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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jolan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks.

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Speaker 2: For supporting the ministry. We believe you're going to have an.

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Speaker 1: Awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, and favor filled.

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Speaker 2: God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you. It's a joy to come into

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Speaker 1: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 1: stop buying. Be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 1: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 1: I like to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 1: about this lady. She just got out of choir practice

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Speaker 1: and she was so fired up. She put a hank

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Speaker 1: if you love Jesus bumper sticker on her car. At

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Speaker 1: the intersection, she was digging in her purse and didn't

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Speaker 1: notice the light turned green. She said, I was so

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Speaker 1: excited to find out the god behind me loved Jesus.

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Speaker 1: He started honking, so I leaned out the window, waved

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Speaker 1: at him and.

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Speaker 2: Said, I love Jesus too.

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Speaker 1: She said, I found out a whole lot of people

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Speaker 2: Everybody started hank.

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Speaker 1: One man even screamed Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: After we shared all that love together, I was the

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Speaker 1: only one to make it through the intersection. I felt

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Speaker 1: so bad. I pulled over and waved one last time,

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Speaker 1: just to let them know how much I love Jesus

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Speaker 1: and know she doesn't come to Lakewood. But say it

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Speaker 1: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am

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Speaker 1: what it says I am. I have what it says

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Speaker 1: I have. I can do what it says I can do.

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Speaker 1: Today I will be taught the word of God. I

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Speaker 1: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about

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Speaker 1: praying for others. It's good to pray for yourself, pray

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Speaker 1: for your dreams, pray for wisdom, ask God to help

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Speaker 2: That's important, but don't stop there.

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Speaker 1: You have the ability to help someone else reach their destiny.

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Speaker 1: There are people God has put in your life that

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Speaker 1: won't become who they were created to be without you praying.

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Speaker 1: They don't have the faith to accomplish their dreams. They

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Speaker 1: won't break the addiction, they won't overcome the challenge without

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Speaker 1: you stepping up and asking God on their behalf. The

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Speaker 1: scripture tells us in James, to pray one for another.

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Speaker 2: You don't have to go to them physically.

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about in your private time, not just focusing

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Speaker 1: on your needs, your goals, your dreams. Take time every

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Speaker 1: day to pray for others. Look around at who's in

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Speaker 1: come up by accident. God brought them across your path.

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Speaker 1: He's counting on you to lift them up. Well, Joel,

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Speaker 1: I have my own problems, own issues, my own dreams.

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Speaker 1: I need somebody to pray for me. When you pray

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Speaker 1: for others, you are sowing a.

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Speaker 2: Seed for God to help you.

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Speaker 1: When Job was overcome with difficulties his world turned upside down,

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Speaker 1: he understood this principle. He didn't just pray for himself.

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Speaker 1: He went out and prayed for his friends. He turned

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Speaker 1: for others. The scripture says, when Job prayed for his friends,

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Speaker 1: his health was restored. Could it be if you would

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Speaker 2: Your dreams, your breakthroughs would show up.

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Speaker 1: Paul tells us in galations to bear one another's burdens.

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Speaker 2: We weren't meant to carry the load on our own.

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Speaker 2: We need each other. Life can be heavy.

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Speaker 1: People are lonely, they've been through disappointments, they're dealing with illes.

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Speaker 1: They can smile on the outside and be hurting on

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Speaker 1: the inside. They have stress and pressure that we know

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Speaker 1: nothing about. When you pray for them, it helps lighten

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Speaker 1: the load. Your prayers cause the angels to go to work.

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Speaker 1: And it may not happen overnight, but your prayer is

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Speaker 1: They don't even know your praying. You may not get

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Speaker 2: You encourage me, you help me. That's good.

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Speaker 1: I'm grateful, But my favorite thing is when they say, Joel,

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Speaker 1: I'm praying for you. When you pray for someone, you're

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Speaker 1: not just sending good wishes. You're not just saying good luck.

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Speaker 2: Prayer moves the hands that rule the world.

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Speaker 1: Prayer causes the God who created the universe to make

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Speaker 1: Book of Revelation, John described what he saw in heaven,

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Speaker 1: how there were angels all around the throne, constantly singing, worshiping,

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Speaker 1: silence in heaven for thirty minutes. During this time, an

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Speaker 1: angel came to the altar with the jar of incense,

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Speaker 1: which represents the prayers coming up from the earth. Verse

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Speaker 1: prayers of the saints, went up before God.

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Speaker 1: Is in heaven. There was all this singing, all this worshiping.

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Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, the angels stopped singing. The

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Speaker 1: Heaven came to a standstill.

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Speaker 2: Was something wrong? Was there an emergency?

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Speaker 1: No, all of heaven stopped to hear the prayers coming

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Speaker 1: up from God's people. Your prayers go up like incense

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Speaker 1: before the throne of God, and you may think nobody's listening.

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Speaker 1: Voices whisper God's not concerned about you.

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Speaker 1: No, when you pray, just imagine the angels get quiet,

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Speaker 1: the musicians stop playing. Gabriel says to God, I've silenced

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Speaker 1: everything because I hear a prayer coming up from one

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Speaker 1: of your children. Somebody believes you can do the impossible.

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Speaker 1: Somebody's counting on you to heal a friend from cancer,

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Speaker 1: creator of the universe comes to attention. That's when supernatural

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Speaker 1: things take place. When you pray. Red Caesar parted. When

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Speaker 1: you pray, compact centers show up. When you pray, you

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Speaker 1: can overcome those illnesses. I'm asking you to not just

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Speaker 1: pray for yourself, pray for others. Use this power to

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Speaker 1: help somebody else reach their highest potential. In Acts Chapter twelve,

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Speaker 1: how much this pleased the people, he was planning on

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Speaker 1: doing the same thing to Peter. He arrested Peter and

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Speaker 1: But on the night before Peter was to go to trial,

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Speaker 1: Verse five says the church was earnestly praying for Peter.

