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Speaker 4: at home. I like to start with something funny, and

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Speaker 4: I heard about these two professional baseball players. They were

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Speaker 4: discussing whether or not they thought there would be baseball

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Speaker 4: up in heaven. They made an agreement that whoever died

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Speaker 4: first would come back and tell the other if indeed

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Speaker 4: there was baseball in heaven. A few months later, one

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Speaker 4: of the players died. Just like promise, he came back

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Speaker 4: and said to the other player, I've got good news

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Speaker 4: and I've got bad news. The good news is there

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Speaker 4: is baseball up in heaven. The bad news is you're

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Speaker 4: scheduled to pitch next Thursday. Say it like you mean it.

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Speaker 4: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

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Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be

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Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind

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Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be

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Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want

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Speaker 4: to talk to you today about scared into greatness. We

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Speaker 4: all like when life is going our way. Our family

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Speaker 4: That's good for a season. But if we're comfortable all

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Speaker 4: the time, we won't reach our destiny. We don't grow

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Speaker 4: when everything's going our way. We grow when we have

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Speaker 4: to stretch, when we're uncomfortable, when we're a little bit nervous,

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Speaker 4: unsure of how it's going to work out, and sometimes

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Speaker 4: God will shape things up. He'll take you out of

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Speaker 4: what's familiar. He'll remove a friend that you counted on,

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Speaker 4: or put you in a position where you're over your head.

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Speaker 4: You lost a client, you don't have the funds now,

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Speaker 4: it's uncertain, you're a little bit scared. You pray like

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Speaker 4: but God uses the scary places to move us into

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Speaker 4: What God has in your future will scare you. Dreams

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Speaker 4: But when you see Goliath something much bigger, you think, God,

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Speaker 4: Do it in spite of what you feel. Do it

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Speaker 4: in spite of what thoughts are telling you. Don't get

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Speaker 4: to go to a new level. But we all want

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Speaker 4: a bigger dream. Joel, I'm happy God's blessed me. Why

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Speaker 4: don't you dream bigger so you can help somebody else,

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Speaker 4: When a mother eagle has baby eaglists, she makes a

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Speaker 4: But God's dream for our life is so much bigger

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Speaker 4: all the what if thoughts came, Joel, What if you

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Speaker 4: You're breathing, but you're not really living. There's nothing exciting

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Speaker 4: to do for you what he did for me. He's

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Speaker 4: going to take that dark place and use it to

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Speaker 4: launch you into a new level of your destiny. What

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Speaker 4: you lost is not the end. It is a new beginning.

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Speaker 4: God doesn't waste anything. It's getting you prepared for where

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Speaker 4: He's taking you. He has beauty for those ashes you

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Speaker 4: haven't seen your best days. God is about to scare

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Speaker 4: you again. He's going to bring new opportunities, new relationships,

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Speaker 4: things so amazing it seems too good to be true.

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Speaker 4: Don't shrink back. Step into the new. God wants you

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Speaker 4: believe again. Send the scary place. After what I've seen, God,

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Speaker 4: do these last twenty years take me further than I've

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Speaker 4: ever dreamed. I've learned now. If it doesn't scare me,

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Speaker 4: it's not big enough. If we can do it on

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Speaker 4: our own, we don't need faith. You may feel fear,

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Speaker 4: but don't let comfort keep you from your calling. Do

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Speaker 4: it afraid. If you'll be willing to leave the unfamiliar

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Speaker 4: and step into the unknown. I believe and declare God

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Speaker 4: is about to bring greatness out of you. You're about

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Speaker 4: to discover your wings. Sword of heights you've never imagined.

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Speaker 4: Overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, and reach the fullness of

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Speaker 4: your destiny in Jesus' name. And if you receive it,

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Speaker 4: can you say amen? Today? I like to give you

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Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life.

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Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll

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Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I'll make

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Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer,

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