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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to

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Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you

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Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and

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Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray

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Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. So God bless you.

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Speaker 1: It is always a joy to come into your homes.

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Speaker 1: We love you and we are believing for God's very

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Speaker 1: best in your life. I know this, God rewards people

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Speaker 1: that seek after Him. I believe that's you, or you

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be watching, or you wouldn't have come out today.

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Speaker 2: So thank you for coming.

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Speaker 1: If you're ever in our area, stop by and be

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Speaker 1: a part of one of our services. We loved you

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Speaker 1: and just appreciate you. Tuning in. I like to get

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Speaker 1: started each week with something kind of funny, and I

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Speaker 1: heard about these two little boys. They were brothers, ages

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Speaker 1: four and six. They were spending the night at their grandmother's.

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Speaker 1: Before they went to bed, their grandmother told them to

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Speaker 1: make sure that they said their prayers. So they went

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Speaker 1: to their room, got down on their knees, and the

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Speaker 1: youngest boy, he began to pray at the top of

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Speaker 1: his lungs. God I pray for a new bicycle. I

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Speaker 1: pray for a new placestation. I pray for a new DVD.

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Speaker 1: His brother punched him and said, why are you screaming?

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Speaker 1: God is not death. The little boy said, I know that,

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Speaker 1: but grandmother is all right. Hold up your Bible, say

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

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Speaker 1: I 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: speaking faith filled words. Our words have creative power. If

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Speaker 1: you want to know what you're going to be like

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Speaker 1: five years from now, just listen to what you're saying

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Speaker 1: about yourself. You are prophesying your future. Too many people

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Speaker 1: go around saying I'll never get well, I'll never get

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Speaker 1: out of debt. It's flu season, I'll probably get it.

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Speaker 1: This marriage is it going to last? Then they wonder

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Speaker 1: why they don't get any good breaks and why they

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Speaker 1: don't see situations turn around. It's because they're calling in defeat.

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Speaker 1: They're calling in mediocrity. With our words, we can either

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Speaker 1: bless our future or we can curse our future. When

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Speaker 1: you get up in the morning, you may not feel

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Speaker 1: up to par. You may have some problems. It looks

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Speaker 1: send your words out in the direction you would like

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Speaker 1: your life to go, instead of complaining and saying, oh,

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Speaker 1: this is going to be a lousy day. I can't

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Speaker 1: stand this job. My spouse never compliments me. No, don't

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Speaker 1: use your words to describe your situation. Use your words

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Speaker 1: to change your situation. You may not feel up to par,

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Speaker 1: but dare to make a declaration of faith and just say,

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Speaker 1: you know what, this is going to be a great day.

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Speaker 1: I have God's favor. He's directing my steps. Whatever I

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Speaker 1: touch is going to prosper and succeed. You know what

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Speaker 2: You blessed your future.

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Speaker 1: You called in favor, called in increase, called in good breaks.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you what have you been calling in?

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Speaker 1: What are you speaking over your family, over your children,

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Speaker 1: over your health, over your finances. It's not enough to

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Speaker 1: just think it, It's not enough to just believe it.

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Speaker 1: We give life to our faith. When we speak it out,

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Speaker 1: you say, Joel, my child is never going to do

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Speaker 2: He won't listen to me.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he's ever going to get back on course. No,

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Speaker 1: that's just calling in more of the same. You need

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Speaker 1: to change what you're saying. Start saying, Father, I thank

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Speaker 1: you that my child is blessed. He will make good decisions.

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Speaker 1: He is free from every stronghold. He will fulfill his destiny.

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Speaker 1: The fact is he may be as rebellious as can be.

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Speaker 1: But when you're with your friends, don't talk about how

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Speaker 1: Speak victory over his life. When they ask how he's doing,

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Speaker 2: Those words are like seeds. That is your faith being released.

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Speaker 1: When God hears that, he says to the angels, do

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Speaker 1: you hear what she's saying. She's speaking, faith, angels, I

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Speaker 2: That's what it says in Romans four seventeen.

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Speaker 1: We have to call the things that are not as

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Speaker 1: been hurting me for years. I'm getting so old. I

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Speaker 1: No, you just spoke defeat into your future. Turn it around,

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Speaker 1: have a report of victory. I may not feel up

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Speaker 1: restoring health. Unto me, I'm getting stronger, healthier, younger. My

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Speaker 1: best day are still up ahead. You're gonna get what

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Speaker 1: you call in. I have a friend. We used to

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Speaker 1: And when I'd see him and ask what's been going on,

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Speaker 1: he said, all, not much. I'm just getting old and

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Speaker 1: And I know he was kind of just kidding. And

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Speaker 1: I probably hadn't seen him in fifteen twenty years, and

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Speaker 1: I saw him one day. I nearly passed out. He

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I'm not gonna speak

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Speaker 1: defeat over my life. My declaration is I'm getting younger.

