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Speaker 4: Hi, this is Joel on Wednesdays, we bring you the

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Speaker 4: coming out today. I like to start with something funny,

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Speaker 4: and I heard about this lady. She was on an

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Speaker 4: airplane reading her Bible. The men sitting next to her said,

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Speaker 4: She said, of course I do. It's the Bible. He said, well,

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Speaker 4: what about that God that got swallowed by a well?

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Speaker 4: She said, oh, you mean Jonah. Yes, I believe that too.

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Speaker 4: He said, well, how could he possibly live that long

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Speaker 4: to ask him. He said, sarcastically, what if he's not

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Speaker 4: ask him. Hold up your Bible, say it like you

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Speaker 4: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it

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Speaker 4: I can do what it says I can do. Today

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Speaker 4: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess.

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Speaker 4: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will

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Speaker 4: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

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Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today about keep growing.

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Speaker 4: Too many people suffer from destination disease. They've reached a

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Speaker 4: reason is we see learning as a period of life

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Speaker 4: Read books to learn how to communicate more effectively. People

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Speaker 4: doing something strategic and something intentional every day to improve

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Speaker 4: Like these two lumberjacks. They were out chopping down trees.

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Speaker 4: that he can open new doors. The scripture says, there

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