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Speaker 3: I like to start with something funny. One Sunday morning,

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Speaker 3: this pastor was in the pulpit preaching away when he

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Speaker 3: noticed a man on the front row sound asleep. That

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Speaker 3: made him so aggravated he started preaching louder and harder.

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Speaker 3: But it seemed like the louder he got, the sounder

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Speaker 3: the man slept. Finally, he stopped in the middle of

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Speaker 3: his message said to the man sitting next to him,

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Speaker 3: would you please wait that man up? The man said,

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Speaker 3: wake him up yourself. You put him to sleep. Come on,

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Speaker 3: say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 3: it says I have. I can do what it says

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Speaker 3: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 3: of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my

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Speaker 3: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 3: God bless you. I want to talk to you today

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Speaker 3: about the hot winds of testing. We all go through

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Speaker 3: seasons in life that are difficult. We're going along fine,

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Speaker 3: then an unexpected challenge comes. We're diagnosed with an illness,

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Speaker 3: slows down. It's easy to get discouraged and wonder why

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Speaker 3: it happened. But God doesn't stop every difficulty. He will

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Speaker 3: allow challenges to move us into our purpose. If you'll

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Speaker 3: pass the test. On the other side of that difficulty

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Speaker 3: parable in Luke chapter eight about a farmer that sowed

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Speaker 3: said in verse thirteen, the rocky soil is like young plants.

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Speaker 3: Their roots don't go down very deep. They believe for

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Speaker 3: You lost that loved one. You don't see how you

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Speaker 3: can make it. That's not just a random challenge. It's

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Speaker 3: say I may not understand it, but God, I trust you.

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Speaker 3: I know you're bigger than what I'm facing. Your plans

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Speaker 3: that you will get me to where I'm supposed to be.

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Speaker 3: You have to be determined. You're not going to be

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Speaker 3: God will not only turn it around, but it'll bring

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Speaker 3: your second wind. God didn't bring you this far to

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Speaker 3: that it's on the way, Keep declaring what he promised,

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Speaker 3: Keep believing when you don't see any sign of it.

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Speaker 3: Stay in this attitude of faith. Well, Joel, I don't

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Speaker 3: understand why this happened. I was being my best. Why

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Speaker 3: It's just life. Being a person of faith doesn't exempt

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Speaker 3: us from difficulty. These tests come to us all. Paul

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Speaker 3: said in Ephesians, put on the whole armor of God,

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Speaker 3: stand and having done all to stand. He didn't say,

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Speaker 3: some hot winds of testing. You're going to have things

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Speaker 3: To pass the test, your roots have to go down deep.

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Speaker 3: You can't be weak. Complain God, why did this happen?

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Speaker 3: You have to have a made up mind. I know

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Speaker 3: God is still on the throne. I know him being

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Speaker 3: for me is more than the world being against me.

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Speaker 3: done everything you know to do, just stand. You don't

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Speaker 3: have to figure it out. You don't have to make

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Speaker 3: means you're not moved by what's not changing. Planing because

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Speaker 3: it's taking so long. You're not bitter because you had

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Speaker 3: to set back. You're not frustrated because your plans didn't

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Speaker 3: work out. You are steadfast, immovable, unshakable. Your roots go

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Speaker 3: down deep. You have a report of victory when you

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Speaker 3: could be complaining. You talk about health when you're fighting

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Speaker 3: the illness. You talk about abundance when your business is down.

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Speaker 3: You talk about overcoming when you feel like you're overcome.

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Speaker 3: That's what it means. To stand. You stand, believing, stand trusting,

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Speaker 3: stand hoping, stand expecting. If you'll stand immovable, unshakable, then

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Speaker 3: you will be unstoppable. Those hot winds of testing will

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Speaker 3: not keep you from your destiny. They will launch you

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Speaker 3: when the bottom fell out. God never said we wouldn't

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Speaker 3: If you'll stand, he'll defeat your enemies. If you'll stand,

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Speaker 3: he'll give your beauty for ashes. If you'll stand, joy

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Speaker 3: is coming in the morning. If you'll stand, the enemies

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Speaker 3: stand in excellence. You keep being your best in the

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Speaker 3: You can't judge God's favor by the storms he kept

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Speaker 3: David said, by this, I know the Lord is on

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Speaker 3: He was saying, I know God is on my side

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