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Speaker 1: God is renewing my youth like the ego. I'm getting stronger.

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Speaker 1: Health and healing is flowing through me. I'm getting better looking.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep my hair. We need to pay attention

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Speaker 1: I'm so tired, I don't have any energy. They have

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Speaker 1: said it so much it's become a reality. The more

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Speaker 1: we talk about it, the more we're gonna call it in.

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Speaker 1: If you wake up in the morning and feel tired

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Speaker 1: and feel lethargic, instead of complaining, you need to start declaring.

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Speaker 1: I'm strong, I'm full of energy. God is renewing my strength.

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Speaker 1: know sometimes when we've been traveling a lot, being very busy,

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Speaker 1: we'll come to church and Victoria will say, Joel, I

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Speaker 1: am so tired. Look at my eyes. Can you see

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Speaker 1: how red they are? I always say, no, Victoria, you

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Speaker 1: look great. You look just as beautiful as ever. She said, no,

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Speaker 1: I don't I know you, You just won't say it.

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Speaker 1: She's right, but I want to agree with that. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to speak defeat. I want to speak victory.

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Speaker 1: I often wonder what she would think if I ever said, oh, yeah, Victoria,

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Speaker 1: you don't look good at all. You look so tired

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Speaker 1: and you're gonna really wear that. I'd have to find

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Speaker 1: about being depressed, the more depressed will be. The more

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Speaker 1: you're gonna get. Switch over into victory. Don't talk about

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Speaker 1: the way you are, talk about the way you want

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Speaker 1: to be. There's a young lady that works here on staff,

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Speaker 1: and she told our women's group one day how every

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Speaker 1: morning before she leaves the house, she looks in the

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Speaker 1: mirror and says, girl, you are looking good today. I

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Speaker 1: still doing it. She says, yeah, In fact, this morning, Joel,

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Speaker 1: when I looked in that mirror, I said, girl, some

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Speaker 1: days you look good, but today you looking really good.

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Speaker 1: But I wonder how many of us would be bold

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Speaker 1: look good today, I'm overweighed, I'm unattractive, I can't do

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Speaker 1: anything right now. Don't speak that defeat over your life.

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Speaker 1: You are prophesying what you're going to become. Let's be

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Speaker 1: I'm made in the image of Almighty God. I am strong, talented,

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Speaker 1: When our little daughter Alexandra was about four years old,

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Speaker 1: she overheard Victoria and I talking about this little boy

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Speaker 1: that was having terrible headaches. It was causing him to

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Speaker 1: I thought, you are exactly all right. You are prophesying

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Speaker 1: You're gonna have what you say. Man, it's terrible when

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Speaker 1: your own children believe your messages. But the scripture says,

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Speaker 1: gonna go to the next level, you need to say so.

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Speaker 1: If you're gonna overcome that addiction, you have to say so.

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Speaker 1: If you're gonna have a blessed yeer, if you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get out of debt, if you're gonna accomplish your dreams,

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Speaker 1: start saying so. Nothing happens until we speak it out.

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Speaker 2: Say let the redeemed of the Lord think so. Let

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Speaker 2: the redeemed believe so.

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Speaker 1: Oh of course, it's important to think right, it's important

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Speaker 1: to believe right. But something supernatural happens.

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Speaker 2: When we speak it out.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to say it to anybody else, Just

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Speaker 1: say it to yourself. Driving to work in the shower.

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Speaker 1: The economy may be low, but I am blessed I

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Speaker 1: am prosperous.

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Speaker 2: I will lend and not borrow.

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Speaker 1: The hurricane may have hit, I had some setbacks, but

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Speaker 1: I know it was a setup for a comeback. This

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Speaker 1: is still going to be my best year so far.

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Speaker 1: The favor of God is.

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Speaker 1: Or I may be a little lonely right now, but

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Speaker 1: I know this is just a season. God is bringing

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Speaker 1: somebody great into my life. I will get married.

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Speaker 2: I haven't met him yet, but he's on his way.

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Speaker 1: And let me tell you, he's tall, dark, handsome, plus

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Speaker 1: he's rich. I know you were thinking it. I might

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Speaker 1: as well say it. Put your faith out there. You

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Speaker 1: are prophesying your future. I hope you take this in

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Speaker 1: the right place way. But ever since I've been on television,

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Speaker 1: I've said privately, people like me.

