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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the podcast, and we want to

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Speaker 2: tell you how much we love you. Trusted you're going

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Speaker 2: to have a blessed Christmas season with you and your family.

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Speaker 2: Know that we pray for you every day. Just speak

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Speaker 2: in God's blessings and favor.

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Speaker 3: We love you, we are praying for you, and we

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Speaker 3: hope you have a very merry Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the podcast today.

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Speaker 2: Now, God bless you to joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: We come with good news.

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Speaker 2: We know God has good things in store for each

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Speaker 2: one of you.

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Speaker 1: And if you're ever in our area.

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll stop by and be a part of

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Speaker 2: one of our services.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you.

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Speaker 2: Love to let you see our new facility, but come

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Speaker 2: on out and I promise you we'll make you feel

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Speaker 2: right at home. But thank you so much for tuning

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Speaker 2: in today. I'd like to get started with something funny

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Speaker 2: each week, and somebody sent me these funny one liners

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Speaker 2: about blondes. And of course y'all know I'm married to

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Speaker 2: a beautiful, smart, intelligent blonde. But I need to tell

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Speaker 2: to some of these She was so blonde she tripped

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Speaker 2: Took her two hours to watch sixty minutes. She was

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Speaker 2: She was so blonde she thinks Taco Bell is the

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Speaker 1: All right, hold your viibles up.

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Speaker 4: Say it with me today. Ready, this is my Bible.

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Speaker 4: I am what it says I am. I have what

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Speaker 4: it says I have. I can do what it says

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Speaker 4: I can do. Today I will be talked the word

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Speaker 4: of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 4: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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Speaker 4: God bless you.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking about the importance of keeping our hopes up.

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Speaker 1: Really, life in general.

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Speaker 2: expect anything to get better. Maybe you've had some unfair

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Speaker 2: things happen to you. Somebody cheated you in a business deal,

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Speaker 2: a sickness that you've been dealing with for a long time.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we even bring the trouble on ourselves because of

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Speaker 2: and we hear that voice telling us again and again

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Speaker 2: But no, I want to encourage you today that our

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Speaker 2: everything that's been stolen from you.

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Speaker 2: Don't go through life in self pity. Don't go around

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Speaker 1: For your life.

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Speaker 2: I know some of you even right now, a broken heart.

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Speaker 2: Somebody caused you great pain, somebody did you a great wrong.

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Speaker 2: But God wants to heal that wound. He wants to

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Speaker 2: And the great thing about our God is when he restores,

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Speaker 2: His idea of restoration is to increase to improve, to

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Speaker 2: But I love what the scripture says in the Book

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Speaker 2: And some of you, just like that young man, because

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Speaker 2: Or maybe you've spent years on a job where you

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Speaker 2: make it all up to you. The truth is, life

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Speaker 2: That simply means that God will take all the unfair

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Speaker 1: Why don't you start believing him for it? Why don't

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Speaker 2: but with God all things are possible.

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Speaker 1: He can turn any situation around.

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Speaker 2: But if this is gonna happen, you've got to do

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Speaker 2: this is just what Job did. He had all kinds

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Speaker 2: of you. I love the scripture in Job forty two twelve.

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Speaker 2: It says the latter part of Job's life was more

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Speaker 2: blessed than the first part. That's God's dream for every

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Speaker 2: one of you, no matter what you've been through, no

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Speaker 2: matter how unfair it was, God is saying he wants

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Speaker 1: Than you can even imagine.

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Speaker 2: This may be difficult, it may be unfair, but I'm

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Speaker 2: not gonna lose my joy.

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Speaker 1: I know God is a just God.

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Speaker 2: And when it's all said and done, just like job,

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Speaker 2: In fact, one way to look at it is when

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Speaker 2: I know I'm gonna get a position twice as good

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Speaker 1: And some of you don't have a big enough vision.

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Speaker 2: You've been through tough times and you're just kind of

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Speaker 2: doesn't want us to come through our adversities all beat

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Speaker 2: We are more than conquers. You think about this. A

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Speaker 2: gather up the spoils.

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Speaker 1: You come out with an abundance.

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Speaker 2: And I know some of you today you've had more

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Speaker 2: to you because of somebody else's poor choices. They've caused

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Speaker 2: you all this heartache and pain. And you're kind of thinking, Joel,

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Speaker 2: I don't think I could ever really be happy. I

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Speaker 2: don't think I could ever find somebody to love. I

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Speaker 1: No, God is.

