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Speaker 2: Always a joy to come into your home. We love

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Speaker 2: and they saw this sign that said Nacodochius forty miles ahead.

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Speaker 2: to you that I was right. They drove silently for

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Speaker 2: He said to the young lady working behind it, my

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Speaker 2: Would you please, very slowly and very clearly, tell us

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Speaker 2: how to pronounce the name of this place. The young

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Speaker 1: King, All right, hold up your bible.

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Speaker 2: Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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Speaker 2: I am what it says I am. I have what it.

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Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about living a

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Speaker 2: resurrected life. Every person goes through adversities. We've all had

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Speaker 2: unfair things happen. We didn't get a promotion we deserve,

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Speaker 2: your past. Every challenge you've been through, every adversity you faced,

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Speaker 2: God deposited something on the inside. Your character was being developed,

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Speaker 2: you can experience a new level of God's goodness. You

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Speaker 2: may have had unfair things happen, somebody did you wrong,

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Speaker 2: One of the best things that I've ever learned is

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Speaker 2: In other words, God would not have allowed me to

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Speaker 2: And even though it's difficult, even though it may be unfair,

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Speaker 1: To where you're supposed to be. It did not happen

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Speaker 2: All things work together for good when you love the Lord,

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Speaker 2: and it doesn't say that all things are good. It

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Speaker 2: And maybe you've gone through a major setback in your health,

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Speaker 2: No, keep your new goals in front of you, keep

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Speaker 2: What are you focusing on today, what didn't work out?

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Speaker 2: Now, I'm asking us today to shake off any kind

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Speaker 2: But here's how God works. You've been through the death,

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Speaker 2: In other words, i may have been cheated in a

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Speaker 2: God said he would be my vindicator. He said he

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Speaker 2: God is in complete control, and I believe he's not

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Speaker 2: No, you've got to shake that off and say, I

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Speaker 2: The good news is it's not over until God says

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Speaker 2: In the natural, we should get down and discourage, go

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Speaker 2: They may not understand it, but don't bother explaining it

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Speaker 2: They don't realize how God has used them to stretch me,

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Speaker 2: When we were trying to acquire this place, one of

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Speaker 1: That man doesn't know what he did for me.

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Speaker 2: When I see him, I need to buy his dinner McDonald's.

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Speaker 1: He didn't happen to me, He happened for me.

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Speaker 2: I've seen people that miss God's best because they never

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Speaker 2: They go through a disappointment, something doesn't go their way,

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Speaker 2: I know I've been through the death, I've been through

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Speaker 2: ready for the new thing God's going to do in

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Speaker 2: my life. And most of the time, the reason God

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Speaker 2: But when we get sour, when we don't get our way,

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Speaker 2: Hung there, he felt so lonely, so dejected. He cried out,

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Speaker 2: my God, My God, why have you forsaken me? He

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Speaker 2: asked a question, but he didn't hear any kind of answer.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes heaven can be silent. You pray, you believe you're

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Speaker 2: doing your best, but you don't see anything happening.

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Speaker 1: You're hurting on the inside. It looks like it's over.

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Speaker 2: But in those silent times, something powerful is happening down

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Speaker 2: in here. God is stretching you. You're developing a greater

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Speaker 2: confidence in him. Your mind will tell you it's over,

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Speaker 2: it's never gonna happen, but something will rise up in

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Speaker 2: your spirit that says, no, God is still on the throne.

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Speaker 1: This is not happening to me. It's happening for me.

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Speaker 2: And even though no, it's not fair, even though I'm discouraged,

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Speaker 2: deep down, I know that I know I've got a

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Speaker 2: resurrection coming.

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Speaker 1: I know God can still turn this around.

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Speaker 2: As Jesus hung on the cross in all that pain,

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Speaker 2: the soldiers made fun of him, locked him, ridiculed him.

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Speaker 2: Yet in spite of all that suffering, in spite of

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Speaker 2: the disrespect, he looked up to heaven and said, Father,

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Speaker 2: forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. He forgave

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Speaker 2: his enemies. Then he committed his spirit into his father's hands.

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Speaker 1: They put him in the grave.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure the forces of darkness were celebrating, rejoicing, thinking

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Speaker 2: they had finally won the victory. But they didn't realize

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Speaker 2: it's not over until God says it's over. God always

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Speaker 2: has the final say. He controls the whole universe. That

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Speaker 2: was on Friday, But three days later, on Sunday morning,

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Speaker 2: Jesus came up out of that grave.

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Speaker 1: He said, I am he that lives. I was dead,

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Speaker 1: but I am alive forever more. He went on to say,

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Speaker 1: because I live, you can live. Also.

