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

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Speaker 1: to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. We

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Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive,

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Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message.

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Speaker 1: God bless you. It's great to be with you today,

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Speaker 1: and I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week.

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Speaker 1: You can follow us on social medium, but I promise

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Speaker 1: you this we'll keep you inspired and encouraged. Thanks again

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Speaker 1: for tuning in though, and thank you all for coming

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Speaker 1: out in person. I like to start with something funny,

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Speaker 1: and I heard about this husband that died and he

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Speaker 1: left his wife twenty thousand dollars. After the funeral, his

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Speaker 1: wife told a friend that she was totally broke. The

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Speaker 1: friend said, what do you mean. I thought you said

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Speaker 1: you had twenty thousand. She said, I did, but I

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Speaker 1: spent five thousand on the funeral and fifteen thousand on

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Speaker 1: the memorial stone. The friend said, wow, that must have

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Speaker 1: been some kind of stone. How big was it? She

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Speaker 1: held up her finger and said three and a half carrots.

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: I can do. Today I will be taught the word

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Speaker 1: of God. I'll boldly confess. My mind is alert, my

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Speaker 1: heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name,

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

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Speaker 1: about can you handle the blessing. We all love to

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Speaker 1: be blessed, to see new doors opening, our business taking off,

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Speaker 1: we meet the person of our dreams, or we move

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Speaker 1: into that new house. We know that's God taking us

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Speaker 1: where we can't go on our own. But here's the key.

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Speaker 1: The blessing doesn't come by itself. Jesus told his disciples

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Speaker 1: in March chapter ten. Anything you give up for my sake, houses, property, people,

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Speaker 1: you will receive in this life one hundredfold return with persecution.

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Speaker 1: He could have said I'm going to give you the blessing,

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Speaker 1: the houses, the resources, the promotion, and left it there,

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Speaker 1: but he added this asterisk, so to speak, and said,

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Speaker 1: I'm going to bless you, but with that blessing is

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Speaker 1: going to come opposition. Jealousy, criticism, people that are not

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Speaker 1: for you. The question is not so much can you

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Speaker 1: handle the blessing. The question is can you handle the persecution?

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Speaker 1: Can you handle being misunderstood, talked about, left out. Everyone

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Speaker 1: is not going to celebrate your success. All your friends

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Speaker 1: won't be happy when you get that promotion, All your

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Speaker 1: relatives won't cheer you on when you move into that

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Speaker 1: new house, when your business increases, when you get engaged.

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Speaker 1: The favor on your life will stir up the jealousy,

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Speaker 1: the competition, the envy in certain people. Don't get upset.

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Speaker 1: It's not about you. It's about the blessing on your life.

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Speaker 1: You can't have the blessing without some kind of persecution.

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Speaker 1: If you're going to be blessed on a greater level,

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Speaker 1: you're going to be persecuted on a greater level. If

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Speaker 1: you can handle the persecution, then God can trust you

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Speaker 1: with the blessing. As long as you're going to be offended, upset,

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Speaker 1: fight with people, then the blessing wouldn't be a blessing.

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Speaker 1: You have to pass the test of overlooking insults, ignoring

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Speaker 1: what people are saying, not paying attention to the critics,

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Speaker 1: those trying to discredit you. They wouldn't be talking if

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Speaker 1: you weren't making a difference, if you weren't a leader,

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Speaker 1: if you weren't shining brightly. Let God deal with the naysayers.

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Speaker 1: Let God take care of those that are trying to

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Speaker 1: make you look bad, trying to stir up trouble, leaving

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Speaker 1: you out. Some people can't handle your success. They were

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Speaker 1: fine as long as you were at their level. They

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Speaker 1: as long as you lived in their neighborhood. But when

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Speaker 1: God blessed you in a greater way, it can stir

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Speaker 1: being okay with you. Your time is too valuable to worry

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Speaker 1: about what people think about you. Your assignment is too

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Speaker 1: important to try to convince everyone to like you. Don't

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Speaker 1: for you. Don't look to people, look to God. People

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Speaker 1: need their approval. You have Almighty God's approval. When Jesus

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Speaker 1: that this man had life again. He could see his children,

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Speaker 1: If God is going to bless you in a greater way,

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Speaker 1: you have to be able to handle greater persecution. Don't

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Speaker 1: get upset when people turn on you. Don't be revengeful

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Speaker 1: and use your influence to pay them back. Live bitter,

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Speaker 1: the opposition. What's interesting is the religious leaders never did

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Speaker 1: kill Lazarus. They came up with a plan, they had

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Speaker 1: stop your destiny. The blessing on your life is greater

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Speaker 1: don't stay focused on the persecution. Why did they turn

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Speaker 1: when you succeed? Small minded people. Small minded people think

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Speaker 1: you going up makes them look bad, so they try

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Speaker 1: God's favor is limited that you being blessed is keeping

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Speaker 1: What He's done for you, he can do for them.