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Speaker 2: Saying, if you'll put your faith in me and have

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Speaker 2: that restoration mentality, I will make up for every unfair,

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Speaker 2: unjust thing that has happened, and you will not only

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Speaker 2: will pay you back with much much more. I was

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Speaker 2: talking to this man a few years ago, and he

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Speaker 2: And he told how for years there he wasn't being

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Speaker 2: He's given me my children and I never had to

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Speaker 2: spend one week being pregnant. Now God wants to do

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Speaker 2: the same for every one of you. Don't get discouraged.

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Speaker 2: Don't go around all sour, all dorst.

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Speaker 1: It's not fair. I tried to raise my children in

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Speaker 1: church and now they're getting off course.

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Speaker 2: I tried to eat right, exercise. Now my health is

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Speaker 2: gone downhill. No, life may not be fair, but know

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Speaker 2: this today.

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Speaker 1: God is fair. He is a God of.

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Speaker 2: Justice, and the great news is he loves you, and

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Speaker 2: he not only wants to restore what's been stolen, he

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Speaker 2: wants to make the enemy pay. But understand, this doesn't

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Speaker 2: happen automatically. You've got to do like Lisa and Kevin

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Speaker 2: and have that restoration mentality.

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Speaker 1: You gotta be prisoners of hope.

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Speaker 2: Some of you are learning to live with things that

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Speaker 2: are far less than God's best. You say, Joe, you

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Speaker 2: don't know this man walked out of my marriage. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure I'll never be happy again. How have you ever

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Speaker 2: thought about that God can bring you somebody else. He's God,

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Speaker 2: He created the whole universe, And just because somebody has

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Speaker 2: hurt you in the past doesn't mean you're supposed to

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Speaker 2: go through life lonely and defeated.

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Speaker 1: God has somebody else. Get your hopes up. Believe for restoration,

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Speaker 1: Believe for good things. Have a good friend of mine.

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Speaker 1: And for many.

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Speaker 2: Years he was happily married, living a good life, good family,

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Speaker 2: good job.

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Speaker 1: For one day, out of the bloom, his.

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Speaker 2: Wife walked in and said she was leaving him for

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Speaker 2: this other man. And they were both good Christian people.

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Speaker 2: She had just been swept off her feet by this man.

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Speaker 2: There's nothing he could do to change her mind. And

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Speaker 2: here he had invested over twenty five years into this relationship.

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Speaker 2: He was so devastated, so heartbroken. He looked like he

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Speaker 2: had aged twenty years. Once he was the life of

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Speaker 2: the party. Now he was quiet and reserved. Once he

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Speaker 2: was full of joy, full of enthusiasm. Now there was

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Speaker 2: no smile on his face. Every time I saw him,

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Speaker 2: I did my best to encourage him, and I'd tell

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Speaker 2: him what I'm telling you today that God is going

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Speaker 2: to restore somehow, some way.

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Speaker 1: God is going to make this up to you.

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Speaker 2: And for several years he believed for his wife to

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Speaker 2: come back home, but unfortunately she chose to marry that

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Speaker 2: other man. But see God saw that injustice. God sees

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Speaker 2: when you're doing the right thing, but somebody else makes

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Speaker 2: a decision to cause you heartache and pain. We have

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Speaker 2: to understand God will not make a person do what's right.

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Speaker 2: We all have our own free will. We can all choose,

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Speaker 2: and you know as well as I do. Sometimes a

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Speaker 2: person will make a choice that causes us a lot

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Speaker 2: of pain. And even though God will not force him

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Speaker 2: to do what's right, he has promised that he'll not

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Speaker 2: only pay us back, but he'll pay us back with double.

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Speaker 2: One day, this friend called me, I'll never forget it.

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Speaker 2: He was on cloud nine. God had brought someone new

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Speaker 2: into his life and he had recently gotten married. He said, Joel,

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Speaker 2: I never thought I would feel this way again, but

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Speaker 2: I can honestly, hey you, I'm happier today than I've

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Speaker 2: been in all of my life. See God took that injustice.

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Speaker 2: He took that adversity and used it to take him

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Speaker 2: to a new level of joy, a new level of victory. Friends,

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Speaker 2: God knows how to restore. You may not see how

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Speaker 2: it could ever happen in your life, but that's okay.

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Speaker 2: That's not your part. Your part is to believe. Eighty

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Speaker 2: four years ago today, my father was born in a

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Speaker 2: small Texas town. Daddy was a great father for us children.

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Speaker 1: I loved him dearly.

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Speaker 2: I worked with them here at the church for some

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Speaker 2: seventeen years. We traveled all over the world together, spent

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Speaker 2: so much time.

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Speaker 1: Daddy and I were best friends.

