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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.

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Speaker 1: Well, God bless you.

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Speaker 2: It's great to be with you today, and I hope

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Speaker 2: you'll stay connected with us during the week through our

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Speaker 2: daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can

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Speaker 2: come visit.

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Speaker 1: Us in person. We'd love to have you be a

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Speaker 1: part of one of our services.

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Speaker 2: But I'd like to start with something funny, and I

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Speaker 2: should mention this was sent to me by a woman.

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Speaker 2: But according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,

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Speaker 2: while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer,

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Speaker 2: male reindeer lose their antlers at the start of winter

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Speaker 2: in early November. Female reindeer keep their antlers all the

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Speaker 2: way till screen. This means all of Santa's reindeer, from

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Speaker 2: Rudolph to Blitzen had to be female. She goes on

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Speaker 2: to say, we should have known that only a woman

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Speaker 2: could drag around a fat man wearing a red velvet

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Speaker 2: suit all.

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Speaker 1: Over the world in one night and not get lost.

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Speaker 2: I do not receive that at all, but an here

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Speaker 2: we go. Say it like you mean it. This is

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert,

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Speaker 2: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same.

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Speaker 2: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 2: to you today about recognizing who you are.

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Speaker 1: It's easy to go through life being.

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Speaker 2: Defined by how we were raised, what we saw model

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Speaker 2: growing up, what people have said, or mistakes we've made.

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Speaker 2: We end up wearing these labels average, not talented, unattractive,

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Speaker 2: too short. This distorted image is keeping us from who.

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Speaker 1: God created us to be.

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Speaker 2: How you see yourself will determine how high you will go.

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Speaker 2: And it's possible to live your whole life and never

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Speaker 2: recognize who you really are. The scripture says before we

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Speaker 2: were formed in our mother's womb, God knew us. Before

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Speaker 2: you showed up on planet Earth, God already decided who

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Speaker 1: He already laid out a purpose.

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Speaker 2: For your life. You came through your mother. She gave

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Speaker 2: you birth, but you came from Almighty God. He gave

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Speaker 2: you life. God didn't create anyone average. He calls you

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Speaker 2: a masterpiece. He put greatness in you. There is potential

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Speaker 2: on the inside that you've not yet tapped into.

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Speaker 1: But if this is going to happen, you.

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Speaker 2: Can't see yourself as weak, lacking, inadequate. Tune all that

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Speaker 2: out and get in agreement with God. How about seeing

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Speaker 2: yourself as a masterpiece, one of a kind vie Ball instead.

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Speaker 2: No, I'm equipped, empowered, I have everything I need to

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Speaker 2: fulfill my assignment. Don't let a distorted image of who

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Speaker 2: you are keep you from your purpose. When I was

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Speaker 2: It was my first time being overseason. One evening, I

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Speaker 2: Miles of pure white sand, swaying palm trees, glistening blue water,

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Speaker 2: The longer I stayed, the better I felt. But it

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Speaker 2: looked like a postcard. I had never seen anything so magnificent,

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Speaker 2: is such an amazing painter, such an amazing artist. As

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Speaker 2: I was sitting there and just reflecting, thinking about my life,

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Speaker 2: I heard God ask me something, not out loud, but

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Speaker 1: He said, Joel, you think this is a beautiful picture,

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Speaker 2: I said, yes, God, it's a magnificent picture. He said,

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Speaker 1: I thought about it a moment, said God, it must

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Speaker 2: Earlier that year I had been in the Rocky Mountains

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Speaker 1: He said no, it's not that. I thought, what could

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Speaker 2: The Grand Canyon, the Milky Way, the Solar system. He said, no, Joel,

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Speaker 2: don't understand. When I made the solar system, the sun,

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Speaker 2: I created you in my own image. I put my

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Speaker 1: Who put those labels on you? Who told you that

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Speaker 2: Quit letting other people define you and go back to

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Speaker 1: People will tell you you're not good.

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Speaker 1: Fearfully and wonderfully.

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Speaker 2: Chapter six, the Midianites had surrounded the people of Israel.

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Speaker 2: There was a young man named Gideon that was hiding

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Speaker 2: God had just called him a mighty hero. He just

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Speaker 2: Gideon let how he was raised define him. What family

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Speaker 2: I'm not a mighty hero. I come from an ordinary family.

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Speaker 2: for your life. And Gideon finally changed his thinking. He

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Speaker 2: But sitting in that wine press, afraid, feeling inferior dreamed

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Speaker 2: Maybe God sent me like that angel to tell you

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Speaker 2: You have to go back to what your creator says.

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Speaker 2: He calls you a mighty hero. He calls you a

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Speaker 2: I wonder if like Gideon, you're the one you've been

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Speaker 2: is talent, wisdom, creativity. Don't overlook yourself. Don't discount who

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Speaker 1: He's destined you to leave your mark.

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Speaker 2: When God told Abraham and Sarah they were going to

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Speaker 2: Sarah told Abraham to sleep with her maid.

