 39 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 6: I hope you enjoy this message. 40 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 5: Pray, thank you what you're doing. 41 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 4: Hey man, you may be seated. 42 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 6: I want to encourage every one of us today that 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 6: if you're waiting on a prayer to be answered, or 44 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 6: maybe you're waiting for some things to change in your 45 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 6: life and it hasn't happened for a long time and 46 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 6: you're just waiting for things to change so you can 47 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 6: move on with life. Want to encourage you to not 48 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 6: let those things stop you. Don't get stuck in those 49 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 6: areas of your life. God doesn't want you to ever 50 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 6: get stuck. He wants you to live with enthusiasm. He 51 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 6: wants you to live with joy. He wants you to 52 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 6: live with expectancy of what He can do in your life. 53 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 6: You see, sometimes we're waiting on things to change. We're 54 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 6: looking at everything around us, and we forget to look 55 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 6: at our God. See, the Bible says we are to 56 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 6: wait upon the Lord. We're not to wait for all 57 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 6: of our prayers to be answered. We're not to wait 58 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 6: for things to change before we can be happy. We're 59 00:02:54,600 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 6: to wait expectantly on the Lord, exciting with the anticipation. God, 60 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 6: I may be in a difficult season, but God, that 61 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 6: doesn't stop you from working in my life. You see, 62 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 6: with an excitement and a joy and a passion for life. 63 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 4: That's how God wants us to live. You know, we 64 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 4: sometimes we think that seems impossible. I can't be that 65 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 4: happy all the time. 66 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 6: Really, Victoria, the Bible says that there's a joy in 67 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 6: you that Jesus gave you. He says, the joy that 68 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 6: is in me I've given you. You have the ability 69 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 6: to tap into the resources. 70 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 4: That God has given you. 71 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 6: You See, the Bible says that the righteous are to 72 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 6: get brighter and brighter until the full day. We're to 73 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 6: thrive like a green leaf. We're not supposed to wither. 74 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 6: Our dreams and hopes are not supposed to wither. But 75 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 6: we're supposed to thrive. We're supposed to shine brighter and brighter. 76 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 6: You're not supposed to be dim some days and bright 77 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 6: the others. You're supposed to be bright, shining. You're supposed 78 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 6: to let the sun in the so in every single 79 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 6: day so that you can be bright and shiny. I 80 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 6: think that's a good question to ask ourselves periodically through 81 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 6: the day. 82 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 4: Am I shining? How do I feel dim? 83 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 6: Is there a black cloud over me? Is there something 84 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 6: trying to bring me down? Am I focus too much 85 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:37,479 Speaker 6: on a situation or change that needs to happen in 86 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 6: my life that I'm not shining? 87 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 4: Do I need to get my eyes off of this 88 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 4: mountain and. 89 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 6: Get my eyes on where the help can come from 90 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 6: from the person who created all the mountains, who created 91 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 6: the universe, and who can create whatever I need listen 92 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 6: where to be stars, where to let the sun. Listen 93 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 6: to what it says in Isaiah forty three, eighteen and nineteen. 94 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 6: And this is what God spoke through the prophet, and 95 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 6: he said, forget the former things, do not. 96 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 4: Dwell on them. 97 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 6: Behold, I am doing a new thing now. Now it 98 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 6: springs up. Can you perceive it? I am making a 99 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 6: way in the wilderness and streams. 100 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 4: In the wasteland. 101 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 6: You see, there is a question that God is asking 102 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 6: us in his promise to us. And what he is 103 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 6: asking us is this, do you recognize. 104 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 4: What I'm doing in your life? You see? 105 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 6: It says I am doing a new thing. God didn't 106 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 6: say I'm going to do a new thing when I 107 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 6: get ready, when you get straight in your life. He said, 108 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 6: I am doing a new thing. It springs up now. 109 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 4: See. 110 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 6: God is saying, don't have faith when the situation takes 111 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 6: care of itself, because I'm doing some new things right now, 112 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 6: right now. 113 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 4: But the thing is is that we have to precede it. 114 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 6: And in doing so sometimes we need to change our perspective. 115 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 4: We need to widen our lens, widen our focus. 116 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 6: You see, it says, behold. Some translations say look see. 117 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 7: Watch. 118 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 6: That sounds like anticipation to me, doesn't it? You watch 119 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 6: and see what the Lord will do? See it is 120 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 6: a new thing I'll never forget. Several years ago, I 121 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 6: was going through the most difficult time in my life. 122 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 6: There was my life seemed to hinge on this one 123 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 6: major decision. 