WEBVTT - Refusing Negative Seeds | Joel Osteen

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to start it with.

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<v Speaker 2>Something funny, and I heard about this kindergarten teacher. She

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<v Speaker 2>was trying to explain to her students about self esteem.

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<v Speaker 2>She said to her class, anyone who feels like you're dumb,

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<v Speaker 2>please stand up. She didn't think anyone would stand, and

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<v Speaker 2>she'd make the point how no one is dumb. About

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<v Speaker 2>that time, little Johnny stood up. Shed ah, No, Now

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<v Speaker 2>what am I gonna do?

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<v Speaker 1>She said?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Johnny, do you really feel like you're dumb? He

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<v Speaker 2>said no, ma'am. I just hate to see you standing

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<v Speaker 2>there all by yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I am what it says I am. I have what

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<v Speaker 1>it says I have.

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<v Speaker 2>I can do what it says I can do. Today

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<v Speaker 2>I will be talked to word of God. I'll boldly

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<v Speaker 2>confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I

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<v Speaker 2>will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you today about refusing negative seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>We all have.

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<v Speaker 2>Voices that are trying to keep us from our destiny.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes it's people telling us what we can't become

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<v Speaker 2>and how we're not going to accomplish the dream. It

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<v Speaker 2>may be experts, they have all the training, all the skills.

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<v Speaker 2>They're telling us the facts. Medical science says you're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to get well or you don't have the qualifications

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<v Speaker 2>for this position. You watch the news and you hear

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<v Speaker 2>all the comments about the economy and inflation, division viruses.

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<v Speaker 1>This can bring fear and worrying what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Words are like seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>If you dwell on them long enough, they'll take root

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<v Speaker 2>and become a reality. The good news is you get

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<v Speaker 2>to choose what gets planted in your soil.

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<v Speaker 1>The scripture says to guard your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>That's saying, don't let just any seed get in there,

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<v Speaker 2>be selective. If that seed is negative, discouraging, bringing fear,

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<v Speaker 2>pushing you down, don't give it the time of day.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to say no thanks. I refuse that seed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not letting that defeat take root in my soil.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes people don't realize they're doing it. I'm sorry

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<v Speaker 2>about that diagnosis. My grandmother died of the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't take that new position if I were you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's way over your head. Are you still single? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you're ever going to meet anyone. Do

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<v Speaker 2>yourself a favor. Let that go in one ear and

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<v Speaker 2>out the other. If you start dwelling.

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<v Speaker 1>On it, what if I don't get well?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe this is over my head. I'm worried that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to meet someone. You're giving that seed permission

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<v Speaker 2>to become a reality. Don't let the doubt from other

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<v Speaker 2>people keep you from your destiny. You have to tune

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<v Speaker 2>out all the negative. Can't do it. Not able never

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Limiting words. They may speak that, but you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to receive it. If you don't dwell on it, those

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<v Speaker 1>words will die stillborn. They will have no effect on you.

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<v Speaker 2>Victoria and I were at a restaurant one time, and

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<v Speaker 2>our son, Jonathan, was six months old, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>laying in a little carrier in the seat next to me.

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<v Speaker 2>About thirty minutes later, this older couple got up to.

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<v Speaker 1>Leave, and they came over to our table.

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<v Speaker 2>The lady said, we were just admiring your little baby

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<v Speaker 2>in how good he is, how he just lies there

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<v Speaker 2>so peaceful and quiet, and we thank them. Then the

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<v Speaker 2>husband said, but just wait till he gets to be

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<v Speaker 2>two years old.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll turn into a tyrant.

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<v Speaker 2>You better enjoy it now because he's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of trouble. Those terrible twos are coming. We

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<v Speaker 2>just waved and said goodbye. Thought don't let the door

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<v Speaker 2>hit you as you leave. Something rows up in me.

