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Speaker 5: and thanks again for coming out today. And I like

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Speaker 5: to start with something funny. And I heard about this man.

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Speaker 5: He was on vacation in Jerusalem with his family when

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Speaker 5: his mother in law suddenly died. He went to make

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Speaker 5: said it would cost five thousand dollars to have her shipped,

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Speaker 5: shipped home. Consulate said, wow, you must have really loved

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Speaker 5: your mother in law. He said, no, it's not so

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Speaker 5: much that. I just remember a case here many years

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Speaker 4: Third day they arose. And I can't take that chance.

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Speaker 5: I have to say, I am blessed with a very

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Speaker 5: awesome mother in law right here on the front row.

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Speaker 4: It's her daughter I have problems with. And hold up

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Speaker 4: your Bible, say it like you mean it. This is

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Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says, I am, I

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Speaker 4: have what it says I have.

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Speaker 5: I can do what it says I can do today,

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Speaker 5: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly

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Speaker 5: confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 4: bless you.

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Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about use it

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Speaker 5: or lose it. God has placed gifts and talents on

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Speaker 5: the inside of each one of us. There is potential

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Speaker 5: in you that you've not yet tapped into.

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Speaker 4: It wasn't designed to come out all at once.

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Speaker 5: You don't become everything you were created to be overnight.

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Speaker 5: These gifts were putting you on a time release. They

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Speaker 5: are destined to open up at certain points throughout your life.

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Speaker 5: You will come into seasons of new growth, seasons of

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Speaker 5: new opportunity. Seasons will you discover talent and ability that

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Speaker 5: one level and get stuck. You may have finished your education,

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Speaker 5: and you've always dreamed of. You're satisfied, but that's not

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Speaker 5: But too often we have gifts lying dormant because we're

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Speaker 5: Disciplined to study, to grow, to become better. We have

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Speaker 5: We think, oh, man, I'm doing good enough. But good

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Speaker 5: enough is not your destiny. Sometimes we're stuck because we're intimidated.

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Speaker 5: We let thoughts of fear and doubt talk us out

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Speaker 5: of it, things like you can't take that management position,

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Speaker 5: you can't write that book, you can't lead that class.

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Speaker 4: You're not qualified, you come from the wrong family.

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Speaker 5: All the what if thoughts come? What if you try

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Speaker 4: What if you get up there in you're embarrassed?

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Speaker 5: Well, what if you get up there and you succeed?

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Speaker 5: What if you go to a new level? What if

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Speaker 5: you set a new standard for your family. Don't let

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Speaker 5: That is a time released gift trying to come out.

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Speaker 5: Don't miss your season. You look up and another year

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Speaker 5: is gone. Life is flying by. You don't have time

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Speaker 4: Pass you by. You have to draw that line in

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Speaker 5: I'm going to get focused. I'm going to be intentional.

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Speaker 5: I'm not going to play it safe my whole life.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to start stretching, taking steps of faith to

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Speaker 4: That God has put in me. Paul said in Romans.

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Speaker 5: God has given each person the ability to do certain things. Well,

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Speaker 5: you have a gift. There's something you're good at. Find

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Speaker 4: And do it well.

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Speaker 5: Maybe you can sing and you've never had a lesson.

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Speaker 5: You can figure out how things work technically and nobody.

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Speaker 5: You can stand up in front of people, lead that class.

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Speaker 5: you are. Those are gifts that God has invested in you.

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Speaker 4: Here's the key.

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Speaker 5: God is expecting a return on his investment. Do you

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Speaker 5: have gifts that are being underutilized. You're not taking time

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Speaker 5: perhaps you can feel that stirring on the inside, you

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Speaker 5: can feel that desire in your spirit. You know you should,

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Speaker 4: Jesus said in Matthew twenty five.

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Speaker 5: Those who use well what they've been given, even more

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Speaker 5: will be given to them. But to those who are unfaithful,

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Speaker 5: If you don't use well what you've been given, if

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Speaker 5: you're not taking time to develop your talents to maximize

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Speaker 5: But when you use well, you're responsible, you're focused, you're passionate,

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Speaker 5: even more will be given to you. This scripture came

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Speaker 5: from the parable that Jesus told about the talents.