124 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 4: To me, it felt like life and death to me. 125 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 6: It was the most difficult thing that I can remember 126 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 6: ever going through. I can remember what I wanted to do. 127 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 6: I wanted to stay home. I wanted to cry. I 128 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 6: wanted to waller listen. I didn't want to shine. I 129 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 6: wanted to dim things down. One day, God spoke to 130 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 6: me and he said, you cannot live like this. He 131 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 6: said you were made and designed to shine. And he 132 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 6: said you need to look out beyond this problem because 133 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 6: I've got opportunities. I'm doing some new things in the 134 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 6: middle of your mess. 135 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 4: I am still working. Do you know? 136 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 6: That challenge in my life went on for three long years? 137 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 6: And can I tell you they seemed like long years. 138 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 4: But during that time I shook it off. Every day 139 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 4: I pushed through. Was it easy? 140 00:07:58,720 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 7: No? 141 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 6: But I had to change focus and change my perspective. God, 142 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 6: you don't want me to stay here. 143 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 4: You've got new things for me. 144 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 6: Do you know what was in those three years that 145 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 6: I wrote my first book. I wrote a series of 146 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 6: children's books. And at the end of those three years, 147 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 6: God vindicated me and showed me things that I never 148 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 6: knew were even inside of me. 149 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 4: He gave me victory. But it was a change of perspective. 150 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 6: It was deciding that I wasn't gonna wear a banner 151 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 6: of defeat, but I was gonna wear a banner of 152 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 6: victory over my head. See, I was changing what I 153 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 6: was thinking. See God had opportunity for me. But as 154 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 6: long as I sat and were waiting for things to 155 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 6: change before I could get going, I would have missed 156 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 6: out on all the new things, the new opportunities, the 157 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 6: new things He wanted to show me and do on 158 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 6: the inside of me. Can you imagine if I would 159 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 6: have given in to defeat and discouragement and said so 160 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 6: focused on what I needed to happen, I would. 161 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 4: Have lost three years. Do you know? 162 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 6: There had exponential growth in my spiritual life those three years. 163 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 6: You see, God turned it around because I was willing 164 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 6: to put forth the effort. 165 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 4: I was willing to shake it off. 166 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 6: I was willing to say no, this doesn't have to 167 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 6: change before I can keep living. 168 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 4: Absolutely not. 169 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 6: I serve a great, big God, and he's gotten great 170 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 6: things over the horizon for me. He is doing a 171 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 6: new thing. It is in process. The printing presses have 172 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 6: already been turned on. It is happening now in your life. 173 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 6: I was speaking to a woman the other day, and 174 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 6: I'd been praying with her for a while, and seemed 175 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 6: like every time I prayed with her or talked to her, 176 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 6: all I could see was this just rigid, stiff, just 177 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 6: wanting something to happen in her life. And what she 178 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 6: was wanting was this Her husband had left and she 179 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 6: was wanting reconciliation in her marriage, and that is what 180 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 6: I could see was the main focus and thrust of 181 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 6: her life. And I told her this, I said, listen, 182 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 6: do not make plans according to this prayer being answered. 183 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 6: Don't make plans around your life according to this happening. 184 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 4: Don't stop living. You see. 185 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 6: I believe that what she was trying to do was 186 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 6: work it out in her own mind, figure out how 187 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 6: it was going to happen, and as soon as he 188 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 6: walked back in the door, then she could begin to live. 189 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 6: Then her life could go on, but that is not 190 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 6: what God intends for her to do, because He's got 191 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 6: new things springing up in her many right now. I said, 192 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 6: you're too valuable, You got too much to offer. You 193 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 6: got gifts, you got talents. You be the best you 194 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 6: that you can be. You let God grow, you learn, progress, 195 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 6: take on new and exciting challenges that God's got out 196 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 6: there for you. 197 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 4: Be the best you can be. 198 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 6: I didn't tell her to quit praying. I didn't tell 199 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 6: her to quit believing. I said, don't get stuck. Don't 200 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 6: get stuck. You keep living, and I believe that God 201 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 6: has a word for somebody in here today. 