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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting

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Speaker 2: the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you

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Speaker 2: be a blessing and share it with a friend, reappreciate

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Speaker 2: you and pray for God's very best in your life. Well,

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Speaker 2: God bless you, and thanks for letting us come into

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Speaker 2: your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please

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Speaker 2: stop by and be a part of.

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Speaker 1: One of our services.

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Speaker 2: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.

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Speaker 2: I let to start with something funny, and I heard

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Speaker 2: about this elderly minister. He was close to death. He

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Speaker 2: sent word for two of his members, an ours agent

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Speaker 2: and a lawyer to come to his house. A poort arrival,

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Speaker 2: he motioned for them to sit on each side of

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Speaker 2: the bed. The men were very moved that they could

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Speaker 2: be with their pastor.

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Speaker 1: In his final moments.

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Speaker 2: One point, the lawyer asked, Sir, why did you choose

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Speaker 2: both of us. The minister mustered up some strength and said,

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Speaker 2: Jesus died between two sinners.

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Speaker 1: That's the way I want to go. All right, it's

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Speaker 1: just a joke. Here we go.

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Speaker 2: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 2: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 2: to talk to you today about the power of favor.

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Speaker 2: What God has in your future can't be accomplished on

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Speaker 2: your own. The places He's going to take you, you can't.

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Speaker 1: Get there by yourself.

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Speaker 2: There will be obstacles, too, big, dreams that seem impossible.

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Speaker 2: You're going to need assistance for where you're going. The

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Speaker 2: good news is God has put something on you that

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Speaker 2: gives you an advantage, something that will open doors you

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Speaker 2: can't open, something that will make you stand out in

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Speaker 2: the crowd.

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Speaker 1: It's called favor.

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Speaker 2: Favor will cause good breaks to come to you. Favor

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Speaker 2: will take you from the background to the foreground. Favor

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Speaker 2: will give you preferential treatment things you don't deserve. You

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Speaker 2: weren't next in line, but you got the promotion on paper.

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Speaker 1: It didn't make sense.

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Speaker 2: But the loan went through that person that was so

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Speaker 2: against you for some reason.

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Speaker 1: They changed.

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Speaker 2: Now, therefore you that wasn't a coincidence.

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Speaker 1: That was the favor of God.

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Speaker 2: And we can work hard, be faithful, be diligent. That's important,

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Speaker 2: but that will only take us to a certain level.

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Speaker 2: We'll go as far as our education, as far as

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Speaker 2: our background allows. But when God breathes his favor on you,

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Speaker 2: things will happen that you couldn't make happen, opportunity that

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Speaker 2: you didn't see coming.

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Speaker 1: The right people will track you down.

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Speaker 2: I've heard it said one touch of favor is worth

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Speaker 2: more than a lifetime of labor. Just one good break,

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Speaker 2: one phone call, meeting one right person will catapult you

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Speaker 2: to a level. You've worked hard, you've been faithful, you've

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Speaker 2: honored God. Now get ready for favor. Get ready for

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Speaker 2: God to show out. He's about to do something unusual,

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Speaker 2: something that you haven't seen. Good breaks that you didn't

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Speaker 1: You can't explain it, you can't take credit for it.

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Speaker 1: It's the favor of God.

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Speaker 2: God told Noah to build an arc about four hundred

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Speaker 2: and fifty feet long. Noah wasn't a builder, that wasn't

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Speaker 2: his profession. It seemed impossible. But God will never ask

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Speaker 2: to do it. You have favor, The question is do

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Speaker 2: you have the faith? Are you going to talk yourself.

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Speaker 2: I don't have the resources, I don't know the right people.

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Speaker 1: For all of that.

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Speaker 2: Favor is on your life, and it's good to have education.

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Speaker 2: But education alone is not enough. Talent alone is not enough.

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Speaker 1: You need favor for where you're going. You may not

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Speaker 2: He has already lined up divine connections people that will

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Speaker 2: You don't have to manipulate people, try to convince them

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Speaker 1: They will go out of their way to be good

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Speaker 2: You don't have to find them, they will find you.

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Speaker 2: You keep honoring God, believing expecting the favor on your

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Speaker 2: the people in Noah's day I didn't care anything about God.

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Speaker 2: They were living wild, partying, worshiping idols. God was so

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Speaker 2: But the scripture says Noah found favor in the eyes

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Speaker 1: They were about to perish.

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Speaker 2: The next verse says Noah continually followed God's will and

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Speaker 2: did what was right. Noah could a compromise fit in

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Speaker 2: you keep him first place, you will find favor in

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Speaker 2: the eyes of the Lord. There is a blessing on

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Speaker 2: going down. Well, Joel, if I have favor, why am

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Speaker 2: I having these difficulties? Why did these people come against me?

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Speaker 2: Why did this business slow down? Having favor doesn't mean

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Speaker 2: you won't have challenges, and favor is what's going to

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Speaker 2: keep the challenges.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes God will put you in a situation so he

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Speaker 2: can show you his favor. One definition of favor is

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Speaker 2: to endorse, to bring the prominence.

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Speaker 1: To give notoriety.

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Speaker 2: If you ask someone to indorse your book, you find

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Speaker 2: following when they put their name on your book, because

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Speaker 2: they have such prominence that instantly gives you more credibility.