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<v Speaker 2>I told Victoria, I don't receive that. He doesn't determine

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<v Speaker 2>our future. His opinion is not our reality. Not going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the terrible twos, going to be the terrific twos,

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<v Speaker 2>the awesome threes, the fabulous fours. Don't get in agreement

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<v Speaker 2>with negative things people speak over you. What they're saying

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<v Speaker 2>may be true for a lot of people, but you're

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<v Speaker 2>the exception. You're the one to have awesome children. You're

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<v Speaker 2>the one to get well where the medical report says

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<v Speaker 2>you want. You're the one to break the addiction, to

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<v Speaker 2>take your family to a new level, to see favor

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<v Speaker 2>that people could never imagine. If this is going to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to be selective in what gets planted in

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<v Speaker 2>your soil. When these negative seeds come, it's real easy.

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<v Speaker 1>Refuse it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't dwell on it, don't go around talking about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't start expecting it to happen. Keep your mind filled

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<v Speaker 2>with positive, hopeful, faithful thoughts. David was seventeen years old

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<v Speaker 2>when he heard Goliath taunting the Israelites. This giant stood

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<v Speaker 2>over nine feet tall, and he was the champion of

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<v Speaker 2>the Philistine army. None of the Israelites dared to face

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<v Speaker 2>him when he came.

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<v Speaker 1>Out shouting his threats. They all ran and hid well.

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<v Speaker 1>David was half his size, he had no.

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<v Speaker 2>Training, no armor, but he went to King Saul and

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<v Speaker 2>told him that he wanted to face Goliath. Saul said

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<v Speaker 2>to David in first Samuel seventeen, David, don't be ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just a boy. He's been a warrior since he

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<v Speaker 1>was a youth. He was saying David, what are you thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have a chance, You're too small, you're not qualified.

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<v Speaker 1>This is way over your head.

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<v Speaker 2>Whenever you're on the verge of a new level, negative

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<v Speaker 2>seeds will come to try to talk you out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>David had a choice to let those words take root.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just a boy, I'm not up to par I

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<v Speaker 1>can't do this. Or was he going to guard his mind,

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<v Speaker 1>not let the doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>The inferiority, the opinion of Saul talk him out of

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<v Speaker 2>his destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a defining moment. David could have walked away,

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<v Speaker 1>went back home. He could have missed who.

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<v Speaker 2>God created him to be had he not learned this principle.

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<v Speaker 2>And we see David defeating Goliath as the great victory,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's when God took him to a new level.

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<v Speaker 2>But the real victory took place when he didn't let

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<v Speaker 2>Saul's demeaning words keep him from stepping up. Had he

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<v Speaker 2>not refused the negative seeds, he would have never made

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<v Speaker 2>it to Goliath. Before you conquer your giant, before you

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<v Speaker 2>reach a new level, there will be a Saul trying

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<v Speaker 2>to discourage you, a Saul telling you you can't get well, man,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't start your business. You'll never break that addiction,

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never meet the right person. Your real victory is

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<v Speaker 2>when you refuse the doubt, refuse what the naysayers are

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<v Speaker 2>telling you. You have to win the battle in your

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<v Speaker 2>mind before you'll defeat your giants. Too many people get

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<v Speaker 2>talked out of ever seeing their Goliath because they listen

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<v Speaker 2>to Saul. You would think that Saul would be excited

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<v Speaker 2>that someone finally stepped up.

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<v Speaker 1>To fight Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>He had been taunting the Israelites for forty days. Now

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<v Speaker 2>this young man, David had the courage to take him on.

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<v Speaker 2>Surely Saul would say, that's awesome, David, you can do this.

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<v Speaker 2>We're all behind you. But when God puts big things

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<v Speaker 2>in your heart, don't expect everyone to cheer your own.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't expect all your friends, all your family to encourage you,

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<v Speaker 2>tell you how great you are.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the Sauls will show up.

