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Speaker 1: Praying for you guys every day, and thanks for being

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Speaker 1: with us today. Hey, I'm excited. Victoria's got a new

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Speaker 1: book you will see how you are strengthened, that you

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Speaker 2: For anything that's in front of you. You are grace

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Speaker 2: to go. Enjoy today's message. God bless you. It's great

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Speaker 2: to be with you today.

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Speaker 1: And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the

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Speaker 1: week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media,

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Speaker 1: and you can come visit us in person. We'd love

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Speaker 1: to have you be a part of one of our services.

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Speaker 1: But I'd like to start with something funny. And I

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Speaker 1: heard about this man.

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Speaker 2: He was in his bathroom.

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Speaker 1: And he went over to the scales to weigh himself,

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Speaker 1: and his wife was over in the corner watching, and

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Speaker 1: he's a really large man. And when he stepped on

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Speaker 1: he sucked in his stomach as much as he possibly could,

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Speaker 2: He said, sure it is.

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Speaker 1: That's the only way I can see the numbers. Say

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

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

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Speaker 1: the God of another chance. We all have opportunities that

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Speaker 1: We had something important, we knew God's calling was on

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Speaker 1: Distractions and compromise and other people cause us to get

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Speaker 2: We knew better, if we'd only done better.

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Speaker 1: The good news is God has taken into account every

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Speaker 1: That should stop your destiny, it should keep us from

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Speaker 2: But we serve the God of another chance.

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Speaker 1: He's full of mercy when we don't deserve it.

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Speaker 2: It was our own fault. He could say, too bad,

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Speaker 1: I'm done with you, But he steps in and says,

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Speaker 1: I've got you covered. I'm going to give you another chance,

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Speaker 1: another chance to have a great relationship, another chance to

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Speaker 1: You haven't made too many mistakes. God's calling is still

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Speaker 1: disqualify you. Now, don't disqualify yourself. See the enemy is

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Speaker 1: Got distracted and compromised. You mishandled your talent, your potential.

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Speaker 1: mercy is bigger than your mistakes. That God doesn't give

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Speaker 1: God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. These two stone tablets

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Speaker 1: raised up these two stone tablets, something sacred that God

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Speaker 1: And it's easy to judge Moses and think, man, how

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Speaker 1: how many of us have mishandled something incredibly valuable that

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Speaker 1: pride having to be right tear us apart. We mishandled

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Speaker 1: Didn't give it our full effort, like we threw it away.

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Speaker 1: Or how about the calling on our life? We knew

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Speaker 1: our family, to break negative cycles, to come out of

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Speaker 1: interesting that Moses was frustrated because other people wouldn't do

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Speaker 2: Yes, we're gonna be bright lights.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna do what we can, but don't throw down

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Speaker 1: God said to him in Deuteronomy chapter ten, prepare two

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Speaker 1: That wasn't the loaf of manna that Moses threw down,

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Speaker 2: This was a one of a kind.

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Speaker 2: He's the God of another chance.

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Speaker 1: You may have mishandled, some things missed, opportunities, had relationship soured,

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Speaker 1: You may have thrown it down, but he knows how

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Speaker 2: For you up on the mountain. Don't let guilt keep

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Speaker 1: He's going to restore what you threw down. He's going

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Speaker 2: Now we're at odds. I mishandled my gifts. I didn't pay.

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Speaker 1: Attention in school, didn't put forth effort at work. I

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Speaker 2: He lost all of his power.

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Speaker 2: Look at the mercy of God.

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Speaker 1: Making fun of Samson, he felt this supernatural strength come

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Speaker 1: Like Samson, you may have mishandled some things. You think

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Speaker 1: too many times. Nothing you've done has stopped your purpose.

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Speaker 1: Another chance is coming.

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Speaker 1: God's about to rewrite what you shatter Like Sampson.

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