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Speaker 4: There was a man that went on a long journey.

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Speaker 5: He left three of his employees different amounts of talents

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Speaker 5: to take care of while he was gone. A talent

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Speaker 4: Then he went on his journey.

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Speaker 5: The man with the five immediately went out and invested

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Speaker 5: He went out and dug a hole in the ground

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Speaker 5: here are your five talents that you gave me, plus

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Speaker 5: five more that I gained. The owner said, well done,

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Speaker 5: you've been faithful over a little Now I'm going to

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Speaker 5: give you more. The second man said, sir, here are

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Speaker 4: Owner said the same thing.

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Speaker 5: Well done, You've been faithful with what I've given you.

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Speaker 4: Now I'm going to give you more. This third man

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Speaker 5: This owner, who represents God, could have said, I understand

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Speaker 5: God is so loving, so merciful, he would have said,

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Speaker 5: Go get a few talents from that man that had

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Speaker 5: God was showing us this principle. If you don't use it,

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Speaker 5: you'll lose it. If you're always making excuses waiting for

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Speaker 5: the perfect time to take a step of faith. Joel,

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Speaker 5: one day I'll get out of my comfort zone. One

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Speaker 5: day I'll step up and teach that class. One day

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Speaker 5: I'll hone my skills. You'll one day may never come. Friends,

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Speaker 5: today is your day. Don't put it off another year.

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Speaker 5: Don't live life in neutral passionate, not intentional, not focus.

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Speaker 4: Stir up what God's given you.

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Speaker 5: Dare to take those steps of faith, develop those talents.

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Speaker 5: God is expecting a return from what he's invested in you.

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Speaker 5: I don't know about you, but I don't want anyone

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Speaker 4: I'm not greedy.

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Speaker 5: I love to give, but I don't want God to

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Speaker 5: have to say, Joe, you're not using that talent, that

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Speaker 5: gift you're not staying passionate, you're not taking steps to

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Speaker 4: Now, make this decision with me. You're going to stretch,

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Speaker 4: You're going to grow. You're going to pray bold prayers.

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Speaker 4: You're going to dream big dreams.

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Speaker 5: Listen, God wouldn't have asked you to do it if

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Speaker 5: he hadn't already given you exactly what you need.

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Speaker 4: Quit discounting yourself.

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Speaker 5: Well, Joel, if I had his talents, if I had

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Speaker 5: her looks, if I had their gifts, then I could

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Speaker 5: do something great.

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Speaker 4: No, take the.

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Speaker 5: Talent that you have, whether it's five to two or one,

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Speaker 5: and make the most of that. If you'll use what

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Speaker 5: God's given you, He'll give you more. Moses kept complaining,

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Speaker 5: he kept making excuses. Finally God said to him, Moses,

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Speaker 5: who made your tongue? Who makes the death here? Who

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Speaker 5: makes the blind to see? He was saying Moses, I

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Speaker 5: created the universe. I flung stars into space. I spoke

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Speaker 5: worlds into existence. Moses, I know what I'm doing. You

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Speaker 5: didn't get short changed, You're not lacking. I've given you

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Speaker 5: exactly what you need. Moses still didn't believe. He still

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Speaker 5: wouldn't do it. He was holding a staff in his hand,

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Speaker 5: a rod, and God told him to throw it down.

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Speaker 4: When he did, it turned into a snake.

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Speaker 5: Moses, this mighty man of faith, the one who eventually

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Speaker 5: parted the Red Sea and delivered the Israelites from slavery.

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Speaker 4: When he saw that snake, you know what he did.

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Speaker 5: The scripture says he was terrified and turned and ran away.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes we see these heroes of faith in the scripture

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Speaker 5: as being superhuman.

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Speaker 4: It's good to know they were just like us.

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Speaker 5: He was talking with God, saw a snake and took

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Speaker 5: off running. That means there's hope for you and me.