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Speaker 2: I can see him trembling with fear, so worried about

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Speaker 2: He says, you mean I'm not a dead dog, I'm

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Speaker 2: Now, I wonder how many of us, kind of like

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Speaker 1: Can I tell you? The King is looking for you.

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Speaker 2: God sent me down your path to get you out

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Speaker 2: When my nephew Jackson was a little boy, just a toddler,

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Speaker 2: You're my rescue hero, You're my buzz light Year, you're

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Speaker 1: He would lie there and just take it all in.

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Speaker 1: One night, they got home.

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Speaker 2: Late, and she put him to bed in a hurry

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Speaker 2: and didn't go through the list.

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Speaker 1: In a few minutes, she heard this voice calling loudly, Mama, Mama.

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Speaker 1: She went rush into his room. Yes, Jackson, what's wrong?

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Speaker 1: He said, Mom?

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Speaker 2: You forgot to tell me who I am. Too many

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Speaker 2: people have never been told who they are. They've had

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Speaker 2: negative voices playing over and over.

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Speaker 1: They believe the lies.

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Speaker 2: You're average, you're not talented, you're unattractive, you'll never do

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Speaker 2: anything great. No, let me tell you who you really are.

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Speaker 2: You're a child of the most tied God. You're beautiful,

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Speaker 2: you're talented, you're strong, you're successful.

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Speaker 1: You're one of a kind, a history maker, a giant killer,

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Speaker 1: a mighty hero.

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Speaker 2: Paul said in Romans eight, the entire universe is standing

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Speaker 2: on tiptoe yearning to see the unveil of God's glorious

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Speaker 2: sons and daughters. Paul is saying, all of Heaven is

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Speaker 2: waiting for you to recognize who you are. They're standing

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Speaker 2: on tiptoe. Then maybe today they'll get in. Maybe they'll

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Speaker 2: realize they're a masterpiece, they're a mighty hero, a king's son.

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Speaker 2: Maybe today they'll realize they don't belong in load of bar,

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Speaker 2: that they can step up to the table, that they're royalty.

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Speaker 1: You want to give Heaven something to cheer about. See

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Speaker 1: yourself the way.

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Speaker 2: God sees you. Quit discounting yourself. He can you're at

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Speaker 2: a disadvantage, you're lacking. Get out a load of bar,

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Speaker 2: get out of that negative mindset and come over into

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Speaker 2: the palace.

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Speaker 1: The King is looking for you. He sent me to

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Speaker 1: help you discover who you really are.

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Speaker 2: See many of us, like Gideon, we have much more

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Speaker 2: in us, but we're stuck in an old version of

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Speaker 2: who we are. I didn't know this ability was in

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Speaker 2: me get up and speak in front of people. I

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Speaker 2: was stuck in who I used to be behind the

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Speaker 2: scenes doing the production. That version was fine for the time,

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Speaker 2: but it wasn't the final version. There are new versions

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Speaker 2: of you coming that are stronger, wiser, more successful, greater favor.

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Speaker 2: You don't see it all at once, It happens in stages.

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Speaker 2: If you'll stay open, you'll discover a greater version of you.

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Speaker 2: My challenge is don't get stuck in who you used

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Speaker 2: to be. Letting limitations from the past, what someone said

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Speaker 2: keep you from stepping up to who you really are.

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Speaker 1: This is a new day.

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Speaker 2: I'm calling out the mighty Hero, the burier breaker, the masterpiece.

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Speaker 2: Take off all those negative labels and get.

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Speaker 1: An agreement with God.

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Speaker 2: If you'll do this, I believe and declare, like Gideon,

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Speaker 2: You're gonna discover talent, courage, creativity, favor that you never

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Speaker 2: knew you had. You're gonna comes dreams bigger than you thought,

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Speaker 2: overcome obstacles that look insurmountable, and.

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Speaker 1: Become all you were created to be. In Jesus' name.

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Speaker 1: And if you receive it, well just say that.

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Speaker 2: Then I'd like to give you an opportunity to make

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Speaker 2: Jesus the Lord of your life. Would you pray with me,

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Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. Come

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Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and Savior.

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Speaker 2: If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got

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Speaker 2: born again.

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Speaker 2: to the website. I hope you'll get into a good

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Speaker 2: Bible based church. Keep God first place. When we face challenges,

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Speaker 2: it's easy to feel like God has forgotten about us.

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Speaker 2: We don't see anything happening. God's tell us it's not

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Speaker 2: going to work out. But God is not called the

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Speaker 2: Great I was or the Great I will be. He's

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Speaker 2: called the Great I Am. In my new book, he

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Speaker 2: Is I Am, you'll discover that God is with you

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Speaker 2: in every area of your life. I Am is always

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Speaker 2: in the present, not at a later time. God is

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Speaker 2: working in your life right now. I Am means I

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

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Speaker 2: Whether you're facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams, stay

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Speaker 2: in faith.

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Speaker 1: The Great I Am is right there with you.

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Speaker 3: or dark? Jesus declares, I Am the Light of the world.

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