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<v Speaker 2>People that cast negative seeds try to get you to

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<v Speaker 2>doubt and second guess yourself, discredit you, make you feel small,

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<v Speaker 2>like you don't measure up. Don't let those seeds take root.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't determine your destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>God does. When he called you, he didn't check with people.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't consult with your friends, your neighbors, your boss,

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<v Speaker 2>your family, or your enemies to decide if they think

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<v Speaker 2>you can do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you big enough, smart enough, talented enough. He put

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<v Speaker 1>things in you that other people can't see. Don't get

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<v Speaker 1>upset with them if they think you can't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just a boy. You don't come from the right family.

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<v Speaker 2>They're looking at the outside. They're judging from a human

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<v Speaker 2>point of view. But God has put things in you.

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<v Speaker 1>That will defy the odds.

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<v Speaker 2>His favor will cause you to go places you could

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<v Speaker 2>never go on your own. They may think all you

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<v Speaker 2>have is a slingshot. You don't have a chance. What

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<v Speaker 2>they can't see is that slingshot, with the blessing of

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<v Speaker 2>God will bring down giants. It's just a boy, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>but a boy with the favor of God can become

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<v Speaker 2>the King of Israel. God wouldn't have allowed the giant

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<v Speaker 2>if you weren't well able to defeat it.

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<v Speaker 1>The giant is a sign that a new level is coming.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the key.

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<v Speaker 2>Before that happens, King Saul will show up. The real

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<v Speaker 2>test is not Goliath. The real test is Saul. The

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<v Speaker 2>negative words, the doubt, the fear, the insecurity, trying to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get you to question yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Question whether you really heard God, Question if you really.

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<v Speaker 1>Have what it takes.

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<v Speaker 2>Dismiss the doubt, refuse those negative seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>You're at a defining moment.

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<v Speaker 2>You're on the verge of stepping to a new level,

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<v Speaker 2>the verge of seeing God do something.

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<v Speaker 1>You've never seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you gonna shrink back and let people's opinion talk

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<v Speaker 2>you out of it, let the fear the doubt take root,

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<v Speaker 2>or you're gonna do like David, dismiss it and move

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<v Speaker 2>forward to end faith into the awesome future God has

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<v Speaker 2>in store. When my father passed in nineteen ninety nine,

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<v Speaker 2>i'd only ministered one time and worked behind the scenes

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<v Speaker 2>for seventeen years. I never wanted to be up in

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<v Speaker 2>front of people. I liked being in the background. But

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<v Speaker 2>I knew that I was supposed to step up and

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<v Speaker 2>pasture the church, and it didn't make sense to my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have the training, and I wasn't necessarily qualified,

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<v Speaker 2>and I didn't have a big personality like my father.

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<v Speaker 1>But I took that step of faith, and I started.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking on the weekends, and I was so nervous and

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<v Speaker 2>so unsure of myself.

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<v Speaker 1>I would finish one message and.

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<v Speaker 2>Walk off the platform so relieved, and the next thought

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<v Speaker 2>would come, what are you going to speak on next week?

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<v Speaker 2>What if you have nothing to say? What if no

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<v Speaker 2>one comes? What if people don't like you? What if

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<v Speaker 2>the church goes down? The enemy loves to bring the

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<v Speaker 2>what ifs? Have you noticed it's always the worst case scenario.

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<v Speaker 2>What if that pain in your little toe is cancer?

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<v Speaker 2>What if your company lays you off and you can't

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<v Speaker 2>pay your bills?

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<v Speaker 1>What if your child doesn't pass that class?

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<v Speaker 2>These negative seeds, it cause worrying, anxiety when.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't really enjoy your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of letting them take root, why don't you turn

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<v Speaker 2>the what ifs around and dwell on the best case scenarios.

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<v Speaker 2>Dwell on something hopeful, something that builds your faith. What

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<v Speaker 2>if no one comes? What if the church explodes? What

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<v Speaker 2>if you never get well? What if you recover and

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<v Speaker 2>feel better than ever? What if your child doesn't pass?

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<v Speaker 2>What if he makes the honor law? What if you

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<v Speaker 2>never meet anyone? What if they show up this week?

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<v Speaker 2>What if you get laid off, What if you get

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<v Speaker 2>a promotion, What if you start your business. What if

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<v Speaker 2>you step into abundance and favor that you've never seen.