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Speaker 5: God told him to do something interesting. He said, Moses,

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Speaker 5: go back and pick up that snake. Can't you hear God,

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Speaker 5: I'm not about to touch that snake. I'll go speak

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Speaker 5: to Fao now, but I'm not gonna touch that snake.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes God will ask us to do things that we're

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Speaker 5: afraid of when my father died. God, I can't step

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Speaker 5: up and pastor the church. I've only ministered one time.

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Speaker 5: But just because you feel fear doesn't mean you're not

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Speaker 5: supposed to do it. If you have all the confidence, courage,

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Speaker 5: strength to do it on your own, doesn't take any faith.

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Speaker 4: Faith says God. I'm afraid.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if I can step up and speak

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Speaker 5: in front of these people. God, I don't know if

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Speaker 5: this new business I'm starting is going to make it.

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Speaker 5: But God, I believe you put it in my heart.

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Speaker 5: So I'm going to take a step of faith, knowing

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Speaker 5: that you're with me each step of the way, and

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Speaker 5: that you will get me to where I'm supposed to be.

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Speaker 5: You have to get out of your comfort zone and

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Speaker 5: do it afraid. If you play it safe your whole life,

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Speaker 5: you'll never reach your full potential. Jesus gave an illustration

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Speaker 5: in Luke chapter thirteen about a man that had a

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Speaker 5: fig tree in his garden. He went out month after

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Speaker 5: month checking on it, but it never had any fruit.

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Speaker 5: He was so frustrated he finally said to his gardener,

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Speaker 5: I've waited three this tree has never produced one fig

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Speaker 5: cut it down. It's taking up space that we could

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Speaker 5: be using for something else. The gardener said, sir, give

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Speaker 5: it one more chance. Leave it another year. I'll give

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Speaker 5: it special attention. If it doesn't produce fruit in a year,

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Speaker 5: then we could cut it down. The owner of the

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Speaker 5: tree represents the justice of God. He was saying, this

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Speaker 5: tree should be further along for its age. At three

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Speaker 5: years old, it should be producing fruit. Justice says, cut

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Speaker 5: it down. It's taking up valuable space. Something could be

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Speaker 5: put there that would make better use of the soil,

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Speaker 5: the nutrients, the sunshine. The gardener represents the mercy of God.

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Speaker 4: He said, sir, give it one more chance.

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Speaker 5: Yes, it's bearing, but I still believe it can produce fruit.

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Speaker 5: I still see some potential in it. It's not as

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Speaker 5: far along as it should be, but I.

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Speaker 4: Know it can catch up. Leave it one more year.

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Speaker 5: If God came to take a look at your fig tree,

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Speaker 5: when he looks at your life, will he see any fruit?

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Speaker 5: Are you producing any figs? Developing what He's given you?

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Speaker 5: Or would that tree be barren? Will Joe you said,

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Speaker 5: use it or you lose it. I can tell you

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Speaker 5: I've lost it. I've made mistakes. It's too late for me.

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Speaker 5: Justice says you're right, you should be further along. Too bad,

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Speaker 5: you're done. The good news is the God of Mercy says,

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna give you another chance.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna work with you another year. I'm going to

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Speaker 4: give you special.

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Speaker 5: Attention, the grace, the favor, the wisdom, the strength, the

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Speaker 5: breakthroughs to step up to become who you were created

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Speaker 5: to be.

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Speaker 4: My challenge is do your part and get focused. Be intentional.

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Speaker 5: Don't waste another moment making excuses. Don't be like Esau

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Speaker 5: and not vale you what God has given you. Live indifferent, nonchalant,

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Speaker 5: no stir up those gifts.

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Speaker 4: Be passionate about your dreams.

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Speaker 5: Dare to take some steps of faith, getting out of

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Speaker 5: your comfort zone. If you will use well what God

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Speaker 5: has given you, I believe and declare God is about

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Speaker 5: to increase you with more.

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Speaker 4: You're about to step up to a new level. You're

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Speaker 4: going to see new gifts, new.

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Speaker 5: Talents, new opportunities, the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name.

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Speaker 4: And if you receive it today, can you say amen.

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Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you

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Speaker 5: 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

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

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Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that

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Speaker 5: Believe you got born again. Get in a good Bible

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