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Speaker 1: part of one of our services. But I like to

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Speaker 1: start with something funny. And I heard about these two brothers.

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Speaker 1: They were known for being very dishonest and having no integrity.

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Speaker 1: They were also very wealthy. And one of them died

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Speaker 1: and his brother said to the pastor, I'll make a

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Speaker 1: to your church. The pastor agreed, and the man made

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Speaker 1: was honest, he cheated, lied, stole, but compared to his brother,

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Speaker 1: he was the same. All right, say it like you

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Speaker 1: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it

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Speaker 1: God wastes nothing. We all go through things that we

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Speaker 1: He doesn't waste the pain, he doesn't waste the struggle,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't waste the failures. You may have blown it

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Speaker 1: Everything that you've been through is preparing you for where

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Speaker 1: is not finished with you. The struggle wasn't a waste.

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Speaker 1: It's positioning you for greater things. The betrayal, the breakup,

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Speaker 1: Many times he thought, men, I missed my calling. God's

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