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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate you,

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Speaker 2: and pray for God's very best in your line. Well,

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Speaker 2: God bless you always our joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 2: And if you're ever in our area, please stop by

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Speaker 2: and be a part of one of our services. I

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Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But

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Speaker 2: thanks so much for tuning in, and thank you again for.

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Speaker 1: Coming out today.

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Speaker 2: And I like to start with something funny, and I

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Speaker 2: heard about this lady.

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Speaker 1: She was on an airplane leading her Bible. The man

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Speaker 1: next to her said, you don't believe all that stuff

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Speaker 1: in there? Do you?

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Speaker 2: She said, of course I do, It's the Bible. He said, well,

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Speaker 2: what about that guy that got swallowed by the well?

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Speaker 1: She said, you mean Jonah, Yes, I believe that too.

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Speaker 2: He said, well, how could he possibly live that long

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Speaker 2: inside of a fish? She thought about it in a

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Speaker 2: moment that I don't know. When I get to Heaven,

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Speaker 2: I'll have to ask him. He said, sarcastically, what.

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Speaker 1: If he's not in heaven.

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Speaker 2: She said, then you'll have to ask him.

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Speaker 1: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it.

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about just remember when you

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Speaker 2: look back over your life some of the things you faced.

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Speaker 2: At the time, you didn't think you could make it through.

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Speaker 2: The obstacle was so large, the breakup purchase so badly,

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Speaker 2: the medical report was so negative. You didn't see a way.

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Speaker 2: But God turned it around. He gave you strength when

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Speaker 2: you didn't think you could go on. He brought the

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Speaker 2: right person when you thought you'd always be lonely. He

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Speaker 2: promoted you, gave you that good break. Things fell into place.

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Speaker 2: Now you're further along than you ever imagine. Wasn't a

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Speaker 2: lucky break, wasn't a coincidence. It was the hand of God.

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Speaker 2: You should have been stuck, addicted, broke, depressed, lonely.

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Speaker 1: But God made a way when you didn't see away.

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Speaker 2: You can say, like me, I didn't get here by myself.

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Speaker 2: Wasn't just my good luck, my hard work, my talent, It.

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Speaker 1: Was the favor of God.

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Speaker 2: He made things happen that I could never make happen

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Speaker 2: on my own. But none of us liked difficulties. If

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Speaker 2: we had a choice, we wouldn't go through them. But

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Speaker 2: those challenges not only prepared you for your future.

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Speaker 1: But now you have a history with God.

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Speaker 2: When you're in a tough time you don't see a

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Speaker 2: way out, instead of being discouraged negative, you can go

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Speaker 2: back and remember how God turned your health around. Remember

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Speaker 2: how he gave you that baby when the specialist said

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Speaker 2: you couldn't have a child. Remember how he brought you

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Speaker 2: out of that trouble that you got yourself in. When

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Speaker 2: you remember how God has protected you, promoted you, healed you,

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Speaker 2: restored you, faith will rise in your heart. Instead of

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Speaker 2: thinking I'll never get out of this problem. You'll know

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Speaker 2: God did it for me once, he'll do it for

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Speaker 2: me again. He made a way in the past, I

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Speaker 2: know he's going to make a way in the future.

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Speaker 1: Don't complain about the problem. It's not random.

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Speaker 2: You're going to need that victory in the future. God

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Speaker 2: has taken you from glory to glory. When you come

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Speaker 2: through this challenge, that victory will be the fuel you

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Speaker 2: This is what happened with the Israelites. They were up

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Speaker 2: in Deuteronomy seven, you may think, how can we conquer

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Speaker 2: God was saying, when it looks impossible, you don't see

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Speaker 2: You thought you were stuck, but God opened the door,

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Speaker 2: caused somebody to be good to you.

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Speaker 1: Or you lost a loved one.

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Speaker 2: You didn't think you'd ever be happy again, but God

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Speaker 1: He turned your mourning into dancing.

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Speaker 2: When you face tough times, your dream looks impossible.

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Speaker 2: Just remember, go back and replay your victories. Relive the

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Speaker 2: in love. Remember how He spared your life from that accident.

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Speaker 2: If you're going to overcome those obstacles, you're going to

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Speaker 2: reach your highest potential. You have to learn to just

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Speaker 2: remember when you're constantly thinking about God's goodness, how He's

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Speaker 1: You promoted you. Not only will faith rise in your heart,

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Speaker 2: Attitude of expectancy that allows God to do great things

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Speaker 2: on a regular basis. We should go back over the

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Speaker 2: gave you that job, how he protected you, how you

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Speaker 2: God has done. I remember in my early twenties walking

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Speaker 1: It was Victoria.

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Speaker 2: We ended up dating for a year and a half,

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Speaker 2: The Apostle Paul talks about in the scripture the mercies

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Speaker 2: Us has experienced some of these mercies. Walking into the

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Speaker 2: of God. When I was first married, I was driving

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Speaker 2: All I could say was Jesus, when you're in trouble,

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Speaker 2: He said, I can't believe.

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Speaker 2: When our son Jonathan was a little boy less than

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Speaker 2: we were traveling along, something whispered to Victoria, go hold

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Speaker 2: not for the mercies of God. Many of you you

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Speaker 1: For God's mercy.

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Speaker 2: Some of the things you've done, the crowds you used

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Speaker 2: not once, but again and again.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you shouldn't have that position that you're in.