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Speaker 1: I've seen this in my own life. God has taking

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Speaker 1: me places that I've never dreamed. I recognize that it's

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Speaker 1: And there have been many friends, family members, and other

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Speaker 1: ministers that have celebrated what God has done in my life,

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Speaker 1: people that have been very for me. I've noticed how

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Speaker 1: certain ministers that were behind me, happy for my success,

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Speaker 1: cheered me on. God has blessed them in great ways.

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Speaker 1: They've seen increase in favor and continued to rise higher.

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Speaker 1: But there were a few ministers that weren't for me.

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Speaker 1: They didn't know me, but they were hard, critical, jealous.

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Speaker 1: I understand this principle that with the blessing comes persecution.

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Speaker 1: to limit how high God will take. You don't have

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Speaker 1: a small minded mentality. Your friend being promoted doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: that God can't promote you. Your family member moving into

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Speaker 1: that nice house shouldn't intimidate you. It should inspire you.

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Speaker 1: God didn't run out of favor. If he did it

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Speaker 1: for them, he can do it for you. Now. I

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Speaker 1: believe that God is about to release greater blessings, greater influence,

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Speaker 1: You have to get to the point where you're not

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Speaker 1: bothered by persecution. You're okay with people not liking you.

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Speaker 1: You're not defensive when people don't understand you. Don't live

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Speaker 1: that you can handle the blessing, he'll open doors that

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Speaker 1: In Genesis twenty six, there was a great famine in

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Speaker 1: God told Isaac to not leave, but to stay in

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Speaker 1: the city of Jerarar, and God would bless him there.

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Speaker 1: Didn't make sense. I can imagine his neighbors laughing, Isaac,

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Speaker 1: Isaac was blessed in a great way. Verse thirteen says

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Speaker 1: he became a wealthy man, and his wealth continued to increase.

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Speaker 1: before the blessing stirred up trouble. It's funny how when

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Speaker 1: you step out in faith like Isaac, you're obedient, you stretch,

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Speaker 1: take risks, pray, and believe God blesses you. Then people

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Speaker 1: be quick to find fault when you're blessed. The Philistines

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Speaker 1: But as soon as God blessed him, as soon as

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Speaker 1: his business took off, as soon as he stood out,

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Speaker 1: they became jealous. Critical started finding fault. They didn't just

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Speaker 1: talk about him, They clogged up his wells, They filled

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Speaker 1: This is my property. He could have been baited into

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Speaker 1: too powerful for us. It wasn't about Isaac. He didn't

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Speaker 1: take it personally. It was about the blessing on his life.

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Speaker 1: When people don't accept you, when they leave you out,

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Speaker 1: they try to stir up conflict, don't take it personally.

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Speaker 1: It's not about you. It's about the favor that God's

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Speaker 1: God won't trust you with the blessing. Are you upset

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Speaker 1: over who's against you, who turned on you, who's talking

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Speaker 1: get bent out of shape every time you face persecution,

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Speaker 1: that's going to keep you from the abundance that belongs

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Speaker 1: to you. With great favor comes great haters. With great

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Speaker 1: abundance comes great opposition. With great blessing comes great persecution.

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Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me?

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

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Speaker 1: into my heart. I'll 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 1: I hope you'll get into a good Bible based church

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Speaker 1: and keep God first place. It's January. Time to renew

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Speaker 1: my faith. It's January. It's time to start a new season.

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Speaker 1: It's January.

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Speaker 2: There is no better time than now to set the

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

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Speaker 1: start afresh and a new to let go of negative

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Speaker 1: new things God has inside door. Every January we create

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Speaker 1: a new devotional calendar that will help you throughout the year.

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

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Speaker 1: what God's done, making positive declarations over your future, you're

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Speaker 1: setting the tone for a blessed day and a victorious year.

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Speaker 1: This devotional will help you get your mind going in

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Speaker 1: the right direction so you can go out each day

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Speaker 1: in faith knowing that God is in control, that His

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Speaker 1: plans for you are for good. I'd love to send

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Speaker 1: you a copy.

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Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift

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Speaker 2: of any amount this first month of the year. We

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Speaker 1: Do you want to.

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Speaker 2: See your life take off in new directions of influence, favor,

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Speaker 2: and pro vision in the year ahead. Using this devotional

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Speaker 2: calendar is as easy as one, two, three. One Wake

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Speaker 2: up with an expectancy in your heart. Two reflect on

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Speaker 2: the daily scripture, verse and devotional from Joel. Three Capture

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