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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. We love having you

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Speaker 1: guys listening to the podcast and we just speak blessings

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Speaker 1: over you and your family.

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Speaker 2: We sure hope you enjoy these podcasts and we are

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Speaker 2: praying for you and believing for God's very.

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Speaker 1: Best in this holiday season. Well, God bless you. It's

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Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. And if you're

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Speaker 1: ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a part

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Speaker 1: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make

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Speaker 1: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about this mother that was cooking breakfast for her two

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Speaker 1: young boys. Ryan was five and Kevin was three, and

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Speaker 1: they'd begin to argue over who should get the first pancake.

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Speaker 1: The mother saw it as an opportunity to teach them

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Speaker 1: a lesson. She said, boys, boys, if Jesus were here,

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Speaker 1: he would say, let my brother have the first pencake.

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Speaker 1: Ryan turned to his younger brother, said all right, Kevin,

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Speaker 1: you be Jesus. Hold your bible up, say it like

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

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Speaker 1: it says, I am, I have what it says I have.

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Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 1: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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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 passing the

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Speaker 1: small test. Many people don't realize how God speaks to them.

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Speaker 1: They think it's going to be this big, dramatic voice.

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Speaker 1: But one way God speaks is through impressions. We think,

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Speaker 1: I know I should go visit my parents. I know

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Speaker 1: I shouldn't eat so many sweets. I know I should

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Speaker 1: stay home and do my schoolwork. The I knows are

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Speaker 1: God talking to you. That's the Holy Spirit leading you,

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Speaker 1: trying to keep you on the best path. It's a

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Speaker 1: still small voice, not out loud, but a knowing, an impression.

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Speaker 1: Be sensitive to what you feel down in here. Don't

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Speaker 1: ignore it. Learn to be quick to obey. A lot

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Speaker 1: of times we know what we should do, but we

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Speaker 1: to understand God doesn't ask us to do it for

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Speaker 1: own sake. He's trying to increase us, get us into

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Speaker 1: the fullness of our destiny. Now I've learned before God

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Speaker 1: will release big blessings. He will give you small test.

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Speaker 1: You'll feel an impression to be good to somebody, a

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Speaker 1: desire to just buy their dinner. That's not just a

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Speaker 1: often we dismiss it and think, oh, I don't feel

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Speaker 1: But if you don't learn to pass these small tests

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Speaker 1: God wants to know. Can I trust you? Will you

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Speaker 1: be quick to obey? Or will I have to ask

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Speaker 1: you again and again, try to talk you into it,

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Speaker 1: argue with you. Listen, talk is cheap. We can say, God,

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Speaker 1: good to people, I'll give to the homeless, I'll support

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Speaker 1: Pass These small tests. Obey the I knows on the inside.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you're about to drink that twelfth cup of coffee

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Speaker 1: That's too much. That's going to be harmful. That is

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Speaker 1: speaks to us about practical, everyday things. You got to

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Speaker 1: not just bad vibes. That's the Holy Spirit warning you.

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Speaker 1: I may not have any friends. Know. God will give

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Speaker 1: And as we grow and develop and mature, the more

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Speaker 1: of His blessings and favor will be released. Maybe down deep,

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Speaker 1: great ministry. She tells how God dealt with her for

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Speaker 1: Here's why everybody is not going where you're going. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: Don't confuse small with insignificant. It may be a small

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Speaker 1: but without passing the small test, you won't step in

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Speaker 1: to the fullness of your destinies. Is there something small

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Speaker 1: Will you be your best right where you are, even

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Speaker 1: Excuses can keep you from your destiny. Like Nike says,

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Speaker 1: could have just as easily healed the man right then

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Speaker 1: something ordinary, wasn't difficult. He didn't ask him to go

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Speaker 1: It's the obedience. When you obey, blind eyes open when

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Speaker 1: He's saying, I've done my part. I've touched you. Now

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Speaker 1: I'm busy right now. I know I should be more

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Speaker 1: I want him to say, I can count on Joel,

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Speaker 1: I can count on those people at Lakewood. They are

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Speaker 1: every every time you obey, a blessing will follow. Like

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Speaker 1: If you'll learn to pass these small tests, there's no

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Speaker 1: when we fully obey, God's blessings will chase us down

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Speaker 1: good things of God. Now I believe and declare, because

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Speaker 1: you obey in the small God is about to release

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Speaker 1: big blessings, big opportunities, new levels of favor, healing, restoration, vindication, promotion.

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Speaker 1: You're going to step in to the fullness of your

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Speaker 1: destiny and become everything God's created you to be. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say it? Men? Today,

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Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll

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Speaker 1: you my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again, get in

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Speaker 1: a good Bible based church, keep God first place. He's

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Speaker 1: going to take you places you've never dreamed of.

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Speaker 3: Do you have a dream that's waiting to happen, but

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Speaker 3: it often feels like you'll never get there? Is your

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it feels like our dream is so far off.

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Speaker 1: But I believe you're closer than you think.

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Speaker 2: You're on the verge of seeing things change in your favor,

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