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Speaker 2: God has an abundant life in store for each one

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Speaker 2: of us. But many times, on the way to our victories,

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Speaker 2: just like Jesus, will experience some of these setbacks, some

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Speaker 2: of these difficult times. You have to remind yourself it's

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Speaker 2: not happening to me, it's happening for me. God's getting

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Speaker 2: me prepared on the inside. He's depositing strength, courage, and ability.

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Speaker 2: Keep your eyes focused on your goals, says in Hebrews.

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Speaker 2: Now faith is you have to have a now mentality.

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Speaker 2: Not one day I'm gonna be happy. One day God's

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Speaker 2: gonna work in my life. No, now is the time

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Speaker 2: to release your faith. The fact is, right now God

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Speaker 2: is working in your life.

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Speaker 1: Right now.

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Speaker 2: God's arranging things in your favor. Right now, God's trying

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Speaker 2: to fill you with his strength. Stay in the now.

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Speaker 2: That's what activates God's power. You remember them when Mary

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Speaker 2: and Martha were at the tomb of their brother Lazarus.

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Speaker 2: He'd been dead for four days, and they were there

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Speaker 2: crying so distraught. Jesus finally showed up and said, I

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Speaker 2: am the Resurrection and the Life. They said, yes, Jesus,

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Speaker 2: we know in the last days you'll raise our brother

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Speaker 2: Lazarus from the dead when we all go to heaven.

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Speaker 2: Jesus said, in the fact, no, Mary, no, Martha, I'm

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Speaker 2: not talking about in the last days.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about today.

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Speaker 2: If you'll roll away the stone, I'll raise your brother

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Speaker 2: right now. He was saying, I am a right now God.

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Speaker 2: A lot of times like these ladies, we're believing one

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Speaker 2: day God's gonna do something great in my life.

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Speaker 1: One day, God's gonna resurrect my dead dreams.

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Speaker 2: No, we have to get out of that one day mentality,

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Speaker 2: and let's start believing that today God's.

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Speaker 1: Gonna do something great.

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Speaker 2: Today, God's going to open up supernatural doors.

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Speaker 1: Have a now mentality. And I know some of you

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Speaker 1: have been through the death, so to speak.

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Speaker 2: If you've been through the burial, You've had people lie

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Speaker 2: about you, lost friends, gone through disappointments, face sicknesses. But

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Speaker 2: God didn't take you through everything. He took you through

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Speaker 2: just so you could come out beaten, down, bedraggled, half dead.

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Speaker 2: Well how you doing, brother, are pretty good under the circumstances.

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Speaker 2: Now it's time for your resurrection. It's time for you

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Speaker 2: to rise up and take everything that belongs to you.

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Speaker 2: If you've been crucified with Christ, you can be raised

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Speaker 2: with Christ. The enemy may have done his best, but

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Speaker 2: his best will never be enough. You've got to shake

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Speaker 2: off the past, shake off every disappointment, shake off every injustice,

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Speaker 2: shake off every failure. Let today be a new beginning.

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Speaker 2: You may feel like you're in the garden, down and discouraged,

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Speaker 2: but take heart, you've got a resurrection coming. You may

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Speaker 2: have fallen down under the weight of your cross. God

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Speaker 2: is saying, get back up again. You're close to your victory.

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Speaker 2: You may even feel like you're on the cross. Your

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Speaker 2: dreams have died, everything's coming against you. You've got to

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Speaker 2: get a new perspective. Nothing in life has happened to you,

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Speaker 2: It has happened for you. God has you in the

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Speaker 2: palm of his hand. He is going to take what

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Speaker 2: was meant to destroy you and use it to thrust

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Speaker 2: you into your divine destiny. Remember you are not defined

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Speaker 2: by your past. You are prepared by your past. Every adversity,

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Speaker 2: every obstacle, God's depositing something on the inside. If you'll

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Speaker 2: live this resurrected life, you won't have a victim mentality.

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Speaker 2: You will have a victoria mentality. And even when things

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Speaker 2: come against you, you'll still have a smile on your face.

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Speaker 2: You'll know God's not only going to turn it around,

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Speaker 2: but He's.

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Speaker 1: Going to give you beauty for ashes, joy for mourning.

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Speaker 2: In the end, you're gonna come out stronger, happier, healthier,

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Speaker 2: better off than you were before.

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Speaker 1: Amen. Do you receive it today?

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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 pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent

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Speaker 2: of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make you

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Speaker 2: my lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer,

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Speaker 2: we believe you got born again. Get in a good

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Speaker 2: 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.