202 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 4: You need to keep on living. Don't make all. 203 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 6: Your plans around that unanswered prayer. I got new things 204 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 6: springing up even now. He didn't say there was not 205 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 6: going to be wilderness. He didn't say there wasn't going 206 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 6: to be some wasted things you look at and think, 207 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 6: why it is happened? 208 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 3: Why me? 209 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 4: This is a waste? What happened? 210 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 6: He said, I can make a way in the wilderness, 211 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 6: and I can refresh you in those times that feel wasted. 212 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 6: I can bring out of you things you never knew 213 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 6: were in you. I can do be impossible as long 214 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 6: as you widen your lens, change your perspective, don't get narrow, 215 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 6: and don't get so focused that the strains and stresses 216 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 6: of life don't allow you to see beyond where you are. 217 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 6: I was reading about eyestrain and ice train is becoming 218 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 6: more and more of a common problem because of all 219 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,479 Speaker 6: of our screens that we look at, computers, iPads, telephones, 220 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 6: and so. Eyestrain is when you know you can be 221 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 6: focused on your computer and you're reading material for so 222 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 6: long that you'll get dry eye, or or you'll get 223 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 6: a headache, or sometimes you know you feel like it's blurry. 224 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 4: That's eyestrain. And I was reading the article and it 225 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 4: was giving. 226 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 6: Tips to alleviate this eye strain, and it says, if 227 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 6: you're in front of your computer, you're working on this, 228 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 6: you know, really focused project, which you should do is 229 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 6: try to get up from the area that you're at 230 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 6: at least three times a day, and for ten minutes 231 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 6: a day you should look out of a window. Maybe 232 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 6: you need to walk outside if you don't have a 233 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 6: wind in your office or the place you're working. And 234 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 6: it said do this, cast your eyes at a distance 235 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 6: as far as you can see. 236 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 4: And take on all the life around you. 237 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 6: It says when you do that, when you cast your 238 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 6: eyes and you begin to see light, trees, sky, clouds, 239 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 6: you're watching all this stuff around you. What it does 240 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 6: is it relaxes the lens of your eye. With eyestrains, 241 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 6: your lens flattens out. And what this exercise does is 242 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 6: it causes it to be more flexible. It causes it 243 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:48,359 Speaker 6: to relax. 244 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 4: Now, I'm not giving you. 245 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 6: A tip on ice train today, although if you have it, 246 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 6: that might work. What I am saying is that's the 247 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 6: same thing parallels our life. When we begin to focus 248 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 6: so much on an area of our life that needs 249 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 6: to change, or something we want to happen, or something 250 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 6: we want to pray about, we get so focused in 251 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 6: that we. 252 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 4: Struggle and we bring strain upon ourself. 253 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 6: And God is saying we've got to get good at 254 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 6: getting up out of that situation and casting our eyes 255 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 6: pass the situation into the distance, so that we can 256 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 6: widen our lens and take on the light that is 257 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 6: out there that God gave us to live. He has 258 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 6: got more in store for you, wherever you are, whatever 259 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 6: you're going through, He's doing a new thing. 260 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: Can you perceive it? 261 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 6: It is springing up, but if you're not looking for it, 262 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 6: you might not find it. Joel quoted the scripture from 263 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 6: another passage in Isaiah, and it says God is longing 264 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 6: to be good to those who are looking for his goodness, 265 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 6: who are beholding the new things, watching to see with 266 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 6: earnest expectations. 267 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 4: Can I tell you where you are today? Is it 268 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 4: where you're going to stay? 269 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 6: But don't waste your precious life, your precious time when 270 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 6: God is already put it into motion. There are new opportunities, 271 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 6: there are new ways of doing things. There's new growth, 272 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 6: there's new refreshing. There are springs springing. 273 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 4: Up for you to have today. Listen, You're not gonna 274 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: stay where you are. 275 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 6: It may not have happened in the past, but it 276 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 6: always can happen. Keep your eyes on God and watch 277 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 6: for the new opportunities and the new things that He's 278 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 6: bringing across your path. 279 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 4: Amen. Amen, He's an awesome God. 280 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 5: Thank you for listening to the Joe lous Dean Podcast. 281 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 5: Help us continue to share the message of hope with 282 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 5: those all over the world. 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