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Speaker 2: He was my hero, and I used to think, Man,

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Speaker 2: I don't know what I would do if something were

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Speaker 2: to happen to my dad. After all, my whole world

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Speaker 2: was tied up around him. But as you know, a

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Speaker 2: little over six years ago, Daddy breathed his last breath,

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Speaker 2: and he finished his course here on this earth. And

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Speaker 2: what I thought would be the end for me was

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Speaker 2: really on the beginning. In my darkest hour, God brought

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Speaker 2: me out with more joy, more peace, more victory.

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Speaker 1: See.

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Speaker 2: God said he'd be a friend that sticks closer than

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Speaker 2: a brother.

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Speaker 1: He said he would be the father to the fatherless.

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Speaker 2: Now I can tell you today I am more fulfilled

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Speaker 2: now than I've ever been in all of my life.

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Speaker 1: God has done more than I can even ask or think.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: I say that to say even in your darkest hours,

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Speaker 2: God can still restore. He can still give you a

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Speaker 2: new beginning. We all go through disappointments, we all have

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Speaker 2: unfair things happen.

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Speaker 1: That's just a part of life.

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Speaker 2: But don't get sour. God is a god of justice.

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Speaker 2: He can still make it up to you. And when

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Speaker 2: the enemy does his very best, our attitude should be

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to lose my joy.

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Speaker 1: I know He's just put me in position to receive double.

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Speaker 2: Somebody is talking about you at work, somebody's trying to

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Speaker 2: ruin your reputation, No big deal.

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Speaker 1: I know God's going to give me.

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Speaker 2: Twice the honor somebody walks out of that relationship like

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Speaker 2: they did on my friend. I know that's difficult at first,

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Speaker 2: but eventually your attitude should be good riddance.

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Speaker 1: I know God's gonna bring.

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Speaker 2: Me somebody twice as good, twice as fun.

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Speaker 1: Friends.

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Speaker 2: God not only wants to restore, he wants to make

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Speaker 2: the enemy pay. And some of you need to have

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Speaker 2: a bigger vision. You've been through tough times, but now

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Speaker 2: you're just sort of accepting mediocrity. No, God is saying

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Speaker 2: today he wants to restore double joy, double peace, double wisdom,

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Speaker 2: double honor. Why don't you dig your heels in and

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Speaker 2: make a decision. From this day forward, You're gonna be

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Speaker 2: a prisoner of hope. You're gonna start believing for God

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Speaker 2: to restore your dreams, restore your hell, restore your family.

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Speaker 1: Restore your finances.

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Speaker 2: If you will have this restoration mentality, God promises he

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Speaker 2: will take every setback and he'll use it to your advantage.

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Speaker 2: And you won't just come out okay, you'll come out

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Speaker 2: improved and increased than you were before.

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Speaker 1: Amen. How many of us receive it today? But I

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Speaker 1: know you do.

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Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 2: repent of my sins.

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Speaker 1: Come into my heart. I make you my lord and savior. Friends,

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Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 1: born again.

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Speaker 2: Get in a good Bible based church, Keep God first place.

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

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Speaker 5: Do you have a dream that's waiting to happen, but

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Speaker 5: it often feels like you'll never get there. Is your

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Speaker 5: dream to start a business, to see a loved one

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Speaker 5: come to the Lord. Are you asking God? Will it

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Speaker 5: ever happen?

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Speaker 2: Sometimes it feels like our dream is so far off.

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Speaker 2: But I believe you're closer than you think.

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Speaker 3: You're on the verge of seeing things change in your favor,

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Speaker 3: new doors opening, the right people showing up.

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Speaker 2: I'd love to send you are New Hopes and Dreams

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Speaker 2: Tames twenty twenty four Planner. It's not only a calendar,

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Speaker 2: but it has scriptures and inspiration, a place to journal.

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Speaker 3: It'll help you stay focused and encouraged so you can

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Speaker 3: see your dreams come.

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Speaker 5: To pass as you support the Ministry this month with

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Speaker 5: a special end of year gift of any amount we

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Speaker 5: twenty twenty four Planner. With the New Planner, you will

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Speaker 5: start the new year with fresh ideas, fresh hope, and

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Speaker 5: endless possibilities. You'll find monthly calendars and plenty of space

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Speaker 5: to plan for a better day ahead. Plus there are

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Speaker 5: inspiring scriptures and thoughts that will encourage you to believe

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Speaker 5: for your dreams.

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Speaker 2: year in giving, you're making a difference around the world.

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Speaker 2: And a special thank you to our Champion of Hope

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Speaker 2: Partners for your monthly gift. If you're not a partner,

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Speaker 3: We hope you and your family have a very blessed

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