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<v Speaker 1>Quit letting the negative play in your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>You choose which seeds get planted in your soil.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to take control of your thought life.

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<v Speaker 2>A few weeks after I started ministering, I was in

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<v Speaker 2>the front lobby after the service. I just come off

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<v Speaker 2>the platform and I was walking behind these two ladies.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't know I was there. I overheard them talking.

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<v Speaker 2>One said he's not as.

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<v Speaker 1>Good as his father.

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<v Speaker 2>The other answered about yeah, I don't think the church

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<v Speaker 2>is going to make it. I was already insecure, worried

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<v Speaker 2>about what people thought, wondering.

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<v Speaker 1>Was I good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>That was like the worst thing that could have happened.

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<v Speaker 2>When I heard that, I felt fears shoot through my body,

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<v Speaker 2>almost like a panic.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, it's not going to work out. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have what it takes.

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<v Speaker 2>As I was processing it all, something rose up in me,

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<v Speaker 2>like waking up a sleeping lion. I felt a boldness,

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<v Speaker 2>a confidence, a power that I had never felt before.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought to myself, you ladies don't know who I am,

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<v Speaker 2>and you don't know what God put in me. You

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<v Speaker 2>weren't there when he formed me in my mother's womb.

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<v Speaker 4>You weren't there when he called me, anointed me, and

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<v Speaker 4>empowered me. You weren't there when he crowned me with

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<v Speaker 4>his favor. You may think that I can't do it,

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<v Speaker 4>but I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Need your approval.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't think I have what it takes, that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just a boy. But there's a slingshot. You can't see.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a giant that's about to come down. I was

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<v Speaker 1>at a destiny moment.

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<v Speaker 2>If I would have let their seeds take root, I

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<v Speaker 2>would have talked myself out of it. If I'd have

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<v Speaker 2>kept dwelling on that you're not like your father, You're

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<v Speaker 2>not good enough, it's not going to last, I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be up here today. I was on the verge of

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<v Speaker 2>a new level of my destiny. Getting the Compact Center

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't the real battle. The real battle was not letting

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<v Speaker 2>those two women convince me that I didn't have what

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<v Speaker 2>it takes. Now look back now, and I think, how

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<v Speaker 2>did I not let them discourage me?

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<v Speaker 1>I was so unsure of myself.

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<v Speaker 2>But in those destinies moments, the grace of God will

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<v Speaker 2>always be there to empower you. The scripture says when

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy comes in like a flood, the spirit of

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<v Speaker 2>God will raise up a barrier. It wasn't a coincidence that,

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<v Speaker 2>out of the thousands of people of church that morning,

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<v Speaker 2>it just so happened I walk behind those two ladies.

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<v Speaker 2>I could have walked behind someone and said that was

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<v Speaker 2>great today. I sure enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a test.

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<v Speaker 2>Before you accomplish the dream, the enemy will make sure

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<v Speaker 2>there will be negative seeds before your health turns around,

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<v Speaker 2>before your child gets back on course, before you break

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<v Speaker 2>that addiction.

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<v Speaker 1>These seeds of.

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<v Speaker 2>Doubt and discouragement. Can't do it, not good enough, never

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen. Don't believe those lies. Turn it around and

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<v Speaker 2>declare what God says about you. When thoughts tell you you've

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<v Speaker 2>seen your best days, nothing good is in your future. Father,

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<v Speaker 2>you said, my latter days will be better than my

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<v Speaker 2>former days. You said, but the path of the righteous

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<v Speaker 2>gets brighter and brighter.

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<v Speaker 1>Your children are never going to get back on course.

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<v Speaker 2>Just accept it. Know as for me and my house,

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<v Speaker 2>we will serve the Lord. Father, Thank you that my

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<v Speaker 2>children are.

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<v Speaker 1>Mighty in the land.

