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Speaker 3: But thanks for tuning in. I like to start with

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Speaker 3: about it a moment, said granddaddy. God's getting better, isn't he.

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Speaker 3: All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you

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Speaker 3: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says.

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Speaker 3: I want to talk to you today about having a

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Speaker 3: That's the way everybody thinks, Joel. Yes, but here's the key.

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Speaker 3: You're not everybody. You're a child of the most high God.

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Speaker 3: I've got the favor of God. Goodness and mercy are

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Speaker 3: we're the wrong nationality. We just live in the wrong country. No,

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Speaker 3: got to shake off a defeated mindset, shake off discouraging comments,

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Speaker 3: for you. You have the seed of Almighty God on

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Speaker 3: And know this, right past that giant is promotion. On

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Speaker 3: It was meant to promote you. But you got to

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Speaker 3: Now you've got to dig your heels in, look at

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Speaker 3: If you will have this different spirit, this can do mentality,

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Speaker 3: like the people of Israel, you are camped right next

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Speaker 3: have to realize the reason the enemy is fighting you

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Speaker 3: This is not the time to complain. This is the

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Speaker 3: time to have a different sphere. It's interesting. Out of

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Speaker 3: I found it's about the same statistics today. In general,

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Speaker 3: of ten will want to complain and settle rather than

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Speaker 3: move forward in faith. But I'm asking you to not

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Speaker 3: say this is impossible. Everybody may be complaining, trying to

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Speaker 3: different spirit. I have a made up mind. I Am

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Speaker 3: not going to give up on the promise God put

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Speaker 3: in my heart. I know right past this challenge is promotion.

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Speaker 3: So I'm going to stay in faith and keep pressing forward.

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Speaker 3: When you do that, God promises you will not only

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Speaker 3: rise higher, but your children, your descendants will see God's

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Speaker 3: goodness in a greater way. All because you didn't live

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Speaker 3: and some of you today you need to get your fireback.

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Speaker 3: You've let people talk you out of your dreams. You've

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Speaker 3: let family members damp in your faith. You've let coworkers

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Speaker 3: steal your joy. You need to draw that line in

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Speaker 3: the sand and say this is a new day. If

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Speaker 3: they want to complain, they can complain, but I'm not

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Speaker 3: joining in. If they want to live negative and sour,

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Speaker 3: that's fine, But I'm living my life in faith. If

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Speaker 3: they don't want to believe, that's okay, but they're not

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Speaker 3: going to stop me. I am a believer and not

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Speaker 3: a doubter. I am a thermostat and not a thermometer.

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Speaker 3: If you'll learn to have this different spirit than just

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Speaker 3: like Vanessa, you will overcome obstacles that looked insurmountable. Like David,

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Speaker 3: you will conquer enemies that looked impossible. And like Caleb,

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Speaker 3: even though everyone is settling around you, you and your

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Speaker 3: children will make it into your promised land. You will

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Speaker 3: fulfill your God given destiny. Amen. Do you receive that today?

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Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I

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Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make

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