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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: listening to the podcast. Twenty twenty four is going to

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Speaker 1: be an amazing year for you and your family though

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Speaker 1: that we're praying for you.

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Speaker 2: So get ready, keep your expectations up. It's going to

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Speaker 2: be a great year.

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Speaker 1: Hope you enjoyed today's message.

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Speaker 3: Okay, we believe it.

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Speaker 2: Father, We've standing on who you are in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever heard the term a self made man?

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Speaker 2: Usually it refers to someone who had nothing and became

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Speaker 2: of those rags to richest stories. We've all heard him,

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Speaker 2: this man was not a self made man. His label

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Speaker 2: read God made man. He was a God made man.

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Speaker 2: And the reason I say and describe him as a

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Speaker 2: is Abraham. Yeah, Abraham, the father of our faith, the

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Speaker 2: one we read about in Genesis. He was a God

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Speaker 2: That's why, Abraham, where's the label God made man? Because

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Speaker 2: he willingly trusted God to take him somewhere he didn't

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Speaker 2: I'd rather wear a God made man label any day,

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Speaker 2: And today that willing God made man allowed you and

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Speaker 2: And many of you know that Abraham was not a

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Speaker 2: When Abraham stepped out in front of God and went

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Speaker 2: mentorship program. Many people want a mentor in their life.

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Speaker 2: glean from them. Read success books, read leadership books. They say,

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Speaker 2: it's interesting because you know you've heard that saying I'm

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Speaker 2: If you can say that today, that's a good thing.

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Speaker 2: And so was Abraham. But God still fulfilled his promises

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Speaker 2: this is super important in the process, in the construction phase.

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Speaker 2: This is so important. Philippians one six says, be confident

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Speaker 2: I know. God is faithful. Get up, keep going, stay

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