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<v Speaker 2>You're never gonna have that baby you've been trying for

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<v Speaker 2>so many years. Father, you said in Psalms that you

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<v Speaker 2>would make me the happy mother of children. So Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that my baby is on the way. March

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<v Speaker 2>chapter five, Jesus was walking by the shore and a

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<v Speaker 2>man named Gyros came and fell at his feet and said, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>my little girl is very sick. She's about to die.

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<v Speaker 2>Please come to my house and pray for her. And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said that he would, but along the way he

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<v Speaker 2>kept getting delayed.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when the woman came.

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<v Speaker 2>Up with the issue of blood, touched the edge of

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<v Speaker 2>his robe, and she was healed, and Jesus stopped and

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<v Speaker 2>talked with her. All this time Gyros was thinking, please hurry,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have a lot of time. About that time,

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<v Speaker 2>these messengers came up to Jyris, saying, we're so sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>but your little girl has died.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no use bothering Jesus anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>The scripture says Jesus overheard what the messenger said, but

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<v Speaker 2>he ignored their comments.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice the principle.

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<v Speaker 2>You may overhear some negative words, overhear negative reports, but

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<v Speaker 2>you have to learn to ignore them. Don't dwell on it.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not denying the problem, you're not acting like it.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't exist, but you're not letting it take root.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't have faith if there's doubt and fear, worried

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<v Speaker 2>about this medical report and Joel the experts.

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<v Speaker 1>Say it's not going to work out. Sometimes take this

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<v Speaker 1>in the right sense.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to turn your mind off, lean not to

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<v Speaker 2>your own understanding. Yes, youse common sense that there are

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<v Speaker 2>things we face where there is no solution in the natural.

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<v Speaker 1>If you try to figure it out, you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get confused. Discoura is. Talk yourself out of it. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't stop that. You heard it, but take the next

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<v Speaker 1>step and ignore it. Don't dwell on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus went in and prayed for the little girl, and

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<v Speaker 2>she came back to life, a great miracle. There may

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<v Speaker 2>be things in your life right now that look dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Every circumstance says it's too late. You're never going to

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<v Speaker 2>get well, never accomplish your dream, you never see your

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<v Speaker 2>family restored. But God has the final say. When you

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<v Speaker 2>believe all things are possible, don't give those negative seeds

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<v Speaker 2>any room in your soil. When you're in a battle,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're up against those giants, you need your heart

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<v Speaker 2>filled with hope, with faith, knowing that God is bigger,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing that he's fighting your battles, that he's making ways

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<v Speaker 2>where you don't see away see the messenger said it

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<v Speaker 2>was too late, but they were wrong. The little girl

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<v Speaker 2>was healed. Saul said, David, you're just a boy. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't defeat Goliath.

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<v Speaker 1>But Saul wrong. David won. Those two ladies said that

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't minister, but they were wrong. Here I am.

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<v Speaker 2>The experts told my mother that she had terminal cancer,

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<v Speaker 2>a few weeks to live, but they were wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty two years later, she's still alive.

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<v Speaker 2>People told us that we would never get the Compact center,

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<v Speaker 2>that the city.

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<v Speaker 1>Would never let a church have it, but they were wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's my point.

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<v Speaker 2>In each of these situations, if the people would have

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<v Speaker 2>let the negative seeds take root, then what the others

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<v Speaker 2>were saying would.

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<v Speaker 1>Have been true. David wouldn't have defeated Golia.

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<v Speaker 2>Jyrois's daughter would have died. My mother wouldn't have been healed.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have become a minister. The determining factor wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>what other people said. It's whether we let it take root.

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<v Speaker 2>We control what we allow in our soil. I'm asking

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<v Speaker 2>you to Refuse the negative seeds. Refuse the doubt, refuse

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<v Speaker 2>the fear. Refuse limitations that people put on you. My

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<v Speaker 2>grandmother on my father's side of the family was a

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<v Speaker 2>very feisty woman. She only stood four feet eleven inches tall,

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<v Speaker 2>but she would fight a tiger.

