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Speaker 5: and thank you again for coming out. I like to

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Speaker 5: that died and to Heaven Saint Peter escorted him down

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Speaker 5: this long hallway filled with many clocks. The hands on

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Speaker 5: the clocks were all ticking at different speeds. Peter explained

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Speaker 5: Graham's clock. Another clock was creeping along Mother Teresa's clock.

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Speaker 5: The men said, curiously, can I see my clock? Peter said, yeah,

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Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk

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Speaker 5: to you today about the God who crosses his arms.

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Speaker 5: God has things in store for you that you don't

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Speaker 5: see coming. It may seem like you've reached your limits.

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Speaker 5: You've gone as far as you can. But God is

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Speaker 5: going to open doors you never thought would open. You

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Speaker 5: He's going to do things that we didn't deserve. And

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Speaker 5: that's what happened. In Genesis forty eight. Jacob was an

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Speaker 5: Joseph was Jacob's youngest son and his favorite. He'd given

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Speaker 5: Paul said in Ephesians, God has adopted us into his

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Speaker 5: feeding things up. What should have taken you your whole

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Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry

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