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Speaker 2: Oprah Winfrey used to have her book club. When she

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Speaker 2: would endorse a book, the author may not have been known,

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Speaker 2: nobody's ever heard of them. Without the endorsement, the book

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Speaker 2: would sell a couple thousand copies. But when she got

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Speaker 2: you should read it. That simple endorsement would cause it

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Speaker 2: to have people's endorsement. You need to get ready. The

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Speaker 2: creator of the universe is about to endorse you. God

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Speaker 2: medical report said you were done. How'd you get well?

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Speaker 2: God endorsed you. His favor caused you to overcome what

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Speaker 2: looked impossible. How did your business get so successful. How

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Speaker 2: same school. God endorsed you. He showed his favor so

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Speaker 2: people would know you belonged to him. This is what

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Speaker 2: happened to Daniel in the scripture. Favor didn't keep Daniel

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Speaker 2: He wasn't going to compromise, so he kept praying like normal.

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Speaker 2: Some people saw him, ran and told the king. The

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Speaker 2: That should have been the end, but for some reason,

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Speaker 2: the lions couldn't open their mouths. I can hear those

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Speaker 2: out of the lion's den, but fever will keep the

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Speaker 2: He said, from now on, we're all going to worship the.

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Speaker 2: Well, Joel, maybe that was a lucky break. Maybe the

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Speaker 2: The king had them throw the people in that were

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Speaker 2: the lions tore them apart. People saw that they knew

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Speaker 2: do some things that bring you into prominence, into new

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Speaker 2: levels of influence, credibility. People can debate what you say,

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Speaker 2: when they see you breaking the addiction, beating the cancer.

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Speaker 2: When God endorses you, you come out of the lions, then, unharmed,

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Speaker 2: you accomplish dreams way over your head.

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Speaker 1: They will know his hand is on your life.

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Speaker 2: God is about to bring you into greater prominence. You've

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Speaker 2: been in the background long enough, serving faithfully, helping others.

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Speaker 1: With no recognition. Your time is coming.

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Speaker 2: don't have to have people believe in you. The most

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Speaker 2: all those lonely years. You may feel like you're falling behind.

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Speaker 2: It's too late to accomplish a dream you'll never get. Well,

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Speaker 2: of God endorsing you. You've seen on certain products a

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Speaker 2: It can be a little known product, nobody's ever heard

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Speaker 1: Is, but because of who endorsed it. The creator of

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Speaker 2: He's already accepted and approved you, but he's about to

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Speaker 2: show people that you belong to him. You're going to

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Speaker 2: accomplish what you couldn't accomplish.

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Speaker 1: On your own.

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Speaker 2: People are going to go out of their way to

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Speaker 2: People don't think you have a chance. They don't know

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Speaker 2: what's on you. They can't see the favor yet. But

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Speaker 2: going to have any doubt. The Lord is on your side.

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Speaker 2: Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit. They eventually sold

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Speaker 1: He didn't do.

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Speaker 2: All the odds were against him, but the scripture says

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Speaker 2: Joseph had favor in everything that he did. One thing

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Speaker 2: I've learned is you can't keep a favored man down.

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Speaker 2: You can't keep a favored woman down. You may have

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Speaker 2: There was a young Jewish girl in the scripture named Esther.

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Speaker 2: Favor is more powerful than your resume. Favor will take

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Speaker 1: I was the least likely one.

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Speaker 2: Esther never dreamed of becoming a queen. That wasn't even

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Speaker 2: when God endorses you, he will bring you into prominence

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Speaker 2: that you've never imagined. He'll cause opportunities to come to you.

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Speaker 2: Esther wasn't looking for that position. The position came to her.

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Speaker 2: She went from the background to the foreground. Later, Esther

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Speaker 2: used her position to save the Jewish people from.

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Speaker 1: A plot to destroy them.

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Speaker 2: I believe one reason God gave her such prominence is

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Speaker 2: he knew she would use the influence to fulfill her purpose.

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Speaker 2: Favor is not about having a bigger house, a better car,

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Speaker 2: more stuff. There's nothing wrong with that, But that's not

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Speaker 2: why God is going to favor you.

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Speaker 1: It's to fulfill your purpose. It's to advance His kingdom.

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Speaker 2: When your dreams are tied to helping others, to making

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Speaker 2: the world a better place, to lifting the fallen, then

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Speaker 2: you will come into some of that days where God

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Speaker 2: will shine more than you've ever imagined.

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Speaker 1: When God can trust.

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Speaker 2: You, he will take you from obscurity to notoriety. Now

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Speaker 2: you've worked hard, you've been faithful, you've honor God. Get ready,

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Speaker 2: the curtain is about to come up. God is about

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Speaker 2: to show people who you really are. I believe and

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Speaker 2: declare you are coming into a new level of prominence,

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Speaker 2: a new level of influence, a new level of income.

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Speaker 1: God is about to endorse you.

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Speaker 2: People are going to see the greatness He put in

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Speaker 2: you in Jesus' name, and if you receive it, can

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Speaker 2: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life.

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Speaker 2: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I

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Speaker 2: repent of my sins, Come into my heart. I make

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Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer,

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Speaker 2: I am your healer, I am your provider.

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Speaker 1: I am your waymaker. Whether you're facing a.

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Speaker 2: Challenge or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith. The Great

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