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<v Speaker 1>She lived out in the country her whole life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever seen the Beverly Hillbillies, she was granny.

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<v Speaker 2>Her name was Ellie May. She chewed tobacco, she dipped snuff.

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<v Speaker 2>I come from a very sophisticated family. I'm so glad

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<v Speaker 2>my sister Lisa finally quit. But when my grandmother was

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<v Speaker 2>up there in years, she went to the doctor for

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<v Speaker 2>a checkout. He said, miss Ostein, I'm sorry to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you this, but you have the beginning stages.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Parkinson's disease.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, my grandmother didn't know what Parkinson's was, but she

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<v Speaker 2>knew she didn't want to have anything to do with it.

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<v Speaker 2>She got up off the table, bristled back and said,

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<v Speaker 2>listen here, sir, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Do not have Parkinson's disease.

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<v Speaker 2>I refuse to have it, and besides, I'm too old

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<v Speaker 2>to have it.

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<v Speaker 1>He looked at her like she was a little bit crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>And she was. But do you know my grandmother never.

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<v Speaker 2>Did have Parkinson's disease. If she had it, the symptoms

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<v Speaker 2>never showed up. Now, I know you can't wish things away,

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<v Speaker 2>but something happens when you don't let the seed take root.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying bury your head in the sand, deny reality.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying, don't let it get down in your spirit

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<v Speaker 2>where it becomes your default setting.

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<v Speaker 1>You always think it. I have this disease. I'm limited.

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<v Speaker 2>No, your body is a temple of a most high God.

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<v Speaker 2>See any sickness, any addiction, any pain as foreign.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't belong here. You are not welcome. I am

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<v Speaker 1>God's property.

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<v Speaker 2>See doctors tell us what medical science says. They give

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<v Speaker 2>us diagnosis based on skill and expertise and training, and

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<v Speaker 2>they help us to get well. But at times they

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<v Speaker 2>come to limitations. There's nothing more they can do medically speaking.

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<v Speaker 2>While we respect the diagnosis, that's one report. But there's

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<v Speaker 2>another report from the God who created you, from the

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<v Speaker 2>God who made you in his own image, from the.

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<v Speaker 1>God who knew you before you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Formed in your mother's womb. He's called Jehovah Raphah, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord your healer, Isaiah said, who will.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe the report of the Lord? In life? We have

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<v Speaker 1>different reports.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the medical report, here's my financial report, and here's

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<v Speaker 2>what King Saul says. And here's what those two jerks

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, those two ladies said, No, we get to.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose which report we're gonna believe.

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<v Speaker 2>He'll never be as good as his father. That's one report,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's another one.

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<v Speaker 1>I can do all things through Christ. I am strong

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<v Speaker 1>in the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>God being for me is more than the world being

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<v Speaker 2>against me.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't you choose the report of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not gonna get well. That sickness is permanent, learn

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<v Speaker 2>to live with it. There's another report. God is restoring

0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:05.240
<v Speaker 2>health back into me. I will live and not die

0:22:05.400 --> 0:22:10.160
<v Speaker 2>with long life. God will satisfy me. Well, you'll always struggle,

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<v Speaker 2>You'll always have lack, not enough.

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<v Speaker 1>How about this report? I will lend and not borrow.

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<v Speaker 1>My cup runs over.

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<v Speaker 2>I live under the open windows of heaven blessings that

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot contain. What seeds are you letting take root?

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<v Speaker 2>What you're dwelling on is what's going to come to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>I talked to a woman that was pregnant with triplets

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<v Speaker 2>and because of some other complications. It was considered a

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<v Speaker 2>very high risk pregnancy. They sent her to a group

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<v Speaker 2>of doctors that specialized in this. She was told that

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<v Speaker 2>she would be bedridden after three months of pregnancy and

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<v Speaker 2>that the babies would be born at least four months prematurely.

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<v Speaker 1>They'd seen this happen again and again.

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<v Speaker 2>She was respectful, but she didn't let that seed take root.