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Speaker 2: And when they turn me on, they can't turn me off.

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Speaker 1: You don't know how many letters I get from people

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Speaker 1: this ay, Joel. I don't watch television ministers. I am

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Speaker 1: not a religious person. But when I was flipping through

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Speaker 1: had a major challenge. He was in charge of rebuilding

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Speaker 1: He said in Zachariah four to seven, who are you, o,

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Speaker 1: great mountain that stands against me? You shall become a plain,

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Speaker 1: by shouting grace grace to it. Notice this is saying

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Speaker 1: a mountain will be turned into a mold hill, how

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Speaker 1: by speaking grace to it. Another word for grace is favor.

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Speaker 1: In other words, he went around talking to his mountains, saying,

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Speaker 1: I've got the favor of God. I can do all

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Speaker 1: things through Christ. I will fulfill my destiny. I love

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Speaker 1: the way it starts. Who are you, o, great mountain?

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Speaker 1: He was saying, you can't defeat me. Don't you know

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Speaker 1: who I am. I have an advantage. I have the

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Speaker 1: favor of God. When he looked at his mountain, he

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Speaker 1: didn't get discouraged. He knew it wasn't permittent. He understood

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Speaker 1: this principle. He could speak favor to his mountain, and

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Speaker 1: God promised they would become mere mole hills. In the

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Speaker 1: same way, when you face challenges, don't start talking defeat,

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Speaker 1: don't start complaining. Dare to do like he did and

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Speaker 1: start declaring favor. You may be struggling in your finances,

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Speaker 1: get that check book out and speak favor over it.

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Speaker 1: You may have a child that's not doing right, Speak

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Speaker 1: favor over him. Perhaps a situation at work is very difficult.

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Speaker 1: Start speaking to that mountain. If you will declare God's favor,

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Speaker 1: He's promised your mountains will turn into mohills. It's interesting

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Speaker 1: when Moses was leading the people of Israel there through

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Speaker 1: the wilderness and they needed water. God told him to

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Speaker 1: strike the rock, and when he struck this rock, water

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Speaker 1: began to flow out of that. Some time later they

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Speaker 1: needed water again. This time God told him to speak

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Speaker 1: to the rock. Do you know what Moses did. He

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Speaker 1: went back to doing it the old way, and he

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Speaker 1: struck the rock again and again. Eventually water did come out,

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Speaker 1: but it took a lot more effort than was needed.

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Speaker 2: We do the same thing today.

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Speaker 1: We try to solve our problems all in our own

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Speaker 1: strength and make things work out. We're trying to fix

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Speaker 1: But God is saying, you don't have to strike the

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Speaker 1: rock anymore. My son came so you could live an

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Speaker 1: abundant life. Just speak to the rock, just a clear

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Speaker 1: favor over that situation. Get up every day and say

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Speaker 1: I am blessed. No weapon formed against me is ever

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Speaker 1: gonna prosper what is meant for my harm? God's using

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Speaker 1: to my advantage. This problem will not defeat me. Friends,

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Speaker 1: we don't have to live life frustrated. God wants you

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Speaker 1: to enter into an anointing of ease. If you'll get

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Speaker 1: your words going in the right direction, you're gonna see

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Speaker 1: obstacles that have held you back for years begin to

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Speaker 1: clear out of your path. You're gonna see family difficulties

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Speaker 1: that look permanent begin to turn around. That situation at

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Speaker 1: work where you've been constantly struggling, God's gonna smooth it out,

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Speaker 1: giving you wisdom, favor, taking away the wrong people, bringing

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Speaker 1: in the right people, making your crooked places straight. Some

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Speaker 1: of you today you've been striking the rock, but it's

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Speaker 1: time to speak.

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Speaker 2: To the rock.

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Speaker 1: Don't talk about your problem. Talk to your problem every

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Speaker 1: morning when you wake up to clear Godd's favor. Learn

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Speaker 1: to call things that are not as if they already are.

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Speaker 1: Get in agreement with God. Say what he says about you.

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Speaker 1: His words coming out of your mouth is one of

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Speaker 1: the most powerful things you can ever do. And remember,

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Speaker 1: it's not enough to think it, it's not enough to

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Speaker 1: believe it. You've got to give life to your faith

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Speaker 1: by speaking it out. If you'll get in a habit

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Speaker 1: of declaring favor and speaking these faith filled words, You're

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Speaker 1: going to see negative situations turn around. Your mountains are

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Speaker 1: going to turn into mold hills. God's going to fight

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Speaker 1: every enemy and every dream, every promise God put in

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Speaker 1: It's easy to feel stuck in life, wondering why things

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