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Speaker 1: The believers had gathered in a house. They spent the

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Speaker 1: night asking God to help their friend, to somehow bring

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the night, an angel showed up

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Speaker 1: at the prison and woke Peter up. Peter wasn't praying,

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Speaker 1: When the angel woke him up, the chains fell off

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Speaker 2: They opened on their own accord. Peter's life was spared.

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Speaker 1: What's interesting is the scripture says specifically that people were

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Speaker 2: And while we rejoice over what God did for Peter.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if James would have had people praying for him,

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Speaker 1: maybe he wouldn't have lost his life. Maybe the Angel

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Speaker 1: My challenge is, don't let there be a James in

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Speaker 1: They should be Peter's. Cover them in prayer. Ask God

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Speaker 1: to strengthen them, to help them, to protect them. Pray

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Speaker 1: that they'll accomplish their dreams. Pray that they'll leave their

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Speaker 1: mark on this generation. Your prayer can make the difference.

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Speaker 1: Your prayer can cause the Angel to show up. When

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Speaker 1: you go to God on somebody else's behalf, Heaven comes

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Speaker 1: to attention. God is concerned about what concerns you. Some

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Speaker 1: people don't have the faith to believe on their own.

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Speaker 2: They may not be living right, they don't think they

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Speaker 2: deserve it.

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Speaker 1: But because you're honoring God, because you took the time

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Speaker 2: Bless them for your sake. You have a gift.

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Speaker 1: You can help someone else succeed on their own.

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Speaker 2: They can't do it on their own.

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Speaker 1: They're James but when you pray prison doors opening, the

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Speaker 1: addiction will be broken. The right people will show up.

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Speaker 1: Are you using your gift? Are you praying for others?

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Speaker 1: Life is too short to live only thinking about my dreams,

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Speaker 2: That's a shallow way to live.

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Speaker 1: You'll never be truly fulfilled that way, because you need

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Speaker 1: other people to stand in faith with you. When you

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Speaker 1: develop this habit of praying for others, God will make

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Speaker 2: Be plenty of people praying for you.

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Speaker 1: The scripture says one can chase a thousand, but two

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Speaker 1: can put ten thousand to fly. You are ten times

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Speaker 1: more powerful when you have somebody praying for you. That's

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Speaker 1: why every morning.

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Speaker 2: I pray for your dreams. I pray for your.

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Speaker 1: I pray for everyone that's a part of our ministry.

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Speaker 1: I may not know your name, but God, does you

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Speaker 1: listen for fifteen seconds, and I'm praying for you.

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Speaker 2: Some nights, before I go to.

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Speaker 1: all the people that are hurting in the world. My

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Speaker 1: brother Paul just returned from a rack where he was

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Speaker 1: operating on people that were injured in the war.

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Speaker 2: It's very horrific, so much heartache and pain.

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Speaker 1: I believe God brought those people across my path through

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Speaker 1: my brother, not to just feel sorry for them, not

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Speaker 1: to just think that's too bad, but to say, God,

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Speaker 1: show them your mercy, heal their wounds, protect them, let

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Speaker 1: them see your goodness. You don't know your prayer may

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Speaker 1: protect a child from a mortar wound. Your prayer may

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Speaker 1: keep an accident from happening, or your prayer may lift

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Speaker 1: a heavy burden from a family that's endured incredible pain.

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Speaker 1: I was in another city recently and this gentleman came

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Speaker 1: dressed very nice. He told how he and his family

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Speaker 1: watch our program, how they've learned about God and it's

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Speaker 1: helped them to overcome some difficulties. I thanked him for

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Speaker 1: taking the time to tell me. As I was leaving,

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Speaker 1: I said, almost in passing, I'm going to be praying

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Speaker 2: He looked at me so genuinely, with these tears starting

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Speaker 2: to come down his cheeks. He said, why would you

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Speaker 1: You don't even know me. I don't come from your

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Speaker 1: same faith. I said, none of that matters. I know

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Speaker 1: You're blessed now, Blessing God answered your prayers.

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Speaker 1: The truth is, none of us got to where we

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Speaker 1: That's how powerful it is when you not only live

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Speaker 2: Pray for your seed, you pray for your children.

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Speaker 1: Victoria, as a little girl, would go back to Georgia

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Speaker 2: Her seed in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Victoria never dreamed she'd be in the ministry. We never

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Speaker 2: Is because people took time to pray.

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Speaker 1: Somebody did it for us, Somebody did it for you.

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Speaker 1: Now let's do it for somebody else. Look around at

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Speaker 1: without you praying, won't fulfill their destiny.

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Speaker 2: I'm asking you to turn them into a Peter.

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Speaker 1: Make it your mission to pray for them, stand in

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Speaker 1: I believe and declare to seed you. So is going

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Speaker 1: to come back to you like job. As you pray

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Speaker 1: for others. You're going to see your prayers, answer, your healing, calm,

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Speaker 2: If you receive it, Can you say amen?

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Speaker 1: Today I'd like to give you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me?

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Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins.

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Speaker 2: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior.

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

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Speaker 2: It's January. Time to renew my Faithanuary, It's time to

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Speaker 1: The beginning of the year is a great time to

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Speaker 1: When you start the day off in faith, grateful for

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Speaker 2: This devotional will help you.

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Speaker 1: Do you want to see your life take off in

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