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Speaker 2: You weren't the most qualified, but the mercies of God

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Speaker 2: God said, this is not your time. When you recognize

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Speaker 2: what God has done, you don't take for granted that

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Speaker 2: all through your life it's been His hand getting you

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Speaker 2: to where you are. Then it's easy to honor God.

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Speaker 2: It's easy to be grateful, it's easy to serve, to

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Speaker 2: you're working at a Mercy job. You didn't just marry

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Speaker 2: don't just keep beating the odds. It's the mercies of God.

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Speaker 2: In fact, the reason you're still hearing, the reason that

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Speaker 2: is because God has a destiny.

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Speaker 1: For you to fulfill.

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Speaker 2: He has an assignment for you to accomplish. His mercies

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Speaker 1: He chose you before you could choose him.

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Speaker 2: You might as well recognize you're a marked man, a

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Speaker 2: You're not giving up anything, You're gaining purpose, destiny, a

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Speaker 1: Than you ever imagined.

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Speaker 2: David said, if it had not been for the goodness

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Speaker 2: if God had not shown me some of these mercies, I.

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't have defeated Goliath.

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Speaker 2: He provides our daily needs. He gives us strength, gives

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Speaker 2: The waves were very big, the winds so strong. They

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Speaker 2: were concerned for their safety. When they saw Jesus walking

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Speaker 2: on the water, at first they thought he was a ghost.

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Speaker 2: They finally recognized him invited him.

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Speaker 1: Into their boat.

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Speaker 2: When he did, the winds and waves calmed down immediately.

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Speaker 2: They were relieved that they were okay. But the scripture

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Speaker 2: gives us insight into why they were so worried. It

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Speaker 2: says they didn't consider the miracle of the loaves. They

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Speaker 2: were so stressed out, wondering if they were going to

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Speaker 2: make it to the other side, when earlier that day

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Speaker 2: they had seen with their own eyes one of the

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Speaker 2: greatest miracles ever recorded. If they would have just remembered

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Speaker 2: what God did earlier that day, if they would have

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Speaker 2: just considered the miracle.

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Speaker 1: Then they would have stayed in faith.

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Speaker 2: They would have been fine, knowing that everything was going

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Speaker 2: to be okay. What's interesting is they were obedient. They

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Speaker 2: did what Jesus asked, They were faithful. Where they missed

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Speaker 2: it is they forgot what God had done.

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Speaker 1: Are you doing what they did?

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Speaker 2: Letting your circumstances, a medical report, a financial situation cause

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Speaker 2: you to live worried, stressed out, Why don't you start

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Speaker 2: considering your miracles. Look back over your life, Remember that

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Speaker 2: time God showed up and suddenly turned it around. Look

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Speaker 2: up on your wall and relive some of those mountable

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Speaker 2: things God has done. How are you going to defeat

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Speaker 2: the Pharaohs in your life? How are you going to

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Speaker 2: overcome those large obstacles? God is saying to you what

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Speaker 2: he said to the Israelites. Just remember you have a

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Speaker 2: history with God. Every victory he's given you wasn't.

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Speaker 1: Just for that time. It was so you could go

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Speaker 1: back and use that as fuel to build your faith.

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Speaker 1: You may be low on faith. You need to go

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Speaker 1: back and get some fuel. It's in your past victories.

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Speaker 2: Don't talk about your problems, talk about the greatness of God.

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Speaker 2: Remember the enemy cannot finish you off. God has the

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Speaker 2: final say. Now I believe and declare. If you will

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Speaker 2: just remember.

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Speaker 1: God is about to show out in your life. He's

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Speaker 1: going to give you something new to mount.

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Speaker 2: You're going to rise higher, accomplish your dreams, and reach

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Speaker 2: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. We never

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Speaker 2: like to close our broadcast without giving you an opportunity

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Speaker 2: to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you

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Speaker 2: pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of

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Speaker 2: my sins, Come into my heart, wash me clean.

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Speaker 1: I'll make you my Lord and savior.

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Speaker 2: Well, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you

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Speaker 2: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church.

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Speaker 2: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places

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Speaker 2: that you've never dreamed.

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Speaker 3: Fear can be a powerful force and will try to

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Speaker 3: make you feel alone, stuck without hope. But fear doesn't

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Speaker 3: have to get the final say. There is a way out.

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Speaker 2: Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith. What

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Speaker 2: we focus on shapes our reality.

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Speaker 1: In my new book, No.

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Speaker 1: And confidence.

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Speaker 2: Just like David said, though I walk through the valley,

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Speaker 2: I will not fear, You too can walk through life's

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Speaker 2: challenges without being paralyzed by fear. I can't promise you

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Speaker 2: you'll never feel, but I can teach you how to

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Speaker 2: rise above it. By dwelling on what God says. Learning

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Speaker 2: to replace the anxious thoughts with faith filled ones, you

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Speaker 2: can live.

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Speaker 1: From a place of peace, power, and purpose.

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Speaker 3: fear whispers you can't. This devotional will stir your faith

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Speaker 3: to declare God will. Each page reminds you that you

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Speaker 3: weren't created to live in fear or despair. You were

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Speaker 3: created to live with passion, purpose, and confidence in God's

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Speaker 2: Fear doesn't have the final say God does. Be bold,

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Speaker 2: be strong, and step up to who He made you

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Speaker 2: to be.

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Speaker 1: Be torn. I want you to know.

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Speaker 2: We're praying for you and your family, believing for God's

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Speaker 2: Your generosity is helping people around the world. As we

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