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<v Speaker 2>She told the doctors that she is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>the exception, that her babies were going to be born

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<v Speaker 2>full term, and she was not going to be bedridden.

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<v Speaker 1>They looked at her like, yeah, right.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point, the main doctor said, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>get gestational diabetes, something that occurs during pregnancy that can

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<v Speaker 2>lead to long term diabetes. He said, it's not if

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<v Speaker 2>you get it, it's when you get it. You have

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<v Speaker 2>all the signs, it's just a matter of time. She

0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:32.320
<v Speaker 2>asked the doctor very politely to not pronounce things over

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<v Speaker 2>her that have not yet happened.

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<v Speaker 1>She said, I'd prefer you to.

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<v Speaker 2>Say the statistics indicate that you will get gestational diabetes.

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<v Speaker 1>She didn't want that defeat being spoken over her.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't always keep it from coming, but you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to let it take root. They thought she was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of odd, But do you know she carried the

0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:57.679
<v Speaker 2>triplets the full nine months. She was never bedridden, She

0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:01.399
<v Speaker 2>drove herself to the hospital to deliver, and she never

0:24:01.480 --> 0:24:05.960
<v Speaker 2>did get gestational diabetes. Now these same doctors call her

0:24:06.200 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 2>the miracle Mom. They said, We've never seen anyone like you.

0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:14.200
<v Speaker 2>It's amazing what God will do if you don't let

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<v Speaker 2>negative seeds take root. Whose report are you gonna believe?

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<v Speaker 2>The report of the Lord or the report of people?

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<v Speaker 2>People are limited. God is unlimited, people are natural. God

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<v Speaker 2>is supernatural. People look at facts, statistics, what's supposed to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>God goes beyond normal logic.

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<v Speaker 2>He parts red seas, He brings little girls back to life.

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<v Speaker 2>He turns a shepherd boy into a king. He gave

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<v Speaker 2>Sarah a baby at eighty years old. He took Joseph

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<v Speaker 2>from a slave in prison to the prime minister of Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows where God is going to take you.

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<v Speaker 2>You haven't seen, heard, or imagined what He has in store.

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<v Speaker 2>You may not see how it can happen, but you.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't have to feel figure it out.

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<v Speaker 2>All you have to do is believe, and God will

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<v Speaker 2>cause you to defye The odds are negative seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>Limiting your future.

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<v Speaker 2>Take inventory of what's growing in your soil. You may

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<v Speaker 2>need to uproot some things. God can still do what

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<v Speaker 2>he promised, but you have to get in agreement with

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<v Speaker 2>him before you go to that next level. The enemy

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<v Speaker 2>will send these negative seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>To hold you back.

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<v Speaker 2>See to doubt, SiGe, you can't do it, SiGe, you

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<v Speaker 2>won't get well.

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<v Speaker 1>Seed.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never defeat alive a seed. You can't get up

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<v Speaker 2>in front of people. There will be these defining moments.

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<v Speaker 2>What you do with the seed will determine whether you

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<v Speaker 2>step into your greatness or whether you shrink back in

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<v Speaker 2>fear pass these tests.

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<v Speaker 1>Start refusing negative seeds.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let what people speak over you determine your future.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't let what the expert said cause you to live

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<v Speaker 2>in doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't let your own thoughts talk you out of what

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<v Speaker 1>God put in your He believe his report. He wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have put.

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<v Speaker 2>You in that situation if you weren't already equipped, empowered,

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<v Speaker 2>and anointed. You are strong, you are blessed, You are healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>you are qualified, you are valuable, You are victorious. Now

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<v Speaker 2>guard your mind and keep these negative seeds out.

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<v Speaker 1>If you'll do this. I believe and declare.

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<v Speaker 2>Like David, You're gonna defeat giants like Jyrus, God's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do what looks impossible like the miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna defy the odds and see God show out

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<v Speaker 1>Healing favor, breakthroughs.

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<v Speaker 2>you receive it, can you say amen? I want to

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<v Speaker 2>your life.

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<v Speaker 1>repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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